"Bey sent me to talk to you, it"s just a conversation, nothing more."

"I got it. And?"

"Leave the Lower City, prince," Ol said quietly but firmly. "Leave it in an amicable way. Bey still gives you such a chance. You have no business in the lower streets; they belong to those who were born and live there. You came from the Upper City, we"ll drive you away. Just like you, rich bastards, drove away and closed the access to the Upper City for commoners. Yours is the Upper City, the Lower is ours. Enough of trying to grab both yours and someone else"s, Arel Chig, you"ve lost any shame. You invaded our streets using your nearly limitless power and money. But we"ve had enough of you! We tried to bear with you and your people to the very end. But now we cannot stand it any more. We cannot stand what you"re doing in the streets of our Lower City!

"Now I see you finally lost your mind if you brought mercenaries from the Unclean District to our Lower City! How dared you litter our city with the Unclean from the valley levels? How dared you bring half-bloods from behind the river to our neighborhoods! Bey warns you for the last time. Either you take away your Unclean trash," Ol quickly glanced at Nikto, "or the whole Lower City rises against you. People don"t want to live next to those creatures. You don"t care shit about their safety, I understand it, you"re safely hidden behind the strong walls of the Upper City and you don"t care what happens to the people in our streets, you just want to get more money from them.

"Isn"t it so, prince? Even though you already have more money than you need but your greed doesn"t have any limits. What will those bastards you gathered do to peaceful citizens? If you don"t take them away, we"ll unite with the owners of the northern and eastern territories, they are ready to do that. When it concerns protection of our people from the Unclean, we act together. You"re a stranger in our territory and everyone will be against you. Do you understand it? That is why – stop until it is too late. We"re not afraid of you or your allies.

"We"ll dispose of you, we won"t let you litter our streets and set a new order here. The Unclean will have no place in the Lower City!

"If you want to deal with them – go there and don"t soil the Lower City with your presence. You"re a disgrace among humans. Your rich friends kicked you out but we"ll do the same. We won"t let you ruin our city, our streets. Do you get that?"

"I would kill you right here," Orel said calmly, "but I want you to pass my words to your master. I won"t take the Unclean away from my streets and I"ll bring more if need be." He kept silent for a while watching Ol"s reaction. "And I shit care about your threats. If Bey doesn"t submit, I"ll tear apart the whole Lower City. You want the war – you"ll have it. I"ll kill everyone. Everyone who lives in your streets. I"ll raze your streets to the ground and will inhabit them with the people I want.

"You"re right, I don"t care about people who live there and that"s why I can do things that will make you regret a million times that you opposed me. I"ll slaughter the whole Lower City if I want. You cannot stop me! I"ll tear you apart just for fun! If you care so much about peaceful life of common people – which I really doubt – think twice before opposing me. They"ll die because of you. They"ll suffer and it"ll be your fault. Don"t even try to touch me – I will do whatever I want. I didn"t touch you but you made me and I won"t stop until I take everything that belongs to Bey. I"ll take all his streets! And he will swallow it. I don"t envy you, there are difficult times in store for you," he smirked. "That"s all, I don"t have anything else to say to such an idiot as you. If Bey cares, let him come and bow to me." Orel laughed.

Edin Ol was red in face, barely controlling himself.

"So, that"s it?" he hissed through the clenched teeth. "You"re declaring a war."

"Yes, that"s it."

"You"ll regret it!"

Orel got up. "Let"s go," he said to Lis and Nikto, "we have nothing to do here."

They left the restaurant.

"You"re insane," Lis said when they reached their streets. "The whole Lower City is going to oppose you. And they will be right. We"ll be eliminated."

"I"m not afraid of anything," Orel said. "I have friends and they"ll help me, won"t they?" He turned to Nikto.

"You can always count on me," Nikto said. His face was tightly covered with a mask, black glass glittering through the eye-slits.