Canna and Kael spent the next half day learning more than they ever anticipated. The dungeon, which had initially seemed like a pit of despair, turned out to be a goldmine of valuable information. The people imprisoned here weren't just criminals—they were the very individuals who kept the Kingdom of Arenthia running from the shadows.
Canna discovered that it wasn't just dwarves who had been enslaved under the pretense of rewards and opportunities. There were scholars who had once handled the kingdom's lawmaking and political strategies, researchers who had pushed the boundaries of knowledge in various fields, and even gnomes who had been lured with promises of great rewards to tend the royal gardens. Every one of them, betrayed and enslaved, now languished in the depths of the dungeon.
As Canna continued his conversation with the dwarf he had first spoken to, he couldn't help but find humor in the situation despite the grim surroundings.
