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

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

of

God had given Shang Sword was so that

was trying to do exactly that, even

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

wanted to do

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

of the God, the Dean, and Duke

reason why I am as strong as I am now is because of the help of several powerful people," Shang explained. "Without their help, I wouldn't

with annoyance as everyone queued

of having so many

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

outlook is painfully

"So, what happened over the last year? I

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

lifted an eyebrow while Elver only sighed.

looked at Astor, who only

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

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

had a strong backer, how powerful would she

was probably the most hardworking person Shang had ever

approached her. She

the talismans and gave two

waiting, it was finally

towards the edge of the wall, and Shang looked

really high up, and Shang could see

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off

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

seconds later, Shang also