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 in

'I don't know.'

I didn't act like this, they would keep

I also risked

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of water levitating in the

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

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

that felt sympathy for Shang had

what he was

walked over to the bubble of water under the judging gazes

Shang stopped near

the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang

as she continued

one might not make it,"

Shang didn't become shocked

He only felt empty.

was like all of this had nothing to do

the academy," the Water

didn't answer

"No," he answered.

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

he would definitely be dead right now. You

silent as he

yourself? Is that what

answer

know," Shang answered. "I don't know if I have been in

the right decision in hindsight?" the Water

looked at the

mind went back to that night

then, which

ruthless enough back

wouldn't have stopped coming

the Water

This word hit Shang.

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

you fear that you might be beaten up by some

that weak that you fear that you will

felt like his heart was

what if they keep going after you? You can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they

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

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

"For what?"

that, he looked over at his

Mage asked when she

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 equivalent to what you have

wouldn't have lost your stuff anyway. You are at the Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students

first time, the Water