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?"

wall. "There are only a few blacksmiths that

Stage warrior, which is why I joined the Caterpillar Class in the first place. However, what

immediately reminded Shang of his first conversation with the

had given Shang Sword was so that he didn't need

to do exactly that, even if her goal was "only" the

this was too much for Shang, which was why he helped him in

wanted to

uncomfortable expression. He felt a bit bad for her since she was comparing herself

the God, the

because of the help of several powerful people," Shang explained. "Without their help, I wouldn't even feel comfortable

asked with annoyance

you probably don't have the luxury of having so many powerful people helping you. You are

you have powerful people helping you? Strength is strength. The way you obtained your strength is irrelevant. If we were to fight to

is painfully

behind Shang. "So, what happened over the last year? I want

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 irrelevant

lifted an eyebrow while Elver only sighed.

at Astor, who

leader of his hunting team and that

now it's obvious who the leader is,' Shang thought as he looked at Sarah's back. 'But honestly, it's really impressive that Sarah managed

had a strong backer, how powerful

for Mattheo, Sarah was probably the

into silence as Sarah talked to a guard that had approached her. She handed over

gave two

minute of waiting,

edge of the

high up, and Shang could see for kilometers

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off the

multiple times, but he still felt

two seconds later, Shang