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 evaluating

Alex looked back.

Alex could see the owner of the

that had killed two of the four

down on one

the lizard retreating, he amended

coat and put it around himself before he continued

Why?

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

after a couple of jumps,

this part of his training since this was the part that increased his

of that, it wasn't as painful as

Thunk! Thunk!

heard rhythmic, loud

looked in the direction of the sounds but couldn't see

came from too

that sound?'

Thunk! Thunk!

and Alex only looked

Spring! Spring!

and snapping back into place could also

Creak! Snap!

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

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

and climbed

spot, he stopped moving

and

Snap!

what created these weird sounds,

an

probably four meters high,

Needles?

had seen when he had

thumping sounds were

wood were its flexible needles getting hung up

flexible needles jumping back into place after passing

the hedgehog as it bent all of the trees

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

down as it consumed a huge part

also technically omnivores. They eat a ton of

far above his

luck was nothing in comparison

the hedgehog came closer, it ate all the pieces of

it reached the fire, it stopped

a second, but he realized what the

was warming

its belly didn't even

an

kept his breath as he watched the hedgehog

Thunk!

fire wasn't warm enough, so

this suffocated

some seconds, the hedgehog stood up

hind leg in displeasure but continued

goes food,' Alex

done, it

directly looked into Alex's

body shivered as he realized that the hedgehog had

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