To prevent them from escaping, Codlin and his men were locked in wooden cages and heavily guarded.

When Rosen arrived, Codlin quickly brought him a chair with a backrest and stood beside him holding a heavy shield.

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

After drinking the Dragon's Blessing last night, these forest elves were full of energy. Now that the effect of the medicine has worn off and they are all injured, they are listless and like drowned dogs.

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

The guard complied.

After drinking ice water, Phoenix felt a little better.

He tried hard to prop up his upper body and looked at Rosen with hatred.

"Son of Ted, no matter how you torture me, I won't tell you any news you want, not even a word!"

He spoke the common language of the Natural Alliance, not fluently, but understandable.

Rosen looked up and down at Phoenix's slender 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, the Skull Crusher Phoenix."

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

He said these words using mind magic, which could bypass language limitations and allow all the forest elf warriors to understand.

Phoenix was startled, and the deep depths of his amber-gold eyes revealed an unconcealable fear. The other forest elves' performance was even worse than his, and some even began to tremble uncontrollably.

No matter how brave a warrior is, he can hardly resist the fear of the unknown.

Rosen continued: "But I personally don't like torture very much, because torture not only torments the tortured, but also pollutes the soul of the torturer."

"Since you have no intention of betraying your tribe, I will not force you."

"Well, let's make a deal."

Phoenix secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He clearly felt the pressure from the young man. 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 in battle, but there is no honor in torturing the warrior's body and soul after victory."

Phoenix was startled when he heard this, and looked at Rosen seriously, feeling that this human lord was not completely bad.

Other forest spirit warriors had similar views.

Rosen continued: “My trading method is very simple.”

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

"I will choose one of you. Of course, it can't be you, Phoenix."

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

"Tell them that they can exchange your lives for gold, gems, animal furs, or anything else that is valuable to Crescent City."

"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 deal is fair."

There are often frictions within the Linjing tribe. After a warrior is defeated or captured, the tribal leader will use all kinds of precious materials to redeem him.

Rosen looked at the forest elf warriors and finally fixed his eyes on the youngest one: "Let him deliver the letter."

The forest spirit warrior immediately turned to look at Phoenix.

Phoenix nodded and said, "Go ahead and tell the leader to redeem the person with gold."

When Rosen heard about the redemption using gold, he said, "If it's gold, you'll need 2,000 Oggs, which is about 20 kilograms of gold. For the others, each will need 1,000 Oggs, which is 10 kilograms of gold."

Phoenix immediately looked embarrassed, because there were 21 warriors here, which added up to several hundred kilograms of gold.

There is not so much gold in the tribe, not even half of it.

Rosen immediately said, "Gemstones are fine, animal skins, medicinal herbs, etc. are also fine."

Phoenix breathed a sigh of relief. The tribe had quite a few of these things, which should be enough to exchange for them.

He turned around and gave a few instructions to the forest spirit warrior, then said, "Send him back."

Rosen glanced at the forest elf and waved his hand to Kauderlin: "Give him some dry food, some clean water, and some clean coarse cloth to wrap his wounds. Return his weapons to him and send him back to the edge of the forest."

As soon as these words were spoken, one could clearly feel that the hatred in the eyes of the forest spirit warriors was much less, but much more frustrated.

Obviously, their fighting spirit has greatly declined.

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

Just as Rosen was dealing with the prisoners of war, in a small woods near Crescent City, a group of forest elves wearing animal skins were hiding in the bushes, secretly spying on the human city in the distance.

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

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

He walked up quickly and quietly introduced himself to a young male forest spirit who was about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

"Baron Ted's eldest son Rosen has really returned. He defeated Alais, recaptured the castle, and wiped out the Dragon Blood Warriors of the Nalin tribe last night."

"Also, everyone said that he married Princess Dawn of Weiland. The princess brought a large amount of wealth as a dowry, and also brought a very powerful personal guard!"

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

His weapon was a longbow made of hardwood entangled with vines.

He was shocked. "Ted's eldest son Rosen actually married the princess and wiped out the Dragon Blood Warriors. Doesn't everyone say he's a waste?"

If this person is a waste, then are there any talents in this world? The other forest spirits present all took a deep breath, and each of them looked horrified.

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 doubted the authenticity of the princess. They even put aside their grudges and secretly joined forces."

Igonini was stunned when he heard this: "That is to say, 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 chuckled and said, "Igonini, I'm afraid it's not stupidity, but you have no choice."

"What do you mean by that?"

The young captain of the forest spirits frowned, somewhat puzzled.

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

When Igonini heard this, a look of sadness suddenly appeared on his face.

"M'Bahat is not a prophet at all, he is a complete lunatic. Following him will only lead to destruction!"

The middle-aged scout seemed to have a different opinion: "I don't think M'Bahat will necessarily lose."

Igonini frowned: "What do you mean?"

The middle-aged scout immediately began to analyze.

"You see, the combined number of people from the two major tribes, Nalin and Heg, who are following Mhabat, has exceeded 10,000."

"The human race controlled by the four great knights has a population of more than 10,000."

"After the two sides joined forces, the total number of people has exceeded 20,000."

"Besides, M'Bahate is a very powerful sorcerer. Under his leadership, the coalition forces can not only fight the attacks of human warriors on the plains, but also carry out guerrilla attacks in the mountains to harass the new baron's territory, and consume the enemy's strength bit by bit. Maybe we can really win."

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

"What Delin said makes sense."

"Ahaha~ Those dirty, smelly idiots started the mess first."

"It would be best if both sides fought their brains out, and we could just watch the show from the sidelines."

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

The forest elves were discussing heatedly, but suddenly they heard Igonini's low growl.

"Stop dreaming, how can things be that simple?!"

He looked around at everyone.

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

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

"I heard that there are at least 30 million people living on the giant island of Weilan. That's 30 million! How many armies should a princess of 30 million people have?"

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

"So, the two major tribes will definitely fail, the knights will definitely be killed, the baron will definitely win, and our Ego tribe will suffer as well!"

"It's just a matter of time!"

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a sharp blade cutting the throat, wiping out all the words of the forest elves, and despair appeared on every forest elf's face.

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

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

Ignini sneered: "Are you stupid? You can't even tell this is an obvious lie!"

"The 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 just a little baron, how dare he mess with the title of Princess Weilan? Does he want to die?"

"If you don't agree, ask yourself, do you dare to announce everywhere that you married the goddess?"

After hearing this, all the forest elves were speechless.

Igognini sighed and said, "Just wait and see. In the near future, our lives will surely undergo unpredictable, huge, and even devastating changes."

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

(End of this chapter)