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.'

I didn't act like this, they would keep

also risked

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of water levitating in

of emotions. Just like Shang,

person, but a couple of them

that felt sympathy for Shang had been

knew what he was

bubble of water

walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only

asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her voice was completely

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang answered

she continued

fine, but this one might not make it,"

didn't become shocked when he heard these

He only felt empty.

like all of this

expelled from the academy," the

answer for several

"No," he answered.

to him and me," she

be dead right now. You

remained silent as

yourself? Is that

didn't answer for

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

the right decision in

at the

mind went back to

lenient back then, which made

been ruthless enough back

coming for me otherwise,"

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

hit him, but

you might be beaten up by some

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

his heart was

if they keep going after you? You can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going

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

be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still willing

"For what?"

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

when she noticed

be in the academy. You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation.

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 students don't care about your meager wealth. These kinds of students are fully

Water Mage actually