Sudaso Mountains

The expansion project of the Second Mine is progressing smoothly, with the Mountain Road, stables, and archery Training Ground in front of the fortress being completed one after another.

Many Half-Elf found themselves with more free time. During this period, they had been repeatedly considering one question: should they leave the Second Mine? Where could they make a living after leaving the Second Mine? Was life outside really better than life at the Second Mine? Roy announced generous benefits for the Half-Elf miners: paid work and bonuses for mining, days off, excellent food at the mine (including fruit, a sea fish every three days), dormitories for twelve people, and the ability to leave whenever they wanted by submitting their resignation application and taking their earnings with them.

The Dark Moon Elves in the mine split into two groups. The sixty most elite members left the mine and formed the Mine Guard Squad Assassin Squad, while the remaining Dark Moon Elf were busy serving as overseers for the Gray Dwarf.

Calling them overseers isn't entirely accurate. Recently, the Half-Elf discovered that these Dark Moon Elf overseers not only had to take care of the Gray Dwarf miners' daily needs, but also their moods and health, fearing that they might accidentally visit their dwarf ancestors and lose their jobs...

Recently, many support frames have been added inside the mine, and a large number of basic frameworks have been added to the vertical shaft passage. All of this is in preparation for the construction of the elevator in the vertical shaft.

Having cleared the last obstacles in the mine, Roy began to manage the Second Mine more meticulously.

Vitas was left at the Third Mine by Roy, Kaka temporarily became Roy's assistant.

The old dwarf Putejisi finally designed the mine's double-access elevator. He excitedly ran out of the design studio, grabbed the blueprints, and cornered Roy in the office.

This old dwarf was almost obsessed with engineering machinery. The complex structure and lines of small annotations on the parchment made it seem as if such a drawing could be disassembled into a book.

Roy felt a headache coming on as he looked at the densely written small characters on the paper.

The old dwarf Putejisi then enthusiastically explained it to Roy, and Roy finally understood what was drawn on the drawing—it was a three-view drawing.

During his time living in the Second Mine, the old dwarf Putejisi looked much cleaner, especially his beard, which seemed to have been carefully groomed. He wore a linen shirt and overalls, but his body couldn't possibly have swelled up quickly in a short time, because there was no endless supply of ale and roast meat in the Second Mine.

His body recovered very well, and he became very energetic, but his Elven Language accent was a bit strange, as if his tongue couldn't bend.

After the old dwarf Putejisi explained it to him, Roy finally understood how his dual-channel automatic elevator worked...

The principle of a dual-channel elevator is very simple: the two elevators always move one up and one down, and the two elevators are connected by a cable and hung on a fixed pulley.

According to the principle of gravity, two elevators with equal weight will remain stationary. If one elevator weighs more than the other, then as the first elevator descends, it will also pull the other elevator to the ground.

Of course, this elevator has a drawback: the amount of materials transported into the mine must always be more than the amount transported to the surface.

The mine needs to constantly transport Gemstone Mine to the surface, and not all of these supplies can be delivered underground at once.

To address this, the old dwarf Putejisi came up with a solution: he installed a gravity-balancing water tank on each of the two elevators. When the elevator above the mine could not lift the elevator below, water could be poured into the gravity-balancing water tank on the elevator above the mine.

The process of filling and draining water allows the elevator to move up and down, instead of requiring external force to push the winch to pull the elevator up from the mine.

The old crane in the Second Mine is now a thing of the past. What Roy needs to do now is to have the craftsmen build two elevators according to the blueprints, and also find a way to get a strong enough cable. The shaft is more than 800 meters deep. Initially, the old dwarf Putejisi wanted to install four chains on the elevators, but such long chains were too heavy. On the old dwarf's procurement list for Roy, the cable is the spider silk cable of the level 4 magical beast, the Earth Web Demon Spider.

It is said that this Earth Web Demon Spider likes to live in caves, and can only be found in the western part of the New Syaqisi Mountains, where the Dwarven Kingdom is located.

These spider silk cables are typically used on the giant Magic Puppet created by dwarves. In the Dwarven Kingdom, the cost of this spider silk is not considered expensive.

But this was the Elf Continent, Roy had never even heard of such spider silk cables before. He could only try submitting a procurement request to the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion to see if the legion's logistics department could find a solution.

After handing the blueprints to Roy, the old dwarf Putejisi left with a relaxed expression, seemingly planning to go to the restaurant for a drink.

Although the elevator cannot be built yet, at least the second mine can finally operate normally.

Seeing Kaka walk in, Roy put down the blueprints in his hand and said to him, "Kaka, are you interested in coming with me to take over the other two Mithril Mine?"

Hearing Roy say that, Kaka immediately perked up. He excitedly sat down in the chair opposite Roy's desk and said, "Great! Where's the mine? Is it far away? Is there any chance of encountering Highland Headhunters?"

Roy pointed to the map behind him and said, "The Sudaso Mountain Range might be a bit far, but this hand-drawn map can't show the actual distance."

"I'll go with you!"

Kaka answered without hesitation.

With the arrival of a batch of high-quality standard weapons and armor issued to the elven army at the Valley Camp, Roy's departure date for the Mithril Mine was confirmed.

On the desk were two certificates required to take over the mine, bearing not only the Earl Swynborne's signature but also the prominent stamp of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion.

The weapons and armor were specially approved by Earl Swynborne; they were probably brand new and shipped directly from the Elf Continent. There were a total of one thousand sets, which meant that Roy could organize Guard Squad of one thousand men.

It seems like a lot, but in practice, it turns out that if enough Guard Squad are assigned to each mine, a force of one thousand people is really not enough.

Currently, Roy has deployed 800 Half-Elf soldiers to garrison the three Spinel Mine.

He was about to take over two Mithril Mine, located in the Sudaso Mountain Range in the heart of the Pagisto Plateau. The thought of it gave Roy a headache.

Fortunately, the young Half-Elf in the settlement originally had some weapons and equipment provided by Roy.

Roy remembered clearly that he bought those weapons and armor from human merchant ships, in exchange for a large quantity of Elementary Magic Herbs from Leishande.

In addition, the First Mine warehouse also stored a batch of high-quality weapons and armor.

Of course, Roy has already distributed these weapons and armor.

Now that Roy has better weapons and armor, he plans to distribute them to the Elf Warrior who are about to set off for the Mithril Mine of the Sudaso Mountains.

It must be said that the most distinctive feature of the weapons crafted by the elven artisans is their exquisite appearance; they have extremely high requirements for the appearance of their weapons.

Of course, the quality of the weapons is also excellent. Their rigidity, strength, toughness, and sharpness are all a level higher than the weapons Roy currently has. They have reached the category of magical weapons. The armor even has some magic resistance, but it is not Magic Inscription Construct.

The only drawback is its high cost and its exclusive use by the military.

If it weren't for Earl Swynborne's special permission, Roy would never have been able to obtain weapons of this quality.

During this trip to the Sudaso Mountain Range, Roy expanded the Dark Moon Elf Assassin Squad to one hundred Dark Moon Elf Warrior, and Captain Timothy also selected outstanding Dark Moon Elf from the First and Third Mines.

In addition, Roy also transferred two hundred Half-Elf Warrior from the three mines, so a large number of Half-Elf Warrior that Mulin had just trained were transferred out again. She also had to select some young elves from the Half-Elf miners in the settlement and mines.

It took Roy and his three hundred Elf Warrior a full week to reach the Mithril Mine located at the southern end of the Sudaso Mountain Range.

The southern part of the Sudaso Mountain Range has many valleys, and the map Roy has is not very accurate in terms of the location of the mines. He knows nothing about this area except for the approximate location of the Mithril Mine.

After arriving at the Sudaso Mountain Range, Roy began to try his luck in one valley after another. Unfortunately, the hillsides in this area were covered with weeds, shrubs and low trees, and only by getting closer could he find out whether there were any buildings in those valleys.

If Roy hadn't encountered a Silver Pegasus squad along the way, and the Silver Pegasus captain hadn't pointed out the specific directions, Roy probably would have spent at least a few more days wandering around the Southern Mountain Area of Sudaso.

Roy led a group of Elf Warrior to the entrance of the valley and immediately saw the square castle at the bottom of the valley. The appearance of the castle did not conform to the aesthetics of the elves.

But Roy thought the castle looked rather normal. It wasn't very big; it was a stone building with a chimney belching thick smoke in the courtyard.

There were arrow towers with Lookout Platform at each of the four corners of the castle. Looking out, Roy could see what looked like an elf standing on the highest point of the tower, holding a flagpole in one hand and waving vigorously in their direction with the other...

Commander Blaize of the Guard Regiment stood atop the watchtower, his face filled with excitement.

He waved vigorously at the elven army at the entrance of the valley, then ran down the mountain in one breath and stood outside the gate of the mine, waiting for the elven army to slowly approach along the Mountain Road.

All the Elf Warrior were wearing the standard armor of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion Infantry Regiment, and Commander Blaize knew that the army that would replace them had finally arrived.

After waiting for so long, he sometimes even doubted whether he would stay here for the rest of his life.

Upon seeing Roy, Commander Blaize's first words were full of enthusiasm. "You've finally arrived! I'm Commander Blaize of the Guard Regiment..."

"Roy, I have been ordered to take over this Mithril Mine."

Roy dismounted, saluted Commander Blaize, and then handed over a receipt for the Mithril Mine.