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,

I also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

up and looked at the bubble of water

Just like Shang, the students also

was a crazy person, but a

had been in similar situations

what he was going

walked over to the bubble of water under

walk, Shang stopped near the bubble,

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know,"

she continued looking

other two are fine, but this one might not make it," she said. "His brain

didn't become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing to do

from the academy," the Water Mage

didn't answer for

"No," he answered.

no longer up to you. It's up to him and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is no longer in your

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 don't believe that you can flee from

silent as

of yourself? Is

answer for a

answered. "I don't know if I have been in control or not. At the time, it felt like the

in hindsight?" the Water

looked at the water

mind went back to that night with

had been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices

hadn't been ruthless enough back

coming for me

the Water

This word hit Shang.

words hadn't hit him, but

weak that you fear that you might be

will lose

his

point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything and always leave

No one is trying to end

to be annoyed anymore. You were not in

"For what?"

his

Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at

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.

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

Water