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.

villagers gave their thanks, and Alex nodded back with

answered.

the Elder said as he pushed

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

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 it

I was a bit worried for you. I hadn't

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

Elder's eyes widened

the head in

no white glow coming from

care of," Alex said. "My

eyes

looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex

when he touched Alex, but Alex managed

pulled Alex into his house

released a

in a hushed tone. "There are ways to take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy knows about your affinity, they can use various gadgets to influence

in surprise, but the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag

a lot of pure Ice Mana

absorb all the Ice Mana and

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

the additional Mana force him to injure himself

Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running away and

Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex,

finish Alex.

couldn't evade something

some kind

either explode or need to hurt

a perfect

as

an instant, but Alex had gathered

his experience with battle was

me, Elder," Alex said with a

that the young man realized the weight of his

too many young geniuses

surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload

at the Elder

killed myself

eyes widened in

the Elder didn't

the Elder released a

words, the Elder's eyes

mind, and the Elder

Elder realized how naïve

Why naïve?

how did a genius become a

genius didn't only mean having a strong body, powerful techniques,