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.

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

toward Shang

BANG!

thrown at one of the walls

Shang's

looked back at the Mage, his

said

"Why?"

"For what reason?"

you have to gain from

covet my wealth? I

make you

kill to

Mages kill

"I retreat. You follow."

do you

Shang became silent

simple sentences. However,

Mage looked with an infuriated

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

a change in his

"Towns."

"Cities."

"Kingdoms."

all are the same

group of humans working

remained silent for a second as

"I see no difference."

Kingdoms, or whatever are the

furthering the greed of a powerful

again as he looked at the

shouted as power gathered around her

looked into the

"Deceit, dishonesty, skepticism."

"Why?"

"Why deceive others?"

you gain something by deceiving others, you are not

so difficult to

Silence.

BANG!

wall again, and this time,

learned the Beast Unity but say you do not want to help the very people that allowed you to become this

continued looking at the Mage with the

reason, Shang's expression made the Mage explode

techniques so that you may

these grandstanding ideals of

isolated in the wilderness after accepting the investment we gave you! You learn our techniques, consume our resources, learn from our teachers, and now you say you don't owe us and that we

and looked at the

believe what you are

angrier. "You don't even have a counterargument! Instead of addressing the

the Mage's eyes for two

"Spoken words are unimportant."

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