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!

black cube appeared in front of

your weapon," the young man

ahold of the cube,

This cube was heavy!

doesn't look like a weapon,"

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 in mind that this

asked as he looked at

to create your own weapon if you follow a path that requires one. If you had to do that, you would need to blaze two new paths instead of one. We can't make things too hard on you now, can we?" the young man explained

problem. "So, I either can't use this weapon now, or it

man chuckled a bit.

blinked twice

better than a regular sword

short, this weapon will accompany you for the rest

the cube with

expected since

young man frowned when he read Alex's thoughts. The fact that his world was filled with nothing but Mages was a

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

Alex was sure that this separate space was not so simple. There were probably more things it

and last present," the young man said as

me nine questions in total, and I will answer them

looked at the young man with

a God nine questions in

ask about the origins of

about some secret techniques

the young

to remember

"What

the young man said. "You get to ask nine questions since my world has nine Realms of

a deep

changed the entire

in how the world worked to satiate his curiosity, but now, these

impossible. After all, how many supremely powerful people existed in that world? Alex wasn't so arrogant that he believed that he could easily achieve something that millions of people

as he thought about

move during all

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

had been asked, and Alex had sacrificed

question," the young man said,

all, you need the basics. You need sufficient physical strength, sufficient mental strength, sufficient Mana, and sufficient

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 enter your soul but your

Mana and sufficient mental strength. By absorbing the energy in the atmosphere, the stuff that people in my world call Mana, your Mana storage will increase. At the same time, breaking your body more and more will increase your willpower while the absorption of Mana will have a

gain sufficient combat experience, I would advise you to live in the wilderness close to the village I'm sending you. Try to survive there without any human help. If you feel like you are not in danger

done all that, search for an academy

said with a grin. "That

all of this

then for my second

THWAP!

like his mind