'…Wait a moment, this isn't his duel invitation!!!' Levon realizes after reading the cultivator's name. "Abra Noyakovic"!
He looks at his back, towards the three. Seeing that this extremely white blond guy with a funny looking metal armor, is the one who's calling him to duel.
"OOYY! Accept the duel already and let's get done with this." Abra says.
Levon looks a bit puzzled and confused, he looks again at Tossin! Who's keeping the same menacing facial expression, not even towards him in particular.
'...Didn't he say he's the one who wants to duel and steal my arsenal?
Why is it then this guy…' Levon could not keep quiet this time. "Wasn't I supposed to fight with your boss here? I have no time for the likes of you… you're losing anyways." He says, showing confidence on the outside!
Abra gets frustrated, and so does Omar and the third one, called "Adonis Agapito"!
"Then try us first you bitch!!"
"I swear I'll kill you, if only it wasn't for these stupid rules of accepting duels!!"
Levon weirdly catches a word he never heard before, "swear".
Suddenly, Tossin speaks! "I didn't say I'll fight you here and now, I only told you what I consider you in my mind. There's quite the difference between the two!
You seem to be someone who jumps into conclusions a lot, Mr. Levon."
"..So you've only helped them corner me here. Is that what you're saying?" he asks in a surprised tone.
Tossin does not reply and just keeps looking seriously with his muscular arms crossed.
'…If that's the case, which seems to be the case. Then, all of their efforts here are worth nothing. I was going to reject the duel either ways…' Levon starts thinking in his mind.
'All of this was just to buy me as much information as I can. Now I made sure that what he said isn't false… I am actually hunted by these insects!
I'll be much prepared for these situations onwards.'
Graham faces the three, looks at his watch and refuses the duel!
Abra gets the notification and bursts out in anger immediately. "FUCK!! He refused it!!
You dare think you're far superior than us, while all you do is run and hide!!!"
But the latter does not reply. However! Another duel invitation appears on Levon's watch. This time from Adonis. A brown skinned short man with little eyes and a round face, his armor was all black and he seemed to have a long sword tucked into his waist.
"Let's see if he decides to run from my challenge too!!" He says.
Levon gives him a second look… 'This guy… looks to be the weakest of the three. Should I take him on battle so that they know not to mess with me again?
I would have, if it's not for my injury and tiredness… my health is still regaining, up to 60% right now. I need to collect truth pieces now more importantly… if I accepted their challenge, it only means I've descended to their level.
And that, I refuse!'
Adonis. ���What's taking you so long huh? You probably think you can easily defeat me right!? That you can take lives in this game just like you did outside of it!!"
Levon ignores his blabbering, looks at his watch again and refuses the challenge.
This, makes them even more furious! Adonis lost it and wanted to jump on Levon to physically beat him up, but was held back by Omar at the last second!
"Stop! That's against the rules. You'll lose your life for doing that!" He says.
Levon finds it mildly interesting that one of them has some sense in him, and actually took time to read the rules. "If you're beating yourself on your own, I wouldn't need to fight you.
Good thing that someone like him is your companion." He says, just to add humiliation.
But Omar calmly steps in front and asks. "Seems like I got a bit of your recognition, though I'll kindly ask you to keep it for yourself.
Are you willing to fight me then?"
Levon quickly and firmly answers. "No. Don't bother sending a duel invitation.
It might save you energy maybe…"
Afterwards, Graham gives them his back and starts walking towards the other direction, where Tossin is standing tall and wide! He's planning to ignore his presence and just go on his way for now… But!
When he got close enough to bypass him, Toygar steps in front and blocks the road! Without saying a word.
Upon seeing that, and the two facing one another face to face and their eyes meeting directly for the first time… Levon smiles ironically and says, "It's futile, I wouldn't fight him even if we were to stay here for as long as you can.
Let us meet some other time, I may be in mood to duel at that moment."
Tossin still keeps silent, and Levon receives the invitation regardless!
"How stupid!" He comments.
He then quickly rejects it and goes left where Tossin isn't standing in front, calmly moving past him…
Levon didn't break a sweat, but he felt much better the moment he wasn't surrounded anymore. Maybe because he was still uneasy of the whole trap thing that the Psemas were using against him. Or it could be that, it's just the fact he never likes being in a position or a situation he didn't choose by his own will.
Surprisingly, the three didn't shout or cuss as he walked away… it all became really silent.
A bit too good to be true…
And indeed, it was too good to be true!!
Levon suddenly receives a notification in his watch, the moment he lowers his head to look, and extends his arm for the digital message to appear in front. The shock in his eyes was already immense!!
· You have received a duel invitation from: "Tossin Toygar"
· Mode of the player: Cultivator
· Level: 2-star
Levon's shock came from multiple sources, the very fact that Toygar ended up sending an invitation wasn't expected at all. Graham believed what he previously stated…
The second surprising and even incomprehensible thing for Levon, is how come he's 2-star Player!!!
How? And when? Were his unanswered questions to himself.
He doesn't know exactly how many hours he's been inside the EraQuest, as there is no sun to indicate, nor clocks or timers even! But it surely wasn't a long period for one to jump a whole level!!
Yet, these weren't what shocked and surprised Levon as much as to make his face look completely doomed. It was this little note at the end of the message, saying:
· Warning: You cannot reject the 5th consecutive duel invitation.