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 his

'I don't know.'

didn't act like this, they would keep coming for

risked my entire

'I don't know.'

at the bubble of water levitating in

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

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

sympathy for Shang had

he was going

over to the bubble of water under the

a silent walk, Shang stopped near the bubble, only looking at

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

Mage frowned as she continued looking at the

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

Shang didn't become shocked

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing to do with

he dies, you will be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is this

answer

"No," he answered.

to him and me," she said. "At this moment, your

you at 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

as

in control of yourself? Is that

didn't answer

if I have been in control or not.

right decision in hindsight?" the

at the

to that night with

had been lenient back then, which

ruthless enough back

coming for me

the Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him, but this dismissive "so?"

weak that you fear that you might be beaten up by some

weak that you fear that you will lose against a

felt like his

if they keep going after you? You can just beat them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't

is trying to kill you in here. No one is

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

"For what?"

looked over at his two beast sacks, which still remained

Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his

gave everything

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

time, the Water Mage actually looked at