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

answered. "Where's

as he pushed

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

knew that the Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't be a problem for you. After all, you already took down a High-Grade Ice

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

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

Elder's eyes

head in

there no white glow

take care of,"

Elder's eyes

he quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away with

of instinct when he touched Alex,

Alex into his house and closed the

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

scene of the Frozen Lake

shot a lot of

arm would absorb all the Ice

quickly recover from any injury, but what if he wasn't

the additional Mana force him to injure himself at this very

filled Alex with Ice Mana while

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

himself, the Frozen Lake Stag would have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish

couldn't evade something like those

some kind of bomb filled with

either explode or

them a

eyes as he realized all of

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

was vastly superior to nearly every

for telling me, Elder," Alex said with a

solemnly. It was good that the young man

many young

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

looked at the Elder

myself several times," Alex

eyes widened

a while, the Elder

Elder released

words, the

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

realized how naïve

Why naïve?

did a genius become

didn't only mean having a strong body, powerful techniques,