38 Chapter 38- Interrogation (1/2)
Dubs took a glance at Alt and asked him, ”Alt, is there any way you can make it such that these people are able to see your body?”
Alt smiled menacingly. ”I can do that easily. The reason they are unable to see my current form is because it is composed primarily of an invisible element, however if I create a form of a more visible element they will have no issue viewing me, assuming I don't use any stealth techniques.”
Alt's shadow form shifted, and the dark energy seeped into the ground. Flowing up from the ground came some light brown earth particles, which swiftly replaced the purple shadow form.
When the shadow form had been completely replaced with earth particles, Alt looked up to see the guards terrified at what they had witnessed.
”M-monster!!”, one of them screamed.
One guard, who had lost an arm as opposed to a leg, began to run away, stumbling. ”I.. I have a family! I cannot die in a place like this! They are waiting for me at my home!”
Alt frowned, disappointed, and his face became filled with rage. The earth form shifted into a cloud of dust, and blew along with the wind to swiftly make its way over to the fleeing guard.
After Alt had caught up, he once again took a humanoid form and began to lecture before performing a spell.
”And what of the families of the dwarves that you drove to slavery? Are your words only true for yourself? If so, why is that? Because you are more powerful? Because you are superior?”
The man flinched back and tears began to flow from his eyes, a look of terror focused on Alt. ”Stay away from me, monster! Get back!”
”You are the real monster here. I am simply giving you a taste of your own medicine.”, Alt exclaimed, thrilled, before he began to bloodthirstily cast a spell.
”[Earth slice]', Alt chanted as a blade of dust chopped off the head of the fleeing guard. The head fell to the ground, and let out one last shriek before the man died.
Alt shifted into a cloud of dust and traveled back to where Dubs was, with the other 4 guards.
”If you wish to run, be my guest”, Dubs stated. ”Whether trash dies here and now, or lives to help me achieve my goals, I could care less. I can say with absolute certainty-though- if you run, you will not be allowed to live.”
Four guards remained. Two of them had an arm chopped off, and two of them had a leg chopped off. None of them dared to move a muscle.
”It looks like we have come to an understanding.”, Dubs stated.
Alt took his place beside Dubs, and Dubs asked Alt ”What are the statistics on these men remaining, and what of their leader, who was killed?”
Alt began to rant off numbers.
”Each of these men are magical knights, trained in one particular element of magic. Their strength, agility, and perception all range from 2-4, and the leader has approximately 4 of each. Their magical controls for their respective elements are placed at around 20-30% for the lower echelon knights, and the leader had a control of 45%. Resistances for each member ranges between 10-25% for their respective element of mastery.”
Even physically, Dubs was around 3-4 times stronger than these knights, and while they did have a higher amount of magical control than he did, Dubs had a complete resistance to all elements, while the knights only had partial resistance to the element they had mastery in.
”Your energy density for non-dark magic skills is currently at 7.5 Majoules per cubic centimeter. The magic produced by these knights just now was at a measly 1 Majoule/cm^3.”, Alt critiqued.
Dubs looked at these knights. ”And to think that you are considered to be the upper echelon of the empires warriors... look at you! You have been put to shame by a mere test subject like myself! Worry not, though, for I am not evil. I am willing to forgive you of your transgressions and spare your lives, if you are willing to work towards the establishment of my empire.”
The knights all looked at each other nervously, and one spoke up.