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 Alex nodded back

problem," Alex answered. "Where's

here," the Elder said as he pushed himself through

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

you. After all, you already took down a

say that I was a bit worried for you. I hadn't expected you

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

eyes widened

at the head

is there no white glow coming from

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

eyes widened in

villagers

almost attacked the Elder out of instinct when he touched Alex, but Alex

into his house and closed the

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

the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own

a lot of

the Ice Mana and fill his

be able to quickly recover from

the additional Mana force him to injure himself at

Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice

Frozen Lake Stag wouldn't injure Alex,

opportunity to finish Alex. After

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something

group of bandits threw some kind

or need to hurt

give them a perfect opportunity to finish

his eyes as he realized

and Mages wouldn't have come up with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle experience to come up

was vastly superior

you for telling me, Elder," Alex said

was good that the young man

Elder had seen too many young geniuses

tell me how you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload

looked at the Elder

nearly killed myself several times," Alex

eyes

the Elder didn't

the Elder released a deep

the Elder's eyes

Elder knew that Alex would go

now, the Elder realized how naïve he

Why naïve?

how did a genius become

genius didn't only mean having a strong body,