The Battle. Edit: Not really a battle. Just cannon fodder.

"Uh, not really. I just met him today." Ari tried to make it sound normal.

Xinxus and his friends gave him a look. Ari tried hard not to make his eyes change.

"Wha?! But we're besties!" Shurlon tried to grab Ari for a hug. Ari tried to dodge, but somehow Shurlon latched on. Ari didn't like touching others and he might get shy by a cute boy hugging him. So he hid his feelings by shivering.

Arask looked away, and looked as if he'd burst out in laughter. Lixian saw this and frowned. He walked up, and pried Shurlon off Ari. Ari glared at Arask, then dusted off anything that Shurlon left behind.

"Lixian! No fair! Lemme play!" Shurlon huffed.

"No. Your a duke, so act like one." Lixian looked at Shurlon as if he were an insect.

The conversation continued, but Ari was confused. D-Duke?! That cute little cinnamon roll is a duke?!! Livia saw Ari's expression and explained it to him.

"His excellency Shurlon, is a duke but he's known for being casual and friendly. Xinxus is already friends with him, so he's casual about it. Plus he's known to sneak out so he probably followed Lixian here without his parent's permission." She whispered.

"What about Lixian?"

"Ehh.. he's a marquess, but he's really good at fighting. So he equals to about Shurlon's rank."

"Ohhh.." Ari got it. No wonder why they weren't freaking out when a duke suddenly appeared.

Ari ate his food as usual, then someone dressed in black and grey armor came up to him. He had black hair with white stripes in it. His eyes were gray, and he had an arrogant air.

"Hm? Can I do anything for you?" Ari asked.

"Are you the rumored masked official?" He asked in a haughty tone.

That was kinda rude...."Sure? I have a mask." Ari saw slowly.

Then the man reached out to pull Ari's mask out. Ari hurriedly held the mask, and smacked him.

"Tch, just let the audience see your face." The man hit Ari's arm hard. (*Cough cough* cannon fodder-*Cough cough!*)

"..." Ari looked at his pale arm turning red. By now, the Xinxus stood up.

"What are you doing?!" Xinxus rushed over, and grabbed the hand that was trying to pry Ari's mask off again.

"Oh shut up! Other NPCs like you shouldn't get involved with it." The man yanked his hand back.

Ari was still looking at his arm. Livia came over, and crouched next to him.

"Oh my god, Ari are you okay?" She asked, worried.

"Yea, but why did he come up to me to take my mask off. Then get angry when I refuse?"

"..I don't know. Sigh, some people are just too much sometimes." Livia healed Ari's arm in 7 seconds.

By now the man was restrained by Xinxus, and was shouting angrily.

"Do you know who I am?! I am part of one of the top 3 guilds! The Valor of Stars! I'll get the members to ruin your run down guild!" He flailed around.

What an idiot. He's just digging a grave for himself...Ari sighed probably some dumb player who got full of himself when he joined a guild. Ari walked over to Xinxus calmly and motioned him to be put down.

Xinxus was confused but he put the man down. Seeing how the NPC put him down, the man got cocky.

"Hah, you better send a formal apology, if you want the Valor of Stars to forgive you!" Said the man as he was about to sit down.

"Eh? Valor of Stars?...Oh! You mean that small guild that's been popular for the undying?" Shurlon asked.

"Undying?" Ari turned to Livia.

"Well, people who are able to resurrect themselves after a long period of time. They aren't that much of a threat since we can always just put them in a non escapable jail." She explained.

"Ah, those are probably the players." Thought Ari.

While the man was still shouting, Ari stomped on him. His action stopped the camp. Ari then proceeded to stomp violently on his head,stomach,ribs, and...the place down under.

Xinxus tried to stop him.

"Woah woah! Calm down!" Xinxus stopped Ari.

"Huh? Why?" Ari asked.

"You don't have to do that! The guards can punish him."

"He just walked up to me, and tried to invade my privacy. Then when he failed, he resorted to violence. Thus, it is right for me to punish him."

"..." Xinxus thought about his words.

Ari then grabbed his sword and put all of his strength into it. He then chopped off the man's leg. As everyone was staring in shock, he motioned to Livia to heal him. Livia tried to come over, but she stopped and puked in a bush.

Another mage came and stopped the man's bleeding. Shurlon and Lixian were confused, yea he was an undying but aren't you disgusted by the blood and bone?! Shurlon's interest increased more.

Ari was able to cut off his leg, because he knew the man wouldn't feel pain because of the pain blocker in the capsule. Ari noticed this before, but Ari couldn't really see the blood properly. Back when Ari was fighting against the rabbits, he didn't see any blood. But when he got home, he saw blood on his t shirt.

And Ari wanted him to suffer by not obtaining anything from the hoard, because he was so rude. Thus, Ari swiped his leg off to also set an example to other players to not be jerks.