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 the muscles on the torso reached a

to look at the videos of bulky men being unable

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

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

than training one's entire body. It simply trained different

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

there was no

training, he jumped up a nearby tree

a madman, and it was

to climb a tree. With one jump, he could easily jump two

broken the physical

was the effect

down from the tree and walked to the

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

was already dead, and the cold wind

in the tree were several pieces of

cut more wood and add to

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

the holes

very 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

to a bench near the structure and grabbed his

since been ripped

new clothes were

that such clothing looked wild and powerful,

far superior to the previous ones. After all,

one of the essential skills of surviving in the cold

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 to protect himself from

hard to make

clothes, Alex grabbed his cloak and put it around his

his movement would be impaired by

he wouldn't be able to see

Why?

covered in oppressive, cold, grey

already snowed a couple of days ago, and Alex

would

major problem for Alex since warmth would

temperatures might even reach -20 to -40 degrees Celsius

powerful body now, he

was why Alex concentrated on becoming better at sewing

major

Alex's eyes narrowed as he checked