Sword God in a World of Magic

For a while, Shang only remained on the spot, thinking.

'Don't let my past ruin my future,' Shang repeated to himself in his mind.

To Shang, these words had a profound meaning.

When he thought about these words, the night with the bandits returned.

'My past.'

Shang felt like the Water Mage had been right in basically everything she said.

But at the same time, Shang also felt that her words were a bit too simple.

'Ruthlessness is still a necessity in this world. Not dealing with threats might make them even bigger in the future.'

'Leaving the battlefield on the battlefield, huh?'

'I'm not sure if there is a place that's not a battlefield in this world.'

'The teachers say that the academy is safe, but is it truly safe? Have there been no instances of students dying to other students?'

'I don't believe that.'

Shang looked at the place where the unconscious student had just been.

'However, was he truly a threat?'

'Have I not risked the threat becoming an even bigger one by trying to get rid of this small threat? Before my actions, he might have been the only threat, and his threat had been minuscule.'

'However, what about his family? If their child had received some permanent damage, wouldn't they search for revenge? Wouldn't have this little threat turned into a bigger threat then?'

For a while, Shang tried to wrap his head around his new understanding.

After the night of the bandits, Shang's mind had focused on dealing with all the small threats to stop bigger threats from appearing.

dealing with small threats had nearly summoned a far bigger

it right to always deal with smaller

Silence.

but what constitutes as dealing with a

had no longer been a threat. After all, he

that made a mistake. Just like me, he has plenty of time to learn about the consequences of his

course of action, but when

can't only look at the person in front of me but also at the surroundings. Killing him would have

between different kinds of threats and their

of thinking, Shang turned around

I

get out of this mess because an outsider intervened. In the future, I am bound to come into a situation where no one is there to stop me from losing

lost control. Even though my actions have appeared

keep in mind that anger

building and went into

on his bed, only looking at the

returned to calm

was almost like the incident hadn't

for its mother returned for an instant, but

ruin my future with actions committed

image returned, but Shang

to be in control of

returned

always

and was

repeating to himself that he had to remain in

returned, but Shang

That wasn't him anymore.

in control

was his new

would not lose

the past

kept shoving the image into the back of his

it to