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,

at the videos of

still necessary across the entire body. Every muscle would be required in a

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

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

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

here, there

he jumped up a nearby tree and sat down in

had been training like a madman,

he could easily jump two meters into

physical limit

the

minutes later, Alex jumped down from the tree and walked to the

huge tree with a hole in the middle.

it was already dead, and the cold wind had destroyed

were several pieces of

hut. Every day, Alex would cut more wood and add to the wood. In a couple

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

the holes with his sword and carefully

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

bench near

long since been ripped

were

and

to the previous ones.

thought that one of the essential skills

Alex were 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 only need to

nearly as hard

his clothes, Alex grabbed his cloak and put it

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

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

Why?

was covered in oppressive, cold, grey

already snowed a couple of days ago,

winter would soon

a major problem for Alex since warmth would

temperatures might even reach -20

if Alex had an incredibly powerful body now, he knew that he couldn't survive

concentrated on becoming better at

there was one major problem

narrowed as he checked