Path of light

Chapter 374 375. Dwarf Craftsman

This battle in the mine finally made Roy understand something.

Not all Darkmoon elves can become assassins...

Only the Dark Moon Elves in the Second Mine are a group of real assassins. As for the Dark Moon Elves in the First Mine, they are just a group of ordinary elves.

After coming out of the mine where the Dark Moon Elf was hiding, Roy hurried back to the mine entrance. More than thirty gray dwarves with some minor injuries were sitting on the ground leaning against the rock wall, and more than twenty seriously injured. Gray dwarves were lying in the mine tunnel, and they were all simply bandaged.

Some seriously injured gray dwarves continued to die one after another because of excessive bleeding.

Seeing the corpses of their companions being carried out by the mixed elves, the injured gray dwarves looked ashen.

There were only about 120 gray dwarves in the first mine, but now more than 60 cold corpses were lying in the mine tunnel of the shaft, waiting to be transported out of the mine in hanging boxes.

There is no way to throw these corpses in the mine, otherwise once they rot, the entire mine will become foul-smelling.

Therefore, the body must be cleaned up as soon as possible.

Ten Dark Moon Elf warriors were still searching around the mine, looking for those gray dwarves who had slipped through the net.

After possessing weapons and armor, the combat power of these Dark Moon Elf warriors has been greatly improved.

Roy also didn't expect that the Dark Moon Elf warriors would kill the gray dwarves so miserably...

He led a group of mixed elf warriors and gray dwarves to fight in the mine for a long time, but only seventeen gray dwarves died...

The remaining gray dwarves were all killed in the hands of ten Dark Moon Elf warriors. On average, each Dark Moon Elf killed almost four gray dwarves.

Speaking of which, we can't blame these Dark Moon Elf warriors for being ruthless. They have been fighting with the gray dwarves in the mines for decades, and they have no mercy in their hearts.

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"Boss, please come over here."

The Dark Moon Elf named Timothy walked quietly to Roy's side like a civet cat.

But regardless of whether they are invisible or not, as long as they are close to Roy, their bodies will automatically reveal themselves...

Roy looked at the Dark Moon Elf with a dagger tied to his leg. The handle of the dagger was soaked with a layer of plasma. The smell of blood on his body was also very strong, and the tip of the dagger's scabbard was also dripping. Thick blood.

Probably for the convenience of fighting, the Dark Moon elves all tied their hair up, with their pointed ears exposed, and their skin showed a dark cyan color.

When they walked, their voices were very soft. If you didn't pay enough attention, you wouldn't have heard their footsteps.

Roy had no problem with what happened to the Dark Moon Elf. He followed the Dark Moon Elf through a winding mine tunnel and walked to a mine with a stone door. There was a light hanging on the rock wall of the mine. Under the dim light of the lantern, Roy could clearly see two gray dwarves lying in a pool of blood at the entrance of the cave.

It was probably because the gray dwarf had just died, and the blood on the gray dwarf's body hadn't completely coagulated yet.

Two stone hammers were discarded aside. The head of one of the hammers was broken and the wooden handle was broken. It seemed that the two gray dwarves put up a fierce resistance before they died.

Roy ignored the dead gray dwarves, he only cared about those who were alive.

The mines dug by the dwarves are very delicate, and the entrances are very regular. However, the entrances are designed according to the height of the dwarves. If Roy wants to get in, he must lower his head.

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Two Dark Moon Elf warriors were guarding the entrance of the mine. When Roy walked in, the Dark Moon Elf lifted up the lantern.

Roy released a ball of 'holy shimmer'. When the shimmer slowly floated over the stone chamber, Roy discovered that the stone chamber was actually a long and narrow warehouse with a row of mining picks standing beside the stone wall. Although these None of the mining picks are brand new, but there are more than a hundred of them...

In addition to a row of neatly arranged mining picks, a long and narrow stone channel was dug in the cave, which contained a large number of dried mushrooms and moss cakes. Roy even found some dried and skinned mice.

Unexpectedly, the gray dwarves actually dug such a large warehouse and stored so much food and tools.

The Dark Moon Elf warriors took Roy to a mine tunnel with an underground channel. This underground channel had obvious traces of artificial excavation.

Roy was sure that this culvert was the work of gray dwarves. After walking a few steps inside, Roy discovered that the cave wall here was a little wet. After walking a few steps further into the mine, he saw long hair on the cave wall. It is covered with purple moss, which is cold and slippery when touched with your hands. The moss grows very densely, and you can peel off a large piece by just grabbing it.

Walking a little further ahead, Roy saw clusters of umbrella-shaped mushrooms growing on the ground. They were brick red in color and could be confirmed to be red mushrooms...

The gray dwarves actually successfully cultivated mushrooms in a mine. It seemed that the preparations before implementing the plan were sufficient.

At the end of this mine is another warehouse. This warehouse not only has a heavy stone door, but also a long and narrow passage that only allows one person to pass.

Timothy leads the way...

Passing through this passage, Roy's eyes turned red.

He saw the warehouse filled with high-grade spinels, each with a jelly-like texture. Roy was shocked by the massive wealth stored here.

Roy took two steps into the mine, stepping on spinels all over the ground, but he couldn't tell how big the mine was...

However, Roy can be sure that even if the first mine returns to normal mining speed and continues to mine for two years, the number of gemstones mined may not be as much as in the warehouse.

A large number of high-grade spinels are piled in the mine, but some rare magical associated ores are placed on a stone platform. The quantity is very small. Some associated ores only have a few pieces, and some only have one piece at all.

Roy picked up two spinels from the ground...it could be seen that the quality of these spinels was very high.

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These gray dwarves have lived in the mines for decades and have accumulated a huge amount of wealth. It is not difficult to understand...

If I say my only regret is that I have earned my life but not spent my life.

When Roy walked out of the mine, the first thing he thought about was not how to deal with these spinels, but whether the group of gray dwarves in the second mine also hid a tower full of spinels underground. treasury?

Roy suddenly thought that the gray dwarves in the second mine had exchanged twenty barrels of spinel for a barrel of rum...

Those twenty buckets of spinel should be the private collection of the gray dwarves in the second mine.

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Roy walked out of the dwarf treasure house. The Dark Moon Elf named Timothy was already waiting outside the mine, holding a torn piece of parchment in his hand.

It was said to be parchment, but it was hard, probably just a piece of air-dried fur.

Then Roy discovered some clues on the fur. There was a head on one end of the fur, and a short tail on the other end... It should be a mouse skin.

Timothy handed the piece of fur to Roy and said in a low voice:

"Boss, we found this from this guy!"

Roy took the piece of fur in his hand. He ignored the down side and looked at the leather side...

The fur was still hard before it was cooked, and it was also stained with some dirty grease and blood.

It was on such a piece of dirty fur that Roy discovered that there was a 'painting' drawn with charcoal!

It doesn't seem accurate to call it a painting; this piece of fur should be a drawing.

The lines on this drawing were very simple. Roy could only make out a vertical line that represented the shaft. The other lines didn't look like the mine holes in the mine, and there was a long diagonal line that was clearly marked. angle.

"Where did you find this?" Roy asked Timothy curiously.

"In the mine over there..." Timothy replied, pointing to a mine next to the treasure house.

Roy took the blueprint and walked towards the mine. A scrawny old dwarf sat slumped at the entrance of the cave. There was a heavy iron chain tied to his ankle. There was also an underground man guarding him. Moon elf warrior.

Roy stepped forward and looked at the old dwarf curiously.

He looks a little different from the gray dwarves. The gray dwarves' skin all shows a light black iron color, but this old dwarf's skin is bronze, and some of the features on his face are also larger than those of the gray dwarves. difference.

Roy didn't talk to him, just stared at his face without saying a word.

The old dwarf looks skinny, with relatively large joints and loose skin. He also wears a pair of glasses on his big nose, with a broken lens...

Roy raised the drawing in his hand and waved it in front of the old dwarf.

"Is this drawing your escape route?" Roy asked directly.

The old dwarf raised his head feebly and said casually:

"Yes, there is no need to test. I drew this picture. We planned to dig a hole under the mine to escape. However, during the drawing process, I discovered a problem. After digging thirty meters up, we will meet For the solid rock layer, I planned to prepare some weak co-solvent to harden and soften the partially excavated rock layer, but they wanted to use brute force to break it open."

"But you look nothing like a gray dwarf." Roy said to the old dwarf.

"Who said I am a gray dwarf?" the old dwarf retorted angrily: "I am a dwarf craftsman from the Bronzebeard tribe!"

"..."

Roy did not expect to meet a dwarf craftsman underground in the first mine. He ignored what tribe the old dwarf belonged to, and the word dwarf craftsman echoed in his mind.

"Keep an eye on him..." Roy ordered the Dark Moon Elf beside him.

Then he stepped into the old dwarf's mine. This place should have been transformed into the old dwarf's residence long ago. The residence was dark, but Roy had a sacred shimmer, so the mine immediately lit up.

The mine was dirty and messy, making it difficult for Roy to stay.

Roy endured the mess in the mine and looked around. Sure enough, there were many parts in the mine.

There are also several unfinished design drawings on a stone platform, as well as a few simple tools and a modified stone hammer. The hammer head is actually covered with two iron hoops, which can prevent the stone hammer from being used in battle. Premature fragmentation.

Roy discovered that this old dwarf was really talented, because he saw the design of the mine's support frame from those semi-finished drawings...

He calmly held these drawings in his hands. In fact, Roy had also been thinking about the mine support frame recently and had a preliminary design for the support frame. But now that he saw that the old dwarf was a support frame structure, he immediately had a New ideas.

Roy was not in a hurry to talk to the old dwarf about these drawings. He took the half-finished drawings and turned around and left the mine.

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Roy then returned to the surface. In the inner courtyard of the mine, there were many supplies waiting to be transported to the mine, including food, tents, blankets, linen clothing, etc.

The gray dwarf corpses were transported out of the fortress early and chose a gentle slope only 500 meters away from the mine fortress. This hillside had a thick layer of soil, making it easy to dig.

The corpses of duergar were buried in rows on the gentle slope.

Roy arranged several mixed-blood elves in the mine. He wanted to implement the business strategy of the second mine and prepare to record the names of all the dark moon elves. Then he wrote a letter to Wizel to investigate these dark moon elves. of sentence,

If his sentence is over, Roy really wants to restore freedom to these Dark Moon elves...

During this period, Captain Lambert of the First Mine woke up and expressed his gratitude to Roy through the mixed elves working at the bottom of the well.

Roy led a team of mixed elf warriors down the mine. The dark moon elf named Lambert could already walk slowly in the mine on crutches.

Captain Lambert has learned about Roy's attitude towards the Dark Moon Elves from the Dark Moon Elves in the Second Mine.

During this time, the mine continued to deliver food, tents, blankets, clothes, etc. to the mine. More than a hundred Dark Moon elves had set up tents in the mine, and they all wore linen that was enough to cover their bodies. cloth clothes.

With sufficient food supply, these Dark Moon elves recovered quickly and their physical condition improved significantly.

They all also know that after this battle with more than 120 gray dwarves underground, including the seriously injured, there are currently less than 60 gray dwarves...

In the future, the Dark Moon elves will gradually become the overseers in the mines. However, the number of gray dwarves who can still work has dropped sharply to more than 20, so these Dark Moon elves also need to work underground.

Roy came to the old dwarf's mine again, followed by a group of mixed elf warriors.

The old dwarf was not surprised when he saw Roy walking in from outside the cave.

He was sitting next to the stone platform, polishing a piece of iron with a small piece of stone. His glasses were placed on his big nose, and his hands were shaking slightly.

Roy sat directly in front of the old dwarf and said to him straight to the point:

"As long as you promise to help me, I will take you out of this mine!"

The old dwarf put down the whetstone in his hand, looked at Roy's face from his glasses, and asked Roy tentatively: "Do I have any other choice?"

"Not yet!" Roy replied.

"I'm just a dwarf craftsman, proficient in metallurgy and engineering machinery, not an elder who knows everything..." the old dwarf said to Roy.

"I just need a dwarf craftsman like you..."

Roy said to the old dwarf with a smile and extended his right hand to him.