Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex glanced at the horizon and noted that the sun was barely visible.

'It's already sundown. I'm not sure what manner of creatures travel around at night in this forest, but I don't want to be on the ground while night's out.'

Alex grabbed the wolf's corpse and lifted it. It was really heavy, but he barely managed to lift it up to his chest. However, it was very exhausting.

Then, Alex looked at the branches above him.

The lowest branch that could support the weight of the wolf was a full meter above him.

'I might be able to lift the corpse over my head, but I sure as hell can't throw it up there. Jumping is also out of the question. It's simply too heavy.'

'I need an alternative,' Alex thought as he put the corpse down again.

Alex paced around as he tried to think of a solution. The forest darkened more as time passed, and Alex became more nervous.

By now, the birds had become silent, making the forest appear deathly silent.

Even the constant buzzing of the insects became quieter until it eventually stopped.

Right now, the only noise in the forest was Alex's footsteps.

Then, Alex looked up at the bag in his tree.

'I have to try it! I can't waste this corpse!'

Alex quickly climbed up the tree and got his bag.

After opening it, Alex took out all his spare clothes and tied them together. Luckily, he had enough clothes to make quite a long line.

'If old-timey prisoners can use something like this to escape from prisons, I can use it to pull up a corpse!'

Alex tied his makeshift rope to the chest of the wolf.

Then, Alex climbed up to the first branch of the tree and let himself fall down at the other side, holding the rope.

CRRRR!

The rope became taught, and Alex feared that it might snap.

CRRR!

The wolf corpse slightly moved upward but stopped.

'I'm not heavy enough.'

Alex climbed up the rope, happy that his body was fit enough to do something like that.

Then, Alex tugged the rope under his arm and put his feet on the branch.

After that, Alex pushed himself off the branch.

CRRRR! THUNK!

The corpse moved upwards, but one of the knots loosened.

The wolf hit the ground, and Alex also fell down.

Luckily, he managed to protect his head with his arms. He only received a couple of bruises.

The falling corpse echoed throughout the forest, making Alex even more nervous.

With the current silence of the forest, that sound should have traveled for over a hundred meters!

up on the corpse. Food was

repaired the rope and tried again, and this time, no

to a good height, Alex climbed up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but

thought that he had to drop the corpse, he managed to grab it

the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches.

different branch and breathed heavily as

fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such an injury

this was

Alex relaxed, he felt his body starting

'It might even reach below freezing later in the

he looked at the corpse and the

he climbed to the other branch, being careful to

put parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making

the clothes to the side for now. He

Alex simply

solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes even colder, which

at the corpse of the wolf that was

yet. I can think about drinking blood when

Alex released a

should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I only need to

the remainder of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around himself as

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

he thought, closing

passed as the events of the day shot through his head. In just a single day, he

that he would never

death, mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain.

as Alex's thoughts

no light of the

it wasn't as dark as one

Why?

moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet, but it was

the dark forest, creating

cold wind blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the wind were the drops of blood from the corpse hitting the

another sound joined

Alex, sitting up on

not tired,' he thought. 'So much stuff has happened that my mind just can't calm down. I need to do something

mattress while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

God

narrowed

heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now, but I

his eyes as he sat

the air,

Alex sat on the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated

something in the

there was, Alex should be able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only

that, there was

slowly put Alex in some kind of trance as he felt his mind

felt like he

while, his skin started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs stand

something else

to describe, but there was something new in

anything like this, which made this force that much more

he felt