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

problem," Alex answered.

here," the Elder said as he pushed

Elder. "As you've seen, the Frozen

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

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

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

eyes widened in

looked at the head

is there no white glow

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

Elder's eyes widened in

looked at the other villagers

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

into his house and closed

he released a deep

affinity," the Elder said in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy

scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting

shot a lot of pure Ice

the Ice Mana and fill

able to quickly recover from any injury, but what if he

Mana force him to injure himself at this

Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away and not

Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which would force

finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something like those

group of bandits threw some kind of

explode or need to

would give them a perfect opportunity to

as he realized all of

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

was vastly superior to nearly every other

for telling me, Elder," Alex

solemnly. It was good that the young man

too many young geniuses die to

you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A

looked at the

nearly killed myself several times,"

Elder's eyes widened in

the

released

the Elder's

words, the Elder had looked at Alex 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

realized how naïve he

Why naïve?

did a

only mean having a strong body, powerful