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?"

them reached the top of the wall. "There are only a few blacksmiths that can make weapons for Commander

which is why I joined the Caterpillar Class in the first place. However, what am I supposed to do

immediately reminded Shang of

Sword was so that he didn't need

to do exactly that, even if her goal was

that this was too much for Shang, which was why he

wanted to do it

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

help of the

of several powerful

asked with annoyance as everyone queued up near the edge of

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

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 strength

outlook is painfully

Elver said from behind Shang. "So, what happened over the last year? I

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

Elver only sighed.

looked at Astor, who

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

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

had a strong backer, how

probably the

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

two to each

a minute of waiting,

of them stepped towards the edge of the wall, and

could see for kilometers upon

"Follow me," Sarah said.

then, she jumped off

death multiple times, but he still felt nervous when he thought about

seconds later, Shang