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

'I don't know.'

I didn't act like this,

also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

up and looked at the bubble

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

was a crazy person, but a

had been in similar situations in the

what he was going

to the bubble of water under

stopped near the bubble,

a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang answered

Mage frowned as she

but this one might not make it,"

shocked when

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing to

you will be expelled from the academy,"

didn't answer

"No," he answered.

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

would definitely be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I

remained silent as

in control of yourself? Is that what

answer

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

decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

only looked at the water

mind went back to that night with the

been lenient back then, which

hadn't been ruthless

stopped coming for me

Water

This word hit Shang.

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

fear that you might be

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

his heart

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

kill you in here. No one is trying to end your career as

you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still

"For what?"

Shang heard that, he looked over at his two beast sacks, which still remained near the

that?" the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his two

it? They are students, and they will be in the academy. You 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

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

Water Mage actually looked at