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

'I don't know.'

this, they

I also risked

'I don't know.'

at the bubble of water

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

them believed that Shang was a crazy person, but a couple of them also felt sympathy for

ones that felt sympathy for Shang had

he was going

over to the bubble of water

near the bubble, only looking at it

with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang answered

she

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

become shocked when

He only felt empty.

was like all of this

the academy," the Water

didn't answer

"No," he answered.

no longer up to you. It's up to him and me," she said.

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

silent as he listened

of yourself? Is that what you wanted?"

answer

been in control or not. At the time, it felt like

the right decision in hindsight?" the

only looked at the

mind went back to

lenient back then, which made the

hadn't been ruthless

coming for

Water

This word hit Shang.

him, but this dismissive "so?" had hit

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

will lose against a group of Middle Soldier

like his

At some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't help them. They never gain anything and always

kill you in here. No one is

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

"For what?"

his two beast

the Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang

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 approximately worth. Just

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 fully focused on reaching the

the Water