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

gigantic, black coat around his body,

fur, and it had been dried multiple times by now. The coat

some grass from the ground and put it through some holes at the

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

bit shorter to allow Alex to sprint

sword to his back with some makeshift rope made out

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 to make a

torso, making it rest to the left side of his thigh. Luckily the strap

his sword, he would swing it to the right. The bag

end, Alex stood there,

unkempt and dirty black hair seemed to perfectly fit the coat he was wearing,

him like this, one wouldn't think

stepped forward into the forest, his

his sword in

Two reasons.

they saw a long, black object

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

attacker might die very quickly

only need to move his sword in the

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

of

had to be careful in

out of his

Why?

he walked slowly, an ambusher would have more time to plan their ambush. Sure, Alex might be able

bet on not being

any other animals after silently

found

Chestnuts!

stopped as he saw the

gathered chestnuts and ate a ton

not the poisonous kind,' Alex thought

definitely didn't taste

they, at least, tasted edible as far

a case of the runs,' he

Grunt, Grunt!

grunting and looked

meters away from the tree was a

but it was still quite a bit heavier

saw the

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

was eyeing

heard Alex since he

However, it didn't leave.

and it had munched

quite a bit bigger than he actually was, thanks to his black

big black creature in

around the branches on the

Crack, crack!

the chestnuts got shaken off by his movement, dropping to the