Kaka's Thoughts

Roy never expected that Leishande would meet Kaka and bring him to the Pagisto Plateau.

Kaka didn't bring the griffin this time.

There was nothing they could do; the Silver Pegasus Warrior were still on the plateau.

If Kaka dares to ride the griffin over, he will inevitably be targeted by the Silver Pegasus Warrior.

"You wouldn't believe it, would you? When I went to Rampart Town to inquire about you and Woods, the elves there told me that a caravan had arrived in Rampart Town, saying they were there to buy food for you. So I went to ask them about you, and it turned out to be Leishande." Kaka chuckled foolishly.

"I heard some things about you from Leishande, so I came here with Leishande's caravan."

Kaka wrapped one arm around Roy's neck, his smile barely concealed.

Roy addressed the people in the courtyard, "Elves of the Second Mine, please return to your posts."

Upon hearing Roy's words, the Half-Elf immediately scattered.

The expansion project of the Second Mine is not yet fully completed; the Half-Elf still need to do some finishing touches.

The shaft passage has now been expanded, but the elevator has not yet been installed.

Many Half-Elf are also considering whether to stay at the Second Mine, since they can get paid if they go down the mine to mine...

The caravan carrying the timber arrived at the Second Mine a week ago, and now the roof of the stables is already covered with moss.

The dwarven craftsman Putejisi personally drew up the blueprints for the beams and skylights of the archery Training Ground. The dwarves' architectural style is different from that of the elves. They do not pursue luxury, beauty, or artistic flair. Dwarves are accustomed to building houses that are sturdy and durable, and all the wood they use is exceptionally heavy.

Moreover, the archery Training Ground has an attic on the roof, with wooden stairs leading directly to the roof and railings around the edges, designed so that you can lie on the roof and sunbathe.

However, the timber brought by the Half-Elf was clearly insufficient, due to a severe shortage of transport capacity in the settlement.

The mountains are full of timber, but we just can't get it out...

During Roy's absence, Mulin managed the Second Mine very well.

The courtyard has become much cleaner and tidier, and many of the odds and ends that used to be piled up in the yard have disappeared.

Roy led everyone up to the second floor.

Walk along the corridor to the left, and at the end of the corridor is the mine's canteen.

The heavy, dark red doors are carved with cliffs, forests, streams, and lakes. Pushing open the doors, you'll find five rows of neat, long dining tables in the restaurant. The tables are spotless, and water jugs and cups are provided on them.

Boxes filled with fruit were lined up against the wall of the restaurant's back kitchen.

Roy led everyone into the dining room, where they sat down around a long table before asking Leishande:

"Leishande, is the road from the Second Mine to Rampart Town... easy to travel?"

After saying that, Roy took out a map from his pouch. The map had a very detailed depiction of the area around Padesto City and Rampart Town, but the Pagisto Plateau only had a rough outline.

During this time, Roy had already drawn the Spinel Mine mountain range on it.

Leishande took the Charcoal Pencil Roy handed him and, starting from the Second Mine, slowly drew a winding route that eventually connected to Rampart Town.

"That's roughly the route. Many parts are etched in my mind, but I can't draw them out..." Leishande said. "This Mountain Road is passable for pack animals, but not for caravans. There isn't a single road in the mountains surrounding the entire Pagisto Plateau that is passable by horse-drawn carriages."

"Leishande, can your caravan travel between the Second Mine and Rampart Town once a month?" Roy asked.

"It's barely acceptable. Is this the amount of food the caravan always carries?" Leishande frowned, his face lined with wrinkles.

Roy nodded and said, "Yes, mainly food, but you can also bring some other supplies. I need you to keep this trade route going. As long as your caravan can deliver the goods, the mine will naturally give priority to your goods. You can also transport the Magic Herbs and leather from the Pagisto Plateau to Rampart Town. I will arrange for people to receive the goods then."

"Opening up this trade route is of paramount importance to us!"

Roy added another sentence.

The moment the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion entered the Pagisto Plateau, this land was already incorporated into the Elven territory.

However, if the Half-Elf of the Pagisto Plateau are to live a good life, they need to rely on trade routes to transport the plateau's specialties out of the country...

As long as caravans enter the Pagisto Plateau, the Logistics Regiment ' Transport Team will not be under as much pressure.

Leishande, however, was thinking about the trade in Magic Herbs. After a moment's thought, he said to Roy:

"The Highland Headhunters have been driven to the Northern Mountainous Area of the Plateau by the Silver Pegasus Legion. Our Resistance Army is about to disband, so we no longer need to exchange Magic Herbs for weapons... Many young warriors have been taken to the Second Mine Mulin."

Mulin said to Leishande with great pride:

"After the Silver Pegasus Legion withdraws from the Pagisto Plateau, our Mine Guard will continue to fight the Highland Slavers."

"We formed the Resistance Army to stop the Highland Headhunters from indiscriminately capturing Half-Elf," said Leishande.

His gaze fell on the map; a large area north of the Pagisto Plateau was completely blank...

He made no attempt to conceal the dire situation at the gathering place, repeatedly sighing as he spoke:

"Roy, we actually know that the Highland Headhunters sell the captured Half-Elf to various mines, but we have been powerless to rescue our compatriots in the mines. What you are doing now, Roy, is what we have always dreamed of."

Seeing Roy about to interrupt, Leishande waved his hand, a gentle look on his face, and continued:

"I also saw the group of children I sent there in Rampart Town. I left them some money. They live in the treehouse in Rampart Town. The older children can find something to do every day. Whether they are big or small, they can always get a bite to eat every day."

Leishande has been staying at the Second Mine for two days, just to meet with Roy.

Now we hear Roy say that his caravan will be constantly transporting various supplies between the Pagisto Plateau and the Rampart Town.

He and Roy confirmed that the next shipment would still be some food, and then they led the pack caravan away from the Second Mine before nightfall.

Besides visiting Langbo, Leishande also needed to deliver some food to the First Mine.

In Kaka's eyes, the Second Mine was still a place full of novelty.

After having a light fruit meal at the restaurant, Kaka ran to a watchtower in the corner of the fortress City Wall, from where he could overlook the wilderness to the north.

The twilight bathed the distant grasslands in a pale gold light, where Unicorn Wild Ox moved slowly across the land, and predators also appeared in the twilight.

Roy lived alone on the plateau for more than three months, and he didn't even have any friends to chat with.

Roy was both surprised and delighted that Kaka was able to run over...

Kaka was wearing a set of crudely made leather armor.

Besides trying to find out Rampart Town Roy, he also wanted to buy some rivets and thread used by leatherworkers from the Grocery Store to make his leather armor more exquisite.

He squinted at the Half-Elf busy at the archery Training Ground, then turned to Roy and said, "Roy, I heard you were rescuing the Half-Elf in the Pagisto Plateau, so I thought I had to come and see for myself. I didn't expect it to be true, just like they said. You're really cool now!"

"Actually, it was the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion that truly rescued these Half-Elf. It was the Silver Pegasus Warrior who drove away the Highland Slavers and were able to reclaim these mines. I was just handling the follow-up work at a few of the mines," Roy explained earnestly to Kaka.

Kaka curled his lip, saying with some disdain, "How could the Silver Moon Elf be so kind!"

"In my opinion, those Silver Moon Elf just want to take over these mines; they haven't returned freedom to the Half-Elf."

"The one who truly restored freedom to these Half-Elf is none other than you, Roy!"

Kaka's eyes sparkled as she said these words.

"Now I finally understand how these Silver Pegasus Warrior fight. These Silver Pegasus Warrior have no advantage in fighting on jungle battlefields, but in a place like the Pagisto Plateau with a wide field of vision, and the enemy is a plateau native, as long as the commander doesn't lose his mind, it's hard to lose!"

"Roy, once the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion withdraws from the Pagisto Plateau, I'll come help you. I can also ride a griffin and scout around in the sky..."

Kaka squinted his eyes and dreamed.

"Okay, you must come and help me then. I estimate I will be managing several mines. As long as you can help me, I can connect these mines closely and build a defense line against the Highland Headhunters ..." Roy said, standing next to Kaka.

Now he understands the vast difference between the Elven Cavalry and the Silver Pegasus Battle Group. He doesn't expect Earl Swynborne to leave a Silver Pegasus squad on the Pagisto Plateau, but if Kaka can come, he can at least scout out the movements of the Highland Headhunters within a hundred miles.

Footsteps sounded behind her, and Mulin appeared at the top of the stairs.

Roy turned and looked at her, asking, "Mulin, what happened?"

Mulin walked over to Roy and whispered, "Recently, the Gray Dwarf in the mine have been bringing in less and less spinel every day. In the last few days, these Gray Dwarf have also had two conflicts with the Dark Moon Elf overseers."

The Gray Dwarf at the Second Mine have always been a threat to Roy.

Roy and these Gray Dwarf had maintained a trade in which wine was exchanged for spinel.

Roy knew this deal couldn't last long.

Roy rubbed his temples. He knew this day would come eventually, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Even if you hadn't brought this up, I would have found a way to deal with this trouble. Now that we have the mine in our hands, we have no reason to do business with them anymore. The Gray Dwarf in the other two mines are all mining honestly, only the Gray Dwarf in the Second Mine are a bit special. I will have a good talk with them tomorrow."

Roy said casually.

"The military headquarters at the Valley Camp has sent another letter urging you to take over the Mithril Mine and Black Iron Mine as soon as possible," Mulin reminded Roy.

"Once we've dealt with the Gray Dwarf, I'll be heading to the Mithril Mine with some men. I'll probably need to draw some Half-Elf Warrior from the Second Mine," Roy said, patting his forehead.

"You can choose any of the Elf Warrior I have here. I'll find a way to replenish our forces later," Mulin said readily.

Roy chose the most direct method to deal with the group of Gray Dwarf Bandit at the Second Mine.

The next morning, Roy led Mulin and a group of Half-Elf Warrior into the mine.

Captains Timothy and Tennyson also gathered all the Dark Moon Elves in the mine. Previously, the Dark Moon Elf Dark Moon Elves did not want to break through the mine full of traps because they did not want any casualties among them.

But now that the Dark Moon Elves have Roy's support, the traps in the Mine Road are no longer a problem...

Roy, accompanied by fully armed Half-Elf Warrior and Dark Moon Elf Warrior, arrived at the place where he was trading with the Gray Dwarf. He stared sternly at the barely cobbled-together Gemstone Mine, which even contained some Gemstone Mine.

Roy squatted in front of a large wooden barrel, personally picking out the slag inside.

Dashel, the Gray Dwarf, stood beside the cart, feeling his face burning, but thinking of the barrel of rum across from him, he could only force a smile and say to Roy:

"This Gemstone Mine will eventually be exhausted. The ore we've been mining recently is of this color. In a few days, we may not be able to find ore of this color anymore. There's nothing we can do about it!"

Roy squinted at Dashel.

Malanduo and Maigedi, who were carrying ore nearby, saw Roy's sharp gaze and quickly stopped.

In order to mine enough Gemstone Mine, most of the Gray Dwarf are currently mining in various corners of the mine, and there are no more than thirty Gray Dwarf guarding the dwarf bunker.

Although Malanduo and Maigedi were two fools, they knew very well what they had been up to lately.

Seeing that the mine Boss had come to their door in person, and that guy Dashel was still trying to argue, the Gray Dwarf brothers started to panic...

The two brothers put down the barrels of wine they were carrying, which were full of Gemstone Mine, and would disappear into the dwarven mine should the enemy make a sudden move.

Roy looked at Dashel with a cold smile, one foot on the round wooden barrel, and said to Dashel condescendingly, "Gentlemen of the dwarves, I have come to the mine not to continue our wine-for-ore trade, but to issue a mine notice with boundless indignation: In view of your unilateral breach of the agreement and the repeated substitution of inferior Gemstone Mine, I think our trade can be suspended."