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. "Where's the

Elder said as he pushed

nodded at the Elder. "As you've seen, the

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 as soon as

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

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

Elder's eyes widened

the head in Alex's hand

white glow coming from its antlers?" he

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

eyes widened

at the other villagers and pulled

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

Alex into his

he released a deep

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

the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared

if someone shot a lot of pure

would absorb all the Ice Mana and

be able to quickly recover from any injury,

him to injure himself at this

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

wouldn't injure Alex, which would

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

evade something like those

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana

explode or need to

a perfect opportunity to finish

narrowed his eyes as he realized all

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

didn't know it yet, but his experience with battle was vastly superior to nearly every other warrior in the

Elder," Alex

that the young

seen too many young geniuses die to their

dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana

looked at

myself several times," Alex

Elder's eyes

the Elder didn't

the Elder released

words, the Elder's eyes

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 of just

realized how naïve

Why naïve?

did a genius become

only mean having a strong body,