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

to grow

God wanted to

God wouldn't have

his left arm several

heart rate increased as he became

need to try it!' Alex thought

the decision had

his left arm to such a degree

is going to hurt like hell!'

Splash!

his tree and let himself fall onto

there for half

a minute, he

procedure continued for nearly half

later,

chattering as the sensations of his body

Alex slowly turned over.

then, he violently pushed with his left arm using all his

to lower the temperature of his body

would train his left arm with all his

person would do this

Why?

harder for muscles to stay flexible while they were cold. If the muscle fibers weren't flexible, they would tear way quicker and

minute for

sting of pain shot through Alex's

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

to stop as

a huge part of his left

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

in Alex's eyes as he

BANG! BANG! BANG!

into a fist

as he

exactly how long something like this would

I hope it doesn't take that

left biceps as he walked over to

sat down and tried to

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

his left biceps cool down from the hot pain, and the pain

in the air until he

he opened his eyes and

another complex

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

his biceps had fully

Why exhilaration?

Alex could gain

Why fear?

this meant that Alex had to go through an insane amount of

exactly what this

transform from an enjoyable exercise

would be no more fun in

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