Sword God in a World of Magic

Everyone followed after Sarah with different expressions.

Shang was annoyed.

Astor was laughing.

Elver only helplessly smiled from the side.

The four of them passed some guards as they climbed the wall at the eastern side of Warrior's Paradise. Shang could also see several other teams in front and behind them, and he also noticed that basically all of them were at the General Stage.

The three of them caught up with Sarah while they were still climbing the wall.

"You seem rather annoyed at meeting me again," Shang commented from behind Sarah.

"Yes," Sarah answered directly, "but I'm not annoyed at you but at myself. Seeing your current power shows me that I have been slacking off for the last year. I thought that I had already put my everything into becoming more powerful, but apparently, I was mistaken."

'She doesn't sound like she's lying,' Shang thought.

"Why aren't you in the General Stage grade in the academy?" Shang asked. "With your hardworking personality, you should have easily been accepted."

"I declined," Sarah answered.

This surprised Shang.

"Why?"

"Because joining the General Stage grade means focusing completely on becoming a Commander Stage warrior, and that is not what I want," Sarah said.

"Then, what do you want?" Shang asked.

"I want to become a powerful blacksmith."

Shang raised an eyebrow. "Is there a specific reason behind that decision?"

the four of them reached the top of the wall. "There are only a few blacksmiths that can make weapons for Commander Stage warriors

I joined the Caterpillar Class in the first place.

reminded Shang of his first conversation

God had given Shang Sword was so that he

exactly that, even if her goal was

that this was too much for Shang, which was

wanted to

with an uncomfortable expression. He felt a bit bad for her since she was comparing herself to Shang, which

the

help of several powerful people,"

with that?" Sarah asked with annoyance as everyone queued up near the edge

I'm trying to say is that you shouldn't compare yourself to me since you probably don't have the luxury of having so many powerful people helping you.

Strength is strength. The way you obtained your strength is irrelevant. If we were to fight to the death, I would still die to you. The source of

outlook is painfully realistic and

what happened over the

wanted to answer, but Sarah talked over him before he could say anything. "Quiet! We are about to start our hunt. You can talk about these things after we return. I won't allow anyone to dedicate valuable concentration to having a conversation about

lifted an eyebrow while Elver only sighed. "Sure

Astor, who only

of his hunting team and

back. 'But honestly, it's really impressive that Sarah managed to overtake Astor

strong backer,

for Mattheo, Sarah was probably the most hardworking person Shang had ever

approached her. She handed over a

the talismans and gave two to

waiting, it

towards the edge of the wall, and

Shang could see for kilometers upon kilometers into

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off the

deep breath. He had faced death multiple times, but he still felt nervous when he thought about

two seconds later, Shang also