It was getting dark.
The disintegrated army of trolls had surrendered to the blood cavalry army in an organized manner. Of course, there were also many trolls who were unwilling to surrender and fled northward desperately.
But Ke Lin has already dispatched dozens of centurions to chase down the fleeing troll army, and must wipe out this army of trolls to the south of Windhowl Castle.
The rest of the blood cavalry set up camp near the bloody battlefield and cleaned the battlefield.
Teams of troll soldiers were placed one after another outside the camp.
"His Royal Highness, will the Blood Cavalry Army let us prisoners go?" Ubam curled up on the snow and asked Prince Abbas next to him in a low voice.
"I don't know..." Prince Abbas looked downcast, as if he had no hope for the kindness of the Blood Cavalry Army.
After all, in the previous fiascos, both Marquis Garcia and Count Angelet, who inherited his mantle, had a tradition of killing prisoners.
This time, perhaps no exception.
Accepting the surrender now is only to disintegrate the troll's will to resist and reduce the difficulty of winning. Once the overall situation is settled, what awaits these trolls to be captured may be cold death.
"Your Highness, rather than being killed by the Blood Cavalry Army, why don't we..." Ubam lowered his voice a little more, "Go out at night!"
Prince Abbas glanced at Ubam beside him expressionlessly, and said coldly, "Since you have this awareness, why didn't you fight with all your might when you were fighting just now?"
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Ubam's face, and he said falteringly: "Your Highness, you are also aware of the situation just now, it is impossible to win at all... The gap between the two sides is really too big.
However, the night is getting dark now, if we can incite the soldiers to rush out together, it will definitely cause great chaos, and I happen to know that there is a hidden hiding place nearby, we can take advantage of the chaos... "
Ubam suddenly closed his mouth, because a group of blood cavalry soldiers just happened to walk over.
"Abbas Volkin?"
"I am."
"Come with us, the Earl wants to see you."
Prince Abbas hesitated for a moment, but still sighed, got up obediently, and followed the soldiers out of the prison camp.
Ubam frowned as he watched Prince Abbas go away, but soon he found another troll officer and muttered softly.
…
When Prince Abbas walked into the tent, he saw that Colin was staring at a letter with a frown, as if the contents of the letter made him very distressed.
There were two wooden square boxes on the table in front of him, and a bloody smell wafted from the boxes.
Prince Abbas could guess what was in the box.
"Good evening, Earl Angelet." Prince Abbas saluted respectfully and greeted him in as casual a tone as possible.
When Colin heard the voice, he put down the letter in his hand, looked at Prince Abbas for a while, then smiled slightly, and asked:
"Prince Abbas, I heard that you have several human lovers?"
Prince Abbas's heart moved, and he immediately had some guesses about the purpose of Colin's conversation with him this time, and quickly replied with a smile:
"Yes, Lord Earl, I admired the culture and art of the Glorious Empire since I was a child, so every time a human caravan came to the royal city, I would invite them to my manor as guests. Over time, I also got to know several human beings. soulmate."
Ke Lin stood up, walked around to the table, reached out and tapped the top of a wooden box on the table twice, and said:
"As the prince of the troll empire, having a human lover must have caused you a lot of trouble, right?"
Prince Abbas smiled awkwardly, nodded and said: "Yes. And to tell you the truth, if it weren't for this, the current troll emperor would not be in the turn of Okamoto Volkin."
Colin laughed, reached out and knocked on another wooden box, and joked:
"If this is the case, then this box is now containing your head."
Prince Abbas was stunned for a moment, and then he argued meaningfully: "My lord, you have misunderstood me. If I were the troll emperor, I would never destroy the relationship with the northern border repeatedly like Okamoto. They even tried to set up a conspiracy to assassinate you!"
The smile on Colin's face became even brighter, and he asked, "Then how do you think the Northern Territory and the Troll Empire should get along?"
Prince Abbas said without any hesitation: "Of course it is peaceful coexistence and friendly exchanges!"
"Peace? Friendship?" Colin's tone suddenly turned cold. "But, Prince Abbas, you trolls are thinking about retaking the North from humans all the time. How can I believe in your promise of peace? ah?"
Prince Abbas took a deep breath.
He knew that the real test came tonight.
Whether the troll empire can escape this catastrophe depends on whether he can give the sincerity that Colin wants.
As long as the people in the north can be convinced that the troll empire is no longer a threat, they can escape the disaster of destruction, otherwise...
"My lord, words are useless after all, so I am willing to use practical actions to prove the sincerity of the troll empire for peace!" Prince Abbas said solemnly, "If I can successfully inherit the throne of the empire, then I can I promise you that during my tenure, the troll empire's standing army will never exceed 30,000!"
When Ke Lin heard this, the expression on his face didn't change much, obviously he was not satisfied with this condition.
Prince Abbas could only grit his teeth, and continued: "In addition, the Troll Empire will completely exempt merchants from the northern border from customs duties!"
Colin remained unmoved.
"The troll empire will also pay three million gold coins to the northern border every year!"
Colin still didn't speak.
"Another hundred thousand troll slaves, every year!"
Prince Abbas was about to grit his teeth, but found that he still couldn't impress the arrogant and greedy human being in front of him.
He sighed dejectedly, and said helplessly: "Master Earl, this is the greatest sincerity that the Troll Empire can offer. Otherwise, you will only be able to destroy the Troll Empire.
But I also hope that you can understand that with your current strength, it is not difficult to destroy the troll empire, but the Northern Territory should not even think about gaining any benefits from it. "
Colin smiled dismissively, and said, "Why is there no benefit? The absence of the troll empire is the greatest benefit for the North."
Prince Abbas immediately said tit for tat: "My lord, but you can't kill all the trolls, and one day, the trolls will rebuild a new empire. At that time, the northern border will still face the threat from the north." .
So why would you go to such trouble
Wouldn't it be easier and more profitable to transform the current troll empire into a country friendly to the northern border? "
"You're right." Colin finally nodded.
But not long after Prince Abbas was happy, he heard Colin go on to say: "But how to transform the current troll empire, I have different ideas."
Prince Abbas took a deep breath and asked respectfully, "How do you want to transform the troll empire?"
Colin grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth:
"I want to transform it into a half-troll kingdom."
(end of this chapter)