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?"

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

Caterpillar Class in the first place. However, what am I supposed to do without a weapon when I reach my goal?

words immediately reminded Shang of his first conversation

God had given Shang Sword was so that he didn't need to blaze two new

exactly that, even if her

for Shang, which was

to do it

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

had the help of the God, the

the help of several powerful people," Shang explained. "Without their help, I wouldn't even feel comfortable reaching the Early

with annoyance as everyone queued up near the edge of

yourself to me since you probably don't have the luxury of having so many powerful people

look 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

sighed. 'Her outlook is painfully realistic

what happened over the last year?

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

lifted an eyebrow while Elver only

at Astor, who

leader of his

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

backer, how powerful would she

was probably the most hardworking person Shang had

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

and gave two to

waiting, it was finally their

four of them stepped towards the edge

could see for kilometers upon kilometers into

"Follow me," Sarah said.

jumped off the

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

later, Shang