Thirteen recruited sailors and gunners from among the refugees, stepping up both training and selection. The others all helped, since they had galleons of their own.
Sixteen and Seventeen expanded their rogue units and intensified their training. Fourteen had taken a considerable number of the rogues they had trained before and refused to return them, saying they were important to his work in Booty Bay. Apparently, Boss Thirteen had also told them to carry out this expansion.
In short, the forces under the five of them were growing rapidly. Seeing this, Evil Spikes and his two companions went to Yu Lin Bloodhawk and said they wanted to become captains too. They no longer even wanted to be future chieftains; they thought captains were more impressive.
During their last negotiations in Stranglethorn Vale, the several galleons behind them, with the dark muzzles of dozens of cannons, had given their fellow trolls quite a fright. They had enjoyed quite a moment of glory themselves, and that was when the idea of becoming captains had taken root.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk considered it. Since he had plenty of ships anyway, he simply assigned all six hundred trolls to Thirteen for training. He told Thirteen to train them properly and give each battalion commander a captain's post.
With Evil Spikes and his companions gone, the armed police trolls had to fill the gap in their fighting strength. By then, the Vilebranch Trolls had signed an alliance with the elves, and the two sides were no longer enemies. Yu Lin Bloodhawk simply allowed the Troll Armed Police to expand, increasing each member's current ten subordinates to thirty. Each troll in the Military Police could also recruit ten subordinates; otherwise, there would not be enough manpower.
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