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

in the last

spelled his doom.

been able to fight

Alex found it easy to kill one of

Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the

fact, Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck with

far stronger than a Pest Cat's

power,

quickly fell

are truly that powerful, we might have a lucrative

heard that, he

What job?" he

and gestured

You should speak with the

Alex said with a smile as

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

villagers were still

had bad

was as courageous as the old

of them arrived in front

didn't look any different from any other house in the

house, it was made

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

Wood Pest?' Alex repeated in his

the door opened, and

man was probably in his fifties or sixties,

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

old

bit of Mana was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

When put into comparison, the old man felt

of Mana like a whirlpool, while this old man

gap was

a Mage?" Alex

was surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes

was like he had expected

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

confident?" the old

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised by Alex's

old man only

said. "Come

be confident in defeating an enemy

outside while Alex

and quaint. It looked like a cozy house of a

man gestured to a chair,

the fire, and while the water