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,

didn't care

It was unimportant.

It was pointless.

he sat down on

spot he had

had appeared when he had remained

towards the ground in

Silence.

what he was

wasn't sure what he

was he

if such a minor

so weak that he couldn't even get over something

Silence.

slowly slumped over until he lay

alien and strange to

he felt like

time he had run from that one General

like everything around him

his room, but he still

in the wilderness for so long

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

he was perfectly

didn't feel

with stress, and it became impossible

his bed,

remembered how

He remembered his exam.

his run-in

remembered the

He remembered Astor.

He remembered Sarah.

first hunt in

remembered meeting the Storm

the General Stage

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

remembered his run-in with the

run-in with the other

The students…

replayed that scene, he felt like he had fallen into a

They were just kids.

wanted to steal from him, but

up would have

hadn't needed to

terms with the first two students. After all, his interaction with them

But that third student.

of the

face should be was only a pool

were seemingly swimming around inside

as it

"I'm sorry."

"Help."

"Mommy."

words echoed throughout Shang's

terror, and he

scene replayed in full, Shang

He felt horrible.

He felt guilty.

that Shang didn't

this world, cruelty was

and kindness were akin

in this world, he would need to kill

to get rid

his feelings didn't