Path of Light.

Chapter 686 687. Exploring the Nicobar Mountains

In the City Hall of the Plateau City, Miss Channing walked through the corridor and went straight to the door of the innermost office.

Along the way, many half-blood elves greeted Miss Channing...

The half-elf officers were very familiar with the mine owner who had led them out of the Sudaso Mountains. During the time when the mine guards were fighting against the plateau headhunters in the Jiaxi Mountains, the greatest support to the guards came from the north and south mithril mines in the Sudaso Mountains.

Most of the half-elf officers in the mine guard regiment knew Miss Qian Ning.

'Tuk tuk tuk'

Miss Channing stood at the door and knocked gently.

"Come in……"

Roy's voice came from the room. Miss Channing pursed her lips, lowered her head to adjust her long skirt, then pushed the door and walked in.

This office was not actually that big. Roy was standing in front of the round table in the corner, holding a charcoal pencil and a square in his hand, and was constantly writing and drawing on the map. He looked back and saw Miss Channing standing at the door. He nodded to Miss Channing, pointed to the leather sofa in the room, and said to Channing:
"Qian Ning, please sit down for a while. I'll be there soon. How are things going at the Sudasso Mithril Mine?"

"Boss, even if I'm not here, the Sudasso Mithril Mine can still operate normally. You called me here...which mine do you want me to manage?" Qian Ning raised his delicate eyebrows and asked Roy.

She looked more elegant sitting on the sofa than the Silvermoon Elf nobles...

The fluffy skirt spread out across the sofa.

"This is a preliminary survey of the mines in the Nicobar Mountains. There are mithril mines over there, so I think no mine owner is more professional than you in this area." Roy crouched down and kept writing and drawing on the parchment map.

Although Qian Ning did not go over to observe it closely, he could tell from the general shape of the map that it should be a map of Sun Island Bay.

"Nicobar Mountains?"

Miss Channing was a little surprised.

The Nicobar Mountains belong to the eastern mountains of the Pagisto Plateau. The Nicobar Mountains are very vast, and the mountains in the outermost areas are even closely connected to the eastern Collapse Mountains.

The Nicobar Mountains were among the last areas occupied by the mine guards.

The miners of the Nicobar Mountains had filled in the mines before they fled the Pagisto Plateau.

There is also a group of highland headhunters active in the Nicobar Mountains. It can be said that the area is very dangerous...

"The headhunters in the Nicobar Mountains have been dealt with by the Griffin Cavalry and the Assassin Regiment. So you don't need to worry about your safety when you go to the Nicobar Mountains this time."

"The several mines in the Nicobar Mountains have been abandoned until now. If we don't find a way to develop them, the military will probably send some Silver Moon Elf Guards over here."

"I think you have probably heard about the situation of the mines in the Caldeum Mountains. I don't want the mithril mines in the Nicobar Mountains to be ruined by them. After thinking about it, I think you are the only one who is familiar with the mithril mines, so I plan to... let you go to the Nicobar Mountains to take a look."

Roy stopped what he was doing and turned to Miss Channing.

After saying that, he bent down again and began to draw on the map.

Miss Qian Ning finally couldn't help but stood up and walked over. Unexpectedly, Roy was drawing a sailing route on the map.

"Okay, that place has always been the territory of headhunters. Although I grew up on the Pagisto Plateau, I have never been there..." Miss Channing agreed readily.

Roy didn't expect the conversation to go so smoothly. He paused before saying:
"I will send an Elf Guard Squadron and two Griffin Cavalry Squadrons to go with you to the Nicobar Mountains. This time you go there, you must write me a feasibility report on restoring the normal operation of the Mithril Mine."

"I will write this report carefully, boss."

Miss Channing stood beside Roy, watching him draw a curve very seriously, biting her lip and said to Roy:
"Boss, are you planning to explore the sea area outside Sun Island Bay?"

She was wearing such a beautiful dress, but Roy didn't even say a word of praise. He assigned her a task as soon as she came in, which made Miss Channing very unhappy.

She stood behind Roy and gave him a secret look.

Roy didn't look back.

"That's about right. This time I plan to go west along the coastline and not go into the deep sea. Although there are no Naga tribes in the sea of ​​Partington, there are many sirens living in this sea area. I heard that group of sirens control many fishman tribes. The mine guards have no plans to contact those sirens for the time being."

Roy said frankly.

To put it bluntly, this time Roy just wanted to walk west along the coastline...

Miss Channing looked at the map of the Pagisto Plateau hanging on the wall. The area belonging to the Nicobar Mountains was just a few simple lines. She said to Roy, "I must draw a map of the route I will take when I go to the Nicobar Mountains this time."

Looking at Roy's back, I don't know when it started, but Miss Qian Ning always felt a little strange in her heart...

……

Miss Channing stayed in the Plateau City for only three days before heading to the Nicobar Mountains alone with an army of sixty half-elf guards and twenty-four griffin cavalrymen.

During the time that Roy was stationed at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp in Golfito Canyon, Deputy Captain Tennyson led the Dark Moon Elf Warriors and Griffin Cavalry to plow the Nicobar Mountains thoroughly, and the plateau headhunters in that mountain area soon disappeared.

This time, Roy sent Miss Channing to the Nicobar Mountains to survey the abandoned mines and to confirm one thing from Deputy Captain Tennyson: there are currently no groups of highland headhunters active in the Nicobar Mountains.

According to Deputy Captain Tennyson's report, the mines in the Nicobar Mountains were severely damaged.

So Roy felt that before restoring these mines to normal operation, an experienced mine owner was needed to explore the conditions of the abandoned mines there.

Roy searched among his group of mine owners several times before finally choosing Miss Qian Ning from among them.

Because the two mines in the Sudaso Mountains are also mithril mines, and Miss Qian Ning personally participated in the reconstruction of these two mithril mines, Miss Qian Ning should have the most say in matters concerning the mithril mines.

……

Roy has been busy with one thing in Plateau City recently. He is going to lead a fleet of magic airships westward along the coastline of Sun Island...

Captain Helic led the half-elf rebels to open up the road to the northern ice field in the north of the Pagisto Plateau, and captured many plateau headhunters along the way.

As the mine guards' strength continued to grow, Roy also planned to explore westward along the Sun Island Bay.

The trade of magic herbs and magic metals in the Partington plane allowed Roy to quickly accumulate a large amount of wealth.

Now, the mine guards possess the most sophisticated magical equipment in the Silvermoon Elf military.

These weapons and armors have armed the half-elf guards to the teeth...

Elven armies have never been known for their bravery and fighting skills.

The reason they were able to gain a foothold on the battlefield was entirely due to their sophisticated magical equipment.

Roy bought the best magic armor for the mine guards through the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion...

This armor is the top-level magic armor that the Silver Moon Elf Infantry Guard can purchase.

Of course, there is still a certain gap between these magic armors and the magic pattern armor worn by the Silver Pegasus Knight, but they are at least many times stronger than ordinary full-coverage metal armor.

After two months of recuperation, Roy re-selected 6,000 half-elf guards and 1,000 griffin cavalrymen and gathered them at the Sun Island Bay Pier.

He also mobilized eight magic airships and formed an expedition fleet at the dock of Sun Island Bay.

He was worried that there might be high-level magical beasts lurking in the depths of the Partington plane, so he didn't dare let the griffin cavalry fly too far.

With the fleet of magic airships, the Griffin Cavalry can explore the land along the western coastline of Sun Island. Not only can the Griffin Cavalry explore the inland area two hundred kilometers from the coastline, but they can also use the magic airships as a foothold and fly hundreds of miles into the depths of the sea.

Before the trip, Roy did a lot of preparation.
He even borrowed the whale-hunting crossbow from the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion.

This ship-borne heavy crossbow is a heavy weapon used by the Silver Moon Elves and the Naga Sea Clan in naval battles. It can be used specifically to hunt large sea beasts.

……

The weather was clear and cloudless.

The waves hit the beach, leaving some white foam.

The crew members at the Sun Island Bay Pier were all on the magic airship, making final preparations before departure.

This time the magic airship will be restored into a three-masted sailing ship, forming a fleet and then going out to sea.

A magic airship landed in the sea near the Sun Island Pier...

(End of this chapter)