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

hand toward Shang and spoke some

BANG!

thrown at one of the walls

of Shang's bones

at the Mage, his expression

Shang said as

"Why?"

"For what reason?"

you have to gain

wealth? I don't

me won't make you more

kill to

kill

"I retreat. You follow."

do you

that, Shang became

sentences. However, his sentences

Mage looked with an infuriated expression at

Kingdom?" she asked with power in her

Shang said without a

"Towns."

"Cities."

"Kingdoms."

all are

of humans working for a

a second as he looked at the

"I see no difference."

or whatever are

not interested in furthering the greed

became silent again as he

the Mage shouted as power gathered around her

calmly looked into the

"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."

"Why?"

"Why deceive others?"

others, you are not worthy of what

it so difficult to

Silence.

BANG!

wall again, and this time,

fury. "You learned the Beast Unity but say you do not want to help the very people that allowed you to become

at the Mage with the same expression

expression made

into the continued development of techniques so that you may

parasite talk about these grandstanding ideals of peace and harmony, but you benefit from the very things the people

and now you say you don't owe us and

up and looked at the

you honestly believe what you

got even angrier. "You don't even have a counterargument! Instead

into the Mage's eyes for two

"Spoken words are unimportant."

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