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.

thanks, and Alex

Alex answered. "Where's the

Elder said as

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

that the Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't be a 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 helpless as soon as you get close to

a bit worried for you. I

with," Alex explained. "However, the fight definitely wasn't easy. The Frozen Lake Stag had already reached the

eyes widened

head in Alex's hand and

is there no white glow coming from

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

Elder's eyes widened in

looked at the other villagers and

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

Alex into his house and closed the

he released a deep

in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy knows about your affinity, they can use various gadgets to influence your Mana to hurt

Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared

someone shot a lot of pure Ice Mana

arm would absorb all the Ice Mana and

from any injury, but what if he

to injure himself at this

had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away and

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

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

evade something

some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana at

or need

them a

his eyes as

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

experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly

telling me, Elder," Alex

the

too many young geniuses die to their

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

looked at the Elder

nearly killed myself several times,"

eyes widened in

a while, the

the Elder released a

words, the

mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to help the

realized how naïve

Why naïve?

did a genius become

having a strong body, powerful techniques,