"My lord, they're playing dirty with us. We need to act like villains too, so they won't dare push us around," the Gryphon Rider Bodyguard urged. He only hoped Yu Lin Bloodhawk would stop putting on that swaggering bandit-chief act, and certainly stop portraying a great hero by ranting like a shrew in the street. It was simply too embarrassing.
"Is that how it works?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked, rubbing his nose.
"Yes, my lord! Don't you always say we should give them a taste of their own medicine? Now's the perfect time!" the Gryphon Rider Bodyguard said.
"I did say that..." Yu Lin Bloodhawk nodded, but a moment later, he added, "But... I want to be a great hero right now! Look, I challenged him to come out and fight me alone, and he didn't dare. Obviously, he can't be much stronger than me. He might not even be able to beat me. Opportunities like this don't come along often. I still want to be a great hero."
"My lord... well..." All the Gryphon Rider Bodyguards froze, their minds going blank.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk paid no further attention to the High Elves and continued using his superb acting skills to portray his own idea of a great hero. In his narcissism, he still believed he shone with the radiance of a protagonist and exuded an overwhelming aura of dominance.
Worse still, he secretly blamed the Gryphon Rider Bodyguards for their lack of understanding. Sure, I'm the City Lord, but how many chances do I get to show off? When I ran into ordinary monsters, I wasn't strong enough. Once I finally got strong, I ran into a major boss like Doomhammer on my very first outing. Don't you know that?
*Now that I've finally found an ordinary monster, can't