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 watch, it

just didn't

It was unimportant.

It was pointless.

done showering, he

the spot he

that this indent had appeared when he had remained on that exact same

the ground in

Silence.

what

sure what he was

he

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

he couldn't even get over something like

Silence.

Shang slowly slumped over until he lay on his

felt alien and strange

Shang silently lay on his bed, he felt like

to the time he had run

around him could kill

nothing inside his room,

the wilderness for so long that it became impossible

could suddenly assault him. Because of that, he had to remain

he was

Shang didn't feel

stress, and it became impossible to just let

lying on his bed, one scene after

remembered how he

He remembered his exam.

his run-in with Stars

remembered the

He remembered Astor.

He remembered Sarah.

first hunt in the Wild

the

the General Stage

how he had survived the sudden attack of another Vanishing Snake just due to sheer luck

run-in with the

with

The students…

replayed that scene, he felt like he had

They were just kids.

they wanted to steal from him, but

up would have been

needed to go that

students. After all,

But that third student.

image of

face should be was only a pool of

were seemingly swimming

kept popping up as it tried to

"I'm sorry."

"Help."

"Mommy."

words echoed throughout Shang's

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

Shang felt a pit appear in

He felt horrible.

He felt guilty.

the worst part was that Shang didn't

world, cruelty was

were akin

to survive and become powerful in this world, he

to get rid of

feelings