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

Alex answered. "Where's the

here," the Elder said as he

"As you've seen, the Frozen Lake Stag has

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

was a bit worried for you. I hadn't expected you to

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

eyes widened

the head in Alex's hand and

no white glow

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

Elder's eyes

villagers and pulled Alex away

the Elder out of instinct when

Alex into his house and closed the

he released a deep

you 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 hurt

the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared in

someone shot a lot of pure Ice Mana

would absorb all the Ice

quickly recover from any injury, but what if

him to injure himself at this

Alex with Ice Mana while running away and

wouldn't injure Alex, which would force Alex to

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

evade something like

a group of bandits threw some kind of bomb

either explode or need to hurt

would give them a perfect

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized all

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

experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every other

me, Elder," Alex said

It was good that the young man realized the weight

Elder had seen too many young geniuses

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

looked at

nearly killed myself several times," Alex

Elder's eyes widened

while, the

Elder released

Alex's words, the Elder's eyes had

Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to help the villagers instead of just

Elder realized

Why naïve?

how did a genius become

having a strong