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

to grow powerful

wanted

the God wouldn't have chosen

glanced at his left arm several

heart rate increased as he

try it!' Alex thought

that, the decision

would damage the muscles in his left arm to such a degree that

going to hurt like hell!' Alex thought with

Splash!

his tree and let himself fall

just stayed there

a minute, he turned to a

continued for

an hour later,

as the

Alex slowly turned over.

his

of his body

train his left arm with all

sane person would do this

Why?

while they were cold. If the muscle fibers weren't flexible, they would tear way

full minute for Alex's "technique" to show

sting of pain shot through Alex's left biceps as

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

later, Alex had to stop as he held

torn a huge part of his

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

mad glint appeared in Alex's eyes as he wanted to go even

BANG! BANG! BANG!

a fist and violently

Alex stopped as he only

like this would take

this would probably take four to six weeks to heal on earth. I hope it doesn't take that long to heal

as he walked over

down

to enter meditation since he was in severe pain, but after an

hot pain, and the pain also slowly receded into the background.

the air until he no longer felt the warm

his eyes and moved

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

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

biceps had fully

Why exhilaration?

that Alex could gain power at a

Why fear?

to

knew exactly

transform from an enjoyable exercise into pure

be no more fun

full of pain, nothing