Counterattack Plan

The North Black Iron Mine Castle had been riddled with holes. All the carved wooden doors and windows had been smashed by the Highland Slavers. The ceilings, walls, and floors of the rooms were covered with dried bloodstains, and the strong smell of blood even had a putrid stench.

The wardrobes and closets in the room were ransacked, the floor was piled with junk, and even the wooden shelves that held the armor had been kicked over...

After occupying the castle, the Highland Slavers smashed almost all the furniture and utensils that they couldn't take with them. The doors to the first-floor warehouse were also wide open. The warehouse originally contained tens of thousands of black iron ingots, but it seems that most of them have been taken away by the Highland Slavers, leaving the warehouse in a mess.

In recent days, the Highland Slavers have been attacking the castle at dawn, driving Roy and his Half-Elf Warrior into the Black Iron Mine.

Of course, due to the presence of the Dark Moon Elf Warrior, these Highland Slavers dared not rush into the mine...

When night falls, Captain Timothy will lead his Assassin Squad into the castle. At this point, the Highland Slavers will retreat from the castle, unwilling to entangle themselves with the Dark Moon Elf Warrior in the dark.

Until Kaka arrived at the North Black Iron Mine with the village's elf hunters and a large flock of griffins, along with Mulin and 150 Half-Elf Warrior...

Roy finally managed to reclaim the North Black Iron Mine.

These elven hunters riding griffins used a rain of arrows to drive all the Highland Headhunters stationed on the opposite hillside to the North Slope of Aidasi Mountain.

With this, Roy recaptured the North Black Iron Mine Castle.

This time, Mulin also brought a batch of supplies, which helped the Half-Elf Warrior in the Black Iron Mine to regain their spirits.

The group of Gray Dwarf also emerged from the depths of the Black Iron Mine and, under Roy's arrangement, climbed the City Wall again to begin repairing the nearly collapsed City Wall. In addition, they also needed to repair the Arrow Tower at the four corners of the castle as soon as possible.

These Gray Dwarf probably won't rest until the City Wall and Arrow Tower are repaired.

After all, those Highland Slavers might return at any time, and Roy had to be prepared...

A flock of griffins perched temporarily on the City Wall and Arrow Tower, occasionally letting out a few cries.

This makes the Black Iron Mine castle look like a giant bird's nest.

The Half-Elf hunters who had come from south of the Bulwark Mountain Range brought back some hay from outside the castle and spread it on top of the City Wall for the griffins to lie on.

Several Half-Elf hunters rode griffins to the edge of the wilderness and shot ten Unicorn Wild Ox at a water source. These adult griffins were strong enough that they used their hook-like talons to grab the bison and fly directly back to the North Black Iron Mine Castle.

The Half-Elf hunters hurriedly skinned the cow and fed all the cuts of beef to the griffins.

The Pagisto Plateau is covered with grasslands and mountains, teeming with cattle and sheep, making it a rare hunting ground for these griffins...

The Half-Elf Warrior watching stared wide-eyed as the griffins swallowed the whole piece of beef.

'Knock knock knock'

Kaka stood at the door and knocked hard on the door frame.

A dilapidated door stood against the wall, with a large hole in it, probably kicked out by the headhunter.

Roy had just returned from the consultation room and was sitting in a chair resting. There was a cup of light blue Mana Potion on the table. This potion had a calming effect and should not be consumed in large quantities.

Recent battles have been frequent, and the Half-Elf Warrior Half-Elf Warrior warriors have been at a disadvantage, with many of them being injured.

In addition, Woods was bedridden, so the task of treating these injured people fell entirely on Roy's shoulders.

Fortunately, Miss Tiffany helped Roy a lot, but her hydrotherapy skills were ultimately of limited use.

Roy removed the wet towel from his face and stood up.

At this moment, Kaka led a middle-aged Half-Elf elf man to Roy.

This middle-aged Half-Elf was dressed as a hunter, with the fur of his leather armor turned outwards. The leather armor was very finely crafted and made of high-quality magical beast leather. The only flaw was that it did not have any magical fluctuations. It should be said that it was a very good material for Magic Inscription Construct.

He also carried a hunting bow on his back, with a special grip on the bow back, engraved with a line of text and markings, which should record the glory of this hunting bow.

He also had a dagger tucked at his waist. Although all the gems embedded in the scabbard had fallen off, Roy could still sense a trace of magic emanating from the dagger.

Kaka introduced Roy to him:

"Roy, this is Uncle Tiprado. He is the village chief and the best Beast Tamer in our village. Without his support, Little Eugene and I would not have been able to gather so many Beast Tamer."

"Uncle Tiprado, this is Roy."

Kaka had previously mentioned to Roy that the ability to gather so many griffins from the southern Bulwark Mountain Range was not actually due to him and Little Eugene.

Only with someone's help could they summon so many Half-Elf hunters and griffins in such a short time.

Roy quickly grasped the hand of Tiprado Chief Tiprado and sincerely thanked him:

"Uncle Tiprado, thank you for your help... If you hadn't arrived in time, I don't know how much longer I could have stayed here."

Tiprado looked Roy up and down; this Half-Elf boy was even more ordinary than he had imagined.

Although the north and south sides of the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range are almost completely isolated, the Half-Elf living in Sun Island Bay on the south side of the Bulwark Mountain Range still know a little about what is happening in Bulwark Village.

Roy's main purpose in becoming the governor of Rampart Town was to ease the conflict between the Half-Elf and the Silver Moon Elf...

Chief Tiprado had heard of Roy's name long ago, and now that he saw Roy, he said, "You're Roy? You're a good young man. I've heard Little Eugene talking about you all the time."

"You've been working tirelessly to rescue the Half-Elf slaves of Pattington Plane, but actually... these are things that should be done by us."

With that, Chief Tiprado sighed:

"... But the Half-Elf of the Pattington Plane were scattered long ago. We Half-Elf are scattered in various areas of Pattington and rarely contact each other. I never thought that the situation in the Pattington Plane would deteriorate to this extent."

Roy brought over two relatively intact chairs and invited Kaka and Village Chief Tiprado to sit down and chat.

"Uncle Tiprado, I heard from Kaka that everyone lives in the southern part of the Bulwark Mountain Range mainly to avoid the sight of the Silver Moon Elf military. But you brought so many Beast Tamer to participate in the war on the Pagisto Plateau this time. What if these griffins are exposed? What will happen?"

Roy voiced his concerns.

Chief Tiprado smiled slightly, "Actually, we are just descendants of the remnants of the Griffin Legion. The older generation of elves are long gone. The current Silver Moon Elf military doesn't care about us. Besides, Pattington has become like this. If we keep hiding in the southern part of the Bulwark Mountain Range and wait for the Highland Slavers to come to Sun Island Bay, who will stand up to help us?"

After speaking, he introduced the origins of their group of Half-Elf to Roy: "Our Beast Tamer lineage originally came from the Swamp Lizardmen, and does not belong to any of the Wood Elf, Silver Moon Elf, or Dark Moon Elf. Fourteen hundred years ago, when chaos erupted on the Elf Continent, the entire Elven Dynasty, which had lasted for thousands of years, was completely destroyed. The Elf Continent split into three kingdoms. At that time, the elven griffon legion, under the influence of the Silver Pegasus Legion, joined the Silver Moon Kingdom's camp. However, later, the griffon legion's commander chose the wrong side and was ostracized by the upper-class Silver Moon Elven Nobles, eventually having to hide in the Pattington Plane to live in seclusion..."

"Actually... the Griffin Legion no longer exists."

The village chief Tiprado said frankly:

"Currently, the Pattington Plane only has a group of Half-Elf hunters who can tame griffins."

Roy placed the Quill Pen on the table, hesitated slightly, and then said to Chief Tiprado, "Uncle Tiprado, we have formed a Guard Squad on the Pagisto Plateau to resist the Highland Slavers. If you are willing to join the fight against the Highland Slavers, I solemnly invite you to join us."

Seeing the hesitation on Village Chief Tiprado's face, Roy quickly added, "Don't rush to agree or refuse. First, listen to what benefits you'll get from joining the Guard Squad..."

"First of all, our Guard Squad is a local army officially recognized and organized by the military, and its duty is to guard the Half-Elf of the Pagisto Plateau."

As he spoke, Roy took out the voucher with the Earl Swynborne's signature that the Commander Berkeley had given him and placed it in front of the village chief Tiprado.

Then Roy said:

"In addition, our Guard Squad controls three Spinel Mine in the Southern Plateau, two Mithril Mine in the Sudaso Mountain Range, and three Black Iron Mine in the Gaxi Mountain Range. However, the Black Iron Mine have been completely destroyed by the Highland Slavers and will need to be rebuilt. Therefore, our Guard Squad currently has extremely abundant financial resources."

"Third, the military supplies we need will be provided by the Silver Moon Elf military. I don't think I need to elaborate on how excellent the Silver Moon Elf Legion's military supplies are," Roy said with a smile.

Chief Tiprado was somewhat surprised and pressed Roy for an answer, "How could they... possibly support Half-Elf forming an army?"

Roy then said, "Currently, a group of Gray Dwarf Bandit are on the Empress Ivini Islands. The Silver Pegasus Legion needs to stabilize the situation on the Empress Ivini Islands and cannot attend to the Pattington Plane at the moment. Other Silver Moon Elf armies will not enter the Pattington Plane either, so the only way to effectively resist the Highland Slavers is to establish Half-Elf Guard Squad here."

Tiprado was clearly somewhat tempted by Roy's words.

The captain of this Half-Elf Guard Squad is Roy, not one of those Silver Moon Elf who look down on Half-Elf. Moreover, this Guard Squad has its own independent finances and receives military supplies from the Silver Moon Elf military.

What Chief Tiprado couldn't understand was, if the Silver Pegasus Legion was giving Roy so many benefits, what did they want in return for Roy...?

Seemingly understanding the hesitation in Village Chief Tiprado's eyes, Roy said directly, "What I need to do right now is... to hand over half of the income from the eight mines to the Silver Pegasus Legion."

Hearing Roy say this, the village chief Tiprado's last remaining concerns disappeared.

He offered Roy his fist and said, "Okay, we're willing to Pagisto Plateau Guard Squad."

Inside the restaurant, Roy, Mulin, Tiprado, Captain Timothy, Tennyson, Sabrina, Klayr, Kaka, Little Eugene., and others sat around a long table.

The place had just been cleaned up by the Half-Elf Warrior, and there were still traces of blood left by the headhunter on some of the tables.

These Highland Slavers are very different from the elves. Their diet does not exclude wild beasts from the plains, whether it is Unicorn Wild Ox or a blue antelope, they are all foods they like to eat.

There are now several baskets on the table, filled with fruit.

These foods were brought over by Mulin from the Second Mine.

A large portion of the supplies that Leishande brought from Padesto City last time consisted of food for the elves.

Roy took out a map that clearly depicted the terrain of the southern part of the Pagisto Plateau, while the central part consisted only of the southern Sudaso Mountain Range Gaxi Mountain Range, as well as some wilderness.

Roy tapped the table and said to Mulin beside him:

"Alright, Mulin, tell me your thoughts."

This time, Mulin followed Kaka to the North Black Iron Mine, demonstrating her keen judgment of the high-altitude battlefield.

Mulin glanced at Roy, surprised that she had been called out.

However, she wasn't intimidated at all. She looked at the map and casually said, "This time, in order to find you at the southern end of the Gaxi Mountain Range, Kaka led me on a long loop around these three snow-capped mountains. I found this valley on the back of Aidasi Mountain, yes, this is it..."

As she spoke, Mulin used a Charcoal Pencil to add two lines to the blank space in the northern part of the map, creating a valley.

She continued, "This is the only way to the north of the plateau. As long as we hold this valley north of Mount Kassar, we can cut off the way for the northern Highland Slavers to go south!"

Roy's eyes widened; Mulin was incredibly bold.

They had just recaptured the North Black Iron Mine, and currently only had a force of over four hundred Half-Elf Warrior, less than one hundred Dark Moon Elf Warrior, and one hundred and fifty griffins and Half-Elf hunters. In total, their forces would not exceed seven hundred.

There were also fewer than a hundred Gray Dwarf miners who could only stay in the mines to repair the City Wall and Arrow Tower; they couldn't be expected to fight at all.

Outside the castle, at least several thousand Highland Headhunters were entrenched. With a vast disparity in military strength between the two sides, Roy did not believe that the Half-Elf Warrior could defend the valley exit on the North Slope of Aidasi Mountain.

However, Mulin didn't stop. She drew another circle on the North Black Iron Mine Castle with her Charcoal Pencil and said, "Currently, all we need to do is North Black Iron Mine Castle as the center, with the Half-Elf Warrior guarding the castle, to deter the Highland Slavers in the northern part of Aidasi Mountain. At the same time, we can't just sit idly by. During the day, we can have the Griffon Cavalry shoot down those headhunters living in the wild from the air, and at night, we can have Assassin Squad raid the headhunters' temporary camps."

"At the same time, we cannot focus on the headhunter camps near the North Black Iron Mine. They are most wary of the Assassin Squad. The Griffon Cavalry may have a tough time recently. We can send the Assassin Squad to the headhunter camps near the other two snow mountains. I estimate that the headhunters there have not yet suffered from the Assassin Squad."

As she spoke, Mulin turned her gaze to Tiprado.

Tiprado agreed without hesitation, saying, "No problem. We'll take care of transporting the Assassin Squad. In addition, we can bring back some supplies from the south. A day's Mountain Road through the mountains will only take the griffins two hours at most. We'll fly to the Second Mine and back. Our Griffon Cavalry will only need about a day and a night. Once we reach the clouds, the wind will push us forward."