Sword God in a World of Magic

A month had passed since Alex arrived in this world.

For the first couple of days, Alex focused on finding a steady water source and scouted for places with fruit, berries, and nuts. He didn't know if this world followed the rules of needing different vitamins and minerals to be healthy, but he didn't want to find out while being in the wild.

After a couple of days, Alex found a river going through the valley's center, splitting the mountain range surrounding the valley in two. In the very center of the valley was a lake where the water gathered for a while before continuing down the river.

Alex had found a humongous dead tree there and planned to create a home for himself.

Alex had already used up all the fruits he had received from the hedgehog in a spree of self-destroying insanity. Luckily, he had gotten somewhat used to the torturous training, even if he still feared it.

Courage didn't mean being fearless but being able to overcome one's fears. Alex still feared the time when he would gain another set of fruits, but he knew that he could jump over his shadow when it was time.

The taste of power was irresistible for Alex. Even if the training was horrible and inhumane, the power he gained from it was worth it in his mind.

Alex used his desire for power as fuel to overcome his fear of pain.

Was something like that healthy?

That depended on one's circumstances and viewpoints.

Would such pain change a person?

Definitely.

However, different people changed differently when undergoing such torture.

How would Alex change?

That remained to be seen.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Alex stood in a clearing, constantly swinging his sword.

After a brief run-in with another set of wolves, Alex had realized that he wasn't very good at using his sword. Alex had always only fought with his body for his entire life, never with a true weapon. This made him very unaccustomed to fighting with an actual weapon.

Following that fight, Alex had decided to train with his sword more, and just shortly after training with his sword, Alex noticed something troublesome.

His triceps and back started to hurt quite quickly.

Alex had trained his entire body, but training everything equally was not always the correct choice.

A good example would be a climber. If someone had bulky legs, a bulky abdomen, and a bulky back, they would increase the strain on their hands and arms due to the added weight of muscles.

In that case, training everything equally would not only not help but even be detrimental to performance.

What about a swordfighter?

the fighter. Even more, if the muscles on the torso reached a certain mass, they would even restrict the movement

the videos of bulky

power was still necessary across the entire

these reasons, Alex decided to mainly train with his sword. He would only give his entire body a workout after every third

less strenuous than training one's

with the sword, Alex felt a huge part of his body burn with pain.

here, there was no

he jumped up a nearby tree and

madman, and it was showing

he could easily jump two meters into the air, even with the heavy sword on his

already broken the physical limit of

the effect of

from the tree and

in the middle. The tree was nearly three-meters-wide,

it was already dead, and the cold wind had destroyed the upper

several pieces of wood arranged in the shape of a big

Alex would cut more wood and add to the wood. In

process to get them into the wooden boards. After all, stone was hard but brittle. If he just hammered the nails in, they

to cut out the holes with

unstable and wonky, but it held up for now. As long as nothing touched the structure, and as long as the wind wasn't too strong, the structure would

went to a bench near the structure and grabbed his

clothes had long since been ripped

clothes were made of wolf

and powerful, but

of clothing was already far superior to the previous ones. After all, Alex had gotten better

the essential skills of surviving in the cold wilds was

in a tropical climate, he wouldn't have to bother that much with sewing. He would only need to remain in the shade most of the time, and if he walked around, he would

nearly as hard to make as actual

putting on his clothes, Alex grabbed his cloak and put it around

couple of jumps to test if his movement would be impaired by the new set of clothing

at the dimming sky. He couldn't see the sun, but he wouldn't be able to see the sun

Why?

the sky was covered

snowed a couple of days ago, and

winter would soon be

problem for Alex since warmth would be of primary

might even reach -20 to -40 degrees

powerful body now, he knew

becoming better at sewing and

there was one major

eyes narrowed as he