"I just turned in a quest, big guy. I don't want any trouble."
"Oh, you don't want trouble?" Bigi laughed, turning to the crowd to egg them on. "Not only does he ignore my warnings, but now he's walking around the city starting even more fake rumors? Lying to the guards that he caught a cult leader just to make his tiny little adventurer rank look bigger?"
"""Ahahaha!"""
"... What a fucking joke!"
"... Holy shit! Get a load of this guy!"
"I'm not lying," Kurt said, dropping his voice dangerously low.
"Shut your mouth!" Bigi interrupted, his face contorting into a bullying grin. "Someone needs to teach this cocky, disgraced noble a lesson about respect. You think you're special, huh!?"
The surrounding adventurers began to shout and cheer even louder, slamming their mugs against the tables, eager for a public beatdown to break the monotony of the evening.
Then, suddenly, and without an ounce of warning or hesitation, Bigi whipped his right hand forward.
SHATTER!
