Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang stepped through the open doors of the main building and entered the courtyard of the academy.

Some of the lessons had already started, but not all of them. Some students were training, but most of them were walking around from one place to another.

No one paid Shang any attention.

He was just one student amongst many.

For a while, Shang only looked at the students as old memories resurfaced.

He still remembered the first day he had been here.

He had been one of the weakest students, and he had no idea what he was supposed to do.

At that moment, Shang felt someone walk into his shoulder.

Shang looked down and noticed that a 14-year-old boy had tried to get past him and into the main building.

"How dare you block my path?!" the young boy shouted angrily. "Do you know who I am?! I'm the heir to the Sandamer household! You better apologize!"

Shang only looked at the young boy with a bit of amusement. "You're new here, right?" he asked.

"That is none of your business!" the young boy shouted. "You better apologize for stepping into my path, Nicholas Sandamer!"

A couple of students looked over as they heard the young boy shout and smirked.

The younger students could see that Shang was already an adult based on his appearance, which meant that he was probably very powerful, and the older students could feel Shang's power.

The older students snickered.

A freshman was trying to pick a fight with a General Stage student.

Right now, Shang didn't feel angry or something similar.

Instead, he was nostalgic.

The same thing had happened to Shang when he had entered the courtyard for the first time back then. An older student had barged into him at the same place.

Back then, Shang had let the student pass.

But now, Shang decided to act differently.

If he let the young boy pass, his attitude would only bring him into more trouble in the future since Shang's compliance would validate it.

That was not good for the student.

"In this academy, status is irrelevant," Shang said. "We even have Duke Whirlwind's heir in this academy, and he also had to follow the rules."

The young boy only snorted. Obviously, he didn't believe Shang.

"Let me show you."

Shang put his right hand on the boy's chest and pushed.

WHOOOM!

boy was thrown over

ground, and his body rolled for another couple of meters,

broke into laughter when they saw

on his face. "How dare you?!" he shouted. "Men! Arrest this man for attacking the heir of the

they heard the order, and

the new students had to learn this lesson when they

didn't matter

Only strength mattered.

if he wanted, Shang could have severely

felt bad

was essentially publicly

as the people around him

father, and then you'll regret your

couldn't take the humiliation

the students break out into laughter

go after a student of the academy for

It was ridiculous!

severely disciplined for acting this entitled

and they all had to go through years and years of combat and

was important to

"Shang?"

turned to the side when he

wore the green uniform reserved for the General Stage students of the Caterpillar Class. On his back was a humongous sword, and

Shang said with

"So, it really is you!" Astor shouted with a

Astor pulled Shang into a bear hug, which felt very awkward

hugging other people, and he

shouted as he clapped Shang's shoulders several times with a

General Stage,"

based on

be careful. I should avoid giving others the opportunity to feel the weight

bit of confusion at

was way too heavy for an

big sword on Shang's

the reason for Shang

now," Astor said with a loud laugh. "I feared that there was no way for me to close the

also really impressive! How did you do

the watching eyes. "Let's go somewhere else. I don't want to talk about these things

"Sure thing!" Astor said.

the

you want to leave

here to ask something of teacher Niria, but that can wait now that I met you again! Catching up with you is way more important!" Astor said

the two of

thought. 'If this were in the past, I wouldn't want to go with him. I would feel like I was wasting my time socializing. This is time that could

interested in making friends, and I

the brightly smiling face of

he views me as

talk a lot, and

know much about me, and I don't really know a lot about him. Is it even possible to become friends with someone

Astor as