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

transformed in

nearly spelled his doom. If he hadn't

Alex had been able

Alex found it easy to kill one of

incident with the Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the

Alex could break a Pest

stronger than a

of Alex's power, he was

man quickly fell

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

that, he

job? What job?" he

and gestured towards the middle of the

speak

with a smile as he followed

walked through the village, he could see curious eyes glancing

were still wary of

had bad experiences

as courageous as the old

a minute, the two of them arrived

different from any

other house, it was made out of

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

Wood Pest?' Alex repeated in

opened, and an old man looked at

probably in his fifties or sixties, but he

body anymore. The

the old man, he became a bit

of Mana was swirling around

Was he a Mage?

When put into comparison, the old man felt like

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

was

a Mage?" Alex

surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes

like he had

pulling in quite a bit

the old

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised by

only

he said. "Come

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

waited outside while

very simple and quaint. It looked like a cozy

a chair, and

a bucket and warmed it over the fire, and while the water was warming, the