Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang slowly opened his eyes.

Everything was silent.

However, in comparison to last night, the silence wasn't oppressive.

It was just that, silence.

Shang's head wasn't hurting anymore.

His mind wasn't under pressure anymore.

While he had dreaded the silence during the last night, he enjoyed it now.

It was just calm.

For a while, Shang only lay on his bed, looking at the ceiling. He could see some orange light coming from the two slits in the wall. It was either morning or evening.

Shang didn't stand up immediately.

He only remained lying on his bed, enjoying the calm and silence.

Last night went through his memory again, and he remembered how he had felt.

'Last night was difficult.'

'But everything actually isn't as bad as it seems.'

'I'm making quick progress with my power, and I reached a major milestone just recently. I can upgrade my sword now.'

Shang looked at the sword lying beside him and remembered that the sword had wanted to be close to him.

Shang touched it lightly, but it didn't react.

'It's still difficult to believe that there are such things as living weapons. Guess I'm still too used to Earth.'

Shang looked at the ceiling again.

'I'm still on edge when thinking about that day,' Shang thought with furrowed brows. 'However, things aren't as bad. I don't need to achieve cold-heartedness in an instant. I still have a long way to go.'

'Yes, that event has taken a lot out of me, but I'm sure that I can recover. I'm also sure that I can get used to it.'

'After all, many teachers probably went through something similar, and they still managed to reach the Commander Stage. Sure, in the grand scheme of things, that isn't very powerful, but they also live in a weak world.'

'I know that there are at least eight Realms in this world, and I only know of five, but this area is still a small microcosm of power. In this microcosm, the teachers are already pretty powerful.'

'So, if they managed to get through something like this, I can too.'

'I only need time and effort, and I have a lot of both.'

The same issues that had plagued Shang's mind yesterday now only looked like minor problems.

Why?

Because he had slept.

That was it.

oppressive, a good night's sleep

end of the world, but as soon

sleep could do

only

silence of

mind had thrown one thing after the other at him. It was like it had

was like his mind had processed

his life for about an hour until he felt

to

his bed and looked at the light

It was yellowish-white.

was,' Shang

think that I've only slept for like eight hours. My mind was too full. I

at his beast

ears and the Life Scarab

touched his chin and felt

'I should shave.'

knife he bought when he had just arrived and

time, there

moment, Shang

finally train against other students

also wasn't blind to

knew that the longer he stayed, the worse it

weeks, his mind would probably become taut again, and the situation

the next time he

like everything was normal and good, but as soon as night hit,

everything was okay, but during the night, the

worked on their problems, every following night would

hill yet,

room with his gold and his beast

main building, he saw many students

have only attended three lessons up to now, and I've been here for over two weeks. I

the marketplace in the south of the academy, all the students making space

have been very extreme, but they had served their purpose. No one was trying to grab the obvious

of relaxed walking, Shang reached the

sack onto the counter, and the clerk went

Points," he said as he handed Shang's emblem

Right now, it wasn't hard

anything. Sure enough, without hunting Vanishing Snakes, earning Contribution Points is a pain in

we got a package for you,"

package?" Shang asked in

Hall accepted packages? Also, who would

anyone that would send him a

he put a big sack of gold on the counter.

shock at

be a couple hundred

send him that much

a confused expression. He pulled the