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 his

'I don't know.'

I didn't act like this,

also risked my

'I don't know.'

at the bubble of water levitating

at him with all kinds of emotions. Just like

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

sympathy for Shang had been in similar situations

he was going

of water under the judging gazes of all the other

a silent walk, Shang stopped near the

have done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang answered

Water Mage frowned as she continued

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

shocked when

He only felt empty.

was like all of this had nothing to do

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

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

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

silent as he listened

in control of yourself? Is that what you

didn't answer

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

in

only looked at the water

went back to that

back then, which made the sacrifices of the

hadn't been ruthless

coming

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

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

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

you fear that you will lose against a group

like his heart

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

kill you in here. No one is

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

"For what?"

Shang heard that, he looked over at his two beast sacks,

she noticed Shang

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

isn't even necessary since you wouldn't have 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 about your meager wealth. These kinds of students are fully

Water