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

problem," Alex answered. "Where's the

as he pushed himself

"As you've seen, the Frozen Lake Stag has

the head and nodded. "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 Spear Bear has an

for you. I hadn't expected you to

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

eyes widened

the head in Alex's

why is there no white glow

to take care of,"

Elder's eyes widened

the other villagers and

out of instinct when he touched

Elder pulled Alex into his house and closed

released a

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

but the scene of the Frozen Lake Stag getting

if someone shot a lot

would absorb all the Ice Mana and

to quickly recover from any injury, but what if he wasn't

the additional Mana force him to injure himself at this

Lake Stag had filled Alex with Ice Mana

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

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

Alex couldn't evade

if a group of bandits threw some kind of bomb filled with Ice

would either explode or

would give them a perfect opportunity to finish

narrowed his eyes as

with all of these scenarios in an instant, but Alex had gathered enough battle

battle was vastly superior to nearly every other warrior in the

Elder," Alex said with

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

many young geniuses

me how you dealt with the surplus of Mana? A Mana Overload is usually a death sentence,"

at

killed myself

Elder's eyes widened in

while, the

Elder released

Alex's words, the Elder's eyes

words, 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

now, the Elder realized

Why naïve?

how did a genius

didn't only mean having a strong body, powerful techniques, or