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 in his

'I don't know.'

didn't act like this, they would keep

also risked

'I don't know.'

and looked at the bubble

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

them believed that Shang was a crazy person, but a couple of them also felt sympathy for

felt sympathy for Shang had

knew what he was

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

silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

Water Mage frowned as she continued looking

one might not make it," she

didn't become shocked when

He only felt empty.

like all of this

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

answer for

"No," he answered.

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

be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe that you can flee from a squad of

as he listened

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

answer for

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

the right decision in hindsight?" the Water

only looked at the

mind went back to that night

then, which

hadn't been ruthless

coming for me otherwise,"

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

the previous words hadn't hit him,

that you might be beaten up by some

that you fear that you will lose

his heart was

beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that

is trying to kill you in here. No

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

"For what?"

over at his two beast sacks, which still

she noticed Shang looking at

hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation.

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 focused on

the Water Mage