Is there any other choice? ’

The owner of the Jerome mine asked himself in his heart.

The answer is 'no'.

Refusal meant that he and his family would be sent to the Inquisition in the city of Padustow.

Rather than that, it is better to stay in this iron mine honestly.

"I promise you, Roy Mine Master."

The owner of the Jerome mine hesitated a little, then agreed.

Roy stood beside the furnace the size of an earthen stove, looked at the red coke with some iron ore burning in it, smiled faintly at the owner of the Jerome mine, and said gently:

"You can be like them, call me Boss Roy."

This is probably the most dilapidated mine on the Pagisto Plateau, and probably the cleanest mine on the entire plateau.

However, the Jerome mine owner was a clever half-blood elf, so Roy took the Jerome mine owner under his command very smoothly......

At this time, all the half-blood elf miners in the mine were also summoned to the courtyard of the mine, and everyone cheered happily when they saw that the courtyard was full of half-blood elf warriors, and heard these half-blood elf warriors say that they had regained their freedom from now on.

When they heard that the headhunters in the northern part of the plateau had been driven back to the land of the ancestors of Gazan in the northernmost mountains of the plateau, the hearts of many half-blood elf miners came alive.

Many Half-Blood Elven miners asked the Half-Blood Elven warriors about the situation on the Padesto Plateau and about the situation in Padstow City.

When they heard that Lord Jarvis had been sent to the Inquisition in Buenos City, the largest slave gang in the Partington Plane was completely destroyed, and the city of Paddesto was now the largest gathering place for the Half-Blood Elves in the Partington Plane, and some of the Half-Blood Elf miners wanted to return to Paddesto City from the Padesto Plateau......

Of course, for these half-blood elf miners, such a long journey must be full of difficulties and dangers.

Some miners heard that there were many half-blood elves living in the southern part of the plateau, and immediately said that they wanted to live in the southern part of the plateau for a while.

There are also some miners who are accustomed to this kind of mining life and want to stay in the mine to continue mining.

However, almost no half-blood elf miners came forward to accuse the Jerome mine owner, not because the Jerome mine owner was so good to them, but because the Jerome mine owner often led by example, and would enter the mine almost every day to inspect the situation in the mine, and occasionally eat and live with the half-blood elf miners in the mine, which won the trust of the half-blood elf miners.

This iron ore field, under the mountain range, is not the kind of black iron vein in the Kassi Mountains, does not produce magic black iron, can only dig out the most ordinary iron ore, the smelted iron ingots can be used to make weapons, if not mixed with magic metal, it is impossible to forge excellent quality magic weapons.

However, according to the owner of the Jerome mine, there have been more valuable magic iron mines in this iron mine, but the output is very scarce, and the owner of the Jerrom mine has been operating this mine for more than 100 years, and a total of three magic iron mines have been dug out.

If it weren't for these three magic iron mines, it is estimated that this iron ore field would have been unable to sustain itself for a long time.

After capturing the dilapidated iron ore field, Roy did not stop there, and the mine guards continued to advance east along the mountain vein.

Before leaving, the owner of the Jerome mine handed Roy a parchment scroll, which was a small map, on which only the mountain range where the iron mine was located, in addition to the mine of the owner of the Jerome mine, continue to the east, and you can also meet three similar iron mines, according to the owner of the Jerome mine, these iron mines are operating in a similar state of operation as his own mine, and it is about to be impossible to hold on.

There was no way around it, as the Silver Pegasus blocked the portal of the Partington Plane and restricted the trade of the Partington Plane.

No matter how many ingots these miners produce, these ingots are just a pile of scrap metal without the purchase of them by the merchants......

……

According to the names on the list, Roy went down one mine after another, and sure enough, these mine owners were similar to the Jerome mine owners, probably living a difficult life in the Northland, and they didn't treat the half-blood elf miners so badly.

Of course, almost all mine owners have some connection to the headhunter tribe near the mine, and they will regularly send some iron tools to the headhunter tribe in order to maintain their relationship with each other.

It's not that close, but it's not bad, after all, it's about living on other people's turf.

The mine will provide these headhunter tribes with iron tools, arrow clusters, war blades, skinning knives, some are finished products, and sometimes some iron ingots, the headhunters are not good at forging, but the most basic repair weapons, after so many years, finally learned some.

However, when these headhunter tribes heard that the half-blood elves had conquered the northern part of the plateau, they hurried to the land of the ancestors of Gazan to avoid trouble.

Roy's wait in the Temporal Canyon was rewarded with no effort in recovering most of the eastern half of the northern part of the plateau.

It didn't take much effort to take over four iron mines, but although these iron mines looked very average, the mine owners were not as pure as the Jerome mine owners, and they did not have the same prestige as the Jerome mine owners among the half-blood elf miners.

So Roy didn't give the three mine owners a chance to talk, and instead sent them straight back to the Inquisition in Paddestow City.

Taking the opportunity to return the three mine owners to the Inquisition, Roy also transported most of the iron ingots accumulated in the four mines for many years, accompanied by a group of half-blood elven miners who yearn for the life of the people in the city of Padstow.

Roy's promise to them was to follow the pack team honestly and reach the city of Padstow.

In addition to these four iron ore mines, to the north there is a crisscrossing of mountains, which the headhunters call 'Vochak', which means that the mountains resemble the teeth of a wind wolf.

In such a messy mountain, there are two Mithril mines that look like they are quite large.

It has to be said that the entire Pajisto Plateau is a dense area of mineral veins......

There is a Mithril vein in the Sudazor Mountains, but I didn't expect that there are two Mithril mines in the Vochak Mountains here.

The mine owners who can occupy the Mithril Mine can be said to be the mine owners who have quite some means, and these two mine owners have built their mines like castles, in addition to the half-blood elf miners, there are also gray dwarves and dark moon elf miners......

It appears that each Mithril bar is stained with the blood of some elven miner, and when Roy leads the mine guard to the first mine, the mine owner also tries to organize the mine army to resist.

When Roy's griffons appeared above the Mithril mines, the mine owner immediately made a decision to open the castle gates.

……

The headhunters in the Vochak Mountains were all gone, and those who dared to stay quickly fled north under the combined attack of the griffin regiment and the assassin squad, and these headhunters were far less experienced than those who entered the southern part of the plateau, and some of them were even not yet adults.

The headhunters are gone, for they still have the land of the Gazan Ancestors to take refuge in.

But the Mithril mine here can't escape, and there's no way to escape.

The castle walls built around the Mithril Mines are not very high, and the entire castle is built on a hill, with many buildings lined up on the steep hillside.

The castle gate was built very tall, and the mine owner, dressed in the ornate aristocratic attire, looked very small underneath the gate, wearing the Windranger hood that the Silver Moon Elves loved on his head, and a magical sword encrusted with seven gems at his waist.

His skin was as white as milk, and his face looked more delicate than some of the female elves, and he exuded a kind of femininity.

He is different from Claire, although Claire is handsome, she does not have this feminine temperament at all.

And he also wore some lip gloss on his lips and some grease powder on his face.

Seeing Roy walking in the front, followed by Sabrina and Woods, the mine owner raised the corners of his mouth and greeted Roy with a smile, and said:

"You're Lord Roy, I'm Abil, the owner of the Mithril Mine in Mount Volchak, the Silver Pegasus Legion has been in my mine for nearly a month, and at that time, the military officer announced that there will be a new mine owner to take over the Mithril Mine, I didn't expect you to come at this time......"

Roy ignored his words and walked straight into the castle, followed by a group of half-blood elven warriors.

Walking into the castle gate, there is a street that slopes upward, paved with stone slabs, with gentle slopes and steps, and the square inside the castle gate is not very large, and in the center of the square stands a statue of an elf similar to the appearance of the owner of the Abil mine, and many of the textures on the stone statues are inlaid with gold, making the statue look lifelike.

A detachment of less than 100 men from the mines was waiting in the square.

Walking up the main road, you will reach the most ornate building in the castle, but Roy did not look too far, turned to the mine soldier in charge of guarding the city gate, and asked, "Where is the Mithril Mine?" ”

The gate guard wearing a set of armor like iron buckets was stunned for a moment, he subconsciously wanted to go to see the owner of the Abel mine, but when he was stared at by Roy, he was a little panicked, pointed to a path on the west side of the castle with his hand, and responded in a panic: "...... over there"

Roy didn't say anything more, turned around and walked in the direction of the Mithril Mine.

Mulling stepped out of the ranks of the half-blood elven warriors and quickly took over the castle gates, taking control of the mine smugglers in the plaza at the castle gates.

A group of half-blood elven warriors quickly ran up to the top of the city and took over several arrow towers on the city walls.

These were not the places that Roy was concerned about, and after walking along the west side path for a while, he saw the furnace and warehouse in the west area of the castle, as well as the mine full of Mithril ore, and the metal solution constantly flowing out of the furnace, slowly flowing into the different molds.

The people working here are some gray dwarves, but the expressions on the faces of these gray dwarves are a little wooden, and when they saw Roy and his party walking in, they didn't react, and they still worked silently by the furnace.

Roy continued inside, following the minecarts and finding the mine at a glance.

Two half-blood elf miners are gathered in front of a minecart.

The half-blood elf miner in front dragged the minecart with a piece of rope, and pulled forward with all his strength, and the half-blood elf miner in the back was also pushing the minecart hard, the minecart was not going fast, Roy took a few steps forward, only to find that the two half-blood elf miners looked yellow and thin.

This place is completely different from the four iron mines he saw before, the previous mines are all dilapidated mines, and the half-blood elf miners in the mines are in good physical condition and mental state, but here the mines are very atmospheric, but the miners in the mines are so hungry that their faces are yellow and thin.

Roy's face instantly turned cold and he strode up, Woods and Sabrina following closely behind.

He walked up to the two half-blood elf miners and startled the two half-blood elf miners, who even looked to the sides in a panic and breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that there were no overseers.

"How many half-blood elf slaves are there?" Roy asked the half-blood elf miner standing in front of the minecart.

"At most, there were more than a thousand people, and many half-blood elves died of illness, and they couldn't be replenished, and then there were only more than five hundred left, and recently there were always people who died inexplicably, and the remaining half-blood elves may be less than four hundred." The half-blood elf miner said cautiously.

"Apart from the half-blood elf miners, are there any other miners in this Mithril mine?" Roy asked, looking around.

Woods was already making his way to the mine, a squad of half-blood elven warriors following him.

The half-blood elf miner replied, "There are some gray dwarves out there, mainly for ore screening and smelting, about a hundred or so. There are also Dark Moon Elves in it, and the Dark Moon Elves are mainly mining with us, and the number of Dark Moon Elf miners is even smaller, probably less than a hundred. ”

After saying this, he asked Roy very vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

Roy thought for a moment and said:

"We are part of the Silver Pegasus Legion's Mine Guard on the Pagisto Plateau. The first thing I did when I came to the Mithril Mine in Vochak Mountain this time was to rescue all the elven miners here.

Now I can announce to all the elven miners here that you are free. I'm not familiar with the situation here, can you two get this word into the mines? ”

The two half-blood elves seemed to be stunned by the pie falling from the sky, and asked in a trance:

"You're part of the Silver Pegasus Legion's Mine Guard on the Pagisto Plateau? Are we free? Are you sure? Can we get out of here at any time? ”

When it came to the back, the two of them seemed a little excited, looking at Roy with expectant eyes.

Then, Roy gave the two of them an affirmative answer:

"That's right."

The two half-blood elf miners saw the half-blood elf warriors behind Roy, and even some of the half-blood elf warriors smiled at them, and the two half-blood elf miners only felt that the blood was surging to the top of their heads, and their bodies were a little uncontrollable, and they were constantly trembling.

One of the half-blood elf miners shouted, "I'll tell them to ......"

Another half-blood elf miner trotted after the half-blood elf miner in front of him.

"No wonder I didn't see the overseer today......"

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(End of chapter)