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.'

this, they would keep coming

also risked my

'I don't know.'

the bubble of water

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

Shang was a crazy person, but

that felt sympathy for Shang had

he was going

the bubble of water under

a silent walk, Shang stopped near the

neutral voice.

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know,"

she continued looking at

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

didn't become shocked when

He only felt empty.

was like all of this had nothing to

you will be expelled from the academy,"

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

be dead right now. You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe that you can

as he listened

Is that what you

answer for

been in control or

right decision in hindsight?" the

only looked at the water

to that night

lenient back then, which made the sacrifices of the beggars

been ruthless enough

coming for me otherwise,"

the Water

This word hit Shang.

hadn't hit him, but this dismissive

that you might

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

his heart was

what 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 help them. They never gain anything and always leave with

trying to kill you in here. No one is trying

were not in danger.

"For what?"

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

she

You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional

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

time, the Water