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.

with small threats had nearly

always deal with

Silence.

what constitutes as dealing with a

he had

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

but when the lesson had gone too far,

at the person in front of me but also at the surroundings. Killing him would have

need to learn how to differentiate between different kinds

thinking, Shang turned around and

future. I need to be

to 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

I have to accept that I have lost control. Even though my actions have appeared correct at that moment, they

to keep

the building and

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

mind had returned to calm

was almost like the incident

mother returned for an

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

Shang

to be in

returned and

need to always remain

came back and was

repeating to himself that he

returned, but Shang always pushed it

That wasn't him anymore.

was in

his new

would not

would leave the past in

shoving the image into the

it to ruin his