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?"

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

transformed in

Cat had already nearly spelled his doom. If he hadn't been lucky, the Pest Cat would have killed

Alex had been able to fight one

easy to kill

Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the

Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck

stronger than

power, he

man quickly fell into

powerful, we might have a lucrative job

Alex heard that,

What

gestured towards

should speak with the Elder,"

with a smile as he followed behind

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

still wary of

probably had bad

was as courageous as the old

of them arrived

different from any other

it was

the door. "Elder, I think we have someone that can take

Pest?' Alex repeated in

door opened, and an old man

was probably in his fifties or sixties, but

have much strength in his body anymore. The man also used a long

when Alex saw the old man,

bit of Mana was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

When put into comparison, the

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

gap was

a Mage?"

old smith was surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes of the old man didn't

was like he had

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

the old man asked

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised by Alex's

only smiled

he said.

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

while Alex

and quaint. It looked like

to a chair, and Alex

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