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

right to always

Silence.

it obviously is, but what constitutes as dealing with a

with after injuring him heavily. At that point, he had no longer been a threat. After all, he had

me, he has plenty of time to learn about the consequences of his

course of action, but when the lesson

end, I can't only look at the person in front of me but also at the surroundings. Killing him would have only had negative consequences to my

to differentiate between different kinds of threats

turned around and slowly grabbed his

the future. I need to be mindful of the

outsider intervened. In the future, I am bound to come into

lost control, and I have to accept that I have lost control. Even though my actions have appeared

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

and went into

sat on his bed, only looking at the ground

mind had returned to calm with

like the

face beneath him shouting for its mother returned for an instant, but Shang's mind quickly

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

but Shang shoved it

to be

image returned and

always remain in

image came back and was pushed away

that he had to remain in

but Shang always pushed it

That wasn't him anymore.

was in

was his new

not lose control

the past in the

image into the back of his

wouldn't allow it to