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?'

…

his head in his

'I don't know.'

this, they

also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

absentmindedly stood up and looked at the bubble of water levitating in

looks at him with all kinds of emotions. Just

them believed that Shang was a crazy person, but a couple of

ones that felt sympathy for Shang had been in similar situations in the

he

water under the judging gazes of

silent walk, Shang stopped near

the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang

she continued

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

shocked

He only felt empty.

this had nothing to

the academy," the Water Mage said.

answer for

"No," he answered.

me," she said. "At this moment, your future is no longer in your

stop you at the very last moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family

as he listened to

yourself? Is

answer for a

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

it the right decision in hindsight?"

only looked at the

back to

been lenient back then, which made

been ruthless enough back

have stopped coming for

the Water

This word hit Shang.

previous words hadn't hit him, but this dismissive

might be beaten up

you fear that you will lose against a group

his

beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They

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

want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but

"For what?"

Shang heard that, he looked over at his two beast sacks,

the Water Mage asked when she

You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's in there,

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

the first time, the Water Mage