Grinning he laughed at the smaller man Zedd who stood up to him, well sort of. More so just shunned him off to avoid the fight, it was good to do so anyways, Akribos was being rather forceful, but they worship the Olympians, it was hard for him not to lash out. Smirking he nodded to the young man and laughed as he spoke. "Talk is cheap, especially with overly wordy dramatic displays of gesture to get the woman to like ya more sir. How about do it this way eh? You don't disrespect someone you know nothing about and I assure you that we will get along fine. Got some spunk in ya for such a tiny shit i will give ya that." Smirking he smacked with his large bear of a hand against the man's shoulder, no doubt probably too hard. "You're alright shorty." Staring at the Elf as he turned into some kind of wannabe demon, the being didn't know what hell was, but he had power, he would be the first target to kill once the battles began.<br/><br/>As the elf mentioned his 'mask' Akribos tilted his head slightly as he faces the man hovering above the ground, and Akribos could also see where most of that power shower was coming from. The tingle of mage working all around him and it came from the center of the circle, and then centered on the Elf. Akribos smiled at the display, the elf was sharp, especially when he mention that alpha male was he, the youngster didn't know what he was or who he was. All he knew was that he was as powerful as he showed, which wasn't much, after a few thousand years it was a neat trick to be able to conceal his nature and couldn't sense which side he was loyal to. No doubt he would buy the story, his own thoughts shouted at Akribos as he laughed again and walked up slowly before shooting the dryad a glance, "I would say the lady is the smartest of us overly posturing men eh?"<br/><br/>Stopping a foot in front of the elf he looked slightly up at the man as he hovered his eyes visible at this close, the deep dark blue of his eyes flashed over once, like a mist of color for his iris'. "Alpha male? Hmmmm, let me think this one through eh?" His head never moved he just looked into the man's eyes for a moment and glared at his soul, he would have loved to rip it out. "How about you drop yourself to the ground mage, try and claim that I am something I am not, that is just rude." Laughing lightly Akribos continued. "Look here elf, I don't serve the gods, I am a slave of them, and I am happy to be back from hell, but I ain't one who allows a boy to insult something he doesn't even comprehend on any level. How about you drop your posturing I drop mine eh?"<br/><br/>Extending his right hand once again for the elf as he continued to stare at the elf, "Just believe me when I say this, when the killing starts, your gonna be happy that you aren't the alpha male here, cause the Serians target them first everytime, trust me I know from some pretty reliable sources, like the one who made me not so pretty when i was still human. Hence the rags. As far as your threats......well let us just say, if you could rip that power out of me, ha I would say its Zeus' turn to give up the throne and hand it to a mortal. Don't worry elf, no matter how much I hate ya, I will fight for the side that holds my leash, obviously you know who that is already."<br/><br/>Stepping back a half step and still holding out his arm to the elf as a sign of not only some respect, but also a large amount of honor. He never had broken his word, hence his round about talking to the three. He would promise nothing, or else he would be bound to that promise to the end of his days, no matter the cost. Thought Tureal knew this and tested the damn thing constantly by forcing his word on promises he didn't understand at the time. It got annoying no doubt.