The atmosphere immediately became more uncomfortable.
A few exchanged looks. Others avoided eye contact entirely.
Still, none of them refused.
One after another, they stepped forward and repeated the same oath under my supervision while I listened carefully to every single word that left their mouths.
And by the time it was over, all of them had been bound.
Most looked uncomfortable afterward.
Not angry exactly, but uneasy in the way someone naturally would be after willingly chaining their life to a divine contract capable of killing them slowly if they betrayed it.
Still, this was necessary.
There was no world where I was allowing multiple Chosen-level goblins into the Emerald Midget Clan without guarantees strong enough to restrain them.
Once everything was finished, I turned and began walking out of the prison area, the others quietly following behind me now that the chains suppressing them had been removed.
