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?

of the fighter. Even more,

of bulky men being unable

with all of that said, a certain amount of power was still necessary across the entire body.

reasons, Alex decided to mainly train with his sword. He would only give his entire body

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

training with the sword, Alex felt a huge part of his body burn with pain. On earth, someone would have long since stopped training since overtraining

there was no

he jumped up a nearby tree

training like a madman, and it was showing incredible

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

physical limit

the effect of

Alex jumped down from the tree and walked to the edge

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

already dead, and the cold wind

in the tree were several pieces of wood arranged in the shape

wood and add to the wood. In a

stone for 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

that, Alex had to cut out the holes with his sword

up for now. As long as nothing touched the structure,

near the

old clothes had long since been ripped to pieces,

clothes were made of wolf

clothing looked wild and powerful,

superior to the

one of the essential skills of surviving in the cold wilds

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 the

blanket wasn't nearly as hard to

putting on his clothes, Alex grabbed his cloak and

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

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

Why?

covered in oppressive, cold,

days ago, and Alex

winter would soon

for Alex since warmth would be of

reach -20 to -40 degrees Celsius at the peak

Alex had an incredibly powerful body now, he knew that

on becoming better at sewing and making a

major problem standing in his

eyes narrowed as he checked his