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.'

didn't act like this,

I also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

stood up and looked at the bubble of

Just like Shang, the students also felt a great variety of emotions

person, but a couple

for Shang had

he was

slowly walked over to the bubble of water under the judging gazes of

near the bubble, only looking at it

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

as she continued

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

become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

like all of this had

the academy,"

answer for

"No," he answered.

to you. It's up to him and me," she

right now. You would be expelled, and his

silent as

in control of yourself? Is that what you wanted?" she

answer for

in control or not. At the time, it felt

the right decision in

only looked at the water

back to that

been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of

hadn't been ruthless enough

coming for me

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him, but this dismissive

you fear that you might be beaten up by some students?" the

you fear that you will lose against a group of Middle Soldier

his heart

comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything and always leave with

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

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

"For what?"

Shang heard that, he looked over at his two beast sacks, which still remained near the

Mage asked when she noticed

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 stuff

You are at the Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these

first time, the Water Mage actually