42 Chapter 42- The Second Capital Offense (1/2)

The group of knights and dwarves looked towards Dubs with a slight amount of fear, yet soon their fear turned to hope and promise for a better future.

Drocar once again questioned Dubs.

”Lord Dubs, I asked once before when my son rudely interrupted, but what will you have the dwarves do for now?”

Dubs gave the question some thought before replying ”For now, both the dwarves and the knights will follow me back to my home. I would assume you are experienced in mining, so I wish you to find a suitable area to start a mine as close to my home as possible, so that we may begin extracting materials from the ground.”

Drocar bowed, and Dubs raised his hand, motioning for Drocar to stand up. ”I expect you to take this task upon yourself. I will not impose any quotas on you, nor will I supervise any of the work you do. If you bring me resources, I wish to receive them out of your loyalty to me, and not out of fear or duty.”

Drocar looked at Dubs, almost about to cry. ”You are such a kind leader, Lord Dubs! I will lead the dwarves to assist you!”

”However...”

”Should you decide to defect from my faction... the punishment for betrayal would be a different story than if you were to fail in production...”

Dubs dismissed Drocar with that eerie message, and called Arctus forth.

”Arctus, I wish for you and the knights to continue training. The woman I am staying with has a library full of spellbooks and information that you all are free to learn, however remember this-”

Dubs eyes turned bloodshot and his expression wrinkled.

”If you believe for even a moment that you can become more powerful than I am, and try to defy my leadership, I will not leave you to execution, but rather put you to undergo torture in the experimental chambers...”

Arctus and the knights kneeled before Dubs. ”Of course we would not betray you, my lord!”

Dubs looked down on the three with an arrogant smile. ”If that is the case, there will be no issue...”