Path of light

Chapter 515 516. The plane is open

Augustus stood at the door of the tree house, watching Roy disappear in a carriage at the end of the noisy street, and then looked back...

He was full of admiration for this 'Boss Roy who single-handedly saved the mixed elves on the Pagisto Plateau from dire straits and chaos'.

As a magic herbal medicine merchant in Padstow City, he has a much deeper understanding of this plane than other mixed elves.

In search of better magical herbs, he has traveled to many places, including the Blackwater Swamp and the Gryphon Barrier Mountains, as well as the Pagisto Plateau...

In fact, the mixed-blood elves living near the Blackwater Swamp have the hardest time. There are many high-level monsters living in the Blackwater Swamp area. Among them, the poisonous horned black anaconda and the dragon fly pose the greatest threat to the mixed-blood elves. In addition, the swamp is full of Poisonous insects, snakes and ants, only the most experienced collectors can enter the depths of the Blackwater Swamp to collect magical herbs.

The danger in the Griffin Barrier Mountains is obviously much less. Although griffons attack elves every year, they only happen a few times a year.

Although there are no aggressive monsters in the Pagisto Plateau, there are mineral veins everywhere on this land. There are many mine owners here, and it has always been the back garden of Lord Alves.

In addition, there is also a group of plateau headhunters who plunder everywhere on the plateau.

After Lord Alves was escorted back to Buenos City by the Silver Pegasus Legion six years ago to face trial, the mine owners on the plateau have been living on their last breath. Augustus always thought that the Silver Pegasus Legion was To take over the mines on the Pagisto Plateau.

I never expected that the Silver Pegasus Legion did not know the existence of the Pagisto Plateau...

The Silver Pegasus Legion blocked the Partington plane. It was originally intended to restrict the mixed elves from the Partington plane from returning to the Elf Continent, but unexpectedly it dealt a fatal blow to the mine owners on the Pagisto Plateau.

The large amounts of mineral ingots smelted in the mines could only be stored in warehouses. As the trading houses in Padstow City closed down one after another, the mines on the Padstow Plateau began to lack various supplies, including elven slaves.

It is for this reason that the mine owners on the Pajisto Plateau colluded with the plateau headhunters.

For the mixed-blood elves who settled on the plateau, a disaster was imminent...

It wasn't until Boss Roy showed up that a large number of elven mining slaves on the Pagisto Plateau regained their freedom.

Augustus has been unwilling to open up the magic herbal market on the Pagisto Plateau. In fact, he is somewhat concerned about the chaos on the plateau.

All along, he has focused the work of the Magic Herbs Trading Company on the Blackwater Swamp...

He knew many half-elf gatherers who gathered magical herbs in the Blackwater Swamp.

As a magic herbal buyer, Augustus is good at maintaining personal relationships with these collectors. In the past few years since the Partington plane portal was banned, a large number of primary magic herbs have become as unnoticed as weeds. The magic herb gatherers living around the Blackwater Swamp are also having a particularly difficult time.

It was when these mixed elves were in the most difficult time that Augustus took out the savings he had accumulated in the past few years, bought some living necessities in the city, and personally sent them to the Blackwater Swamp.

Because of this relationship, Augustus controls at least half of the herbal procurement channels in the Blackwater Swamp area.

The magic herbal medicine market is getting more and more popular, and he has suddenly become the largest magic herbal medicine buyer in Blackwater Swamp.

As long as Augustus says I want these magic herbs, those magic herb collectors will never sell the herbs in their hands to others.

It's not that other trading firms have approached Augustus, but Augustus doesn't want to sell magic herbs to other trading firms at all, and he also has his reasons.

When he was in the most difficult time, it was Boss Roy who reached out and gave him a hand...

The carriage driven by Boss Roy had disappeared at the end of the long street. Augustus withdrew his gaze and prepared to leave the restaurant...

"Mr. Augustus, I am the person in charge of Castletown Trading Company in Padstow City. I heard that you are the most famous magic herbal dealer in Padstow City. We just want to purchase it. A batch of magic herbs, so I want to cooperate with you further! ”

A Silver Moon Elf walked up to Augustus politely and said this.

Augustus nodded slightly, with an apologetic smile on his face, and then said: "I am very willing to cooperate with you, Your Excellency. Unfortunately, I don't have any extra magic herbs in my hands at the moment, so I'm sorry!"

He didn't even ask the Silver Moon Elf businessman about the purchase price of the magic herbs, so he decisively refused.

The Silver Moon Elf businessman was not annoyed. He took out a note from his arms, quickly wrote a line on it, handed it to the businessman Augustus and said:

"This is the address of our business. If you change your mind one day, you can come to us to talk..."

After saying this, he did not continue to pester Augustus, and turned around and left calmly.

…

The three investigators originally thought that it would not be too difficult to find a temporary residence to settle down in the plateau city.

They set up three simple tents on a remote corner of the free market. They originally thought they would only stay in the tents for one night before moving into a more comfortable environment. Unexpectedly, they lived in the tents for more than ten days in a row. I couldn't even find a suitable house to rent.

The three investigators found that almost all the half-blood elves in the city were walking around them.

Especially in some alleys, as long as they appeared at the entrance of the alley, the half-blood elves that were originally moving around in the alley would scatter in a flash, leaving only empty alleys, without even a fly...

Before the investigators came, they also thought that the half-blood elves in the plateau city would reject them.

But they didn't expect that the half-blood elves here would simply treat them like snakes and scorpions...

Sometimes, when some vendors saw them appear, they would hurriedly pack up their stalls and slip away.

Recently, the three investigators have hardly collected any information about Boss Roy.

"The half-blood elves here are very wary of us!"

An investigator leaned against the wall a little discouraged and said to the other two companions.

Another investigator also had the idea of ​​retreating:

"We can't find any useful information here, or we can go somewhere else!"

"But we are not familiar with this place at all. If we want to go somewhere else, we must at least find two guides..."

"Could it be that the half-blood elves in the city have already known our identities and are threatened by the forces behind them, so they dare not approach us?"

"That may be the case. I didn't expect that 'Boss Roy' has a strong control over this plateau city!"

"The more this happens, the more I feel that there must be some unspeakable secrets here."

The three investigators chatted casually at the corner of the street...

They leaned against the wall. This was another narrow alley, and the location was a bit hidden...

While they were talking, suddenly several half-blood elf children ran in from the other side of the alley. They were chasing a ball.

All the elf children were staring at the ball, so they ignored the three investigators standing at the other side of the alley.

Until the ball rolled to the feet of an investigator, and then the ball stopped, an investigator bent down and reached out to pick up the ball.

A group of half-blood elf children saw the investigator holding the ball, but they didn't dare to approach at all...

Seeing that the half-blood elf children didn't dare to come over, the investigator handed the ball over, but before he could say anything, several half-blood elf children were scared and burst into tears.

At this time, they could only bite the bullet and pass the ball over...

A tall boy picked up the ball and took two steps back in a panic. He wanted to tell the other half-blood elf children to leave quickly, but was stopped by another investigator, who then asked:

"Why are you so afraid of me?"

"..."

Several half-blood elf children also shook their heads and didn't say anything, with tears hanging in the corners of their eyes, looking pitiful.

The investigator saw that even the children didn't talk to them, so he had to stop with an embarrassed look.

The tall elf child picked up the ball, turned around and ran, and called out to the other companions in childish words:

"Run faster..."

A group of half-blood elf children ran out and returned the same way...

The three investigators couldn't understand why these elf children were afraid of them. They stood in the alley and said to themselves: "Why are they so afraid of us?"

Just as the three investigators looked at each other, a skinny half-blood elf old man leaned against the entrance of the alley and said to them:

"In the eyes of these children, you look similar to the Silver Moon Elf mine owners in the past. They think you are also mine owners who buy and sell slaves, so they are particularly afraid of you."

"In fact, Silver Moon Elves are rarely seen on the plateau. It's normal for them to be afraid of you suddenly appearing in the plateau city..."

The three investigators thought of many reasons, but they didn't expect these half-blood elf children to regard them as mine owners on the plateau.

"We are not mine owners, but we just want to know if there are any mine owners who died accidentally here?" An investigator immediately stated his position.

The skinny half-elf old man raised his eyes and said strangely:

"You ignored them when they were alive, but now they are dead, you come to investigate their cause of death... Haha, isn't it funny?"

This sentence made the three investigators speechless.

"..."

The half-elf old man paused for a moment: "You don't belong here... Currently, in addition to the half-elf, there is only a group of headhunter prisoners living in this city."

The half-elf old man didn't say anything more, turned around and left the alley.

The three investigators walked into the market again, they planned to buy some food.

The merchants in the market were also very cold to them, and it seemed that they didn't want to say a word.

"Why don't we go somewhere else to investigate..."

"..."

The investigators stayed in the Plateau City for nearly three weeks, but unfortunately they could not get any useful information. The three investigators could only walk to the corner silently...

...

A few hundred meters away from the city wall, Mu Lin stood on the observation deck of the arrow tower, holding the parapet with one hand, and looked at the three Silver Moon Elves in the alley not far away without saying a word.

Caravans from afar entered the Plateau City in an endless stream, and the city gradually became lively.

…

Almost at the same time, the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters in Padstow City.

Roy pushed open the door and walked into the lobby on the first floor of the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters. He first ran to the lobby counter to sign in, and handed an application for help to the Silver Moon Elf female receptionist at the front desk.

He had prepared this application a long time ago, and this time he came to the military headquarters to submit the application.

In fact, he didn't have much hope in applying. Even if he wanted to write an application, it wouldn't be too much trouble. Trying is better than not trying...

Roy then ran to the Material Logistics Department of the military headquarters. This was originally the responsibility of Captain Berkeley, but now Captain Berkeley has been transferred to the city defense army. Another Silver Moon Elf officer took the place of Captain Berkeley. , responsible for managing this place.

Roy comes here every quarter to settle the income from these mines on the Pagistow Plateau...

It was originally agreed with Earl Swinburne that half of the income from the mine would be kept in Roy's hands to build the mine guard regiment, restore normal operations of other closed mines, etc., and the other half would be handed over to the Silver Pegasus Legion. side.

This time Roy wanted to settle the amount.

The bill that Roy brought over only counted the number of mithril ingots, magic black iron ingots, and some ordinary metal ingots.

The head of the Material Logistics Department held a stack of lists in his hand and stared at Roy with some hesitation:

"Captain Roy, do you want to hand over half of the metal ingots this time?"

Roy said: "I brought some magic crystals this time. Can I use the magic crystals to settle the matter?"

The head of the logistics department looked more relaxed and replied: "Of course."

Then he paused again, as if he thought of something, and said to Roy: "Of course, if there are mithril ingots in the mine, it is okay to pay a part of the mithril ingots, but other metal ingots are not required. At present, There is no shortage of metal ingots here in the legion..."

"Currently, there are only three mithril mines operating normally on the plateau, and no more than a thousand mithril ingots are mined every month," Roy said.

Then Roy took out a few boxes of magic crystals from his magic pocket and handed them over. The head of the logistics department looked much better and said kindly to Roy:

"This magic crystal was delivered very timely. The legion just needs to go to Buenos City to purchase a batch of military supplies, and is also preparing to raise some more magic crystal. You sent these here, so it happens that you don't need them. Apply to the headquarters...if you need help, just ask!"

The head of the logistics team seemed to be in a good mood.

"Nothing, just any new news from the Partington plane?" Roy asked casually.

"Oh, speaking of this, you need to be mentally prepared. I heard that the higher-ups want to release the portal to the Partington plane..."

The logistics leader whispered to Roy.