Path of Light.

Chapter 127 128. Judgment 2
When the slave traders carried heavy shackles, they filed into the circular judgment platform under the judgment hall, and when the shackles dragged on the ground, there was a crisp clattering sound.

A total of thirteen crew members were chained together by a heavy chain. This chain not only had a neck collar, but also a length of chain hanging down to the ground, tightly locking the crew's hands and feet.

The shackles are so heavy that almost all seamen's waists are bent.

Only the warrior leader walking in the front straightened his body. Although his clothes were stained with blood, his hair was messy, and his face was covered with bruises, his steps were extremely firm. , sharp eyes will look towards the surrounding steps.

The powerful aura made the Tribunal suddenly silent...

There was an aura of blood and violence permeating his body.

The crew members behind them also had fierce faces, but their clothes were stained with blood, and they walked slowly, as if they were seriously injured, like old dogs dragged to the execution ground, holding The tail restrained its breath, but looked around with the most vicious eyes.

The surrounding Silvermoon elves were pointing and pointing at these slave traders.

That old elf was the presiding judge of the Council of Elders in Castleton City. At this time, the tree vine supporting the old elf was like an octopus tentacles, and he could move freely in the courthouse with the rattan basket.

The old elves controlled the scene of the trial house, and in the uppermost area of ​​the trial house, a group of silver moon elves wearing various costumes walked in one after another. They all wore badges consisting of bows, arrows and long swords on their chests.

Claire leaned close to Roy's ear and told him that these people were members of the arbitration committee.

Holding the rattan basket with both hands, the presiding judge said loudly to everyone in the courtroom:

"The criminals on the stage are the captain, the first mate, the second mate, and the ten thugs who landed on the elf continent to plunder the young elves... As the presiding judge of this trial, I would like to listen Elf Academy has something to say."

After some impassioned speeches, the presiding judge set his sights on the teachers of the elf academy at the bottom.

One of the teachers stood up, looked up and looked around, and then said:

"I am the dean of the Elf Academy. I am in charge of arranging the outdoor practice classes for freshmen this semester. According to the past practice, our college arranges the outdoor practice classes in the Malaga jungle. After many years of experience in holding outdoor practice classes, Malaga There is absolutely no threat from wild animals in the Laga jungle. The biggest threat to the new elves in the Malaga jungle is the snakes, ants and poisonous insects in the jungle, as well as the changeable and harsh environment and climate in the jungle. But this time we met all Unprecedented problems."

"The check-in point in the northwest corner of the jungle was besieged by a group of slave traders, and our instructor stationed at the check-in point was killed by these slave traders on the spot. The freshmen who rushed to the check-in point to complete the course tasks failed to pass the group of slave traders A total of seventeen college freshmen were robbed by them."

"If it wasn't for their incident to be revealed halfway, I think they must have captured more young elves than this, so I think the mistakes made by these slave traders on the elf continent are unforgivable. I will apply to the Council of Elders , These slave traffickers must be severely sentenced, and all their property shall be confiscated. I hope that they will be thrown into a mine that will never see the sun. The sentence is death and will not appear in a sunny place."

The head of teaching was boastful, and the last sentence raised his voice, exaggerating the emotions in his heart to the extreme.

After he finished speaking, he immediately stirred up all the elves in the trial hall to raise their right hands, and shouted angrily at the group of slave traders on the trial stand:

"Sentence them hard..."

"Heavy sentence... heavy sentence... heavy sentence!"

The presiding judge waited for everyone to vent their anger and the surrounding voices recovered before raising his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

The tree vines supported the presiding judge and looked around the courtroom before everyone fell silent.

The old elf judge said again:
"The institute's accusers have clearly stated their claims, so...then please invite the military representatives of the Silver Pegasus Elves Legion to accuse these elves of their crimes."

One of the three elf military representatives sitting next to the teachers of the elf academy stood up immediately. He was wearing a straight silver armor and said to everyone:

"I am the military representative appointed by the No.17 Silver Pegasus Legion. These invaders landed quietly from the coastline north of Castletown. They first poached in the Ophelia Royal Hunting Ground. The monsters failed to satisfy the inflated desires of the invaders, and then they got into the Malaga jungle to plunder the young elves. Regarding the evil deeds they committed, the military agreed with the request made by the accuser of the elf academy, and they were directly imprisoned. Banished to the never-ending dead mines."

Roy and Claire chased after the bottom row, the closest to the group of slave traders, and the clearest view.

From the beginning to the end, he failed to see the Benjamin magician.

These crew members were bruised all over from the beating, and each of them had disheveled hair. It was already difficult to identify them from their appearance alone.

Roy could only recognize that the leader who led a group of sailors ashore and stayed at the hotel was the captain of the Kumquat.

Roy whispered to Claire secretly:
"It seems that one is missing. I remember that the one who communicated with me was a magician named Benjamin, but now he is not among the prisoners being judged."

Claire's eyes widened. He thought that all the slave traders had been caught, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.

"Could it have escaped?" Claire responded in a low voice.

"It should be!" Roy said with some distress.

He was a magician when he ran away!
At this time, Claire, who was sitting on the side, had just realized, stared at Roy and asked:

"You mean there was a magician among the escaped slave traders?"

"Ok!"

Roy nodded in recognition.

Claire scratched her head a little, and said distressedly: "That's really troublesome, the two of us must be careful of that magician's revenge in the dark..."

……

After the old elf presiding judge invited a group of victimized elf student witnesses to state the crimes of the slave traders, he set his sights on Claire and Roy again.

First Claire made a statement, and then Roy:

"The following witness, Roy, stand up!"

The presiding judge's voice had an irresistible force, Roy stood up obediently and said:
"Honorable Judge, I am the witness Roy."

The presiding judge looked at the main slave traders and asked Roy, "Roy, have you seen them?"

Roy quickly replied:

"I can only confirm that Mr. Captain was sitting under the tree at the check-in point, waiting for our elf team to throw themselves into the net. It happened to be morning, and the jungle was filled with thick fog in the morning, and the faces of other personnel could not be seen clearly. .”

The presiding judge nodded, and asked Roy again:

"Roy, do you have anything else to say?"

If not, continue to question the next witness. There are more than 20 witnesses who came to the court this time, and the interrogation process is quite long.

Roy immediately raised his head and said:
"Mr. Judge, their crimes don't stop there. In addition to robbing the young elves in the Malaga jungle, as early as two months ago, the Kumquat docked at Castleton Harbor. It was the captain who Take the slavers aboard and kill the half-elf Jefferson in the tavern at the end of Brown Street."

As soon as Roy said this, there was another commotion all around.

Many people already know about this, so the voice is not very strong.

Roy waited for the surroundings to quiet down before saying:
"Also, I have a question I want to ask the captain."

The rattan basket planted with the old elf floated in front of Roy, and the presiding judge saw Roy's clear eyes, so he nodded and agreed: "Yes!"

Roy set his eyes on the warrior leader, and when his cold eyes looked over, Roy said:

"Your Excellency, the last time you guys killed the half-blood elf Jefferson after they docked in Castleton Harbor, do you still remember?"

There was an elf beside him who translated Roy's Elven language into Imperial language...

The warrior leader narrowed his eyes and looked at Roy seriously, as if he had realized something in his heart.

He looked at Roy coldly for a long time before speaking a string of Imperial language that Roy could not understand.

The elf hastily translated his words.

"For Jefferson's death, I can only say sorry. In fact, he stabbed one of our companions first, and we were completely out of self-preservation at the time."

Surrounded by all the elves, when the warrior leader spoke, he was so organized...

It was as if there was no fear in him at all.

"Then I have another question, and I hope you can answer it truthfully. I don't think your answer will affect your sentence, so I'm just looking for the truth here." Roy said.

After watching the elf translator translate this sentence, he quickly said:
"After you killed Jefferson the half-blood elf, did you kill another half-breed elf named Peleus in the lower city?"

This time the warrior leader pondered for a while, and then said with certainty:

"No! After we accidentally killed Jefferson, we returned to the Kumquat and left Castleton Harbor not long after."

"My lord, I have no other questions."

Roy got the answer. He had an intuition that what the warrior leader said should be the truth...

……

After some witness statements, the trial finally came to an end, everyone was whispering, and the elves of the arbitration committee.

The old elf presiding judge raised a golden hammer and announced to everyone in the courtroom:

"Then... Next, I announce that after the unanimous opinion of the arbitration committee members of the court, all the crew members of the Kumquat ship will be sentenced to 200 years in prison. The sentence of a major slave trader was increased by 100 years, and he went to the mine prison of the Zijin Mining Industry in Enochus City in the Forest of Eternal Night to serve his sentence."

After finishing speaking, the golden hammer fell hard on the table...

(End of this chapter)