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!

to 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 be able to look anyone

end! At worst, he would have to receive a slight beating. His family name would protect him from the

teeth. Then, he looked at his lackeys. "Don't forget, you signed a contract. Jarem didn't. You can't

never threatened his underlings. After all, it was important that one's underlings liked the leader. If they

had no other choice! His underlings were already starting to hesitate. He had

heard Stars'

He was right.

from Stars. Compared to Jarem, these three had joined Stars way earlier, which meant that they had already spent a lot of their

sold the wares they had purchased again, they wouldn't get the full price, and they would need to

make a ton

the end, the three of them gritted their teeth and looked at

sacrifice their health today. Being

You are free to disobey said orders. If you

but they could only grit their teeth. Yes, they could decide to disobey the order, but the cost would be far too

three 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 one, had left, they had

they fought. As long

students gritted his

threw his punch

Pack!

caught the arm with

already planned to make an example of this group of students. The academy had several Water Mages, which meant that the students wouldn't die as long as Shang

that no one

his full power, breaking the radius and the ulna,

of bones breaking and the splinters digging through flesh rung throughout the courtyard as

student's hand with his other arm

RRRRIIIP!

forearm and threw it at the wall, breaking it into

onlookers took a deep breath through

BANG!

kicked

BANG!

hit the wall of the main building with a resounding impact. More sounds of breaking bones could be heard

spasmed in place, thick bloody gurgling out of his mouth. He tried to breathe, but only

now, the courtyard

with each other, but in a way, most

was normal. Getting bruised or one or

But this…

not normal for

student was legitimately

suffocating on his