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

entire reason why Alex was supposed to grow powerful

God wanted to

God wouldn't

glanced at his left arm several

as he became

to try it!'

that, the decision

in his left arm to such a degree that

like hell!' Alex thought with narrowed

Splash!

his tree and let himself fall onto the wet

there for

he turned

for nearly

hour later,

teeth were chattering as the sensations of his

Alex slowly turned over.

with his left

lower the temperature of his

arm

sane person would

Why?

cold. If the muscle fibers

minute for Alex's "technique"

Alex's

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

later, Alex had to stop as he

had probably torn a huge part

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

in Alex's eyes as he

BANG! BANG! BANG!

hand into a fist and violently beat up his

stopped as he

knew exactly how long something like this would take to heal

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

biceps as he

down and

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

the pain also slowly receded into the background. However, the pain was

in the air until he no longer felt the warm sensation

he opened his eyes and moved

complex mix of emotions appeared in

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

his biceps had

Why exhilaration?

Alex could gain power at

Why fear?

that Alex had to go through an insane amount of

knew exactly

from an enjoyable exercise into pure

be no

would be full of