Infinite Realm

'Forget it. Having such an arrogant figure in my guild might do more harm than good.'

After seeing Sato take down the lanky youth and Blue Flame with ease, Gon originally wanted to retaliate in a bid to gain Blue Flame's favorability but he felt that there was more to Sato than the eye revealed so he didn't make a move. Gon believed that it wasn't worth the risk for him to offend Sato in a bid to make an impression on Blue Flame since he barely knew much about the other party. By making this decision, Gon had decided to step down from the race of 'pursuing' Blue Flame.

Another reason for that was that Gon felt that Blue Flame's arrogant behaviour could potentially harm his guild. It was highly possible that after gaining as much benefit as possible from them, Blue Flame would depart in a ruthless manner once a higher power becomes impressed at his achievements. In other words, it was highly likely that Blue Flame wouldn't have any attachments to them and would even be harder to control.

Just as Gon had made that decision, Koko had also made a similar decision but this was mostly the same as Gon's first argument but a bit different. In Koko's opinion, Sato was an Expert player and it was quite rare to find a solitary Expert player. This meant that either Sato had a backing of a big club or guild, or he was just like Koko; running a club of his own. In either of these situations, it meant that it wouldn't be easy to mess with him.

However, standing still and watching without assisting Blue Flame would inevitably spark his anger so Koko had decided to give up on hiring the blacksmith. Instead, he was more interested in Sato. If possible, he would like to recruit him, though the chances of that successfully happening were low.

While the two men had different thoughts, they were but shocked out of their minds by the following words.

"Guards, guards! Can't you all see? This young man is disturbing the peace in the trade-house, the town's property! Get him! Arrest him! He should be banned from here and never to set foot in here again. No, that's too lenient and kind. He should be sent to jail to contemplate on his crimes."

The words of the black haired young man brought everyone back to reality.

'Yes, this was a safe zone. Even if that man had managed to defeat those two without depleting their HP, he still attacked them. While this didn't totally break the rules, it did touch upon their limit. He can't get away now, especially with the way that fellow put it. This guy is done.' was what everyone thought at that moment.

What Sato had done couldn't be said to be explicitly attacking the players as according to the system regulations, a player can only be recognised to be under attack after receiving damage from the attack of the opposite party. Damage in this sense, didn't simply reply to an injury but a depletion in HP. Even if the HP was immediately restored, the act had already been committed and spotted under the system's nose. While Sato did risk direct punishment, thanks to the black haired outh's twisted words, things had become bad for Sato .

Three NPCs guards walked over to the group and surveyed the situation. Spotting Blue Flame and the lanky youth who were both knocked out, the guards were a bit surprised that someone had actually dared to do such here. Seeing as everyone was staring at Sato, one of them the NPC guards walked asked Sato.

"Are you the one responsible for this?" The leader of the guards asked.

Sato knew that he was doomed but he had choice. If he were to deny his actions, that would be stupid as they were done in the open for all to see. That would just be seeking trouble and possibly increasing his sentence. The only thing he could was be honest at that moment.

"Yes. Yes, I am."

As he answered, Sato switched his title from [Industrious Achiever] to [Saviour of Races]. [Industrious Achiever] had been active ever since he began re-exploring Black Grill's Cave with his gang. Only one title can be active and as he was in a battle zone, he chose the one that was most suitable. Sato finally switching the titles was as a result of his gaming senses. twitching. It was this action that left him with a strange idea in his head that led to this decision.

Even after making the change, Sato didn't seem to change in the eyes of the players but for the NPCs, he was became "different".

"Oh, it's the Saviour. Apologies for that." The NPC squad leader bowed at an exact angle of 90 degrees.

"Protector!" The other two NPCs greeted as they performed the same movement as their leader.

"What the..." Everyone stared in shock at the scenario in front of them.

NPCs were actually bowing to a player.

It wasn't that such an occurrence had never happened in a game before. Actually, NPCs obeying players were quite common in multiple games already. It was just that no one knew how to do so yet in Infinite Realm. A lot of players presumed that one would have to be a noble or a noteworthy figure in the game but as it was just 2 weeks since its release, no one was aware of how to pull this off yet. But suddenly, right in front of these players, such an event was currently taking place.

"We apologize for not recognising Lord Saviour." The guard leader said with a somewhat fervent expression.

To players, Sato was just another player but to the NPCs, Sato -while [Saviour of Races] was active- was the man who went against a demon god's spawn and prevented its descent into the mortal world. While his tales weren't on par with that of legendary heroes and godly figures, Sato was still famous and well respected by most of the NPCs, especially those of Black Rock province.

'Who knew that this title would be more useful than I had expected.' Sato smiled.

"You, you. Who the hell are you?" The black haired young man said with shock.

Just a few seconds ago he was relishing in his head, praising himself for such a magnificent plot. But everything took a sudden change just when he least expected it.

"Who am I? I don't think you're worthy of knowing that."