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!

want to give up on the corpse.

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

and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't have to pull

drop the corpse, he managed to

corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If

different branch and

skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them

was worth it,' Alex

he felt his

cold,' he thought. 'It might even reach below freezing later in the

he looked at

branch, being careful to not

the rope, Alex released the knots and put parts of his clothes on a

the other half of the clothes to the side for now. He would make them into

was done, Alex simply

warmth should be

at the corpse of the wolf

think about drinking blood when I'm about to die

released

for the day,' he thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now, I

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

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he thought, closing his

day shot through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went to a new world with a new body, and

the first time, the reality that he would never

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

as Alex's thoughts

of the sun reached

wasn't as dark as

Why?

full moon. The

dark forest, creating

an ominous dance in accordance with the cold

Drip. Drip. Drip.

leaves and the whistle of the wind were the drops of

another sound joined

on the branch with

happened that my mind

sat on his makeshift mattress while his body was wrapped in clothing, looking at the

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang through Alex's

narrowed

the Mana in the air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I can't train my body right now, but I should

eyes as he sat on the

to be some way to feel the Mana in the

on the branch with closed eyes,

something

was, Alex should be able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

sounds of dripping blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the

than that, there was no

sounds slowly put Alex in some kind of trance

felt like he

started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs stand

something else in the

but there

have anything like this, which made this force that

he felt it slowly enter