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

'I don't know.'

didn't act like this, they would

I also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

up and looked at the bubble of water levitating in the

of emotions. Just like

person, but a

for Shang had been in

what he was going

of water

near the bubble,

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang answered

Mage frowned as she continued looking

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

didn't become shocked

He only felt empty.

all of this had nothing to do with

the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is this

didn't answer

"No," he answered.

she said. "At this moment, your future

now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe

silent as he listened

Is that what you wanted?" she

didn't answer for

answered. "I don't know if I have been in control or

it the right decision in hindsight?" the

looked at

to that

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

hadn't been ruthless enough back

wouldn't have stopped coming

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

hit him, but this dismissive "so?"

you fear that you might be beaten up by some students?" the Water Mage

fear that you will lose against a group

his

point, they

kill you in here. No one is trying to

were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still willing

"For what?"

his two beast sacks,

the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at

what if 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. You know what's in there, and you know how much

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

Water Mage actually