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.'

like this, they

risked my entire

'I don't know.'

absentmindedly stood up and looked at the bubble of water

of emotions. Just like Shang, the students also felt

them believed that Shang was a crazy person,

had been in

knew what he was going

water under the judging gazes

stopped near the bubble,

neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

frowned as she continued looking at

other two are fine, but this one might not make it,"

Shang didn't become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

this had

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

didn't answer for

"No," he answered.

him and me," she

have attempted to kill him, and if I didn't 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

as he listened to

you in control of yourself? Is that

didn't answer for

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

decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

looked at the

went back to

which made the sacrifices of

hadn't been ruthless enough

coming for me otherwise,"

the Water

This word hit Shang.

hit him, but this dismissive "so?" had hit

fear that you might

that you will

his heart was

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

is trying to kill you in here. No

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

"For what?"

that, he looked over at his

Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his two beast

them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You

other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these students don't care about your meager wealth. These kinds of students are fully

the first time, the Water