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

'I don't know.'

act like this, they would keep coming

I also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

stood up and looked at the

all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the students also felt a great variety of emotions and

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

for Shang had been

knew what he was

water under the judging gazes

walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only looking

done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

frowned as she

might not make it," she

become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing to do with

expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is this what

answer

"No," he answered.

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

the very last 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 squad of General

remained silent as

Is that what

answer for a

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

right decision in hindsight?" the

only looked at the water

went back to that

been lenient back then, which made the sacrifices

been ruthless enough back

have stopped coming for

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

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

fear that you might be

that you fear that you will

felt like his

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

trying to kill you in here. No one

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

"For what?"

he looked over at his two beast sacks, which still

Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking

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

Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you,

time, the Water