41 Chapter 41- Laws of the Universe (1/2)

The dwarf with orange hair and a messy beard stomped over to Drocai and slapped him across the face.

”Mind your manners in front of Lord Dubs! This man has freed us from our slavery, and we owe him our lives!”, he exclaimed.

Drocai shunned away from the man and shyly responded.

”Yes, father.”

Dubs let out a laugh. ”Ahaha! You've got quite a feisty son there, Drocar.”

The dwarves and even the knights all began to laugh along with Dubs, as if all their problems had been erased.

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Dubs all of a sudden became very serious, and with a villainous expression retorted

”Be sure to raise him into a proper man who can further the influence of my new-coming empire.”

Drocar still remained cheerful, and kneeled down before Dubs. ”Of course I will, Lord Dubs. Me and the entire clan of my village are at your disposal. If you would allow me to ask, would it be alright for you to assist in the rescue of the other members of my village? I understand this is no light favor, but I am willing to have my entire clan work towards the furthering of your cause, if you are willing to assist us.”

Dubs pondered for a moment. ”I cannot say that I can rescue all of the members of your clan immediately, however I will put their rescue on the priority list, and depending on whether or not I will be able to do so while keeping my existence hidden from the empire will determine whether or not I do so now or later.”, he responded.

Drocar nodded. ”I thank you for your kind words, Lord Dubs. In the meantime, what will you have the dwarves do?”

Drocai looked clearly frustrated that his father, and even all the other dwarves had accepted such a dramatic change in their lives so quickly. ”How can we trust that this man is not also using us?”, he inquired.

Dubs stepped over to Drocai swiftly, and a look of surprise came across his face. ”So fast!”, he thought. ”I could barely even follow his movements!”

Dubs looked Drocai up and down, and swiftly stepped behind him. Drocai turned around as soon as he realized that Dubs had disappeared from his sight. ”How is he so quick!? Is he mocking me?”

Dubs held up a finger and pointed over to a mine-cart filled with sulfur, the one that the dwarves had spent their efforts to fill and transport to the entrance.

”You see that cart over there, Drocai? What is inside it?”, Dubs asked with arrogance in his voice.

Drocai looked over. ”Its a cart of sulfur. What's your point?”

”Sulfur is a very flammable object. If I were to light it on fire, and it were to explode, that wouldn't be very impressive, right?”, Dubs questioned.

”Even an extremely small flame spell used for light purposes would be able to light that batch of sulfur. What of it?” Drocai replied.

”But what if I were to set it ablaze with a water spell?”

Silence filled the camp.

The dwarves all glanced at each other, and even the knights began whispering among themselves.

”Lord Dubs, we understand that you are strong, but surely there is no way to light a batch of sulfur on fire using a water spell. It simply doesn't make sense.”, Arctus remarked.

All the dwarves nodded in agreement, and Drocai began to boast.

”Are you trying to bluff your way into making me think you are powerful!? You may have fooled my father, but you cannot fool me! Very well, I will hold you to your word. If you can use a water spell to set that batch of sulfur ablaze, I will accept that you are strong enough to lead even an empire, and follow you. If you cannot however, you will let me go free!”

”When did I ever say anything about keeping you captive, or not allowing you to be free?” Dubs retorted.

Drocar looked very nervous, and put his hand over his head. ”How could my son be so rude to someone so powerful... if he angers Lord Dubs, he surely will lose his life...”

Dubs once more appeared behind Drocai, and whispered into his ear sinisterly.

”But now that you've proposed a deal to me, you cannot go back on your word. Anyone who goes back on their word is nothing more than a piece of trash who needs to be eliminated...”

In an instant, Dubs reappeared in his previous position, as if he teleported behind Drocai for just a moment to whisper him something and then teleported back.

Drocai began to sweat nervously, and began to think to himself. ”This man... is clearly bluffing... right? RIGHT!? He has to be bluffing! There is no way he could light a batch of sulfur with a water spell... yes... he will fail and then I will leave back to live with my cousin, Drodus in the neighboring village. I will train, become strong, and be able to fight against the knights and even this man in front of me if he threatens me or my family...”

Dubs smiled sadistically. ”Then, I'll get started.”

Drocai gained a crooked smile on his face.

”That's right... he will fail... I have nothing to worry about...”