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.

gave their thanks, and Alex nodded back with

Alex answered.

here," the Elder said as

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

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

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

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

eyes

the head in Alex's hand and

white glow

thing I had to take care of," Alex said. "My body accidentally

eyes widened in

he quickly looked at the other villagers

instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex

into his house and closed

he 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 about your affinity, they can use

the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared in

a lot

all the Ice Mana and fill

recover from any injury, but what if he wasn't

him to injure

Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex with

Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which

the Frozen Lake Stag would have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries in such a state, but it wasn't

couldn't evade

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice

would either explode or need to hurt

give them a perfect opportunity to

as he realized all of these

up with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had

his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every

telling me, Elder," Alex said with a thankful

that the young man realized

seen too many young geniuses die

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

looked at

myself several times,"

eyes widened

while, the

the Elder released a deep

words, the Elder's

Alex was very talented in the Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered

realized how

Why naïve?

a

genius didn't only mean having a