"Your Highness! The twenty thousand slaves who surrendered wish to see you."
Bai Qi had just finished reporting all the information, and Zhao Fu was deep in thought when Duo Ke came to report, interrupting his thoughts.
Hearing this, Zhao Fu nodded. Duo Ke then brought over thirty people before him, half Kobolds and half Goblins.
The Kobolds were led by a middle-aged Kobold, while the Goblins were led by a young Goblin. They had all been minor leaders before. Stepping forward, they respectfully knelt before Zhao Fu. "Many thanks to Your Highness for saving us!"
Seeing this, Zhao Fu was fairly satisfied and revealed a faint smile. "Rise! Now that you have pledged yourselves to my Great Qin, I will certainly grant you stable lives. You are no longer slaves; you are officially citizens of Great Qin."
Hearing Zhao Fu's reply, the Kobolds and Goblins all let out sighs of relief. They had feared Zhao Fu would enslave them as the Orcs had, and they had also witnessed the Great Qin Soldiers' combat strength. Not one of them was weaker than an Orc; if they truly wanted to resist, they would not be able to.
Now that they had heard Zhao Fu would not enslave them and would instead make them official members of Great Qin, their hearts finally settled, and they immediately showered Zhao Fu with thanks.
Zhao Fu first had them leave, then came before a vast open area. Below, Orcs bound with ropes one after another had already regained consciousness. Their expressions varied—panic, fear, hatred, and fury.
Their bodies were still quite weak because Bai Qi had only given them a little antidote rather than fully detoxifying them, in case anything unexpected happened.
Standing before the Orcs, Zhao Fu shouted in the Orc language, "Your Orc