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

Alex answered. "Where's the

said as he

"As you've seen, the Frozen Lake

looked at the head and nodded. "Good 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 Ice Spear Bear has an equally

you. I hadn't expected

Alex explained. "However, the fight definitely wasn't easy. The Frozen Lake

Elder's eyes widened

he looked at the head

no white glow coming

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

Elder's eyes

villagers and pulled Alex

almost attacked the Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex,

Alex into his

released a

can't just tell people 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 use various gadgets to influence your Mana to

surprise, but the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled

shot a lot

all the Ice

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

additional Mana force him to

Alex with Ice Mana while running away

Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex,

Stag would have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish

half-dead Alex couldn't evade

if a group of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice

would either explode or need

a perfect

eyes as he realized all of these

an instant, but

but his experience with battle was vastly superior

for telling me, Elder," Alex said with

was good that the young man

had seen too many young geniuses

how you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death sentence," the Elder

at the

myself several times,"

Elder's eyes

the Elder

the Elder released

words, the

these words, the Elder 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?

a genius become a

mean having a strong body,