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?"

of them reached the top of the wall. "There are only a few blacksmiths that

Class in the first place. However, what

reminded Shang of his first conversation

the God had given Shang Sword was so that he

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

was too much for Shang, which was why he

wanted to do it

He felt a bit bad for her since she was comparing herself to Shang,

the help of the

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

are you trying to say with that?" Sarah asked with annoyance as everyone queued up near the edge of

probably don't have the luxury of having so many powerful

at Shang 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

'Her outlook is painfully

"So, what happened over the last year? I

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

Elver only sighed. "Sure thing,

looked at Astor, who only

the leader of his hunting

Sarah's back. 'But honestly,

a strong backer, how powerful

probably the most hardworking person Shang had ever

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

talismans and gave two

waiting, it was

of them stepped towards the edge

up, and Shang could

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off

faced death multiple times, but he still felt nervous when

seconds later, Shang