The older half-blood elf's name was Lessander, and the stowaways had brought a total of six elven children from the Pagisto Plateau this time, so let's call them stowaways for the time being.

The slightly younger half-blood elf was called Ricardo, the nephew of Reshander.

The party rescued the two of them and the six elven children from the elven headhunters.

The wounded half-blood elf was Lambo, the son of Lessander, who lived in a small village in a valley and usually collected some magical herbs and sold them to caravans from Padstow to the plateau in exchange for a little groceries.

Life here is very uneventful and the food is very simple, with only one dark purple berry, which is available all year round.

They are all half-blood elves who have left the city of Paddestow and want to live a peaceful life.

There are some magical beasts living on the plateau, but they will chase the bison herd or the antelope, and migrate around the huge plateau, and there is not much threat to the elves who live in seclusion in the valley......

……

In the twilight of dusk, a layer of orange smoke shrouded the horizon, and the sky above took on an eerie lilac hue.

The group's temporary camp is located in a hill near the Pagisto Plateau, with a view of the highland mountains hidden in the fog from afar.

After the flames burned out, there were only some flickering charcoal fires left on the bonfire, and the shadow of the charcoal gray night wind like hoarfrost was long gone.

The members of the party sat around the charcoal fire and listened to the elder Reshande tell everyone about the events on the Pagisto Plateau.

Little was known about the plateau, and before that, Roy had even thought of the Padesto Plateau as an uncharted and uncharted area, as he had learned in the city of Padstow.

It is said that only a few adventuring groups have ever entered the plateau, and at least three have gone missing in the plateau......

There are even some elves who speculate that the plateau is one of the griffons' territory.

Now it seems that this plateau has long been inhabited by elves, and some elves have even opened mines here.

Reisander rubbed his dry hands, his eyes looking towards the plateau mountain range that almost melted into the night......

"It was a long time ago.

The plateau is rich in a kind of citrine, which should be regarded as a kind of magic crystal.

The first half-blood elves to come here discovered these deposits, and they took possession of the deposits and became mine owners.

At first, the half-blood elves dug their own mines, mining a small amount of citrine.

Later, they slowly accumulated capital, and the mine developed, which slowly evolved into what it is today.

Later, the mine owner paid to hire the surrounding elves to mine for them, but the deeper the mine was dug, the more dangerous the mine became, and the surrounding elves were willing to go to the mine as miners, and those mine owners tried to buy back some slaves from the outside, and they changed the mine to be like a dungeon, and locked these slaves in, and only the slaves who dug the ore according to the number every day had the right to eat and bathe, and the slaves who could not hand over the ore could only starve and wait for death.

Some time ago, unrest broke out in the city of Padusto, and the slave trade of the mine owners was interrupted as a result.

The mine owners couldn't buy slaves, so they hired those elven hunters to capture the elves who lived in seclusion on the plateau......

So we tried to send them to Padstow for refuge, but there were so many Silver Pegasus warriors there that if they were discovered, they would be immediately arrested.

Then we retreated and sent these children to Barrier Town, where their lives were fairly stable, so we tried to send more children, although it was also a bit dangerous, but it was better than waiting to die on the plateau. ”

The older half-blood elf Lessander spoke with a dry voice.

He picked up the kettle and took a big sip to moisten his throat......

Everyone was quietly listening to the life of the highland elves told by Lessander.

Roy, Sabrina, Moira, and Claire have lived in Castletown since they were children, and the city is separated from the upper and lower districts, and everyone has always felt that the half-blood elves in the lower city have been treated unfairly......

But now, they felt that the half-blood elves who lived in Castletown were the happiest.

Roy asked, puzzled, "Why haven't I heard about the mines on the Padesto Plateau in Padusto?" ”

Reshande smiled bitterly:

"This is a good place before the headhunters arrest us, and no one wants the secrets of the Pagisto Plateau to get out.

There have also been expeditions to the Pagisto Plateau, and it is said that these adventure groups have mysteriously disappeared from the depths of the plateau.

This secret is known to few outside elves.

Even if some merchants knew, who would tell this secret to the Silver Moon Elves?

It's better to have the mines in the hands of the half-blood elves than in the hands of the Silver Moon Elves.

But now the situation is different, the slaves in the mines are not replenished, and the mine owners are so greedy that the headhunters have to hunt the half-blood elves who live a secluded life on the plateau, and we have to find a way to resist. ”

On the map, the Padesto Plateau is very large, covering an area almost the size of the jungle surrounding the city of Padsto......

The plateau is surrounded by mountains, and only at the foot of some large mountains is there some dense forest, and most of the area is endless grasslands, swamps, lakes, and even very little hilly land.

Elves still like to live in the woods, and few elves will notice the Pagisto Plateau......

All along, Roy felt that only the Silver Moon Elves would constantly exploit the half-blood elves, making them do the hardest work, live in the worst houses, and eat the cheapest fruits.

Now he suddenly found that the half-blood elves treated their fellow citizens even more despicably......

……

There are many mountain roads leading to the Pagisto Plateau, and each one is not easy to follow.

The dirt roads on the ridges are narrow and rugged, and the slightest mistake can lead them down steep slopes, and the members of the party dare only lead their horses over these ridges on foot.

But the argali, who liked to walk steep mountain roads......

The half-blood Elf Lessander and his party first crossed a hilly terrain and then followed a canyon into the outermost mountains of the Pagisto Plateau.

There are some black rocks everywhere, and there are many forks in the valley.

Everywhere there are ravines washed out by abundant rain, making this place like a labyrinth.

Even though Roy had been carefully drawing maps all the way, when he turned his head, the map in his hand was useless.

Passing through the canyon, Roy found that the party had officially entered the outermost mountains of the plateau, where the mountains were all higher than the other, stacked on top of each other.

The mountain is extremely rich in flora, and although there are no towering trees suitable for building tree houses, there are dense coniferous forests.

The woods were full of low-level magical herbs such as silver leaf grass and kudzu, as well as some magic herbs that Roy couldn't name at all, and Woods was in a hurry to collect magic herbs almost every day.

Of course, occasionally they will encounter some magical beasts, and some even hundreds or thousands of magical beasts, so everyone can only avoid them from afar.

The members of the party even saw a herd of giant deer on the other side of the mountain, the king of giant deer standing on the cliff face of the pinnacle, the antlers on his head that looked like two small trees entwined.

As it ran on the top of the mountain, the spiritual power on the antlers turned into white ribbons that floated through the woods on the hillside.

Raysander was very familiar with the environment here, and the elves took a route that hardly encountered other magical beasts, and Woods also found two very rare vampire vines in this dense forest, which contained very precious magical materials on the body of this kind of plant-based magical beasts.

It took the expedition group half a day to get a vampire vine and collect a lot of vines.

It took about a week to cross the mountains on the edge of the Pagisto Plateau, but it was still not the hinterland of the plateau, but a belt of mountains.

The backs of these ridges are bare grey rocks, grass and moss grow below the middle, and dense vegetation at the foot of the mountains, but there are few woods to be seen, only around some waterholes and lakes.

Riding on top of the argali, Reshander said to the members of the party, "We have passed through the mountains on the edge of the Pagisto Plateau, and from here we will enter the Pajisto Plateau. ”

"If the elves who are not familiar with this place want to cross this mountain, they must at least walk more than twice as much, and if they are a little unlucky, they may be stopped by those demonic beasts in the mountain, so don't even think about ......coming in."

Reisander added.

They walked along the ridge for another two days before they came to a narrow canyon.

Reshander led the group up the canyon's only river, until Roy saw a few low stone houses by the river, but there were still some fence walls and flowers around them, and even fruit-filled bushes.

Without waiting for Reisander to speak, Rigaard and Lambo rode out on argali, and they rushed directly into the small village.

The shouts of the two called out some of the half-blood elves.

When the elves saw Regard and Lambo, they gathered around him and asked, "Rigard, did you send those children to Barrier Town?" ”

"It's gone!"

Regard jumped off the back of the argali, let go of the argali, walked up to a female elf in a long linen dress, and said to the elf with a sad face on her expectant face:

"I'm sorry, Auntie, we couldn't bring Parker back, we met a group of elven headhunters on the way, and Parker was cut down by the group of headhunters along with Lambo while covering the elven children's retreat."

He turned to Roy and his group, and said to the elves around him:

"They saved Lambo, but they couldn't get Parker back with them......"

The linen elf immediately covered her face with a handkerchief and wept.

A group of elves surrounded her, constantly comforting her.

It turned out to be the village where they lived, and Roy found that this small village consisted of only a dozen stone houses, which were scattered along the river.

Reisander let go of the argali, let them drink by the stream, turned to Roy and said, "I can take you around the village, this is our gathering place, there are only eleven houses here. ”

These stone houses are almost entirely covered with vines, with only windows and chimneys exposed.

The yard is neatly groomed, and you can see that the elves here know how to enjoy life.

The elves in the village learned that the adventure party had saved all of them, and everyone thanked Roy and the others......

He also vacated a riverside hut for the adventuring party and invited them to stay in the village.

The only thing they had for dinner was a few berries that looked like raspberries, which were apparently their usual food, and there was not a single fruit tree in sight around the village.

It can be seen that these elves are living a very hard life.

Roy's magic fanny pack contains a lot of easy-to-store apples and breadfruit, and he took out some and shared them with everyone.

The elves of the village gathered together......

After nightfall, a small bonfire is held by the river.

In the beginning, everyone had to remember some of Parker, talk about some of the past in life, and then Lessander would tell the cause of Parker's death, his enemies, and so on.

Later, the atmosphere here was less heavy, and some elves hummed the elves' folk songs.

Claire, the youngest musician in the Elven Academy, can naturally echo the singing, playing an accordion, and he will even help everyone harmonize, and the song will naturally become much more beautiful when it has a melody.

There were also elves who blew the leaves, and the loud sound was sandwiched in the middle, and it was immediately full of magic.

"They young elves want to go around the plateau, and I will be a guide for them in the next two days, and they will go into the hinterland of the plateau......" Reisander said to the elves around him.

"First of all, you can see headhunters everywhere, Lei Shande, when you go to the hinterland of the plateau, you have to be careful!" Said a female elf on the other side.

"I will!"

Reisander said calmly.

The party spent the night in this elven village and left the next morning.

This time, it was only Reisander who left with the party, and instead of leading everyone back along the valley, he climbed over the valley.

The view on the plateau is extremely open, and Kaka patrols the sky on a griffin, making it easy to avoid the herds of beasts in the meadows.

The land was far bigger and emptier than Roy had expected.

After leaving the elf village for two days, you can't even see the shadow of an elf on the plateau, let alone meet those elf headhunters......

"There's an elven village in the valley ahead, and we can spend the night in their village tonight."

Standing on a hillside, Reisander pointed to the valley in front of him.

"Is every elven village so far apart?" Claire couldn't help but ask Reisander.

"It's close!"

After Lei Shande finished speaking, he shook the reins in his hand and rushed down the hillside on an argali......

(End of chapter)