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.

method of dealing with small threats

right to always deal

Silence.

what constitutes as dealing with a

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

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

but when the lesson had gone too

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

learn how to differentiate between different kinds

while of thinking, Shang turned around and slowly grabbed

more attention in the future. I need to be mindful of the consequences

managed to get out of this mess because an outsider intervened. In the future, I am bound 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

the building and

sacks down, Shang sat on his bed, only looking at the ground with

returned to calm

was almost like the

its mother returned for an instant, but

my future. I can't ruin my

but Shang

to be in control of

image returned

always

image came back and was pushed away

repeating to himself that he

returned, but

That wasn't him anymore.

in

was his

not

would leave the past

the image into the back

allow it to