Path of Light.

Chapter 771 772. Surrender
In the dense forests of Kui Island,
When the setting sun approaches the sea, the end of the sea seems to be burning, and the steaming red glow continues to spread into the sky.

The gray dwarf Doyle poked his head out of the dungeon exit. The wall was full of half-elf guards holding longbows. Several elven guards pulled their longbows, with the arrows pointing directly at Doyle's head.

Doyle held a white flag in his hand and waved it gently towards the elves on the wall.

An elf guard immediately reported to Roy.

At this time, he was just about to change shifts with Captain Timothy. He was already preparing to eat something, then take a walk around the dock, and then return to the tent to rest. Starting tomorrow morning, they would launch an attack on the underground castle, so he had to get enough rest tonight.

Moira was not on duty that night, so she was very happy to stay with Roy. The two of them ate breadfruit while talking about how the Assassin Regiment captured dozens of gray dwarf bandits near the secret exit last night.

In front of Roy was a cup of diluted life tree juice...

Ever since the Mine Guards took control of the Tree of Life in Padstow, Roy, as the leader of the Mine Guards, had a glass of diluted Tree of Life juice for dinner every day.

However, Roy felt that this juice of the tree of life would not be of much help to him, so he would give it to Moira to drink whenever he had the chance.

He pushed the cup in front of Moira. Adjutant Walker ran to his side and reported to Roy:
"The gray dwarves in the underground castle have surrendered!"

Roy was a little surprised, he was actually prepared for a tough battle.

Because there are at least 30,000 gray dwarf bandits gathered in the underground castle, and his total force on Kui Island is only 8,000 people, including 1,000 siren warriors hiding in the shallow sea.

Currently, the Silver Pegasus Knights are stationed on the beach, so Zetsu and the Siren Warriors will not appear near the pier.

Therefore, the only troops Roy could mobilize were the elf guards and human priests from the mine guard group.

The strength of the gray dwarf bandits should not be underestimated. Although they suffered repeated setbacks in the first day of fighting, their population base was there. Roy didn't even know how many second-level strongmen were there in the underground castle...

"Let's go and meet the chief elder of this group of gray dwarf bandits!"

Roy stood up excitedly and walked quickly towards the entrance of the underground castle with his adjutant Walker.

……

When Great Elder Augustus walked out of the entrance of the underground castle, it was already completely dark.

The walls were filled with elven guards, who drew their longbows and aimed their cold arrows at the gray dwarf leaders who were slowly walking out.

Behind Great Elder Augustus were two gray dwarf elders. These three were the real controllers of this group of gray dwarves.

Doyle followed a group of gray dwarves behind him. They climbed up the wall using a makeshift ladder and saw that the elven guards had moved the camp outside the wall, and a large amount of military supplies were piled nearby.

The surroundings were filled with elven guards watching. All of them wore silver armor that exuded a magical aura. The long swords they wore at their waists also exuded a magical aura...

Roy stood at the front of all the elven guards, and behind him were Captain Timothy, Captain Jeroin, Sabrina and several half-elf officers.

Roy invited Elder Augustus and others to a conference table in a clearing in the woods, and everyone took their seats.

Great Elder Augustus looked a little heavy-hearted. He looked at Roy and never expected that the leader of such a powerful elven army would be a half-elf.

He set his gaze on Captain Timothy. Many gray dwarves died at the hands of this group of assassins. Anger appeared in his eyes and he glared at Captain Timothy fiercely.

Captain Timothy gave Elder Augustus a triumphant smile in return, which immediately made Elder Augustus blush...

After introducing the identities of the participants in the negotiation meeting, the first person to speak was Elder Augustus:
"I want to know what Your Excellency will do with us after we surrender?"

Roy tapped the table with his finger and paused for a moment before saying:
"If the information Doyle provided us is true, you will serve in the mines on the Pagisto Plateau. The labor term of all gray dwarves will be fifteen years, which means you will dig ore for fifteen years. You will accumulate ten points for each day you complete. 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 sentence 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 were discussing in low voices, but Great Elder Augustus did not speak a word.

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 each day, and then take a mine cart back to the surface. The quality and quantity of the ore brought back by the mine cart will determine how many points you get that day. When there is little ore, it may be one point, and when there is a lot of ore, it may be ten points. The specific number of points depends on how hard the miners work that day."

When Roy said this, he heard one of the gray dwarf leaders on the opposite side say dissatisfiedly:
"If we are only given one portion every day, we may have to dig for 150 years before we have a chance to gain freedom!"

Roy looked at the gray dwarf and said:

"Each mine has a very fair judging standard. If I want you to extend your sentence, I can tell you directly that there is no need to fiddle 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 fill you up. The food is provided free of charge by the mine. You can rest for one day after every six days of work. You can move freely in the mine, but you cannot leave the mine without permission. If you escape from the mine without permission, you will be severely punished."

"There is an internal store in the mine. You can buy some daily necessities in the store, such as blankets, clothes, and sometimes there are special foods and wines. You need to redeem these supplies with points. The prices are absolutely reasonable."

"After your service is over, you can choose to live in the Partington plane or return to the Elf Continent."

"There is a town built specifically for the gray dwarves on the Pagisto Plateau. There are currently more than 60,000 gray dwarves living on the Pagisto Plateau, but their service period is 15 years longer than yours."

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask me..."

Elder Augustus sat on the chair, staring at Roy with sharp eyes. He asked Roy, "If we go to the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane and serve for fifteen years, can we really regain our freedom?"

"I can sign a magic contract with you." Roy responded.

“Will we be subjected to ill-treatment and torture when we reach the mines on the Pagisto Plateau?”

"As long as you work hard every day to mine, you will not be punished. If you slack off, you will be given a verbal warning. If you fight in the mine, you will be severely punished."

After that, Roy explained, "We need miners, and we will not easily give up any hard-working dwarf miner. Please rest assured. My promise is to those hard-working gray dwarves. If anyone dares to cause trouble in my mine, the supervisor in the mine may have some disciplinary measures..."

Elder Augustus continued to ask other questions. All of his questions were about how the gray dwarf prisoners would be dealt with 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 did not make any special requests, but just hoped that Roy would do what he said.

Then, Great Elder Augustus solemnly announced:
"We surrender!"

He stood up slowly, and with a heavy face, he handed a bronze scepter to Roy.

Roy took the heavy scepter. On the top of the scepter was an image of four dwarves holding up a copper ball with their backs to back. The pattern carved on it was very delicate, but the scepter did not have any magical fluctuations.

"I have to say, this is a wise move!" Roy responded.

At this moment, Great Elder Augustus was like a deflated ball, slumped in his chair in a daze.

He handed over the island of Que to the elves in this way. Even if he regained his freedom in the future, he would have betrayed the gray dwarf tribe.

But if they don't surrender, they will be trapped in the underground castle and wait for death. During this time, no other gray dwarves will risk coming to rescue them...

Between life and death, Great Elder Augustus decisively chose to live.

Afterwards, Roy asked Miss Tiffany to prepare a magic contract, which was signed by him and Elder Augustus. It mainly stipulated that the service period of the gray dwarves on the island of Kui was about fifteen years.

In fact, measuring the service period in years is not so accurate. In fact, these gray dwarf prisoners of war need to accumulate 50,000 points.

That is to say, if any gray dwarf prisoner falls ill and is unable to mine, his points will stagnate and not increase until he is able to work and continue to accumulate points, so that his actual service time will be longer.

If a gray dwarf prisoner likes to enjoy life in the mine and often uses points to exchange for rare supplies such as wheat cakes and rum, it will also consume a lot of points.

The surrendered gray dwarf prisoners will hand in all their weapons and armor. They will move out of the underground castle and live in a temporary prisoner-of-war camp on the beach.

The mine guards have already resettled 60,000 gray dwarf prisoners of war. There are only 40,000 gray dwarves on Kui Island. These gray dwarf prisoners of war are currently concentrated in ten prisoner-of-war camps on the beach.

The mine guards successfully occupied Kui Island. In the following days, a large number of elven guards were cleaning up the spoils in the underground castle, and some half-elf crew members began to salvage the sunken three-masted sailing ship near the dock.

This war once again made Roy a fortune.

In comparison, the Silver Pegasus Knights, who arrived a step later, did not gain any benefits at all. They did not participate in the battle from beginning to end, and this group of proud Silver Moon Elf Knights were too embarrassed to take any spoils.

The Silver Pegasus Knights stayed on Kui Island for only three days.

On the morning of the fourth day, Captain Malthus took the initiative to find Roy and said to him:

"Roy, now that things on Kuei Island have come to an end, do you want to return to the Queen Eweni Islands with me?"

Captain Malthus thought that Roy just wanted to launch a surprise attack and return to the Partington plane with a group of gray dwarf prisoners.

Roy shook his head: "I will stay on Kui Island for a while."

Since we have won the battle of Kuei Island and most of the spoils have been looted, it is time to evacuate Kuei Island. In addition, the portal on Partington Island will be closed soon, so Captain Malthus asked again:

"The plane portal is about to close. 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 was to cooperate with you to capture Kuei Island. Now that you have successfully occupied Kuei Island, we actually couldn't help much. Since the mission is completed, we will return to the military headquarters in the Queen Eweni Islands to report."

Captain Marsa doesn't want to stay on this deserted island any longer.

Roy extended a hand to 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 care all the time."

"Captain Roy, you are the most outstanding half-elf captain I have ever met. It's a pleasure to meet you."

The two group leaders held hands tightly, said "take care" to each other, and said goodbye on the dock.

The knights of the Silver Pegasus Knights flew into the sky and, led by Captain Malthus, flew towards the direction of the Queen Evenny Islands.

The mine guards did not leave Kui Island.

……

This place does not belong to the territory of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, and the laws of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom do not apply here. Roy captured this island, so this Kui Island currently belongs to Roy. Even if he wants to settle on Kui Island, the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion cannot control them.

The only controversial point is that the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion released Roy's fleet, but Roy's fleet did not return to the Partington plane as scheduled.

Only after seeing the Silver Pegasus Knights leave Kui Island did the Siren Warriors hiding in the shallow waters dare to return to the vicinity of the dock.

These siren warriors assisted the elven guards in salvaging the sunken ship near the dock, and the speed immediately increased a lot.

It has been two weeks since leaving the Partington plane, and the mermaid Jie Zena is a little worried about the situation in the Sun Island Bay.

She found Roy and asked directly:
"Captain Roy, how long will it take for us Sirens to return to Sun Island Bay?"

Roy was leading the half-elf guards to clean up the sunken ships near the dock. When he saw Jie Zena coming over, he knew what she wanted to know.

"It will probably be in the next few days. Let the Sirens get ready! I will send out two magic airships to take you back to Sun Island Bay..."

Roy said firmly.

(End of this chapter)