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 Alex nodded

answered. "Where's

here," the Elder said as he

you've seen, the Frozen Lake Stag has been

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

you. I

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

eyes

head in Alex's hand

is there no white glow coming from

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

eyes

at the other villagers and pulled Alex away

had almost attacked the Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex, but

into his house and closed

he released a

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

scene of the Frozen Lake Stag

a lot of pure

all the Ice

be able to quickly recover from any injury, but what if he

additional Mana force him to injure himself at this

Alex with Ice Mana

Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which would

have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries in

Alex couldn't evade something like

some kind of bomb filled

explode or need to hurt himself

give them a perfect opportunity to finish

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized all

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

experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every

me, Elder," Alex said with a thankful

Elder nodded solemnly. It was good that the young man realized the

young geniuses die

with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death

at the Elder

nearly killed myself several times,"

Elder's eyes widened in

a while, the

Elder released a deep

the

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

the Elder realized how

Why naïve?

a genius become

having a strong body, powerful