Path of light

Chapter 445 446. Disagreement among mine owners

There is a mountain ridge outside Padstow West City. The southeastern slope of the ridge faces the sun and is a lush apple orchard. The northwest slope is shady, and there is also a rock cliff and rock belt, so the place is slightly desolate.

Vines, shrubs and firs are all over the northern slope, and there is a fast-flowing river below the northern slope. Therefore, although it is not too far from Padstow City, few elves come to this mountain range.

When Lysander drove the pack team to deliver the magic herbs to Padstow City, he was worried about being discovered by the elf guards in the city, so he would often take the pack team away from the rocks hidden in the mountains.

This time, Deputy Captain Tennyson led a team of assassins to Padstow City. Because of the relationship with the Griffin Cavalry, Deputy Captain Tennyson did not live in the city. Instead, he hid in the city with the Griffin Cavalry. Inside the rocky belt on the north slope.

Griffins hide in dense forests during the day and only fly out at night.

Roy was worried that these mine owners would return to Partington Island through the portal today, but when he took a look at the central square, he happened to see a large amount of supplies being shipped from Partington Island.

Roy also made a special trip to ask the portal guard: How long will it take for this batch of supplies to be shipped out?

When the portal guard saw Roy showing a teleportation pass, he responded to Roy: This batch of goods will not be shipped until noon tomorrow at the earliest, and no changes can occur during this period, otherwise the transportation time may increase at any time. , and this is the military equipment of the Silver Pegasus Military Department.

This is also the biggest drawback of the one-way teleportation gate. During the period when the teleportation gate is one-way teleportation from Partington Island to Padstow City, no matter how big the problem is in Padstow City, it will have to wait until the teleportation is completed. , before the reverse transmission can be carried out.

It seems that it is definitely impossible for these mine owners to leave Padstow City today.

After Roy confirmed the news, he rode his horse to the outskirts of Padstow City. He had traded low-level magic herbs with Lesander many times near the mountains outside the West City, so he was very familiar with this road.

Riding all the way here on horseback, I found that the apple orchards on the outskirts of Padstow were no longer full of fruits, and a large number of apples had been harvested.

After bypassing the mountain ridge, according to the contact method previously agreed with Deputy Captain Tennyson, he easily contacted Deputy Captain Tennyson who was hiding in the rock belt.

Twelve griffons built simple eagle nests in the rubble zone and were resting in the nests.

The gryphon cavalry set up a simple marching tent under the eagle's nest, and a group of people were sitting together chatting.

Seeing Roy and Vice Captain Tennyson walking in from the outside together, everyone stood up and said hello to Roy.

Roy has a high prestige in Pagisto Plateau, and almost all mixed elves trust him, including these elf hunters from Sun Island Bay.

It was precisely because they brought the griffins to join the mine guards that Roy's mine guards became extremely powerful...

Of course, the Dark Moon Elves led by Timothy and Tennyson joined the mine guards, giving this army the sharpest spears.

Vice Captain Tennyson called together the eleven Dark Moon Elf warriors, and then asked Roy:

"Boss, what tasks have you assigned to us this time?"

The owner of Tennyson Mine asked this question because he knew that there must be something urgent if Roy came to see him during the day.

Roy dug out the remaining four portraits of Nicobar Mountain mine owners from his magic pocket, and said to Deputy Captain Tennyson:

"The hiding places of the remaining four mine owners have been discovered in Padstow City, and I estimate that these mine owners will escape from Padstow City through the portal in the near future. We need to take action immediately. I don't want to take the battle to Partington Island."

After seeing the messages from the four mine owners, Deputy Captain Tennyson didn't speak for a long time.

Before Dennis left Padstow City, he thoroughly explored this information, including the family members and guards around the four mine owners, as well as the situation around the tree house, etc.

In fact, these mine owners came to Padstow City with a group of subordinates, and they were followed by a group of elven guards.

It would be too easy even for these Dark Moon Elf assassins to sneak into the tree house where they live quietly.

What's more, two mine owners have died one after another recently, and the remaining four mine owners must strengthen their defense forces.

Vice Captain Tennyson was relatively crazy when he acted, but when planning the mission, he was an extremely cautious elf. He flipped through the four pages of information, placed two of them on top, and said frankly to Roy:

"We don't have enough manpower this time, so it's impossible to assassinate these four mine owners at the same time. We can split it into two assassination teams at most, and one of the teams needs to be led by you personally. I suggest dealing with these two first. "After Tennyson finished speaking, he handed the portrait in his hand to Roy.

This is probably Deputy Captain Tennyson's best evaluation of Roy. He believes that Roy has the strength of the captain of the assassin team.

"Okay, I will lead a team of assassins."

Roy did not postpone it. At this time, of course everyone needs to do their best.

Seeing Roy agreeing readily, Vice Captain Tennyson grinned.

Roy found that he actually looked better when he had a straight face.

"Then we will make the following action plan. According to my plan, we can deal with the two mine owners at the same time first. After dealing with them, Padstow City will definitely become very chaotic, and we can Take advantage of the chaos and intercept and kill two other mine owners along the way..."

Regarding the formulation of the assassination plan, it was obvious that Deputy Captain Tennyson was quite professional.

The assassination targets were determined. One was the mine owner of Seagonais who had forty mixed-blood elven guards, and the other was the mine owner Agalia who lived at the edge of the Silver Moon Elf living area.

Obviously, in the eyes of Vice Captain Tennyson, the overall strength of the two mine owners is relatively weaker.

Even if Roy comes here during the day, the time of action is still at night. Only at night can the Dark Moon Elves be protected by the Moon God, and their stealth abilities will be greatly improved...

…

The Silver Moon Elf residential area in Padstow City.

Four mine owners gathered in a spacious tree house and were arguing over how to get a reward for Mr. Lucius.

The owner of the Yaman Mine, who had been leading this matter, tapped his knuckles on the table, attracting everyone's attention to him, and then asked:

"What do you think about the magic crystal that President Lucius needs?"

The other three mine owners looked at each other and said nothing.

Everyone has collected four thousand magic crystals and given them to Captain Helix. This money was used to buy the teleportation pass, but now... Captain Helix brought several mine owners to Chief Lucius. dance.

At the dance, Mr. Lucius had a private chat with them.

The president made it very clear. He just hoped that the four mine owners could work together to collect a total of 10,000 magic crystals for the construction and maintenance of the portal before leaving the Partington plane. He can arrange for his cronies to send the four mine owners to Partington Island, and prepare a ship on Partington Island, so that the mine owners can leave Partington immediately by boat.

If they can't get it together... Chief Lucius didn't say what would happen if they couldn't get it together, but the four mine owners also knew that their end would not be much better.

Now the two mine owners Seagonais and Agalia are complaining about the Arman mine owner. They are saying overtly and covertly that the leader Helix he contacted is not reliable at all. He has taken four Thousands of magic crystals, but no power at all.

This time the opinions of the four mine owners were obviously not consistent.

The young mine owner who had been calling the Arman mine owner uncle said at this time: "I think no one should take advantage of anyone at this time. Since we all want to leave the Partington plane as soon as possible, since we can Spend some magic crystals to solve the problem, then... everyone will share it equally!"

The owner of the Seagonais mine glared at the young mine owner and said immediately:

"I don't know how rich you three are, but I can't afford such a large sum of magic crystals.

Good guy, open your mouth and ask us to collect ten thousand magic crystals.

We can't find magic crystals in our mines.

Besides, the ore mined in recent years cannot be sold even if it is smelted into metal ingots. There are at least 50,000 silver ingots buried in my mine. If you can't take it away, you can only throw it into the abandoned mine.

Maintaining the normal operation of the mine in the past few years has also been a big expense, and I can't take out so many magic crystals at once. "

The owner of the Agalia mine said a lot in one breath, and the owner of the Agalia mine sitting next to him immediately echoed:

"I can't take it out either."

The owner of the Arman mine, who could not tell how old he was, sat in front of the round table with a calm face. He was not angry at what the owner of the Agones mine said, but said very calmly:

"I admit... I am indeed the cause of this situation. If we divide it equally, we each need to come up with another 2,500 magic crystals. Since you two can't come up with your share, Magic Crystal, if this amount of Magic Crystal is discounted by half and becomes 1,250 Magic Crystals, I want to know if you two can get it?"

"...I can do it reluctantly." The owner of the Seagonais mine hesitated for a while, but agreed.

The owner of the Agalia mine saw that he was the only one left. Although he was a little reluctant, he could only agree and said with some reluctance: "I can barely make it..."

The owner of Yaman Mine stood up, put his hands on the table, squinted his eyes and said to everyone:

"Tomorrow morning, you two will bring 1,250 magic crystals to meet here. We will be responsible for finding a solution for the remaining magic crystals."

"Master of the Arman Mine, you still have the strength!" The owner of the Argones Mine immediately gave a thumbs up to the owner of the Arman Mine.

The owner of the Yaman Mine ignored him at all and just said calmly:

"Remember, at noon tomorrow, the teleportation channel in the central square will open, so don't be late tomorrow morning..."

The other three mine owners agreed:

"knew."

"You won't be late..."

…

The mine owners were eager to escape from Padstow.

Due to the death of two mine owners one after another, now even the most humble night watchman in the entire city is talking about this topic.

At the dance last night, the four mine owners, under the introduction of Captain Helix, actually met Lord Lucius, the highest officer of the Silver Pegasus Legion stationed in the Partington plane.

So the matter became that they needed to pay Commander Lucius a portal construction and maintenance fee in order to leave the Partington plane safely.

Half of the money will be paid in Padstow City first, and the other half will be paid to Lord Lucius' cronies after the mine owners arrive at Partington Island and board a prepared small sea boat. …

Obviously the owners of the Seagonais mine and the Agalia mine do not want to pay this money.

But when the owner of the Alman mine suggested that they only need to pay half of the fee, the two mine owners agreed...

After the owner of the Seagonais mine and the owner of the Agalia mine left the tree house, the young mine owner turned back behind the curtain and asked the owner of the Alman mine:

"Uncle Arman, do we really have to pay the magic crystal for them?"

The owner of the Arman mine walked up to the young mine owner, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile:

"How is it possible! We only need to pay half of the magic crystal this time. After we arrive at Partington Island, then... don't expect those Silver Moon elves to prepare a boat for us to go to sea. They have silver in the sky. Pegasus warriors, where can we escape to?”

"Then what do we do?"

The young mine owner finally understood the idea of ​​the Arman mine owner. The Arman mine owner actually wanted to pay only half of the remuneration.

The owner of Yaman Mine lowered his voice and said:

"On Partington Island, you can find some other brokers who can contact the Naga Sea Clan. As long as we contact the Naga Sea Clan, we can rely on the strength of the Naga Sea Clan to sneak away and leave the reward. There is no need to pay at all…”

…

The owner of the Agones mine came to Padstow City this time and brought a total of forty elf guards, as well as some family members, including his three wives, two lovers and five children.

He rented a luxurious tree house with four floors above and below in the Silver Moon Elf living area. Forty elf guards occupied the bottom three floors of the tree house.

The owner of Theagonais Mine and his family live on the fourth floor of the tree house. This time, only the owner of Theagonais Mine left the Partington plane. His family and guards will stay in Padstow. in town.

Thinking about how much he had spent on going to the Elf Continent alone, the owner of the Seagonais mine couldn't keep his spirits up.

In fact, in his opinion, even if he settles down in Padstow City, as long as he hides his identity, there is no way that boss Roy on the plateau will discover him.

Even if Boss Roy discovers him, with his forty mixed-blood elf guards, he is not completely powerless to fight back...