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.

thanks, and

problem," Alex answered. "Where's the

the Elder said as he

nodded at the Elder. "As you've seen, the

a problem for you. After all, you already took down a High-Grade

to say that I was a bit worried for you. I hadn't

with," Alex explained. "However, the fight definitely wasn't easy. The Frozen Lake Stag

Elder's eyes widened

the head in Alex's

there no white glow coming from its antlers?" he

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

Elder's eyes widened in

quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away

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

into his

he released a

ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy knows about your affinity, they can use various gadgets

but the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by

a lot

absorb all the Ice Mana and

recover from

force him to injure

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

injure Alex, which would force Alex

perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After

couldn't evade something

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice

or

give them a perfect

immediately narrowed his eyes as he realized

these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle experience to come up with these

his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every other warrior

telling me, Elder," Alex said with a

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

Elder had seen too many young geniuses die to their

of Mana?

at the

nearly killed myself several

Elder's eyes

a while, the Elder didn't

the Elder released a deep

words, the Elder's

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

now, the Elder realized

Why naïve?

did a genius become a

didn't only mean having a strong body,