Chapter 19: The Dwarven General
"It's a pleasure to meet you, young king! I am Thrain, a general under our great king, Vargan!" The short man walking towards me called out gruffly, giving me a kind yet stern smile. Behind him, Ragnat and Raya escorted him into the building.
[Thrain] [Dwarven General] - Level 70
Judging from his level, it seemed that the Land of Iron had a more balanced structure of power, as opposed to Ragnar's - which had consisted of him being strong as hell, a couple of decently strong sons, and then a bunch of weak generals.
I was sitting on a small wooden chair, with a large wooden table standing in front of me. I was at the near-mansion that Chippy had built to be our original home, which was sitting just a couple dozen miles out from my new dire wolf territory.
Nearly a week had passed since I received the three new quests, and I wasn't wasting any time. I had expanded the Chipmunk Platoon even further, ordering them to start building a massive wooden wall to stretch around the perimeter of my territory.
It started just mere feet from behind the building I was in, as I had decided to subtly expand my territory outward into the forest slightly.
Over the past few days, I had used [King's Aura] and [King's Command] to force the majority of the demon birds, gremlins, slimes, and trolls that lived in the area that I was expanding out into to become my subordinates - thus expanding both my territory and my army.
And so, this building ended up being a marker for where my territory began and thus was the decided meeting place.
The second scouting team heading to the Land of Iron had more success than the first, as the more intelligent commanders and pack leaders had managed to make contact with the inhabitants.
I had sent Ragnat over to negotiate a meeting between me and the king a couple of days ago, though it seemed the Dwarven King was smart enough to not willingly leave his kingdom and meet me personally.
If he had come himself, then I would've just killed him on the spot and laid siege to that section of the forest soon after.