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.

Shang wasn't saying

Shang and

BANG!

suddenly thrown at one of the

Shang's

he looked back at the

violence," Shang said as he

"Why?"

"For what reason?"

do you have to gain from attacking

wealth? I

won't make you more

kill to become

kill for

"I retreat. You follow."

do you

that, Shang became

only spoke in short and simple sentences. However, his

Mage looked with an infuriated expression

contact the Skythunder Kingdom?" she asked with

Shang said without a change

"Towns."

"Cities."

"Kingdoms."

are

of humans

that, Shang remained silent for a second as he looked at the

"I see no difference."

Kingdoms, or whatever

not interested in furthering the greed of

again as he looked at

the Mage shouted as power gathered around her being. "Speak the truth or

looked into the Mage's

"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."

"Why?"

"Why deceive others?"

gain something by deceiving others, you are not

it so difficult to

Silence.

BANG!

wall again, and this time, his

but say you do not

and continued looking at the Mage with the same

made the Mage

continued development of techniques so that you may become

power in return! You parasite talk about these

resources, learn from our teachers, and now you say you don't owe us and that we are the aggressors for wanting

up and looked at

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

looked into the

"Spoken words are unimportant."

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