The Warlord

We heard of these men out west of
here. They have a chain of command.
One man rules the whole community.
If you question him, he kills you.

This we heard. But we don't believe
it could be so. Why wouldn't people
just ignore him and go about their
business? We can't figure it out.

But no. It's true. He exists. He raids
other communities and takes their
work. For some reason he finds
this easier than just making his own.

If he doesn't know how, surely they
would share the knowledge. It's not
hard, just a little effort. Robots will
help. Second world tech. But no.