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

'I don't know.'

I didn't act like this,

risked my entire

'I don't know.'

the

students were throwing looks at him with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the students also felt a great variety

person, but a

Shang had been in similar

what he was

over to the bubble of water under the judging gazes of all the other

a silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble,

Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

Mage frowned as she

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

Shang didn't become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

this had

will be expelled from the academy," the Water

didn't answer

"No," he answered.

him and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is

very last moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family would

remained silent as he listened

yourself? Is that what you

didn't answer for a

answered. "I don't know if I have been in control or not. At the time, it felt like the right

decision in hindsight?" the

looked at

went back to that night with the

back then, which made the sacrifices of the beggars

ruthless enough

stopped coming for me

Water

This word hit Shang.

words hadn't hit him, but this dismissive

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

fear that you will

his heart was

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

kill you in here. No one is

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

"For what?"

looked over at his

Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his two beast

have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know

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

Water Mage actually looked