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?"

blacksmiths that can make weapons for Commander Stage

become a True Path Stage warrior, which is why I joined the Caterpillar Class in the first place.

immediately reminded Shang of

God had given Shang Sword was so that he didn't need to blaze two

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

for Shang, which was why he

Sarah wanted to do it

a bit bad for her since

the God, the Dean, and Duke

help of several powerful people," Shang explained. "Without

Sarah asked with

to me since you probably don't have the luxury of having so many powerful people helping you. You are already better than me if I

The way you obtained your strength is irrelevant. If we were to fight to the death, I would

sighed. 'Her outlook is painfully

"So, what happened over the last year? I want to

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

eyebrow while Elver only

looked at Astor, who only

Shang that he actually wasn't the leader of

'But honestly, it's really impressive that Sarah managed to overtake Astor in power

she actually had a strong backer, how

was probably the most

fell into silence as Sarah talked to a guard that had approached her.

and gave two to each member of the

a minute of waiting, it was

them stepped towards the edge of the wall, and Shang looked

and Shang could

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off the

death multiple times, but he still

seconds later, Shang