Mahad's willpower actually wasn't bad. It was even quite strong.
But that depended on who he was being compared to.
Compared to the Society's members, he was nowhere near their level. Their cheat-like training represented the pinnacle of human willpower.
Compared to the Ancient Assassins, he also fell far short. This was indeed related to his having abandoned some principles deep down.
After all, the Assassins had changed from wielders of the Blade of World Purification into killers. Having repeatedly avoided battle and fled from the Blue White Society, their self-perception and persistence in their beliefs had both diverged from those of the Ancient Assassins.
The Society's members were the kind of people who would brace the sky if it fell. An incomparably passionate spirit had always supported them from within. They could boldly say that if humanity were destroyed, the Blue White Society would definitely be destroyed first.
The Ancient Assassins had once been the Sword of Damocles hanging over the world. They were movers hidden in the shadows, stirring up the world's tides and leading the advance of the times.
Although the changes of an era were unstoppable, there still had to be a fuse, an outlet for release. There had to be a sword that charged forward without hesitation, shattered the old shackles, and became a pioneer.
That was why the Society's members, the Assassins, and even the Mohist disciples all possessed an intense sense of mission toward their era.
In their respective eras, they had all strongly identified with themselves. This kind of will transcended life and death.
Modern Assassins, by contrast, were driven by the desire to survive, forced by the circumstances of the times, and changed by their environment, like cattle and sheep driven by shepherds. They were merely a small part of the