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.

that Shang wasn't saying anything else, and she became

her hand toward Shang and spoke some

BANG!

at one

Shang's bones

back at the Mage,

Shang said as he

"Why?"

"For what reason?"

gain from attacking me?" Shang

covet my wealth? I don't

make you

kill to become

kill for

"I retreat. You follow."

do you

Shang became silent

in short and simple sentences. However, his sentences were very

Mage looked with an

Kingdom?"

without a change in

"Towns."

"Cities."

"Kingdoms."

all are

humans working

Shang remained silent for a second as he

"I see no difference."

or whatever

in furthering the greed of a

became silent again as he looked

Mage shouted as power gathered around her

looked into the

"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."

"Why?"

"Why deceive others?"

by deceiving others, you are not worthy of

it so difficult to believe

Silence.

BANG!

thrown against the wall again, and this time, his injuries were even more

do not want to help the very people that allowed you

himself and continued looking at the Mage with the same expression

reason, Shang's expression made

continued development of techniques so that you may become more powerful!"

refuse to offer your power in return! You parasite talk about these grandstanding ideals of peace and harmony, but you benefit from the very things the people you despise have

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

and looked at

you honestly believe what you are saying?" Shang

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

silently looked into the

"Spoken words are unimportant."

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