Chapter 63 - Threats
"…."
(It got quiet all sudden.) – though the dwarf.
(I don't even hear skeletons bones rattling or anything like that.)
"!"
Suddenly the door opened, letting the light inside the room.
"…."
(Who is that bird masked guy?)
(He wasn't with him before.)
"So, by the look of things my friend here wasn't able to convince you, didn't he?"
"…."
"Who the fuck are you?"
"Me? I'm known as "Doctor". And this stupid guy coworker."
"Hey." – said necromancer.
"What "Hey"? You are bit stupid…...Anyway, you. Dwarf."
"Do you really think we cannot make you work for us?"
"Ha! Do you really think you can do anything to me? Beat me up or torture me at all and I won't- "
"The hurting you was the intimidation."
"Well, it was worth a try at least."
"Good thing I did prepared things on my end while that guy was busy with your kidnapping."
"Do you know what is this?" – said Phantasia while showing and small vail of the red liquid in front of the dwarf.
"…."
"Not even going to ask? Rude."
"Well then, allow me to tell you what is this."
"Plague."
"?!"
"Don't believe me? Well, don't worry. Min city is good enough of an example. It was quite easy to destroy it once I spread the plague around."
"By the way, if you don't trust me, we can infect you with it and see that its not some sort of poison but the real plague."
"?!"
"Wait! We cannot- "
"I have antidote. I can cure him if necessary."
"But, it shouldn't damage your body too much or anything like that."
"However this plague has an nasty effect of spreading quiet easy and the longer it stays in the person body, the more powerful it grows and painful."
"I set up several of the plague bombs in the city and I can detonate them at any moment."
"So, what will you do?"
"We don't need any of the people of the city, since all we care about is you, but if you don't do what we want for us to kill them all with the plague, then you better watch it dwarf."
"And if that isn't working… Well, there always your disciplines. I think you at least care about them, don't you?"
"Our man on the inside is already "Watching them over" if you know what I mean."
"The only reason why we didn't threaten you with the plague from the start is because to create a plague takes some resources and stuff, so its not like its cheap at all."
"But if necessary, we won't mind wasting a lot of resources only to make obedient."
"You got it trash!" – said doctor while grabbing the dwarf by his neck.
"We can hurt in many different ways that doesn't even have to do with torturing your body."
Doctor let go of the dwarf.
"We will give you moment to think about the situation, but not entre day."
"So choose wisely."
"You."
"Or the people of the city."
"The choice is yours. But we will make sure that you will end up working for us either one way or another."
"So then… Lets hope you decide quickly."
The doctor and the necromancer left the room before once again shutting down once again before moving away.
"…."
"Do you think he will agree?" – said the necromancer.
"He will."
"He was trying to keep the poker face, but he was sweating a lot."
"As for the story with Min city, I wasn't lying."
"I made the plague and used it to destroy the city."
(What?!) – though the dwarf who could hear everything.
"And if he doesn't believe me, well I can do infect him and make him see that I wasn't lying…. Or we can use one of the hostages as the example of what the plague I made can do."
"He doesn't have a choice and he already realized that." – said the doctor while making and hand gesture.
"Still, we should get rid of those stupid tracks you made before another search party will make its way here. I already gotten rid of one that was after you."
"Oh, shut up!" – said the necromancer before moving away with doctor.
"…."
"So…. Do you think he will agree? I'm asking for real now." – said the necromancer while making sure he was far enough from the cell so the dwarf wouldn't hear him talking.
"Yea."
"This guy isn't stupid and will realize that the threat of the plague is real."
"Not only that, he was panicking a lot, meaning he knows he is fucked."
"And if he just ask something stupid or anything, we can kidnap somebody and use them as example."
"The plague stuff I said wasn't fake. I have a method of creating plagues and not some sort of poisons."
"So, he will see that my threats aren't fake and he will witness its horrors."
"…."
"So then… "Coworker". He will be obedient no matter what he does, but now it's the part where you tell me the information I want if you want to end our little bargain with "Happy Ending"."
"And it maybe good idea not to lie or anything, since I'm the only reason why he will be obedient like a dog."
"…."
"Fine." – said the necromancer before taking his hood.
The necromancer was no longer hiding his identity.
He was a dark forest elf with grey hair, but his appearance was… Damaged.
The half of the man ears were visible cut off and he had also a large burn scar around his left eye as well as had a green colored right eye and grey colored left eye.
"My name is Hegan Bi'bio'ro."
"I'm a fallen noble of this damn Meniar kingdom."
"I despise this kingdom from the bottom of my heart, but I know I'm far too weak to destroy it."
"So, I need the dwarf to create a special artifact for me."
"I tried with many blacksmith already, but each one of them failed me."
"The only way for the artifact to be created is to have a master smith who knows art of blacksmith as well as magic blacksmith and alchemy blacksmithing."
"This guy maybe the only one able to create the artefact I'm aiming for."
"…."
"And that artefact…. Do you really think that some tool will allow you to destroy entire kingdom?"
"You are idiot."
"Let's say you have a powerful weapon, then what? If the wielder is a weakling, then no matter how powerful weapon you have, you will still have a limit."
"I have an ability to create plagues, but right now I have 0% chance of destroying this kingdom."
"You are a stupid fool."
"Do you really think there was no incident where a weakling got a powerful weapon, but then was never heard of again? Because they got too cocky and they themselves were weak, making them easy to be dealt with."
"Or they were destroyed by their own power since they didn't knew how to control it."
"A stupid mistake by many."
"Controlling power that is beyond you will only destroy yourself and destroy your plans."
"Even if you somehow managed to control the power of the artifact, you yourself will be still an weakling that can be easily killed."
"I just fuking dare you to make that kind of extremely stupid mistake."
"I will follow through our deal, but you better not fuking just die straight up after obtaining the artifact like an idiot, since it will prove only the fact that our cooperation was nothing more than waste of time."
"…."
"I'm not that dumb you fucker."
"And I know that artifact alone won't allow me to destroy the kingdom. An ability to grow in power."
"However, this artifact will give me a possibility of destroying the empire."
"Yea, yea."
"So, what kind of artifact would give you an ability to grow stronger and be able to destroy this kingdom."
"…."
"You will learn soon."
"…."
"Fine." – replied the doctor.
"But remember."
"If you dare to betray me and kill the dwarf after you are finished with him, you are dead and I will make sure of that."
"Anyway, lets go check on the dwarf."
"We gave him more than enough time to make his decision."
The doctor as well as the necromancer walked back to the cell before opening the door and revealing the angry dwarf.
"So."
"What is your answer dwarf?" – asked doctor.
"Will you work obediently? Or do I need to use some of the hostages as an example right in front of you to see this plague effect." – said doctor while showing off the vail containing red plague.
"So…. The answer?"
"…."
"I will fuking kill you." – said bloodthirst dwarf.
"Oh wow. I'm scared."
"I guess you still don't realize the situation you are in."
"So. I guess I will- "
"WAIT!" – shouted the dwarf.
"…."
"You fuking devils. Fine!"
"I will do it."
(….)
(PERFECT!) – though both the doctor and the necromancer.
"I will fuking do it! But I fuking dare you to hurt anybody! You hear me?!"
"Oh don't worry."
"As long as you work obediently for us, nobody will get hurt."
"But just so you know, the bombs I planted in the city can be remotely detonated."
"Meaning even now I can blow them up and have the plague spread around the city."
"So as long as you don't run away or work against us, the hostages and the city will be safe."
"But just even try anything funny and you know will happened."
"Got it?
"….."
"Yes…."
"I will follow your orders…."
"…"
"Good."
"Its pleasure working with you Evilin." – said doctor while patting the furious dwarf head.