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?"

Alex said. "As long as they don't jump me from several different angles, I

truly transformed in

just arrived, one Pest Cat had already nearly spelled his doom. If he hadn't

able to

found it easy to kill one

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

fact, Alex could break a Pest Cat's

far stronger than a

power, he

quickly fell into

are truly that powerful, we might have a lucrative

Alex heard that, he

job? What job?" he

around and gestured towards the

should speak with the Elder,"

Alex said with a smile

the village, he could see curious eyes glancing at him

still wary

bad

as courageous as the old

of them arrived

look any different from any other house

house, it was made

a couple of times on the door. "Elder, I think we have

Alex repeated

seconds, the door opened, and an

fifties or sixties, but he looked

in his body

the old man, he became

was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

the old man couldn't be compared to Duke Whirlwind. When put into comparison, the old man

of Mana like a whirlpool, while this

gap was

Mage?" Alex

by Alex's words, but the eyes of the old man didn't

was like he had expected

was pulling in quite a bit of Mana, even

confident?" the old man

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised by Alex's

man only smiled

he said.

defeating an enemy I don't

while Alex entered the old man's

was very simple and quaint. It looked like a cozy house of

to a chair, and

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