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

Path Stage warrior, which is why I joined the Caterpillar Class in the first place. However, what am I supposed to do without a weapon when I reach my goal? That's why I'm

words immediately reminded Shang of

Shang Sword was so that he didn't

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

that this was too much for Shang, which was why he

wanted to do

expression. He felt a bit bad for her since she

the help of the God, the

because of the help of several powerful

say with that?" Sarah asked with annoyance as everyone queued up

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

she stood in 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

'Her outlook is painfully

happened over

answer, but Sarah talked over him before he could say anything. "Quiet! We are about to start our hunt. You can talk about

eyebrow while Elver only sighed.

Astor, who

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

as he looked at Sarah's back. 'But honestly, it's really impressive that Sarah managed to overtake Astor in power while still focusing

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

was probably the most hardworking person Shang had ever

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

talismans and gave two

minute of waiting, it was finally their

edge of the wall, and

Shang could see for kilometers

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off the

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

later, Shang