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 with a

answered. "Where's the

the Elder said as he pushed himself through

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

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

have to say that I was a bit worried for you. I hadn't expected you to be on the hunt for over a

I had to deal with," Alex explained. "However, the

Elder's eyes widened

the head

no white glow coming from

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

Elder's eyes widened

at the other villagers and

almost attacked the Elder out of instinct when he

Alex into his house and

released

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

Lake Stag getting impaled

someone shot a lot

all the Ice Mana and

able to quickly recover from any injury, but

the additional Mana force him to injure

filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away

Alex, which would force

gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After

couldn't evade something like

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice

either explode or need to

would give them a

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized

Mages wouldn't have come up with all of these scenarios in an

battle was vastly superior to nearly every

you for telling me, Elder," Alex

Elder nodded solemnly. It was good that the young

young geniuses

you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana

looked at the Elder

killed myself several

eyes widened

a while, the Elder

the Elder released a

Alex's words, the

friendly youngster. Alex was very talented in the Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex

realized how naïve he had

Why naïve?

how did a genius

only mean having a