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 with

answered.

the Elder said as he pushed himself

at the Elder. "As you've seen, 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

a bit worried for you. I hadn't expected you to be

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

Elder's eyes widened in

the head in Alex's

glow coming from its antlers?" he

the thing I had to take care of,"

Elder's eyes widened

at the other villagers and pulled Alex away

instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex

Elder pulled Alex into his house

released a deep

take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy

Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability

a lot of pure Ice Mana

arm would absorb all the

able to quickly recover from any injury, but what if

him to injure himself at this very

Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana

Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex,

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

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something like those

of bandits threw some kind of

would either explode or need to hurt

them a perfect

as he realized all of

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

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

telling me, Elder," Alex said with

the young man realized the

many young geniuses die to their

dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is

at the Elder

nearly killed myself several times,"

eyes

the Elder

the Elder released

Alex's words, the Elder's eyes

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

Elder realized how naïve he

Why naïve?

did a genius become

mean having a strong body, powerful techniques, or powerful