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.

villagers gave their thanks, and Alex nodded back

problem," Alex answered.

as

the Elder. "As you've seen, the

Lake Stag wouldn't be a problem for you. After all, you already took down

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

bitterly. "Well, something came up that I had to deal with," Alex explained. "However, the fight definitely wasn't easy. The Frozen Lake

eyes

looked at the head

no white glow coming from its

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

eyes widened

the other villagers and pulled Alex away with

Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex managed to restrain

into his house

released

advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy knows about your affinity, they can

Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared

shot a lot

left arm would absorb all the

quickly recover from any injury, but what if

to injure himself at this

the Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice

wouldn't injure Alex, which would force Alex to injure

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

evade something like those

some kind of bomb filled with

or need to hurt

a perfect

eyes as

scenarios in an instant, but

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

telling me, Elder," Alex

It was good that the young man realized

Elder had seen too many young geniuses die to their own

surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is

at

killed myself several times,"

eyes

a while, the Elder

released a deep

words, the Elder's eyes had

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

realized

Why naïve?

did a

genius didn't only mean having a strong body, powerful