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?"

"There are only a few blacksmiths that

Caterpillar Class in the first place. However, what am I supposed to do without a weapon when I reach my goal? That's why

reminded Shang of

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

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

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

to do

with an uncomfortable expression. He felt a bit bad for her since she was comparing herself to Shang,

the

help of several powerful

asked with annoyance as everyone queued up near the edge of

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

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

is

what happened

"Quiet! We are about to start our hunt. You can talk about these things after we return. I

while Elver

Astor, who only helplessly

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

the leader is,' Shang thought as he looked at Sarah's back. 'But honestly, it's really impressive that Sarah managed to overtake Astor in power while

had a strong backer, how powerful would

for Mattheo, Sarah was probably the most hardworking person Shang had

talked to a guard that had approached her. She

and gave two to each member

a minute of waiting,

stepped towards the edge of the

and Shang could

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped

multiple times, but he still felt nervous when he thought about

two seconds later, Shang also jumped