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

'I don't know.'

act like this, they

also risked my

'I don't know.'

stood up and looked at the bubble of water levitating in the

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

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

that felt sympathy for Shang had been in similar situations

what he was going

over to the bubble of water under the judging

stopped near the bubble, only

the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

Water Mage frowned as she continued looking at

this one might not make it," she

didn't become shocked when

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing to do with

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

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

silent as he

of yourself? Is that what

answer for a

know if I have been in control or

right decision in hindsight?" the Water

at the water

to that night with the

been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of

been ruthless

have stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him, but

that weak that you fear that you might be beaten

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

felt like his

they keep going after you? You can 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

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

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?"

at his two

Water Mage asked when she

they took 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

Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you,

the Water