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 in his

'I don't know.'

like this, they would

risked my entire

'I don't know.'

the bubble of

were throwing looks at him with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the

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

for Shang had been in similar

what he

walked over to the bubble of water under the judging gazes of all the other

stopped near the

with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

as she continued looking

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

didn't become shocked when

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing to

you will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

up to him and me," she said.

very last moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe that you can flee from a squad of General Stage

as he listened to

you in control of yourself? Is that what

didn't answer for

"I don't know if I have been in control

in hindsight?" the Water Mage

looked at

mind went back to that

which

hadn't been ruthless enough back

coming

Water

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him, but this

fear that you might

that you will lose against a group

his heart was

what if 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 always leave

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

didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in

"For what?"

at his two beast sacks, which still

the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking

be in the academy. You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know

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

time, the Water Mage actually