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

'I don't know.'

act like this, they would keep

I also risked

'I don't know.'

absentmindedly stood up and looked at the bubble of

of emotions. Just

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

for Shang had been in similar situations in

he was going

of water

near the bubble, only

the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her voice

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang answered

Mage frowned as she continued

might not make it," she said. "His brain is too heavily

shocked when he

He only felt empty.

all of this had

dies, you will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

to you. It's up to him and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is

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 a squad of

remained silent as he listened to

yourself? Is that what

didn't answer for a

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

it the right decision in hindsight?" the Water

looked at the water

went back to that night

been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of the beggars

hadn't been ruthless enough

coming

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

him, but this

that weak that you fear that you might be beaten up by

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

like his heart

point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything and always leave with

No one is

have decided to kill a student just because you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still willing to kill a

"For what?"

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

Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his

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,

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

first time, the Water Mage actually