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?'

…

head

'I don't know.'

like this, they would keep

also risked

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of

students were throwing looks at him with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang,

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

sympathy for Shang had been in similar situations

he was

to the bubble of water under the judging

silent walk, Shang stopped near the

neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang

she continued looking at the

one might not make

become shocked when

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing

academy," the Water Mage said.

answer for several

"No," he answered.

up to you. It's up to him and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is no

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 that you can flee from

as he listened to

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

answer for a

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

decision in hindsight?"

looked at

back to that night with the

then, which

hadn't been ruthless

wouldn't have stopped coming for

the Water

This word hit Shang.

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

that you fear that you might be beaten up by

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

his heart

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

here. No one is trying to end your career as

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

"For what?"

his

that?" the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang

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

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 General

the Water Mage actually looked at