Some time afterwards, Arc stumbles across two elf soldiers, one male and one female, battling a band of human slavers when their leader uses the captured elf children as hostages, the female elf seems ready to surrender when Arc intervenes and helps the elves wipe out the slavers. The elf is surprised that Ponta (which he refers to as a "spirit creature") is so attached to Arc and that Arc doesn't seem to share the fear and prejudice against elves that most humans in this world seem to have. Later, Arc encounters a male elf outside Diento and learns from him about the human trade in capturing and enslaving elves.
The fox indicates that it wants to travel with him, and he names it "Ponta". Freeing the creature, he heals its wound with magic and befriends it. While dispatching a group of bandits using a cave as their hideout who had attacked him near the town of Diento, he discovers a wounded green-furred cottontailed fox ( "ventu vulpis") being held in a cage. While he refuses a reward (to avoid meeting Lauren's father Viscount Buckle du Luvierte, as it would cause complications should the noble ask to see his face), Rita gives him a copper passport to allow him easier passage through any city in the territory. Using his game name, the knight introduces himself as Arc and agrees to escort the two ladies to the town of Luvierte.
The women introduce themselves as Lauren, a noblewoman, and Rita Farren, her maid. He spies a band of bandits attacking a group at a distance and springs into action after seeing the bandits about to rape two women, killing the men. In unfamiliar territory, the gamer decides that it would be best to hide his appearance by never removing his helmet and to search for inhabitants.
Seeing his reflection in a river, he is shocked to discover that his appearance is that of a skeleton due to the special avatar skin『Skeleton』he used. Upon awakening, an unnamed gamer finds himself in the avatar body and armor that he was using in his online game.
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