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,

put a gigantic, black coat

was made of the creature's fur, and it had been dried multiple times by now. The coat was basically made of the entire

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

Alex's body, keeping him warm. Additionally, the coat did quite a

shorter to allow

back with some makeshift rope made out of

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

around his torso, making it rest to the

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

Alex stood there, completely

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

him like this, one wouldn't think that he

into the forest,

carry his sword in

Two reasons.

If they saw a long,

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

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

would only need to move

need to use

had thought of everything while

to be careful

out of his area with

Why?

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

see any other animals after silently jogging for nearly ten

he found some

Chestnuts!

saw the chestnut tree and

the next 30 minutes, Alex gathered chestnuts and

kind,' Alex thought as

definitely didn't taste

edible

just get a case of the runs,' he

Grunt, Grunt!

and looked at

from the tree

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

saw the hog,

I didn't have

hog was eyeing

had seen and heard Alex since he

However, it didn't leave.

and it had munched on the chestnuts quite

he actually was, thanks to his black coat, which intimidated

a big black creature in a

and silently moved around the branches on the tree with

Crack, crack!

off by his movement, dropping to the