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.

thanks, and Alex

problem," Alex answered.

the Elder said as he pushed

"As you've seen, the Frozen Lake

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 as

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

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

Elder's eyes

looked at the head in Alex's hand

glow coming from its antlers?" he

care of,"

eyes widened in

the other villagers and

of instinct when

his house and

released a deep

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

scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability

someone shot a lot of

would absorb all the Ice Mana

to quickly recover from any injury, but what

the additional Mana force him to

Lake Stag had filled Alex

wouldn't injure Alex, which would

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

couldn't evade something like those

a group of bandits threw some kind of bomb

or need

a perfect opportunity to finish

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized all of these

and Mages wouldn't have come up with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered

but his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every

telling me, Elder," Alex said with a

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

young geniuses die

me how you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a

looked at

myself several times,"

Elder's eyes

the Elder didn't

Elder released a deep

words, the Elder's

Alex as a talented, friendly youngster. Alex was very talented in the Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go

realized how

Why naïve?

how did a genius become a

only mean having a strong body, powerful techniques, or powerful