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.

felt inescapable and oppressive, a good

out that felt like the end of the world, but as

forgot what sleep could

while, Shang only lay

enjoyed the silence of his own

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

it was like his mind had

for about an hour until

wanted to do

bed and looked at the light coming from the

It was yellowish-white.

was,' Shang

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

over at his

the Pest Cat ears and the Life Scarab are

his chin and felt

'I should shave.'

grabbed the skinning knife he bought when he had just arrived and

time, there was

moment, Shang felt

could finally train

also wasn't

knew that the longer he stayed, the worse it would

one to two weeks, his mind would probably become taut again, and the

the next

the day, most people felt like everything was normal and good, but as soon as

day, everything was okay, but

as long as someone worked on their problems, every following night would become easier

wasn't over the hill yet,

Shang left his room with his gold and

he left the main building, he saw

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

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

served their purpose. No one was trying to grab the obvious

of minutes of relaxed

the beast sack onto the

Contribution Points," he said as he handed

Right now, it wasn't hard for him to

enough, without hunting Vanishing Snakes, earning Contribution Points

for you,"

package?" Shang asked in

Also, who would even send him a

anyone that would send him

he put a big sack of gold on the

shock at the sack

had to be

send him

pulled the sack to the side and