Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang only looked at his bed for several seconds.

By now, Shang could feel tiredness envelop his mind. His eyelids were becoming heavy, and he felt his mind become distracted by random thoughts.

The bloodied face returned again.

But this time, Shang didn't push it away.

It felt too troublesome.

When was the last time he had slept?

Shang had no idea, but he guessed that it had been some time during his journey to Warrior's Paradise.

As someone from Earth, Shang was used to sleeping every single day.

Because of that, the last two or three weeks felt like one single long day to Shang.

During the morning, he had arrived in Warrior's Paradise.

During noon, he had trained in the techniques in the booklet.

During the afternoon, he had met his class, and he had gone hunting.

During the evening, Shang had nearly killed three kids.

And during the night, he had gone out to one more hunt.

And now, he was here.

It was one incredibly long day.

So many things had happened.

Shang had unlocked three new parts of his Affinity.

Shang had earned the money to upgrade his weapon.

Shang had killed his first General Stage beast.

Shang had learned a lot about Mages and the Caterpillar Class.

It was so much, and it had all happened over the span of two or three weeks.

Yet, during this moment, Shang felt like everything had happened today.

It felt weird.

Shang slowly pulled off his dirty uniform. He had received several sets of uniforms, but he had only worn two of them.

As Shang's mind slowly went towards the thought of sleeping, out of habit, he started walking over to the bucket.

Then, he held it above his head and tilted it.

Water quickly came out of the bucket, washing all over his body.

When was the last time Shang had showered?

Some time this week? Last week?

The silent and dark room seemingly reflected Shang's emotions.

It felt empty.

It felt like he had hit a low point in his life.

The bloodied face kept watching him.

Shang didn't bother with it.

wanted to watch, it

just didn't care

It was unimportant.

It was pointless.

was done showering, he sat down on

an indent in the spot he had just sat down

had appeared when he had remained on that exact same spot

the ground

Silence.

wasn't sure what

wasn't sure what he was

was he even

becoming more powerful if such a minor incident as the run-in with the students

he couldn't even get over something

Silence.

over until he lay on his bed for

alien and strange to

Shang silently lay on his bed, he felt like something

time he had run from that

like everything around him

that there was nothing inside his room, but

so long

assault

here, he was

didn't feel

stress, and it became impossible to just

continued lying on his bed,

how

He remembered his exam.

remembered his run-in with Stars

remembered the

He remembered Astor.

He remembered Sarah.

first hunt in the

meeting the Storm Eagle

remembered killing the

the sudden attack of another Vanishing Snake just due to sheer

remembered his run-in with the other

run-in with the

The students…

felt like he had

They were just kids.

from him, but they

would

needed to go

with the first two students. After all, his interaction with them had ended very

But that third student.

image of

the face should be was only a

flesh were seemingly swimming around inside

as

"I'm sorry."

"Help."

"Mommy."

echoed

deep terror, and he

full, Shang felt

He felt horrible.

He felt guilty.

part was that Shang didn't want to feel

world,

were akin to

and become powerful in this world,

had to get rid

feelings didn't