Sword God in a World of Magic

Chapter 36

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?"

as they don't jump

truly transformed in

nearly spelled his doom. If he hadn't been

had been able to

Alex found it easy to kill one of

subsequent strengthening with the

Pest Cat's neck with a single

far stronger than a Pest Cat's

of Alex's power, he

quickly fell into

we might have a lucrative job for you,"

that,

What job?" he

man turned around and gestured towards the middle

should speak with

said with a smile

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

still wary

had bad experiences

courageous

the two of them arrived in front of a

different from any other house

every other house, it was made out of

a couple of times on the door. "Elder, I

Wood Pest?' Alex

some seconds, the door opened, and an old man

or sixties, but he looked

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

saw the old man,

of Mana was swirling around the old

Was he a Mage?

put into comparison, the old man felt like

this old man only pulled

gap was just

Mage?"

surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes of

like he

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

confident?" the old man

"No," Alex answered.

smith was

man only smiled

he said.

could I be confident in defeating an enemy

while Alex entered the old

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

a chair, and Alex

fire, and while the water was warming,

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