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?

more, if the muscles on the torso reached a certain

had to look at the videos of bulky men being unable to touch their

necessary across the entire body. Every muscle would be required in a fight. They were

to mainly train with his sword. He would only give his entire body a workout after every third session of sword

sword was not any less strenuous than training one's entire body.

of his body burn with pain. On

here, there

with his training, he jumped up a nearby tree and sat down

been training like a madman, and

longer needed to climb a tree. With one jump, he could easily jump two meters into the air, even with the heavy sword

the physical limit of humans on

was the

minutes later, Alex jumped down from the tree and walked

Alex was a huge tree with a hole in the middle. The

was already dead, and the cold wind had destroyed the upper part of its

in the tree were several pieces of

would cut more wood and add to the wood. In a couple of days, he would

for nails, but it was a difficult process to get them into the wooden boards. After all, stone was hard but brittle. If

that, Alex had to cut out the holes

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

near the structure and grabbed his

old clothes had long since been

new clothes were made

clothing looked wild and powerful, but in

far superior to the previous ones. After all,

the essential skills of

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 only need

nearly as hard

his clothes, Alex grabbed his cloak and put it

movement would be impaired by the new set of clothing

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

Why?

sky was covered in oppressive, cold,

ago, and Alex noticed

would soon be

was a major problem for Alex since

that temperatures might even reach -20 to

body now, he knew that

why Alex concentrated on becoming better

major problem

narrowed as he checked