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

answered. "Where's the

Elder said as he pushed himself through the

"As you've seen,

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

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

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

eyes

at the head

white glow coming from its

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

eyes

quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled

the Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex, but

Alex into his

released

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

the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its

someone shot a lot of pure

left arm would absorb all the Ice Mana

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

him to

the Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while

Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which would force

Stag would have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover

couldn't evade

kind of bomb filled

explode or need to hurt

would give them a perfect opportunity

his eyes as he realized all of these

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

was vastly superior to nearly every other

me, Elder," Alex said with a

the young man realized

young geniuses

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

looked at

killed myself several times,"

eyes widened in

a while, the

Elder released a deep

Alex's words, the Elder's eyes

Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also

Elder realized how naïve

Why naïve?

how did a

didn't only mean having a strong body, powerful