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.

of dealing with small threats had nearly summoned a far bigger

to always

Silence.

it obviously is, but what constitutes as dealing

had no longer been a threat. After all, he had probably never planned on

kid that made a mistake. Just like me, he has plenty of time

him a lesson was the correct course of action, but when the

in front of me but also at

to differentiate between different kinds of threats

while of thinking, Shang turned around and slowly

to pay more attention in the future. I need to be

I am bound to come into a situation where no one is there to

I have to accept that I have lost control. Even though my actions have appeared correct at that moment, they have not been

am not emotionless, and I have to keep in mind that anger can cloud my

the building and went into his

the two beast sacks down, Shang sat on his bed, only looking at

to calm with surprising

almost like the incident

its mother returned for an instant,

to be more mindful of my future. I can't ruin my future with actions committed in the heat of

Shang

need to be in control of

returned and vanished

to always

came back and was pushed

repeating to himself that he had to

but Shang always pushed

That wasn't him anymore.

was in control

was his new

would not

would leave the past

the image into the

allow it