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?"

as they don't jump me from several different angles, I can take out a group

transformed in the last

Pest Cat had already nearly spelled his doom. If he hadn't been lucky, the Pest Cat

Alex had been able to fight

Alex found it easy to kill one

and the subsequent strengthening with the fruits, the Pest Cats were no

Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck with

far stronger than a Pest

power, he was taken aback

quickly

truly that powerful, we might have

heard that, he immediately

What job?" he

around and gestured towards the middle of the

me. You should speak with the Elder," he

with a smile as he

village, he could see curious eyes

still wary

probably had bad

as courageous as the old

a minute, the two of them arrived in front of

from any other

house, it was

of times on the door. "Elder, I think we have someone that can take on

Alex repeated in

the door opened, and an

was probably in his fifties or sixties,

to not have much strength in his body anymore. The man also used a long cane in order to stand relatively

old

Mana was swirling around

Was he a Mage?

When put into comparison, the old man felt like an old

an incredible amount of Mana like a whirlpool, while this

gap was just too

Mage?"

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

like he

see that Alex was pulling in quite a bit of Mana, even more

the old

"No," Alex answered.

was surprised by

man only

said. "Come

I be confident in defeating an

waited outside while Alex

house was very simple and quaint. It looked like

to a chair,

over the fire, and while the water was warming, the old man