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!

cube appeared in front of Alex, floating

your weapon," the young man

took ahold of the cube, and his

This cube was heavy!

look like a weapon,"

own path to power, tell the cube what it should become, and it will

Alex asked as

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.

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

bit. "This one is,"

blinked twice in

it won't be much better than a regular sword or regular spear, but as

you for the rest of your life, no

the cube with newfound

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

fact that his

present is a separate 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

Additionally, Alex was sure that this separate

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

in total, and I will answer them honestly,"

looked at the young man

God nine questions

ask about the origins of the

he ask about some secret

you can," the

"You don't get to remember your

frowned. "What do

man said. "You get to ask nine questions since my world has nine Realms of power. You get to ask all these questions now, but

a deep

changed the entire meaning of

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

becoming truly powerful was nearly 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

several minutes as he

young man didn't move during all of

my first question: What would be the optimal

asked, and Alex had sacrificed this question

a smart question," the

sufficient physical strength, sufficient mental strength, sufficient Mana, and sufficient combat

specific routine: Train your physical 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 enter your

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

the village 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 and survive there. Power

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

that's all," the young man said with a grin. "That should give you the optimal start

took all

then for my second

THWAP!

jerked, and he felt like his mind