Bab 42: Chapter 42- The Second Capital Offense
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..."
Dubs stood up and shouted out to the group, including Alt.
"Everyone! In my empire, there are currently two rules in place. The first is that the strong shall not abuse the weak, but rather take it upon themselves to protect the weak! The second rule is that betrayal will not be forgiven! Disobey either of these tenants, and you cease to be a member of my empire!"
The group all chatted among themselves, but agreed. "We have no qualms, Dubs, as nobody here would dare betray you!", The blonde dwarf shouted.
Dubs then continued speaking.
"We are going to move out! Follow me back to my home, where we shall take a look at the state of things..."
Dubs and the party began heading back across the hilly plains. Lead by Dubs, with Alt by his side, the caravan was formed with 3 knights followed by 7 dwarves.
Moving across the hills, the party progressed slowly, as they were no longer just a single person traveling.
"Ah... it is kind of a pain to have to lead this many people...particularly having to wait up for them.", Dubs complained.
"HAHA!! Complaining about leading 10 people when you plan to become an emperor and take over the world!? It will only get worse from here...", Alt replied.
"Haha! I suppose you're right!", Dubs responded.
Gradually, the hills became flatter as the party traveled. Suddenly, Alt sharply turned to the right, halting his movements.
"We have enemies, Dubs. Should I take them out silently, or should I allow you to battle?"
"I am the one who needs to continue to practice. Watch the caravan, I will take them out myself!"
PERTIMBANGAN PENCIPTA 
Dubstheduke
Dubstheduke Hello all. This is the author of Mercenary, DubstheDuke.
I would like to let you all know that I have decided that since I am leaving to go on vacation, that I have decided to shorten the chapter length to about 1/3 the previous length (per day).
I understand this is partially laziness on my own part, however I feel that it will encourage me to continue to write and not give up on the story, which I am enjoying.
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