"What? A king?"
Dunn abruptly turned to look at the high-ranking Gnoll who had spoken.
Somewhat shocked, he asked, "A king?"
"Yes, our king!"
The high-ranking Gnoll nodded in confirmation.
Dunn's expression shifted slightly, and he said solemnly, "Then, sorry for the trouble, but please lead the way."
On the way to meet the Gnoll King, Dunn was still somewhat dazed. Normally, the leader of a Gnoll tribe should have been called a chieftain.
The title of Gnoll King only appeared when a Legendary arose among the Gnolls.
In other words, this Gnoll King was a Legendary!!
Not only Dunn, but Annie, Sarna, Maddy, and the others felt their scalps prickle too.
None of them could remain calm at the thought of having an audience with a Legendary of another race.
They had barely even met any human Legendaries. Even Sarna, the most doted upon of them, had only met her family's Legendary ancestor a few times.
Everyone felt uneasy. After all, the one they were about to meet was a Legendary Gnoll, a race renowned for its brutality.
In this anxious state, they arrived at an enormous settlement of other races.
Seeing that the settlement was already beginning to take the shape of a city, Dunn was slightly startled.
From the look of things, this Gnoll King intended to settle down in the Gold Panning Plains.
But why?
Wasn't the Withered Stone Wilderness better than the Gold Panning Plains in every way?
Why build a city in the Gold Panning Plains?
Unless some circumstance had forced this newly emerged Gnoll King to abandon the Withered Stone Wilderness and lead his people to settle in the barren Gold Panning Plains.
But what sort of circumstances could make a Legendary lead his people away from their homeland?
The more deeply Dunn