Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang opened his eyes.

'What happened?' he thought with a scrambled mind.

He felt the ground beneath his hands.

'Why am I on the ground?'

Then, the pain hit Shang.

He felt incredible pain coming from his left cheek, and he spit out pieces of blood and bone.

Shang's last memory was of him killing that one student.

So, why was he on the ground now?

Shang slowly sat up and looked at his surroundings.

The surrounding students were looking at him with mixed expressions.

Some of the expressions were filled with disgust.

Some of them were cold.

Some of them were sympathetic.

Then, Shang noticed a big bubble of water levitating around ten meters away from him. The bubble of water was where Shang had just been before waking up here.

He saw a woman with long blue hair in front of the bubble of water, her hands holding a staff with a blue gem on it.

Shang realized that she was probably the Water Mage responsible for healing students.

Shang heard the whispers of some of the students in the surroundings.

They were calling him a maniac.

They were calling him a crazy person.

They were calling him a monster.

Shang didn't react to these whispers.

He had calmed down by now, and a feeling of emptiness had appeared inside his chest.

For a long while, Shang only silently sat on the ground, looking absentmindedly in the distance.

'Did I lose control?' Shang thought.

Everyone around Shang continued whispering, but Shang didn't hear it. To him, the world was silent.

'Did I do the right thing?'

Silence.

'Did I do the right thing?'

…

put his head in his

'I don't know.'

this, they would keep coming

risked my

'I don't know.'

the bubble of water levitating in

were throwing looks at him with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the students

them believed that Shang was a crazy person, but

for Shang had been

he was

over to the bubble of water under

a silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only looking at

voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

Mage frowned as she continued

but this one might not make it," she said. "His

shocked when he heard these

He only felt empty.

all of this had nothing to

the academy," the Water Mage said.

answer for

"No," he answered.

longer up to you. It's up to him and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is no longer

You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe

as he

yourself? Is that what you wanted?" she

answer for a

in control or not.

it the right decision in hindsight?"

at the water

back to that night with the

lenient back then, which

ruthless

stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

him, but

that you might

weak that you fear that you will lose

his heart

if they keep going after you? You can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything and

one is trying to kill you in here. No one is trying to end your career as a

be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were

"For what?"

at his two beast sacks, which

Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at

you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's in there, and you

you wouldn't have lost your stuff anyway. You are at the Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these students don't care about your meager wealth.

the first time, the Water Mage