Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex slowly stepped out of the forest, dragging a severed head behind him.

The Frozen Lake Stag's antlers had lost all their color by now.

Obviously, Alex's masochistic and power-hungry side couldn't let go of so much Mana.

Alex slowly stepped towards the village, a couple hundred meters away. Right now, Alex could finally see the villagers doing their business. They were tending to some farms while others cooked on the streets for the entire village.

Alex watched the village from a distance.

'Everyone is working together. Some people are tending to the crops. Some are cooking for everyone. Some are out gathering Ice Wood.'

'I've never seen anything like that on Earth. Sure, I've seen scenes like that in documentaries and movies, but not in real life.'

Alex silently watched the village.

'It has a kind of purity and innocence to it.'

After a bit, a boy noticed Alex. After looking at Alex with wide eyes, he walked up to a grown woman and pointed at Alex while pulling on her skirt.

The woman looked at Alex, and her eyes widened.

'Great,' Alex thought. 'Guess the villagers will all leave again.'

However, surprisingly, the villagers didn't retreat. Instead, they all called each other and pointed towards Alex, or, more accurately, towards the head of the Frozen Lake Stag.

Alex could see some shock and surprise in their eyes.

'Well, at least they're not scared anymore,' Alex thought. 'Might as well give them a display.'

Alex lifted the head and held it above himself.

The villagers continued to look at Alex while talking in hushed voices.

After a couple of seconds, Alex felt a bit awkward and lowered the head.

'Weren't they supposed to break out into a cheer or something?' Alex thought awkwardly.

Alex released a sigh.

'Well, real life doesn't work like that, I guess. They're probably all just happy and surprised. Who would expect a huge group of adults to loudly break out into a cheer?'

Alex continued walking towards the village, and the villagers didn't retreat.

When Alex came close to them, some of them walked up to him.

"Well done, young man!" one of the men said with a bright smile. "That beast has been a problem for a long time!"

"Yes, thank you for taking care of it," another man said with a respectful nod.

their thanks, and Alex nodded back

answered.

the Elder said as he pushed himself through the gathered

nodded at the Elder. "As you've seen, the Frozen Lake Stag has

problem for you. After all, you already took down a High-Grade Ice Spear Bear. The Ice Spear Bear has an equally powerful ranged attack, but it also isn't

a bit worried for you. I hadn't expected you to be on the hunt

to deal with," Alex explained.

Elder's eyes

looked at the head in Alex's hand and

is there no white glow coming from its antlers?"

I had to take care of," Alex said. "My body accidentally absorbed the Ice

eyes

quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away

attacked the Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex, but

pulled Alex into his house and closed

released a

man, you can't just tell people your affinity," the Elder said in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an

surprise, but the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared in his

shot a lot

absorb all the Ice

would be able to quickly recover from any

to injure himself at

Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away

Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which

Lake Stag would have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries

evade

threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana at

would either explode or need to hurt himself

would give them a perfect opportunity to

his eyes as he realized all of these

and Mages wouldn't have come up with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle experience to

yet, but his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every other

you for telling me, Elder," Alex said with a thankful

good that the young man

too many young geniuses die to their

Mana? A Mana

looked at the Elder

nearly killed myself several times," Alex

eyes widened

a while, the

the Elder released a

words, the Elder's eyes had

the Elder had looked at Alex as a talented, friendly youngster. Alex was very talented in the Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to help the villagers instead of just directly forcing them to

now, the Elder realized how naïve

Why naïve?

how did a genius

mean having a strong body, powerful techniques,