Seeing their chief Targ kneel, the other ogres dropped to their knees before Rhode in quick succession.
Everyone jumped in surprise.
Rhode was a little bewildered too.
What was going on now?
How had writing a "book" suddenly made him Rhode of Ogri'la?
What he did not know was that, in Targ's eyes, a "peerless masterpiece" like this could only have been written by the cleverest, wisest of ogres.
And those wise ogres naturally all came from Ogri'la.
Rhode had said earlier that he had visited Ogri'la, but that was all. So Targ had merely respected him and believed his words, without doing anything out of the ordinary.
But now he had written this book!
That had to mean he had also received instruction from the ogres of Ogri'la. Otherwise, he could never have written it.
Which meant Rhode was an acknowledged member of Ogri'la, one of their own!
And anyone from Ogri'la had the right to command ogres!
That was why Targ had to swear allegiance to Rhode.
"You... get up, all of you." Rhode did not understand the reason behind this, but he knew ogres had rather peculiar ways of thinking.
He had already experienced that back in Dun Garok.
He did not really need to figure out the details. All that mattered was that these powerful ogres could now become part of his army.
They would be a very useful addition!
His army was sorely lacking powerful warriors who could serve as meat shields.
Rhode looked up and counted roughly a hundred of them.
Given the ogres' powerful physiques and exceptional fighting ability, they were a formidable force.
And Targ was a very capable elemental shaman.
Could he cast Healing Wave or Chain Heal?
*This group was a little short on healing. Could he get Targ to