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.

to

just didn't care

It was unimportant.

It was pointless.

was done showering, he sat down

spot

knew that this indent had appeared when he had remained on that exact same spot for several days after the

towards the ground

Silence.

wasn't sure what he was thinking

sure what he was

was he even

powerful if such a minor

really so weak that he couldn't even get

Silence.

slowly slumped over until he lay on his

alien and strange to

his bed, he

to the time he had run

like everything around him could kill

that there was nothing inside his room, but he still

remained in the wilderness for so long that it became

suddenly assault him. Because of that, he

he

didn't

was taut with stress, and it became impossible to just

continued lying on his bed, one scene after the other

remembered how he

He remembered his exam.

run-in with

remembered the

He remembered Astor.

He remembered Sarah.

hunt in the

remembered meeting the Storm

the

sudden attack of another Vanishing Snake just due to sheer luck

remembered his run-in with the

run-in with

The students…

scene, he felt like

They were just kids.

steal from him,

them up would

needed to

two students. After all, his interaction

But that third student.

of the

face should be was only a

were

popping up as it tried to

"I'm sorry."

"Help."

"Mommy."

echoed

student had been in deep terror, and he had even shouted for his

Shang felt a pit appear

He felt horrible.

He felt guilty.

was that Shang didn't

world,

were akin

and become powerful in this world, he would need to kill off his empathy

get

his feelings didn't