"Especially despicable mages like you." The burly man said to Uchiha Madara, "You occupy the best resources on the Elzeran Continent and enjoy the most favorable conditions, yet you contribute nothing."
"Every one of you is physically weak. Other than in war, you have no value to this country at all," the burly man said.
"But whenever battle comes, you always hide at the very back, while the final victory ends up belonging to you," the burly man complained.
Uchiha Madara could hear deep resentment in the man's words.
Although Uchiha Madara did not understand the situation, he also did not know why this man harbored such intense resentment toward mages.
What occupied Uchiha Madara's mind now was still what he had seen in that underground cave earlier.
Uchiha Madara was certain that it had been a person. What he did not understand was why a person would turn out like that, or why they would be inside that cave.
"I've lived to this age, and I always thought there was nothing in this world I hadn't seen," Uchiha Madara said.
Uchiha Madara felt that this was a good opportunity to probe the man for information. Though he knew perfectly well that the man was no simple-minded fool.
"But what I saw in that cave just now was truly something I'd never seen before," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
"Of course you haven't. How could something like that possibly be shown to you?" the burly man said to Uchiha Madara.
The burly man was also somewhat puzzled. He was already standing right in front of Uchiha Madara, with a thoroughly menacing look on his face.
Why did this mage before him seem completely unafraid?
Everyone knew that mages were useless in one-on-one combat.
Even a child might be able