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!

to give up

tried again, and this time,

and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and

he managed

creaking under the combined weight of Alex and the corpse, and Alex decided to quickly switch branches. If that branch broke, all his work would have

a different branch and breathed heavily as he moved

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

this was

Alex relaxed, he felt his body

cold,' he thought. 'It might even reach

eyes as he looked at

the other branch, being careful to not break

rope, Alex released the knots and put parts of his clothes on a higher branch, making a makeshift

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

simply sat on his

of food has been solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until

looked at the corpse of the wolf that was bleeding

I can think about drinking blood

released

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

of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

he thought,

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

reality that he would never see his family again hit

dad?' Alex thought with pain. 'Do

passed as Alex's

later, no light of

as dark

Why?

a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't

the dark forest, creating foreboding

shadows moved in an ominous dance in

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

another sound

up on the branch with furrowed

stuff has happened that my mind just can't calm

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang

narrowed his

I can't train my body right now, but I should be able to do that,

closed his eyes as he

way to feel the Mana in the

the branch with closed eyes, he concentrated on

something in

should be able to

Drip. Drip. Drip.

rustling leaves were the only things that could be heard

than that, there

rhythmic sounds slowly put Alex in some kind of

like he was

skin started tickling as Alex felt some of his hairs

was something

there was

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

he felt it slowly enter