The 20,000-strong army formed by Drondheim and the Elf Kingdom finally arrived at the lizardmen’s territory on the fourth morning after they departed from Cumberland. The continuous trekking for several days didn’t diminish the enthusiasm of the soldiers.
Bunduk and Derrick led the army behind them and stood at the city gates of the lizardmen’s main city.
On the city walls stood a line of lizardmen soldiers. When they saw that the troops were at the city gates, they immediately raised their white flags.
The two squads that the lizardmen had excluded had fallen at the hands of Drondheim. At this point, the soldiers left behind to defend the main city weren’t enough to fight the troops outside the city gates. There was even a high possibility that the troops would be defeated.
Bunduk and the others did not expect the lizardmen to surrender so easily. At this moment, the main city gates had already been opened by the lizardmen’s soldiers. Gradually, several rows of lizardmen soldiers walked out. The lizardmen standing at the front seemed to be the captain of the team. The captain of the guards held the white flag in his right hand and acted as if he was begging for mercy and surrendering.
Bunduk dismounted his horse suspiciously and asked the leader of the lizardmen, who was the representative of surrendering, “Are you here to surrender on behalf of the lizardmen?”
“Yes, all the remaining warriors of the lizardmen are here,” the lizardman replied.
When Bunduk heard this, he raised his head and roughly counted the number of lizardmen present. There were only about seven to eight hundred of them.
With such combat strength, if he were to fight head-on with his own troops, it would be like throwing an egg at a rock.
At this moment, Gable walked to Bunduk’s side and asked the leader of the lizardmen, “Where is your Lord?”
“The Lord has already abandoned the city and escaped,” the lizardman pleaded pitifully. “You can have anything you want, but can you spare our lives?”
Bunduk’s expression did not change. He had seen this situation countless times. Since he had chosen to become a warrior and fight on the battlefield, how could his hands not be stained with blood? At this moment, the lizardman was acting like a defeated person. He could understand, but he would not sympathize.
Gable was frowning at the side. He called for his troops to tie up the lizardmen soldiers with ropes and temporarily take them as captives.
The lizardman leader was held hostage by a few soldiers and entered the city with them.
After entering the main city of the lizardmen, Gable said to the lizardman leader, “Did your Lord run away by himself? Or did he bring his treasures with him?”
“The Lord ran away with a few of his personal guards. As time is tight, they didn’t seem to bring much,” the lizardman leader replied in a panic. “I know where the Lord’s treasure vault is. If I bring you there, will you let us go?”
“Hmph, let’s find it first,” Gable snorted softly.
The leader of the lizardmen then brought them to the palace of the main city of the lizardmen.
Although it was called a palace, its appearance wasn’t as shocking as the palaces that Bunduk had seen before. It was unknown if it was due to a lack of budget or something else. The appearance of the palace was very simple. It felt like an ordinary residence that took up a slightly larger area.
The group walked to the entrance of the palace. Gable ordered his elven soldiers to carefully search the main city for resources that could be used.
As for Bunduk and Derrick, they didn’t do anything. They were only here to gather actual results. Natural resources weren’t particularly useful to Drondheim, which was far away.
Therefore, they didn’t need to think about getting a share of the spoils.
The space in the palace was still relatively small, so only Bunduk, the other two, and a few other warriors entered to take a look.
“Your Lord is certainly living a simple life,” Gable finally commented as he surveyed the furnishings in the palace. The kitchen in charge of food in the palace was probably only the size of a toilet in the royal palace of the Elf Kingdom.
The lizardman soldier shook his head and said with a wry smile, “You’ll know when you follow me down.”
Under everyone’s astonished gazes, the lizardman opened a secret door. There was a corridor inside.
Bunduk and Derrick followed the lizardman into the secret door. The space inside the door was pitch-black.
“Eh? Why is there ventilation here?” Derrick felt a chill blow across his face as he asked in surprise.
“This section was originally illuminated, but because the cost of lighting is too high, and the items inside aren’t suitable for an open fire environment, they were abandoned.”
The group followed closely behind the lizardman as they headed to the other end of the corridor.
“There seems to be quite a lot of space in here,” Gable said. As his words fell, they could faintly hear an echo.
It didn’t take long for them to arrive at an empty plot of land.
The walls of the empty plot of land were inlaid with high-priced fluorescent stones, allowing everyone to see clearly.
“Wow!” Derrick couldn’t help but exclaim when he saw the boxes filled with expensive treasures stacked together.
“The Lord didn’t take his treasures away. He was probably worried that he would attract the attention of others,” the lizardman said from the side.
“He hid so many treasures. If the people around him knew about it, they would probably feel jealous.” Bunduk then asked the lizardman, “How did you know where your Lord hid the treasures?”
“I just accidentally barged in.” the lizardman lowered his head and said.
“Then why didn’t you bring your soldiers and bring these treasures away? This is enough for all of you to enjoy for a few lifetimes.”
“Some of the soldiers’ families are still in the city. It is impossible to migrate the entire city,” the lizardman replied, “instead of that, I might as well give up these treasures to you. Perhaps I can exchange them for a chance of survival.”
“Yes.” Bunduk nodded and didn’t comment.
The soldiers waiting outside the palace were called into the secret chamber. They were in charge of sorting out the treasures.
The soldiers that had been sent out to search previously had sent someone back to deliver a message. They had discovered a Freshwater Lake and an iron mine on the outskirts of the lizardmen’s main city.
Gable was overjoyed as he said to Bunduk in a relaxed manner, “The reason why we were able to wipe out the lizardmen this time is mainly due to the army of Drondheim.”
“It should be the victory of our cooperation,” answered Derrick modestly.
“No, no, no. Without your assistance this time, the elven army wouldn’t have been able to achieve such fruitful results,” Gable couldn’t help but continue praising, “I’m truly grateful to every Drondheim reinforcements.”
After Derrick smiled and declined, he finally accepted Gable’s sincere gratitude.
The number of financial reports stored in the secret room was indeed astonishing. More than a hundred soldiers had to work in the secret room for a long time before they could finally complete the task of sorting out everything and recording it down.