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 his

'I don't know.'

act like this, they

I also risked my

'I don't know.'

at the bubble

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

a crazy person, but a couple

had been in

knew what he was going

of water under the judging gazes of all the

silent walk, Shang stopped near

done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of his actions. Her voice was

Shang didn't immediately answer.

know," Shang

Water Mage frowned as she

might not make it," she

shocked when he

He only felt empty.

like all of this

be expelled from the academy," the Water Mage

didn't answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

moment, he would definitely be dead right now. You would

as he listened to

control of yourself? Is that what you wanted?"

didn't answer for a

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

decision in

looked at

mind went back to that night with the

been lenient back then, which made

hadn't been ruthless enough

coming for me otherwise," Shang

Water

This word hit Shang.

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

you might be beaten up by

that weak that you fear that you will lose against

his heart was

At some point, they

one is trying to kill you in here. No one is trying to

anymore. You were not in danger. You

"For what?"

Shang heard that, he looked over at his two beast sacks, which

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

it? They are students, and they will be in the academy. You saw their faces, and you could have hunted them until they gave everything back

Stage, and only other Peak Soldier Stage students can stop you, and these students don't care about

the first time, the Water Mage actually