This chapter opens with a flashback to the day of the battle at Zerluniki. Litio and his men are fighting with the villagers and are forced to retreat because of an attack from the peasants. The villagers attack first, but Litio does not order them to attack the town. He does not allow the villagers to attack first because he is stronger than they are. When the villagers attack again, Litio is forced to fight them back. He tells the audience that he is still a rational man and that he will repay Litio's kindness one day