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

problem," Alex answered. "Where's the

the Elder said as he pushed

seen, the Frozen Lake Stag has

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

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

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

Elder's eyes widened

at the head in

glow coming from its antlers?"

to take care of,"

eyes

villagers and

instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex managed

Elder pulled Alex into his house and closed the

he released

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

Frozen Lake Stag getting

a lot of pure Ice Mana at

absorb all the Ice Mana and fill his

be able to quickly recover from

to injure himself at

Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running

Alex, which would force Alex

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

half-dead Alex couldn't evade

a group of bandits threw some kind

would either explode or need to hurt

give them a perfect opportunity to finish

as he realized all of

wouldn't have come up with all of these scenarios in an instant,

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

for telling me, Elder," Alex said with a thankful

nodded solemnly. It was good that the

had seen too many young

Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death sentence,"

at

myself several

Elder's eyes

while, the Elder didn't

Elder released

Alex's words, the Elder's

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

the Elder realized how naïve

Why naïve?

how did a genius become a

mean having a

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