After finding their companions, Guilliman and the others began to return to the Blackhawk.
Having a large, clanking Forest Troll following behind was indeed a peculiar experience.
Especially for Witchers.
They were renowned monster slayers, yet they had to cooperate with the simple-minded trolls to fight enemies. It was quite amusing to think about.
Priscilla was clearly very interested in the trolls too. When walking beside Guilliman, she would often turn back to sneak glances at the big fellow named Bang Bang.
However, along the way, Guilliman suddenly noticed an interesting phenomenon.
Whenever the troll Bang Bang passed by the corpses of the fishemen they had killed...
His gaze would always linger on those bodies, especially those that had been charred by lightning or blown to pieces by bombs, emitting a strong odor.
One could even see sticky drool dripping from the troll's mouth.
Recalling the trolls' super digestive system, which could even eat stones, Guilliman suddenly had a good idea.
He turned to the troll Bang Bang and asked:
"Bang Bang, how many trolls are there in your troll tribe?"
"Among these trolls, who is the boss? Who do they all listen to?"
Hearing Guilliman's questions, the troll Bang Bang paused for a few seconds, then looked at his empty left hand, which had four fingers, but the number of fingers didn't seem to be enough.
He then casually dropped the spiked club in his right hand and held up the four fingers of his right hand, but the number still didn't seem to be enough.
Finally, the troll Bang Bang plopped down on the ground, extended his toes, and loudly declared:
"Just right... fingers, same number!"
"Bang Bang, strongest, I... am boss!"
Well, seeing the troll's amusing actions, not only did Priscilla laugh, but even the three Bear School Witchers found it quite entertaining.
Sixteen trolls?
It seemed that because there were no humans as natural predators on Black Gull Island, the trolls had indeed multiplied quite a bit. No wonder they could contend with the fishemen.
With the bone weapons of those underwater creatures, it was indeed difficult to penetrate the Forest Trolls' natural defenses, and these big fellows also had strong self-healing abilities; minor injuries simply couldn't cripple them.
However, this meant that his fantasy of a troll army was temporarily impossible to achieve.
Assembling a troll heavy-armor squad to guard Black Gull Island was still a good option.
So, Guilliman cleared his throat, attracting the troll Bang Bang's attention, then pointed at the fishemen corpses on the ground and loudly said:
"Bang Bang, do you want this fish meat?"
Fishemen, though in the eyes of humans or elves, they should be considered intelligent creatures and their corpses should not be eaten.
But for trolls, fishemen were probably no different from crabs, shellfish, or other seafood, perhaps even a bit less tasty.
Hearing the Witcher's question, Bang Bang immediately nodded vigorously, and at the same time, drool flowed from his mouth.
"Fish meat, tasty!"
"Wood, tree roots, not tasty!"
"Stewed together, tastes good!"
"Trolls, want!"
Heh! He didn't expect trolls to be gourmets, knowing that combining meat and vegetables tasted better.
But he had to admit, trolls had a really good appetite. They could eat wood, tree roots, and even rotten meat and fish were no problem for them.
Although their appetite was huge, they were indeed easy to feed.
To make the trolls willingly work for him, Guilliman loudly said to Bang Bang:
"Bang Bang, if you work for me from now on, I guarantee you'll have your fill of fish meat like this!"
"If you do very well and are obedient, I'll even give you gifts."
"Do you want clothes? Do you want iron tools? Do you want big iron pots, big spoons?"
Drawing a picture for trolls was clearly much simpler than drawing a picture for humans.
After hearing Guilliman's words, the troll Bang Bang's drool immediately increased several times over.
He stood up from the ground, looking quite animated, and loudly said:
"Full, full, full!"
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