Chapter 97: Victory!
Trolls were struck down as they fled, attacked from behind.
Before they could stand up again, the charging clay golems would stomp heavily on their backs.
Then, the excited rovers would rush up, using ropes and chains they had prepared to tie them up before eagerly moving on to the next troll.
The trolls that fought fiercely and viciously now looked like walking gold coins as they began to flee!
"Each captured troll earns a 50-gold battle reward!"
These were Angela's exact words during the final charge, which made the soldiers fight with even more ferocity, killing the trolls who ran around in panic.
Ralph the steward coldly drew his rapier, staring sternly at the adventurers who were hesitating to approach:
"Only adventurers who participated in the confrontation battle and caused serious injury or death to at least one troll can join in the pursuit."
"Everyone else, halt!"
In theory, greedy adventurers wouldn't listen to Ralph just because of his words.
The main reason was what stood behind Ralph.
Over twenty towering clay golems, along with more than thirty wounded soldiers and over a thousand kobolds rushing in!
The powerful Gold-Fang and Silver-Fang glared at the adventurers with slit-like eyes, ready to attack if they made any suspicious moves.
A third of the adventurers happily joined the pursuit.
Their support earlier had achieved unexpected results and would bring them a rich reward.
Another group of adventurers wisely turned around and left, not wanting to leave a bad impression on Ralph.
After all, they still had captured trolls in their hands, and only with Ralph's approval could they exchange them for real gold coins.
Yet, there were always some adventurers blinded by greed, trying to slip through unnoticed, mingling with the pursuing group.
The trolls were fleeing frantically, almost powerless to fight back. This wasn't a pursuit; it was a complete gold grab!
But then, Gold-Fang and Silver-Fang dragged them out one by one, having received accurate "information" from Yaya.
Ralph, in front of everyone, tore open two lie-detection scrolls rather dominantly.
The result, of course, was self-explanatory!
In front of all the adventurers, Ralph canceled the contributions of these few and had them detained, preparing to permanently banish them from Bay Village.
This cold punishment instantly crushed any unrealistic ideas many adventurers had.
The phalanx of clay golems once again demonstrated the lord's immense power!
No adventurer was willing to leave Bay Village, and most were somewhat gleeful at the fate of the unlucky ones who had been caught.
"With them gone, we'll all get more gold!"
"Haha, that's right! Those fools thought they could deceive a spellcaster? What a joke."
"They'll never be allowed into Bay Village again; that's a pretty severe punishment..."
"Severe? In other territories, those idiots would be lucky not to be thrown into a suicide mission camp for deceiving the lord!"
"If you ask me, those greedy fools should be kicked out before they ruin our reputation as adventurers."
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Sorcery Monarch
Science FictionCrossing into Netheril, becoming a small lord. Nurturing a Time Whelp, developing arcane magic, and transforming technology. Absorbing populations from various races such as humans, dwarves, elves, halflings, drow, tieflings, and the magicborn, to...