Path of light

Chapter 388 389. Sudarso Mithril Mine

It's not quite appropriate to say that this is a castle, it's probably just a manor.

The inner courtyard of this square building is very large, with at least thirty apple trees planted in it. The surrounding shrubs and low walls form a garden. These shrubs are full of red berries. The garden also has fountains, sculptures and long trees. Corridor, it seems that the original mine owner was an elf who knew how to enjoy life.

The manor looks unremarkable from the outside.

But entering the manor, Roy felt as if he had returned to the Elf Continent.

The columns, roofs, tile eaves, and walls almost all maintain the unique architectural style of the elves, which is complex, exquisite, and luxurious, with hollow patterns and exquisite carvings everywhere.

There is a row of lounge chairs next to the fountain, and twelve water jets spray out from a row of mermaid sculptures, forming a water curtain in the fountain.

If it weren't for the chimney in the backyard that was billowing smoke, Roy would even think this was a very nice manor...

The manor is a zigzag-shaped building with three floors. The roof is not flat, but a gray spire that looks somewhat similar to Gothic style.

There are arrow towers more than 40 meters high at the four corners, and huge crossbow arms poke out from the stacks of the arrow tower walls.

Captain Blaise took Roy around the front manor first, and then took Roy to the backyard of the manor. The yard at the back was connected to Sudarso Mountain, with a ten-meter-high fence. , and there are heavily armed elf warriors patrolling back and forth. The entire backyard is a mithril mine.

The huge chimney was also in the middle of the backyard. When Roy came to the backyard, he discovered that there was a furnace built in the backyard. Molten iron was constantly flowing out of the diversion trough and poured into a square stone trough, etc. As the molten iron slowly cools and solidifies in the stone tank, you will see some silver metal full of impurities.

Of course, these silver metals cannot be considered mithril. It can be said that mithril exists in these silver metals, but only a very small part.

Working around the furnace were a group of bare-chested gray dwarves wearing leather aprons and long leather boots. These gray dwarves held long hooks in their hands and were constantly taking out the solidified metal ingots from the stone trough.

There are many gray dwarves on the other side who are constantly adding ore to the furnace...

The backyard turned out to be a complete smelting workshop.

Captain Blaise introduced to Roy:

"After the legion entered the Sudarso Mountains, they discovered this place immediately, so they directly occupied this mithril mine. The owner of the mine was killed by an arrow while escaping, so this is a fairly complete mithril mine. At that time, all the mixed-blood elf miners were still mining in the mines, and the gray dwarves were also refining mithril ore. We quickly controlled the mithril mine at that time, so until now, the mine is still operating normally."

When those gray dwarves saw Captain Blaise walking into the backyard, they seemed to be working very hard...

Roy looked at the huge furnace in the backyard, frowned and asked Captain Blaise:

"What's the current mood of this group of mixed elves and gray dwarves in the mine?"

Captain Blaise smiled faintly. He was extremely humble towards Roy and kept a certain distance:

"This mithril mine is actually divided into two parts. One part is the smelting workshop, which is mainly responsible for the gray dwarves. The other part is the mithril mine, which is mainly a group of mixed-blood elven miners digging for mithril. Ore, not only these gray dwarves, but also the half-blood elf miners in the mine know that this mine is occupied by us, but that’s all.”

"We have not dealt with or resettled these mixed elves and gray dwarves."

"After all, we have to wait for you to come and receive it. We are only responsible for taking care of this mithril mine and handing it over to you intact. Even if our mission is completed, it is your business to deal with it."

Captain Blaise's eyes fell on Roy. He knew that the half-elf was currently a popular figure around Earl Swinburne. He neither wanted to offend Roy nor had any intention of building a good relationship. Everything was on official business. Public office.

Roy discovered that the leaders of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion still had some unique acting styles.

Whether it was Captain Berkeley, Captain Kepler, or Captain Keynes, etc., they all left a deep impression on Roy.

"Thank you for your hard work," Roy said.

Captain Blaise then took Roy to the warehouse of the Mithril Mine. The warehouse here was also divided into two warehouses, the front and rear.

The warehouse in the backyard mainly stores some metal ingots, but there are no mithril ingots in the warehouse. There are some ordinary silver ingots on the shelves. These silver ingots actually only occupy half of the shelves. The rest are some lead ingots, zinc ingots, etc., these metals The ingots almost filled the entire warehouse.

Many lead weights can be found everywhere in the backyard.

Next to the furnace, the heat wave that hit his face burned Roy's face red, but the gray dwarves seemed to be used to it...

Captain Blaise took Roy out of the backyard and back to the front garden. The water vapor from the fountain immediately refreshed Roy's body and mind.

The row of rooms to the east of the front courtyard are all warehouses. Captain Blaise pointed to the first warehouse and said to Roy:

"Some of the mithril ingots stored in this warehouse have been transported out by the logistics department's team. Currently, this warehouse is still empty."

Roy said nothing.

It seemed that Captain Blaise was not prepared to guard the mithril mine during this period, so the mithril ingots smelted by the gray dwarves were left behind.

When they arrived at the second warehouse, Captain Blaise asked his men to open the door of the warehouse. It was very cool inside the warehouse. Fruits in wooden boxes were stored on the shelves, mainly apples and bread for easy storage. Fruit, and on the other side there are elf cookies, maple syrup, sun-dried lemon slices and more for easy storage.

Captain Blaise said:

"It's about ten days' journey from the valley camp, so supplies from the Logistics Department only come once a month, and the interval may be even longer, so you need to allocate supplies properly, otherwise it's very likely that they'll be returned by the Logistics Supply Team. All supplies were consumed before arriving at the mine.”

Roy looked at the supplies in this warehouse and knew that these were what Captain Blaise was going to leave for him, so he said:

"I will pay careful attention to this."

Captain Blaise breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Roy's face was calm, and he had a slight change in his view of this sensible half-elf.

So he warned Roy:

"This is located in the southern part of the Sudarso Mountains, in the hinterland of the Pagisto Plateau. Although most of the plateau headhunters have been driven back to the northern mountains of the plateau by the Silver Pegasus Legion, you need to be aware that there are still occasional headhunting teams. Come out, maybe their appearance will cause some trouble to you, but don't worry too much. There are often squads of Silver Pegasus warriors patrolling this mountainous area. If they encounter something that cannot be solved, they will try to send magic flares... "

This last sentence has no nutritional value.

If you encounter danger in the southern mountains of the Sudarso Mountains, sending a magic flare to the Silver Pegasus Legion for help... may not be as useful as praying to the Statue of Liberty.

"Okay... I hope those plateau headhunters will be smart and not come over to mess with me."

Roy muttered under his breath.

Next, Captain Blaise introduced the buildings of the Mithril Mine to Roy.

The handover of the mine went unexpectedly smoothly, and Captain Blaise walked calmly.

The guard group stayed in the Mithril Mine for one night and packed up and left early the next morning.

Before leaving, Captain Blaise also pointed out the location of the second mithril mine to Roy, just north of the Sudarso Mountains. If Roy goes to the second mine, he must go north along the Sudarso Mountains. Go, and the distance is quite far.

Roy stood on the arrow tower of the manor and watched Captain Blaise disappear in the mountains with the guard group. Then he looked back and said to Kaka beside him:

"Let's go, Kaka, accompany me to the mine behind to see those mixed-blood elf miners..."

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This mithril vein is not buried deep underground in the mountains of Sudarso. Compared with those spinel mines, these mithril ores are relatively easy to mine.

The entrance to the mine is square, and there are supports every five meters in the mine tunnel extending from the entrance to the inside.

The mine tunnel extends horizontally into the mountain. The ground of the mine tunnel is very flat, and there are even two ruts in the middle.

When Roy took Kaka into the mine, he also saw some mixed elf miners pushing out mine carts filled with mithril ore.

These ores must be placed in the stockyard, and after preliminary screening and grinding, they can be sent to the furnace for the first smelting.

In fact, Roy was quite curious about this furnace, because Roy had not heard that there were coal mines here, and there were no vast forests in the southern part of the Sudarso Mountains. Roy wanted to know how the furnace operated.

There are no Dark Moon Elves in this mine. Perhaps the owner of the mine felt that Dark Moon Elves were difficult to manage and did not buy them at all.

There are only duergar and half-blood elf miners in the mine...

Every day, the mixed-blood elf miners transport the mined ore and place it in the huge yard at the entrance of the mine. The gray dwarves then throw the screened and ground mineral materials into the furnace and smelt them into metal ingots full of slag. This metal ingot There are many impurities.

After two refinings, zinc and lead are basically separated, and silver ingots containing mithril can be obtained.

This kind of silver ingot can also be regarded as magic metal, but it is not pure mithril, and the mithril mine in this mine is poor ore. It takes a cart of ore to smelt out a thumb-sized silver nugget, and a basket of mithril nuggets can be smelted. After refining and purifying, you can get a mithril ingot of the lowest quality.

How much does a piece of mithril cost?

So Roy knew that this place was far less profitable than the spinel mine.

The mixed-blood elf miners mined ores in the mines, which exerted a lot of physical energy every day. However, Roy entered the mine and found that although these mixed-blood elf miners looked a little dirty, they were not as thin as the miners in the spinel mine. Only the skin and bones are left.

The mixed-blood elven miners here are still very strong, and their hands have a thick layer of calluses, and their arms are thicker than ordinary mixed-blood elves. It is obvious that their strength has increased significantly in the mine.

When the mixed-blood elf miners saw some mixed-blood elf warriors following Roy, they stopped the mine cart and asked them curiously:

"Are you soldiers in the Silver Moon Elf army?"

Kaka immediately jumped out, pointed at Roy and introduced:

"This is Roy, the new mine owner here. He is the mine owner officially appointed by the Silver Pegasus Legion. He is responsible for managing this mine. At the same time, he is also here to rescue you."

Several mixed-blood elf miners stared at Roy and Kaka with wide eyes, and asked in confusion: "Rescue us?"

"Yes, were you captured by slave traders and plateau headhunters?"

Kaka is a mixed-blood elf. He chats with these mixed-blood elf miners and gains their trust more easily.

One of the mixed-blood elves immediately said:

"That's true. The owner of the mine spent a lot of his savings to buy us, but he also promised us that as long as we earn back the money he spent, we can redeem ourselves. Each of us is worth Mithril that weighs as much as your body.”

Kaka blinked and asked him again:

"So among the mixed-blood elf miners in the mine, who has dug enough mithril ore and redeemed himself?"

"Not yet!" The mixed-blood elf miner said awkwardly.

At this time, a mine cart from behind had already pushed over. Seeing that the mine cart in front was blocked in the mine, it stopped.

Kaka walked over, patted the half-blood elf miner on the shoulder and said:

"The owner of the mine said this because he wants you to work peacefully in this mine. We are here to rescue you..."

The mixed-blood elf behind was a little confused when he heard this. He interrupted Kaka and asked Kaka: "Wait, you mean we don't need to mine here anymore and can leave the mine now?"

Kaka raised his chin and said triumphantly: "Yes, all the mixed elves in the mine can do it."

"Ahhhh..."

Several mixed-blood elf miners crowded at the entrance of the mine cheered at the same time, abandoned the mine cart filled with ore at the entrance, turned around and ran into the mine, shouting loudly: "We are free, we are free... "

"We are free!"

Afterwards, mixed-blood elf miners continued to come out of the mine carrying luggage and mining picks.

Roy asked several mixed-blood elf warriors to clear out the mine carts blocking the entrance of the mine, and then waited at the entrance of the mine. Half-blood elf miners gathered at the entrance of the mine one after another.

More than 500 mixed-blood elf miners gathered at the entrance of the mine. Roy jumped on a mine cart, stepped on the ore and said to the mixed-blood elf miners in front of him: "I don't care whether you were deceived by slave traders or were tricked by slave traders." They were captured by plateau headhunters, and now I just want to say one thing to you: You are free!"

"In addition, the mixed elves who want to leave the mine can get a travel bag at the warehouse in front later. I will prepare food for you for two weeks."