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?"

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

transformed in the last six

spelled his doom. If he

able

found it easy to kill one of

the subsequent strengthening with the fruits, the

a Pest Cat's

stronger than a

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

man quickly fell

might have a

Alex heard that,

job? What job?"

turned around and gestured

me. You should speak

said with a smile

see curious eyes glancing at him through the windows

villagers were still wary

bad experiences with

as courageous as the old

two of them arrived in front of a normal

different from any other house

other house, it was

times on the door. "Elder, I think

Wood Pest?' Alex repeated

some seconds, the door opened, and an old

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

his body anymore. The man also used a long cane in order to stand relatively

saw the old man,

bit of Mana was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

put into comparison, the old man

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

was

a Mage?" Alex

Alex's words, but the eyes of the old

like he had expected

was pulling

confident?" the

"No," Alex answered.

old smith was

old man only

said. "Come

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

waited outside while Alex

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

a chair, and Alex sat

water from a bucket and warmed it over the fire, and while the water