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?

fighter. Even more, if the muscles on the

the videos of bulky men being unable to

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

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

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

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

here, there

Alex was done with his training, he jumped up a

like a madman, and it was showing incredible

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

the physical limit

was the

the tree and walked to

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

was already dead, and the cold wind had destroyed the

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

a doorframe but Alex's future hut. Every day, Alex would cut more wood and add

difficult process to get them into the wooden boards. After all, stone was hard

to cut out the holes with his sword and carefully insert

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,

bench near the structure and grabbed his

old clothes had long since been ripped to pieces, including his

new clothes were

think that such clothing looked wild and powerful, but in reality,

to the previous

the essential skills of surviving in the cold

that much with sewing. He would only need to remain in the shade most of the

as hard

Alex grabbed his cloak and put it around

if his movement would be impaired by the new set of clothing and realized that it

see the sun, but he wouldn't be able to see the sun anyway, even if it

Why?

was covered in oppressive, cold,

of days ago, and

would soon be

a major problem for Alex since

might even reach -20 to -40

incredibly powerful body now,

Alex concentrated on becoming better at sewing

major problem standing

arrived, and Alex's eyes narrowed as he checked his equipment