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

didn't care

It was unimportant.

It was pointless.

Shang was done showering, he

in the spot

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

only looked towards the ground in

Silence.

sure what he was thinking

what he

was he

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

so weak that he couldn't even get over something like

Silence.

slumped over until he lay on his

and strange

he felt like something was pressing

the time he had run from that

around him

room, but he

the wilderness for so long that it became impossible

any kind of beast could suddenly assault

here, he

Shang didn't feel

was taut with stress, and it became impossible

his bed, one scene after the

how he

He remembered his exam.

remembered his run-in with Stars

remembered the

He remembered Astor.

He remembered Sarah.

remembered his first hunt in the

remembered meeting the Storm

the

remembered how he had survived the sudden attack of another Vanishing Snake just

run-in with

run-in with the other

The students…

Shang's mind replayed that scene, he felt like he had fallen into a

They were just kids.

they wanted to steal from him, but they were

them up would have been

needed to go that

with the first two students. After all, his interaction

But that third student.

of the bloodied

should be was only

were

up as it

"I'm sorry."

"Help."

"Mommy."

echoed throughout Shang's

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

scene replayed in full, Shang felt a pit appear in

He felt horrible.

He felt guilty.

Shang didn't want to

this world, cruelty was

were akin to

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

get

feelings