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!

Alex didn't want to give up on the corpse.

again, and this time, no knots

was lifted to a good height, Alex climbed up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms

he managed to

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

a different branch and

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

this was worth it,'

felt his body starting to

thought. 'It might even reach below freezing later in

narrowed his eyes as he looked at the corpse

branch, being

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

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

everything was done, Alex simply sat on his branch,

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

the corpse of the wolf that was bleeding onto

shivered. 'I'm not so desperate yet. I can think about

Alex released a

thought. 'I should start my expedition

of his now-dirty clothes and wrapped them around

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he

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

he would never see

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

passed as

light of the sun

wasn't as dark as

Why?

close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle

the dark forest, creating foreboding

moved in an ominous

Drip. Drip. Drip.

whistle of the wind were the drops

another sound

sitting up on

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

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the God rang through

he narrowed

I can't train my body right now, but I

Alex closed his eyes as he sat on the

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

the branch with closed eyes,

there something

able to feel it in the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the whistling wind, and rustling leaves were the only things that could

than that, there

some kind of trance as he felt his mind

felt like he was touching

his skin started tickling as Alex

there was something else

was hard to describe, but there was something new in

didn't have anything like this, which

Alex connected with the force, he felt