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

risked my

'I don't know.'

stood up and looked at the bubble of water

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

was a crazy person, but a couple of

sympathy for Shang had been in similar

he was

of water under the judging gazes

near the bubble, only looking

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

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

as she continued

not make it," she said. "His

shocked when

He only felt empty.

of this had nothing to

be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said. "Is

answer

"No," he answered.

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

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

as he listened to

control of yourself? Is

answer

been in control or not. At

the right decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

looked at

back to that night with

back then, which made the sacrifices of

ruthless enough back

stopped coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water Mage

This word hit Shang.

the previous words hadn't hit him,

you that weak that you fear that you might be beaten up by some students?" the Water Mage

that weak that you fear that you will lose against a group of

like his heart was

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

kill you in here. No one is trying to

to kill a student just because you didn't want to be annoyed anymore. You were not

"For what?"

he looked over at his

that?" the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking

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 approximately worth. Just make them

You are at the Peak Soldier Stage, and only other Peak Soldier

the Water Mage actually looked at