Sword God in a World of Magic

Shang talked with Viera for the next hour. She was rather bubbly all the time, but when she talked about her goal in life, her demeanor started to subtly change.

"Beast defenders are selfish people that are only interested in their own gains," Viera said with a snort.

In her mind, beast defenders were people that wanted to keep all the beasts alive.

"They only want to keep the beasts alive because they are powerful enough to resist the normal beasts. They can kill a Pest Cat. And since beasts are worth a lot of money, they want to keep their method of making money alive. Beast defenders are not thinking about the good of the normal people."

"They are selfish and entitled!" Viera said with some anger.

She had controlled her voice, but Shang could feel a lot of hatred coming from her.

This was something she felt very strongly about.

"And how are people supposed to become more powerful without the beasts' resources?" Shang asked. "Mana Sources are a necessity."

Viera snorted again. "Mages can create Mana Sources artificially. They just don't give these Mana Sources to just anyone since it's expensive."

"They can?" Shang asked in surprise.

Viera nodded. "Of course. Do you think over the last thousands of years, the Mages never tried to create something like Mana Sources? Of course they did!"

"Okay," Shang said. "What about the beasts that don't hunt humans?"

"Doesn't matter," Viera answered. "Beasts can change any second. Some beasts that have been peaceful for their entire lives can suddenly have a change of heart and kill a human. It's not a new concept."

"If we want to protect our children and the weaker people, we have to get rid of all the beasts! There simply isn't any other way!" Viera said.

Shang could feel quite some hatred emanating from Viera.

"Well, if you think so," Shang said, trying to get away from the topic.

"Yes, I think so," Viera said as she crossed her arms. "What do you think about this?"

very adamant about defending her viewpoint, and if

don't really have a horse

race?" Viera repeated in confusion.

common in this world,' Shang

my goal, I don't need the beasts, but I also don't really care about what they do," Shang

Viera asked in

life is my life. I live my life, and that's

looked with a bit

how

Shang could understand why Soran wasn't interested in starting a relationship with Viera. Some of her views were really extreme, and she

that sentiment extended to beasts.

said as a

bit surprised, but not much. Her demeanor had more

fine with that?" Shang

shouldn't I be?"

that beast defenders are selfish people," Shang

Viera said. "You said you are ambivalent to the topic. So,

guess so," Shang

So, everything's alright!" Viera said with a

Sword said

Shang didn't answer Sword.

more talking, the door opened

open, a fire appeared

His first Mage!

looked over and

hair. She wore light blue robes, and

recognized the sticks. They were scepters, and they were used as weapons until the Mage could finally afford a Focus. They obviously weren't as great as Focuses, but they did their job

was surprised that his opponent was a girl, but he quickly realized that there was no

been surprised since nearly all his opponents had been men

were a lot of female Mages. After all,

Adept asked shyly.

saw a powerful teacher and a scary-looking man