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?"

they don't jump me from several different angles, I can

in the

had already nearly spelled his doom. If

been able to

easy to kill one of

Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the fruits, the

could break a Pest Cat's neck with a single

body was far stronger

the man heard of Alex's power,

quickly fell

that powerful, we might have a lucrative job for you," the man

Alex heard that, he immediately perked

What

gestured towards the middle

me. You should speak with the

smile

the village, he could see curious eyes glancing at

villagers were still wary

probably had bad experiences with

everyone was as courageous as the

a minute, the two of them arrived in front of a normal

different from

other house, it was

on the door. "Elder, I think we have

Pest?' Alex repeated in his

and

probably in his fifties or sixties, but he looked

strength in his body anymore. The man also used a

Alex saw the old man, he

was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

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

of Mana like a whirlpool, while this old man only pulled in a bit of Mana, one

gap was just too

a Mage?"

words, but the eyes

was like he had expected

could see that Alex was pulling in

confident?" the old man

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised by Alex's

man only smiled a

said.

in defeating an enemy I don't even know?' Alex

while Alex entered the

quaint. It looked like a cozy

to a chair, and Alex

it over the fire, and while the water was warming, the old man sat down in