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The Grantham mine owner quickly turned and headed up the stairs, and the three Golden Goblet miraculously disappeared from his hands.

When the Elf Warrior captured the Grantham mine owner, they immediately confiscated his Magic Pouch Magic Pouch, indicating that he had found yet another one.

The Grantham mine owner felt a pang of regret. He should have faced the three Elven Guard alone when he delivered the gifts. He understood the reasoning behind it, but the gifts he had given out earlier had been too simple.

The Elf Warrior were completely unable to resist these exquisite utensils, which made the Grantham mine owner somewhat complacent.

Surprisingly, only these three Elven Guard refused to accept his little gift...

And they just so happens to be the guards of Second Warehouse, where many of the valuable items that the Grantham mine owner had hoarded were stored. If you wanted to get those items back, you couldn't get past them.

As he slowly walked up the stairs, the Elven Guard at the top of the stairs nodded slightly to the Lord of Grantham, indicating that he could go upstairs, but should not wander around on the second floor.

The Grantham mine owner hurriedly continued upstairs, smiling at the two Elven Guard standing on the second floor.

The Elven Guard on the second and third floors had been bribed by the Grantham mine owner with jeweled vessels, allowing him to move freely between the two floors.

As soon as he opened the door, his two wives rushed to greet him.

The Grantham mine owner rubbed his face, which was stiff from smiling, and sat down in his chair, closing his eyes as he pondered how to get the three Elven Guard to accept his gift. He considered whether he should try a different approach...

His two wives did not dare to disturb him and could only sit quietly to the side.

Roy parted ways with the two Elven Guard and returned to his room on the second floor alone.

He shared a bunk bed with Langbo, Langbo was lying on the bed at the moment.

The other Elf Warrior in the room had not yet returned.

Many of the Elf Ranger in the Tenth Reconnaissance Squad take turns on night duty, leaving the beds on both sides empty. Roy tiptoed into the washroom, and after he washed his face and came out, he saw Langbo sit up on the bed and take out a Red Spinel from his pocket. It was about the size of a pigeon egg, polished to an exceptionally smooth finish, and contained countless crystal threads, making it dazzling.

"Roy, look at this gem, what do you think?" Langbo whispered.

He showed the spinel to Roy.

Roy took it, tossed it in his palm, and asked, "Was this a gift from the Grantham mine owner?"

"How did you know?" Langbo asked in surprise.

Roy tossed the gem to Langbo, then nimbly climbed onto the bed, gripping the armrests with both hands.

"I just ran into him at the top of the stairs. He even tried to give me a Golden Goblet, but I refused. I think the Grantham mine owner has ulterior motives,"

Langbo craned his neck and peered at Roy in the upper bunk, asking, "Roy, do you mean he wants to run away?"

"Maybe."

Roy lay down and casually remarked.

The Elf Warrior in Roy's room were all on night duty, and they all got up very late every day.

When Roy woke up, the other Elf Warrior were still fast asleep.

Roy tiptoed off the bed, picked up the Thick Leather Armor, and quietly pushed open the door to go out.

Sitting on a bench in the second-floor corridor, Roy Magic Inscription Construct.

Captain Jones came out of Captain Yalige's room and immediately saw Roy sitting on a bench, putting on his boots. He walked over and said to him:

"Roy, this afternoon you'll be guarding the mine shaft, while the Elven Guard over there will be guarding the warehouse. You two will switch roles..."

"Yes, Captain," Roy replied.

Captain Jones patted Roy on the shoulder and sat down next to Roy.

He admired Roy. Ever since Roy joined the Tenth Reconnaissance Squad, the Tenth Reconnaissance Squad had become a star squad in the Reconnaissance Brigade, always managing to find traces of the Highland Headhunters when they went out on missions.

The only regret is that Roy is not Silver Moon Elf and therefore cannot join the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion.

Captain Jones casually remarked, "Captain Yalige isn't too happy with the previous mine guards. Their punishments of the prisoners and Gray Dwarf underground haven't had any effect. Do you have any good ideas to turn things around?"

Without waiting for Roy's reply, Captain Jones continued, "Captain Yalige wants the mine to resume production before the Logistics Regiment arrives, even if it's only half of what it used to be. That would be better than saying that releasing those Half-Elf miners would completely paralyze the mine."

Roy was speechless. This kind of underground Gemstone Mine mining work was usually done by those Half-Elf miners.

Now that these guys have all left the mine, how can production here possibly resume?

If there were a real way, these Mine Owners wouldn't be hiring Highland Headhunters to hunt down Half-Elf.

"How about we go down into the mine and negotiate with them?" Roy rubbed his forehead and suggested to Captain Jones.

"That's not a good idea. Who knows what kind of thugs are hiding down there!" Captain Jones decisively rejected Roy's risky suggestion.

Seeing Roy frowning, Captain Jones patted him on the shoulder again, comforting him:

"Don't worry, just take your time to figure something out. The worst that can happen is that things will remain the same. What else can we do?"

Roy actually wanted to say, 'I'm planning to make a deal with the prisoners and dwarves in the mine...', but before he could voice his suggestion, Captain Jones walked to the other side of the corridor.

After his morning exercise, Langbo, who gets up early, goes to the restaurant to get two apples.

He tossed an apple to Roy, sat down in the spot where Captain Jones had just been, and asked curiously, "Roy, what did Captain Jones say to you just now?"

"It's nothing, it's just that the area I'm responsible for guarding has changed. I have to go guard the mine shaft this afternoon," Roy replied.

At lunchtime, Roy saw the two wives of the Grantham mine owner come out of their room, and the two elven ladies were chatting by the pillars of the third-floor corridor.

The Grantham mine owner even appeared in the restaurant, queuing up for food with the Elf Warrior.

Captain Yalige's supervision of the Grantham mine owners was not very strict.

Roy was somewhat puzzled. The Elf Warrior were hostile towards the Highland Headhunters, but were very tolerant of the Grantham mine owners, seemingly unconcerned about his past...

Roy chose a piece of Breadfruit and a cup of fruit tea, then sat down opposite Langbo.

The two Elf Warrior were on duty with Roy at Second Warehouse yesterday actually walked up to the Grantham Mine Master and started chatting very familiarly. The Grantham Mine Master looked very pleased with himself, which left Roy speechless.

"That Grantham mine owner is really capable; he managed to win over so many Elf Warrior in just two days..." Roy said in a low voice.

"In my opinion, these Elf Warrior dare to do this because they have at least been tacitly approved by their superiors," Langbo said in a low voice, then added with a worried look, "When I was chatting with them this morning, I heard that Commander Hekelis wrote a letter to Earl Swynborne, in which he suggested that the Grantham mine owners should be allowed to take back control of the mines."

Roy was completely dumbfounded. If the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion chose to cooperate with these Mine Owners, it would be a disaster for the Half-Elf on the Pagisto Plateau.

"No way, then why would we even bother taking over this mine?" Roy retorted.

Langbo said, "Of course we have to take it over. Only then will the Silver Pegasus Legion have the power to speak, and then we can redistribute the mines with the Mine Owners. At that time, the Silver Pegasus Legion will get the lion's share."

"No officer in the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion is willing to manage this mine..." Roy said.

"That's why Earl Swynborne is considering re-cooperating with these Mine Owners!" Langbo said with a bitter face. "Roy, I think I'd better leave here as soon as possible."

"Where did you hear this news from?" Roy asked curiously.

"I overheard it this morning when I was drawing water from the river..."

"I'm feeling down," said Langbo, sounding dejected.

Roy quickly comforted Langbo, "Langbo, don't worry too much. As long as these mines are in the hands of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion, the practice of using Half-Elf slaves as miners will definitely be stopped."

"Let's hope so, otherwise we really won't be able to live on the Pagisto Plateau," Langbo said, his voice filled with worry.

It's not hard to understand why the Silver Moon Elf don't want to manage the Gemstone Mine.

The cavalry captains ran faster than rabbits, even at the risk of offending Captain Yalige, just to escape from the Gemstone Mine Gemstone Mine, clearly not wanting to stay there.

The Earl Swynborne's idea was unfathomable: to conquer all the mines on the plateau and then negotiate cooperation with the Mine Owners who had lost their homes...

It's clearly a case of giving a slap on the wrist and then offering two sweet treats.

But here's the problem: even the jujubes come from someone else's tree.

Unfortunately, the Grantham mine owners had no better option...

However, Roy remained somewhat skeptical of the bad news in these rumors.

When Roy saw the Grantham mine owner again, he was just about to go to the mine entrance for the handover.

This time, the Grantham mine owner's smile was somewhat smug, and he no longer mentioned the Golden Goblet to Roy; he was free to roam in the inner courtyard.

The Elven Guard by the well finished their last shift with dejected expressions.

In the morning, they were severely scolded by Captain Yalige for their mishandling of the prisoners and Gray Dwarf in the mine.

Now, seeing Roy and the other three Elf Ranger come over to hand over the duties, a joyful smile appeared in their eyes.

"I've been having nightmares for days because of their wailing down in the well. You've come at the right time; now I can finally get a good night's sleep," an Elf Warrior said to Roy and the others.

The other Elf Warrior guarding the mine entrance shared the same sentiment.

"They won't climb up the mine shaft, will they?" an Elven Guard had come to make the handover asked curiously.

"No, not at all," the Elven Guard at the mine entrance said somewhat awkwardly.

This time, Roy became the leader of the guard team. He personally handed over the duties, but there wasn't much to hand over; he just briefly explained the basic situation at the mine entrance.

Roy recalled that morning when Captain Jones had asked him to find a way to get the prisoners and Gray Dwarf in the well to keep working.

Looking back now, it seems that Commander Yalige was probably trying one last gamble: if someone could manage the mines well, then the Silver Pegasus Legion wouldn't need to cooperate with the Mine Owners.

Otherwise, Captain Jones wouldn't have talked so much with Roy that morning...

Roy knew that there was a large amount of spinel in Second Warehouse. Although he didn't know the specific value of these gems, it didn't matter, there was just a lot of them.

After the handover was completed, Roy felt a gaze on him from upstairs. He subconsciously looked up and saw the Grantham mine owner standing in front of the railing on the third floor, staring at him expressionlessly.

When he noticed Roy looking up in his direction, Roy immediately flashed a smile, revealing eight perfectly aligned teeth.

The crane arm next to the mine is more than two meters high, just enough to hang a rope down from the mine opening. A large Wooden Box is tied to one end of the rope. The Wooden Box looks very clumsy, probably because it is often used to store ore. The whole Wooden Box looks dirty.

However, Roy didn't care about these things. He circled the Wooden Box and then peered into the deep well.

Inside the pitch-black well, the sound of wind or mournful wails made one feel uneasy.

Roy found a piece of Seagrass Paper Seagrass Paper and wrote on it:

New Notice: Ale, apples, Breadfruit, lemon slices, honey, and salt can all be exchanged for Gemstone Mine. Details are as follows:

Twelve low-quality Gemstone Mine can be exchanged for one apple... etc.

Roy wrote in great detail on the Seagrass Paper; he even classified the Gemstone Mine into grades: low grade, medium grade, high grade, top grade, and rare grade.

He didn't even finish writing on a single Seagrass Paper; he wrote two pages in total.

Roy pasted the two sheets of Seagrass Paper onto the Wooden Box, and then together with the three Elven Guard, they carried the Wooden Box into the mine.

After waiting for about half an hour, Roy finally hoisted the Wooden Box up from the mine, and sure enough, the Wooden Box contained several piles of Gemstone Mine.

Roy ran to the warehouse where the mine workers were being held and summoned a Half-Elf who specialized in sorting Gemstone Mine, asking him to classify the piles of Gemstone Mine...

There's not much to categorize; they're all the lowest quality Gemstone Mine, and the requirements are written under each pile of Gemstone Mine.

After the Gemstone Mine were screened, Roy went to the canteen to retrieve some apples and Breadfruit, sorted them, and piled them into Wooden Box. Then, he and the three Elven Guard put the Wooden Box back into the well.

By the time this whole process was completed, it was already dark.

Feeling the crane's ropes loosen, the Wooden Box finally descended steadily into the well...

Roy didn't know how the prisoners in the well distributed the food, but at least the wailing stopped, and then a cheer came from down the well.

The next day, more high-quality ore was delivered, and Roy, once again following the details on the exchange list, sent the prepared fruit and honey down into the mine...