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.

was more like an

Alex looked back.

Alex could see the

that had killed two of the

a bit, the lizard bit down on one

the lizard retreating,

coat and put it around himself before he

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. Even if it caught fire, Alex could

couple of jumps, Alex concentrated on healing himself with

this part of his training since this was the

top of that, it wasn't

Thunk! Thunk!

rhythmic, loud

in the direction of the sounds but

came from too

that sound?'

Thunk! Thunk!

continued, and Alex only looked in

Spring! Spring!

stretched and snapping back into place could also

Creak! Snap!

cracking wood joined in the cacophony of

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

immediately abandoned everything and

good spot, he stopped moving and grew

sounds continued and grew

Snap!

these weird sounds,

an absolutely

four meters high, excluding

Needles?

Alex had seen

thumping sounds were its

were its flexible

its flexible needles jumping back into place

forest and trees seemingly moved with the hedgehog as it

relaxed manner towards the

as it consumed a huge part of

of insects! A hedgehog of that size

far

by luck was nothing

pieces of the pig, including the ones

it reached the fire, it stopped

a second, but he realized what the

warming

its belly didn't

was an absolute

his breath as he watched the hedgehog

Thunk!

so

this suffocated

hedgehog stood up again,

with his hind leg in

there goes food,'

the hedgehog was done, it turned

it directly looked into Alex's

entire body shivered as he realized that the hedgehog had known where he was the

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