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
hand toward Shang and spoke some short
BANG!
one of the walls
Shang's
at the Mage, his
said
"Why?"
"For what reason?"
to gain from
you covet my wealth?
make you more
to become more
kill
"I retreat. You follow."
do
Shang became
spoke in short and simple sentences. However, his sentences were very direct and
an infuriated expression
Skythunder Kingdom?" she asked with power in
a
"Towns."
"Cities."
"Kingdoms."
are the
humans working for a
for a second as he looked
"I see no difference."
Kingdoms, or whatever are the same
am not interested in furthering
silent again as he
power gathered around her being.
looked into
"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."
"Why?"
"Why deceive others?"
others, you
so difficult to
Silence.
BANG!
the wall again, and this time, his
do not want to help the very people that allowed you to
looking at the Mage with
Shang's expression made the
Mages invest so much into the continued development of techniques so that you may become more powerful!" she
about these grandstanding ideals of peace and harmony, but you benefit from
and now
and looked at
you honestly believe what you are saying?" Shang
counterargument! Instead of addressing the faults in your
looked into the Mage's
"Spoken words are unimportant."
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