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!

academy was watching! Stars had already begun 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

end! At worst, he would have to receive

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

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

His underlings were already starting to hesitate. He had to push them

the three heard Stars' words, they

He was right.

pay back everything they had received from Stars. Compared to Jarem, these three had joined Stars way earlier, which meant that

had purchased again, they

to make a ton of money for them.

gritted their teeth and

they would sacrifice their health today. Being beaten up was better than having

he narrowed his eyes. "I don't care if you are under orders. You are free to disobey said orders. If you attack me, I will treat

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

realized that they probably had zero chance against Shang. If even their squad leader,

they fought. As long as they fought, they would be complying with the

students gritted his teeth and readied a

he threw his punch at

Pack!

caught the arm

students. The academy had several Water Mages, which meant that the students wouldn't die as long as

he would make sure that no

breaking the radius

through flesh rung throughout the courtyard as the face of the student widened in pain and

hand with his

RRRRIIIP!

ripped the hand out of the forearm and threw it at the wall, breaking it into

took a deep breath through their

BANG!

Shang kicked the

BANG!

student hit the wall of the main building with a resounding impact. More

body spasmed in place, thick bloody gurgling out of his mouth. He tried to breathe, but only blood entered his lungs, which

now, the courtyard was

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

else and kicking them was normal. Getting bruised or one or two bones broken

But this…

was not

student was

suffocating on his