334 What Lurks Below

"You're an outsider," the tall man said, casting a worried look at Captain Kaleesh. "You wouldn't dare—"

"I'm an outsider with two hundred well-armed troops at my back," the captain interrupted him. "And you are the overseer of a worthless mine. Tell me what you know, or you will discover exactly what I would dare."

Despite the obvious threat in the captain's words, his voice was friendly, as if he had only given the man a friendly reminder of the situation. Yet there was a coldness to his eyes that suggested the threat was not an empty one.

The overseer faced Captain Kaleesh with a stunned expression, and briefly, it looked like he was about to burst into anger. But just a moment later, the outrage fled his eyes and he gave the captain a small nod.