Chapter 776: Chapter 387: Endless Troubles

Even though he found it eerie, Worley eventually broke the silence and admitted, “Yes, we want to surrender.”

“Why is that?” Cao Jingshan asked directly.

Having so many people on the other side suddenly talking about surrender would make any team suspicious.

Thankfully, either they were confident or, more so, willing to seize the opportunity.

Speaking of which, although they knew that in this world one had to constantly fight to strengthen oneself, in reality, the Blue Star people truly disliked killing.

Therefore, if there was a way to resolve the situation relatively peacefully, they were absolutely willing to do so.

“You don’t trust us?” Worley couldn’t help but ask.

“If I didn’t trust you, I wouldn’t be standing here talking with you right now. I just want to know the reasons behind your surrender and, additionally, to gauge your sincerity,” Cao Jingshan said directly, “You don’t think that just because you say you want to surrender, we have no reason to accept you, right? I think if we really did that, you wouldn’t trust us either. So let’s be honest with each other and lay out our conditions. That’s the best way, don’t you think?”

Cao Jingshan’s words indeed gave Worley a bit of confidence. Indeed, that was the proper way to truly discuss matters.

“Our lord has taken our families hostage, forcing us to confront the village chief of Hope Village and disrupt your offensive rhythm. However, I learned that after a likely defeat, our lord plans to abandon Fasal Village and only intends to take a portion of the people with him. He’s even prepared to bomb the entire territory as he leaves. If he succeeds, our sacrifice would be in vain, and our families would have to be buried along with the territory. That’s why we want to surrender, hoping that you can help us save our families,” Wolf stated frankly. After all, having come this far, it made no sense not to complete the last step, so he said everything that needed to be said.

Listening to these words, Cao Jingshan’s eyes flickered. The amount of information revealed in these statements was indeed considerable.

“Did he have any specific demands when he asked you to confront our village chief?” Cao Jingshan was still concerned about this issue.

It would be no easy task to strike at their village chief with so many protections in place. Surely there was some special secret weapon?

Hearing this, Worley’s expression paused, and he instinctively glanced toward Norris. Were they supposed to hand over the weapons they held?

If they handed them over, they would be completely entrusting their fates to others.

Norris, seeing Worley’s look, nodded at him directly.

It was then Worley continued, “He gave us quite a few weapons, one of which is a kind that explodes on contact with fire. Our lord is planning to use this in Fasal Village.”

With that, Worley took out a pile of Little Black Stone and placed them in front of Cao Jingshan.

Cao Jingshan, hearing this, was startled.

Wasn’t this gunpowder?

Magic World had even come up with gunpowder?

They certainly didn’t know about this before they arrived.

To be honest, if one wasn’t prepared, it would be easy to fall for it.

“Handover all the Black Stone you have,” Cao Jingshan said directly.

Having said all that, his trust in the two men had increased considerably.

However, weapons like Black Stone were still better off in their own hands for peace of mind.

Worley and Norris both handed theirs over without hesitation. Having already gone so many steps, they weren’t going to stop just short of the last one.

After receiving them, Cao Jingshan subconsciously used his system’s Identification Skill to examine them.

After completing the identification, Cao Jingshan breathed a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, it wasn’t manmade explosives but a special type of minable ore that was processed in a peculiar way, making it particularly scarce and expensive on the market.

Such high cost ensured that there wouldn’t be a large quantity of these Black Stones.

Indeed, if there were enough of them, the lord of Fasal Village would have probably presented them earlier rather than planning to use them as a secret weapon against their village chief.

Having stored the items, Cao Jingshan looked at the two men, then said, “I have seen your sincerity. Hope Village is willing to accept your surrender. However, to avoid accidents, I would like you to announce that everyone is to refrain from using weapons at any time and avoid any unnecessary actions. I’m afraid our people might accidentally injure someone.”