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.

it wanted to

just didn't care

It was unimportant.

It was pointless.

Shang was done showering, he

the spot

when he had remained on that exact same

looked towards the

Silence.

what he was thinking

what

he

such a minor incident as the run-in with the students caused him such

he couldn't even get over something

Silence.

until he lay

felt alien and strange

he felt like something

very similar to the time he had run from that one

everything around him

that there was nothing inside his room,

for so long that it became impossible

the wilderness, any kind of beast could suddenly assault him. Because of that, he had to remain

he was perfectly

Shang didn't feel

with stress, and it became impossible

his bed, one scene

how he

He remembered his exam.

his run-in

the Caterpillar

He remembered Astor.

He remembered Sarah.

hunt in

the Storm

remembered killing the General Stage Vanishing

of another Vanishing Snake just due to sheer

run-in with

run-in with the

The students…

replayed that scene, he felt

They were just kids.

from

would have

needed to go that

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

But that third student.

of the bloodied

face should be was only a pool of

were seemingly swimming around inside

kept popping up as

"I'm sorry."

"Help."

"Mommy."

words echoed throughout

deep terror, and he had even shouted

scene replayed in full, Shang felt a

He felt horrible.

He felt guilty.

part was that Shang

world, cruelty

were

he wanted to survive and become powerful in this world,

get

his feelings didn't