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 top of the wall. "There are only a few blacksmiths that can make weapons for Commander Stage warriors and none that can create weapons

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

immediately reminded Shang of his first conversation with the

reason why the God had given Shang Sword was so that he

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

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

wanted to do it

He felt a bit bad for her since she was comparing herself to Shang, which was not a fair comparison

help of the God, the Dean, and

as strong as I am now is because of the help of several powerful people," Shang explained. "Without their

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

shouldn't compare yourself to me since you probably don't have the luxury of having so many powerful people helping you.

the queue. "So? So what if you have 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.

'Her outlook is painfully realistic

what happened

We are about to start our hunt. You can talk about

Elver only sighed. "Sure thing,

looked at Astor, who only

the leader of his hunting team and that

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

she actually had a strong backer, how powerful would she be

probably the most hardworking person Shang had ever

to a guard that had approached her. She handed over

the talismans and gave two to each member

of waiting, it was finally

towards the edge of the wall, and Shang

was really high up, and Shang could

"Follow me," Sarah said.

she jumped off

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

two seconds later,