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?"

top of the wall. "There are only a few blacksmiths that can make weapons for Commander Stage warriors and none that can create

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

immediately reminded Shang of his

Sword was so

a certain sense, Sarah was trying to do exactly that, even if her

this was too much for Shang, which was

to do it

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

of the God, the

as strong as I am now is because of the help of several powerful people," Shang

asked with annoyance as everyone queued up near the edge of

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 the death, I would still die to you. The source

'Her outlook is

behind Shang. "So, what happened over the last

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

lifted an eyebrow while Elver only sighed. "Sure

at Astor,

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

'But honestly, it's really impressive that Sarah managed to overtake Astor in power

a strong backer, how powerful would

probably the most

as Sarah talked to a guard that had approached her. She handed

and gave two to

minute of waiting, it

the edge of the wall, and Shang

up, and Shang could see for kilometers upon kilometers

"Follow me," Sarah said.

then, she jumped off the

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

seconds later,