Soon, this group of people who had almost no resistance were gathered and controlled by the knights.

With so many people, it was impossible for Luo Ning to bring them all back to Jinyu City. Firstly, the boat could not accommodate them all, and secondly, there was no need to do so.

What's more, these people who stay on Rapids Island will become his people and serve him in the future.

So he stood on the high slope and loudly announced the purpose of his coming to Rapids Island. At the same time, he stated that this operation would only capture Marcelo and his accomplices. As long as the others obeyed orders and completed Knight Valli's mission obediently, they would continue to live on this land without any danger.

After this round of announcements, the tense atmosphere was somewhat relieved. Luo Ning took the opportunity to simply inspect these people and found some not-so-good phenomena.

Many of these people are disabled, and some are mentally retarded.

For example, some people have poor eyesight, some move like a lame person, some are supposed to be in their teens but have the bodies of people in their forties, and some are in their twenties but have the IQ of only five or six years old.

According to Wally, many of them are born that way.

It was already very good that these people were able to survive, understand human language, and do some work. Many of them died within a few days of birth.

This was the punishment sent down by the Seven Gods for the sins committed by their ancestors.

Luo Ning has his own guess about this.

The White Flower Society has no normal social order, and their reproduction is bound to be more chaotic than that of the outside world.

Close relatives among nobles will produce offspring with congenital deformities, not to mention the more chaotic social relations in the White Flower Society.

When he takes over Rapids Island in the future, he will probably need to formulate a set of marriage standards. He cannot just pick any woman and man to pair up. He needs to try his best to avoid inbreeding to prevent congenital deformities in children.

While the team was controlling the personnel, the search was also being carried out simultaneously.

Soon, the dock that Roning had discovered in advance was found.

Wally was furious at the scene.

He was in charge of supervising the entire Jiliu Island. It was bad enough that the people on the island were becoming more and more out of control, but he did not expect that the other party would secretly build a dock to contact the outside world.

Looking at the wood stockpiled around him, he knew that Marcelo was smuggling it from outside.

If there is any accountability for this kind of thing, he will inevitably be held accountable.

"These damn criminals!"

Wally cursed under his breath. There was no way he could escape the blame in front of Ronin and the members of the Royal Griffin Knights, nor did he have the dignity to ask these nobles to conceal the information for him.

"Your Excellency, what are you going to do next?"

Luo Ning pondered for a while and said, "This dock is obviously used by the Baihua Society for smuggling. Next, I would like you to preside over the interrogation of Marcelo and others. Try to find out who they are working with to smuggle wood, how long this cooperation has lasted, how much wood has been transported, etc."

Vali's thoughts were brought back by Ronin's words, and he quickly responded: "Don't worry, I will definitely get the result from the interrogation."

"Remember not to harm their lives."

Luo Ning warned: "Whether to kill them or not is up to His Majesty the King. Our mission is to send them alive to Golden Feather City."

In order to prevent the other party from acting rashly, he arranged for Tom and a knight under Missy to assist.

Fortunately, these people are not as tight-lipped as imagined.

Especially for Clifford who was defeated by Ronin, Wally simply threatened him for an afternoon, and the other party honestly confessed everything.

According to Clifford's description, he was from the largest pirate group in the Howling Sea called "Blood Sail", and he was one of the three leaders in the group.

He had thought that such a remote area would not attract the attention of the bigwigs, at least not so quickly.

Clifford never expected that the people above would come so quickly and so violently, without giving him any buffer time.

"Ronin, do you believe what Clifford said?" Missy asked.

As the leader of the royal team, Missy represents His Majesty the Kingdom to some extent.

After returning to Jinyu City, she will also report to Bruno what she saw and heard along the way.

In response to her question, Luo Ning nodded thoughtfully, but then shook his head.

"I acknowledge his background. The Bloodsail Pirates could indeed do such a thing. But I doubt whether there are other forces involved in this matter besides the Bloodsail Pirates."

During the search in the afternoon, Roning found a lot of ready-made logging tools, including machetes, axes, etc.

This shows that Clifford and others want to make a big splash in Rapids Island and already have a stable sales channel.

With this entire process from logging to loading, transportation and sales, it seems unlikely that there is no cooperation.

Who will the cooperation partner be?

Ronin naturally thought of the nobles on both sides of the Howling Sea, the most prominent of whom was the Fleming family, to which the Earl of the Howling Sea belonged.

However, these are just his guesses. There is no actual evidence to prove it, and he will not tell Missy about it. After all, it will be troublesome if other nobles accuse you of frame-up and slander.

Luo Ning was just a little worried. Now that he had cut off the Bloodsail Pirates' financial resources, he wondered if they would want to retaliate and invade the island after he took over Rapids Island. An island isolated overseas was not as safe as Wubei Territory.

If he doesn't handle it properly, a severe blow will cause him to suffer huge losses.

Before Ukraine's northern territories have sufficient maritime power, perhaps shelving disputes and pursuing win-win cooperation would be an option?

Luo Ning and his group rested for a night in the Baihua Society's mountain village.

The next morning, Knight Vali left behind a few knights and a group of infantrymen to continue managing the place, while the rest of the people, together with Ronin, escorted Marcelo and Clifford back to the port of Rapids Island.

Now the only restless force on Rapids Island is the Rahn Society.

The Baihua Society was easily dealt with by them, and the weaker Laen Society was even easier to deal with.

On the morning of the third day, Luo Ning led the team to set off again.

The information communication on Rapids Island was obviously not smooth. When the large group of people arrived outside the territory of the Larn Society, their leader, Knight Larn, was awakened from his sleep and learned that the leader of the White Flower Society had been captured.

In this situation, he surrendered without any resistance. The crowd quickly took control of the place without much fighting.

At this point, the two rebel forces on Rapids Island were suppressed without causing any waves. Next, Ronin only needed to escort Marcelo and his group to Oxhorn Bay, and this trip to gain merit would be a successful conclusion.

On a quiet evening, Ronin stood by the window of the room overlooking the harbor of Oxhorn Bay.

Knock, knock, knock! There was a knock on the door and Karada walked in.

"Sir, we have brought the person you want to see."

"Bring it in."

Tom and David, one on each side, escorted a shackled bald man into the study. (End of this chapter)