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 back with

Alex answered. "Where's

Elder said as he pushed himself

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

to say that I was a bit worried for you. I

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

eyes

head in Alex's hand

there no white glow coming from its

take care of,"

eyes widened in

quickly looked at the other villagers and

instinct when

into his house

released a

in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy knows about your affinity, they can

scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by

if someone shot a lot

the Ice Mana

to quickly recover from

force him to injure himself at this

if the Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away

Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which

perfect opportunity to finish

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something like

some kind of bomb filled with

would either explode or

give them a perfect opportunity to

his eyes as he

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

but his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every

you for telling me, Elder," Alex said with a thankful

It was good that the young

young

how you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload

looked at

killed myself several times,"

eyes

while, the Elder

Elder released

the

and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to

now, the Elder realized how naïve he had

Why naïve?

a genius become

mean having a