Blackwing's Lair.
The Blackwing Clan had captured a total of twelve Elven Rangers, three Chimeras, two Giant Eagles and a Unicorn.
They were dragged into the Treetop Fortress by the Battle Lizardmen and Beastmen. The Elves were dragged by chains around their throats, while the other beasts were dragged by chains on the ground. The sharp and huge iron hooks pierced deeply into the shoulders of these beasts, leaving a dark trail of blood on the ground. In the end, they were thrown into the dungeons of the Treetop Fortress.
Of course, this was not all.
In the so-called rescue team (in the eyes of the Blackwing Clan, it was a surprise attack team), a portion of them used teleportation spells to escape. The remaining ones were those who wanted to fight against evil to the end. As for the enemies who were unwilling to surrender, the Blackwing Clan naturally showed no mercy. They simply killed all those who resisted.
Caesar did not let Luna know about this matter. These fellows were obviously from the Elven Forest, and Luna treated them as her family. She probably would not be in a good mood after knowing about this matter.
As for the reason why these fellows had infiltrated Blackwing's Lair, Caesar did not understand. He had already released the Chimera. Could it be that Magus Hill did not know how to be grateful at all? After returning, he would recklessly fabricate rumors and incite others to attack Blackwing's Lair?
If that was the case, he would have let the wrong person go. If he had known, he would have killed this fellow behind Luna's back.
Caesar thought to himself. It was rare that he did not bring the little fellow with him. Instead, he entered the dungeons of the Treetop Fortress alone to interrogate these "kindhearted people".
There was only one dungeon in Blackwing's Lair. It was not built by Caesar, but by its predecessor, the Green Capital.
The old Green Dragon was very thoughtful. He had opened up a huge underground space under his Treetop Fortress, specially used to hold captives. Unfortunately, when Caesar arrived, there was nothing but a few half-rotten human corpses.
Come to think of it, the stingy Green Dragon was not willing to waste food on something of no value. If the ransom was rejected, the person in the dungeon would not be far from death. Probably no one would be able to stay in the Green Dragon's dungeon for more than a year.
The dungeon was large enough to accommodate Caesar's huge body. After all, this was a building made by dragons. Its vastness was far beyond the imagination of ordinary humans. Even if it was used to imprison a huge beast like the Horse Gate Lizard, there seemed to be no problem at all.
Apart from Chief Steward Hogg, the dragonkin leader, Husky, and the beastmen and demonic hound guards who were originally here followed the Black Dragon Lord into the dungeon.
After being remodeled by the Ankhegs and the Wild Boars, the dungeon now had three floors. The first floor, which was used to imprison humanoids, had granite walls, while the second floor, which was used to imprison beasts, had steel walls. This was to prevent them from using their claws and teeth to dig through the ground to escape.
As for the third floor, Caesar's original intention was to imprison powerful individuals. However, it was now in a half-finished state, because even he had not figured out how to build that floor.
Neither Silvia nor Caesar had the spare money to build a floor for the dungeon, so the floor here was directly compacted. With the weight of the Black Dragon's claws, the floor would sink slightly when he stepped on it.
Fortunately, the floor was dry and the air was good. The Ankhegs and the Wild Boars must have taken the ventilation system into consideration when they renovated the dungeon, so that the place would not become dark and damp, and the stench would not affect their mood.
(To the clans of the Underdark, not only would this not affect their mood, it would even make them feel better.)
Caesar was too lazy to walk any further. He did not look at the chimeras, giant eagles, and other beasts locked up on the second floor. Instead, he stopped on the first floor and looked for the Tiya elves with shackles around their necks.
"Your Majesty, the purpose of these fellows doesn't seem to be to attack us. They're sneaking around, more like they're here to steal."
"I'm guessing that these abominable scum want to steal your treasure. They've been using concealment spells to sneak into the treetop fortress, only revealing themselves when the wyverns discovered them."
The one who spoke was Erha. As the leader of the Black Dragon Lord's personal guards, he was responsible for the security of the core area. The dragonkin leader was the first to discover the intruders.
"Groundless criticism!"
As soon as he spoke, an elven ranger who had been silent with his eyes closed immediately shouted, retorting, "The Tiya elves have never harbored ill intentions towards money. Wealth means nothing to us."
Due to their injuries and the darkness of the dungeon, the elven rangers could not even see the Black Dragon Lord's appearance clearly. They could only see a pair of red eyes.
"Is that so?"
Caesar lowered his head slightly and looked down at the captives, saying calmly, "You have entered the legal territory of a lord without permission. Is this what you should do to the kind Tiya elves?
Thieves. "
"Evil Pentashade Dragon."
The elven ranger's face quickly flushed red. Most of these fellows were not afraid of death, but they were afraid of being labeled as evil and carrying a serious burden of honor. "You kidnapped a pure and kind young lady. In order to help her escape the clutches of evil, we disregarded the danger and stepped into the heart of evil forces."
I … kidnapped?
Caesar was stunned. Speaking of which, he did have such an idea. When the time came, he had planned to run to the human world and kidnap a few princesses, wait for the knights to rescue them, and then sell them at a clear price for money.
In the end, why did these brainless warriors come knocking on his door before he could even do it?
After a short pause, the Black Dragon realized that these fellows had come for Luna.
After the chimera returned, it must have spread some exaggerated rumors in the Elven Forest, causing these brainless warriors to think that the forest fairy had been kidnapped and impatiently rush to his door.
He really shouldn't have let that chimera go. He should have secretly killed it behind Luna's back.
Caesar regretted it for the second time.
However, this was also good. Caesar's mind turned. He was just thinking about how to try to make contact with the Elven Forest when they came knocking on his door.
He now had captives in his hands. If the races of the Elven Forest were as kind as the rumors said, they would definitely think of a way to get these fellows back. They would probably send messengers to negotiate peace.
With the importance that the kind races attached to their own race, Caesar, who had the captives in his hands, would definitely have the upper hand.
Thinking about it this way, Luna really was a cute little girl. She had helped him open up a breakthrough, and he could gain the upper hand without resorting to violence.
Of course, if the other party was really that stupid, they might continue to send people to rescue them. Unfortunately, these fellows were not a threat to Caesar at all. In the end, they would only increase the number of people trapped in Blackwing's Nest.
Due to Luna, Caesar would not kill them, but he would definitely beat them up.
Thinking about it, the Black Dragon's mood improved again. He did not care about these pitiful looking captives. After instructing the Orc and Demonic Hound guards to ensure their food and not kill them, he left the dungeon and returned to the Emerald Palace to continue playing cards with the little girl.
It was worth mentioning that during the three years that the Black Dragon had been asleep, little Luna had been very, very bored. So, slowly, slowly, she had drawn some of the new cards that Caesar had mentioned to her before.
Now, there were more than two hundred cards in little Luna's precious box.
Of course, this was still a long way from the demand to manufacture cards and sell them. Caesar did not intend to sell Luna's painstaking efforts for money. These were just the original drafts. At this stage, he only wanted to verify the playability of the cards.
The actual manufacturing would definitely be done by an assembly line. Caesar thought about it. Perhaps that would be Airadia's first assembly line workshop. Pfft …