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 summoned a

it right to always deal

Silence.

obviously is, but what constitutes as dealing

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

a mistake. Just like me, he has plenty of time to learn about the consequences of his

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

front of me but

differentiate between different kinds of

around and slowly grabbed his

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

the future, I am bound to come into a situation where

Even though my actions have appeared correct at

and I have to keep in mind

building and went

sat on his bed, only looking at the ground

mind had returned to calm with surprising

almost like the incident

of the crushed face beneath him shouting for its mother returned for an instant, but Shang's mind quickly shoved it

of my future. I can't ruin my future with actions

returned, but Shang shoved it away

need to be in control

returned and

need to always

back and

himself that he

image always returned, but Shang always pushed

That wasn't him anymore.

was in

his new

would not

leave the

into the back of

allow it