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.

clothes, his

put a gigantic, black coat around his

fur, and it had been dried multiple times by now. The

and put it through some holes at the edge of the

couple of times, the coat completely enveloped Alex's body, keeping him

coat was a bit shorter to allow Alex to sprint

sword to his back with some makeshift rope

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

put the holder of his backpack around his torso, making it rest to the left side of his

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

the end, Alex stood there, completely cloaked

unkempt and dirty black hair seemed to perfectly fit the coat he was wearing, making him appear like a mysterious wild

like this, one wouldn't think that he was technically still

quickly stepped forward into

carry his sword in

Two reasons.

hide it. Animals weren't stupid. If they saw a long, black

behind, his sword would be between them. However, since the sword was hidden, the attacker

Alex got attacked from behind, the attacker might die very quickly since the sword would already be

point, Alex would only need to move his sword in

need to

had thought of everything while

had to be careful in this

out of his area with quite some

Why?

plan their ambush. Sure, Alex might be able to get

bet on not

any other animals after silently

he found

Chestnuts!

he saw the

next 30 minutes, Alex gathered chestnuts and

the poisonous kind,' Alex thought as he crunched

didn't taste

least, tasted edible

worst-case scenario, I just get a case of the

Grunt, Grunt!

some grunting and looked at the origin of the

from the

saw, but it was still quite a bit heavier than

saw the hog,

have a good weapon, but things have changed now!' he

hog was eyeing

and heard Alex since he hadn't been very

However, it didn't leave.

its chestnut tree, and it had munched

a bit bigger than he actually was, thanks to his black coat, which intimidated

in a tree was quite

silently moved around the branches on the tree with practiced ease,

Crack, crack!

lot of the chestnuts got shaken off by