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?'

…

his head

'I don't know.'

act like this, they would keep coming for

I also risked my

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of water levitating in

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

that Shang was a crazy person, but a

for Shang had been

what he

over to the bubble of water under the judging

near

with a neutral voice.

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know,"

Water Mage frowned as she continued

one might not make it," she said. "His brain is

Shang didn't become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

was like all of this had nothing to do

academy,"

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

would definitely be dead right now. You would be

as he

in control of yourself? Is that what

answer for a

been in control or not. At the time, it felt

decision in hindsight?" the Water

only looked at the water

mind went back to that night

which made the sacrifices of the beggars

hadn't been ruthless enough

have stopped coming for

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

previous words hadn't hit him, but

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

weak that you fear that you will lose

felt like his heart

You can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you

No one is trying to end your career as a

kill a student just because you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still willing to kill

"For what?"

over at his two beast sacks, which

Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his

students, 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. You know what's in there, and you know how much everything is approximately worth. Just make them buy

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 Mage actually