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

a gigantic, black coat around

times by now. The coat was

ground and put it through some holes at

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

the front, the coat was a bit shorter to allow

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

wasn't 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 entire rope, which

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

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

Alex stood there, completely cloaked in

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

like this, one wouldn't think that he was

forward into the forest, his hands

Alex carry his

Two reasons.

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

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

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

need to move his sword in the

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

of

had to be careful

of his area with quite

Why?

would have more time to plan their ambush. Sure, Alex might be able to get by without being noticed if he walked

didn't bet on not

animals after silently jogging for nearly ten

found

Chestnuts!

as he saw the chestnut tree and climbed

gathered chestnuts and ate a ton of

that's not the poisonous kind,'

definitely didn't taste

tasted edible

I just get a case of the

Grunt, Grunt!

heard some grunting and looked at the origin of the

away from the tree was a sizable

as big as the other one Alex saw, but it was still

saw the hog, his

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

hog was eyeing the

seen and heard Alex since he hadn't been very

However, it didn't leave.

chestnut tree, and it had munched on the chestnuts

thanks

a big black creature in a

around the branches

Crack, crack!

got shaken off by his