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.

gave their thanks, and

answered.

the Elder said as he

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

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

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

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

eyes widened

head in

white glow

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

eyes widened

other villagers and pulled Alex away with

instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex managed to restrain

Elder pulled Alex into his

released a

Elder said in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy

Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared

if someone shot a lot of

arm would absorb all the Ice Mana and fill his

would be able to quickly recover from any injury,

additional Mana force him to injure himself at

Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running

injure Alex, which would force Alex to

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

evade something like those Ice

threw some kind of bomb filled with

would either explode or

a perfect opportunity to finish

as he

an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle

it yet, but his experience with battle was

telling me, Elder," Alex said with

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

had seen too many young geniuses die to their own

dealt with the surplus of Mana? A

looked at

killed myself several

Elder's eyes widened

a while, the Elder

released a

words, the Elder's

the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex

now, the Elder realized

Why naïve?

did a genius become

didn't only mean having a