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?'

…

his head in his

'I don't know.'

like this, they would

risked

'I don't know.'

and looked at the bubble of water levitating

him with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the students also felt a great variety of emotions and

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

Shang had been in similar situations

what he

slowly walked over to the bubble of water under the judging gazes of all the other

walk, Shang stopped near

done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her voice was completely

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

frowned as she continued looking at

not make it," she said. "His brain is

didn't become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

this had nothing to

expelled from the academy," the Water

answer

"No," he answered.

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

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 a

remained silent as he

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

answer for

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

it the right decision in hindsight?" the Water

only looked at the water

to that night with the

then, which made

been ruthless enough

coming for me otherwise," Shang

the Water

This word hit Shang.

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

that you might be beaten up by some students?" the

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

his heart

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

one is trying to kill you in here. No one is trying

anymore. You were not in danger. You were

"For what?"

over at his two beast sacks, which still remained

she noticed

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 stuff equivalent to what

Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can

the Water Mage