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.'

I didn't act like this, they would

I also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

the bubble of water levitating in the

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

them believed that Shang was a crazy person, but a couple

sympathy for Shang had been in similar situations

he

of water

silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble,

voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her voice was completely

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

she continued looking

but this one might not make it," she said. "His

didn't become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

was like all of this had

from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is this

didn't answer

"No," he answered.

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

stop 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 that you can flee from a squad of General Stage

as he listened

in control of yourself? Is that what you

didn't answer for a

don't know if I have been in control or not. At the

decision in hindsight?"

looked at

back to

lenient back then, which made

hadn't been ruthless

coming for

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

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

that you might be

that weak that you fear that you will lose against a group

felt like his

can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain

here. No

anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still

"For what?"

over at his two

that?" the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang

they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's in there, and you know

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 looked at