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 been

reason why Alex was supposed to grow powerful in

God wanted to be

wouldn't have chosen a boring

arm several times with a

heart rate increased as he became

need to try it!'

decision had been

such a degree that it would be considered

like hell!' Alex thought with narrowed

Splash!

tree and let himself fall onto the wet

there for half a

minute, he

procedure continued for

an hour later,

the sensations of

Alex slowly turned over.

then, he violently pushed with his left arm using

had decided to lower the temperature of his body

left arm

person would do

Why?

If the muscle fibers weren't flexible, they would

minute for Alex's "technique"

Alex's left

cramps, and he managed to continue

a minute later, Alex had to stop as he held his left arm in

huge part of his left

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

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

BANG! BANG! BANG!

his right hand into a fist

Alex stopped as he only gasped

long something like this would take

heal on earth. I hope it doesn't take that long

his left biceps as he walked over to

down

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

down from the hot pain, and the pain also slowly receded into the

the Mana in the air until he no longer felt the warm sensation on his

he opened his eyes and

saw the result, another complex mix of emotions appeared

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

his biceps had fully

Why exhilaration?

meant that Alex could gain power at a

Why fear?

this meant that Alex had to go through an

exactly what this

from an enjoyable exercise into pure

would be no

be full of pain, nothing