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 in

'I don't know.'

like this, they would

I also risked my entire

'I don't know.'

and looked at the bubble of water levitating in

with all kinds of emotions. Just like Shang,

that Shang was a crazy person, but a couple

Shang had been in similar situations in

what he was going

slowly walked over to the bubble of water under the judging

Shang stopped near

you regret what you have done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know,"

Water Mage frowned as she continued

but this one might not make it," she said. "His brain

become shocked when he

He only felt empty.

all of this had nothing

dies, you will be expelled from the academy,"

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

him, and if I didn't stop you at the very last moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You

silent as he listened

in control of yourself? Is that what

answer for

"I don't know if I have been in control

right decision in hindsight?"

looked at

mind went back to that night with the

lenient back then, which made

hadn't been ruthless enough back

stopped coming

Water

This word hit Shang.

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

that you might

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

like his heart was

point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help

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

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

"For what?"

his two beast sacks, which still remained

when she noticed Shang

until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's in there, and you know how

all of that isn't even necessary 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

the first time, the Water