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

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

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

coat completely enveloped Alex's body, keeping him warm. Additionally, the coat did quite a good job

a bit shorter to allow Alex to sprint without getting in the

sword to his back with some makeshift rope made out of grass, hiding it behind

good enough at sewing to create a permanent holding for his sword. If Alex wanted to use his sword, he would need to cut through the

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

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

end, Alex stood there, completely

perfectly fit the coat

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

stepped forward into the forest, his hands

carry his sword in his

Two reasons.

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

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

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

that point, Alex would only need to

and he wouldn't need

of everything while suiting

be careful in this

jogged out of his area

Why?

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

didn't bet on not

didn't see any other animals after silently

he found

Chestnuts!

he saw the

Alex gathered chestnuts

poisonous kind,' Alex

didn't

tasted edible as

a

Grunt, Grunt!

heard some grunting and looked at the

away from the

other one Alex saw, but it

Alex saw the hog,

have a good weapon,

hog was eyeing the

had seen and heard Alex since he hadn't

However, it didn't leave.

it had munched on the chestnuts

thanks to his

a big black creature in a tree was quite

and silently moved around the branches on the tree with practiced ease, vanishing as

Crack, crack!

of the chestnuts got shaken off by