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

answered. "Where's

here," the Elder said as he pushed himself through the gathered

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

a problem for you. After 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 soon as you get close

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

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

eyes widened in

looked at the head in Alex's hand

why is there no white glow coming from

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

Elder's eyes widened

the other villagers and

instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex managed to restrain

his house and closed

released

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

Lake Stag getting impaled by its own

shot a lot of

all the Ice

to quickly recover from any injury, but what if

Mana force him to injure himself at this

Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running

Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which

finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries in such

Alex couldn't evade something

some kind

either explode or need to hurt himself

a perfect opportunity to

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized

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

his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every other

Elder," Alex said

was good that the

Elder had seen too many young geniuses

Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a

looked at

killed myself several times," Alex

Elder's eyes widened

the

the Elder released a

words, the Elder's eyes had

as a talented, friendly youngster. Alex was very talented in the Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to help

realized how naïve he had

Why naïve?

did a genius become

a genius didn't only mean having a strong body,