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.'

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

risked my entire

'I don't know.'

the

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

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

for Shang had

knew what he was going

bubble of water under the judging gazes of

stopped near

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang answered

Water Mage frowned as she continued looking at the

are fine, but this one might not

Shang didn't become shocked

He only felt empty.

like all of this had nothing to do

he dies, you will be expelled from the academy," the

answer for

"No," he answered.

longer up to you. It's up to him and me," she

if I didn't stop 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 a squad of General

as he listened to

of yourself? Is that what you wanted?"

answer for a

know if I have been in control

decision in hindsight?"

looked at

mind went back to

back then, which made the

been ruthless enough

have stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water

This word hit Shang.

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

that you might be beaten

fear that you will lose against a group of Middle Soldier

like his heart was

comes. At some point, they will realize that going after you

No one is

want to be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You were not in danger, but you were still willing to kill a fellow

"For what?"

at his two beast sacks, which still

Water Mage asked when she noticed

will be in the academy. You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation. You know what's in there, and you know how much everything is

Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these

the Water