Sword God in a World of Magic

Chapter 16

Crackle.

A fire was burning as several pieces of meat hung around it.

In the middle above the fire hung a bucket.

Alex had felled an entire tree with his sword and had hollowed out a big part of its trunk, creating his bucket.

Then, Alex had felled an even bigger tree, creating two round bowls.

The sharpness of Alex's sword was what allowed him to achieve this feat.

Alex had filled the bucket with pig blood and hung it above the fire.

Alex put one of the bowls over the bucket and put a long branch on it, which led to the side.

The bowl would catch the evaporating water, and when enough water gathered, it would trickle down to the lowest edge of the bowl, where the branch was.

The branch led the trickling water to the side, to a different bowl.

This was how Alex would solve the issue of water.

Sadly, this would be distilled water, and he also couldn't wash his tools since he didn't have any water to begin with.

The water in the other bucket didn't look refreshing or delicious, but it was water.

Strewn around the clearing were the remaining parts of the hog.

Alex couldn't finish the entire thing on his own, even if he ate for several days, and the meat would go bad anyway.

So, Alex decided to cut the pig apart and scattered the pieces around the clearing.

Why?

To ward off predators.

Sure, the smell of blood would gather many of them, but predators were also just animals.

If they could get food for free, they wouldn't want to fight.

If a predator came to the clearing, they would see a black creature of unknown size, thanks to the coat, sitting beside a hot fire.

Every normal predator would grab one of the pieces of the hog and would run away, leaving Alex alone.

While Alex's food and water were being prepared, Alex decided to get some more training in.

Alex put his coat away and climbed the tree.

BOOM!

As Alex hit the ground, a loud slam echoed throughout the forest.

This sound would also deter any animal from coming to this spot.

After all, only something big and powerful could make such loud sounds.

After three jumps, Alex heard some rustling.

His entire body hurt, but all of the pain was forgotten as he realized something else was close.

In the light of the fire, Alex could see two eyes in the dark.

They weren't very high up, and the animal was looking at Alex warily.

However, it didn't look at Alex with fear.

more like an

Alex looked back.

see the owner of the

green lizard that had

on one of

lizard

and put it around himself before he continued

Why?

fireballs. If one beast could shoot fireballs, it was possible that other beasts could do the same. However, the coat of the creature should offer some protection.

couple of jumps,

his training since

wasn't as painful as

Thunk! Thunk!

rhythmic,

in the direction of

came from too far

making that sound?'

Thunk! Thunk!

sounds continued, and Alex only looked in that

Spring! Spring!

of something elastic being stretched and snapping back into

Creak! Creak! Snap!

in the cacophony

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

and

he found a good spot, he

and

Snap!

these weird sounds, and

an absolutely

probably four meters high, excluding

Needles?

the green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had

loud thumping sounds

flexible needles

sounds were its flexible needles jumping back into

hedgehog as it bent all of the trees while

in a relaxed manner towards the place Alex had

it slowly bent down as it

they are also technically omnivores. They eat a ton of insects!

was far above

had killed by luck was nothing in

came closer, it ate all the pieces of the pig,

it reached the fire,

but he realized what

was warming its

below its belly didn't

an

breath as he

Thunk!

fire wasn't warm enough, so

suffocated the

hedgehog stood

hind leg in displeasure

there goes food,'

was done, it turned

it directly looked into Alex's

body shivered as he realized that the hedgehog

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