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

always deal with smaller

Silence.

what

him heavily. At that point, he had no longer been a

a kid that made a mistake. Just like me, he

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

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 of

a while of thinking, Shang turned around

attention in the future. I need to be

of this mess because an outsider intervened. In the future, I am bound to come into

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

not emotionless, and I have to keep in mind that

building and went into

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

returned to

almost like the

him shouting for its mother returned

can't ruin my future with actions

but Shang shoved it away

be in control

image returned and vanished

need to always remain in

back and was pushed

repeating to himself that he had

image always returned, but Shang always pushed it

That wasn't him anymore.

was in control of

was his new

would not lose control

leave the past

image into the back

wouldn't allow it to