"So, instead of killing them directly, you have decided to kill them using a dungeon?" Gara asked and Jin nodded his head while continuing to partake in his meal. It was rather delicious and he did not know that it could taste this good. Perhaps, the food ingredients that they had provided to the Ministers were top notch which made him wonder how the food quality for the rest of the kingdom.
"Is this part of your King's powers?" Gara pressed for answers.
"Yes. I could make an easier dungeon but I do not know the grasp of my powers which is why I put this creation out for them to try. Don't worry. I won't make them survive at all. Even though the War Minister is shouting for revenge." Explore stories at m-v le-mpyr
"That way, people could say that it's the incompetence of the ministers and their lackey that they were not able to survive this dungeon?" Gara asked and Jin merely shrugged his shoulders.
"I honestly did not think that far ahead when it came to punishing him. When I saw what that guy did to other humans, I did not think it was fair." Jin said.
"But you set that servant free for going against the orders of the King?"
"Free? He is paying a penalty is he not?" Jin asked and Gara replied that defying the orders of the King could result in digging their own graves. "Oh, it's fine. From what I can see, this kingdom is in a losing economy. If the servant did something wrong and he is not taking pay for it, it's good enough punishment since the kingdom is going to earn back some petty cash.
What I am more interested in is their coffers." Jin pointed towards them with his fork.
"I want their money and eventually their powers as well as their rights. Or else, there is no way to run this kingdom effectively."
"You will still need trusted people to do the work," Gara said and he nodded his head towards Linus. "He seemed decent, he can help me with my paperwork."
"Your Majesty, I do not know how to read or write properly. I only know the basics to cast magic!" Linus humbly rejected the offer which made Jin look at Gara. "You probably can find some decent people, right?"
"Am I yours to command now?" Gara said and Jin shrugged his shoulders. "It all depends on you whether you wish to see what kind of direction I take."
"And what direction do you wish to take?" Gara asked as they could hear shouting from the broadcast. The Elephantmen were chasing after the ministers with a kind of fury that they had never seen in monsters before. No matter what kind of offensive magic had been cast, it did not seem to work or work as intended.
It did not take a genius to find out that they were out of options. Both ministers were on a sand dune hill and the Elephantmen were all smiling as they happily swung their bloodied swords around to show them that their time was almost up.
"This is impossible! I am the War Minister of Ress! I demand soldiers to be at my side!" He was shouting violently and brandishing his wooden staff as if not telling them to come any closer. However the concept of a corner animal did not apply to him since his skills in magic were not apt for the battle.
Most of it was manipulation and coercion skills and for some reason, the spell Charm Person did not work on these monsters at all when it had been effective for all the other monsters he had encountered before. He even managed to charm a demon.
"I believe he is desperate because his Charm Person spell does not work as intended," Gara said as he knew the incantation that was coming out of his mouth.
"Charm Person definitely would not work on a monster even though it's a humanoid," Linus exclaimed and Gara grinned. This made Jin curious about the spell and its working conditions and thankfully, Gara was already explaining.
"But the Minister does not know. We had been faking the performance of his Charm Person, making him think that his spell was omnipotent to work on anyone." Gara replied and Linus nodded his head as if he understood it well but he did not.
"You guys use Charm Monsters or Charm Demons at the sidelines and make it pretend that the War Minister was able to charm anyone with Charm Person?"
"Sigh, considering how many people he killed for telling him his spell does not work, I think it's a fair compromise for not telling him," Gara remarked as he saw one of the Elephantmen, supposedly its leader come towards the duo with a huge bloodied battleaxe.
It felt pitiful that the duo was not able to perform any last stand fight against it and with a swing, both of their heads were decapitated. And the dungeon portal lay still right in front of them.
"Welp, looks like our dear ministers were not able to survive. How sad." Jin said as he cleared his throat and stood up. "Before someone could inform their next of kin, I guess, we need to clear the dungeon or else there will be some flood calamity, right?"
Jin said as he asked for the extra items that had been confiscated from the basic adventurer's loadout previously and spread them on the floor. "Linus, your sword is a mass manufactured sword?"
"Eh, I do not get what you mean but it's a standard issue item if you are asking...?" Linus said and Jin nodded his head, asking him to pull it out for him.
"Now, Mr Hammer. Looks like you have some work to do before we go into the dungeon. Give me a good item to bring for the fight!" Jin said as he pulled out the celestial relic from his storage ring. "It's time to do some improvised smithing!"