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

why Alex was supposed to grow powerful in

wanted to be

God wouldn't have chosen a

at his left arm several times with a

rate increased as he

to try it!' Alex

that, the decision

such a degree that it

hurt like hell!' Alex thought

Splash!

and let himself fall

there

a minute, he turned to a different

continued for nearly

an hour later,

were chattering as the sensations of his body

Alex slowly turned over.

violently pushed with his left arm using

temperature of his body

train his left arm with all his power

would do this

Why?

while they were cold. If the muscle

full minute for Alex's

pain shot through Alex's

used to cramps, and he managed to

as he held his left arm in severe

torn a huge part

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

eyes as

BANG! BANG! BANG!

a fist and violently beat up his left

stopped as he only gasped for

like this would take to heal

to six weeks to heal on earth. I hope it

left biceps as he walked over to

sat down and tried

pain, but after an hour, he managed to

his left biceps cool down from the hot pain, and the pain also slowly receded into the background. However, the pain was still

he no longer felt the warm sensation on

his eyes and

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 go

knew exactly what

an enjoyable exercise into pure

would be no more fun

full of