Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex slowly stood up, and as soon as he did, his eyes widened.

Alex looked down at his body with wonder.

'My muscles, they feel fine!' Alex thought with shock.

Alex moved his body around and did some light, basic exercises to test his body.

Sure enough, he felt completely fine!

It was like he hadn't just trained for four hours!

As Alex looked at his body with shock, the realization that this world was nothing like this previous one really set in for the first time.

Alex had done enough sports on earth to know exactly how he should be feeling right now.

Yet, not even the slightest feeling of weakness was present.

'The feeling of weakness while doing the workout comes from the built-up lactic acid, but after such a long resting period, the lactic acid has already vanished. The feeling of weakness after that comes from the small, torn muscle fibers.'

'So, since this feeling isn't present, does it mean that my muscle fibers have already healed?' Alex thought with surprise.

'Have I already gone through the recovery phase?!'

Alex tried to comprehend his current situation.

He was even more shocked by this revelation than when he had seen the giant hedgehog.

Why?

Because Alex knew exactly how insane this was.

Alex remembered a gaming term from his past life.

This was broken!

'So, I can literally give my entire body several workouts each day?'

However, Alex's feeling of shock and exhilaration quickly vanished.

Why?

Because Alex's mind was going to a dangerous place.

'Theoretically, the more damaged the muscle, the stronger it will become. The problem on earth is that the recovery period for such damage would be so long that it wouldn't be nearly as efficient as training normally.'

'But here?'

'I'm not even sure if the power increase comes from the workout or the absorbed Mana. It could be that I only need to damage my muscles to make them absorb more Mana. I might not need to do actual, traditional training.'

Alex's eyes focused on his left arm, and he felt a complex mix of feelings.

Anticipation, nervousness, fear, curiosity, greed.

Was Alex a normal human?

When living in a normal environment, sure, he could be called normal.

However, if he would remain normal while being flung into a new world, the God wouldn't have chosen him to enter his world.

would have been

entire reason why Alex was supposed to grow powerful in a non-traditional way was

God wanted

wouldn't have chosen a

at his left arm several times

increased as he

need to try it!'

that, the decision had

muscles in his left arm to such a degree that it would be considered an injury on

hurt like hell!' Alex thought

Splash!

his tree and let himself fall onto

just stayed there for half

half a minute, he

procedure continued for nearly half an

later, Alex felt

were chattering as the sensations of his

Alex slowly turned over.

with his left arm using

of his body

arm with

person would do this

Why?

to stay flexible while they were cold. If the muscle fibers weren't flexible, they would

take a full minute for Alex's "technique"

sting of pain shot through Alex's left biceps as it violently

was used to cramps, and he managed to continue pushing his left

a minute later, Alex had to stop as

probably torn a huge

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

mad glint appeared in Alex's eyes as

BANG! BANG! BANG!

fist and violently beat

Alex stopped as he only gasped for

exactly how long something like this

I hope it doesn't take that long to heal here because the pain is

held his left biceps as he walked

sat down

he was in severe pain, but after an hour, he managed to connect

down from the hot pain, and the pain also slowly receded

the air until he no longer felt the

eyes and

Alex saw the result, another complex mix of emotions appeared in his

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

his biceps

Why exhilaration?

this meant that Alex could gain power at a terrifying

Why fear?

had to go through an insane

exactly what

from an enjoyable exercise

no more

full of pain, nothing