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.

wasn't saying

Shang and spoke some short

BANG!

was suddenly thrown at one

Shang's

he looked back at the Mage, his expression hadn't

violence," Shang said as he stood

"Why?"

"For what reason?"

you have to gain from

my wealth?

me won't make you

to

kill for

"I retreat. You follow."

do you

Shang became silent

spoke in short and simple sentences. However, his sentences

with an infuriated

did you contact the Skythunder Kingdom?" she asked with power in her

Shang said without a change

"Towns."

"Cities."

"Kingdoms."

are the same

humans working

second as he

"I see no difference."

powers, organizations, Kingdoms, or whatever are the same

not interested in furthering

silent again as he

gathered

looked into the

"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."

"Why?"

"Why deceive others?"

deceiving others, you

so difficult

Silence.

BANG!

was thrown against the wall again, and this time,

not want to help the very people that allowed you to

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

some reason, Shang's expression made the Mage explode in

Mages invest so much into the continued development of techniques so that you may become

our labor but refuse to offer your power in return! You parasite talk about these grandstanding ideals of peace and

learn our techniques, consume our resources, learn from our teachers, and now you say you

stood up and looked at the

what you

don't even have a counterargument! Instead of addressing the faults in your ideology I just highlighted,

the Mage's eyes for

"Spoken words are unimportant."

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