Path of light

Chapter 362 363. Initiative

It took more than six hundred mixed-blood elves a whole day to arrive at the mine fortress.

This mine fortress is large enough and has enough dormitory rooms, and it can easily accommodate more than 600 mixed elves.

Their physical condition is very poor, they have been in a state of malnutrition for a long time, and they have been in dark mines underground for a long time, and their eyes have adapted to the dark environment.

When they came out of the mine, all the mixed-blood elves had linen strips covering their eyes. It was not until night that Roy allowed everyone to untie the strips...

The first thing a mixed-blood elf does after arriving on the ground is naturally to fill his stomach.

Since apples and breadfruit are easy to store and transport, almost all of them are stored in the warehouse of the second mine.

Hundreds of mixed-blood elves sat in the restaurant and gnawed on apples. They seemed to be able to swallow even the plate, which stunned a group of Silver Moon Elf warriors who were watching.

Almost every half-blood elf mining slave was skinny and skinny, and they were dirty, with only a piece of rag covering their bodies.

The half-blood elves who had eaten all walked into the shower room in the mine. They were brushed vigorously from head to toe with bristle brushes to clean all the dead skin on their bodies and the dirt under their fingernails, and then changed their clothes. Wearing a long linen robe, lying on a dry and soft single bed, there is a smell of lavender in the air.

These mixed-blood elves have been through a lot in the past two days. They were first frightened, then surprised, and frightened again. Their mood changed from trembling and trembling to excitement. They had to wait in line in the mine to be hoisted to the ground, eat, take a bath, etc. He lay down on the soft bed, relaxed his tense spirit, and soon fell asleep.

These dormitories were originally dormitories for the private army in the mine. Each dormitory has six bunk beds, and one room can accommodate a small team.

Mu Lin arranged these mixed elves and stood in the corridor, holding the railing with both hands. She happened to see Roy holding the 'Book of Judgment' and sitting next to the edge of the well, writing and drawing there.

If Roy hadn't suggested taking a look in the mine, I don't know how long the suffering of these mixed elves would have lasted.

She held the hilt of the sword hanging at her waist with one hand, a ray of morning breeze blew on her face, and her broken hair flew in the wind...

…

The dazzling sunlight shines into the dormitory, and some mixed elves are wrapped in blankets and sleeping soundly on the bed.

There were also some mixed-blood elves who had woken up from sleep. Everyone walked out of the room and ran to the courtyard to look at the mining fortress.

Not long after, many mixed-blood elves began to become a little worried...

Among this group of mixed-blood elves, several highly respected elders stood up together. They asked Mulin about the current situation on the Pagisto Plateau and studied what to do next!

The problem this group of mixed-blood elves are currently facing is: How will they live after they get out of the mine?

According to Mu Lin's idea, these mixed elves can go to the gathering place of the resistance army.

However, life at the gathering place is not easy at the moment.

Mixed-blood elves from the entire plateau are constantly gathering there. The fruit trees and berry bushes near the gathering place are harvested by the elves almost every few days. It is getting harder and harder to find food for the elves in the mountains.

Although the headhunters in the southern area of ​​Pagisto Plateau have been driven to the hinterland of the plateau by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion, the mixed elves still dare not return home.

Captain Kepler’s suggestion is that these mixed elves can follow the Silver Pegasus Legion’s logistics force back to Padstow City…

This road is too far, and the mixed elf's current physical condition makes it impossible to walk that far.

Roy put down the sheepskin picture album he was holding in his arms and tapped his fingers on the tabletop, causing a series of rhythmic clicking sounds.

Mulin, Captain Kepler and several mixed-blood elf elders all set their sights on Roy.

Roy put down the parchment album in his hand and suggested casually:

"Otherwise, we can live in the mine fortress for a while first, and then we can decide whether to stay or not after we have recovered our health!"

"This won't work. There are quotas for the materials shipped by the logistics team to the mine. How can we feed so many mixed elves?" Captain Kepler immediately objected.

Roy knew that Captain Kepler did not want these mixed elves to live in the mine.

His guard group is currently responsible for guarding the mine. Once this group of mixed-blood elves settle down, security issues will follow...

Roy smiled slightly and said:

"Earl Swinburne promised me that during my management of these mines, the Logistics Department will provide material support for the mines."

"..."

Captain Kepler made no further objection.

Roy clapped his hands, looked at Mu Lin, and turned to make a promise to several mixed-blood elf elders:

"Okay, it's decided. These mixed elves will live in the mine for the time being. Of course, I won't keep them if they want to leave. In short, they are free now."

Several mixed-blood elf elders communicated with each other in private and then agreed.

…

In the past two days, more than a hundred Dark Moon Elf prisoners were mining gemstones in the mine, so that the output of gemstones dropped sharply every day...

The mixed-blood elves settled in the mine fortress. After eating every day, apart from walking in the courtyard, they would bask in the sun on the city wall.

Roy squats next to the mine every day and studies the boom...

In addition, he also sent several Dark Moon Elves to investigate the situation of the gray dwarves.

What can those Dark Moon Elf prisoners do? The group of gray dwarf bandits hiding deep in the caves are really good at mining.

"Lord Roy..."

A voice reached Roy's ears. Roy raised his head and realized that it was two mixed elves. They both had expressions on their faces that were hesitant to speak.

"What do you want from me?" Roy put down the drawing book in his hand and stood up and asked.

Only then did Roy recognize that they should be two of the mixed-blood elf elders at the previous meeting.

Roy invited them to sit down on a bench at the edge of the courtyard.

One of the mixed-blood elf elders said:

"Lord Roy, we have witnessed with our own eyes the past two days, because you rescued us from the mine, resulting in a sharp reduction in the output of the mine's gem mine.

And it's unfair for us, homeless mixed-race elves, to live in your house and eat food provided by you.

So we gathered all the mixed-blood elves and sat down to discuss it. We volunteered to organize a team of strong elves to go down to the mine every day to mine the gemstones in the mine.

No one is more familiar with the mines here than us, and this time we evacuated the mines relatively suddenly. The gemstones in many mines have not been dug out yet, and are even half-exposed on the stone walls. We should remove these gemstones. Got it back. "

Roy didn't expect these mixed elves to make such a decision...

"Your physical condition...are you sure it's okay?" Roy asked hesitantly.

Then he said lightly: "Actually, you don't have to worry too much when you live here. I only provide some food. There are orchards everywhere in the suburbs of Padstow City. These fruits are actually not worth it." No money, it’s just a little troublesome to transport it.”

The mixed-blood elf elder looked at Roy firmly:

"We will select young and strong elves to go down the well."

Roy looked at the two of them as if they were being polite to him. He hesitated for a moment before agreeing: "...Okay, then you can count the numbers and come to me."

"In addition, this crane is too old. I have recently limited the number of divine descendings per day, so the number of miners you provide should not exceed forty!"

Roy added one final sentence.

Mu Lin, who was sitting on the bench in the corridor on the second floor, saw this scene and couldn't understand why Roy wanted to limit the number of miners...

‘What a special half-elf. No wonder Uncle Lysander and Rambo have always been full of praise for him. ’ Mu Lin thought silently in her heart.

In fact, what Roy said is completely true...

This simple crane usually lifts wooden boxes to transport some food and ore, and only goes up and down twice a day. This old crane can barely be used, but it was lifted out of the bottom of the well six times a few days ago. After more than a hundred mixed-blood elf mine slaves were employed, the problems with this crane continued to emerge. In short, this crane was too old.

In the past two days, he has been wanting to refer to the original boom and build a new boom based on it, preferably with a mechanical pulley block, and the winch should also be replaced with a transmission structure like a worm gear to stop the return. But this thing seems to be very troublesome to build.

Roy's ideas currently only exist on drawings.

…

I don’t know how these two mixed-blood elf elders relayed it, making going down the mine every day to dig like a glorious task.

A group of young mixed-race elves rushed to sign up to go down the well. In the end, forty young mixed-race elves who were more than 100 meters tall had to be selected, and then divided into four waves to go down the well one after another.

Roy, who was asked to study the crane at the edge of the mine, couldn't help complaining in his mind: 'These mixed-blood elves may be the fate of mining underground...'

On the first day of mining, Roy found that the situation was even better than expected.

Forty mixed-blood elves dug out more gem mines in one day underground than more than a hundred Dark Moon elves dug out.

After they returned to the surface with the gem mine on their backs, Roy arranged for a Silver Moon Elf scribe to record the names of each young miner on paper.

Some mixed-blood elves asked with puzzled faces:

"What is this?"

The clerk glanced at Roy, who was squatting next to the mine, and replied in a low voice: "It was arranged by Lord Roy. Let me record the working hours for you."

The mixed elves looked confused: "What are working hours?"

The clerk lowered his voice: "It's the time you work underground, and you can receive Kohler based on these."

The mixed elves finally understood: "In other words, when we go down to mine, Master Roy is actually paying us back wages?"

The secretary nodded: "That's it..."

"Wow!"

A group of mixed-blood elves couldn't help but shout, it turns out there is such a good thing.

…

News came from the Dark Moon Elves in the mines. They had clearly investigated the cave where the gray dwarves were hiding.

Roy put the letter on the table, closed his eyes, and thought carefully about countermeasures.

It may be easy to wipe out all the gray dwarves, but it may not be so easy to get those gray dwarves to crawl out from the depths of the cave and mine obediently.

Especially deep in the underground caves, those gray dwarf bandits have been operating for who knows how long. With the ability of the dwarf craftsmen, it is very likely that they will build a bunker underground.

But if these gray dwarves are abandoned, the second mine will soon face the dilemma of having no one to mine...

Roy has been thinking about countermeasures these days.

Now that the gray dwarves' hiding place has been found, they have to give it a try no matter what.

Someone knocked on the door outside, and Roy shouted: "Please come in..."

The door was pushed open from the outside, and Captain Kepler and Mulin walked into the room one after another.

Roy motioned to the two of them to sit down. He pushed the letter on the table to Captain Kepler. Captain Kepler leaned forward, took the letter in his hand, and read it quickly.

"Are you planning to take action against those gray dwarves?" Captain Kepler asked, looking at the detailed information on the letter.

Roy nodded and said to Captain Kepler:

"This time I want those gray dwarves to crawl out from the depths of the cave to dig and work."

He didn't show any surprise, obviously he had expected that Roy would touch the gray dwarves under the mine.

Captain Kepler was also quite positive this time: "How many Silver Moon Elf warriors do you need from me?"

Roy shook his head and said casually:

"No need for the moment, I want those Dark Moon elves to give it a try..."

"Then when we go down the well, I will go down with you..." Captain Kepler continued.

Roy shook his head again and said: "I came to you this time just to ask you to help me keep an eye on the mine while I'm down there!"

Then Roy turned his face to Mu Lin and said to her: "Go down the mine this time, Mu Lin. Come down with me. This time we will take the Dark Moon Elves with us to see if we can get the gray dwarves out of the mine." Please come out of the cave..."

"OK!"

Mu Lin's answers were always so straightforward.

…

The next day, Roy took Mu Lin with him and followed a group of mixed elf miners on a lifting wooden box and came underground again.

These mixed-blood elven miners had already determined the mine before going down the mine. As soon as the wooden box landed, these mixed-blood elven miners quickly got into the mine.

"I've rarely seen elves be so active in their work..."

Mu Lin stood behind these mixed elf miners and couldn't help but complain to Roy.

Roy smiled and said nothing, then took a few steps and ordered a Dark Moon Elf guarding the shaft mine: "Gather all the Dark Moon Elfs, we are going to visit these gray dwarves today. . No matter what, I want to see how well they live in the mine."

The Dark Moon Elf did not dare to hesitate and quickly went to inform other companions.