Path of light

Chapter 351 352. The Count’s Visit

The reconnaissance team was stationed at the mine fort for nearly a week.

Captain Yalig received a transfer order and hurried back to the valley camp.

He has to write a work report to the military department, and he also has to explain the reasons for the defeat of this battle to the Silver Pegasus Legion's Military Justice Department.

The Cavalry Pioneer Regiment has withdrawn from the front line of the battlefield to the valley camp. Captain Hercules needs to return to Padstow City immediately to accept the ruling of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion's Justice Department.

The two investigators agreed that Captain Hercules was to blame for the defeat of the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment.

The fighting on this side of the battlefield also came to a standstill.

Only Captain Helekhs led his Silver Pegasus Horse Regiment to search for plateau headhunters in this plateau.

Listening to these Silver Pegasus warriors, they have driven the plateau headhunters to the depths of the plateau...

At the same time, the Silver Pegasus warriors discovered three mines on the two mountain ridges where they intersect:

The spinel mine that Roy is responsible for managing is the first, and the mine that the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment has been unable to conquer for a long time is the second. Follow the direction of the second mine and continue to explore northwest, and you will see The third mine.

At present, all fighting on the plateau has stopped, and the reconnaissance brigade has been staying at the mine because there is simply no suitable manpower available at the mine.

It has been about five days since Lambeau returned to the gathering place. Roy has not received any news yet and does not know what the progress is on his side.

During this time, Roy has gradually begun to take over the mine... It is impossible not to take over the mine. The entire mine lacks managers, and now Roy can only bite the bullet and go ahead.

There was no way, Captain Yalig of the reconnaissance brigade was called to the valley camp, and now the reconnaissance brigade was in disarray.

Roy takes some time every day to lead a team of elf warriors to wash away the blood stains on the city wall. Although the blood stains have dried and even seeped into the walls and rocks, Roy plans to clean the city wall.

At the same time, he also planned to remove hundreds of iron drills inserted into the holes on the outside of the rock wall. Since almost all the soldiers stationed here in the mine were soldiers from the reconnaissance brigade, and Captain Yalig was no longer here, Roy simply These elf warriors cannot be moved.

In fact, the mine fortress is quite large. The entire fortress is a six-story square building. The main body of the fortress is closely connected to the stone wall.

The first floor of the fortress is a warehouse, the second floor is the residential area for the private troops in the mine, the third to fifth floors are where the families of the Grantham mine owners live, and the sixth floor is the city wall... The battle on that strip was too fierce. Yes, even though the top of the city wall has been cleaned several times, the blood stains on the stones still cannot be washed away.

Many places on the city wall are in tatters, and some broken wall stacks have not had time to be repaired.

Later, Roy also heard the latest news: the main force of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion will arrive at the valley camp in the next two days.

In fact, Roy did not expect that Earl Swinburne would mobilize the main force of the Silver Pegasus Legion. If Captain Hercules' cavalry vanguard regiment is used well, the three nearby mines can definitely be recovered.

However, the soldiers of the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment suffered consecutive defeats and their morale was very low. They could only reorganize in the valley camp.

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Roy led several elf warriors to repair some incomplete wall stacks on the top of the city wall. He needed to use some stones to build a new wall stack.

There is a shortage of everything here in the mine, except for stones, so the repair work on the city wall has been going smoothly these days.

Roy also cleaned up the large pile of gemstones at the gate of the fortress. After being burned by fire oil, many cracks appeared on the surface of these gemstones.

If these cracks extend all the way to the core of the gemstone, then the whole pile of gemstones will have no value.

He casually built a gem that was burnt white and full of cracks. Roy took the sacred scepter and knocked it. The skin of the stone outside the gem mine peeled off instantly. Although the gems inside were a little changed, But there was no sign of cracking.

Roy quickly tried to open a few more gem mines. Sure enough, in the past, these magic crystals needed to be carefully polished before the gems could be stripped out.

Now, if you knock it a few times, the gem mine will look like a crispy walnut. If you peel it a few times, the spinel inside will fall out...

Such a large pile of abandoned gem mines seems to have some value now.

Just as Roy was peeling off the skin of the gem ore, thousands of Silver Pegasus warriors suddenly appeared in the distant sky. At first Roy thought it was the Silver Pegasus regiment of Captain Helekhs who had returned. Later, the more I looked at it, the more wrong it became. The Silver Pegasus regiment led by Captain Herlekhs did not have so many Silver Pegasus warriors.

Many elven warriors also realized this, and then there was a cheer in the castle.

Everyone crowded onto the city wall and looked at the Silver Pegasus warriors in the distance...

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This is indeed the main force of the Silver Pegasus Legion. The Silver Pegasus warriors are like a dark cloud, with so many that they cannot be counted...

These silver Pegasus flew very fast in the sky, and within a short time they arrived at the mine fortress.

The sky of the fortress was completely surrounded by uniform Silver Pegasus warriors. These Silver Pegasus warriors wore mithril armor and looked very well-equipped.

A silver pegasus landed on the city wall...

Earl Swinburne actually wore silver armor and jumped off the horse.

He stood on the city wall and looked around, without a trace of a smile on his face. He held his shoulder with one hand and walked silently for a few steps at the top of the city, carefully looking at the fortress in front of him.

Then, he shouted loudly to the elf warriors standing around and watching:

"Roy! Is Roy in the crowd?"

Roy quickly squeezed out of the crowd, saluted Earl Swinburne, and then said:

"My Lord Earl, why are you here?"

Earl Swinburne turned his head and glanced at the Silver Pegasus Legion behind him, and said to Roy:

"When I heard about the defeat in the battle on the Pagisto Plateau, I transferred a Silver Pegasus army from the Queen Egwene Islands overnight. This time I also wanted to come over and see what kind of opponent they were. We have to bring a main force here!"

It can be seen that Earl Swinburne has a lot of dissatisfaction in his heart. Even if the cavalry vanguard group is not making good progress on the Pagisto Plateau, Earl Swinburne has sent a silver force with three hundred Silver Pegasus warriors. The Pegasus Regiment, faced with a mine, was helpless...

Not only that, the mine fortress and logistics regiment were also attacked by plateau headhunters, which was a bit outrageous.

Judging from the troops deployed by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion on the Pagisto Plateau, this kind of thing should never happen...

Earl Swinburne patted Roy on the shoulder and said to him: "Come on, Roy, take me around the mine. I want to see what is going on in the mine on the plateau!"

Roy quickly led the way. He first took Earl Swinburne around the city wall.

This place is located on the north slope of the mountain, so you can only see the vast wilderness to the north, and the south is blocked by the ridge. You can only see two winding mountain ridges extending to the left and right...

Earl Swinburne touched the rocks of the fortress with his hand, frowned and said nothing. When he walked down the city wall, his eyes passed over the arrow tower in the corner.

The elven warriors all around saluted Earl Swinburne...

The Silver Pegasus warriors lingered in the sky for a few times before landing around the fortress.

Roy led Earl Swinburne down the city wall. In fact, there was nothing to introduce to the mine owner's inner house. The Silver Moon elves heartily rejected any building other than the tree house.

Walking to the second floor of the fortress, Earl Swinburne went to check out the dormitories of the elf warriors. He found that the environment here was not bad, and his expression softened...

Then he went to see the material supply warehouse, which was very rich in daily necessities.

When introducing these supplies, Roy also mentioned the ale in the warehouse. It was with this ale that Roy could trade with the gray dwarves in the mine.

Earl Swinburne laughed and said: "Berkeley is a very careful person. Sometimes the supplies he plans are too bloated. Many supplies are not used until the end of the war. This is a bit of a waste..."

Lord Swinburne spoke favorably of Captain Berkeley.

Earl Swinburne and Roy came to the restaurant on the second floor. There was not much food to prepare in the restaurant. Apples, oranges, and breadfruit were all neatly placed in wooden boxes. When the elf warriors ate, they took them out directly from the boxes. Just give it to everyone.

Earl Swinburne sat at the end of a long row of dining tables in the restaurant, and asked Roy to sit down next to him.

The adjutant beside the Earl brought two cups of lemon tea and placed them in front of Earl Swinburne and Roy respectively, and then withdrew.

There were only two people in the entire restaurant, Earl Swinburne and Roy, and Earl Swinburne's adjutant was guarding the door of the restaurant.

Earl Swinburne tapped the table with his fingers and said to Roy:

"Do you know? I didn't expect to use the Silver Pegasus Legion to capture the Pagisto Plateau. Now the situation on Queen Igweni Island is also very chaotic. I will mobilize the Silver Pegasus Legion to do the cleanup work there. It will be delayed..."

Roy was a little confused as to why Earl Swinburne told him this military news. Could it be that after he heard it, he would be killed and silenced?

"I am very dissatisfied with the war on the Pagisto Plateau..." Earl Swinburne emphasized.

Then he asked Roy: "Roy, if you were the military commander of the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment, what would you choose to do?"

Roy thought about Captain Hercules and then glanced at Earl Swinburne. His eyes were shining with clear light...

If I was perfunctory, I might be implicated, so I thought for a while before saying:

"If it were me, I would probably ignore these mine owners. They are willing to treat the mine as a turtle shell... huddle inside, so just let them hide inside. Anyway, they have no means of attack. I will immediately Pursue the headhunters on the plateau and put enough pressure on them. Our cavalry should have an absolute advantage when fighting head-on with the headhunters on the plateau. When these headhunters on the plateau are completely defeated, we can turn around and slowly deal with these mine owners. By then... we may not even need to take action."

Earl Swinburne's eyes were piercing and he said to the adjutant standing at the door of the restaurant:

"How's it going? What am I talking about? Not every Silver Moon Elf is that pedantic!"

Of course, the adjutant also wanted to praise Roy a few words.

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Earl Swinburne asked Roy again: "How is the situation at the mine recently?"

Roy quickly said: "The mine is still operating normally. I can manage it for a while. When I figure out some things about the mine, I want to hand over the mine. You must be ready to manage it." Only then can someone take over!"

Earl Swinburne shook his head slightly and said: "The Silver Moon elves in the legion are very reluctant to manage the mine. No one is willing to manage this mine for the time being."

"If there is no suitable candidate, I would like to mention to you that you can let the mixed-blood elves on the plateau try to manage this place. Originally, they were squeezed by these mine owners and even captured them into the mines, so they and these mine owners There's a lot of hatred, and they need legion support," Roy said. "You can work with them."

Earl Swinburne thought seriously for a moment, nodded slightly, and said:

"This is a good idea, but... I don't just want one mine, I want all the mines on the plateau!"

"This should be no problem. I will slowly let them learn to manage this mine, and then apply the management model here to manage other mines..." Roy said.

Earl Swinburne was a little moved by what he said, but he still said:

"Roy, have you ever thought about coming out of the Elf Academy to help me?"

Roy did not expect that Earl Swinburne would send such an invitation to him.

Seeing that Roy didn't respond, Earl Swinburne asked him: "Do you know who is the largest island gang in the Endless Sea?"

Roy guessed: "It can't be the Naga Sea Clan, right?"

Earl Swinburne shook his head and said: "It's the gray dwarves. They occupied many islands on the edge of the Endless Sea, and then plundered all the resources around the islands and hid them underground. Therefore, they are the most troublesome pirate group for the Silver Pegasus Legion."

"Currently, traces of gray dwarf pirates have been found on some reefs around the Queen Egwene Islands. The Silver Pegasus Legion is going around there to eliminate these gray dwarf pirates!"

Roy did not hesitate and readily agreed:

"Okay! I am willing to join the Silver Pegasus Legion. I happened to study navigation at the Elf Academy, but...if a half-elf mixes into the Silver Pegasus Legion, is this really suitable?"

Earl Swinburne laughed and said: "You can form a supernumerary battle group. I hope it is the kind of battle group that can not only fight at sea but also land on islands."

"What kind of Marines are you talking about?"

"That's pretty much it." Earl Swinburne was still thinking about Roy's words.

Roy asked again: "Do you want me to recruit warriors from the mixed elves... to expand this battle group?"

Earl Swinburne nodded: "And the military expenses come from the mines on the Pagisto Plateau, so the more income here, the more military expenses you can get."

"You think I can do it?"

"At least I see hope in you, and it's worth investing in you!" Earl Swinburne said with certainty.

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