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 backpack, and

he put a gigantic, black coat around his body, hiding his

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

put it through some holes at

the coat completely enveloped Alex's body, keeping him warm. Additionally, the coat did

shorter to allow Alex to sprint

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

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 would require him to make a

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

swing it to the right. The

Alex stood

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

wouldn't think

forward into the forest, his

Alex carry his sword

Two reasons.

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

sword would be between them.

die very quickly since the

point, Alex would only need to move his sword in the attacker's

need to use much power to

of

to be careful in

jogged out of his area with quite

Why?

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

didn't bet on not

any other animals after silently jogging for nearly

he found

Chestnuts!

as he saw the

gathered chestnuts and

that's not the poisonous kind,' Alex thought

didn't taste

at least, tasted edible as far as he

I just get a case of the runs,' he

Grunt, Grunt!

and looked

the tree was

as the other one Alex saw, but it was still quite a bit

Alex saw the hog, his

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

was eyeing the

Alex since he hadn't been very

However, it didn't leave.

its chestnut tree, and it had munched

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

big black creature in

black creature, Alex, slowly and silently moved around the branches on the tree with practiced ease, vanishing as he moved

Crack, crack!

lot of the chestnuts got shaken off by his movement, dropping