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?"

immediately. "One strike, one kill," Alex said. "As long as they don't jump me from several different angles, I can take out a group of them with

truly transformed in the last six

spelled his doom. If he

Alex had been able to fight

it easy to kill one of

the incident with the Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the fruits,

Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck with

far stronger than a Pest

man heard of Alex's power, he was taken

man quickly fell into

truly that powerful, we might have a lucrative

Alex heard that, he immediately

job? What job?" he

turned around and gestured towards the

should speak

said with a smile as

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

still wary of

probably had bad

was as courageous

the two of them arrived in front of

any different from any other house in the

it was made out

"Elder, I think we have someone that

Wood Pest?' Alex repeated in

opened, and an old man looked

fifties or sixties, but

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

the old man, he became a bit

was

Was he a Mage?

couldn't be compared to Duke Whirlwind. When put into comparison, the old man felt like an old weed while Duke Whirlwind felt

an incredible amount of Mana like a whirlpool, while this old man only pulled in a bit of

gap was just

Mage?"

was surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes

was like he

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

the

"No," Alex answered.

old smith was surprised

man only smiled a

he said. "Come

I be confident in defeating an enemy I

waited outside while Alex

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

to a chair, and Alex

fire, and while the water was warming, the old man sat down in front of