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.'

didn't act like this, they would

I also risked

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of water levitating in

with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the students

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

ones that felt sympathy for Shang had been

he was

to the bubble of water under the

near the

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang answered

frowned as she continued looking

two are fine, but this one might not make it,"

become shocked when

He only felt empty.

this had nothing to do with

academy," the

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

to 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 family

remained silent as

yourself? Is that what

answer for a

"I don't know if I have been in control or not. At the

right decision in hindsight?" the Water

only looked at the water

back to

had been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of the

ruthless enough back

stopped coming

Water

This word hit Shang.

words hadn't hit him, but this

weak that you fear that you might be

fear that you will lose against a group of Middle Soldier Stage

his heart

You can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything and

to kill you in here. No

annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you

"For what?"

that, he looked over at his two beast sacks, which

asked when she noticed Shang

they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's in there, and you know how much everything is approximately worth. Just make

Soldier Stage students can stop

first time, the Water