Although Roy didn't feel any danger from him, Captain Heckles still gave him enough respect, shackled his hands and feet, and locked him in an iron cage, obviously treating him as an extremely dangerous person.

He was a middle-aged half-blood elf, with a cross-shaped scar on the left side of his face, pursing his lips slightly, sitting in the corner of the iron cage, and actually didn't say a word.

His clothes were a little damp, his sleeves and trouser legs were badly worn, and the pickaxe around his waist was sharpened.

He also had a bag hanging from his waist that looked like it contained some ore

Captain Heckles stood outside the iron cage, staring at the half-blood elves, and asked him, "How many mine slaves are there in the mine?" ”

"If you don't count the gray dwarves in the depths of the mine, there are probably two or three hundred elves." The half-blood elf spoke in a hoarse voice, and he lowered his head.

Captain Heckles continued to ask questions, but his gaze just fell on the arm of the middle-aged half-blood elf, who had a magic pattern on it.

Captain Heckles looked at the magic pattern with some surprise and didn't say anything more.

"You are the regular army of the Silver Moon Elves?" The middle-aged half-blood elf raised his head, and he stared at Captain Hercules.

"We are the cavalry vanguard regiment of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion." Captain Heckles said casually, and then asked, "There are still gray dwarf mine slaves in the mine?" ”

The middle-aged half-blood elf pursed his lips and said:

"These gray dwarves are no longer mine slaves, they have dug a huge group of tunnels underground, usually these gray dwarves will only hide in the deepest part of the cave, they don't even need to grab the food that was thrown from the mouth of the well with us, although they have not been able to leave here, but those gray dwarves have formed a relatively independent life circle."

Dwarves like to live in mountains with volcanic lava, and obviously it's not impossible to live in the underground of the Pagisto Plateau.

"What about you? Which force is it for? Captain Hercules asked.

The middle-aged half-blood elf raised his head and said:

"Ever since the mines were flooded with half-blood elven slaves, we half-blood elves have rallied together to fight against the grey dwarf bandits and the Darkmoon elf prisoners."

Captain Heckles handed the half-blood elf a water bladder and a piece of breadfruit, and said to him, "Tell me about the prisoners down in the well!" ”

The middle-aged half-blood elf pinched the fist-sized bread pulp, first put it under his nose and sniffed it, and then took a small sip to taste it.

Feeling that there was no problem, I took a big bite and swallowed it directly into my stomach.

He pulled out the cork of the water bladder again, took a sip of water, and looked very enjoyed.

Sure enough, Captain Hercules's method was very useful.

Originally, the middle-aged half-blood elf didn't want to talk anymore, but when he ate some breadfruit, he immediately became energetic, and listened to him say:

"These prisoners came only a little later than the gray dwarves, and it was they who initially controlled the entrance to the mine and the distribution of food. Later, there were more and more half-blood elves, and all of our half-blood elves joined forces to drive away those Dark Moon Elf prisoners in one fell swoop, and successfully occupied the entrance to the mine. ”

The old Darkmoon Elf, who had climbed up first, huddled in the corner, his eyes closed and enjoying the sun's rays, as if he hadn't heard the words of the middle-aged half-blood elf at all.

……

The third miner who crawled out of the mine turned out to be a silver moon elf.

He looked a little pale, and he was wearing a clean suit of clothes, and a short dagger at his waist.

He poked his head out of the mine, looked at the long swords around him on the edge of the shaft, his face was not afraid, and he smiled at the elven cavalryman who pointed his sword at him, and said, "Thank you for saving me from the mine." ”

"You're a Silver Moon Elf?" Captain Heckles stood by the mine, looking at him.

"My home is in Buenos City, and I came to Padsto City to sell magical herbs, but I was framed in the city and sent directly into this mine by slave traders." The Silver Moon Elf said.

"Give him a basin of water......

Captain Heckles commanded an elven knight.

The elven knight hurriedly brought a basin of water, and a dry towel was placed next to the wooden basin.

The Silver Moon Elf stood beside the tub, carefully washed his face, and then took an apple and a warm cup of fruit tea from the adjutant's hand.

"Below the mines, are there any other forces besides the Grey Dwarves and the Prisoners?" Captain Heckles asked earnestly.

The Silver Moon Elf ate the apple in a few bites, and with the cup of tea in his hand, Captain Heckles said:

"Uh...... There are also lone wolves, who never join any side, and mine ore alone in the mines, occasionally bringing ore to us in exchange for some food. The Silver Moon Elf explained.

……

Immediately after, the half-blood elf miners climbed out of the mine one after another.

The physical strength of the half-blood elves who crawled out first was okay, although they were ragged, but at least they could maintain their dignity, but there were many half-blood elves who crawled out of the back who were unclothed, and they covered the vital positions with rotten cloth heads, and they were almost covered with black ore powder, and they didn't know how long they hadn't taken a bath, and their hair and dust condensed together and became piece by piece.

The half-blood elf mine slave who crawled out from behind even struggled with the last bit of physical strength before crawling up from the deep mine.

Captain Hercules asked his men to find some clothing from the mines and put them on.

An iron cage was simply not enough, and Captain Hercules had to keep these half-blood elves in a warehouse in the mine.

Subsequently, the identity of these half-blood elves will be verified, and the half-blood elves of the Partington plane will be released on the spot, and the half-blood elves of the elf continent will be brought back to Padstow City.

However, the prisoners and grey dwarves will not be released, and they will continue to mine in the mines.

Therefore, several prisoner miners who took the opportunity to crawl out of the mine were controlled by Captain Heckles, and when there were no more half-blood elves in the mine, he put those elf prisoner miners into wooden boxes and sent them back to the mine with a crane.

Before leaving, the head of Hercules said to the prisoners and miners with a straight face:

"In the future, the daily food supply will be the same as before, and when we receive the ore, we will put the food in it......"

The entrance to the mine was guarded by elven knights, and a few prisoners and miners had to return to the mine obediently.

……

With the help of the Silver Pegasus, Captain Hercules was able to breach the mine without much effort.

The Grantham mine owner has a private army, but unfortunately this private army has not been able to play a little role, in addition to the private army, the mine is the family of the Grantham mine owner, and there are some elven servants and maids.

They lived in this fortress for a long time.

Now they are also confined to a warehouse in the fortress, with no shackles or chains on their bodies.

According to Captain Hercules' plan, the mine owner and his private army were to be escorted to the city of Padestor to be tried at the Inquisition.

However, Roy felt that the road was too far, and the Earl of Swinburn might not agree to this decision.

Roy lives with the 10th Reconnaissance Team in a room on the top floor of the fortress, and the 10th Reconnaissance Team is on guard duty at night.

Lambo didn't follow Roy this time, this time staying by the mine's mouth to help the officers of the Cavalry Vanguard distinguish the half-blood elves on the Partington plane.

As Roy had guessed, there were indeed several forces under the mine.

The first grey dwarf slaves to enter the mine appear to have escaped the mine's control, as they have found a strain that can grow some mushrooms underground.

After solving the problem of food, the gray dwarves dug the mine into an intricate and intricate hole, and escaped into the depths of the mine, rarely rushing to the exit of the mine to compete with the elves for resources......

The half-blood elf mine slaves are the most powerful, because in the past ten years, the Grantham mine owners have been continuously putting half-blood elf slaves into the mine, and the half-blood elf slaves have been continuously released, resulting in the largest power of the half-blood elf mine slaves below the mine.

These guys occupy the entrance to the mine and hold the distribution of food in the mine.

The Dark Moon Elf Prisoners themselves are a group of robbers, they are the least numerous, but they are the strongest in the mines, the prisoners usually hide in the depths of the mines, only when there is a lack of food, they will run to the mouth of the well, occasionally exchange ore for food, more often these prisoners will rob the half-blood elf miners in the mines.

Now Captain Heckles has invaded the mine and rescued the half-blood elves.

In fact, the miners who actually mined the stone in the mine were released, and those who remained in the mine were those who usually didn't mine much ore.

As a result, Roy felt that the mine would come to a standstill.

……

In recent times, Captain Heckles has been in distress.

Although he successfully captured a mine, he didn't think about how to manage the mine later.

The Earl of Swinburne demanded that the mine be up and running so that the cavalry vanguard could move on to the next mine......

But now the whole mine is in shambles, the mine owner and his family, private soldiers, and servants have been locked up in a warehouse, and the half-blood elf mine slaves are released on the spot.

Now there are only prisoners and gray dwarves in the mines, as well as a few lone wolves with strong survivability.

In this way, there are no miners in the mines.

These days, only one-tenth of what used to be produced is a tenth of what was produced each day.

Roy was also preparing to follow the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment to capture a mine, but after waiting for nearly a week, the Cavalry Pioneer Regiment was still trapped in this mine fortress, and Captain Hercules couldn't get out at all.

Commander Hlekhslie took the Silver Pegasus warriors out to find other mines......

The Grantham mine owner was locked up in a warehouse, and he had two hours a day to be active, and every time he went out to let the wind out, the mine owner would observe the vanguard cavalry in the mine, and look at the piles of rough gems in the yard.

These days, the pile of gems in the yard has never gotten bigger, which made the Grantham mine owner think about the problem......

Captain Heckles sat down in his chair and asked the adjutant beside him, "Has the production of gems in the mines increased today?" ”

"Not yet!" The adjutant replied.

"Is there any news from the Earl of Swinburn? It is estimated that the mine's gem production can only be increased by throwing prisoners on Pallam Island into it. Captain Heckles said, then he scratched his hair again and said bitterly, "I don't want to stay here for the rest of my life and be a mine owner!" ”

'Tuk-tuk! ’

There was a knock on the door, and an elven knight walked in from the outside and said to Captain Hercules, "Captain, the Grantham mine owner wants to see you!" ”

Captain Heckles waved his hand impatiently, and then said: "No, watch him, don't let him escape......"

"Yes."

The elven knight turned and was about to walk out.

But when the elven knight walked to the door, he was stopped by Captain Heckless:

"Wait...... Let him in, I want to hear what he has to say! ”

Afterwards, the owner of the Grantham mine was brought to the head of Hercules by the elven knight, and the mine owner had lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and his eye sockets were also black......

He walked into the room and went straight to Captain Hercules.

"Captain, can I talk to you alone?" The Grantham mine owner said with some grovel.

Captain Hercules sat up straight and glanced at the adjutant.

The adjutant walked out in understanding, closed the door, and stood guard outside.

The Grantham Mine Master took a few steps closer and whispered beside Captain Herkless, "Master Chief, if you can let me leave the Pagisto Plateau, I can give you the most valuable batch of gems I have in store, and there are fifteen chests of these high-grade gems. ”

Captain Heckles shook his head.

The Grantham mine owner wiped his sweat, he knew that he didn't have much time left, and it was clear that the first condition had failed to impress the captain.

He thought about the hole cards in his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "I still have a few boxes of excellent quality magic weapons hidden in Castletown City, and I can give these boxes of excellent quality magic weapons to you." ”

Captain Heckless still shook his head and said:

"I'm sitting in this position, representing the entire Heckles family, and I don't think those gems and magic weapons can be of any use to me!"

The Grantham Mine Owner's face became even more difficult to look at, and he stole a glance at Captain Hercules, unable to think of anything else that could impress the Captain.

"Master Grantham, the mine is almost at a standstill now, if it were you, what could you do to get the mine's gem production back to normal?"

Captain Hercules asked the Grantham mine owner.

The Grantham mine owner's eyes lit up, he thought for a moment, and then said: "You have released all the half-blood elf mine slaves, they are the main laborers who dig gems during this time, and it is inevitable that the mine will reduce production, and if you want the mine to temporarily restore the production of gems, there are actually some methods, but these methods cannot last too long......"

"The best way to get the mine back to production is to add new miners to the mine!"

(End of chapter)