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,

just didn't care

It was unimportant.

It was pointless.

done showering, he sat down on his

felt an indent in the spot he had

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

looked towards the ground

Silence.

wasn't sure what he

what he was

he even

minor incident as the run-in with the students

that he couldn't even get over something

Silence.

over until he lay on his bed for the

alien and strange

Shang silently lay on his bed, he felt like something was pressing down on

time he had run from that one

around him could

his room, but he still felt

remained in the wilderness for so long that

beast could suddenly assault him. Because of that, he

he

didn't feel

stress, and it became impossible to

bed, one scene after the other

how he

He remembered his exam.

his run-in

remembered the Caterpillar

He remembered Astor.

He remembered Sarah.

remembered his first hunt in

remembered meeting the Storm

the General

attack of another Vanishing Snake just due to

his run-in

run-in with

The students…

he felt like he had

They were just kids.

steal from him,

up would

hadn't needed to go that

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

But that third student.

image of the bloodied

be was only a pool

of severed flesh were seemingly swimming around inside

as it tried

"I'm sorry."

"Help."

"Mommy."

words echoed

in deep terror, and he had even

in full, Shang felt a pit appear in

He felt horrible.

He felt guilty.

was that Shang

this world, cruelty

kindness were akin

world, he would need to kill off his empathy

had to get rid of

feelings