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.

Mage realized that Shang wasn't saying anything else, and

Shang

BANG!

suddenly thrown at one of the walls of

of Shang's bones

he looked back at the Mage, his expression

violence," Shang said as he

"Why?"

"For what reason?"

to gain from attacking me?" Shang

covet my wealth? I don't

won't make you

to

kill for

"I retreat. You follow."

more do

Shang

sentences. However,

looked with an infuriated expression

the Skythunder Kingdom?" she asked

without a change

"Towns."

"Cities."

"Kingdoms."

all are the same

humans

remained silent for a second as he looked at the enraged

"I see no difference."

powers, organizations, Kingdoms, or whatever are the same

furthering the greed

became silent again as he

the Mage shouted as power gathered around her

calmly looked into the Mage's

"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."

"Why?"

"Why deceive others?"

you are not worthy of what you

it so difficult to

Silence.

BANG!

and this time, his injuries were even

Mage shouted in fury. "You learned the Beast Unity but say you do not want to

himself and continued looking at the Mage with the same expression without saying

some reason, Shang's expression made the Mage

techniques so that you may become more

in return! You parasite talk about these grandstanding ideals of peace and harmony, but you benefit from the very things the

learn from our teachers, and now you say you don't owe us and that we are the aggressors for wanting what is rightfully ours?!"

stood up and looked at the Mage with the same

what you are saying?" Shang asked

Instead of addressing the faults in your ideology I just highlighted, you

into the Mage's

"Spoken words are unimportant."

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