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!

light shone briefly, and a black cube appeared in front

is your weapon," the

ahold of the cube,

This cube was heavy!

a weapon," Alex said with

it doesn't know what path 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

weapon?" Alex asked as he looked

that know how to make powerful weapons that are not Mage weapons. At some point, you would need to create your own weapon if you follow a path that requires one. If you had to do that, you would need to

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

chuckled a bit. "This one

twice

it won't be much better than a regular sword

this weapon will accompany you for the rest of your

the

since I'm entering a world filled

that his world was filled with nothing but Mages was a

"This space acts as a world of its own, but a far smaller one. Don't bother looking for

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

your third and last present," the young man said as he leaned back

questions in total, and

the

could ask a God

mean that he could ask about the origins of

about some secret techniques only the

you can," the young

get to remember your questions and answers

frowned. "What do you

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

a deep

the entire meaning of

in how the world worked to satiate

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

minutes as he

didn't move

my first question: What would be the optimal way to start my journey to

and Alex

the

of all, you need the basics. You need sufficient physical

until it's completely destroyed. After that, relax, close your eyes, and absorb the energy in the atmosphere. Due

the energy in the atmosphere, the stuff that people in my world call Mana, your Mana storage will increase.

there without any human help. If you

join human society again. When you've done all that, search for

the young man said with a grin. "That should give you the

all of

for my

THWAP!

like his mind had been hit