The Grantham mine owners chose to surrender to the Cavalry Vanguard, leaving almost all of the weapons and armor of the First Mine's private army in the mines.

The elven warriors of the Cavalry Vanguard Regiment naturally did not look down on these weapons and armor, and after the occupation of the First Mine, these weapons and armor were sealed in the warehouse, as trophies, and these materials may be transported back to Padstow City by the logistics regiment after the victory of the war.

Now that Roy has formed the Mine Guards, these weapons and armor are of course to be distributed among the half-blood elves in the First Mine.

Roy and Lambo open the door to the warehouse, where rows of neat wooden shelves line up in the dark warehouse.

I have to say that the owner of the Grantham mine is indeed an excellent manager, he manages this mine in an orderly manner, and the situation below the mine has always been under his control, otherwise the half-blood elf miner would not have an absolute advantage in the mine, you must know that whether it is a gray dwarf as strong as a bull, or a prisoner of the dark moon elves who can hide in the dark, it is not something that these half-blood elf miners can fight.

When Roy asks Walker for details about these events, he discovers that there must be traces of the Grantham mine's covert manipulation.

Obviously, the warehouses at the First Mine were also very neatly maintained by the Grantham Mine owner.

These neatly arranged shelves were divided into five layers, with helmets on the top layer, then shoulder pads and arm armor, cuirass in the middle, bracer guards and chain gloves on both sides of the breastplate, belts and trousers on the lower layer, and shin armor and combat boots at the bottom, all neatly arranged.

Lambo was clearly not the first time he had entered the warehouse, and he familiarly lit the torches on the shelves in front of the warehouse.

"This Grantham mine owner is really rich, and the armor is well maintained." Lambo whispered praise.

Roy walked inside, passing through several rows of armor shelves, and rows of weapon racks appeared in front of him, these weapon racks were placed with elven longswords with scabbards, and the silver handle was also coated with a thin film of oil, which should also be brand new elven longsword.

Further inside, rows of unwound hardwood longbows hung from the shelves, and the bowstrings were rolled in rolls under the shelves.

Feathered arrows were also stored separately, with sharp wolf teeth and arrows clustered in a wooden box, the shafts of the arrows tied together and arranged in bundles on shelves, and the tail feathers of the arrows were boxes of lightly cut feathers.

There are at least five hundred sets of armor stored here, which should be more than enough to be distributed to the half-blood elf guards in the first and second mines.

Lambert held up the torch and followed Roy and asked:

"Roy, are we really going to form a guard?"

Roy picked up a hardwood bow, and although he didn't have a bowstring attached, he could feel the strength of the bow's arms.

Compared to alloy bows, these hardwood bows are significantly lighter, making them more suitable for elves.

Roy put the hardwood bow back on the pylon, and said:

"Well, the second mine has already been formed, and a guard team will also be formed here, Lambo, I don't have a few reliable friends around me, you can be the captain of the first mine guard team!"

Lambo was startled, he was holding an elven sword, and when he heard Roy's words, he almost threw the elven sword on the ground.

"Me? I'm afraid I'm not good enough......" Lambo hesitated, he was a little unconfident.

All along, he had followed his father Lessander in everything he did, and now he was led by a guard with a clear lack of confidence.

Roy turned around, patted Lambo on the shoulder, and reassured him:

"It doesn't matter if you don't do it well, you can learn slowly.

I'm not the same, I was just a student at the Elven Academy before I came to the Pagisto Plateau.

Now I have to take over a few mines, and there are still five mines waiting for me to take over, but I can only manage two at present, so I will take over two, and the other mines will be ignored for the time being.

When things are sorted out on the first side of the mine, I'm going to take over the third mine.

All three mines are built on this spinel vein, and according to the Earl of Swinburn's idea, I will be in charge for the time being......"

Hearing Roy say this, Lambo seemed to have a little idea, and he said to Roy:

"Roy, I'll try to be the captain of the Guard."

Mu Lin brought over a hundred half-blood elf warriors at the beginning, and Roy brought another two hundred half-blood elf warriors this time, so the first mine could barely gather three hundred half-blood elf warriors.

……

The next morning, Roy led Lambo to form the First Mine Guard, appointing Lambo as the captain of the guard.

This time, Roy issued armor, swords, and hard bows to three hundred half-blood elven warriors.

At noon, the head of Kepler arrived at the first mine with the Silver Moon Elf Guard, and the Silver Moon Elf warriors stationed in the mine saw the captain arrive and stood in place to salute the head Kepler.

Lambo hurriedly arranged for the half-blood elf guards to change the guard with the Silver Moon Elf warriors, and the Silver Moon Elf warriors had already packed their bags in the morning.

After the changing of the guard here, the head of Kepler did not stop at the first mine and returned directly to the valley camp.

……

After Captain Kepler led the Silver Moon Elven Guard out of Mine One, Roy found time to check on the operations of Mine One.

What he had in his hand was the inventory list of the spinel mine for the past two days, but the list recorded the amount of spinel delivered every day, which was even less than one-tenth of that of the second mine.

Roy immediately called Lambo over.

"Roy, what's the matter with me?"

Lambo was wearing a suit of metal armor, and the sound of metal scraping against him as he walked was a bit harsh, but Lambo didn't care.

Roy shook the list of gem ore storage in his hand and asked Lambo:

"These days, is this the only spinel ore delivered under the mine?"

Lambert looked a little nervous, and he said to Roy:

"Well, the number of deliveries from the gem mine has been decreasing for two weeks in a row, and we had a note at the beginning of the conversation, but there was no reply from the mine."

"Because the half-blood elven miners have been rescued by us, and there is only a group of prisoners and robbers left inside, I tried to reduce the food ration to threaten them, and after a few days of no effect, I raised the food quota again, but the supply of ale and rum was suspended."

Lambo looked at Roy with some apprehension, as if waiting for Roy's harsh reprimand.

"There's nothing wrong with what you're doing!" Roy patted Lambo on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Roy knew that in the first mine, it was originally the half-blood elf mine slaves who had the advantage, and after the half-blood elf mine slaves left, only the Dark Moon Elf prisoners and the gray dwarf robbers were left, and at first they could compromise with each other for food, but later they would definitely fight for the dominance of the mine mouth.

It's just that at the moment, it is not clear which side has the advantage.

In short, the struggle below the mine was one of the main reasons for the sharp decline in ore production at the first mine.

Roy grew up in the realm of elves, so when the grey dwarf robbers and the Darkmoon elf prisoners were compared to each other, his heart was more inclined to the elves.

Roy walked out of the room and came to the well in the courtyard, and sure enough, the materials piled up here were much reduced.

He asked several half-blood elves who were guarding the wellhead:

"Have you heard any strange noises coming from under the mine lately?"

"Two weeks ago there were occasional noises, but lately it's been quiet!" Several half-blood elves replied in unison.

Roy sighed, maybe he found out a little late.

However, there are only a few prisoners and robbers in the mine, and even if they all die together, there is nothing to lose.

It's just that the first mine needs to operate normally, and this matter must be resolved......

He looked at the boom next to the mine, it was completely different from the boom in the second mine, perhaps because the owner of the Grantham mine usually did a good job of daily maintenance of the boom, and all parts of the boom were in very good condition, even the ropes were soaked in tung oil.

He stood next to the wooden box, which should be able to hold six or seven elven warriors, so he thought about taking an elven battle team again and sneaking into the well.

But it is very unfortunate that the head of Kepler has just left the first mine, and Mu Lin is on the second side of the mine, and Roy really can't gather an elite combat team at present.

Lambo also saw that Roy was circling around the mine, as if he had some radical ideas, and he kept following Roy.

"Lambo, I want to go inside the mine and have a look, you can help me guard it......"

Before Roy could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by Lambo:

"Roy, don't be stupid, except for the gray dwarf robbers below, it's a group of prisoners, you go down, they won't tear you up directly!" 、

"This kind of thing, I am very experienced, when I was in the second mine, I entered the mine with Mu Lin, not only rescued the half-blood elves, but also subdued those dark moon elf prisoners by the way, which simply opened up a new situation for the second mine!" Roy said to Lambo.

"Don't say I don't believe it, even if I believe it's true, I won't let you risk it." Lambo's face turned pale, and he said through gritted teeth.

Lambo was clearly intimidated by Roy's decision, and no matter what Roy said, he did not agree to Roy's risk of entering the mine.

Seeing that Lambo was determined not to let himself take risks, Roy could only give up the idea for the time being.

He took a squad of half-blood elven warriors and two hundred suits of armor and weapons, and spent a day riding back to the second mine.

Sure enough, the second mine is more vibrant, and the entire mine is undergoing large-scale renovation work.

Roy followed the stone steps carved out by the half-blood elves and entered the second mine again, this time directly to the Dark Moon Elves underneath.

When a group of Dark Moon Elves saw Lord Roy go down the well himself, they thought that he was going to make a deal with the group of gray dwarves who were a little carried away, and hurriedly caught up with them......

(End of chapter)