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.

gave their thanks, and Alex nodded back with

problem," Alex answered. "Where's

as he pushed himself through

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

"Good 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

bit worried for you. I hadn't expected you to be on the hunt for over a

had to deal with," Alex explained. "However, the

Elder's eyes

head in Alex's hand and

glow

of," Alex said. "My

Elder's eyes widened in

quickly looked at the other villagers and

when he touched Alex,

pulled Alex into his house and

he released

take advantage of someone's affinity. If an enemy

but the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting impaled by its own ability appeared

shot a lot of

absorb all the Ice Mana

Alex would be able to quickly recover from any injury, but what if he wasn't

to injure

the Frozen Lake Stag had filled Alex

Alex, which would

Alex injured himself, the Frozen Lake Stag would have gotten a perfect opportunity to finish Alex. After all, Alex could recover from heavy injuries in such a state, but it wasn't

half-dead Alex couldn't evade something

of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice Mana at

either explode or

a perfect opportunity to finish

narrowed his eyes as he realized all of

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

know it yet, but his experience with battle was vastly

for telling me, Elder," Alex said

Elder nodded solemnly. It was good that the young man realized the weight of his

seen too many young geniuses die to their own

Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death sentence,"

at the

killed myself several

eyes widened

a while, the Elder

Elder released

Alex's words, the Elder's

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

Elder realized how naïve he had

Why naïve?

did a

having a