MMORPG: Divine Mech Hunter
Chapter 1027 - Chapter 1027 Chapter 1027 Incorporation

Chapter 1027: Chapter 1027: Incorporation Chapter 1027: Chapter 1027: Incorporation Li Yao did not hurry to take action, but with a simple leap, he landed not far from the side of the female pirate, and the Black Dragon Queen also transformed into her human form behind Li Yao.

After the recent period of subjugation, although Li Yao was aware that he had not yet completely subdued the Black Dragon Queen, at least outwardly, she no longer dared to act duplicitously. She was truly frightened by the treatment she had received, and as the dignified Black Dragon Queen, she had never been tormented in such a manner. The key was the Death God’s contract, which stripped her of any capital to resist; no matter how unwilling she was, she could not break free from it.

“So you were a Black Dragon; no wonder,” the female pirate exclaimed in shock as she looked at the Black Dragon Queen who had transformed into a Mage. She finally understood the nature of the Mage she was facing; the disparity between her and the Black Dragon Queen was the same as the disparity she saw between Li Yao and herself.

Li Yao was not surprised at all; the Black Dragon Queen was known as the strongest being below a True God, even deities with meager Divine Power were no match for her.

Let alone her, even Li Yao in his past life had only reached the height of a Demigod. If not for his rebirth, even Li Yao could not have defeated the Black Dragon Queen in equal conditions. It was only because of the qualitative change in his Titan’s Eye and spiritual power that he was now able to temporarily subjugate her.

“Are you, by any chance, the Black Dragon Princess Onyxia?” On the West Continent, the Black Dragon Princess Onyxia was very famous; of course, it was a notorious reputation. The Black Dragon clan had always been synonymous with arrogance and tyranny. When Black Dragon Princess Onyxia descended upon the West Continent to secure territory, she caused boundless slaughter. Anyone who mingled in the West Continent knew of the fearsome reputation of the Black Dragon Princess.

“It seems my obedient daughter does have some reputation, not tarnishing the name of the Black Dragon clan,” said the Black Dragon Queen indifferently.

“The Black Dragon Queen, Hestra,” the female pirate took a few steps back involuntarily, hearing a name of legend: “Impossible, how could the Black Dragon Queen be so weak?”

Li Yao shook his head slightly and said, “Now she is my war pet, naturally she will scale with my level.”

Not just the female pirate, everyone was flabbergasted as they looked at Li Yao, with the pirates gazing at him as if staring at a monster. Let alone a queen, no one has ever dared to make an ordinary member of the Dragon Clan into a war pet throughout history. Dragon Slayers, that’s nonsensical.

“Now, you only have two choices: fight to the end, but I will slay all of you to the last, or you order the surrender, and I guarantee not to kill them,” Li Yao said.

In truth, from the moment they tried to escape, they knew they couldn’t win, yet all their ships were locked down with nowhere to run.

However, surrendering to what they considered ‘newbies’ was simply unacceptable. But upon seeing that even the Black Dragon Queen could be commanded, along with those powerful sea monsters, the female pirate instantly put away her dagger and extended both hands.

“I surrender, I hope you will keep your promise,” said the female pirate helplessly. She didn’t have a choice; from the moment they set out, in the eye of ‘Cyclops,’ everyone else was already dead besides her Demon-Powered Battleship.

She was ordered to cause a significant blow to Starfire Harbor at any cost, even if it meant her crew laid down their lives in the process.

But these pirates were her subordinates, ones she had raised herself, so in actuality, she had already planned that if she could complete Cyclops’ task, it would be ideal; if not, she would grab a batch of goods and flee far away.

Her plans were indeed well thought out, but now she didn’t even have the right to flee. In the vast sea, without a large ship, there was no escape.

“Lay down your weapons; your leader has surrendered,”

“Drop your weapons, any resistance is now futile,”

Following their leader’s command and Starfire’s persuasion, the pirates, who had long lost their will to fight, discarded their weapons onto the ground and crouched down with their hands over their heads.

“Tie them up and take them to the prisoner of war camp in the barracks,” ordered the Unparalleled Beauty. Under her command, Starfire’s NPC soldiers swiftly moved forward to bind the pirates and led them to the docks.

Li Yao surveyed the chaos-strewn harbor and sighed, “The losses from this battle will probably exceed twenty thousand Gold Coins.”

It wasn’t just the consumption of supplies and armaments, but also ships and cargo. Even though the pirates hadn’t deliberately destroyed the port, ships had sunk under the barrage of cannon fire.

The Unparalleled Beauty rolled her eyes, “You should be content; we’ve just finished tallying the numbers. We’ve captured a total of twenty-six thousand two hundred thirty-four pirates. There are six intermediate battleships that can be used after simple repairs, and twenty-eight small warships. Not to mention the warships, just these prisoners of war–forget about twenty thousand Gold Coins, even if you were given another twenty thousand, you couldn’t buy this many soldiers.”

After about two hours of bustling around by the tens of thousands of Starfire members along with the merchants and dockworkers, the harbor was finally cleared of corpses.

The pirates suffered heavy casualties in this battle. In fact, Li Yao felt somewhat relieved that this had been just a minor pirate gang. These pirates were practically unequipped; apart from the female pirates, they were lucky to own a single quality weapon.

If they had faced a truly elite force or one of the larger pirate gangs, Starfire wouldn’t have stood a chance and would likely have been crushed outright.

But now, Starfire had captured over twenty thousand pirates–robust young adults from various races. Although each of them was brazen, cunning, and avaricious, Li Yao had plenty of ways to turn them into a regular army.

“Guard Captain, I’m giving you one month,” Li Yao said, “Train them rigorously within that time, integrate them into our ranks, and transform those deceitful pirates into the loyal soldiers of the Starfire Army. I hope you won’t disappoint me. And I don’t care about the methods; I will allow a ten percent death rate–I want results.”

“If I fail to accomplish Lord’s task, I’ll present my head to you,” said the Guard Captain, visibly trembling with excitement. Starfire was in dire need of manpower, and although he looked down on the pirates, their physical fitness was unquestionable. He knew that Li Yao was essentially asking him to brainwash them.

The disheartened female pirate suddenly lifted her head and said, “You promised me, you wouldn’t kill them.”

Li Yao shook his head, “I promised you I would train them into a regular army, nothing more. Do you think the pirates are better off than the regular soldiers of Starfire? Guard Captain, tell her about the benefits for the regular soldiers of Starfire.”

“The pay for soldiers of Starfire is one point three times that of the soldiers from the Human Kingdom, but that’s not the main thing. Soldiers of Starfire enjoy the treatment of a protector; they are allocated corresponding lands in the territory, and the tax on these lands is only half of what regular citizens pay. Soldiers who are wounded and retire receive subsidies from the territory. Those who are disabled and unable to work receive the same subsidy, with their taxes reduced to just one-fifth of the regular citizens’,” said the Guard Captain, his face breaking into a smile as he spoke of Starfire’s benefits. He had been a navy man before; only after surrendering to Starfire did he realize how much better off he was…

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