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?"

Alex said. "As long as they don't jump me from several different angles,

had truly transformed in the last six

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

been able to fight

Alex found it easy to kill one of

Bear and the subsequent strengthening with

Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck with a single

far stronger

power, he

quickly fell into

you are truly that powerful, we might have

heard that, he immediately

What job?" he

and gestured towards the middle of

me. You should speak with the Elder," he

with a smile as he followed behind the

see curious eyes glancing at him through the

villagers were still wary of

probably had bad experiences

everyone was as courageous as

them arrived in front of a normal

from any other

house, it was made out of

door. "Elder, I think we have someone that

Pest?' Alex repeated in his

door opened, and

man was probably in his fifties or sixties,

in his body anymore.

old man, he became a

bit of Mana was swirling around the

Was he a Mage?

Whirlwind. When put into comparison, the old

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

gap was just

a Mage?"

words, but the eyes

like he

could see that Alex was pulling in quite a bit of Mana, even more than the old

you confident?" the old man

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised by Alex's

only

said. "Come

in defeating an

outside while

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

old man gestured to a chair,

and warmed it over the fire, and while the water was warming, the old man