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

answered. "Where's the

here," the Elder said as he pushed

Elder. "As you've seen,

you. After all, you already took down a

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

explained. "However, the fight definitely wasn't

Elder's eyes widened in

the head in Alex's

no white glow

take care of," Alex said. "My body accidentally

Elder's eyes widened

quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled

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

pulled Alex into his house and closed

released a

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 enemy knows about your affinity, they can use

Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its

someone shot a lot of pure

would absorb all the Ice

Alex would be able to quickly recover from any injury, but what if he wasn't

to injure himself at this very

Alex with Ice Mana while running away and

injure Alex, which would

Lake Stag would have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all,

couldn't evade something like those Ice

a group of bandits threw some kind of bomb

explode or need to

them a perfect opportunity

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized

in an instant, but Alex had gathered

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

for telling me, Elder," Alex said

It was good that the young man realized the

had seen too many young geniuses die to

the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death sentence," the Elder

at the Elder

killed myself

eyes

the

released a deep

the Elder's

at Alex as a talented, friendly youngster. Alex was very talented in the Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex

now, the Elder realized how naïve

Why naïve?

a genius

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