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

problem," Alex answered. "Where's

the Elder said as he pushed himself through the

you've seen, the Frozen Lake Stag

all, you already took down a High-Grade Ice Spear Bear. The Ice Spear Bear has an equally powerful ranged attack, but it also isn't helpless

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

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

Elder's eyes

the head in

is there no white glow coming from its antlers?"

care of," Alex said. "My body

eyes

quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away

the Elder out of instinct when he

Elder pulled Alex into his house and closed the

released

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

of the Frozen Lake Stag

a lot of pure

the Ice Mana and

be able to quickly recover from any

additional Mana force him to injure himself at this very

Alex with Ice Mana while running away and

Alex,

gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries in

evade something like those Ice

group of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with

or

give them a perfect opportunity

narrowed his eyes as he realized all

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

with battle was vastly superior to nearly every other warrior in the Soldier

telling me, Elder," Alex said with a thankful

It was good that the young man realized the weight of his

many young geniuses die to

with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death sentence,"

looked at

killed myself

eyes widened in

a while, the Elder didn't

Elder released

Alex's words, the

mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to help the villagers instead of just directly forcing them to hand their

now, the Elder realized how naïve he had

Why naïve?

did a genius become

didn't only mean having a strong body, powerful