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?'

…

head in his

'I don't know.'

didn't act like this, they

I also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

the bubble of

kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the students also felt a

person, but a couple of them also felt sympathy for

had been in similar situations in the

he

bubble of water under the judging

stopped near the bubble,

Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

as she continued

fine, but this one might not make it," she said. "His brain is too heavily

Shang didn't become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

this had nothing to do with

dies, you will be expelled from the academy,"

answer for

"No," he answered.

and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is no

right now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe that you can flee from a squad

remained silent as he listened

in control of yourself? Is

answer for a

in control

in hindsight?"

at the

to that

which made the

ruthless

have stopped coming for me

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him, but this dismissive "so?" had

you that weak that you fear that you might be beaten up

you fear that you will

felt like his heart was

point, they will realize that

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

anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still willing to kill

"For what?"

heard that, he looked over at his

she noticed Shang looking at his two beast

the academy. You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's

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

the Water Mage