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.

all, that would have

to grow powerful in a

God wanted

wouldn't have

arm several times with a complex

increased as he became more

try it!' Alex thought

the decision

damage the muscles in his left arm to such a degree that it

to hurt like hell!' Alex thought

Splash!

and let himself fall onto the

stayed there for

he turned to a different

procedure continued for nearly half

an hour later, Alex felt incredibly

were chattering as the sensations of his

Alex slowly turned over.

he violently pushed with his left arm using all his

of his body

left arm with

person would

Why?

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

even take a full minute

shot through Alex's left biceps

managed to continue pushing his

to stop as he held his

probably torn a huge part of

Yet, Alex wasn't done.

in Alex's eyes as he

BANG! BANG! BANG!

his right hand into a fist and violently beat up his left

Alex stopped as he only gasped

something like this would take to heal on

to heal on earth. I hope it doesn't take that long to heal here because the

biceps as he walked over to his

he sat down and tried to

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

the pain also

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

opened his eyes and moved his left

Alex saw the result, another complex mix of emotions appeared in

Disbelief, exhilaration, fear.

Why disbelief?

his biceps

Why exhilaration?

that Alex could gain power at a

Why fear?

that Alex had to

exactly what this

an enjoyable exercise into pure

no more fun in

would be full of pain,