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.'

like this, they would keep

also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

up and looked at the bubble

Just like Shang, the

that Shang was a crazy person, but a couple of them also felt sympathy

for Shang had been in similar

what he was going

water under

walk, Shang stopped near the bubble,

regret what you have done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang answered

as she continued looking at

this one might not make it,"

become shocked when he heard these

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing to do

will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is

answer for several

"No," he answered.

It's up to him and me," she said. "At this moment,

you at the very last moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe

silent as he listened

yourself? Is that what you

didn't answer for

know if I have been in control or not. At the time, it felt like the

right decision in hindsight?" the

at the water

went back to that night with

had been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of

ruthless enough back

stopped coming for

the Water

This word hit Shang.

previous words hadn't hit him,

might be beaten up by some students?" the Water Mage

that you will lose against a

felt like his heart

can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point,

in here. No

because you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but

"For what?"

that, he looked over at his two beast sacks,

the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at

and they will be in the academy. You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation.

that isn't even necessary since 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. These kinds of students are fully focused on reaching the

first time, the Water