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

reason why Alex was supposed to grow

God wanted to be

wouldn't have chosen

left arm several times

rate increased as he became

try it!'

decision had

would damage the muscles in his left arm to such a

to hurt like hell!'

Splash!

tree and let himself fall onto the wet

he just stayed there for half a

minute, he

continued for nearly half

later, Alex felt

the sensations of his body

Alex slowly turned over.

with his left arm using all his

the temperature of his body and go all out without warming

train his left arm with all his power

would do this

Why?

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

full minute for Alex's

shot through Alex's

used to cramps, and he managed to continue pushing his

a minute later, Alex had to stop as he

a huge part

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

eyes as he wanted

BANG! BANG! BANG!

fist and violently beat up

later, Alex stopped as

like this would take to heal on

to six weeks to heal on earth. I hope it doesn't take that

biceps as he walked over

down and tried

severe pain, but after an hour, he managed to

hot pain, and the pain

Mana in the air until he no longer

eyes and

result, another complex

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

biceps had fully

Why exhilaration?

could gain power at

Why fear?

this meant that Alex had to go through an

exactly

would transform from an enjoyable exercise

be no

full of pain, nothing