Just a while earlier, Kilgon made his way to the nearest tavern. The building was large and at the intersection of a street. It was made of stone with a white plaster finish and the doors swung open and closed. Being short due to his being a dwarf his head was right at the bottom of the doors, which hung at the center of the door. He opened the doors and entered, no one paid him any mind, since nonhumans were common in this kingdom.
Kilgon looked around and took a deep breath. "Ah the smell of booze and debauchery, this is my kind of place!" He said excitedly at the aromas that he just inhaled. He found the bar in the back and walked over to it. He found an open chair next to a beautiful woman enjoying an ale. She was dressed in a simple linen dress and had long red hair that was pulled back with a ribbon. She had green eyes and a set of freckles on her cheeks with pale smooth skin.
As Kilgon got on his chair she paid him no mind and just continued to drink her ale.
"Barkeep!" Kilgon said, raising his arm. "The we princess out there said my tab is on her so let's get this party started!"
"The princess did?" The barkeep replied, raising his brow. "Oh, I see. You must be one of the ones who broke our gate." He sighed in exacerbation. "I suppose that does sound like something our beloved princess would do, always trying to make friends, that one. Name your poison."
"I'll have your best whiskey, on the rocks." Kilgon said. "And give the lady here another of what she's having."
"As you wish master dwarf." The barkeep said. He then poured the drinks and sled them to the dwarf and the woman.
Kilgon turned to the girl. "So, tell me do you come here often?" He asked.
She just continued to drink and ignored the dwarf.
"Oh, come on now." Kilgon said. "I got you a drink, the least you can do is let me know your name. You do have a name, don't you?"
The woman sighed and picked up the drink that Kilgon had gotten for her. She lifted it above his head and dumped it on him. She then stood up and walked away.
"Hey!" He yelled as the cold beverage soaked him. "That is just rude! Get back here and apologize missy!"
She continued to walk away despite his protests.
He jumped up from his chair and chased after her. "Hey now! I am going to be smelling like ale for weeks now!" He protested. "Why would you do that!"
She stopped and turned to face her follower. "I don't know, maybe because I was enjoying a nice ale until you decided to come and try and get into my pants." She said. "A woman can't even go to the bar nowadays without being hit on. You thought because you bought me a drink that I never asked for that I owed you something? You thought wrong." She turned back around and began storming out.
"That is Isabel." The barkeep said. "She comes every day and orders an ale. I almost feel bad for the men that hit on her, it always ends the same. Always a pleasure to watch though."
"Right, well you could have warned me." Kilgon said.
"I would never interfere in another man's business." The barkeep said. "I am just an observer."
Kilgon walked back to his chair and sat back down and started to sip on his whiskey.
"AH!" A scream was heard from behind the building that sounded like a woman in distress.
Kilgon reached back and pulled his ax off of his back. "Looks like I got some work to do." He said as he jumped up. "Where is your back door?"
The barkeep pointed to the door behind him and Kilgon jumped over the counter with his ax in hand. He rushed out the door and found a group of men surrounding the woman from earlier.
"You embarrassed us." One of the men said. "We are going to make you regret it." Another one said. "We are going to teach you how to talk to a man from now on." Another chimed in.
"Hey now!" Kilgon yelled. "What the bloody hell do you think you are doing?!"
The men turned and saw the angry dwarf charging towards them with his ax drawn. As he got close, he leaped into the air and did a double drop kick that connected on one of the men's faces causing him to plummet to the ground. He slammed his ax into the ground, and it stuck into the cobblestone road. He punched one of his hands with the other. "Alright now who wants some." He said.
The other men rushed and charged him. He laughed as their blows connected. They were too low of a level to affect him. The men instead were hurting their own hands. The dwarf's body was hard as stone, and it was as if they were punching solid rock. One by one he would pull back his arm and punch them. Knocking them down one at a time. Teeth, blood, and tears flew through the air during his assault.
When the battle was over the bodies of the unconscious men were piled in the street and Kilgon slapped his hands together to get the dust off. He turned his attention back to the woman, "Are you alright missy?" He said.
"Why would you do that?" She asked. "I just told you off, why would you still come save me?"
"Because that is what a man does." Kilgon said. "No matter what a woman has done in the past, a man should always come running to save her."
"That is very idealistic of you." She said with a laugh. As she did an arrow pierced her shoulder. A man from the shadow had shot her. He stayed hidden during the fight and bid his time for the best time to strike.
"Got you bitch!" He said.
Her eyes changed from green to a glowing purple and her skin changed from pale to red, her long red hair turned white. She grabbed the arrow in her shoulder and ripped it out. The pain caused her to roar with such ferocity that the very ground on which they stood began to shake.
"Oh shit!" The man said. "The bitch was an Oni!" Before he could run Kilgon's ax flew through the air and caught the man square in the gut, causing him to fall to the ground.
"Are you alright?!" Kilgon said to the lady Oni.
She regained her composure and was puzzled at the dwarf's lack of fear at her appearance. "You still care about me? Even knowing what I am?"
"Why would that matter?" Kilgon asked.. "To a real man, women of all races are beautiful and deserve to be protected."