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?"

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

transformed in the last

arrived, one Pest Cat had already nearly spelled his doom. If he

Alex had been able to fight one

easy to kill one of

the subsequent strengthening with the

Alex could break a Pest Cat's neck with a

body was far stronger than a

man heard of Alex's power, he was

quickly fell into

we might have a lucrative job for you,"

heard that, he immediately

What job?"

man turned around and gestured towards

me. You should speak with the

Alex said with a smile as

curious

villagers were still wary of

had bad experiences with

was as courageous as the old

the two of them arrived in front

any different from any other

house, it was made out

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

Alex repeated in his

the door opened, and

or sixties, but he looked like he was

and he seemed to not have much strength in his body anymore. The man also used a

when Alex saw the old

of Mana was swirling around the

Was he a Mage?

Whirlwind. When put into comparison, the old man felt like an old weed while

this old man only pulled in a

gap was

a Mage?" Alex

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

he had expected

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

the old man

"No," Alex answered.

was

old man only smiled

he said.

be confident in defeating an enemy I

old smith waited outside while Alex entered the

very simple and quaint. It looked like a

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,