The portal felt like walking through a thick membrane. The process was smooth and simple, unlike the horror stories I had read about the portals from previous games. It seemed B.L.A.N.K really had fixed a lot of the problems from past versions.

The city was beautiful and grand, but I barely had a moment to look around before the five avatars materialized out of thin air before me. They all looked the same as before with the exception of Raxila who had chosen a much more modest armor set.

Lord Justice stepped forward and demanded, " Give us the prince and be on with you. "

"Hey, come on not even a thank you? You owe me 5 gold by the way. ", I stated, ignoring his demanding tone, " Aren't you guys gonna make a scene appearing in public like this?"

"You are the only one's who can see us.", the unknown assassin replied casually.

Heigdall nudged Azreal, "You owe me ten gold, I told you he would show. ".

Azreal frowned but relented, tossing the coins into Heigdall's outstretched hand.

I laughed and nudged Olaf who spoke up, " I'm not going anywhere until after my masters class change. He has requested I join him, just in case I need to vouch for him. ".

Lord Justice scowled, " You will do no such thing, you will come with us! We have waited long enough!"

" Oh come on you big windbag, ", I said, my voice full of sarcasm, " it will only take a few minutes. Besides, none of you are actually players so Olaf is under no obligation to do anything you say. ".

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" If the prince vouches for you he will have to reveal himself, " Lord justice barked, " This cannot be allowed! "

" I'm sorry about your bad luck but it can't be helped. ", I said with an insincere apology, " Things could have been different if you would have sent me the real transport cost. ". I gave Lord Justice a sly grin.

" You underestimate our power, what's to stop me from deleting you and taking the prince? ", Lord Justice growled menacingly.

" I'm glad you asked", I said in a casual manner, " There are a few reasons. The first is that over 2 million people have watched the video of the demon child and it is common knowledge that the prince was last seen with me. If I become deleted, you will have to admit that this perfect algorithm isn't so perfect. This will result in either restarting the game or at the very least the five will no longer be able to participate in the main story. The second involves the prince going to my employer. ".

"Ha! I told you, Justice! " Raxila laughed, " He has check-mated you already. Now pay up. ".

Raxila held out her hand. For the first time, I saw a glimmer of a grin upon Lord Justice's face as he dropped a bag of coins into her hand.

Raxila smiled and waved her hand. Purple energy sparked from her fingertips and gathered in the palm of her hand. A moment later the energy dissipated and its place was a small medallion. She held the medallion out to me, " Here, take it. ".

I was hesitant and held my hands up in a defensive position " I don't trust you... you're proly still mad at me. See you changed armor and everything...."

Raxila blushed but still held the medallion out to me and innocently said, "You can trust me..."

"She's lying" interjected Azreal.

"Ha! I knew it! ", I exclaimed.

" It will do you no good to kill the boy, the prince truly believes him to be his master," Azreal explained to Raxila.

She rolled her eyes and sighed, "Fine! "

She crushed the medallion and summoned a new one, holding it out to me.

I took it from her and muttered under my breath, " I still preferred the other outfit..".