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?"

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

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 focusing

words immediately reminded Shang of his

reason why the 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 Path

much for Shang, which was why he helped him

Sarah wanted to do it

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

the help of the

because of the help of several powerful people," Shang explained. "Without their help,

that?" Sarah asked with annoyance as everyone

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

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 of your

is painfully realistic

Elver said from behind Shang. "So, what happened

wanted 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. I won't allow anyone to dedicate valuable

an eyebrow while Elver only sighed.

at Astor, who

leader of his hunting team and that he also

is,' Shang thought as he looked at Sarah's back. 'But honestly, it's really impressive that Sarah

backer,

the most

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

took the talismans and gave two to each member

waiting, it was

stepped towards the edge of the wall,

up, and Shang could see for kilometers upon kilometers into the

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off

but he still felt nervous when he

two seconds later, Shang