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

Alex answered.

as

Elder. "As you've seen, the Frozen

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 ranged

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

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

Elder's eyes

at the head in

is there no white glow coming from its

to take care of," Alex said. "My body accidentally absorbed

Elder's eyes

the other villagers and pulled Alex away with

of instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex

into his house and

he released a deep

can't just tell people your affinity," the Elder said in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage

the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by

someone shot a lot of pure Ice Mana

arm would absorb all the Ice Mana and fill his

quickly recover from any injury,

the additional Mana force him to injure

Stag had filled Alex with

injure Alex,

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

couldn't evade something like

if a group of bandits threw some kind of bomb

would either explode or

them a perfect opportunity to

eyes as he realized all of these

with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle experience to

know it yet, but his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every other

Elder," Alex said

the young

Elder had seen too many young

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

at the Elder

killed myself

Elder's eyes widened in

the Elder

the Elder released a

words, the Elder's

looked at Alex 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 the villagers

realized how naïve he had

Why naïve?

how did a genius

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