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

problem," Alex answered.

said as he

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

looked at the head and nodded. "Good job. 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 ranged

bit worried for you. I hadn't expected you to be

with," Alex explained.

Elder's eyes widened

the head

there no white glow coming

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

Elder's eyes

at the other villagers and pulled

had almost attacked the Elder out of instinct when

pulled Alex into his house and closed the

he released a deep

in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If

blinked in surprise, but the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting

someone shot a lot of pure Ice Mana

the Ice Mana and

would be able to quickly recover from any injury, but

additional Mana force him to injure

the Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex with

Alex, which would force Alex to injure

finish

evade something like

threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana at

explode or need to

a perfect

eyes as he realized

all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered

was

for telling me, Elder," Alex said

Elder nodded solemnly. It was good that the young

many young geniuses die to

dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload

at

myself several

eyes widened

the Elder

Elder released

Alex's words, the

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 instead of just directly forcing them

realized

Why naïve?

a genius become a

having a strong body, powerful techniques, or powerful