It was just a simple message this time as well . There was nothing about fame or infamy this time though .

It made sense . I had already absorbed all of the infamy and fame when I took him in as a slave the first time .

‘Status Window Open!’

[Master the Kobbit Village Level 10]

Dexterity: Intermediate Level 3, 27%

Strength: 123

Agility: 28

Stamina: 221

Intuition: 613

Magic: 99

Vitality: 150

Mana: 852

HP: 1,486

Loyalty: 89

Faith: 0

Knowledge: 327

Charm: 12

Sensitivity: 661

Fame: 0

Respect: 0

Infamy: 0

His loyalty was extremely high .

He’s such a sly little b.a.s.t.a.r.d that I can’t completely trust the loyalty level, however, he probably will not think about betraying me at least for the time being .

Chief didn’t betray me twice in the game either .

“Your name is Chief again . ”

“Caw! Thank you very much, master . I will do my best to support you . ”

Okay, now that I got Chief back…

I turned my head to see that the other Kobbits were still warily looking at me . None of them were thinking about attacking me because they were afraid, however, there were none that were trying to be my slaves like Chief had done .

Of course, I could not take them in as slaves . Monsters need to meet certain requirements in order to become a slave . First of all, they needed to at least be a unique monster .

The rest of these Kobbits were not at that level .

However, I still had a method to turn them all into my subordinates .

It was simple .

I started to walk toward the Kobbit Chieftain . The other Kobbits flinched like scared kittens and moved away with each step I took .

The Kobbit Chieftain had woken up . However, he was in a lot of pain from his broken arms and legs .

I grabbed him by the neck again .

“Translate this word for word . I will kill you and all of the other Kobbits in this village and around this area if you don’t surrender . But if you swear your loyalty to me, I will completely clean out the Demons’ Mine . ”

“Kiroo . Kirooroo . Kikikookoo……”

Chief translated my sentence into the Kobbit language .

The Kobbit Chieftain’s eyes opened wide once it reached the point about the Demons’ Mine .

“Kirooroogoorooki?”

“What is he saying?”

“He’s asking if you can really destroy the monsters in the Demons’ Mine . ”

“Of course . But he needs to swear his completely loyalty to me . ”

Chief repeated what I said once again and the Kobbit Chieftain nodded his head .

“Caw!”

“Master, the Chieftain has sworn his loyalty to you . ”

A complete surrender .

However, I didn’t receive any message about how he had lost all will to resist or to take him in as a slave .

This meant that I shouldn’t trust him even though he claimed to promise his loyalty . He would be able to betray me at any point regardless of his loyalty .

However, it will not be easy to do that . I showed too overwhelming of strength for him to do that .

“Fine . Then I will heal his wounds . ”

I used a potion to heal the Kobbit Chieftain’s wounds . The Kobbit Chieftain then bowed his head multiple times and promised his loyalty once again .

I put on my Shadow Fox’s Leather Armor and my magic bag . I had returned to my original settings .

Shall I take a look to see how loyal he is to me?

I reached my hand out toward the Kobbit Chieftain .

He looked at me with confusion . He didn’t seem to understand what I wanted .

“Tell him to hand over the Warrior’s Ring . ”

The Kobbit Chieftain put on an awkward expression once Chief translated it to him .

However, he could not say no . He seemed to have given up any thoughts of resistance after hearing me specifically ask for the Warrior’s Ring .

The Kobbit Chieftain led me over to his house .

The Chieftain’s house was not in the common area, but inside of a cave on the side of the cliff . The cave became wider as you went in and divided into multiple rooms .

The Chieftain’s room was definitely larger than the other rooms . There was even a storage room to the side .

The Chieftain went through the storage room and brought out a wooden box . He then handed the whole box to me .

“Caw!”

I opened the lid to find all sorts of items inside .

However, the only thing that caught my attention was the ring . It was the only item that was clean and shiny in the box full of rusty old items .

The information popped up as soon as I picked up the ring .

[Warrior’s Ring]

A ring made by the Ares Temple specifically to fight against the power of darkness .

Divine powers related to Ares will increase by 60% .

It had only one effect .

However, it was an amazing affect . The fact that divine powers increased by 60% meant that any priest from the Ares Temple who wore this ring would see all of their skills increase in strength by 60% .

I debated putting it in my inventory before putting it on my finger . I immediately felt something ominous along with a message .

‘Ah! The Ring of Darkness!’

I quickly took off the Warrior’s Ring . It wasn’t like someone like me, who wasn’t a priest, would be able to use this ring anyway . It wasn’t like the ring increased my number of Guard Points nor anything like that .

“Then shall we head toward the Demons’ Mine now? How far is it from here?”

“Caw . We can get there in 20 days if we run as fast as we can . ”

20 days . Do they understand the meaning of days when there are no days nor nights here?

But Chief’s loyalty was close to 90 so he was probably not lying .

I’m sure they had their own ways of calculating time as well .

I will just call Kaicher and the others at the entrance of the Demons’ Mine .

“Let’s go!”

I had two Kobbits lead the way . I had the Chieftain stand to my left along with Chief . It was because this was a dangerous area where something unexpected could happen at any moment .

The other Kobbits didn’t matter, but I needed to keep the Chieftain alive until we find the Demons’ Mine . I naturally didn’t want Chief to die either .

Slither-

“Caw!”

I knew this would happen .

We were in a regular cave and a group of Death Snakes suddenly popped out . There were five of them .

The two Kobbits leading the way were poisoned by the Death Snakes before they even had a chance to respond .

It would have been terrible if the Chieftain and Chief were leading the way .

I quickly got rid of the Death Snakes .

There was nothing we could do about the two Kobbits who were poisoned . Even if there was something that I could do, I wouldn’t use those precious potions on these Kobbits .

I still had a lot of Kobbits who could be used as sacrificial lambs .

“Put those two in front instead . ”

Chief told my message to the Chieftain who then ordered the Kobbits .

Two Kobbits looked scared, but they could not go against the Chieftain’s orders .

“Run faster . ”

“Caw!”

The Kobbits in the front raised their speed . Maybe they were moving in order to get rid of their fear, but they were running much faster than I expected .

Not that I minded, as this was better for me .

We ran like that for about 15 days .

The exit of the cave finally appeared .

However, that was just the start of a new cave . Outside the cave was a large cliff with a wide gra.s.sland underneath it, with ten cave entrances at the edge of the gra.s.slands .

The Kobbit Chieftain pointed to one of them .

“Caw . Kooehhehh . ”

“He says that one is the entrance to the Demons’ Mine . Caw . ”

“Lead the way . ”

The Chieftain put some other Kobbits in the front to lead the way . However, they were reacting differently than they had until now . Their shoulders were curled in and they had their necks down, making them seem completely terrified .

They even stopped moving once they got to the entrance .

“Caw!”

“He says that they cannot go inside here . Caw . ”

“Why? Is there some kind of barrier?”

“Caw! Apparently none of the Kobbits who went into this cave came back out alive, caw . ”

In other words, they were just too scared to go in .

Then I know what I need to do . I just need to lead the way . I will have the Chieftain follow behind me with Chief .

Of course, I don’t plan to lead the way on my own . A large number of allies who cannot be seen right now were just waiting for me to call them .