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 his

'I don't know.'

act like this, they

also risked my

'I don't know.'

up and looked at the bubble of

kinds of emotions. Just

of them believed that Shang was a crazy person, but

that felt sympathy for Shang had

knew what he was going

bubble of water under the judging

stopped near the bubble, only

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know,"

Water Mage frowned as she continued looking at the

fine, but this one might not make it," she

shocked when

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing to do with

will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is this what

didn't answer

"No," he answered.

It's up to him and me," she

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

remained silent as he

you in control of yourself? Is that what you wanted?"

didn't answer for a

I have been in control or not. At

it the right decision in hindsight?"

only looked at the

back to that

lenient back then, which made the

ruthless enough

have stopped coming for

Water

This word hit Shang.

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

that you fear that you might be beaten up

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

felt like his heart was

At some point, they will realize that going after

No one is trying to end your

to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You

"For what?"

he looked over at his two beast sacks, which

the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking

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

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

the Water