Sword God in a World of Magic

Stars didn't know how to react. His strongest member had left just like that.

Why?

So what if that guy was strong? They were five! Why did he leave?!

On top of that, this guy was their age! How powerful could his body possibly be? Even if he somehow managed to get a body in the Middle Soldier Stage, the older student had several years of battle experience on him.

"And what will you do now?" Shang asked.

Stars turned to Shang when he spoke, but he noticed that Shang wasn't talking to him but to the other three students.

"Someone more powerful and more experienced than you realized that it's not a good idea to attack me. Will you mindlessly follow your leader's orders, or will you make the sensible decision and leave?"

"Don't listen to his empty words!" Stars shouted with a furious expression. His polite and civil demeanor had completely vanished as he realized that Shang was threatening the group of people he had built up with so much work.

"Jarem was a coward! We were five people, and he's several years older than him! So what if this guy is strong?! We are four! He is one! How strong can he be?! He's just as old as us!" Stars shouted.

The other three students were no longer calm. They had no idea what they should do now. They didn't have the experience or instincts to feel another human's power! They were simply new students from middle-ranked families! They didn't know how powerful their opponent was!

Two conflicting streams of logic collided in their minds.

Their squad leader had given up without a fight, which meant that this guy had to be really powerful.

However, he was also only 14 and 15. So, how powerful could he possibly be?

These were the two thoughts that collided with each other.

Which one was right?

They had no idea!

Meanwhile, several other students had stopped at the side. They had noticed that something interesting was going on, and they came to watch.

The more experienced one of the students felt Shang's power and became shocked. Someone that young had such a powerful body?! How was that even possible?! Did he come from some high-ranking noble family!?

But when they overcame their shock, they only grinned.

Oh, this was going to be good.

Stars noticed all the students stop around them to watch. As Stars saw all the eyes watching, his anxiety shot through the roof.

He couldn't humiliate himself in front of so many students!

suspect that going against Shang might not have been the smartest idea, but he couldn't back down now. If he retreated now after putting on such a grand act, he wouldn't

through with it to the end! At worst, he would have to receive a slight

Shang again with gritted teeth. Then, he looked at his lackeys. "Don't forget, you signed a contract. Jarem didn't. You can't disobey a reasonable order,"

his underlings. After all, it was important that one's underlings liked the leader.

His underlings were already starting to hesitate. He had

the three heard Stars'

He was right.

broke the contract, they would have to pay back everything they had received from Stars. Compared to Jarem, these three had

nearly impossible! Even if they sold the wares they had purchased again, they wouldn't get the full price, and they would need to work their asses off for

There weren't many options to make a ton of money for them. They couldn't even kill

three of them gritted their teeth and looked

health today. Being beaten

don't care if you are under orders. You are free to disobey said orders.

Yes, they

of them had realized that they probably had zero chance against Shang. If even their squad leader, whom they couldn't win against three on

how they fought. As long as they fought, they would

gritted

his

Pack!

arm with

already planned to make an example of this group of students. The academy had several Water Mages, which meant that

sure that no one else

his full power, breaking the radius and

rung throughout the courtyard as the face of

student's hand with

RRRRIIIP!

ripped the hand out of the forearm and threw it at

onlookers took a deep breath through

BANG!

Shang kicked the

BANG!

a resounding impact. More sounds

student hit the ground, he didn't scream. Instead, he started convulsing as his body spasmed in place, thick bloody gurgling out of his mouth. He tried to breathe, but only blood entered his

the courtyard

were used to fighting with each other, but in a way, most of the fighting students

else and kicking them was normal. Getting bruised or one or

But this…

was not normal

was legitimately

was suffocating on his