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.'

act like this, they

risked

'I don't know.'

up and looked at the bubble

throwing looks at him with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang, the students also felt

a crazy person, but a couple of them also

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

what he was

walked over to the bubble of water under the judging gazes of all the

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

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know," Shang answered

Mage frowned as she continued looking

other two are fine, but this one might not make it," she said. "His brain is too

Shang didn't become shocked when he heard

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing to

academy," the Water

didn't answer for

"No," he answered.

to you. It's up to him and me," she said. "At this moment, your future is no longer in your

dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family

remained silent as he listened

control of yourself? Is that what you

answer

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

the right decision in hindsight?"

looked at the

went back to that night

then, which made the

been ruthless enough back

stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

hit him, but this dismissive "so?" had hit

you that weak that you fear that you might

that you will

felt like his heart was

them up whenever someone comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything

to kill you in here. No one

didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you

"For what?"

over at his two beast

asked when she noticed Shang looking at his two

could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional

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 focused on reaching

time, the Water Mage actually looked