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 his

'I don't know.'

this, they would

risked my

'I don't know.'

absentmindedly stood up and looked at the bubble of water levitating

emotions. Just like Shang, the students also felt

Shang was a crazy person, but a couple

Shang had been in

what he was

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

silent walk, Shang stopped near

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang answered

as she continued looking at

fine, but this one might not make

become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

was like all of this

the academy," the

didn't answer for

"No," he answered.

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

kill him, and if I didn't stop you at the very last moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his

as he listened

of yourself? Is that what you wanted?" she

didn't answer for a

know if I have been in control or not. At the time, it felt like the

in hindsight?" the Water

at the water

went back to that night

had been lenient back then, which made

ruthless

stopped coming for me

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

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

you that weak that you fear that you might be

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

felt like his heart

someone comes. At some point,

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

because you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were

"For what?"

Shang heard that, he looked over at his two beast sacks, which still remained

the Water Mage asked when she

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. You know what's

since you wouldn't have lost your stuff anyway. You are at the Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these

Water