128 Trial 2

When the slave traders filed into the circular trial platform under the trial hall with heavy shackles, the shackles made a crisp clattering sound as they were dragged on the ground.

A total of thirteen crew members were tied together by heavy chains. This chain not only had neck collars, but also had a length of chain hanging to the ground, locking the crew members' hands and feet tightly.

The shackles were so heavy that they almost bent the waist of all sailors.

Only Chieftain, the soldier walking at the front, kept his body upright. Although his clothes were stained with blood, his hair was messy, and his face was full of bruises, his steps were extremely firm. Every time he took a step, his sharp eyes would glance at the surrounding steps.

The powerful aura caused the trial center to suddenly become silent...

His body was filled with an aura of blood and violence.

The crew members behind them also looked fierce, but their clothes were stained with blood, and they walked slowly, as if they were seriously injured, like an old dog that was dragged to the execution ground, holding its tail between its legs to restrain its breath, but looking around with the most vicious eyes.

There are many Silver Moon Elfs around who are pointed by these slave traders.

That Old Elf is the presiding judge of Castleton City Elder Council. At this time, the tree vine holding up Old Elf is like an octopus tentacle, and he can actually move around the trial room holding the cane basket.

Old Elf controlled the scene in the trial house, and in the uppermost area of the trial house, a group of Silver Moon Elfs wearing various costumes came in one after another. They all wore badges composed of bows, arrows and swords on their chests.

Klayr leaned close to Roy's ear and told him that these people were Arbitration Committee's people.

The presiding judge held the rattan basket with both hands and said loudly to everyone in the trial room:

"These criminals on the stage are the captain, the first mate, the second mate, and the ten thugs who landed at the Elf Continent to rob young elves... As the presiding judge of this trial, I want to hear what Elf Academy, the prosecutor, has to say."

After an impassioned speech, the presiding judge turned his attention to the teachers at the bottom Elf Academy.

One of the teachers stood up, looked up and looked around, and then said:

"I am the teaching director of the Elf Academy, responsible for arranging outdoor practical classes for freshmen this semester. According to past practice, our college has arranged outdoor practical classes at Malaga Jungle. After many years of experience in holding outdoor practical classes, Malaga Jungle has absolutely no threats from wild beasts. Malaga Jungle's biggest threat to the new elves is the snakes, ants, poisonous insects in the jungle, and the changeable and harsh environment and climate in the jungle, but this time we encountered unprecedented problems."

"The check-in point located in the northwest corner of the jungle was besieged by a group of slave traders. Our instructor stationed at the check-in point was killed by these slave traders on the spot. The freshmen who rushed to the check-in point to complete the course tasks failed to escape the hands of this group of slave traders. A total of seventeen college freshmen were robbed by them."

"If their case hadn't been exposed midway, I think they would have captured more young elves than this. Therefore, I think the faults committed by this group of slave traders on the Elf Continent are unforgivable. I applied to Elder Council to severely sentence these slave traders and confiscate all their property. I hope that they will be thrown into a mine that will never see the light of day. The sentence will be death and they will not appear in a sunny place."

The dean spoke eloquently, and his voice rose in the last sentence, exaggerating the emotions in his heart to the extreme.

After he said this, he immediately stirred up all the elves in the trial center to raise their right hands and shouted angrily at the group of slave traders on the trial stage:

"Sentence them severely..."

"Heavy sentence... heavy sentence... heavy sentence!"

The presiding judge waited for everyone to vent their anger and the surrounding voices to recover, then raised his hands to signal everyone to be quiet.

Shuteng supported the chief judge and looked around the courtroom before everyone became quiet.

Old Elf The presiding judge added, "The accusers of the college have clearly stated their demands, so... please ask the military representatives of the Silver Pegasus Elf Legion to accuse these intruders of their crimes."

One of the three elf military representatives sitting next to the Elf Academy teachers immediately stood up. He was wearing a straight silver armor and said to everyone:

"I am the military representative appointed by the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion. These invaders landed quietly from the northern coastline of Castleton. They first poached at the Ophelia Royal Family hunting ground. The various rare monsters in the royal hunting ground failed to satisfy this group. In response to the intruders' swollen desires, they then went into Malaga Jungle to plunder the young elves. For the evil deeds they committed, the military fully agreed with the request of the Elf Academy accusers and banished them directly to the death mines where they will never see the light of day."

Roy and Klayr are chasing in the bottom row. They are closest to the group of Slave Traders and can see them the clearest.

He counted from beginning to end, but could not see the Benjamin the Mage.

These crew members were beaten with bruises all over their bodies, and each of them had disheveled hair. It was difficult to identify them just from their appearance.

Roy could only recognize that Chieftain, who led a group of sailors ashore to stay in a hotel, was the captain of Golden Tangerine.

Roy secretly whispered to Klayr, "It seems that one is missing. I remember that the person who communicated with me was a magician named Benjamin, but now he is not among the prisoners being judged."

Klayr's eyes widened. He thought that all Slave Traders had been caught, but now it seems that is not the case.

"Could he have escaped?" Klayr responded in a low voice.

"It should be!" Roy said with some distress.

He was a magician when he ran away! At this time, Klayr, who was sitting next to him, had just come to his senses, stared at Roy and asked:

"You mean there was a magician among the escaped slave traders?"

"Yeah!"

Roy nodded in acknowledgement.

Klayr scratched his head a little and said distressedly, "That's really troublesome. We both have to be careful about that magician taking revenge in the dark..."

Old Elf After inviting a group of victim elf student witnesses to state the crimes of this group of slave traders, the presiding judge turned his attention to Klayr and Roy.

First Klayr made a statement, and then Roy:

"The following witness Roy stands up!"

The presiding judge's voice had an irresistible power. Roy stood up honestly and said, "Dear presiding judge, I am the witness Roy."

The presiding judge's eyes fell on the main Slave Traders and asked Roy: "Roy, have you seen them?"

Roy quickly replied:

"I can only confirm that the captain was sitting under the tree at the check-in point, waiting for our elf team to fall into the trap. It happened to be morning. The jungle was filled with thick fog in the morning, and the faces of other personnel could not be seen clearly."

The presiding judge nodded and asked Roy:

"Roy, do you have anything else to say?"

If not, we have to continue questioning the next witness. There are more than 20 witnesses coming to the trial this time, and the interrogation process is also quite long.

Roy immediately raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, their crimes don't stop there. In addition to robbing young elves at Malaga Jungle, Golden Tangerine docked at Castleton Harbour two months ago. It was the captain who took these slave traders off the ship and killed Half-Elf in the tavern at the end of Brown Street. Jefferson."

Roy As soon as these words came out, there was another roar all around.

Many people have known about this for a long time, so their voices are not very strong.

Roy waited for the surroundings to quiet down before saying, "In addition, I have a question to ask the captain."

The rattan basket with Old Elf planted floated in front of Roy. Seeing Roy's clear eyes, the presiding judge nodded in agreement. "Yes!"

Roy set his eyes on the soldier Chieftain. When he looked over with cold eyes, Roy said:

"Your Excellency, Captain, last time you killed Half-Elf Jefferson after Castleton Harbour docked. Do you still remember?"

There was an elf next to him who translated Elven Language of Roy into Imperial Language...

Warrior Chieftain narrowed his eyes and looked at Roy seriously. He seemed to realize something in his heart.

He looked at Roy coldly for a while, then said a string of words Imperial Language that Roy didn't understand.

The elf quickly translated his words.

"I can only say I'm sorry for the death of Jefferson. In fact, it was him who stabbed one of our companions first. We were completely out of self-protection at the time."

Surrounded by all the elves, the warrior Chieftain was actually so organized when he spoke...

It was as if there was no fear at all in him.

"Then I have another question. I hope you can answer it truthfully. I think your answer will not affect your sentence, so I am just here to seek the truth." Roy said.

After watching the elf translator translate this sentence, he quickly said, "After killing Half-Elf Jefferson, did you kill another Half-Elf named Pelius in Lower District?"

This time, soldier Chieftain pondered again for a while, and then said with great certainty:

"No! After we accidentally killed Jefferson, we returned to Golden Tangerine and left Castleton Harbour not long after."

"Your Majesty, I have no other questions."

Roy got the answer. He had an intuition that what the soldier Chieftain said should be the truth...

After some witnesses' statements, the trial finally came to an end. Everyone was whispering among themselves, and Arbitration Committee those elves.

Old Elf The chief judge raised a golden hammer and announced to everyone in the trial:

"Then... I will announce that, through the unanimous opinion of the arbitrators of the trial court, all the crew members of the Kumquat are sentenced to two hundred years in prison. The prison for serving is Parram Island Prison. The captain of the Kumquat and the thirteen main slave traders will have an additional one hundred years in prison, and they will go to the mine prison of Zijin Mining in Enochous City in the Evernight Forest to serve their sentences."

After saying that, the golden hammer fell hard on the table...