Chapter 103 Racists?

It didn't need much more effort for Liam to make the Silverheart Dwarf speak.

Threatening him with the worst fate in the afterlife was a far more devastating outcome than betraying his own people. In fact, the Gods told the Dwarves to value their own life the most, even more than the lives of their own flesh and blood. This was also why they were considered a rather selfish and barbaric race.

The Silverheart Dwarf had revealed many more important pieces of information. This also included that they had established a small village in a cavern system only a few kilometers away from the Underground Tower. The cavern village was only a few kilometers away from the closest city as well.

Apparently, they had focused on the cavern system because there had already been an abandoned mine, and there had been a few newly manifested ore deposits that had popped up with the appearance of Arcane Power and the concentration of Arcane Power in that area.

It didn't really matter that they had built their village inside a cavern system that was connected to an abandoned mine. It was more important that they had already constructed more than ten smithies and that the village had a population of close to 300 Silverheart Dwarves.

These 300 residents of the village didn't include the 100 Silverheart Dwarven Warriors that had voluntarily crushed their Arcane Circles to join the conquest of Haltan.

Liam looked over to the girls who clearly weren't that interested in the Silverheart Dwarves. They didn't care about the cavern village, or that the Dwarves had a total of ten smoothies and a remaining population of 350 Silverheart Dwarves, of which 50 were war veterans.

It only made sense. The girls didn't know the Silverheart Dwarves and what awaited them. They could only think about their families and the uncertain future, hoping that their family was faring well and that they would stay alive, and somehow survive the unknown dangers the future had prepared for them.

Liam sighed before he turned back to the last Silverheart Dwarf. His right claw morphed in the shape of a claw that cut down, piercing through the Dwarf's throat. The Silverheart Dwarf twitched a few times but the vigor in his eyes slowly dispersed until all traces of life were wiped out.

Jennie shrieked out loudly when she saw the Dwarf twitching and dying just in front of her, but Liam ignored that. It looked like Jennie was still not mentally ready for the terror that awaited her in the near future.

On the other hand, Felicia and Olivia were faring much better. They barely paid any attention to Liam's brutal murder.

He retrieved the Livra Orb from the Storage Rune and ordered it to devour the corpse before he got up.

"I think it's about time. Let's go," He said, approaching the slope from which the Silverheart Dwarf group had climbed up the mountain range.

"To go where exactly?" Felicia asked as an unease settled in her stomach. She just wanted to see her family, and Liam had agreed to go look for them…so why was he going in that direction?

"That's the direction of the Silverheart Dwarves' settlement. Of course, we're going there first," Liam said as if he could read her mind. He frowned at Felicia's reaction, ignoring that she was just an ignorant Native. Wasn't it obvious where they would go next?

"Didn't you say that we would search for our families first? Is it necessary to exterminate the Silverheart Dwarves' settlement right now? Can't we look for our families first…please?" Felicia asked, trying to swallow her anger and frustration.

Liam looked at her impassively.

"The Silverheart Dwarves will notice if their people disappeared. A group of 50 Silverheart Dwarves should be more than enough to destroy any kind of opponent. Of course, meeting me was a little bit unlucky, but that doesn't change reality.

They will move to a different place, or change their plans the moment they get wind of the fact that other races emerged in or around the valley!" Liam explained shortly before he added, "You've never fought Silverheart Dwarves before, let alone encountered any Dwarves. But there is a pretty fucked up reason why Dwarves live in seclusion and isolate themselves from other races."

Without any further explanation, Liam descended the slope. It was not that muddy anymore, which made their departure from the mountain range much easier than their arrival.

Liam didn't wait for the girls to follow him and began to search for the settlement.

"Why are the Silverheart Dwarves…or do all Dwarves usually live in seclusion? We don't know anything, so…please, elaborate a bit more. If we understand your reasoning you won't make us feel like you're a piece of work and we will feel much better as well…probably…" Felicia asked, trying to make sure that she was not misunderstood.

She asked her Soultrait, Truth of Arcanium, whether it was more important to obliterate the Silverheart Dwarves' settlement in the Jula Valley, or if it was more important to search for her family. The answer she had received was not what Felicia wanted to hear because it made it quite clear that Liam's decision was right.

Despite this answer, Felicia was displeased. She would rather look out for her family…but that was quite difficult without Liam's strength by their side.

"There are multiple reasons why most races avoided living even remotely close to any Dwarven race, no matter the masterpieces they could forge. Most Dwarven races hated other races to the core. If not for the huge gains they make from selling their forged goods, most Dwarves would never even think of coming in contact with other races.

Any race that doesn't accept their religion as the one and only true religion, and those who are different than them are considered sinners and the failed products of their Gods," Liam informed as he continued his way down.

"Basically, you can say that they're racists, even if there are a few Dwarven races who are a little different."

The girls didn't really like what Liam said but he would know the attitude and traditions of the Dwarves better than them.

After all, the girls' knowledge of Dwarves was limited to the fairy tales they had heard when they were young.