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.'

didn't act like this,

also risked my

'I don't know.'

looked at the bubble of water levitating in the

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

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

sympathy for Shang had been in similar situations in the

what he

water under the judging

near the bubble,

with a neutral voice. Shang couldn't tell what she thought of

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know,"

as she continued looking at the

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

Shang didn't become shocked when he heard these

He only felt empty.

was like all of this had nothing to do

expelled from the academy," the Water Mage said.

didn't answer for

"No," he answered.

to him and me," she said. "At this

You would be expelled, and his family would come for revenge. I don't believe that you can flee from a squad of General Stage

remained silent as he listened

Is that what you wanted?"

didn't answer

I have been in control or not. At the time, it

the right decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

only looked at

went back to

then, which made the sacrifices of

been ruthless enough back

stopped coming

Water

This word hit Shang.

him, but

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

fear that you will lose

like his heart

if they keep going after you? You 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

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

be annoyed anymore. You were not in danger. You

"For what?"

looked over at his two beast sacks,

Water Mage asked when she noticed Shang looking at his two

you could have hunted them until they gave everything back with additional compensation.

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 care about your meager wealth. These kinds of students are fully focused on reaching the

the Water Mage