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

Alex looked back.

bit, Alex could see the owner

the green lizard that had killed two of the

the lizard bit down on one of the pieces

saw the lizard retreating, he

and put it around himself before

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 offer some protection. Even if it caught fire, Alex could always ditch

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

to this part of his training since this was the part

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

Thunk! Thunk!

rhythmic, loud

in the direction of the

from too

making that

Thunk! Thunk!

continued, and Alex only looked in

Spring! Spring!

and snapping back into place could also

Creak! Creak!

sounds of bending and cracking wood joined in the cacophony of

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

and climbed

he found a good spot, he stopped moving

and

Snap!

what created these weird

an absolutely

four meters

Needles?

green hedgehog Alex had seen when he had arrived in

loud thumping sounds were

flexible

jumping back

the hedgehog as it bent all of the trees

was moving slowly and in a relaxed manner towards the place

bent down as it consumed a huge part of

are cute, they are also technically omnivores. They eat a ton of insects! A hedgehog of that size obviously also eats meat!'

monster was far above

creature Alex had killed by luck

the hedgehog came closer, it ate all the pieces of

it reached the fire, it stopped

but

warming

directly below its belly didn't even bother

an absolute

breath as he watched the

Thunk!

enough, so it lowered its belly

suffocated the

seconds, the hedgehog stood up again,

the fire with his hind leg in

there goes food,'

hedgehog was done, it turned

directly looked

that the hedgehog had known where he was the entire

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