The Elves in the Third Mine

A large portion of the Half-Elf miners stayed behind, while the rest returned to their settlement in groups.

The Half-Elf who returned to the settlement were all captured by the Highland Slavers, while the Half-Elf slaves transported through Padesto City almost all chose to stay in the mines and continue mining.

This time, they were assigned dormitories inside the fortress. However, each time they entered the mine, they needed to bring personal items such as pickaxes, sacks, Carbide Lamp, and blankets. Each time they entered the mine, they had to mine underground for three consecutive days. Bringing blankets was for sleeping in the mine. The food they needed each day was distributed by the mine.

Each time food is received, it is recorded on the sign-in card. After receiving food six times, the first person must leave the mine and rest on the surface for a day.

However, given that these Half-Elf are currently in poor physical condition, Roy is not in a hurry to send them all into the mine. Instead, only hybrid elves who meet the Half-Elf fitness standard are qualified to go down into the mine to mine. Half-Elf who do not meet the physical fitness standard can only recover and train in the mine fortress.

Moreover, the daily transport capacity of the container platform is very limited.

It takes at least half an hour for the hopper to travel back and forth in the shaft once.

This is why the Half-Elf miners have to work underground for three days each time they enter the mine.

To Roy's surprise, when the Half-Elf miners at the Third Mine heard that they could get paid to go down the mine and receive various items, a group of Half-Elf didn't want to wait for their bodies to fully recover and tried every means to get into the mine to mine.

After dealing with a bunch of trivial matters, Roy placed the files on the bookshelf, opened the door, and said to Vitas was sitting in the outer room:

"Alright, that's all for today's work. Let's go have dinner!"

Vitas showed great care in the things he did for Roy.

Roy happened to be short of an assistant, so he called him over to help.

Vitas put down the statistics sheet in his hand and followed Roy out of the office. The canteen of the Third Mine was on the second floor of the fortress. The two walked down the stairs and talked about how to manage the Gray Dwarf Bandit.

Although Roy had already put shackles on the Gray Dwarf, Roy felt that it wasn't safe enough. After all, they had been a band of robbers and still had pickaxes. The shackles were not a strong restraint on them. He could simply place the middle section on a rock and smash the chains with two blows of the pickaxe.

The reason they're behaving so obediently now is entirely because they've been frightened by the Assassin Squad.

However, Roy couldn't leave the Assassin Squad at the Third Mine indefinitely. According to Commander Berkeley, Roy still had five mines to take over: two Mithril Mine and three Black Iron Mine. In other words, Roy would control three mineral veins on the Pagisto Plateau.

Due to the unstable situation on the Empress Ivini Islands, the Silver Pegasus Legion has to redeploy some of its forces back to the Elf Continent.

This is also the main reason why the Mine Guard Regiment were in a hurry to evacuate from the Pagisto Plateau.

Roy also considered training the Dark Moon Elf from the Third Mine to become a group of qualified assassins.

However, once the Dark Moon Elf are trained, the Half-Elf Guard Squad will need to be expanded.

Roy and Vitas were in the queue waiting for food. Tonight, in addition to various fruits, there was even grilled fish.

The chef at the Third Mine Restaurant was temporarily recruited from the Half-Elf Warrior squad. It is said that he traveled all over the continent when he was young and worked as a waiter in a restaurant in Buenos City for two years. At least the Lemon Tea he brewed tasted pretty good.

The Half-Elf chef knew that Roy and the dwarves had similar tastes and liked to eat some flatbread for dinner, so when Roy came over to collect his meal, he specially brought out a plate of baked flatbread, which was even topped with some sliced apples and cranberries, and drizzled with some Maple Syrup. Regardless of the taste, at least it looked pretty good.

Seeing the Half-Elf chef's eager expression, Roy said to him, "Thank you for your trouble!"

Carrying a flatbread and half a grilled fish, Roy sat down in a corner of the restaurant. The flatbread wasn't particularly amazing, but it was definitely not bad either.

Roy was glad that he wouldn't have to eat fruit for dinner, which wasn't very filling.

Under Vitas's astonished gaze, Roy ate the entire scones.

The restaurant gradually filled with Half-Elf, who sat at the long rows of tables, not only to eat but also to chat for a while.

Roy took a sip of Lemon Tea from his teacup and overheard several Half-Elf at the next table chatting quietly.

"Have you heard? We can write letters to our relatives on the Elf Continent."

"Wasn't it said that the Pattington Plane is currently under complete lockdown?"

"But the letter can be sent out. The mine Boss is a Half-Elf with military connections, and he's actually quite powerful."

"I heard that he can also contact the Dark Moon Elf Kingdom and has friends in Inohaus in the Eternal Night Forest."

"The mine Boss wrote a letter to Inohaus on behalf of the Dark Moon Elf Prisoners, supposedly to inquire about their sentences. If the Dark Moon Elf Prisoners had served their sentences, they would be released immediately."

"Real?"

"I heard from those warriors that some Dark Moon Elf have already been freed at the Second Mine."

"If I can earn a little money, it would be nice to send it home."

"Speaking of making money, I heard that the salary for working in a mine is quite high, and it's paid weekly."

"One of our brothers met the physical requirements this time. He went down into the mine for three days and only dug out four pieces of Gemstone Mine. When he got paid, he received such a thick stack of Kole ore. When he held it in his hand, his face turned bright red."

"What if we go down into the mine and dig for three days and come back empty-handed?"

"It's said that there's only a base salary, no bonuses."

How much is the base salary?

"For mining, the base salary is 100 Kole per week. There is a bonus of 10 Kole for finding a common quality Gemstone Mine and 50 Kole for Gemstone Mine."

"Are the wages here really that high? I did the math, and as long as you find the right vein, it shouldn't be too difficult to mine two Gemstone Mine a day."

"Certainly,"

"I really hope I can recover quickly and go back down the mine soon..."

"..."

As Roy walked out of the restaurant, he overheard the other Half-Elf miners discussing their wages.

After climbing the City Wall and checking the sentry posts around, Roy returned to his room.

Without the Light Flower nearby to draw upon Holy Light Particle, the Holy Light Power grows very slowly.

Besides praying to the Goddess for Holy Radiance, Jasper and Abbott could also stimulate the growth of Holy Light Power in their bodies by purifying the souls of the dead.

Although his Holy Light Power didn't increase much, Roy was always fighting in the mines during this time.

In the dark environment underground, there are almost no Holy Light Particle to replenish. Every time Roy returns to the surface, he almost exhausts all the holy light in his body. When he returns, he finds that his body is like a sponge that has been squeezed dry, constantly absorbing Holy Light Power from the outside world to replenish his body.

Originally, the Holy Light Tree within his body had only nine tentacle-like roots that grasped at Holy Light Particle. However, after he became Priest, the Holy Light Tree merged with him, and the way it absorbed Holy Light Particle also changed.

The Holy Light Particle floating around Roy 'Roy body were automatically absorbed into his body...

After experiencing so many battles underground, Roy discovered a subtle change in his body: the Holy Light Particle around him would become more active when they were drawn by some invisible force and floated in the air.

Every night, whenever he has time, Roy sits quietly for a while after taking a shower, feeling the power of the holy light within his body.

Then he practiced the divine spells left behind by High Priest Reed. He had already learned two kinds of blessings and the Hammer of Judgment. He was currently studying the Hammer of Judgment. When High Priest Reed taught him the Hammer of Judgment, the Hammer of Punishment, Hammer of Sanction, Roy had asked High Priest Reed what the differences were between these three Holy Light Hammer. At that time High Priest Reed smiled and told him that only after learning them could he understand their differences.

Roy has only learned the ' Hammer of Judgment ' so far, and Roy most direct feeling from several battles is that even the Gray Dwarf Chieftain can't withstand the Hammer of Judgment...

In the pitch-black mine, a Gray Dwarf Bandit pushed aside the rocks blocking the entrance and cautiously poked his head out. He immediately spotted Half-Elf Warrior dozing against the rock wall a few meters away. He then looked around warily, and seeing no other Elf Warrior, his heart finally settled down a little.

He planned to move the rock he had pushed out onto his head, then retreat back down the cave to relay the news from outside to the Chieftain.

They had already eaten several meals of mushrooms in the cave, and thinking that the elves outside should have relaxed their guard, they prepared to rush out in one go. If they were lucky, they might be able to take back the mine.

This secret passage was dug a long time ago.

Even the loose rock face on the support frame was part of the design.

So this mushroom-covered cave was a temporary shelter that the Gray Dwarf Bandit had prepared long ago...

As the Gray Dwarf Bandit was putting the stone back in its place, he felt a slight coolness and stinging on the back of his neck. He tried to pull his head back into the cave, but the sharp weapon on the back of his head was slowly penetrating his skin, so he dared not move.

"No tricks, just raise your hands..."

The Gray Dwarf Bandit heard an elf speak behind him, but he had clearly looked around and hadn't noticed Elf Warrior hiding behind him.

Although somewhat reluctant, the Gray Dwarf Bandit slowly raised his hands.

He looked miserable and didn't even dare to turn around.

It wasn't until someone tied his hands with a rope that he was dragged out of the cave like a dead dog.

A Dark Moon Elf Warrior clad in full armor called out to Half-Elf Warrior dozing against a rock wall, "Hey, come and give me a hand..."