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.

and Alex

Alex answered. "Where's the

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

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

knew that the Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't be a problem for you. After all, you already took down a

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,

Elder's eyes widened in

at the head in

there no white glow coming from its antlers?"

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

Elder's eyes

the other villagers and

almost attacked the Elder out of instinct when he touched

his house and closed the

he released a deep

said in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy knows about your affinity, they

of the Frozen Lake

shot a lot

all the Ice Mana and fill

would be able to quickly recover from

him to injure himself at this

Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while

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

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, but

evade something

group of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled

explode or need to

would give them a

eyes as he realized all of these

with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle experience to come up with these schemes

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

telling me, Elder," Alex said

It was good that the young man realized the weight

Elder had seen too many young

you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is

at the

myself several times,"

eyes widened

a while, the Elder

released

Alex's words, the Elder's

the Elder's mind, and the Elder

Elder realized

Why naïve?

how did a genius become a

didn't only mean having a strong body, powerful techniques,