Despite his excitement at the news of the dwarves’ arrival, Ghislain couldn’t help but grumble.

“They finally made it! Let’s see how many they brought for it to take this long.”

Recently, small issues had been subtly delaying his schedule.

He had accounted for such delays by making the plan tight from the start, but with time running short, the constant obstacles were beginning to grate on his nerves.

Ghislain immediately set out to meet the slavers.

“It’s been a while, my lord.”

The slaver greeted him with a weary face.

Given the price of the slaves, the journey had …