The Mage looked at Shang with narrowed eyes, but Shang only calmly looked back.
Shang had already thought of a persona he would adapt in this foreign kingdom.
Just now, the best way to disguise himself had been acting as a wild barbarian that didn't belong to any power, village, or city. That would give him an excuse not to know much about the Grandmountain Kingdom and for being alone in the wilderness.
But that also meant that Shang had to act the part.
Because of that, Shang decided to adopt a stupider version of teacher Mervin.
Mervin was the righteous teacher of swordsmanship in the warrior's academy. He didn't speak much, but when he did, his words were wise.
Shang essentially channeled a younger and more isolated version of him.
Taciturn, introverted, honest.
"Who are you? Why are you here?" the Mage asked with narrowed eyes.
"My name is unimportant," Shang said slowly. "Names are only important when there are others to speak them."
"And this is my home."
"I'll ask again. Please leave," he said slowly.
The Mage looked deeply into Shang's eye.
"And if I don't?" she asked.
Shang looked at her for a second, and then…
He continued swinging his sword.
"This is why I don't want to live amongst you," Shang said as he swung another time.
"You enter my home."
"I ask you to leave."
"You threaten me."
"All this boasting and needless aggression."
"We have no conflict."
"I don't want to hurt you."
"Why do you want to hurt me?"
Shang said each of these short sentences between each swing, not looking at the Mage.
"Pointless."
Shang swung once more.
And once more.
And one more time.
saying
hand toward Shang and spoke some
BANG!
thrown at one of
Shang's bones
looked back at the Mage, his expression
said as
"Why?"
"For what reason?"
do you have to gain from attacking
wealth? I don't
won't make you
kill to become
Mages kill
"I retreat. You follow."
more do you
that, Shang became
simple sentences. However, his sentences were
with an infuriated expression at
you contact the Skythunder Kingdom?" she
Shang said without a
"Towns."
"Cities."
"Kingdoms."
are
of humans working
a second as he looked at
"I see no difference."
whatever are the same to
not interested in furthering the
silent again as he
gathered around her being. "Speak the truth
calmly looked into the
"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."
"Why?"
"Why deceive others?"
you
difficult to believe
Silence.
BANG!
and this time,
the Mage shouted in fury. "You learned the Beast Unity but say you do not
and continued looking at the Mage with the same
reason, Shang's expression made
that you may become more powerful!" she shouted
You parasite talk about these grandstanding ideals of peace and harmony, but you benefit from the very things the
techniques, consume our resources, learn from our teachers, and now
up and looked at the Mage with the same
what you are saying?" Shang
don't even have a counterargument! Instead of addressing
into the
"Spoken words are unimportant."
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