Chapter 771 772. Surrender
In the dense forest of Kuidao,
When the sunset approaches the sea, the end of the sea seems to be burning continuously, and the steaming red clouds continue to fill the sky.
The gray dwarf Doyle poked his head out of the dungeon exit. The wall was filled with mixed-blood elf guards holding longbows. Several elf guards drew their longbows and pointed the arrow points directly at Doyle's head.
Doyle held a white flag in his hand and waved it gently towards the elves on the wall.
Immediately, an elf guard reported to Roy.
At this time, he was just about to change guard with Captain Timothy. He was already preparing to have something to eat, then go for a walk around the dock, and then return to the tent to rest. Starting from tomorrow morning, he will launch an attack on the underground castle, so today Keep up your spirits at night.
Moira was not on duty at night, so she happily stayed with Roy. The two of them ate breadfruit and talked about the assassination group capturing dozens of gray dwarf bandits near the secret exit last night.
There is also a glass of diluted tree sap of life placed in front of Roy...
Since the Mine Guards took control of the Tree of Life in Padstow City, Roy, as the leader of the Mine Guards, has a cup of diluted Tree of Life sap every night for dinner.
However, Roy felt that this life tree sap was of little help to him, so he would let Moira drink it whenever he had the chance.
He pushed the cup in front of Moira, and Adjutant Walker ran to him and reported to Roy:
"The gray dwarves in the underground castle surrendered!"
Roy was a little surprised. He was actually prepared to fight a tough battle.
Because there are currently at least 30,000 Gray Dwarf bandits gathered in the underground castle, and his full strength on Kui Island is only 8,000, including a thousand Siren warriors hiding in the shallow sea.
Currently, the Silver Pegasus Knights are stationed on the beach, so Zezena and the Siren Warriors will not appear near the pier.
Therefore, the only troops that Roy can use are actually the elf guards and human priests of the mine guard group.
The strength of the gray dwarf bandits cannot be underestimated. Although they suffered repeated setbacks in the first day of battle, their population base is there. Roy doesn't even know how many second-level strong men there are in the underground castle...
"Let's go and meet the great elder of these gray dwarf bandits!"
Roy stood up in high spirits and walked quickly towards the entrance of the underground castle with his adjutant Walker.
……
When Elder Augustus walked out of the entrance of the underground castle, it was completely dark.
The wall was filled with elf guards. These elf guards drew their long bows to full capacity and pointed their cold arrow tips at the gray dwarf leaders who were slowly walking out.
Elder Augustus was followed by two gray dwarf elders. The three of them were the real controllers of this group of gray dwarves.
Doyle followed a group of gray dwarves behind, and everyone climbed up the wall along the makeshift ladder. Only then did they see that the elf guards had moved the camp outside the wall, and a large amount of military supplies were piled nearby.
The surrounding area was crowded with onlookers, all of whom were wearing silver armor that exuded magic. The long swords they wore around their waists also exuded magic...
Roy stood at the front of all the elf guards. Behind him were Captain Timothy, Captain Jeroin, Sabrina and several mixed elf officers.
Roy invited Elder Augustus and others to a conference table in a forest clearing, and everyone sat down one after another.
Elder August's face was a little heavy. He looked at Roy and never expected that the leader of such a powerful elf army was actually a half-elf.
He set his sights on Captain Timothy. Many gray dwarves had died at the hands of this group of assassins. There was anger in his eyes as he glared at Captain Timothy fiercely.
Captain Timothy gave Elder Augustus a victorious smile in return, which immediately made Elder Augustus blush...
After introducing the identities of the people participating in the negotiation meeting, the first person to speak was Elder Augustus:
"I want to know what you will do with us after we surrender?"
Roy pointed his finger on the table and paused for a moment before saying:
"If the information Doyle provided us is true, you will serve in the Pagisto Plateau mine. The working period of all gray dwarves will be fifteen years, which means you will dig for fifteen years. Every day you complete the ore, you will accumulate ten points. No matter who you are, you can regain your freedom if you collect 50,000 points.”
As soon as Roy opened his mouth, he set a prison term for these gray dwarf bandits.
Fifteen years is not too long for the gray dwarves, and they can basically endure it.
The gray dwarf leaders around him were discussing in low voices, but Elder Augustus did not speak.
Roy continued:
"In addition, I can also tell you about the benefits of being a dwarf miner."
"You will work underground for no more than ten hours every day, and then take the mine cart back to the surface. The quality and quantity of the ore brought back in the mine cart will determine how many points you get that day. When there is less ore, it may be one point. , when there is a lot of ore, it may be ten points. The specific number depends on how hard the miners work underground that day.”
When Roy said this, he heard someone from the gray dwarf leader opposite say dissatisfiedly:
"If we are only given one share every day, we may have to dig for a hundred and fifty years before we have a chance to be free!"
Roy looked at the gray dwarf and said:
"Every mine has very fair criteria for judging. I want you to extend your sentence. I can tell you directly that there is no need to tamper with these numbers."
"Your residence is a stone house in the mine. The mine will provide you with three meals a day. You can eat some fruits and dried fish every day. The food may not be very delicious, but it will make you full. These foods It is provided free of charge by the mine. You can have one day off every six days of working and can move freely in the mine, but you are not allowed to leave the mine without permission. Anyone who escapes from the mine without permission will be severely punished.”
"There is an internal store in the mine. You can buy some daily necessities in the store, such as blankets and clothing. Sometimes the store also has special food and wine. You need to redeem these supplies with points, and the prices are absolutely reasonable."
"After your service period expires, you can choose to live in the Partington plane or return to the Elf Continent."
"On the Pagisto Plateau, there will be a town built specifically for gray dwarves. There are currently more than 60,000 gray dwarves living on the Pagisto Plateau, but their service terms are fifteen years longer than yours." Years.”
"If you don't understand anything, just ask me..."
Elder Augustus sat on the chair, his sharp eyes always fixed on Roy. He asked Roy: "We have served at the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane for fifteen years, can we really do it again?" Free? ”
"I can sign a magic contract with you." Roy responded.
"When we reach the mines on the Pagisto Plateau, will we suffer ill-treatment and torture?"
"As long as you work hard to mine every day, you will not be punished. If you are lazy and slippery, you will receive a verbal warning. If you fight in the mine, you will be severely punished."
After finishing speaking, Roy explained: "We need miners, and we will not give up any hard-working dwarf miner easily. Please rest assured. This guarantee of mine is for those hard-working gray dwarves. If anyone If you dare to cause trouble in my mine, the supervisor in the mine may have some disciplinary measures..."
Elder Augustus kept asking other questions. All the questions Grand Elder August had were what would happen to the gray dwarf prisoners of war after they surrendered, and what kind of treatment they would receive.
He didn't even ask Roy to reduce his sentence.
The other two gray dwarf elders also made no special requests, they just hoped that Roy could do what he said.
Then Elder Augustus solemnly announced:
"We surrender!"
He stood up slowly and handed a bronze scepter to Roy with a heavy expression.
Roy took the heavy scepter. The top of the scepter was in the shape of four dwarves holding a copper ball back to back. The patterns carved on it were very detailed, but the scepter did not have any magic fluctuations.
"I have to say, this is a smart move!" Roy responded.
Elder Augustus was like a deflated rubber ball at this moment, slumped on his chair in a daze.
In this way, he handed over Kuidao to the elves. It is estimated that even if he regained his freedom in the future, he would still have betrayed the gray dwarf tribe.
But if they don't surrender, they can only stay in the underground castle and wait for death. During this period, no other gray dwarves will risk coming to rescue them...
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Between life and death, Elder Augustus decisively chose to live.
Afterwards, Roy asked Miss Tiffany to prepare a magic contract. This magic contract was signed by him and Elder Augustus. It mainly stipulated that the service period of the gray dwarves on Kui Island should be about fifteen years.
In fact, it is not that accurate to measure the service period in terms of years. In fact, these gray dwarf prisoners of war need to collect 50,000 points.
In other words, if any gray dwarf prisoner of war falls ill and is unable to mine, his points will stagnate until the gray dwarf prisoner of war can work and continue to collect enough points, so that his actual service time will be longer. .
If a gray dwarf prisoner of war likes to enjoy life in the mine and often exchanges points for rare supplies such as wheat cakes and rum, a large amount of points will also be consumed.
The surrendered gray dwarf prisoners of war will hand over all weapons and armor. They will come out of the underground castle and live in a temporary prisoner of war camp on the beach.
The Mine Guard Corps has successively resettled 60,000 gray dwarf prisoners of war. There are only 40,000 gray dwarfs on Kui Island. These gray dwarf prisoners of war are currently concentrated in ten prisoner of war camps on the beach.
The mine guard group successfully occupied Kui Island. In the following days, a large number of elven guards were cleaning up the loot in the underground castle, and a part of the mixed-blood elven crew began to salvage the three-masted sailboat that sank near the dock.
This war once again made Roy a lot of money.
In contrast, the Silver Pegasus Knights, who came a step later, failed to gain any benefits at all. They did not participate in the war from beginning to end, and this group of proud Silver Moon Elf Knights were embarrassed to take any trophies.
The Silver Pegasus Knights only stayed on Kui Island for three days.
On the morning of the fourth day, Captain Malthus took the initiative to find Roy and said to him:
"Roy, the matter here on Kui Island has come to an end. Do you want to follow me back to the Queen Egwene Islands?"
Captain Malthus thought that Roy just wanted to fight a surprise battle and return to the Partington plane with a group of gray dwarf prisoners of war.
Roy shook his head: "I still have to stay on Kui Island for a while."
Now that the Battle of Kui Island has been won and most of the loot has been collected, it is time to evacuate Kui Island. In addition, the portal on Partington Island will be closed soon, so Captain Malthus asked again:
"The plane portal is about to be closed. If you stay here, how will you return to Partington in the future?"
"There will always be a way, don't worry." Roy said casually: "Malthus, are you leaving?"
"Well, the order we received is to cooperate with you to capture Kui Island. Now you have successfully captured Kui Island, but we actually couldn't help much. Now that the mission is completed, we have to return to the army on the Queen Egwene Islands. The ministry was restored.”
Captain Marssa doesn't want to stay on this desert island anymore.
Roy stretched out a hand towards Captain Malthus: "Although I may not be an officer of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion in the future, our friendship will not change. Captain Malthus, thank you for your continued care."
"Captain Roy, you are the most outstanding half-elf leader I have ever seen. I am glad to meet you."
The two group leaders held hands tightly together, said "take care" to each other, and said goodbye on the dock.
The knights of the Silver Pegasus Knights flew into the sky one after another, and under the leadership of Captain Malthus, they flew in the direction of the Queen Igwene Islands.
The mine guard group did not leave Kui Island.
……
This place does not belong to the territory of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. The laws of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom cannot control this place. If Roy captures this island, then Kui Island currently belongs to Roy. Even if he wants to settle on Kui Island, The 17th Silver Pegasus Legion couldn't control them either.
The only controversial thing is that the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion released Roy's fleet, but Roy's fleet did not return to the Partington plane as scheduled.
Seeing the Silver Pegasus knights leaving Kui Island, the Siren warriors hiding in the shallow waters dared to return to the dock.
These siren warriors assisted the elf guards in salvaging the sunken ship near the dock, and the speed immediately became much faster.
It has been two weeks since she left the Partington plane, and the Siren Zezena is a little worried about the situation in Sun Island Bay.
She found Roy and asked directly:
"Captain Roy, how long will it take for our Kraken to return to Sun Island Bay?"
Roy was leading the mixed elf guards to clean up the sunken ship near the dock. When he saw Zhezena coming over, he knew what she wanted to know.
"It will probably be in the next few days, so let the Sirens get ready! I will send two magic airships to take you back to Sun Island Bay..."
Roy said firmly.
(End of chapter)