Sword God in a World of Magic

"Three presents?" Alex asked with a raised brow.

"Yes, three presents," the young man answered as he leaned back on his throne with a smirk. "The strongest person that isn't following the path of magic has only barely reached the fourth Realm while there are many more Realms to go."

"You don't have any inheritance for techniques or any other person that can help you when you reach the third Realm. The first couple of Realms are still fine, but you will have to blaze your own path starting at the third Realm."

"So, you'll need some help. Otherwise, it would become impossible for you to reach any significant level of power."

Alex sighed.

'No help, huh?' Alex thought. 'I have to create my very own path to power.'

Alex looked at the young man for a couple of seconds as the young man only smirked back.

Alex's body shook slightly.

'Nothing to rely on. No person I can ask for pointers.'

'Everything is all on me.'

'That actually sounds exciting!'

Yes, Alex's body was not shaking out of fear or anxiety but out of excitement!

Alex hadn't played many games in the past, but just like many other people, Alex also wanted his life to be filled with a bit more excitement.

The mundane greyness and sterile systems in his old world were too boring.

Two fists couldn't beat four hands.

This was an old phrase that Alex had heard from one of his coaches in the past. It meant that numbers always beat individual strength.

A top-tier fighter might be able to win against two, three, or maybe even four people at once in a battle, but ten? A hundred? A thousand?

Impossible.

Just by piling onto the fighter with their bodyweight would allow the mass of enemies to make the fighter helpless since there was only so much muscle a man could have. One man couldn't resist hundreds of kilograms of weight pressing down on their body.

Alex looked at the young man.

'However, is that still true for him?' Alex thought. 'Would the numbers of normal humans even matter when they can't even get through his skin? Would the numbers matter when he can just kill everyone with a casual wave of his hand?'

'Fighting has always been a lifestyle of mine, but as long as I'm not in top form, and as long as I'm not in the top 1% of fighters, I can't make a living out of it.'

'Even more, a single slight injury might make it impossible for me to fight again in the future.'

'However, in this world, I can break these known conventions! I can achieve true power!'

"Tell me," Alex said with a seemingly calm voice. However, even he could hear the slight tremble in his own voice.

The young man only snickered a bit. However, he didn't comment on Alex's thoughts.

After all, he had told Alex more than once that he was perfectly suited for his world.

SHING!

a black cube appeared

weapon," the

took ahold of the cube, and his body

This cube was heavy!

doesn't look like a weapon," Alex said with

you're choosing yet," the young man said. "Whenever you decide on your own path to power, tell the cube what it should become, and it will assume that form. Keep

a weapon?" Alex asked as

some point, you would need to create your own weapon if you follow a path that requires

immediately noticed a problem. "So, I either can't use this weapon now, or it will also become useless in the future. After all,

bit. "This one is,"

blinked twice in

much better than a regular sword or regular spear, but as long as you give it great materials,

weapon will accompany you for the rest of your

the

However, that's expected since I'm entering a world filled with

thoughts. The fact that his world was filled with nothing but

space," he said. "This space acts as a world of its own, but a far smaller one. Don't bother looking for it since you can't use it yet. Wait until you reach the second Realm. Everything about

or something sounded quite useful. Additionally, Alex was sure that this separate space was not so simple. There were probably more things it

the young man said as he leaned back on his

nine questions in total, and I

looked at the young man

a God nine questions

mean that he could ask

about some secret techniques only

you can," the

he shouted. "You don't get to

"What do you

question and one answer per major breakthrough," the young man said. "You get to ask nine questions since my world has nine Realms of power. You

took a deep

changed the entire

Alex had been interested in how the world worked to satiate his curiosity, but now,

existed in that world? Alex wasn't so

silent for several minutes as he thought about what

move during

minutes. "For my first question: What would be the optimal way to start my journey to

been asked, and Alex had sacrificed this question

question," the young

physical strength, sufficient mental strength, sufficient

body until it's completely destroyed. After that, relax, close your eyes, and absorb the energy in the atmosphere. Due to your special constitution that makes practicing Magic impossible, the energy won't

your Mana storage will increase. At the same time, breaking your body more and more will increase

I'm sending you. Try to survive there without any human help. If you feel like you are not in danger anymore, go further into the wild

all that, search for an academy in the nearby towns. Don't worry, there will be an academy that's just perfect for

with a grin. "That

all of this

for

THWAP!

and he felt like his