Lord of the Oasis

The 20,000-strong army composed of the combined forces of Dehrim and the Elf Kingdom finally arrived at the lizard people's territory on the morning of the fourth day after setting off from Cumberland. The trek for several days did not dampen the enthusiasm of the soldiers. reduce.

Bandak and Derrick stood under the gate of the lizardmen's main city with the army behind them.

A line of lizardmen defenders stood on the city wall. After seeing the troops approaching the city, they immediately raised the white flag.

Both groups excluded by the lizardmen fell under the hands of Dehrim. Nowadays, there are not enough soldiers left to garrison the main city to fight the army outside the city gate, and it is even very likely that the army will be defeated.

Bandak and others did not expect that the lizard people would surrender so easily. At this time, the main city's gate had been opened by lizardman soldiers. Gradually, several columns of lizard-man soldiers walked out, among which the lizard-man standing at the forefront seemed to be the leader of the group. The captain of the guard held a white flag in his right hand, pretending to beg for mercy and surrender.

Bandak disbelievingly got off the horse and asked the leader of the lizard people who was the representative of surrender: "Are you surrendering on behalf of the lizard people?"

"Yes, all the remaining warriors of the lizard men are here." The lizard man replied.

When Bandak heard this, he raised his head and did a rough count: there were only about seven or eight hundred lizard soldiers present.

With this combat power, if he were to fight head-on with his own troops, it would indeed be like hurling an egg against a stone.

At this time, Gabr walked up to Bandak and asked the lizard man leader: "Where is your lord?"

"The lord has abandoned the city and fled." The lizard man begged pitifully: "You can have anything you want, but can you please let us live?"

Bandak's expression did not change at all. He had seen this situation countless times. Since you choose to become a warrior, fight on the battlefield. Then how could there be no blood on the hands? At this time, the lizard man behaves like a loser. He can understand it, but he will not sympathize with it.

Gabriel frowned on the side, and then called on his troops to tie the lizard soldiers with ropes and temporarily take them into prison.

The lizard leader was held hostage by several soldiers and entered the city with them.

Walking into the lizardmen's main city, Gabr said to the lizardmen leader: "Did your lord run away on his own? Or did he take his treasure with him?"

"The lord escaped with a few of his bodyguards,

Because of time constraints, they didn't seem to bring much. The lizard man leader responded in a panic: "I know where the lord's treasure house is." I'll take you there, can you just let us go? "

"Hmph, find it first and then talk about it." Gabr hummed softly.

After that, the lizard man leader took them to the palace in the lizard man's main city.

It's said to be a palace, but its appearance is not as stunning as the palaces Bandak had seen before. I don't know if it's because of a lack of budget or something. The appearance of the palace is very simple, and it feels like an ordinary residence with a slightly larger area.

The group of people arrived in front of the palace, and Gabr ordered his elf soldiers to carefully search the lizardmen's main city to see if there were any available resources.

Bandak and Derrick did not take any action. Their trip was just to collect actual results. Natural resources and the like are of no particular use to Dehreim, who is far away.

So they don’t need to think about getting a share of the pie.

The space in the palace is still relatively small, so the only people who went in to check were Bandak and three others and a few other warriors.

"Your lords really live a simple life." Gable looked around at the furnishings in the palace and finally commented. The kitchen in the palace responsible for meals is probably only as big as a toilet in the Elf Kingdom's palace.

The lizard soldier shook his head and said with a wry smile: "You will know after you follow me down."

Under the astonished gaze of everyone, the lizard man opened a secret door. There is a corridor leading inside.

Bandak and Derrick followed the lizard man into the secret door. The space inside the door was dark.

"Huh? Why is there still ventilation in here?" Derrick felt a chill blowing across his face and asked in surprise.

"This section was originally illuminated, but because the cost of lighting was too high and the collection inside was not suitable for an open fire environment, it was abandoned."

The group of people followed closely behind the lizard man towards the other end of the corridor.

"The space here seems to be quite large." Gable said, and when the words fell, he could still vaguely receive an echo.

It wasn't long before they reached a clearing.

The walls of the open space are inlaid with expensive fluorescent stones, making everyone's vision clearer.

"Wow!" Derrick couldn't help but exclaimed after seeing boxes filled with expensive treasures piled up in groups.

"The lord didn't take his treasure away. He was probably worried about attracting other people's attention." The lizard man said from the side.

"He has hidden so much property. If people around him know about it, they will feel jealous." Bandak then asked the lizard man: "How did you know where your lord's treasure is? of?"

"I just accidentally broke in." The lizard man lowered his head and said.

"Then why don't you take your soldiers to transport these treasures away? This will be enough for all of you to enjoy for several lifetimes."

"There are still families of soldiers in the city. It is completely impossible to move the whole city." The lizard man replied: "Rather than that, I might as well think of dedicating these treasures to you. Maybe it can get a chance of survival."

"Yeah." Bandak nodded without comment.

The soldiers waiting outside the palace gate were called into the dark room. Responsible for collecting and inventorying these treasures.

The soldiers who were sent out to search before sent people back to spread the news: a freshwater lake and an iron mine were discovered on the outskirts of the main lizard city.

Gabr was overjoyed and said to Bandak easily: "The reason why we were able to defeat the lizard people this time was mainly due to Dehrim's army."

"It should be a victory of mutual cooperation." Derrick responded modestly.

"No, no, no, without your assistance this time, the troops of the Elf Kingdom would not have been able to achieve such great results." Gable couldn't help but continue to praise: "I really want to thank every Dehrim for their reinforcements."

After Derrick declined with a smile, he finally accepted Gabel's heartfelt thanks.

The amount of financial reports stored in the darkroom was indeed staggering. More than a hundred soldiers worked in the darkroom for a long time before finally completing the task of sorting out everything and starting to record it.