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.

see the

that had killed two of the four

a bit, the lizard bit down on one

lizard retreating,

put it around himself

Why?

other beasts could do the same. However, the coat of the creature should offer some protection. Even if

a couple of jumps, Alex concentrated on

looked forward to this part of his training since this was the part that

it wasn't as painful as

Thunk! Thunk!

rhythmic, loud

looked in the direction of the sounds

from

making that sound?'

Thunk! Thunk!

sounds continued, and Alex only looked

Spring! Spring!

elastic being stretched and snapping back into place could

Creak! Creak! Snap!

wood joined in the cacophony of sounds,

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

abandoned everything and climbed the closest

found a good spot,

and grew

Snap!

what created these weird sounds, and

an

was probably four meters high,

Needles?

green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had arrived

thumping sounds were its

creaking sounds of wood were its flexible

sounds were its flexible needles jumping back into place after passing

hedgehog as it bent all of the trees

moving slowly and in a relaxed manner towards the place Alex

down as it consumed a huge part

ton of insects! A hedgehog of that size obviously also eats meat!' Alex thought

was far

Alex had killed by luck was

it ate all the pieces of the pig, including the ones that

it reached the fire, it stopped

confused for a second, but

warming

directly below its belly didn't

an absolute

kept his breath as he watched the hedgehog

Thunk!

wasn't warm enough, so

suffocated the

hedgehog stood up again,

with his hind leg in

there goes

the hedgehog was done, it turned its head

looked into Alex's

he realized that the hedgehog had

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