Seemingly noticing Liszt's hesitation, Captain Leiden approached and reminded him in a low voice: "Sir Captain, the grand duke's order is not to accept prisoners."
As long as the grand duke's dragon was still alive, he was still the sole authority of the Grand Duchy of Sapphire.
Of course, Liszt would not let his' conscience 'get the better of him and release these people. From the moment they decided to resist, it was a battle to the death. Traitors could not be forgiven. They could only blame themselves for following the wrong lord and not being able to repent in time.
Liszt's gaze swept over the group of people kneeling on one knee.
He slowly said: "Captain Leiden, give each of them a chance to write a will, hand over the sprite, and then let them commit suicide. Copperfield and Nash, take over the castle and clean up the threat. We will rest in the castle for a day. Markus, lead the Knight squad and follow me outside for a patrol. "
He no longer asked how the surrendered Knight would commit suicide.
Liszt went straight to the barley field on the other side of the castle. According to the information revealed by the rats, the barley field was breeding a sprite worm. He was going to secretly contract the sprite worm as his personal trophy. No one else knew about the sprite worm; therefore, swallowing it would not be a problem.
The barley field was very easy to find. After releasing Magic Eyes to survey the area, he quickly found the protected barley worm stalk.
The barley worm had yet to be born, but it should be soon. It might be born in one or two days.
Finding the sprite worm, yet being unable to immediately take it away, made Liszt a bit vexed.
He was still anxious to rush to Ox Hair City to join the count and sweep away Count Snade's Orders of chivalry and plunder military exploits. He had no time to stay here.
However, since he did not intend to leave today, then he could still wait.
He thought: "If the barley worm is born before tomorrow morning, I will immediately contract it. If it is not born before tomorrow morning, then … I will have Markus temporarily stay here to take care of the wounded. After the barley worm is born, I will dig out the worm stalk and bring it with me."
Digging out the worm stalk was very troublesome and might even harm the worm stalk itself. The best way was to bestow a contract with a subordinate and then let the sprite worm migrate the worm stalk.
The sprite worm could be bestowed as a reward to a follower.
But usually no lord was willing to do so.
This was because sprite worms could only contract twice. Since the lord had already contracted once, the sprite worm could only contract once more after dissolving the contract. Otherwise, its value would be greatly reduced.
The sprite worms sold on the market were wild sprite worms that had not been contracted.
The barley sprite worm before him clearly met the conditions for a reward. However, Liszt was not willing to give it to his subordinates. He would rather give his subordinates a large sum of gold coins to buy sprite worms than to give away the sprite worms he encountered.
"Philip, take two squires with you and wait here. Pay close attention to the birth of the barley worm."
"Yes, my lord."
After inspecting the barley worm stalk, Liszt quickly led the Knight Squad back to the castle. At that moment, the castle had been changed to a black Tulip flag.
Captain Leiden came over to greet him: "Sir Commander, all of the Mane City Knight have committed suicide. A group of civilians from Mane City hurried over and buried the corpses. The inventory of the castle's storehouse has already begun. There is enough food and water, but there are no sprite worms. "
"There aren't any?"
"Yes, these Knight received the news and have long since transferred their sprite worms to their wives and children. As for their wives and children, we did not inquire about them. After all, sprite worms cannot be contracted a third time. "
Liszt nodded.
These Knight Squad had clearly been prepared. It was unknown how many benefits Marquis Bull had promised them to dare to defend Iron Hoof Island at the risk of opposing Sapphire Grand Duke. Under normal circumstances, apart from Marquis Bull's diehard followers, the other aristocrats should have long since surrendered and welcomed the imperial army.
After all, the grand duke had a dragon.
Perhaps the news brought by the rat was true. Great lords like Snade, whose children were by Marquis Bull's side and their wealth had probably been transferred to Iron Hoof City, could only choose to be loyal and not dare to betray Marquis Bull. After betraying Marquis Bull, they would lose everything.
They could only hope that after the 'success', they would continue to gain glory.
Liszt did not know what these Knight Squad were thinking, nor did he want to know. He had come here to render meritorious service. With a lord like Snade vowing to resist to the death, it would be convenient for him to fight for glory.
He had already arranged for two Earth Knights to rush to Ox Hair City at top speed to report to Count Leewilliam the information he had obtained. A wizard had secretly communicated with Snade, mentioning a major event and threatening to promote Snade to the rank of marquis after the success.
As for what this major event was, it was still unclear.
It was better to let the count worry about it.
As he followed Captain Leiden into the nameless castle, a stench of excrement and urine assailed his nostrils, making him want to vomit. There were probably too many people living here, resulting in the stench inside the castle.
It was like a castle-style toilet.
"Get someone to clean up the third floor I live in immediately!"
… …
The third floor was continuously washed clean of the filth in the corridors and rooms.
Although there was still a faint stench that could not be dispelled, it was still barely habitable. Liszt sat behind a desk that originally belonged to an aristocrat.
He listened to Captain Leiden and the others' report on the spoils of war.
As a small city, the spoils of war in Ox Hair City were not very abundant, especially when the elves had long been moved away. Finally, he thought for a moment and gave an order, "Divide the gold coins evenly. Remember, tell all the Knight to keep their mouths shut and keep their share of the gold coins."
This was dividing the spoils of war privately, which was against the grand duke's order.
However, Count Leewilliam had said before that the looting of the spoils of war should be "restrained", but he did not strictly forbid it. This kind of thing could not be prohibited. In a war with no profits, why should the Knight contribute? After all, the lord and Knight provided the equipment and logistics themselves, including their own lives.
No one would believe that they could get their share after handing the spoils of war to the grand duke — the grand duke would definitely favor the Blueblood Alliance.
Captain Leiden replied with a smile, "Commander, all the Knight knows that they should keep their mouths shut after getting the benefits."
Liszt nodded, "Replenish the lost weapons from Ox Hair City, and replenish the consumed food from here as well … Right, call Markus for me."
Markus quickly arrived.
Liszt motioned for him to close the door first, and then said: "Teacher Markus, I have a task for you. Go to Ox Hair City and search for craftsmen. Forget about ordinary craftsmen, but they must be craftsmen or above, especially craftsmen such as papersmiths and salt makers that the Flower Town does not have. "
Markus asked: "Sir, can we take these craftsmen with us?"
"Tell them that after the fall of Iron Hoof Island, everyone will bear the wrath of the grand duke, because they are all sinful traitors. The Flower Town can provide them with better shelter … As for taking them away, the sea is so vast that they can always be sent to the ship."
It was very difficult to take away a large number of supplies from the island without passing through the port.
However, it was not very difficult to take away a few craftsmen and their families.
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