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

'I don't know.'

this, they would keep

risked my entire

'I don't know.'

up and looked at the bubble

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

person, but a couple of them also felt sympathy for

Shang had been in similar situations in the

he

over to the bubble of water under the

a silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only

regret what you have done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang answered

as she continued

not make

become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing to do with

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

answer for

"No," he answered.

and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is no longer in your own

at the very last moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You would

remained silent as he listened to

in control of yourself? Is

didn't answer for

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

it the right decision in hindsight?"

only looked at the water

went back to that night with

back then, which made the

hadn't been ruthless enough back

have stopped coming for

Water

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him, but

fear that you might be beaten

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

felt like his heart

just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything and always

one is trying to kill you in here. No

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

"For what?"

at his two beast sacks, which still remained near the

Water Mage asked when she

be in the academy. You saw their faces, and you could have 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

Water Mage actually looked at