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

answered. "Where's

right here," the Elder said as he pushed himself through

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

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

I also have to say that I was a bit worried for you. I

had to deal with," Alex explained. "However, the fight definitely

eyes widened in

he looked at the head in Alex's hand and

why is there no white glow

I had to take care of," Alex said. "My

eyes widened in

quickly looked at the other villagers

instinct when he

pulled Alex into his

he released a deep

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

Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared in

shot a lot of pure Ice Mana

the Ice Mana

quickly recover from any injury, but what if he wasn't

additional Mana force him to injure himself at

filled Alex with Ice Mana while

wouldn't injure Alex, which would force Alex to

perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries

evade something like those Ice

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice

explode or

give them a perfect opportunity to

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized all of

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

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

Elder," Alex said with

the young man realized the weight of his

had seen too many young geniuses die to their own

me how you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana

looked at the Elder

killed myself several times," Alex

Elder's eyes widened

the Elder didn't

Elder released a

words, the Elder's eyes

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

the Elder realized how naïve he

Why naïve?

did a genius become a

a strong body, powerful techniques, or