The Darkmoon elf prisoners in the mines soon gathered.

These Dark Moon Elves have basically not suffered much in the mines over the years, and every Dark Moon Elf has become a very good assassin in this dark environment, the only difference is that they have no weapons and armor.

After they surrendered to Roy, they have been digging for gems in the mines.

Recently, Roy didn't make things difficult for the Dark Moon Elves in terms of food supply, and even provided them with thirty improvised tents and some boiling pots so that they could drink lemon tea in the mines.

The mine owner in front of him had never given this kind of benefit, and the idea of respecting the strong was also in his heart, which made the Dark Moon Elves extremely obedient to Roy's orders......

Suddenly, there were so many half-blood elf minions missing, and the mine became empty.

The Dark Moon Elf led Roy along the mine for a long distance, but he didn't meet a single miner.

The tunnel continues to descend, and the further down you go, the colder the cave becomes, with a lilac moss growing in the crevices of the walls around it, and milky white umbrella-shaped mushrooms growing in some places, giving the mine some more life.

The caves here are markedly different from the mines, and there is even a faint warm breath blowing out of the caves

Instead of occupying the veins, the caves deviate from the veins, which are of the same shale, and some of the rocks are interbedded with water dripping downward.

The Dark Moon Elves stopped at a hole in front of them, turned to Roy, and introduced:

"Lord Roy, from here on, we have entered the realm of the gray dwarves! The grey rats had set up a lot of traps and traps in the mine, and we tried a few times, and a few elves died, and we never came back here. ”

Roy could tell that the Darkmoon Elves had suffered a bit in this cavern.

The cavern is very low, and the elves must bend down and bow their heads to pass through the cavern, but the gray dwarves can come and go freely in this low cavern.

Roy remembered that the half-blood elves and the Darkmoon elves in the second mine had said that if they were short on food, they would bring some pickaxes, hemp ropes, and other things and run here to exchange some food with the gray dwarves.

The gray dwarves here are good at making dried mushrooms and moss cakes, which are very unpalatable, but at least they don't starve......

"And how did you deal with them?" Roy asked.

A Dark Moon Elf pointed to the entrance of the cave and said:

"Here!"

At the entrance of the cave there is a hanging hemp rope, which extends from the roof of the cave to the depths of the cave.

The Dark Moon Elf continued to whisper:

"Just pull it, and it won't be long before gray rats come out, and they have dried mushrooms, moss cakes, or some daggers made out of pickaxes."

Roy nodded.

It was only when he stepped over and grabbed the hemp rope that Roy could feel its weight.

I don't know how far it goes, but it's very heavy to start with.

Roy tugged hard at the twine, and there was a clanging sound from the depths of the mine.

It's a little faint, but it's audible......

Then, Roy carefully examined the cave, and sure enough, it was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

At least for now, Roy didn't do much about the gray dwarves.

It wasn't long before a gray dwarf in a pair of shabby shorts was seen swaggering out of the mine, he was wearing no shoes, his big feet were thick calluses, and he was running like the wind when he stepped on the sharp gravel......

He had a pocket tied around his waist, and his bare upper body looked very strong, and the muscles were like iron lumps.

The gray dwarf's beard was braided in three braids, and his dirty face had two deep nasolabial folds, and it was not easy to tell how old he was, not very old.

"What do you want in exchange?"

The gray dwarf saw that there were many dark moon elves standing at the entrance of the cave, and stopped ten meters away, and asked with a wary expression.

He spoke Elven language, and Roy understood it.

The Dark Moon Elves looked at Roy, who was observing the gray dwarf and didn't speak for a moment.

The gray dwarf had a short temper and spoke very harshly:

"Hurry up, don't waste time......"

Roy took a few steps forward, and the gray dwarf immediately shouted, "Don't go any further, just stand there and say!" ”

"Okay, I'm going to make a deal with you, and I'd like to ask you to help me mine the spinel ore in the mine......"

Before Roy could finish his words, the gray dwarf on the other side interrupted him: "This kind of thing is not negotiable, we have stopped mining spinel ore for a long time, and we have no plans to do so in the future!" If you don't have anything else to do, you can go back! ”

After the gray dwarf finished speaking, he waved his hand impatiently at Roy.

"You don't even ask me...... What do you use to make a deal with you? Roy was not angry, he took out a water bladder directly from his magic waist bag, he pulled out the stopper wrapped in sheepskin, and the faint smell of wine came out of it.

Roy smiled and turned the water bladder upside down, and the crisp liquor suddenly flowed out of it.

'Whoa'

A whole bag of rum was poured at Roy's feet, and the entire mouth of the mine was filled with this faint smell of wine.

The gray dwarf was so angry that his beard cocked, and he pointed at Roy speechless.

"You, you, you, you...... At...... Do? Hurry up and stop, how did you pour out such a good wine? Hurry up and stop me. ”

With that, the gray dwarf took two steps towards Roy.

Then he gritted his teeth and stopped, jumped to his feet in a hurry, and shouted at Roy, "You're really...... You want spinel ore, we don't have it! The Dark Moon Elves occupy the entire ore vein, and with them, we don't dare to venture out and mine, and the gem mines we dig up are not enough for them to grab. ”

"So, if I can restrain these Dark Moon Elves, are you willing to come out and mine?" Roy asked.

"I can't do this, I'll have to go back and ask everyone's opinions......" The gray dwarf replied with wide eyes, growling.

Then he asked, "By the way, are you going to trade rum with us?" ”

"Only high-grade spinel ore can be exchanged for rum, and ordinary spinel ore can be exchanged for fruit wine and ale." Roy said.

"That's ...... It's not impossible! ”

The gray dwarf said, twitching his nose as he greedily sniffed the booze in the cave.

Roy pulled out a large ale glass from his waist bag, filled it with bubbling ale, and threw it directly at the gray dwarf.

At a distance of ten meters, when the wine glass is in the air, some spill out.

The gray dwarf's eyes widened, staring at the glass, and the moment he received it, the ale in the glass splashed the gray dwarf's face......

"I'm sorry, we're too far apart, I can't help it!" Roy waved his hand at the Grey Dwarf, then added, "If you want to exchange ale, you will come to the well tomorrow with the gem mine." Ten barrels of spinel ore for a barrel of wine, I'm talking about ore, not those waste stones, I can guarantee that the Dark Moon Elves will not rob your ore, whether you dare to send it over or not, it's up to you! ”

"Why don't you trade here?"

The gray dwarf saw Roy turn around to leave, and hurriedly shouted loudly.

"You let the Darkmoon Elves withdraw from the northern area of the mine, leaving the northern part of the mining area to us, and the other trading location should be here, I can't trust those Darkmoon Elves!"

Roy turned around and said, "That's not the same price, twenty barrels of spinel ore for one barrel of wine!" ”

"Deal, you can send the rum tomorrow! We're not going to waste time mining regular spinel ore, and if you don't have sausages and wheat crackers, we'd like to exchange some ......."

"No, it's estimated that a batch of salted fish will come in a few days." Roy said as he looked at the gray dwarf at the entrance of the cave.

"Salted fish is fine, if you have it, bring us a little, how to change it can be discussed...... By the way, has the owner of this mine been replaced, it turns out that the mine owner does not have this kind of courage......"

The gray dwarf took a careful sip from his glass, and there was only half a glass of ale left in the glass, and he had to make it as small as possible.

Roy turned to look at the gray dwarf, pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Turning around, he left the mine with a group of Darkmoon Elves.

There was no way to force a breakthrough into this cave, and the idea of arresting these gray dwarf bandits could not be realized, so Roy could only take a step back for the time being, establish a cooperative relationship with these gray dwarves first, and talk about other ideas later.

Unlike the Copperbeard Dwarves and Black Iron Dwarves of the Dwarven Realm, these Grey Dwarves are cunning and greedy by nature, and they have the bad roots to become robbers in their bones.

They had been trapped in the mine for too long, and they were usually bullied by the Dark Moon Elves so that they didn't dare to take the lead, so they didn't make waves under the mine......

……

In fact, there is one more thing that Roy has not figured out, the mine owners of these two mines are casually throwing elves and dwarves into the mine and leaving them to fend for themselves in the mine, didn't these gray dwarves and half-blood elves think of digging a mine hole and leading directly to the surface to escape from the mine?

The two times he went down to the mine, he really looked closely, and he didn't see any other holes extending upwards.

When he came up from the mine, he happened to see Walker chatting in the courtyard with several half-blood elves, who wanted to take advantage of the evening to do restorative exercises in the courtyard.

Seeing Roy coming out of the mine, several half-blood elves straightened up and took the initiative to greet Roy.

"Lord Roy!"

Roy stopped, looked at the wooden shelves with some training weapons, and casually asked, "How many of you are starting recovery exercises now?" ”

The half-blood elf hurriedly replied with a smile: "If you don't move again, your body will rust......"

Roy looked at Walker, pulled him aside, and whispered to him, "Walker, I ask you...... You've lived so long under the mines, have you ever thought about digging a tunnel up to escape? ”

"I didn't think about it! We also dug two tunnels to the surface, but both times they were discovered by the highland headhunters, and many of our companions died in those two incidents, and then we didn't have that idea anymore. Walker replied honestly.

It turned out to be the reason for those plateau headhunters, so it seems to make sense.

In fact, those plateau headhunters are also masters of drilling, and when the cavalry vanguard group chases and kills plateau headhunters, once they run back into the mountains, they will disappear in a blink of an eye.

Roy suspected that they were hiding in a hidden cave......

Thinking about how to get the gray dwarf to mine in the mines, Roy walked back to the room on the third floor.

There was a letter in the most conspicuous position on the desk, and Roy walked over and saw the beautiful text on the envelope, and knew that it was written by Moira.

Some time ago, Roy wrote three letters and asked the head of Berkeley to help him send them.

The first letter was addressed to Ms. Belinda, mainly to introduce his life in the Partington plane, so that she should not worry, in fact, Roy did not know how long it would take for Lady Belinda to see it, after all, she should still be traveling in Darnassus City.

Another letter to Moira, Sabrina, Woods, and Miss Tiffany's was that they were about to have a new vacation, and Roy was going to invite them to visit Pajisto Heights.

The third letter was addressed to Xavier, that is, the Dark Moon Elf assassin, Roy was in Castletown City, and needed to write a letter to Xavier every month, but in the Partington plane, where communication was extremely inconvenient, that letter was Roy's arrival in the Partington plane for two months...... The first letter to Xavier.

In fact, the day before yesterday, Roy wrote another long letter to Xavier, which was full of the names of the prisoners of the Dark Moon Elves, and he wanted to ask Xavier to help confirm whether the information of these Dark Moon Elves was true......

The first letter Roy waited for was a reply to Moira and the others:

'Dear Roy, maybe we were all on our way when you received the letter, maybe we were actively preparing for the trip, but in any case, we unanimously decided that we were going to the Pagisto Plateau to find you during the holidays, and you were waiting for us on the plateau. ’

In addition, the four of them also wrote some life trivia to Roy, Moira said that the Liberty Temple was deserted, and Woods told Roy that he had grafted the mainmast of the Black Pearl and the keel of the large ship together, and now the keel and mainmast of the Black Pearl were alive.

It was followed by the names of Moira, Sabrina, Tiffany, and Woods.

Roy leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes and reminisced about the good days in Castletown, and put down the letter in his hand before deciding to take a good shower......

Tomorrow we will see if those gray dwarves can resist the temptation of rum, and hope that those gray dwarves can run out to mine.

Roy saw that the second letter on the table was from the Valley Camp, which was supposed to be the battle report of the Silver Pegasus Legion in the last few days.

I opened the envelope, and sure enough, it was right.

Unexpectedly, in just half a month, the Silver Pegasus Army had already entered the hinterland of the Pagisto Plateau, and the Earl of Swinburn occupied seven mines in one go......

Seeing this news, Roy was a little dumbfounded......

If he continued like this, he would not even think of returning to Castletown for two years......

(End of chapter)