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.

like

Alex looked back.

could see the owner of the

had killed two of

down on one of the pieces of meat

Alex saw the lizard retreating,

grabbed his coat and put it

Why?

to shoot fireballs. If one beast could shoot fireballs, it was possible that other beasts could do the

couple of jumps, Alex

looked forward to this part of his training since this was

wasn't as

Thunk! Thunk!

heard rhythmic, loud

of the sounds but couldn't

from too

making that

Thunk! Thunk!

sounds continued, and Alex only

Spring! Spring!

and snapping back into place

Creak! Creak!

and cracking wood joined in the cacophony

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

and climbed the

good spot, he stopped

and grew

Snap!

these

was an absolutely

meters

Needles?

green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had arrived in

sounds were its

creaking sounds of wood were its flexible needles getting hung up

were its flexible needles jumping back into place after passing

seemingly moved with the hedgehog as it bent all of the trees

a relaxed manner towards the place

as it

though hedgehogs are cute, they are also technically omnivores. They eat a ton of

was far above

Alex had killed by luck

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

it reached the fire, it stopped

for a second, but he realized what

was warming its

sizzling fire directly below its

an absolute

he watched the hedgehog

Thunk!

enough, so

this suffocated the

some seconds, the hedgehog stood up

his hind

goes food,' Alex

the hedgehog was done,

looked into

as he realized that the hedgehog had

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