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.

that would have

Alex was supposed to grow powerful in a non-traditional

wanted to

wouldn't have chosen a

arm

increased as he became

to try it!' Alex thought with gritted

the decision had

his left arm to such a degree that

going to hurt like

Splash!

left his tree and let himself fall onto

stayed there for half a minute,

minute, he turned to a different

for

later, Alex felt

chattering as the sensations of his body became

Alex slowly turned over.

pushed with his left

decided to lower the temperature of his body

his left arm with

person would do

Why?

were cold. If the muscle fibers weren't flexible, they would tear way quicker and in greater

minute

pain shot through Alex's left

cramps, and he managed to

stop as

had probably torn a huge part of his

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

in Alex's eyes as he wanted to go even

BANG! BANG! BANG!

balled his right hand into a fist and violently beat up his left

stopped as he

how long something like

this would probably take four to six weeks to heal on earth. I hope it doesn't take that long to heal here because the pain is driving me

his left biceps as he walked over to

sat down and

in severe pain, but after an hour, he managed

cool down from the hot pain, and the pain also slowly receded into the background. However, the

in the air until he no longer

his eyes and moved his left

result, another complex mix of emotions appeared in

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

his biceps had

Why exhilaration?

that Alex could

Why fear?

had to go through

knew exactly

from an enjoyable exercise

no more fun

would be full of pain,