Mercenary Wars

Chapter 126 Prosecutor's Slave
"What bold proposal?"

Gaugano said, "There is serious internal conflict among the grey dwarves in Dibusala. We may be able to unite with the red-bearded grey dwarves and slaves to defeat the white-bearded grey dwarves."

After a moment of silence, everyone said, "That's really bold. What do you think we should do?"

Gaucano: "As long as we secretly contact the slaves and the red-bearded gray dwarves separately and reach a consensus, the rest shouldn't be too difficult. After all, the white-bearded one doesn't have much of a power advantage over the red-bearded one."

Hilgon nodded: "Indeed, the Whitebeard Grey Dwarves number no more than a thousand, the iron mines have several hundred slaves, and with the fire elementals and us, they are enough to offset the Whitebeards' advantage over the Redbeards!"

Daniel: "Persuading a slave should be easy, but persuading a red-bearded grey dwarf..."

He didn't continue, but everyone understood what he meant.

Slaves are naturally on the opposite side of slave owners, so it would be easy for them to unite.

However, the Redbeard Gray Dwarves are, after all, of the same race as the Whitebeard Gray Dwarves, and at least for the time being, they haven't separated. Under these circumstances, no one is confident that they can persuade the Redbeard Gray Dwarves to directly confront the Whitebeard Gray Dwarves.

Gaucano understood this as well, which was why he called the plan "bold." If they could convince the Redbeard Grey Dwarf, the plan would be a foregone conclusion.

“Let’s try to make contact with the slaves first,” Hilgon suggested. “After all, they are our natural allies!”

No one objected to this.

Daniel: "Hilgon, if you'd like, I can use 'Trick Illusion' to transform you into a grey dwarf so you can easily infiltrate the mine."

“Of course I’m willing.” Hilgon wasn’t afraid; on the contrary, he was somewhat eager to try. “By Mosa, I really hope this plan will succeed, so that these filthy white-bearded gray dwarves can all go to hell!”

Gao Jiano thought for a moment and said, "I'll go with you."

Hilgon was taken aback: "Why? You don't speak Dwarven."

"If anything unexpected happens, I can lend you a hand," Gao Jiano simply said.

Although he didn't speak Dwarven, after careful consideration, he felt that his panel abilities might come in very handy, so he decided to go with Hilgon.

Hilgon paused for half a second, then said, "Thank you."

Ryan: "Go when the gray dwarf overseer is resting."

"Ah."

A few hours later.

The slaves and most of the grey dwarf overseers gradually took a break, and the bustling iron mine slowly quieted down.

“Daniel, let’s begin,” Hilgon said. “The grey dwarves won’t let slaves rest for long.”

Daniel nodded and used trick illusions on Hilgon and Gaugano, turning them into white-bearded gray dwarves.

Gaucano said, “Give me some wounds on my mouth so that if any gray dwarves want to talk to me, I can use that as an excuse to not speak.”

As Daniel raised his hand, a half-healed wound immediately appeared near the mouth of Gaugano, who had already turned into a gray dwarf. The wound was gruesome and revealed broken teeth, as if a sharp weapon had stabbed him directly in the mouth.

"Okay."

Gaucano drank a bottle of darkvision potion, and then he and Hilgon set off, cautiously approaching the iron mine.

The sensation of dark vision is truly amazing. In this state, there is almost no difference between night and day, allowing him to clearly see various things in the darkness.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the iron ore mine.

The mine was basically a large pit where the slave workers rested, while the gray dwarf overseers had their own huts outside the pit.

At this time, most of the gray dwarf overseers had already rested, with only a few remaining on duty, and they were not very vigilant; some were even dozing off.

Therefore, Gaucano and Hilgon descended into the mine without difficulty and walked among the slaves.

The slaves were mostly human, but there were also other races, such as dwarves, tirins, trolls, gnomes... and even minotaurs, making the racial diversity quite rich.

After a long day's work, the slaves were exhausted. Wearing black steel shackles, they lay sprawled on the ground, all fast asleep. Hilgon asked in a low voice, "Which slaves do you think we should contact?"

"Let's take a look first." Gao Jiano didn't say much and continued walking among the slaves.

After a while, he noticed a tall Tiflin slave and bent down to touch him gently.

[Race: Falalrotiflin]

[Level: Level 4]

……

The Tieflins are a hybrid of humans and demons. Due to their unclean bloodline, they are not commonly seen on the surface. Gaucano has only seen a few people who resemble Tieflins in the black market.

A minotaur was lying next to this level 4 tifflin.

Gao Jiano also reached out and touched it.

[Race: Fararo Tauren]

[Level: Level 5]

……

Gaugano and Hilgon came here seeking allies, naturally hoping for the strongest possible alliances. As for the low-ranking slaves, they were likely just there to make up the numbers.

A level 4 Typhoon and a level 5 Tauren are already quite powerful.

However, Gaucano did not rush to wake them, but continued to look at the other slaves.

He then combined his observations with the prompts on the panel to quickly identify the slaves in the mine, silently noting down those at level four or above.

After a while.

He reached out and touched a middle-aged man with short blond hair.

[Race: Farallo]

[Level: Level 6]

Level six!

Gao Jiano was taken aback; he hadn't expected to encounter a level six slave here.

Level 6 is undoubtedly the highest-ranking slave here, perhaps even the highest-ranking.

Without much hesitation, he gently shook the Level 6 human to wake him up.

The exhausted slave slowly awoke and, upon seeing the two gray dwarves before him, couldn't help but show anger and fear on his face.

"Shh." Gaucano quickly made a shushing gesture. "We are human beings."

The level six slave was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up with unbelievable joy. He tried to keep his voice down, and said excitedly, his voice trembling slightly, "You've come to rescue us?"

Gaucano nodded.

"By Jemen, I have finally waited for this day!" The Level 6 slave wept with joy, and as he spoke, he made a "又" (yòu) shaped symbol in front of his chest. This was a religious ritual of the Jemenids, similar to the Mosaic gesture of making a triangle.

"..." Gaucano and Hilgon looked at each other in bewilderment.

He was actually a disciple of Jesus?
This is a bit awkward.

Of course, Gao Jiano didn't show the slightest change in expression: "What's your name?"

“My name is Nikon, which is both my secular and my holy name.” The slave composed himself. “I am the prosecutor of the Dibuto Church. I have important matters to report to the Church as soon as possible. Please, you must rescue me. I am willing to do anything for this!”

(End of this chapter)