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.

dirty clothes, his backpack, and his

put a gigantic, black coat around his

now. The coat was basically made of the

grabbed some grass from the ground and put it through some holes at the edge of the

keeping him warm. Additionally, the coat did quite a

bit shorter to allow Alex to

some makeshift rope made out of

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

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

because, when he grabbed his sword, he would swing it to the

stood there,

the coat he

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

quickly stepped forward into

carry his sword in

Two reasons.

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

him from behind, his sword would be between them. However, since the

from behind, the attacker might die very quickly since the sword would already be between

point, Alex would only need to move his sword

sharp, and he wouldn't need to use

thought of everything

to be

out of his area

Why?

their ambush. Sure, Alex might be able

bet on

any other animals after silently jogging

found

Chestnuts!

he saw the chestnut tree and climbed

minutes, Alex gathered

not the poisonous kind,'

definitely didn't taste

edible as far as

a

Grunt, Grunt!

looked at the origin

away from the

but it was still quite

Alex saw the hog,

last hog since I didn't have a good weapon, but things have

eyeing

Alex

However, it didn't leave.

chestnut tree, and it had munched on the chestnuts

was, thanks to his black coat, which

creature in a tree was quite

silently moved around the branches

Crack, crack!

lot of the chestnuts got shaken off by his movement,