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?"

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

in the

one Pest Cat had already nearly spelled his doom. If he hadn't been

been able to

found it easy to kill one of

incident with the Ice Bear and the subsequent strengthening with the fruits, the Pest Cats

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

was far stronger than a

Alex's power, he was

man quickly fell into

truly that powerful, we might have a lucrative job for

that, he

What job?" he

turned around and gestured towards the middle

me. You should speak with the

with a smile as he followed behind the

curious eyes glancing at him through

still wary

probably had bad

as courageous as

them arrived in front of

look any different from any other house in the

every other house, it was made out of grey

I think we have someone that can take on the Ice Wood

Alex repeated in

the door opened, and an old man looked

sixties, but he looked like he was in

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

old man,

of Mana was swirling around

Was he a Mage?

the old man felt like an old weed

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

was

a Mage?" Alex

surprised by Alex's words, but the eyes

he had expected

was pulling in quite a bit of Mana,

confident?" the old man asked

"No," Alex answered.

smith was

only

he said. "Come

in defeating an enemy I don't

while

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

old man gestured to a chair, and Alex sat

man got some water from a bucket and warmed it over the fire, and while the water was warming, the old man sat