Wupengdela finally spoke: "Great Chieftain Dukong has commanded that you stay here as an envoy for one year. Once the term is up, report back, or face a fate worse than death."
Domingo touched the cold fist imprint, the fear in his eyes was genuine, only he could truly feel the threat of this thing, the cold within seemed to freeze his soul. Bowing, he accepted, "Domingo receives the order."
"Go." Wupengdela turned and walked away, cleanly and decisively.
Devoid of emotional shackles, these undead Stone Giants were like intelligent machines, precise and efficient.
Seeing the black fist mark on Domingo, the Stone Giant Aximu also stopped questioning, respectfully following behind Wupengdela. He recognized the origin of this mark, it was called the Death Mark, and throughout the Council of Death Chiefs, only Great Chieftain of the Undying Stone Giants, Dukong, could use it. Those bearing this mark had their lives on a countdown.
