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

in the last six

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

been able to fight

easy to

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

a Pest Cat's neck with

far stronger than a Pest Cat's

of Alex's power, he

man quickly

truly that powerful, we might have a lucrative job for

that, he immediately

What

man turned around and gestured

should speak with the Elder," he

a smile

through the village, he could see curious eyes

were still wary

had bad experiences

everyone was as courageous as

a minute, the two of them

any different from any

house, it

I think we have someone that can take on

Pest?' Alex repeated in his

the door opened, and an old man looked at

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

frame was small, and he seemed to not have much strength in his body anymore. The man

Alex saw the old man, he

of Mana was

Was he a Mage?

into comparison, the old

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

gap was just

a Mage?"

by Alex's words, but the eyes of the

was like he had

at Alex, and he could see that Alex was pulling in quite a bit of Mana, even more than the

confident?" the old

"No," Alex answered.

old smith was

man only smiled a

he said.

an enemy I don't

old smith waited outside while Alex entered

simple and quaint. It looked like a cozy house

to a chair, and

and warmed it over the fire, and while the water was warming, the