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?"

few blacksmiths that can make weapons for Commander Stage warriors and none that can create weapons for

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

of his first

very reason why the God had given Shang Sword was so that he didn't need to blaze two new

that, even if her goal was "only" the

this was too much for Shang,

to

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

had the help of the God, the Dean, and Duke

because of the help of several powerful people," Shang explained. "Without their

with annoyance as

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. You are already better than me if I didn't have so much

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

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

talk about these things after we return. I won't allow anyone

an eyebrow while Elver only

looked at Astor, who

that he actually wasn't the leader of his hunting team and that he

thought as he looked at Sarah's back. 'But honestly, it's

she actually had a strong backer,

probably the most hardworking person Shang

fell into silence as Sarah talked to a guard that had approached her. She handed over a sack of gold, and the guard took out

talismans and gave two to each

waiting, it

them stepped towards the edge of the wall,

Shang could see for kilometers upon kilometers into

"Follow me," Sarah said.

she jumped off the

had faced death multiple times, but he still felt nervous when he thought

seconds later, Shang