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?

and volume of the body, slowing down the speed of the fighter. Even more, if

of bulky men being unable to

that said, a certain amount of power was still necessary across the entire body. Every muscle would be required in a

would only give his entire body a workout after

sword was not any less strenuous than training one's

burn with

there

Alex was done with his training, he jumped up a nearby tree and sat down in

had been training like a madman, and it

no longer needed to climb a tree. With one jump, he could easily jump two

physical

was the effect

down from the tree and walked to the

tree with a hole in the middle. The tree was nearly three-meters-wide, but it

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

tree were several pieces of wood arranged in the shape of

more wood and add to

was a difficult process to get them into the wooden boards. After

Alex had to cut out the

the structure very unstable and wonky, but it held up for now. As long as nothing touched the structure, and as long as the

near the

since been ripped

were made

such clothing looked wild and powerful,

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

that one of the essential skills of

would only need to remain in the shade most of the time, and if he walked around, he would only need to protect himself from

blanket wasn't nearly as hard to make as

clothes, Alex grabbed his

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

couldn't see the sun, but he wouldn't be able to see the sun

Why?

the sky was covered

of days ago, and Alex noticed that

would soon be

major problem for Alex since

might even reach -20 to -40 degrees Celsius at

incredibly powerful body now, he knew that he

becoming better at sewing and making a

was one major problem standing

eyes narrowed as he checked his