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.

was more like

Alex looked back.

bit, Alex could see the owner of the

that had killed two of the

bit down on one

Alex saw the lizard retreating, he

put it around himself

Why?

could do the same. However, the coat of the creature should offer some protection. Even if it caught fire, Alex could always ditch

masochistic training continued, and after a couple of

to this part of his training since this was

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

Thunk! Thunk!

heard rhythmic, loud

the direction of the

came from

making that sound?' Alex

Thunk! Thunk!

continued, and Alex only

Spring! Spring!

being stretched and snapping back

Creak!

joined in the cacophony of sounds, and the sounds were getting

Alex's eyes widened.

Something big was coming!

abandoned everything and climbed

he found a good spot, he stopped

sounds continued and grew

Snap!

these weird sounds, and his eyes

was an absolutely

probably four meters

Needles?

Alex had seen when he had

loud thumping sounds were its

creaking sounds of wood were its flexible needles getting hung up

sounds were its flexible needles jumping back into place after passing

forest and trees seemingly moved with the hedgehog as it bent

slowly and in a relaxed manner towards the place Alex had

it consumed a huge part of the

also technically omnivores. They eat a ton of insects! A hedgehog of that size obviously also eats meat!' Alex thought as

was far

creature Alex had killed by luck was nothing in

came closer, it ate all the pieces of the pig, including the ones that were

reached the fire, it stopped above

was confused for a second, but he realized what the hedgehog was

warming its

its belly didn't even

was an absolute

his breath as he watched the hedgehog warm

Thunk!

enough, so it lowered its belly and lied

suffocated

seconds, the hedgehog

his hind leg in displeasure but

there goes food,' Alex

hedgehog was done, it turned its

directly looked

he realized that the hedgehog had known where he was