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?"

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

truly transformed in the

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

been able to

easy

subsequent strengthening with the fruits, the Pest

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

far stronger than a Pest Cat's

power, he was taken

quickly fell into

we might have

that, he immediately

What

around and gestured towards the middle of

me. You should speak with the Elder,"

said with a smile as he followed behind the

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

were still wary

probably had bad

everyone was as courageous as the old

of them arrived in front of a normal

from any other house in

other house, it was made out of

"Elder, I think

Pest?' Alex repeated in his

door opened, and an

was probably in his fifties or sixties, but he

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

the old man, he became a

bit of Mana was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

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

Mana like a whirlpool, while this old man only pulled

was just too

a Mage?" Alex

words, but the eyes of the

he

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

the

"No," Alex answered.

smith was surprised by

old man only smiled

said. "Come

I be confident in defeating an enemy I

outside while Alex

simple and quaint. It looked like a cozy house of a

to a chair, and Alex

old man got some water from a bucket and warmed it over the fire, and