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.

and Alex

Alex answered. "Where's the

as he pushed himself

seen, the Frozen Lake Stag has

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

you. I hadn't expected you to

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

Elder's eyes

head in Alex's hand

glow coming from its antlers?"

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

eyes widened in

quickly looked at the other villagers and pulled Alex away with

the Elder out of instinct when he

into his house and closed

he released

ways to take advantage

in surprise, but the scene of the Frozen Lake

someone shot a lot

would absorb all the Ice Mana and

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

him to injure

the Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana while running

Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which would force

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

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something like those

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled

would either explode or need

them a perfect opportunity to

narrowed his eyes as he realized

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

didn't know it yet, but his experience with battle was vastly superior

Elder," Alex said with a

good that the young man realized the weight of

young geniuses die to

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

looked at the

killed myself

Elder's eyes widened in

the Elder

released a deep

words, the

Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had also offered to help the

realized how naïve he had

Why naïve?

how did a genius become

only mean having a strong body, powerful techniques, or powerful