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?"

four of them reached 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 for True

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

of his first conversation with the

had given Shang Sword was so that he

to do exactly that,

the God believed that this was too much for Shang, which was why he

Sarah wanted to do it

a bit bad for her since she was comparing herself to Shang,

the God,

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

asked with annoyance

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

at Shang as 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 death, I would still die to you. The source

'Her outlook is painfully realistic

Elver said from behind Shang. "So, what happened over the last

about to start our hunt. You can talk about these things after we return. I won't allow anyone

lifted an eyebrow while Elver only sighed. "Sure thing,

looked at Astor,

the leader of his hunting team

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

strong backer,

probably the most hardworking

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

and gave two to each member of

of waiting,

the edge of the wall,

up, and Shang could see for kilometers

"Follow me," Sarah said.

then, she jumped

took a deep breath. He had faced death multiple times, but he still felt nervous when he

later, Shang