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The castle dungeon was gone, and the forest elf warriors were locked up in a mud house next to the castle barracks.

To prevent them from escaping, Codling and the others were locked in a log cage and heavily guarded.

After 'Rosen' arrived, Kaudlin quickly brought him a chair and stood in front of him holding a heavy shield.

Rosen activated the "Leadership Skill" and sat lazily on the chair, looking at the forest elf warrior in the wooden cage with an indifferent expression.

After drinking the Dragon's Blessing last night, these forest spirits were all vigorous and vigorous. Now that the effect of the medicine has worn off and they are all injured, their spirits are listless, like dogs in water.

Looking at Phoenix, who was the most injured and sleeping, Rosen said to the guard on the side: "Pour a bucket of ice water on him to wake him up."

The guard complied.

With ice water topping, Phoenix's spirits perked up a bit.

He struggled to hold up his upper body and looked at Rosen with hatred.

"Ted's son, no matter how you torture me, I will not tell you any news you want, not a word!"

He spoke the lingua franca of the Natural Alliance, not fluently, but understandable.

Rosen looked up and down at Phoenix's muscular body, which was similar to that of a basketball player in his previous life, and said with a faint smile, "I know you, the hero of the Nalin Tribe, Phoenix the Skull Crusher."

"I also know that you can easily withstand physical torture, but we mages like to skip the body and directly torture the soul."

He said these words using mental magic, which could bypass language restrictions and be understood by all forest elf warriors.

Phoenix was startled, and there was unhidden fear in the depths of his amber-gold eyes. The performance of other forest elf warriors was worse than him, and some even began to tremble uncontrollably.

No matter how brave the warrior is, it is difficult to resist the fear of the unknown.

Rosen continued: "But I personally dislike torture, because torture not only tortures the victim, but also pollutes the soul of the torturer."

"Since you don't intend to betray your tribe, I won't force you."

"Well, let's make a deal."

Phoenix secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He clearly felt the pressure from the young man opposite him. This guy was much scarier than his father!

"How do you want to trade?"

"You are warriors, and I respect warriors."

"I believe that it is the honor of a warrior to defeat a warrior head-on on the battlefield, but there is no glory in torturing the body and soul of a warrior after victory."

Phoenix was startled when he heard this, and took a serious look at Rosen. He felt that this human lord was not completely bad.

Other forest elf warriors also had similar views.

"My approach to trading is simple," Rosen continued.

"You are prisoners of Crescent City. In our human race, you can exchange prisoners with ransom. Now, I plan to do the same to you."

"I'm going to pick one of you, but of course it can't be you Phoenix."

"We will send him back to the forest and tell your tribe leader, or any forest elf who can make a decision."

"Tell them that you can use gold, gems, animal skins, or anything of value to Crescent City in exchange for your lives."

"Of course, my patience is limited. So, if your leader does not respond within half a month, I will execute you."

"What do you think?"

After listening carefully, Phoenix nodded in agreement.

"Your dealings were fair."

There are often conflicts among the forest elf tribe. After losing a battle and being captured, the tribe leader will redeem the warrior with various precious materials.

Rosen's eyes circled around the forest elf warriors, and finally settled on the youngest forest elf: "Let him deliver the message."

The forest spirit warrior immediately turned to look at Phoenix.

Phoenix nodded: "Go, tell the leader and let him redeem the people with gold."

When Rosen heard about the use of gold redemption, he said: "If it is gold, you need 2,000 Oggs, which is about 20 kilograms of gold. Everyone else needs 1,000 Oggs each, which is 10 kilograms of gold."

Phoenix suddenly felt embarrassed, because there were 21 warriors here, and together they had hundreds of kilograms of gold.

The tribe doesn't have that much gold, not even half of it.

Rosen immediately said: "Gemstones are also acceptable, as are animal skins, medicinal materials, etc."

Phoenix breathed a sigh of relief. There were quite a lot of these things in the tribe, which should be enough to replace them.

He turned around and gave some instructions to the forest elf warrior, and then said: "Send him back."

Rosen glanced at the forest elf and waved to Codling: "Give him a piece of dry food, a piece of water, and a clean coarse cloth to wrap the wound. Return his weapon to him, and send him back to the edge of the forest."

As soon as these words came out, one could clearly feel that the hatred in the eyes of the forest spirit warriors was much less, and the frustration was much more.

Obviously, their fighting spirit has greatly declined.

. . . . . . . . . . . . .

While Rosen was dealing with the prisoners of war, in a small forest near Crescent City, a team of forest elves wearing animal skin clothing were nesting in the bushes, quietly spying on the human city in the distance.

After the group stayed for a while, they heard a rustling sound coming from the trees in the distance.

After a while, a middle-aged male forest elf with dark green hair and a scar on the left side of his face emerged from the bushes.

He walked up quickly and introduced softly to a young man in his mid-twenties, Lin Jing.

"Igonini, I've made it clear."

"Rosen, the eldest son of Baron Ted, is really back. He defeated Ales, took back the castle, and wiped out the Dragonblood Warriors of the Nalin tribe last night."

"Also, everyone says that he married Princess Dawn of Weilan. The princess brought a lot of property as a dowry and a very powerful guard!"

The young man called 'Igonini' had emerald green hair like buds, a pair of beautiful amber gold eyes, and a very handsome face.

His weapon was a hardwood longbow wrapped with vines.

He looked shocked: "Rosen, the eldest son of Ted, actually married the princess and wiped out the Dragonblood Warriors. Don't people say he is a waste?"

If he is a waste, then are there any talents in this world?

The other forest spirits present took a breath of cold air, and each of them looked terrified.

After a long silence, Igonini asked: "What is the attitude of the human knights?"

"I heard that the four knights did not recognize the qualifications of the new baron, and they also doubted the authenticity of the princess. They even put aside their grudges and secretly joined forces."

Igonini was stunned: "In other words, the human race is still fighting among themselves. Are those knights stupid? They can't see the powerful strength of the new baron?"

The middle-aged scout laughed: "Igonini, I'm afraid it's not stupid, but they have no choice."

"What do you mean?"

The young captain of the forest spirit frowned, a little puzzled.

The middle-aged scout whispered: "Now it seems that the rumor is probably true. They joined forces with the Nalin tribe and the Hege tribe to kill the old baron, so there is no way out."

When Igonini heard this, his face suddenly showed sadness.

"Mbahat is not a prophet at all, he is a complete madman. Following him will only lead to destruction!"

The middle-aged scout seemed to have a different opinion: "I think Mbahat will not necessarily lose."

Igonini frowned: "What do you mean?"

The middle-aged scout immediately analyzed.

"Look, the two major tribes of Nalin and Hege who are following Mhabat now have a total of more than 10,000 people."

"The human race controlled by the four great knights also has more than 10,000 people."

"After the two sides join forces, the total number has exceeded 20,000."

"Moreover, Mbahat is a very powerful wizard. Under his leadership, the coalition forces can not only fight the impact of human warriors on the plains, but also carry out guerrilla attacks on the new baron's territory in the mountains, consuming the opponent's strength bit by bit, and maybe they can really win."

Hearing this, the forest elves showed joy on their faces.

"What Delin said makes sense."

"Aha~ Those dirty and smelly idiots started the chaos first."

"It would be best if both sides fight each other until their brains are spilt, and we can just watch the show from the side."

"No, no, no, I think we should not only watch the show, but also fan the flames, let them fight more fiercely, and it would be best if they all die."

The forest elves were discussing enthusiastically, but suddenly heard Igonini's low voice.

"Don't dream, how can things be so simple?!"

He looked around at everyone.

"Didn't everyone hear? That's Princess Dawn of Veran Island!"

"Does the princess only have one guard? No, far more than that!"

"I heard that there are at least 30 million people living on Veran Island. That's 30 million! How many troops should a princess of 30 million people have?"

"Once the princess feels the pressure, won't Veran Island send more and stronger support?"

"So, the two tribes will definitely fail, the knights will definitely be killed, the barons will definitely win, and our Ego tribe will suffer together!"

"It's just a matter of time!"

As soon as these words came out, it was like a sharp blade cutting off the throat, silencing all the words of the forest elves, and every forest elf showed despair on his face.

30 million, a number that is so huge that it is incomprehensible. Just hearing it makes people feel powerless, let alone fighting against it.

Scout Delin struggled to refute: "But the knights said the princess is a fake."

Ignini sneered: "Are you stupid? This is an obvious lie!"

"Human lords are always full of lies in order to trick their subordinates into working for them."

Ignini sneered even more: "Can't you think for yourself? Rosen is a small baron, dare to use the name of Princess Weilan? Does he want to die?"

"If you don't accept it, ask yourself, do you dare to spread the word that you married the goddess?"

As soon as these words came out, all the forest elves were speechless.

Ignini sighed: "Just wait and see, in the near future, our lives will definitely undergo unpredictable and huge changes, even devastating changes."

At this point, his face showed deep worry: "Let's go, we will rush back immediately and report these things to the great grandmother."