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 nodded back with a

Alex answered. "Where's

as he

seen, the Frozen Lake Stag

job. I knew 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

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

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

eyes widened

he looked at the head in Alex's hand and

there no white glow coming from its

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

Elder's eyes

quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away

Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex,

Alex into his house and

he released

people your affinity," the Elder said in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage

Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared in

if someone shot a lot

left arm would absorb all the Ice Mana

from any injury,

to injure himself at this very

Stag had filled Alex with

wouldn't injure Alex,

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

Alex couldn't evade

a group of bandits threw some kind of

or need to hurt himself

them a

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized

have come up with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex

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

you for telling me, Elder," Alex said

solemnly. It was good that the young man realized the weight of

seen too many young

you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload

at

nearly killed myself several

Elder's eyes

the

Elder released a deep

the

youngster. Alex was very talented in the Elder's mind, and the Elder

the Elder realized

Why naïve?

how did a genius become

mean having a strong body, powerful techniques, or powerful