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

coat around his

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

put it through some holes at the edge

coat completely enveloped Alex's body, keeping

to allow

makeshift rope made out of grass, hiding it behind his back and

use his sword, he would need to cut through the entire rope, which would

it rest to the left side of his thigh.

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

stood there, completely cloaked

the coat he was wearing, making him appear

wouldn't think that he was

stepped forward into the forest,

didn't Alex carry his sword in

Two reasons.

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

would be between them. However, since the sword was hidden, the attacker wouldn't

might die very quickly

would only need to

he wouldn't need

of

had to be careful

jogged out of his

Why?

have more time to plan their ambush. Sure, Alex might be able to

on not

after silently jogging for nearly ten

he found

Chestnuts!

saw the chestnut tree

30 minutes, Alex gathered chestnuts and

kind,' Alex thought as he

didn't

they, at least, tasted edible as far

worst-case scenario, I just get a

Grunt, Grunt!

grunting and looked at the

the tree was a sizable

one Alex saw, but it

saw the hog, his eyes

attack the last hog since I didn't have

hog was eyeing the tree

had seen and heard Alex since he hadn't been

However, it didn't leave.

had munched on

was, thanks to his black coat, which intimidated

big black creature in

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

Crack, crack!

off by his movement,