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 nodded back with

Alex answered. "Where's

here," the Elder said as

at the Elder. "As you've seen,

"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

worried for you. I hadn't

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

Elder's eyes widened

he looked at the head in

there no white glow

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

Elder's eyes widened in

looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away

Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex,

into his house and closed

released

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

scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by

lot of pure

left arm would absorb all the Ice

able to quickly recover from any

to injure himself at this

filled Alex with Ice Mana while

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

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

couldn't evade something

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice

or need to hurt himself

give them a perfect opportunity to

his eyes as he realized all

an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle experience to come up with

was vastly superior to nearly every other warrior in the

you for telling me, Elder," Alex said with

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

Elder had seen too many young geniuses

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

looked at the Elder

nearly killed myself

eyes widened

while, the Elder

the Elder released a

the Elder's

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

the Elder realized how naïve

Why naïve?

did a genius

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