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.

gave their thanks, and

problem," Alex answered. "Where's

as he pushed himself through

seen, the

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 attack, but it also isn't helpless as soon as you

worried for you. I hadn't expected you to be on the hunt for over a

"Well, something came up that I had to deal with," Alex explained. "However, the fight definitely

eyes

at the head in

white glow coming from

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

eyes widened in

at the other villagers

almost attacked the Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex managed to restrain

his house and

released

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

the Frozen Lake Stag getting

if someone shot a lot

the

from any injury, but what if he wasn't

to injure himself at this very

had filled Alex

Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which

a perfect opportunity to finish

evade something like those

group of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana at

either explode or need to hurt

them a perfect

narrowed his eyes as he realized all

these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle

but his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every

for telling me, Elder," Alex said

nodded solemnly. It was good that the young man realized the weight of

many young geniuses die

me how you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually

looked at the

myself

eyes widened in

the Elder

Elder released

the Elder's eyes

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

Elder realized how naïve he

Why naïve?

how did a

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