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.

their thanks, and

answered. "Where's the

as he pushed himself through the gathered

Elder. "As you've seen,

After all, you already took down a High-Grade Ice Spear Bear. The Ice Spear Bear has

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

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

eyes widened in

at the head

no white glow coming from its

take care of,"

Elder's eyes widened

other villagers and pulled Alex away with his

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

Elder pulled Alex into his house and closed

released a

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

of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own

if someone shot a lot of pure Ice

all the

quickly recover from any injury,

force him to injure

Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana

Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex, which would force

opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries in such a state, but it

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something like

threw some kind of bomb filled

or need

them a perfect opportunity

as he realized all of these

wouldn't have come up with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered

battle was vastly superior to nearly every other warrior in the

Elder," Alex said with a

the young man realized

many young

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

at the Elder

myself

eyes widened in

the

released a

the Elder's eyes

Elder's mind, and the Elder knew that Alex would go far. Alex had

Elder realized how

Why naïve?

how did a genius become a

having a strong body, powerful techniques, or