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 an

Alex looked back.

bit, Alex could see the owner

that had killed two of

the lizard bit down on one of the

the lizard retreating, he amended his

and put it around

Why?

possible that other beasts could do the same. However, the coat of the creature should offer

and after a couple of

forward to this part of his training since

top of that, it wasn't as painful as the other

Thunk! Thunk!

heard rhythmic, loud

direction of the

from too

making that sound?' Alex

Thunk! Thunk!

sounds continued, and Alex only looked in that

Spring! Spring!

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

Creak! Creak! Snap!

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

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

immediately abandoned everything and climbed the

spot, he stopped moving and

continued and grew

Snap!

created these weird

was an absolutely humongous

was probably four meters high, excluding

Needles?

green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had arrived in this

thumping sounds

wood were its flexible needles getting hung up on the

jumping back into place after passing

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

was moving slowly and in a relaxed manner

as it consumed a huge part of the

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

was far above his

by luck was nothing in

pieces of the pig, including the

the fire, it

second, but he realized what the

was warming its

directly below its belly didn't even

was an absolute

kept his breath as he

Thunk!

fire wasn't warm enough, so it lowered

suffocated the

hedgehog stood up

fire with his hind leg

goes food,'

the hedgehog was done,

directly looked into

as he realized that the hedgehog had known where he was the entire

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