"WHAT THE H*LL IS THIS ALE!" A dwarf with a height of a little more than a meter, with a body that so round, you won't associate them with the word "dwarf" if it was not for his height and the bushy beard that reach to his feet. He shouted at the bartender while throwing the wooden mug at the floor, almost breaking the mug.
'Yet you finished the whole mug clean!' The bartender, who was also a dwarf, almost shouted while gritting his teeth. He saw after the mug got thrown, no ale was spilled not even a drop.
"I'm sorry sir but that is the only ale being sold, would you like another mug?"
"Who cares about your ale that taste like crap? Tsk! You just ruined my day!" He then stood up and left without even paying, he even stepped on that wooden mug leaving it broken beyond repair.
The bartender clenched his two fist but didn't dare to say a word to him. Not only him but even the rest of the customers who watched the show have sullen faces. They also experienced that guy's anger within this town.
Yes the pub that they are right now is located in a small town. A small town located in a continent, located near the center of the world. A small town of dwarves and called Iron town by the locals. It is a mining town specializing on mining, you guessed it, Iron. Though the Iron mine is just a small mine, it still provided jobs for less than a hundred miners.
With miners, their family members and other dwarves that are doing business, the total population of the entire town has exceeded 500.
Whether they were pure dwarves or half-breed dwarves, as long as your blood has a race that started with the letter "D" and also ended with a letter "F", you are accepted to work or live in this town. Though nobody will care if anything happened to you as long as it isn't detrimental to the entire town. Also as long as it doesn't involve the town's mayor.
And that hot tempered dwarf earlier was the town's mayor.
He became a mayor through connections, his older sister's husband was a 2nd tier noble in the past, though it went down to 3rd tier, a noble is still a noble. With a brother-in-law from the system, it was easy for him to become a mayor in a small town just by begging his elder sister to say a few good words to her husband.
Nobody wants to mess with the town's mayor, they even hide if they saw him passed by, but reality is not kind to the commoners. With a mayor that only knows how to eat and drink. With a bad temper and yell to anybody whether he dislikes or not, It was a living hell for the townsmen.
Though there were a lot of rumors going around the mayors hobby but with the huge thigh of his brother-in-law, any bad hobbies will be a good hobbies.
As the mayor walked out of the pub like a drunk King, he saw a group of three young half-dwarf males, they're called them due to cross breading dwarves and other race, resting not far away from the mining pit.
"HEY! YOU THREE!" He suddenly called out as he approached them. He approached them with the friendliest smile, that he thinks so, hands on his back and raising his head on a 45 angle facing the sky. Like any other elder that wants to have a lovely chat to his grandchildren.
Just as the three finished their daily work quota, they decided to have a rest and have a quick meal while they're at it. Who knew they were targeted immediately by the person who they feared the most in this small town. They saw the biggest dwarf, fattest on the entire mining town, having a hideous smile while approaching them.
"What are you all lazing around for? Young people nowadays have a lot of free time! When I was still young, I worked very hard till I was out of breath everyday just to have a piece of bread! Looking at you, I feel disappointed! Look at your body, thin like a stick! Full of bones! Even if your just a half-breed, you three lost the face of the mighty Dwarves!" He said to them a his big fatty belly swayed back and forth, with spit coming out of his mouth on every word he spoke.
"As a good role model of the entire Dwarf race, I will naturally teach you how to be a TRUE dwarf!" With a proud face, he didn't notice, or didn't really care, the faces of the three young men who was full of bulging veins while clenching their fist that has already bleeding.
"Come I need you to dig 20 kilograms worth of iron ore till night! I have urgent need for them and don't worry I'll pay you handsomely! HAHAHA!" He then walked to the mine but after a few steps he realized that nobody followed him. With anger he kicked one of them and shouted. "When will you three move!?"
"But sir, we are currently having a break and digging a full 20 kilograms worth of iron ore is impossible without spending a lot of days and with just the few of us." One of the three explained to the mayor that his request was impossible while helping his companion to stand up. He didn't dare to get angry only keeping calm for fear for the mayor to get more angry.
But the mayor was just using an excuse so no matter what the young man says he will exchange it with a heavy fist.
"UGH!"
So he punched him at the back of his head resulting for that young man to pass out. The dwarf didn't stop with just a punch but he also kicked the two young men who lying on the ground leaving the last guy standing still with fear.
"YOU DARE TO ORDER ME! A BUNCH OF LOWLY HALFBREEDS CAN ONLY SAY YES WHATEVER I REQUEST!!"
Nobody stopped the mayor from beating the two half breeds from being beaten. Though the half-dwarves also has a little blood from the dwarf race. A dwarf's height has a range from a meter to 1.1 meters, while half-dwarfs can reach for 1.3 meters. With a height advantage they can't still overpower a regular dwarf. Though the dwarves don't really hate the half-breeds, they don't really have an obligation to save them from the mayor, a drunk mayor to be exact. Also this was not the first time the mayor lashes out to someone, not just the half-breeds but also the other dwarves were not that safe from his wrath.
Fight back? Injure him? Kill him? They all thought about that but be sure you are ready to be hunted down by the men of his sugar daddy, I mean his brother-in-law.
Someone did fought back a month ago. That guy watch his friend being beaten and decided that it was enough and accidentally knocked back the mayor. Where is that brave hero now? He was also 'accidentally' got knocked back into a well dug hole on the cemetery at the back of the mine. It was also neatly covered with dirt and a stone on top with his name on it. 'RIP HERO'
With a huff, he stopped his combo spree and looked at the remaining half-breed.
As the young man noticed the look at the mayor, he shuddered and prepared to be beaten just like his two companions.
"I won't repeat it again, DIG OR PUNCH!" With smirk, he threatened him and showing his bloodied fist.
"D-DIG SIR!"