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"Don't worry."

Luo De looked at Vika, his face calm,

"I won't let your people die, even if Frost bites off half their bodies."

"My doctors will delay their death, keeping them conscious all the time."

Luo De described casually, as if discussing the dim starry sky with Vika.

Vika's throat moved, and he swallowed hard.

He hesitated for a while, finally throwing away the bone blade in his hand.

"Everyone, put down your weapons."

"Leader, we are not afraid of death!"

A nearby Mountain Cat person hurriedly shouted.

"None of us are afraid, but I can't watch them being eaten alive by a magical beast!"

Vika coldly growled.

The other tribesmen, seeing this, were helpless but could only drop their weapons.

Luo De casually tossed a piece of jerky to Frost, gesturing for him to leave the cave.

The Frost Iron Guards stepped forward to tie up the now unresisting Mountain Cat people and brought Vika before Luo De.

"Human Lord, you're even more ruthless than the Lizardmen."

"Slap!"

As soon as Vika finished speaking, Luo De slapped Vika across the face.

"Did I force you to come to Black Pine Ridge?"

"Did I place my longsword at your Mountain Cat people's throats, threatening you to come and assassinate my knights?"

Luo De stared into Vika's vertical pupils,

"Since you're the servants of Lizardmen, we are enemies, so stop saying stupid things."

Luo De waved his hand,

"Durant, take them away for a good interrogation."

"After questioning, sell them to those slave traders, send them to the human world as pets."

Luo De said this in intentionally clumsy Alien Race language, making Vika's eyes widen after hearing.

But Durant didn't give him a chance to speak, directly pressing him down and taking him out.

After the Mountain Cat people were taken away, Vivian approached Luo De and whispered,

"Lord Baron, weren't you thinking..."

Vivian wanted to ask if Luo De was planning to recruit these Mountain Cat people, why he still wanted to sell them to slave traders.

But after seeing Chris walking over, Vivian immediately closed her mouth.

Vivian suddenly realized that there was still Chris, who was being watched by the Lizardmen.

"Lord."

Chris sheathed his longsword, walked to Luo De, and knelt on one knee,

"Thank you for granting the sharp blade and for sending these elite soldiers for me."

"Stand up."

Luo De gestured to Chris, "Protecting the knights is the lord's responsibility, I won't abandon any of my subordinates."

"Are you getting used to living here?"

Luo De looked at Chris, who had stood up, with a smile.

"I'm used to it, Lord. I've never experienced such a relaxed and leisurely life before."

Chris lowered his head, a bit embarrassed, "It's just that I can't do anything for you, enjoying like this doesn't befit a knight's honor."

"You have always been working."

Luo De looked at Chris, "If you hadn't attracted these cannon fodder over, how would we catch slaves that can sell for ten Gold Coins each?"

"Ah, is that so..."

Chris showed a surprised look, not expecting the Mountain Cat people to be so valuable.

"By the way."

Luo De raised an eyebrow, meeting Chris's gaze,

"Help me pass a message to the old Lizardman in the Icefield Mountain Range."

"Keep going, don't stop."

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The next day at noon.

"Lord Baron, can these Mountain Cat people really sell for ten Gold Coins?"

On the way back to Frost Leaf Town, Vivian asked curiously.

"No, I made that up."

Luo De replied mildly, "I also know what you wanted to ask last night."

"With Chris, that passive spy there, I can't let the Lizardmen behind him know I want to recruit these Mountain Cat people."

"Otherwise, they might destroy the Mountain Cat people's tribe, slaughtering their young ones."

"Also, I can't let those Mountain Cat people know I want to recruit them, otherwise, they might grow arrogant."

"Ah, I see."

Vivian had understood the first layer, but didn't realize Luo De was also calculating the psychology of the Mountain Cat people.

"It's really complicated."

Luo De smiled, then turned to ask Durant on horseback, "What did the interrogation reveal?"

Durant nodded, "That leader Vika confessed everything, without holding back."

"Oh?"

Luo De was slightly surprised.

But quickly understood.

"It seems these Mountain Cat people were indeed coerced, with no loyalty to the Lizardmen at all."

"Their beliefs are different, so of course, they can't be loyal," Vivian added.

Vivian's words intrigued Luo De.

Looking at his own territory, in the future, if everyone wants to be united, it would require a consistent belief.

However...

Luo De was a bit puzzled again.

These alien races are really messy; some believe in gods, some in ancestors.

It seems normal; after all, Alien Race is a collective term given by humans.

These races are quite different from each other. Perhaps, humans and other races might also be seen as alien races in their eyes.

Alien races are different from the Wildmen. Wildmen are a large composite, just with different branches.

No longer thinking deeply, Luo De asked Durant to elaborate on the information Vika disclosed.

As Xue Rui had mentioned, the Mountain Cat people originally lived reclusively in the mountains and forests, with a sense of detachment from the world.

The Mountain Cat people are good at concealment, making them difficult for the Lizardmen to find and attack their dwellings.

They can easily hunt in the forests, with few people, food was not much of a problem.

However, the Shaman of the Lizardmen found a related treasure of the Mountain Cat clan—the Ancestor Spirit Box.

Inside were fragments of the Mountain Cat ancestors' souls—similar to part of the three souls and seven spirits from Luo De's past life's folklore.

This Ancestor Spirit Box contained many ancient stories about the Mountain Cat people, even holding the Mountain Cat people's talent spells.

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