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?"

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

is why I joined the Caterpillar Class in the first place. However, what am I supposed to do without a weapon when

Shang of his first conversation

given Shang Sword was so that he didn't need

trying to do exactly that, even if her

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

wanted to do it

for her since

of the God, the Dean, and Duke

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

with that?" Sarah asked with annoyance as everyone queued up near the edge of the

trying to say is that you shouldn't compare yourself to me since you probably don't have the luxury of having

The way you

outlook is painfully

what happened over the last year? I want to

talk about these things after we return. I won't allow anyone to dedicate valuable concentration to having

while Elver

at Astor, who only helplessly

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

it's obvious who 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 still focusing on

backer, how powerful would

probably the most

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

took the talismans and gave two to each member of

of waiting, it was

four of them stepped towards the edge of the wall, and Shang looked

could see for kilometers

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off the

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

two seconds later,