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

Alex looked back.

see the

green lizard that had killed two of the

bit down on one

saw the lizard retreating,

put it around himself before he continued

Why?

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

and after a couple of jumps, Alex concentrated on

to this part of his training since this was

wasn't as painful as the

Thunk! Thunk!

rhythmic,

in the direction of the sounds but couldn't see

came from too

that sound?'

Thunk! Thunk!

Alex

Spring! Spring!

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

Creak! Snap!

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

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

abandoned everything and climbed the

good spot, he stopped moving

continued and

Snap!

Alex saw what created these weird sounds, and his eyes

an absolutely humongous

four meters high,

Needles?

was the green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had arrived in

thumping sounds were

creaking sounds of wood were its flexible needles getting hung up on

needles jumping back

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

was moving slowly and in a relaxed

down as it consumed a

eat a ton of insects! A hedgehog of that size obviously

far above

killed by luck was nothing in comparison

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

it reached the fire, it stopped

a second, but he realized what the

was warming its

sizzling fire directly below its belly

an absolute

breath as he watched the hedgehog warm

Thunk!

enough, so it lowered its belly and lied

this suffocated

seconds, the hedgehog stood up again,

scratched the fire with his hind leg in displeasure but continued

there goes

the hedgehog was done, it

directly looked

realized that the

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