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

gigantic, black coat around his body, hiding his

was made of the creature's fur, and it had been dried multiple times 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,

enveloped Alex's body, keeping him warm.

the front, the coat was a bit shorter to allow Alex to sprint without getting in

his back with some makeshift rope made

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

making it rest to

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

the end, Alex stood there, completely cloaked

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

him like this, one wouldn't think

stepped forward into

didn't Alex carry his sword in his

Two reasons.

saw a long, black object in his hand, they would

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

attacked from behind, the attacker might die very quickly since

to move his

terrifyingly sharp, and he wouldn't need to use much power

had thought of everything while suiting

be

out of his area

Why?

ambush. Sure, Alex might be able to get by without being noticed if he walked slower, but an ambush would be

on not being

see any other animals after silently jogging for nearly ten

he found

Chestnuts!

stopped as he saw

the next 30 minutes, Alex gathered chestnuts and ate a ton

the poisonous kind,' Alex thought as he

didn't

least, tasted edible as far

worst-case scenario, I just get a

Grunt, Grunt!

and looked at the origin of the

the tree was a

wasn't as big as the other one Alex saw, but it was still quite

saw the

I didn't have a good weapon,

hog was eyeing the tree

and heard Alex since he hadn't

However, it didn't leave.

its chestnut tree, and it had

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

black creature in a tree

black creature, Alex, slowly and silently moved around the branches

Crack, crack!

shaken off by