Path of light

Chapter 342 343. Killing at Dawn

The gate of the fortress of the first mine was filled with elf warriors who came to see him off.

The cold mountain wind blew on my face, making it wet and cool. The hillside was covered with moss like a carpet. On the winding mountain road, the team of the logistics team stretched very long.

After entering the Pagisto Plateau, the rugged mountain road made it impossible to drive horse-drawn carriages, and the transportation teams of the logistics group were all pack teams.

The nearly three hundred private soldiers in the mine were all disarmed. They were wearing gray linen robes and were not tied with ropes.

The private soldiers were walking in a long line on the rugged mountain road. The owner of the Grantham mine was also in the team. He and the private soldiers were wearing linen robes of the same color. Their faces were dirty and they looked a little... Embarrassed.

However, in the mine, the family members of the owner of Grantham are riding on the same horse in pairs. The horses in the logistics team's pack team are all docile old horses. As long as someone leads the lead horse in front, the pack team can Able to follow one horse after another and move forward obediently.

Captain Berkeley rode at the back, turning around and waving to Captain Yalig...

Roy stood in the crowd seeing off at the gate, watching the logistics team drift away, and then turned back to the mine in the inner courtyard. He had to exchange gemstones with the prisoners and gray dwarves under the mine.

Next to the mine today, there are several boxes of ordinary fruits. These fruits are packed in wooden boxes and piled up in a big pile.

These were all transported by the logistics group from the rear. Padstow City is rich in apples, but there are none here on the Padstow Plateau.

Due to his recent outstanding performance, Roy was personally appointed as the team leader of the mine guard team by Captain Yalig. This guard team has a total of eight elf guards who are on duty alternately during the day and night.

As the leader of the mine guard team, Roy does not need to be at the mine entrance all the time.

Many times he was preparing to trade supplies in the evening.

After the private soldiers in the mine and the family members of the Grantham mine owners and the maintenance team left the mine, the fortress immediately became quiet, and the fortress was full of messy empty rooms.

Roy received a lot of supplies and stored them next to the mine.

In this way, after his underground supermarket opens, he does not need to go to Captain Yalig to sign. As long as he receives the gem mine, Roy will order people to send all the items on the list underground. There will be absolutely no Any lag.

In this kind of transaction of exchanging ore for daily necessities, Roy is talking about integrity.

As long as there are gem mines sent up, there will definitely be feedback.

Roy knew that the elven prisoners from the Evernight Forest needed fresh fruits, and he also knew that the gray dwarves were addicted to alcohol, so the big wooden box was always filled with gemstones.

In fact, because there are Silver Pegasus warriors everywhere on the Pajisto Plateau, Captain Berkeley is not worried that those plateau headhunters hiding in the dark will suddenly appear. If they really dare to run out, as long as they A magic flare was fired into the air, and soon the Silver Pegasus warriors rushed over.

However, the logistics team did not take away much spinel ore this time, and a large amount of ore was still stored in the mine's warehouse.

…

After the logistics regiment left, the battle situation of the cavalry vanguard regiment on the front line soon came.

Roy thought that after the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment arrived at the mine, the Silver Moon Elf army would attack the mine with overwhelming force, but the battle reports coming back from the front line surprised all the Elf warriors in the reconnaissance brigade.

The cavalry vanguard regiment's battle to capture the second mine did not go smoothly.

The owner of the second mine was very foresight when he built the fortress. He installed eight sky-shooting crossbows on the four corners of the wall on the top of the fortress.

It is these sky-shooting crossbows that prevent the Silver Pegasus warriors from getting close.

At the same time, the mine is built very solidly. As long as the fortress gate is closed tightly, the cavalry vanguard regiment will not be able to invade the fortress for a while.

The Cavalry Pioneer Regiment raided the second mine, carrying only a small amount of supplies.

A large amount of materials are still stored in the warehouse of the first mine. In addition, the logistics group has also sent a large amount of war supplies, which must be sent to the battlefield in time.

The mine owner of the second mine not only maintained a private army of nearly 600 elves, but also mobilized nearly 500 mixed-blood elven slaves from the mine. These armed forces guarded the city wall day and night.

Captain Hercules could only stand on the hillside and blow the cold wind...

After learning that the owner of the Grantham mine and the mine's private army had left the mine, he ordered Captain Yarig to dispatch three hundred elf warriors from the reconnaissance brigade and rush to the battlefield with a large amount of supplies.

Captain Hercules was even prepared to besiege the second mine for a long time.

At the mine fortress, Captain Hercules decided to leave a few reconnaissance teams to guard the mine.

After Captain Yalig received the order from Captain Hercules, he quickly convened a meeting with the captains of the investigation team.

"Everyone, I believe everyone already knows that our cavalry vanguard group is not going well on the battlefield ahead. The owner of the mine launched a counterattack against the cavalry vanguard group..."

"Captain Hercules hopes that we can bring these supplies to quickly reinforce the battlefield ahead."

"This matter cannot be delayed. Let's take these supplies and set off tomorrow morning for the battlefield ahead."

"Of course, more than half of the investigation teams in front of me will leave here."

"The remaining elf teams will not only guard the mine, but also maintain the normal operation of the mine. Next, I will recite the names of the captains of each team that remain."

"Captain of the Seventh Squadron...Captain of the Tenth Squadron Jones...Captain of the Fourteenth Squadron."

The elf captains whose names were called stood up one after another, with subtle bitterness on their faces.

No one wanted to stay in the mine, and they all felt that it would be the best job to follow Captain Yalig to the battlefield.

However, Captain Yalig stepped forward and comforted each of the investigation team captains who had stepped forward.

"The rest of the investigation team will prepare today. We will leave the mine tomorrow morning." Captain Yalig ordered in the room.

The captains whose names were called all sighed, while those who followed Captain Yalig to the front line smiled happily...

For a moment, Captain Yalig's room was filled with mixed emotions.

Captain Jones was speechless. This kind of duty matter actually fell on him again.

"I have also done some investigation this time. I hope you will all do your part to protect this mine..." Captain Yalig said.

Several captains responded quickly: "I understand, captain."

…

Hearing that among the several investigation teams left behind was the 10th Investigation Team, Roy stayed by the mine with peace of mind and did not pack his luggage.

This was the fifth time that Roy used a cantilever to pull a wooden box out of the mine. The wooden box was very heavy and filled with spinel ores of different qualities.

According to the exchange details, Roy packed the fruits and ale into wooden boxes, and then put the wooden boxes into the mine.

A cry of ghosts and howls came from the well again...

It got dark quickly. Roy stored these gemstones in the warehouse and then returned to the workshop to rest.

Captain Yalig took away half of the reconnaissance team early the next morning, and also took away a large amount of military supplies.

Roy followed Captain Jones to see off the reconnaissance team.

Then he stood at the gate of the city and looked up at the mining fortress that was nearly seven stories high. The raised rocks on the wall surface looked very neat, and the entire fortress was like a large square chimney.

This fortress is very strong, so Captain Hercules will mobilize a group of elven warriors from the mine...

"Roy, do you think those plateau headhunters will show up?" Lambo leaned into Roy's ear and asked in a low voice.

"Probably not!"

In fact, when answering this sentence, Roy was also comforting himself.

This place has almost become an empty city...

If a large number of plateau headhunters suddenly appeared outside the mine, Roy knew that they alone would never be able to stop them.

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The logistics group is about to arrive at the valley camp. Captain Berkeley plans to repair it in the valley camp before regrouping with the owner of the Grantham Mine and his family and taking them away from the Pagisto Plateau.

These private soldiers from the mines walked to the valley camp, so the team moved very slowly.

The distance from the valley camp to the first mine is neither far nor close. If you ride a horse, it only takes half a day, but if you walk on two legs, it may take four or five days.

And along the way, the private soldiers in the mine were exhausted...

The mountain wind is howling, and it is the moment before dawn. The elf warriors in the tent are sleeping soundly. The elf warriors on guard posts around them are also wearing thick cloaks and curling up together to keep warm. Everyone is a little drowsy. sleep.

They simply didn't notice the black mass of plateau headhunters appearing on the distant horizon.

They just walked out of the mountains.

All the headhunters quietly approached the temporary camp of the logistics group. Those headhunters were agile and would soon reach the camp.

The headhunters wore leather armor and boots and had short blades on their waists.

Two headhunters were lying behind a stone. One of them held a long bow in his hand, squinting his eyes slightly and aiming at the elf warriors of the logistics group fifty meters away.

The elf warrior knew nothing of the imminent danger.

The faces of these headhunters were all coated with a layer of pot ash, and even their teeth were coated with a layer of ash.

The headhunters searched around the camp one after another and quietly eliminated the elf warriors at the three hunting posts along the way. Almost all of these elf warriors died in the hands of a headhunter. In the darkness before dawn, he looked like There was a shadow that kept moving forward. Wherever it went, the elven warriors had their throats cut with daggers.

There is no sound.

One of his hands was always covering the mouths of the elf warriors. He lay on the ground, holding the elf warriors tightly, and cut their throats with a dagger until the blood flowed out.

It wasn't until they rushed to the edge of the temporary camp that the headhunters rushed out like cheetahs.

They rushed into the tent set up by the elf warriors one after another, and stabbed the sleeping elf warrior with their long swords...

For a time, screams could be heard one after another.

The camp suddenly became chaotic.

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In the past two days, Captain Berkeley has always had a bad feeling.

He would feel like something was staring at him for no reason, but every time he looked around, he couldn't find the eyes behind him.

So recently, he hasn't been sleeping so well.

Just as he was lying in the tent and sleeping, he suddenly woke up from his nightmare. Then he sat up sweating profusely. Through the gap in the tent curtain, he found that it was still dark outside, so he crawled out of his sleeping bag. .

When camping in the wild, he rarely takes off his leather armor.

The long sword stood next to the tent. He grabbed it in his hand and got out of the tent.

The lights and shadows in his eyes looked like individual cheetahs, but Captain Berkeley knew how could there be so many cheetahs on the plateau?

Even if there were... they would not attack the camp at this time.

Captain Berkeley had realized that something was wrong. He grabbed the copper whistle hanging around his neck, put it in his mouth and blew it with all his strength...

'Hiss, hiss...'

That high-pitched, piercing sound cut across the pre-dawn night sky.

At this time, the headhunters were already rushing towards the tents in the camp. At the same time, countless elven warriors from the logistics group woke up from their sleep. Everyone did not take off their leather armor, grabbed the long swords beside them, got out of the tents and started fighting. Those plateau headhunters strangled together.

The moves of both sides were not fancy at all. Everyone was fighting for their lives. The sword blades were stabbing at the vital points, and there was absolutely no mercy at all.

The sudden fighting threw the camp into chaos.

…

The Grantham mine owner opened his eyes and heard the chaotic fighting outside.

The two mixed-blood elf warriors beside him were the best warriors in the mine's private army, and they had been guarding him these past few nights.