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 his

'I don't know.'

didn't act like this, they

risked

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of water

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

a crazy person, but

ones that felt sympathy for Shang had been

what he was

slowly walked over to the bubble of water under the

Shang stopped near the bubble, only

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang

Water Mage frowned as she continued looking at the

not make it," she said. "His

shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

all of this

be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is this

didn't answer for

"No," he answered.

me," she said. "At this moment, your future is

attempted to 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

as he listened

control of yourself? Is that what

answer for

know if I have been in control or not. At the time, it felt like the

decision in hindsight?" the Water

at the

to that night with the

lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of the beggars

been ruthless enough

stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

the previous words hadn't hit him, but this dismissive

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

will lose against

felt like his heart was

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

No one is trying to end your career as

were not in danger. You

"For what?"

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

when she noticed Shang looking

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 stuff equivalent

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 on reaching

first time, the Water Mage actually looked at