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.

right here," the Elder said as he pushed himself through

the Elder. "As you've seen, the Frozen Lake Stag has

you. After all, you already took down a High-Grade Ice Spear Bear. The Ice Spear Bear has an equally powerful ranged attack, but

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

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

eyes widened

the head in Alex's hand and

there no white glow coming from its

had to take care of," Alex

Elder's eyes widened in

looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away with

when he touched Alex,

into his house and

released

man, you can't just 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

of the Frozen Lake

shot a lot of pure Ice Mana at

absorb all the Ice

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

the additional Mana force him to injure himself at this

Alex

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

gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries in such a state, but it

evade

kind of bomb filled with Ice

would either explode or need

a perfect opportunity to

eyes as he realized

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

it yet, but his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly

telling me, Elder," Alex said

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

had seen too many young geniuses

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

at the Elder

killed myself

eyes widened in

the

the Elder released

the

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

Elder realized how naïve he

Why naïve?

how did a genius become

having a strong body, powerful techniques, or