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

and this time, no knots

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

that he had to drop the corpse, he managed to grab it with his arms and finished the

corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work would

and breathed heavily as he

of the skin on his fingers had been nearly shorn off, making them bleed a

this was worth

relaxed, he felt his body starting

might even reach below freezing later in

looked

the other branch, being careful to not break

the knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher branch,

clothes to the side for now. He would

Alex simply sat on his branch,

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

of the wolf that was bleeding

I can think about drinking blood when I'm about to die of

Alex released a

enough for the day,' he thought. 'I should start my expedition

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

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

sleep,' he

passed as the events of the day shot through his head. In just a single day, he had died, met a God, went

reality that he would never see

of my death, mom, dad?' Alex thought with pain. 'Do

as

no light of the sun reached this

it wasn't as dark

Why?

to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely there yet,

illuminated the dark forest,

an ominous dance in accordance with the cold whistle of the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

sounds besides the rustling of the leaves and the whistle of the wind were the

sound

was Alex, sitting up on the branch with

my mind just can't calm down. I need to do something to distract

was wrapped in clothing, looking at the ground. The grass had a silver sheen to it as it was

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang

he narrowed

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

as he sat on the

be some way to feel the Mana in the air, and there also has

branch with closed eyes, he concentrated on the

there something in the

be able

Drip. Drip. Drip.

blood, the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only things that could be heard in

that, there was

Alex in some kind of trance as he felt his

felt like he was touching

while, his skin started tickling as Alex felt some

something else in the

there was

didn't have anything like this, which made this force

with the force, he felt it slowly enter