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

transformed in the last six

had just arrived, one Pest 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

easy to kill

the Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening with

Pest Cat's neck

far stronger than a Pest Cat's

man heard of Alex's power, he was taken aback

man quickly fell into

we might have a lucrative job

that, he immediately

What job?" he

and gestured

You should speak with the

said with a smile as he

could see curious eyes glancing at him through the windows

were still wary of

probably had bad experiences

was as courageous as the old

a minute, the two of them arrived

look any different from any other house in the

like every other house, it was made

a couple of times on the door. "Elder, I think we have someone that can take on the Ice

Pest?' Alex repeated in

and an old man looked

in his fifties or sixties, but he looked like he was in his

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

when Alex saw the old man, he

was swirling

Was he a Mage?

put into comparison, the old man felt like an

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

was

a Mage?" Alex

smith was surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes of

he

that Alex was pulling in quite a bit of Mana,

the old man

"No," Alex answered.

was

old man only smiled a

said.

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

smith waited outside while Alex entered the

simple and quaint. It looked like a cozy

gestured to a chair, and Alex

man got some water from a bucket and warmed it over the fire, and while the water was warming,