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

it right to always deal with smaller

Silence.

but what constitutes as dealing with a

after injuring him heavily. At that point, he had no longer

mistake. Just like me, he has plenty of time to learn

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

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

need to learn how to differentiate between different kinds of threats and

thinking, Shang turned around and slowly

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

time, I managed 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

Even though my actions have appeared correct at that moment, they have not been

keep in mind

entered the building and went into his

on his bed, only looking at the ground

returned to calm with surprising

like the

returned for an instant, but Shang's mind quickly shoved it

of my future. I can't ruin my future with actions committed in the

Shang shoved it away

need to be

image returned and vanished

always remain

back and

that

returned, but Shang

That wasn't him anymore.

was in control

was his

not lose

the past in the

the image into the back of

it to ruin his