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.'

this,

also risked my

'I don't know.'

absentmindedly stood up and looked at the

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

a crazy person, but a couple of them also felt sympathy for

Shang had been in

knew what he

bubble of water under the

walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only looking at

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

Mage frowned as she continued

might not make it," she said. "His

become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing

be expelled from the academy," the

answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

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

remained silent as he listened to

control of yourself? Is that what

didn't answer for a

know," Shang answered. "I don't know if I have been in control

right decision in hindsight?"

at the

to that night with

lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of the

hadn't been ruthless enough back

coming for me

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

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

that you might be

that weak that you fear that you will lose against a

felt like his

point, they will realize that going after you

in here. No one is trying to

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

"For what?"

at his two beast sacks,

the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at

saw their faces, and you could have 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

of that 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

the first time, the Water Mage actually