The duke’s visit (20)

As soon as this one elf said this, all of the other elves immediately glared at him.

Then as if there was a domino effect, they all started to crumble.

After all, once one person gave the information that they had, then the rest of them would lose this chance.

In the end, it was a large mess as they all tried to be the one that offered the information.

Though, not a single one of them actually said anything.

To settle them, I had no choice but to slam Durand down into the ground so that they would be quiet.

Once they fell silent, I said, "I will choose one of you to give me the information that I want. If I don't get the information that I want, I'll move on to the next person."

All of them looked at each other before looking like they wanted to volunteer.

But I already knew that this would happen, so I raised my sword again and said in a threatening voice, "I will be the one that picks who speaks first."