429. Helik's Path to Freedom

In August 1407, the headhunters on the western front of the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane were forced to evacuate the Kartim Mountains, and only three weeks later, the headhunters surrendered the Northwind Gorge to the mine guards, and the headhunters were now fully withdrawn to the northern part of the Pagisto Plateau.

Roy led 4,000 half-blood elven warriors to occupy the Canyon of the North Wind.

The Mine Guard has now expanded to four 1,000-strong brigades, and in addition to one led by Roy himself, Sabrina, Woods, and Mullin serve as the captains of the Mine Guards, and among the four brigades, the first brigade led by Sabrina is the strongest.

Nearly half of the half-blood elves in the first team are heavily armed swordsmen, and if they break through, they will become sword dancers like Sabrina.

Sabrina led the First Brigade to fight for two days and one night in the Northwind Canyon, driving the headhunters directly from the southern entrance of the canyon to the northern wilderness of the Pajisto Plateau......

Of course, throughout the battle, the Griffons and the Assassin Squad have been fully cooperating.

Miss Tiffany had been behind Sabrina, and her ice shield had blocked many short spears for Sabrina.

Sabrina killed almost all the Plateau Headhunters with the 'Dance of Radiance', and the southern entrance of the North Wind Canyon even killed two Headhunter Leaders in a row.

It was the death of these two headhunter leaders one after another that would cause chaos among the headhunters in the Northwind Canyon, and the mine guards took advantage of the weakness to enter, and Sabrina carried a Seruki sword all the way through the entire Northwind Canyon.

Commander Helik led 5,000 rebel fighters along the edge of the Kartim Mountains to the Northwind Canyon, which Roy's mine guards had completely occupied......

According to incomplete statistics from various mines, the headhunters killed at least 10,000 half-blood elves on the Pagisto Plateau.

These include three silver mines in the Kartim Mountains and two black iron mines in the Kathiar Mountains.

There were almost 2,000 half-blood elf miners in the three silver mines, and more than 500 gray dwarf slaves, all of whom were executed in the mines by the highland headhunters......

These three silver mines were captured by the rebel soldiers led by Commander Helik, and it was precisely because the next two siege battles slowed down the progress of the rebel army that Captain Helik arrived at the North Wind Canyon five days later than Roy.

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A group of half-blood elven warriors, all riding argali, left the northern entrance of the North Wind Canyon and slowly entered the cold and windy northern wilderness of the Pagisto Plateau......

Commander Helik led the rebel soldiers to stay in the Northwind Canyon for only one day before leaving the Northwind Canyon in a hurry.

In order to avoid being informed, Roy and Captain Helik did not even show up this time, and there was no communication between the rebels and the mine guards, and the rebel fighters only borrowed the way from the North Wind Canyon to enter the northern part of the plateau.

All supplies to the rebels were transferred directly from Reisander's pack team and transported directly by the griffons, and barely appeared in the logistical accounts of the mine guards.

The sky lit up with a touch of fish belly white, and the stars in the night sky receded......

Kaka rode a griffin and carried Roy after Captain Helik from behind, and he jumped off the back of the griffin and strode towards Captain Helik.

Captain Helik grabbed the reins of the argali, and also stopped.

In the wilderness north of the North Wind Canyon, in some places where the sun does not shine, you can see some snow that has not melted.

A layer of withered yellow grass grows close to the ground, and a touch of new green lies beneath the dry blades of grass.

Roy stepped on these thorny hay, went up to Captain Helik, and said to him:

"Captain Helik, in fact, you don't have to rush into the northern wilderness of the plateau, the mine guards can immediately withdraw from the North Wind Canyon, and you can also take over the three silver mines in the Kartim Mountains, with these three silver mines, you can use the resources in the mines to exchange for any materials you need. I am sure that Reisander's pack team will never turn down this deal. ”

Captain Helik shook his head, smiled and said to Roy:

"The Kaltim Mountains are still too close to the city of Padstow, and now the Silver Pegasus Legion has to deal with the chaos in the Queen Ivanie Islands, and they can't take care of the affairs on the Padesto Plateau for the time being, but once they deal with the gray dwarves in the Queen Ivanie Islands, they will immediately turn around and deal with the affairs on the Partington plane."

"I was thinking about it a few days ago if I should live in the tundra on this side of the Kaltim Mountains for a while, but then I felt that this place was still too close to the city of Padstow, and those silver pegasus warriors flew here from the city of Paddestow, and it only took about a day and night."

"In addition, I think the Kaltim Mountains can be a good buffer zone, whether it is the Silver Pegasus Legion or our group of half-blood elf warriors, we probably hope that you can master this area, put it in the hands of the Silver Moon Elves, we don't trust them, and similarly, those Silver Moon Elves will definitely not let the half-blood elves control this place."

"So after thinking about it, I decided to abandon the Kaltim Mountains and continue to walk north."

"Hehe, I didn't have this ability before, there is a lack of food on the Pajisto Plateau, and it is actually quite difficult for the half-blood elves to move around the plateau at will. Now that you have the Elven Cookies, Tree of Life sap and healing potions, as well as some magical items necessary for travel, the road is not so difficult for us. ”

"And we can continue to give those plateau headhunters a little color, they killed so many of our compatriots, and now we are chasing and beating all the way, and it is impossible to forget it like this."

"And then there'...... In fact, I have always been curious about what the land of the ancestors of Gazan in the northern part of the Pajisto Plateau is like, that place is actually quite mysterious to the half-blood elves on the Partington plane, many friends have talked to me, but unfortunately I have not been able to give a correct answer, I want to go and see. ”

"We will open up the situation in the northern part of the plateau, there should also be some mines here, capture the next two, and then I will exchange the ore with you for the armaments."

"Don't worry, with us here in the Northern Wilderness, the headhunters won't have a chance to touch the North Wind Canyon......"

Captain Helik pulled Roy and said a lot in one breath on a grassy hill.

At the beginning, Captain Helik gave up the two black iron mines in the Kassi Mountains to Roy, but in fact, Roy owed Captain Helik a big favor.

Unexpectedly, Captain Helik gave up the entire Kartim Mountains to Roy again this time, while he led the rebel fighters into the northern wilderness.

Roy thought for a while before he said with a straight face:

"The mine guards will evacuate the North Wind Canyon in the next few days, and we will go all the way north from the Tianpu Canyon to the northern part of the plateau."

Captain Helik patted Roy on the shoulder and said:

"That's really okay, when we join forces to clean up all the headhunters in the northern plateau, as long as the time is right, I will continue to explore north, and then I will use a few mines in the northern plateau to exchange a batch of materials for a long trip with you."

"That's fine, I'll get the griffons to support you at any time." Roy said.

After saying that, Roy and Captain Helik stopped at the same time.

A red sun rose from the horizon and shone on the vast wilderness.

Helik looked out at the northern part of the wilderness, where there was still a lot of snow in the shade between the mountains that had not completely melted, and the cold wind blew on his face, and the cold froze directly into his bones.

Roy mounted the griffon, and Kaka, who was sitting in front, patted the griffon's neck, and the majestic griffin suddenly spread its wings, roared softly, jumped and flapped its wings several times in succession, and flew directly on the mound.

Take-off is the hardest, but once you take to the skies and spread your wings against the wind, the griffin becomes much easier.

Kaka put his arm around the griffin, turned to look at Roy, and asked curiously:

"Where do they want to go?"

Roy knew that Kaka was asking Captain Helik and the rebel army.

In fact, not only Kaka, many half-blood elves very much hope that the rebel army of Captain Helik can join the mine guards, so that these half-blood elf warriors will all be whitewashed.

But they were thinking a little too simply, how could the military headquarters of the Silver Pegasus Legion accept these half-blood elf rebels?

If it is to be accepted, it was accepted during the peace talks three years ago, and naturally it will not wait until now.

Roy set his eyes on Captain Helik, who rode an argali, and in the wilderness, the running argali, brought up a cloud of dust......

"Where to go...... It doesn't matter to them as a group of half-blood elven warriors, they're just looking for freedom! ”

Roy said with a squint.

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Commander Helik led 5,000 half-blood elven warriors along the Kaltim Mountains, and the rebel army captured a total of three castles, but did not capture a single headhunter captive.

The headhunters who met the rebels, except for those who escaped, were left with only a few corpses.

Captain Helik threw the corpses of these headhunters into the pit and filled it with a layer of sand, and even planted some sea buckthorn on the soil.

The elves firmly believe that life is above all else, but Captain Helik clearly disagrees, and under his leadership, this group of half-blood elven warriors almost never leaves prisoners, and all the headhunters they meet are ready to kill.

But the mine guards are different, whether it is Roy or Sabrina, they both advocate not killing those headhunters who voluntarily surrender.

Although Mullin disagreed, the mine guards couldn't make too many waves.

The defeat of the Plateau Headhunters at the North Wind Gorge meant that they had completely lost their access to the southern part of the Pagisto Plateau.

At the same time, nearly 1,000 headhunters became prisoners of war, and are currently being held in a makeshift prisoner of war camp in the North Wind Gorge, where they were confiscated with weapons and fur armor.

There are no wooden cages and no tents.

The half-blood elves simply drew a place on a stone cliff and fenced it with some stones.

Headhunters don't have any shackles on their bodies, as long as they want to run...... You can run out at any time.

The half-blood elven warriors guarding outside the prisoner of war camp won't even take a look, but whether they survive or not depends on their ability to escape and hide.

Because there is a special team of hunters responsible for taking care of these headhunter prisoners of war, escaped headhunter prisoners of war can be killed, so that the follow-up processing will be simpler, and it is better to deal with it than the living headhunters.

Roy even made a personal management rule for headhunter prisoners of war, including providing two meals a day, and in the morning the group of headhunters were required to do morning exercises, and practice some obedience training, etc.

Roy wanted to send these prisoners of war to the mines, but before that, Roy was going to let them go through a period of training in the prisoner of war camp, and also undergo a public trial, each headhunter needed to be convicted and pleaded guilty, and then tried, and the final sentence was to enter the mine to participate in labor reform, and the labor reform period would be the rest of their lives.

Originally, Roy wanted to keep the three silver mines in the Kaltim Mountains running normally, but when he went to the silver mines to see the actual situation there, he deeply realized the mood of those rebel fighters who did not leave prisoners.

It's really miserable!

The headhunters threw the corpses of the half-blood elf miner and the gray dwarf miner into the mine, and after filling the mouth of the mine, they blocked the mine with waste ore and ore.

When Roy came to the silver mines, he found that the corpses in the mines had not yet had time to be disposed of, but through the waste ore and ore, he could clearly smell the strong smell of corpses, and even the castle was covered with blood, a large amount of blood was sprinkled on the walls, and after drying, it took on a purple-black color, making those rooms look like torture chambers in hell.

"Those headhunters should be brought back and given a good look at the crimes they have committed." Woods said palely, he had vomited into his stomach and barely had anything left.

"Then not only will they be reformed in the mine, but they will also have to confess twice a day, morning and evening!"

Roy covered his face with a handkerchief, walked out of the blood-stained castle, and said in silence for a moment.

"Roy, the silver mines here are temporarily out of operation, where are you going to send these headhunter prisoners of war?" Mu Lin, who was following behind, pursed her lips and asked a little unwillingly.

"Don't think about it, I won't send them to the spinel mines, there are obviously not enough miners in the Mithril mines at the moment, so they will all be sent to the Sudazor Mountains!" Roy directly cut off Mu Lin's last glimmer of hope.

The mine guards left the Northwind Gorge and did not choose to take a detour from the Kartim Mountains, passing through the Raven Ridge and then reaching the Sudas Mountains.

Instead, he chose to take the same road that Captain Helik had taken a few days ago, turning over the Kartim Mountains and directly crossing the Mangyuan to the northern part of the Sudazor Mountains.

Although the road was not very easy to follow, it was fortunate that there was a map drawn by Captain Helik himself, and there were griffon cavalry familiar with the terrain to guide the way.

Thus, in mid-September, the 4,000 half-blood elven warriors of the Mine Guard had completed the feat of crossing the Kartim Mountains and crossing the plains to arrive at the Mithril Mines of Sudasso North......

(End of chapter)