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

'I don't know.'

this, they would keep

also risked

'I don't know.'

at the bubble of water levitating in

emotions. Just

person, but a couple of them also felt sympathy

for Shang had been in similar situations

knew what he

over to the bubble of water under

Shang stopped near the bubble,

voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her voice was completely

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know,"

Water Mage frowned as she continued

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

Shang didn't become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing

dies, you will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is

answer for several

"No," he answered.

It's up to him and me," she said. "At this moment,

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

silent as he

Is that what you

answer for a

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

right decision in hindsight?" the

only looked at

back to that

lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of the beggars

been ruthless enough

wouldn't have stopped coming for me otherwise,"

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

words hadn't hit him, but this dismissive

you might be beaten up

that you will lose against a group of Middle Soldier

like his heart was

them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that

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

you have decided to kill a student just because you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not

"For what?"

looked over at his two beast sacks, which still remained

the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his two

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 in there, and you know how

that isn't even necessary since you wouldn't have lost your stuff anyway. You are at the Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier

Water