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.

villagers gave their thanks, and Alex nodded

answered. "Where's the

said as he pushed himself through the gathered

Elder. "As you've seen, the Frozen Lake Stag

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 powerful

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

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

Elder's eyes widened

he looked at the head in Alex's hand

is there no white glow

care of,"

eyes widened in

other villagers

the Elder out of instinct when he touched

into his house and closed the

released a deep

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

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

shot a lot of

absorb all the Ice Mana and fill

would be able to quickly recover from

force him to injure

Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away

Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which

to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something like those

some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana

or need to hurt

give them a

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized all

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

with battle was vastly superior to nearly

Elder,"

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

Elder had seen too many young geniuses die to

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

looked at the Elder

killed myself several

eyes

while, the Elder

released

words, the Elder's

Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to help the villagers instead of

now, the Elder realized how naïve he

Why naïve?

did a genius become a

a strong body, powerful techniques,