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?'

…

his head in

'I don't know.'

didn't act like this, they

also risked

'I don't know.'

stood up and looked at the

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

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

Shang had been in similar situations

what he was

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

silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only

a neutral voice. Shang couldn't

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

Water Mage frowned as she continued

might not make it," she said. "His brain is too

Shang didn't become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

this had nothing

expelled from the academy," the

answer for

"No," he answered.

It's up to him and me," she

dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe

as he listened

Is that what you wanted?" she

answer

don't know if I have been in control or

right decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

at the

mind went back to that night with the

then, which made the

been ruthless enough back

coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

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

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

you that weak that you fear that you will lose against a

like his heart was

up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you

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

annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still willing to kill a

"For what?"

looked over at his two beast sacks, which still remained

the Water Mage asked when she

You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's

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

the first time, the Water Mage