The dwarves thought highly of the artifacts that they crafted. Of course, those things were their pride, after all, none in the entire world could make artifacts as extraordinary as them.
Also, one would die to receive the items crafted by them. Naturally, this helped in the rise of their kingdom and rank. Thus, it was obvious that there would be at least a few odd dwarves who would be arrogant because of this extra privilege of being a high-ranker.
And because of that, they got the idea of trading their items with their lives. They were absolutely sure that Shin would love them.
"Insects…"
"Do you think that I will be interested in your puny artifacts?", Shin asked with a roaring voice.
A slight earthquake was experienced by the dwarves at this point just because of Shin's voice. To top it all, they were having goosebumps just because of Shin's appearance.
*gulp*
For an instance, they felt as if their deaths had been sealed at the hands of the sacred beast, however, fate had some different plans.
Shin was indeed raged out because of which, he used one of his trump cards – transformation.
While it was true that he would have loved to have their artifacts, he thought that after killing them, he could just steal or claim from their bodies.
Nevertheless, little did he know that he couldn't do that since all their had were low-tier items which were quite close to trash.
Yes, the system realized Shin's intentions as well as the current situation and suggested a better plan.
'Ding'
[ The system recommends the host to accept the proposal ]
'Huh?'
'System…?'
'What are you talking about?'
'Why should I accept the deal when I can just kill them and-'
'Ding'
[ Only low-tier items are detected on their bodies. ]
[ The host will have no benefits in claiming those. ]
[ Furthermore, killing the dwarves would make you a foe of the Dwarves kingdom which also accounts for negative points. ]
'Hmm…'
Shin thought about this carefully for quite some time. The dwarves had their eyes closed tightly in fear.
It all depended on Shin's decisions at the moment.
'Well, if I let them live, they would inform their king and would become my enemy either way.'
'So…'
Shin had a hard time deciding it, but then he realized that the dwarves wouldn't complain about this to their king. And why was that?
It was because, if they were to trade with a sacred beast and gain the trust of the beast, then that would be the biggest merit for the kingdom.
It is believed that the current dwarven king is a Celestial. If they were to have another being, with the power of a celestial backing them up, wouldn't they be pleasured?
After realizing this, Shin smirked and thought about letting them go, of course, after giving them some conditions.
"Hear me out, you puny dwarves…"
The moment he started speaking again after a few moments of silence, the dwarves were startled.
"I am going to give you one chance to save your lives.", Shin said.
The dwarves' expressions changed all of a sudden from grief to a weird smile. It was as if they were relaxed or to be precise, found a way to save their lives.
They found hope so it was obvious.
"Y-yes…?"
They were nervous right now too. But the fact that they were oppressed to such a degree without even knowing what their crimes were, was too ridiculous.
"As you stated, you will provide me with artifacts."
"Not just any artifacts, but the best of the best and only regular basis."
"If you were able to do so, then I would guarantee to save your kingdom once as long as I'm alive if ever it is in trouble.", Shin said.
This was more than what the dwarves could have asked. The mere fact that they got the sacred beast's proposal was legendary.
Not only would their position in their kingdom rise, but also, they would be rewarded with tons of things. A sacred beast's words are the truth – tons of people say that.
The more they lie, the lower their power gets – this was a weird thing that other beings made up. It was completely false.
Although the sacred beasts didn't lie and would keep all the promises that they made, their powers had no relation to their words.
Regardless, the dwarves trusted Shin. They all smiled while tears flooded down their eyes.
"Yes."
"Now, build a large city for their elves, goblins, and these wolves.", Shin said.
"Huh?"
What Shin said sounded unreasonable. He said this out of nowhere which surprised the dwarves as well.
"Um, you mean to say that we have to build an entire city for them?", the largest dwarf present there, asked.
"Yes.", Shin nodded his head.
"Um…"
"By any chance, could it be that you have taken them under your protection as well?", another dwarf asked.
"That's right.", Shin replied honestly.
'Ah, now I see…'
'So this is how we offended him.'
They finally realized their mistake. But now, that was the past.
Now all they had to do was agree to build a city Shin where those who were under him could stay.
"Yes, I think we can do that."
"But first, we have to return to our kingdom and discuss this with his highness."
"Only then can we bring tons of materials with us and other workers…", said the dwarves.
'Hmm…'
"Alright, I approve it."
Right after this, the dwarves left the place in five minutes. They had to now exit the forest or something and return to their kingdom to discuss regarding a new sacred beast-level power that has risen.
*phew*
'Man…'
'That was a lot of hard work.', Shin said to himself while returning to his normal form when the dwarves left.
"Hahahaha."
"Hahahaha."
"That was wonderful!"
"No, that was marvelous! Just marvelous!"
All of a sudden, a loud voice was heard by everyone present there, including Shin.
It was a male's voice accompanied by clapping and footsteps.
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