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 long as they don't jump me from several

in the

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

Alex had been able

found it easy to kill one of

incident with the Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the

fact, Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck

was far stronger than a Pest

heard of Alex's power, he was taken aback

man quickly

are truly that powerful, we might have a lucrative job for

Alex heard that,

job? What job?" he

turned around and gestured towards the

You should speak with the Elder,"

with a smile as he followed

curious eyes glancing at him through the windows of the

villagers were still wary of

bad

was as courageous as

them arrived in front

didn't look any different from

other house, it

the door. "Elder, I think we

Wood Pest?' Alex repeated in his

seconds, the door opened, and

was probably in his fifties or sixties, but he looked like he was in his

frame was small, and he seemed to not have much strength in his body anymore. The man also used a long cane

the old man, he became

of Mana was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

When put into comparison, the old man felt like an old weed while Duke Whirlwind felt like a towering,

amount of Mana like a whirlpool, while this old

gap was just

a Mage?"

words, but the eyes of the old

like he had expected

was pulling in quite a bit of

the

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised

old man only smiled a

said.

I be confident in defeating an enemy I don't

smith waited outside while Alex entered the

quaint. It looked like a cozy house of a

a chair, and

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