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

'I don't know.'

act like this, they would

risked my entire

'I don't know.'

and looked at the bubble of water levitating

Just like Shang, the students also felt a great

believed that Shang was a crazy person, but a

for Shang had been in similar

knew what he was

bubble of water under the judging gazes of all the other

a silent walk, Shang stopped near

done?" asked the Water Mage with a neutral voice.

Shang didn't immediately answer.

don't know,"

she

but this one might not make it,"

shocked when

He only felt empty.

this had nothing

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

answer for several

"No," he answered.

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

attempted to kill him, and 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

silent as he listened to

control of yourself? Is that what you

didn't answer for a

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

it the right decision in hindsight?" the Water Mage

at

went back to that

lenient back then, which made the

ruthless

coming for me

the Water

This word hit Shang.

words hadn't hit him, but

you that weak that you fear that you might

weak that you fear that you will lose against a group

like his heart was

some point, they will realize that going after you doesn't

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

be annoyed anymore. You were not

"For what?"

that, he looked over at his two beast

the Water Mage asked when she

and they 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 approximately worth. Just make them buy

even necessary since you 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

the Water