Alexei approaches and observes the injured lizardman who at his side has his steel sword broken into two parts, showing the great power that first attack contained and obviously the quality of his axe, without thinking about it he takes out two talismans from those the young master gave him.
And he waits for some subordinates to arrive, while some are cleaning and organizing the battlefield, without at any moment stopping observing the lizardman with a certain caution.
When Anders and three others arrive at his side he tells them: "We are going to capture him alive, Anders, you and Hans take him by the arms, Brie and Greta you hold him by the legs, we have to immobilize him."
Each one takes one of the chains that were given to them for cases in which they could capture lizardmen alive and they position themselves quickly in four directions, while Alexei takes momentum preparing to make a charge at the indicated moment.
Then each of the four soldiers throw their chains at the lizardman who is lying on the ground with difficulty on the ground fighting just to get up, the chains quickly wrap around the arms and legs of the lizardman and Alexei jumps forward toward the injured chest of the lizardman.
The lizardman tries to struggle to free himself, but it is impossible between the unbearable pain that paralyzes him on the ground and the chains that pull him from all sides, he can only see how Alexei's talisman touches him and when it does he feels that all his strength and cultivation disappear suddenly.
Alexei then nods and says: "His cultivation is now temporarily sealed, let's put the cuffs on him."
Alexei takes out two pairs of cuffs with intricate inscriptions shining on them, these cuffs Feicui Long originally created to arrest people in the town, but thanks to the fact that no one has overstepped they have not been necessary, but now they have another use.
Taking the arms he puts on the first pair and the inscriptions activate, then he takes the legs and puts on the other pair, immobilized the lizardman opens his reptilian mouth full of sharp teeth and says: "Disgusting Human, how dare you do this to me, kill me if you can, but do not humiliate me like this!"
Alexei with a mocking smile tells him: "No, you are useful so you are worth more alive than dead, otherwise I would have already cut off your head."
Alexei then summons a rock golem of about 3.5 meters, this rock golem shines with runes and other inscriptions, takes the lizardman and carries him on one shoulder.
The troops see this and sigh with a bit of envy, even Anders jokingly says: "Damn, Alexei what good gifts you receive from the young master, for him to give you an enhanced golem you must have fallen very well with him, what happened did you offer him your sister?"
Alexei looks at him without getting angry and tells him: "No, eventually everyone will have this, but since it is experimental, for the moment only the young master's guards and the commanders can carry the contracted creatures, besides, do you think I would be offended if the young master takes my sister as his partner?, she is already an adult, she can decide for herself."
Alexei knew that many would like to have contracted creatures, the young master's own guards have up to 10 of those creatures and even his sister Irina and those close to the young master have them, although not so many at the moment they vary between 3 to 5, he for his part barely has 3 but he told him that with time he would give him more if he showed good performance.
The young master had explained to him that for the moment it was something more experimental and that is why he did not give them to all the troops, besides that it takes time, after all it is not easy to obtain them all, in fact even close friends like Mrs. Andrea or Arianne barely obtained theirs recently.
Obviously he was not so naive, he knew that there must also be other factors such as lack of trust or concern about disloyalty, after all the regular troops were barely freed from slavery and not all can be said to be as loyal as he is.
In any case Alexei gives an order: "Alright, let's stop wasting time, we have a lot to do."
…
Alina and her group on the other hand finished installing the fragmented formations and marking them on the map and she sighs saying: "Well this is the last one in this area, let's wait for the others and we go to the next one."
Then she finally sees her beloved arrive with him comes the rock golem that the young master gave them, Alina worried thinks that they have been attacked and quickly runs toward Alexei and checks him from top to bottom to see if he is injured, when she finds nothing she then says: "Why did you take it out?"
Alexei then points at the lizardman and says: "Because I don't want to have to carry him all the way, I need to save energy and Mrs. Rock does not get tired."
Alina then sees the lizardman and remains silent, then when she is about to ask him something Alexei stops her to tell her: "Not right now dear, let's go leave this guest in a hiding place and continue with our task."
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Meanwhile in another area, Emma was holding her spear and shield, two growth-type artifacts that are the treasure of her family, her family and well, the town in general where Emma comes from is a very well-known town precisely for its worship of the emerald-golden dragon god, its patron and protector.
So she joined the temple for that reason, for her faith in her god, hoping to be able to serve the god who had done so much for them, along the way she ended up finding a second family with which she felt comfortable, especially her friends who are like her sisters, she believed that with effort and dedication she could become a great paladin of the venerable dragon and she was on her way to achieving it.
What she never imagined… To encounter her god reincarnated in a human and much less to have such a quick task in such a direct way, these months she has been preaching the word in the town and has managed to attract people to the correct path and now she was going to eliminate the threat that puts the goals of the venerable dragon in danger.
And the truth is she is proud, it is a perfect opportunity to show her faith, dedication and loyalty, who knows maybe with luck she will be rewarded by the venerable dragon and he will give her a technique and even one of those personality golems, which although they are living beings as they are elementals, that is not so bad, it is almost like having a pet for her, just that instead of a little dog, it is a creature 3.5 to 4 meters tall that defends her.
While she was thinking about that, Mila quickly speaks to her saying: "Hey Emma, look at that."
Emma immediately looks toward where Mila points and sees it, in this dense forest environment they are in and in a more or less clear zone she sees several reptilian tracks, particularly some large ones.
Emma approaches and touches them saying: "It seems they passed through here recently, I think we can follow them with this, can you take that thing out Mila to confirm?"
Mila a bit annoyed tells her: "Molly is not a thing and yes, yes I can."
Mila then takes out a medallion and placing it against her chest emits a small prayer, soon a luminous figure begins to form, going from being a ball of light to four small legs, then a large fluffy tail, then a head similar to that of a fennec.
Finally it begins to take color, its fur is a creamy beige, its adorable little paws have pads of deep black color just like its nose giving it a contrast that highlights its cuteness, the creature which has a collar adorned with precious gems lands softly on the ground and then opens its eyes revealing a beautiful violet color in them.
Mila tells her: "Molly can you tell me if the owners of these tracks are nearby."
Molly then looks at the tracks and nods her little head, but despite what one would expect, she does not approach to sniff, on the contrary her eyes light up with a violet glow even more vivid than that of her eyes and with it something impressive begins to happen in front of everyone.
The violet glow runs through the area and semi-transparent figures of a violaceous color begin to appear, the figures are all lizardmen and they were seen walking together with two giant wood-scaled lizards, there were approximately about 10 individuals and they all walked following the path to the right.
Everyone present except Emma's group were impressed, Evelyn said: "What the hell was that?"
Mila a bit embarrassed says: "Molly is a mind crystal fox, that is one of her special abilities, the mental projection…"
Evelyn amazed for the first time says: "What an amazing energetic beast, is she your accompanying beast?"
Mila shakes her head and says: "No, she is a companion that is granted to the priestesses of the temple of the emerald-golden dragon god…"
Seeing that they were going to keep talking Emma quickly interrupts them and says: "Ladies, you can keep talking about that later at the camp, for the moment we have to follow those lizards."
Emma quickly pulls Mila because she knows she gets distracted easily and gives the order to begin the hunt…