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.'

like this, they would

also risked

'I don't know.'

at the bubble

kinds of emotions. Just like

was a crazy person, but a couple of

Shang had been

he was going

of water

a silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only looking at it

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

Mage frowned as she continued looking

but this one might not make it," she said. "His brain is

shocked when he

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing

academy," the Water

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

and me," she said. "At this moment,

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

remained silent as he listened to

yourself? Is that what

didn't answer

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

right decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

only looked at

went back to that night with

been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices

been ruthless enough back

stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

him, but this dismissive "so?"

that you might be beaten

that you will lose against a group of Middle Soldier

like his

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 always leave

here. No one is trying to end your career as

to kill a student just because you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You

"For what?"

Shang heard that, he looked over at his two beast sacks,

that?" the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his two

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 there, and you know how much everything is approximately worth. Just make them buy stuff equivalent to what

all of that isn't even necessary since you wouldn't have lost your stuff anyway. You 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 on

the first time, the Water Mage actually looked