Path of light

Chapter 382 383. Dwarf Blacksmith

"Boss, we found a blacksmith furnace in the mine, and there are three gray dwarves claiming to be blacksmiths!"

Captain Timothy, the Dark Moon Elf, found Roy again and reported excitedly.

Roy was sitting in the mine, looking at the group of strong gray dwarves in front of him, thinking about how to manage them.

The group of Dark Moon elves in the third mine may not be able to control the group of gray dwarves.

After hearing Captain Timothy's words, Roy's eyes lit up, he stood up and asked:

"Where are they?"

"I have escorted them back." Captain Timothy replied with a smile.

He decided to bring the three dwarf blacksmiths here entirely because Roy gave the old dwarf Putkis a lot of preferential treatment, and he knew in his heart that Roy had a different attitude towards the dwarf craftsmen.

There was still a messy scene in the mine. A group of mixed-blood elf miners lined up in front of the shaft, waiting to return to the surface in a hanging box.

More than one hundred and seventy gray dwarves squatted in the mine waiting to be dealt with.

The mixed-blood elf warriors cooperated with the dark moon elf warriors to search around the mines for some fish that had slipped through the net.

The Dark Moon Elf miners also gathered in the nearby mine. Roy had asked the elves to bring some food from the warehouse and give it to them to fill their bellies...

Roy followed Captain Timothy to see three dwarf blacksmiths. They were sitting together awkwardly. Although they were not tied with ropes, there were two mixed-blood elf warriors staring at them with serious faces.

The three dwarf blacksmiths also looked like old guys with long beards. They were all dirty, and their arms were covered with burns.

Roy walked over and asked the three dwarf blacksmiths about their origins.

According to them, they took a merchant ship to the Elf Continent. They originally wanted to exchange some forging experiences with the Elf craftsmen of the Elf Continent, but were robbed by gray dwarf bandits on the way to the pirate island. Since then, they have been fighting for Gray Dwarf. Dwarves forge weapons and armor.

Until the elven army captured the Pirate Island, they and the gray dwarves became prisoners of war. After several transfers, they were finally sold to the Partington plane.

However, the slave traders in Padstow don't seem to know the difference between duergar bandits and dwarven craftsmen.

They locked all the dwarves together and sold them together.

They and a group of gray dwarves were thrown into this mine. The dwarf craftsmen could only resume their old trade in the mine. They finally built a simple blacksmith furnace. Unfortunately, there were not enough coal in the mine and there was no suitable equipment. With the smelted iron ore, they could only modify some mining picks and create some metal armor pieces for this group of gray dwarf bandits.

Roy didn't care how much water there was in the story told by the three dwarf blacksmiths!

Since they are dwarf blacksmiths, they are technical talents. They are needed right now in the mine, so they said to the three old dwarf blacksmiths who could not tell their age:

"I have arrested all the Gray Dwarf bandits in this mine. Their next fate is to dig gemstones in this mine for the rest of their lives."

"Now I give you two choices. One is to stay and mine with them, and the other is to join me in the mine. I am going to build a blacksmith workshop. What you need to do on a daily basis is to repair tools, nail horseshoes, and build some Simple tools, etc., this kind of thing shouldn’t be too difficult for you.”

"So choose one or two?"

Roy was not prepared to give these dwarf blacksmiths too much time to think about it. Maybe even if the dwarf blacksmiths chose one, Roy would take them to the ground and build a simple blacksmith shop for the three of them to work in.

After all, they were three blacksmiths, and Roy had seen their craftsmanship.

I have to say that it is not easy to transform one end of a mining pick into an ax blade without destroying the balance of the mining pick.

There was a red-bearded dwarf among the three dwarf blacksmiths. He blinked his small eyes like black beans and hesitated for a moment before asking weakly:

"If I choose the second option, will they serve wheat cakes and onion stew?"

Roy said without hesitation:

"Of course. If you do a good job, you can have a glass of ale with dinner. In addition, every six days you work, you can enjoy a day of rest. You can go hunting on the grassland outside, or you can sunbathe on the deck chair on the roof. The whole day's sun is at your disposal."

The three dwarf blacksmiths widened their eyes, looked at each other, and expressed:

"It's okay with me. You can come with me anytime."

"I don't have any problem either..."

"..."

In this way, Roy brought three dwarf blacksmiths from the mine.

Although there is no blacksmith shop, no small smelting furnace, no cutting board, and no coke in the third mine, these are not problems.

For those missing materials, you can apply to the Silver Pegasus Legion.

Roy didn't have high requirements for them. The three dwarf blacksmiths didn't need to build sophisticated or complex weapons and armor, as long as they could repair tools.

…

As the problems underground in the third mine were solved, the gray dwarves in the mine became the main miners.

The mixed-blood elf miner was rescued from the mine by Roy and regained his freedom. However, he heard that life was not so easy over there at the gathering place. The Partington plane was still under blockade and there was no way to return to the elf continent for the time being, especially The plateau headhunters were plundering half-blood elves everywhere, and they were full of worries about the life outside the mines.

Some mixed elves who originally lived on the plateau naturally went to the gathering place to find their relatives.

There are also a large number of mixed-blood elves from the Elf Continent. They all came to Padstow City from all over the Elf Continent to pan for gold. It was only when they arrived in Padstow City that they discovered that it was not as good as the outside rumors. Although There are mixed-blood elves everywhere, but they are also managed by the Silver Moon elves.

When they were wandering around the city of Padstow, they were inexplicably caught here.

Decades have passed in a flash, and they all seem to have become accustomed to the dark life underground.

Now that they heard that they had regained their freedom, they were overjoyed at first, but then thinking about their future life, they still did not dare to leave the mine in this unfamiliar dimension.

There is only one elf city in the Partington plane - Padstow.

There was nowhere for them to go except Padstow City.

But the shadow left by Padstow City is too great for them. I heard that if they stay in the mine, they can continue to dig in the mine. They can return to the mine dormitory to rest every day after working. If they dig a gem mine, they can still Can get a salary.

Of course, Roy didn't have time to say these things. In the past two days, he was busy helping the dwarf blacksmith build a blacksmith furnace.

Roy didn't expect that a mixed-blood elf would have the courage to stand in the corridor and summon up the courage to ask him:

“Boss, if I continue to mine, can you give me a salary?”

"But...it's okay!"

Roy stopped, looked at these half-blood elves with haggard faces, and replied.

He was a little confused about these mixed-blood elves. They were obviously free and could leave the Pagisto Plateau. How could they go anywhere without breathing fresh air?

Why do you still have to carry a mining pick and dig into the dark mine to dig out stones?

But he didn't say these words.

The population of elves in the third mine is quite small now. If some mixed-blood elves are willing to stay, that would actually be good.

…

As for the Dark Moon Elf prisoners, they still need to stay in the mine. Roy recorded the names of each Dark Moon Elf prisoner in a book.

Their management system is exactly the same as that of the Second Mine. As long as they are found to have served their sentences after investigation, these night elves will be freed.

However, Roy was not prepared to select assassin squad soldiers from this group of Dark Moon elves.

Their job underground is mainly to supervise the work of the gray dwarves.

Roy also moved the same thing as the Dark Moon Elf in the Second Mine, setting up tents in the mine, providing sufficient food, and building bathrooms...

The underground life of the Dark Moon elves has become much more comfortable, and these elves also have hope for their future lives.

…

In a room near the kitchen of the third mine, three dwarf blacksmiths have built a simple blacksmith furnace, and the red-bearded dwarf also made a wind box out of wooden boards. They also moved large pieces of waste stone from outside and prepared to use it. These lapis lazuli serve as temporary substitutes for cutting boards.

The day after the simple blacksmith furnace was repaired, a burst of green smoke came out of the chimney of the blacksmith workshop.

By noon, I heard the dwarf blacksmith banging in the blacksmith shop...

In fact, the three dwarf blacksmiths did not expect that the first task they received in the blacksmith shop was not a simple repair work, but to create a kind of shackles suitable for gray dwarves.

And it is specially made according to the size of dwarves' ankles, which means that this thing can only lock dwarves.