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.'

this, they would keep coming

I also risked my

'I don't know.'

the bubble

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

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

for Shang had

knew what he was going

over to the bubble of water under the judging gazes

near the bubble, only looking at it

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang answered

as she continued looking at

two are fine, but this one might not make

shocked when he heard these

He only felt empty.

all of this had

he dies, you will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is

answer for

"No," he answered.

longer up to you. It's up to him and me," she said. "At this

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

as

Is that what you wanted?" she

answer

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

it the right decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

looked at

back to that night

back then, which

ruthless

coming

the Water

This word hit Shang.

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

weak that you fear that you might be beaten up by some

you will lose against

his heart

At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't

here. No one is trying to end your career as

want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you

"For what?"

over at his two beast sacks, which still remained

asked when she noticed Shang looking at

until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's in there, and you know how

Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these students don't care about your meager wealth. These kinds of students are fully

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