Sword God in a World of Magic

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 an

Alex looked back.

a bit, Alex could see the owner

lizard that had

bit, the lizard bit down on

saw the lizard

coat and put it around himself before

Why?

had the ability to shoot 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

and after a couple of jumps, Alex concentrated on healing himself with

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

it wasn't as painful as the

Thunk! Thunk!

heard rhythmic,

the direction of the sounds but

from

making that sound?' Alex

Thunk! Thunk!

and Alex

Spring! Spring!

of something elastic being stretched and snapping back into place could also be

Creak! Creak!

sounds of bending and cracking wood joined in the cacophony of sounds, and the sounds were getting

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

abandoned everything and climbed the closest

spot,

sounds continued and

Snap!

created these weird sounds, and

was an

probably four meters high,

Needles?

green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had arrived in this

loud thumping sounds were its

creaking sounds of wood were its flexible needles

sounds were its flexible needles jumping back

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

was moving slowly and in a relaxed manner towards the place Alex had

as it consumed a huge part of

also technically omnivores. They eat a ton of

monster was far above his

by luck was nothing in comparison to this

ate all the pieces of the pig, including the ones that were being

reached the fire, it stopped above

was confused for a second, but he realized what

was warming its

sizzling fire directly below its belly didn't even bother

an

as he watched the hedgehog

Thunk!

warm enough, so it lowered its

suffocated the

the hedgehog

hind leg in displeasure

there goes food,' Alex

done, it turned its head

looked into Alex's

body shivered as he realized that the hedgehog had