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 Alex nodded back

problem," Alex answered. "Where's

as he pushed

the Elder. "As you've seen,

you. After all, you already took down a High-Grade Ice Spear Bear. The Ice Spear Bear has

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

something came up that I had to deal with," Alex explained. "However, the fight definitely wasn't easy. The Frozen Lake Stag had

Elder's eyes widened

looked at the head in Alex's hand

is there no white glow coming from its antlers?"

had to take care of,"

Elder's eyes widened in

he quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled

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

pulled Alex into his house and

released

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 use various gadgets to influence your Mana to hurt

the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared

if someone shot a lot of pure Ice Mana

absorb all the Ice Mana and fill

recover from

additional Mana force him to injure himself at

Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away and

Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which would force Alex to injure

to finish Alex.

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something like

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana

explode or need to

them a

his eyes as he realized all of

have come up with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough

didn't know it yet, but his experience with battle was

Elder," Alex

good that the young man realized

young geniuses

you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death sentence," the Elder

looked at the Elder

killed myself several times,"

Elder's eyes

the Elder didn't

released a deep

Alex's words, the Elder's

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 to hand their

the Elder realized

Why naïve?

did a genius

having a strong body, powerful