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

wanted

the God wouldn't have chosen a boring

at his left arm

rate increased as he became

try it!' Alex thought

decision had been

damage the muscles in his left arm to such a degree that it would be considered an

to hurt like hell!' Alex thought with

Splash!

tree and let

he just stayed there

a minute, he turned to

procedure continued for nearly half

an hour later,

were chattering as the sensations of his body

Alex slowly turned over.

he violently pushed with his left arm

of his body and go all out

his left arm with all his

person would do this

Why?

were cold. If the muscle fibers

minute for Alex's "technique" to

pain shot through Alex's left biceps

he managed to continue pushing his left arm far past its

to stop as he held his left arm in severe

probably torn a huge

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

glint appeared in Alex's eyes as he wanted to go

BANG! BANG! BANG!

right hand into a fist

stopped as he only

exactly how long something like this would take

this would probably take four to six weeks to heal on earth. I hope it doesn't take that long

biceps as he walked over

down and tried to

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

pain, and the pain

in the air until he no longer felt

opened his eyes and moved

Alex saw the result, another complex mix of

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

biceps had fully

Why exhilaration?

this meant that Alex could gain power at a

Why fear?

meant that Alex had to go through

exactly what

would transform from an

would be no more

be full of pain, nothing