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?"

like to answer that question. Viera was very adamant about defending her viewpoint, and if Shang disagreed too much, their freshly created disciple relationship might

have a horse in the race,"

horse in the race?" Viera repeated

isn't common in this world,' Shang

matter to me. For my goal, I don't need the beasts, but I

care?" Viera asked in

nodded. "Their life is their life. My life is my life. I

looked with a bit of nervousness at

idea how

a relationship with Viera. Some of her views were really extreme, and she was really

people, and that sentiment extended to beasts. In Soran's mind, killing

Viera said as a smile returned to

bit surprised, but not much. Her

come you're fine with

shouldn't I be?" Viera

said that beast defenders are selfish people,"

said you are ambivalent to the topic. So, if I were to suddenly kill

guess so," Shang said with

So, everything's alright!" Viera

crazy," Sword said in

Shang didn't answer Sword.

talking,

open, a

His first Mage!

over and saw his future

a girl with long, icy blue hair. She wore light blue robes, and she carried two small sticks with crystals on them in her

the Mage could finally afford a Focus. They obviously weren't as great as

surprised that his opponent was a girl, but he

surprised since nearly all his opponents had been

lot

asked shyly. "I'm here to fight

and a scary-looking man in the room. It was understandable why she