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 keep coming

also risked

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of water

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

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

for Shang had been in

what he

the bubble of water under the

Shang stopped near the bubble, only looking

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

as she continued looking at the

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

shocked when he

He only felt empty.

this had

will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is this what you

answer for

"No," he answered.

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

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.

silent as

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

didn't answer for

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

it the right decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

at the

went back to that night with the

had been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of the beggars

hadn't been ruthless enough

wouldn't have stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him,

that you might be beaten up by

you fear that you will lose against

felt like his heart was

point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They

you in here. No one

decided to kill a 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 to kill a

"For what?"

at his two beast sacks, which still

Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at

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

lost your stuff anyway. You are at the Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these students don't care

first time, the Water Mage actually looked at