Sword God in a World of Magic

Alex hadn't expected a no for an answer.

"Then why did you ask about my coat?" he asked.

"To gauge your strength," the man said. "So, did you take out the Pest Cat yourself?"

Alex nodded. "I took out several. They are not my opponent."

This took the man by surprise.

He knew that Alex was strong since he was able to wield such a heavy sword in one hand, but he hadn't known how strong Alex was.

"They are not your opponents?" he asked. "What Stage are you?"

"Stage?" Alex asked, but then he remembered the Duke's words. "I should be in the Late First Realm."

"Late Soldier Stage?!" the man asked in shock. "And you're 15?!"

"Soldier Stage?" Alex asked in confusion. "I thought the First Realm was called Apprentice."

"That's for Mages only," the man said. "The First Realm for warriors is the Soldier Stage. That's because nearly all soldiers are in that Stage."

"Oh, okay," Alex said. "And yes, I'm at the Late Soldier Stage then."

The man looked far more surprised than Alex had assumed.

"Is that high?" he asked.

"Are you from a noble household?" the man asked in shock.

Alex snorted. "Do I look like I'm from a noble household?" he asked.

The man looked at Alex.

"So, is it strong?" Alex asked.

"Warriors in the Late Soldier Stage are generally considered elite warriors," the man answered. "They worked for years for their power."

"Elite soldiers?" Alex asked in surprise, "but the guards I met at that mountain were all more powerful than me."

"You can't compare normal soldiers to the soldiers working directly under the Duke," the man said. "The men under the Duke are all in the General Stage. That's the equivalent to the Adept Realm for Mages."

"Oh," Alex commented. "By the way, how do you know all these things?"

"When I was young, I worked as a smith in Warrior's Paradise," the man said.

'Knew it!' Alex thought. The guy just looked far too much like a smith.

"Back to the topic," the man said. "You said that Pest Cats are not your opponents, right?"

Alex nodded.

"Could you elaborate on your power? How would the fight go down?"

one kill," Alex said. "As long as they don't jump me from several different angles, I can take out a group of

truly transformed in the last six

had just arrived, one Pest Cat had already nearly spelled his doom. If he hadn't been lucky, the Pest Cat would have

been able to fight one

it easy to kill one of

incident with the Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the fruits, the Pest Cats were

fact, Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck

stronger than a

heard of Alex's power,

quickly fell

that powerful, we might have a lucrative job for

heard that, he immediately

job? What job?" he

and gestured towards the middle of the

speak with the Elder,"

smile as he followed behind

through the village, he could see curious eyes glancing at him

villagers were still

bad experiences

as courageous as the old

of them arrived in front of a normal

look any different from

like every other house, it

"Elder, I

Wood Pest?' Alex

opened, and an old man looked at

sixties, but he looked like he was

seemed to not have much strength in his body anymore.

the old man, he became a

of Mana was swirling

Was he a Mage?

into comparison, the old man felt like

pulled in an incredible amount of Mana like a whirlpool, while this old man

was just

Mage?"

smith was surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes of the old man

was like he

could see that Alex was pulling in quite

confident?" the old man

"No," Alex answered.

was

old man only

he said. "Come

in defeating an enemy I

waited outside while Alex

and quaint. It looked

man gestured to a chair,

man got some water from a bucket and warmed it over the fire, and while the water was warming, the old man sat down