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 on the

rope and tried again, and this time, no knots loosened. Alex made sure of

to a good height, Alex climbed up the branch and pulled up the remaining part. His arms hurt and burned, but he didn't have

the corpse, he managed to grab

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

branch and breathed heavily as he

nearly shorn off, making them bleed a little bit. However, such an injury would heal

this was worth

felt his body starting to

might even reach below

narrowed his eyes as he looked at the

branch, being

released the knots and put parts of his clothes

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

simply

solved for now. The issue of warmth should be solved until the weather becomes

of the wolf

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

released a

thought. 'I should start my expedition tomorrow. Right now,

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

It certainly wasn't comfortable.

need to sleep,' he thought,

as the events of the 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

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

passed as Alex's

no light of the sun reached this

it wasn't as

Why?

moon was close to becoming a full moon. The moon cycle wasn't completely

illuminated the dark forest, creating

a cold wind blew, these shadows moved in an ominous dance in accordance with the

Drip. Drip. Drip.

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

sound joined

on the branch with

he thought. 'So much stuff has happened that my mind just

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

Alex just sat there.

Drip. Drip. Drip.

with the God rang through

he narrowed

air can strengthen me and heal my injuries. I

his eyes as he sat on

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

branch with closed eyes, he concentrated

something in the

should be able to feel

Drip. Drip. Drip.

the whistling wind, and rustling leaves

than that, there was no

some kind of trance as

felt like he was touching

started tickling as Alex felt some of

was something else in

there

this, which made this

connected with the force, he felt it slowly enter his