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?"

don't jump me from several different angles, I can take

transformed in

nearly spelled his doom. If he

been able to fight

Alex found it easy to kill one of

incident with the Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening

fact, Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck with

body was far stronger

man heard of Alex's power,

man quickly fell

might have a lucrative job for you,"

Alex heard that, he immediately perked

What

around and gestured towards the middle

me. You should speak with the

said with a smile

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

still

had bad experiences with

everyone was as courageous as

two of them arrived in front of a normal

different from any

like every other house, it was

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

Pest?' Alex repeated in his

opened, and an old man looked

in his fifties or sixties, but he looked

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

old man, he

of Mana was swirling around the

Was he a Mage?

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

Mana like a whirlpool, while this old man only pulled

gap was just

a Mage?" Alex

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

like he had expected

old man looked at Alex, and he could see that Alex was pulling in quite a bit of

confident?" the

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised

only

he said.

confident in defeating an enemy I don't

old smith waited outside while

and quaint. It

to a chair,

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