Sword God in a World of Magic

It has been three days since Alex had started training his body, and he had made quite a lot of progress.

The masochistic training had been hard to handle in the beginning, but Alex slowly got used to it after literally jumping over his shadow multiple times.

After the first couple of jumps, Alex didn't want to feel any more pain.

It was just too much.

However, after he saw a visible improvement in his strength, he forced himself to continue.

The taste of power was just too enticing.

However, on this day, he would have to abort his training.

Alex had run out of water, and the beast he had killed had started to get infested by insects. Due to the cold climate, the meat was still edible, but the insects inside the corpse were simply too disgusting.

On top of that, the smell of the beast was slowly vanishing, and Alex had already seen a deer coming into his visual range before it fled after seeing him.

Three days ago, no animals had appeared close to this place.

This meant that Alex was no longer safe.

Thunk! Thunk!

Alex jumped to the tree and shot himself upward again with his legs, grabbing the lowest branch.

Three days ago, Alex wouldn't have been able to do something like this.

The growth of his physical power was terrifying!

Right now, Alex's body was even more powerful than his old body had been at its peak.

Mana made a huge difference in the speed of Alex's improvement.

Alex quickly climbed the tree and looked around. There were so many animals in this forest, so there had to be some kind of water source.

However, due to the trees, Alex couldn't see the ground from up here, making it difficult to spot any water source.

Alex could only check for spots with fewer trees.

Alex found a couple of them and decided to investigate.

At the same time, Alex would also search for more food.

BANG!

Alex climbed down from the tree and jumped the last bit, not receiving an injury.

'Well, I guess it's time to investigate,' Alex thought with a frown.

This would be the first time he would truly leave this place, and he didn't know what would wait for him.

He only hoped that similarly powerful creatures like that monster he had killed by luck were rare.

Otherwise, he might die.

his dirty clothes, his backpack, and his

a gigantic, black coat around his

by now. The coat was basically made of the entire hide of the creature, making it

ground and put it through some holes at the edge of the coat, creating

that a couple of times, the coat completely enveloped Alex's body, keeping him warm. Additionally, the coat did quite a good job at hiding his

to allow

his back with some makeshift rope

for his sword. If Alex wanted to use his sword, he would need to cut through the entire rope, which

also put the holder of his backpack around his torso, making it rest to the left side of his thigh. Luckily

his left because, when he grabbed his sword, he would swing it to the right. The bag would only be

Alex stood there, completely

seemed to perfectly fit the coat he was wearing, making him appear like

like this, one wouldn't think that he was

Alex quickly stepped forward into the forest, his hands

didn't Alex carry his sword in his

Two reasons.

all, he wanted to hide it. Animals weren't stupid. If they saw a long, black object in his

would be

behind, the attacker might die very quickly since

that point, Alex would only need to move his sword in the attacker's

and he wouldn't need to use

thought of everything while suiting

had to be

out of his area

Why?

time to plan their ambush. Sure, Alex might be able to get by without being

on not

didn't see any other animals after silently jogging for

he found some

Chestnuts!

as he saw the chestnut tree and

next 30 minutes, Alex gathered

kind,' Alex thought

definitely didn't

tasted edible as far as

get a case of

Grunt, Grunt!

heard some grunting and looked at the origin

the

as the other one Alex saw, but it was still quite a bit heavier than

saw the hog, his eyes

I didn't have a

was eyeing the

Alex since he hadn't been very

However, it didn't leave.

and it had munched on the chestnuts quite a

bit bigger than he actually was, thanks to his

black creature in a tree was

the branches

Crack, crack!

of the chestnuts got shaken off by his movement, dropping to