Chapter 191: Bee-liminary Agreement
Nenavann went through and explained the Circle’s rules one by one. Most of them boiled down to prohibitions on using dungeon monsters to kill or enslave people, or on causing trouble for other dungeon masters, much to Belissar’s relief. The individual rules were largely case by case prohibitions on specific methods.
Belissar raised an eyebrow.
“Dungeon…subjugation? What does that mean?”
Nenavann adopted a slight frown.
“As you well know, a dungeon master can be tightly bound by swearing an oath before their patron god. It is therefore possible for a dungeon master for force another to become their servant, or even relinquish control of their dungeon, by persuading them to swear an oath to that effect.”
Belissar’s eyes widened.
“Ah. That seems…bad. Glad it’s banned…”
Nenavann nodded at that. Soon, they finished reviewing the specific terms of the Circle, at which point Belissar brought up his and the karnuq’s reservations. They told Nenavann about their circumstances and the need to defend themselves. Nenavann nodded along with a thoughtful expression.
“Ah, that is reasonable concern. None of the rest of us have dungeons outside of the land of the fair, and we’ve not had any visitors since the Hunger corrupted the nexus road, so it is true we have not considered outsiders acting as hostile as the ones you’ve encountered.”