The War in the Empress Islands

The first phase of the renovation of the Second Mine is nearing completion, including the expanded mine shafts, newly built stables, and archery Training Ground.

Roy plans to install two elevators in the mine, and the blueprints for the elevators have already been given to the old dwarf Putejisi.

In addition, the construction of the new stables and archery Training Ground will soon be halted due to a lack of sufficient timber.

Fortunately, the Pagisto Plateau is not lacking in forest resources, and the current gathering place of the Half-Elf is in a large mountain.

There are many dense Pine Forest and fir forests nestled among the mountains...

Therefore, Roy entrusted the procurement of this batch of timber to Mulin, so that the Half-Elf in the mountains could use the existing resources to obtain more benefits.

Speaking of those Half-Elf who have hidden themselves in the mountains, the settlements in the mountains are still severely lacking in all kinds of resources, lacking everything...

During Roy's time on the Pagisto Plateau, his business of selling Elementary Magic Herbs did not actually stop.

Last month, Leishande also sent a shipment of Magic Herbs to the Padesto City.

The people who received the goods were Woods and Klayr.

Woods cannot complete this deal alone.

Even if he had Roy's business license, he wouldn't be qualified to use the Plane Teleportation Portal.

With Klayr's help, he was able to successfully receive the herbs in the Padesto City.

Roy's Magic Herbs business in Castleton City already has a stable sales channel.

Once Woods has obtained this batch of Magic Herbs, all he needs to do is deliver these low-level Magic Herbs to the potion shops according to the catalog provided by Roy.

Roy also knew that the Magic Herbs sold by the Half-Elf of the Pagisto Plateau could not sustain all the Half-Elf in the settlement.

At best, it can only alleviate some of the life pressures of Half-Elf...

Therefore, Roy's request for Mulin to recruit Half-Elf Warrior from the settlement to form the guards of the Second Mine went very smoothly.

After returning to the settlement, Mulin easily recruited three hundred young Half-Elf.

Roy pays these Half-Elf Warrior a considerable commission every month. In addition, the guard force he has formed will fight against the headhunters on the plateau in the future. For these two reasons alone, Roy has gained the support of a large number of young Half-Elf.

Making money and battling Highland Headhunters —these are things that young Half-Elf desire but cannot achieve...

Of course, the reason why the Half-Elf was able to come to the mine as a guard was also because Roy had rescued the Half-Elf miners from the two mines, and the Half-Elf felt that Roy was trustworthy.

In addition to building stables and Shooting Range, Roy also planned to build support frames for all the Mine Road underground.

These projects all require Roy to purchase a large amount of Pine Wood wood from the Half-Elf settlement. Once these transactions are completed, the dire situation of the Half-Elf settlement is expected to be completely resolved...

In the eyes of Investigator Yalilu, the Second Mine was a bustling and vibrant scene...

Investigator Yalige met Roy in the courtyard of the fortress.

The young Mine Owners saw the investigation warrant in Investigator Yalilu's hand, smiled faintly, and said, "Both the First Mine and Second Mine will actively cooperate with your investigation."

Investigator Yalilu nodded and glanced around the yard.

It is true that many Half-Elf live here, and some Half-Elf Warrior are even gathered around the second-floor railing, watching the spectacle with smiles...

The investigation report submitted by the Third Mine Guard Regiment to the military was entirely unnecessary.

Even if this report is submitted to higher authorities, it probably won't have any effect.

"You've come at just the right time. I happen to have something I was about to complain to you about." Roy handed the investigation warrant back to Investigator Yalilu and said to him with a smile.

Although Investigator Yalilu maintained a stern expression, he couldn't help but smile wryly inside.

Investigator Yalilu followed Roy to the front of the Material Warehouse on the first floor of the mining fortress, where Roy instructed the warehouse manager to open the warehouse.

The warehouse contained some apples and Elf Biscuit, as well as several bags of flour and a dozen barrels of wine.

The apples were stored in Wooden Box, the Elf Biscuit were stored on a shelf by the wall, and several bags of flour were piled up by the door.

The Material Warehouse didn't look very big, and there were only a handful of apple boxes.

Investigator Yalilu's expression changed slightly. Judging from the apples in the Second Mine's inventory, they wouldn't even be enough to feed the Half-Elf in the mine for two days. The Elf Biscuit would only last for half a month at most. As for the other items, Investigator Yalilu didn't even bother to look at them.

"Is this your food storage Material Warehouse?" Investigator Yalilu asked Roy with a serious expression.

"That's right."

He pointed to a row of apple crates on the shelf and asked directly, "Your food reserves are severely insufficient right now. Have you applied to the military for supplies?"

Roy replied, "I applied two weeks ago."

Investigator Yalilu took a deep breath and asked again, "So the logistics department hasn't been replenishing food supplies?"

"Although I don't know the reason, that's definitely the case."

Investigator Yalilu had by now a vague idea of where the problem lay...

After leaving the Material Warehouse, Roy led Investigator Yalilu to the restaurant on the second floor of the fortress. Lunch was being prepared there, and three pots were simmering a soup with a slightly sweet and sour aroma.

As Investigator Yalilu walked over, he could still see the unused Red Berry on the cafeteria shelves. Some of the berries still had green leaves on them, but they looked very fresh.

Roy said to Investigator Yalilu, "Recently, we've been eating these Red Berry for lunch. The Half-Elf who went out to collect Red Berry this morning hasn't returned yet. These berries were collected yesterday and are still quite fresh. These Red Berry are shrub berries unique to the highlands. Most of the elves living here are Half-Elf, so they seem to be used to them..."

"However, these Red Berry are becoming increasingly rare in the area surrounding the mine."

As he spoke, he pulled Investigator Yalilu to sit down at the table and then had the cook bring over two bowls of sour soup made from Red Berry.

Roy's gaze fell on the sweet soup in front of him, and he said to Investigator Yalilu:

"If the mine I take over still has to worry about what to eat tomorrow, then I would rather not take over the third mine. At least when the Guard Regiment is managing the mine, the Third Mine will never have to worry about what to eat tomorrow."

Investigator Yalilu sat opposite Roy, unsure how to continue the conversation...

"Why take them? Are we just going to let them continue to starve?" Roy chuckled and said.

Investigator Yalilu blushed slightly; it was a bit embarrassing to admit.

Roy glanced at the restaurant entrance, pointed to his chest, then to the Half-Elf outside, and said bluntly to Investigator Yalilu:

"If I had enough transport capacity, I would take them to Rampart Town, where at least they could still get apples!"

Yalilu was speechless, and he felt his face burning.

For some unknown reason, the logistics department is holding the mine hostage, which is why Roy is reluctant to take over the Third Mine.

The two sides remained deadlocked, with neither willing to compromise.

Finally, the guards at the Third Mine couldn't wait any longer and wrote a report, which they then submitted to the temporary military headquarters at the Valley Camp...

Roy spread his hands and said directly:

"Or we can wait for the Commander Berkeley to return; perhaps these problems can be properly resolved then."

Yalilu knew perfectly well that Commander Berkeley could easily handle this matter. He knew all too well the true colors of those Silver Moon Elf in the Logistics Department. They always thought that as a quartermaster in the Logistics Department, one should take as much as possible and feel uncomfortable if one couldn't get a small advantage...

They're just waiting for Roy to back down so they can teach Roy a lesson and make him more obedient.

Roy, on the other hand, preferred to reduce his daily food consumption and even go outside the mine to gather Red Berry to fill his stomach, in order to maintain the stalemate with the other side.

The Half-Elf in the Second Mine are used to form a guard force.

With the Earl Swynborne's signature, the food supplies for the Mine Guard Army were entirely provided by the Silver Moon Elf military.

The logistics department thought that cutting off the food supply would force the other side to back down...

But those guys in the logistics department forgot one thing: they are indeed Half-Elf, but they are Half-Elf from the Pagisto Plateau, and they have long been adapted to life on the plateau here.

Yalilu even dared to assert that even if the logistics department cut off the food supply, these Half-Elf would not starve.

It's just a little troublesome at most.

Now, the Silvermoon Elven Guard are tied up at the mine, and this intractable problem is being passed around, eventually ending up on Yalilu.

Yalilu was furious...

For no reason at all, these guys had to reach out and grab things randomly, and they even reached out so far...

Roy handed the receiving list he had obtained from the warehouse manager to Yalilu, and then said:

"The quantity of all the supplies on the list I signed differed significantly from the list of goods given to us by the logistics department."

"We have clearly written down how much we received, and I certainly won't sign the list if we didn't receive it."

Investigator Yalilu looked down at the two lists of supplies that had been received. The types of supplies on the lists had not changed, but there were some slight differences in the amounts.

The midday sun shone through the window onto Yalilu's face, Yalilu feel a bit hot.

He had actually heard about some of the dirty dealings within the Logistics Regiment, but none of them had ever escalated to this extent...

He unbuttoned his collar, drank some of the broth made from Red Berry, and promised Roy, "Understood, we'll look into this."

Roy and Investigator Yalilu said all this just to wait for Investigator Yalilu to say this.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Roy stood up from the bench and replied with a smile, "Then if you need anything, please feel free to contact me anytime."

After saying that, Roy left the restaurant.

Yalilu took a deep breath, suppressing his anger, and thought about how to report this matter...

The next day, Investigator Yalilu left the Second Mine.

A week later, Roy received news that his lieutenant had been transferred from the Pattington Plane, supposedly to participate in the campaign to eliminate the Gray Dwarf Bandit in the Empress Ivini Islands.

Roy had asked Commander Berkeley about some inside information regarding the Gray Dwarf of Empress Ivini Islands.

The Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion wasn't unable to defeat the Gray Dwarf Bandit; it was simply that there were too many of them. It was like playing whack-a-mole—as soon as one battle was over, another would erupt, leaving the Silver Pegasus Warrior exhausted both physically and mentally.

The current situation is that the Gray Dwarf cannot be completely eliminated, and a large amount of military force has to be deployed every day just to control the sea area between Empress Ivini Islands and the Elf Continent.

Roy had some ideas about the Gray Dwarf of Empress Ivini Islands. He wanted to suggest to Earl Swynborne that these Gray Dwarf captives be transported to the Pattington Plane. The mines on the Pagisto Plateau were currently in dire need of miners, and it would be perfect to have these Gray Dwarf Bandit dig for ore in the mines.

Along with the news of the adjutant's transfer from the Pattington Plane, a large amount of supplies also arrived at the Second Mine.

This included a large quantity of Breadfruit and apples, which immediately resolved the food crisis at the Second Mine.

Roy didn't see Commander Berkeley...

In addition to the apples and Breadfruit, Roy also received a letter from Inohaus.

It was a letter from Viesel to Roy, containing almost no fluff, just a list of inmates, including the crimes they were convicted of and their sentences.

This list belongs to the Dark Moon Elf Prisoners in the Second Mine; I never expected that Viesel would actually manage to do it.