Path of Light.

Chapter 724 725. Recruitment
The prisoner-of-war concentration camp on the south bank of the Tolai River in the plateau city currently holds 25,000 plateau headhunter prisoners, and as Captain Helik advances towards the northern ice field, the number of headhunter prisoners is still increasing.

The first magic airship that brought over 800 gray dwarf prisoners did not attract the attention of the elves in the Plateau City, but in the next half day, ten more magic airships arrived in the Plateau City.

The gray dwarves who got off the magic airship formed a long line in the city and walked along the bluestone paved road towards the prisoner-of-war concentration camp.

In the plateau city, it is rare to see eleven magic airships arriving at the airport terminal in one day.

As the magic airships continued to dock at the only platform at the airport terminal, the elves in the city finally realized that there were too many gray dwarf prisoners of war in the plateau city...

The line stretched from the POW concentration camp by the river all the way to the airport dock.

The half-elf women gathered by the pool, watching the gray dwarf prisoners walking along the street. In the past, there were only dozens or hundreds of gray dwarf prisoners in the plateau city, but this time the whole street was lined up in a long snake.

A half-elf woman approached the half-elf guard standing at the street corner and asked him, "Angias, why are there so many gray dwarves in the city?"

The half-elf guard turned his head and looked at the half-elf woman. He immediately recognized that she was his landlady. She had a two-story building in the Highland City. Almost all of the tenants in the building were half-elfs from the city of Padstow.

The half-elf guard replied:
"Madam Angelina, I heard that these gray dwarf prisoners were captured by Boss Roy from the battlefield of Queen Eweni Islands. Now they are being sent to various mines for us to mine."

"Let the gray dwarves go to mine. What will the half-blood elves in the mine do? There are many half-blood elves working in the mines to make a living."

The half-elf woman named Jaina asked immediately.

Both of her lovers worked as miners in the plateau mines. As a master of time management, it can only be said that Lady Gianna's schedule was not full.

"I don't know that, Lady Jaina. I am the city guard in the Highland City."

Anchias replied, and then he seemed to remember something and said:
"I heard that Archon Mulin is recruiting half-elf guards in the city again. The recruitment point is in the square in front of the city hall."

"Is it the mine guard regiment that is recruiting soldiers, or is it the plateau city's city defense guard regiment that is recruiting soldiers?" Lady Jaina asked with her eyes rolled.

This young half-elf was too honest. He ignored all the small hints Lady Jaina had given him before. After that, Lady Jaina's favorability towards him plummeted. The two were destined not to be on the same path.

"Uh...does that make any difference?"

"Of course! There's still a big difference!"

When Lady Gianna speaks a little faster, her voice becomes high-pitched and thin, but it must be said that her voice is very sexy.

"The mine guards are directly under Boss Roy and can follow him around. The city guards can only stand guard in the city. What future do they have?"

After saying this, Lady Jaina turned around and returned to the group of women beside the fountain at the corner of the street.

Anchias felt as if he had been stabbed in the back. He stood stupidly on the street, thinking:

"Should I also apply to the leader to join Boss Roy's mine guard group and follow Boss Roy to fight everywhere?"

After this idea came into his mind, it was like grass growing on his mind, and he wanted to run directly to the City Hall Square to sign up.

When Lady Jaina returned to the group of women, a group of elven women also began a heated discussion.

……

The red-bearded gray dwarf arrived at the Plateau City on the fifth magic airship, looking down at the Plateau City from a high vantage point. The Plateau City standing by the river looked very small. On the contrary, the wilderness to the south of the Plateau City was very vast, with tens of thousands of one-horned bison running on the vast wilderness.

The surrounding mountains stretch out in all directions, and you can even see snow on the top of the mountains.

Leaving the tropical rainforest and coming to the plateau, this is the environment that the gray dwarves prefer, especially the mountains and snow.

The gray dwarf prisoners were discussing in low voices where this plane was. They leaned against the side of the ship and stared at the vast land beneath their feet with wide eyes.

During the days they were prisoners of war, the gray dwarves did not seem to be treated harshly by the elves, except that they had to eat sour green apples every day.

Therefore, the emotions of the gray dwarf prisoners were relatively stable. After experiencing the failure of the Battle of Queen Ewenni Islands, morale had dropped to the lowest point, and no gray dwarf prisoners attempted to escape from the prisoner-of-war camp.

Some gray dwarves tried to do it, but were dissuaded by other gray dwarves because it would only kill their companions.

The life span of the gray dwarves is very long, and no one wants to die. And most importantly, there is no death penalty in the elf world. As long as you don't commit suicide...

On the magic airship, a half-elf captain stood on the platform on top of the ship. He held the railing with both hands and shouted to the gray dwarf prisoners on the deck:
"Dear guests from foreign lands, welcome to Pagisto. As the captain of Magic Airship No. 7 and a half-elf from the Pagisto Plateau, please allow me to introduce this beautiful plateau to you." "This is the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane. Your destination is a beautiful plateau city with rich mineral resources, so most of you will be sent to various mines to participate in ore mining."

"I know you are used to this kind of life."

Before the captain could finish his words, he heard a gray dwarf prisoner on the deck shouting:
"Only dwarves like to mine. We are gray dwarves. We are born robbers..."

Before the gray dwarf prisoner could finish his words, he was knocked unconscious by a fist from a gray dwarf behind him, and the deck suddenly became quiet again.

At this moment, the magic airship has broken through the clouds and is slowly falling down.

"What I want to say here is that when you arrive at Plateau City, there will be a census. This is not to learn your detailed information, but we are short of some craftsmen who are good at forging. I know that there must be some of you who are good at this. I hope you can take the initiative to stand up and show us your abilities."

"Only by becoming a forger in our smelting workshop will you know how comfortable it is to live on the Pagisto Plateau."

"First of all, our forging workshop will provide rum to the forging craftsmen every week. We will also provide ale occasionally because Boss Roy likes to drink ale. Of course, if you want to try pre-dinner drinks such as cider or orange wine, you can drink them almost every day as long as you work hard."

"Of course, in order to be able to drink freely, you need to become a forging craftsman."

"In addition, the forging craftsmen have clean dormitories, can take a shower and comb their beards every day, and will earn certain points for every day of work. When you have accumulated 100 points, you can exchange them for a day of rest. During this time, you are free and can apply to the smelting workshop to go to the plateau city or go hunting in the wilderness."

"Of course, the daily points can also be exchanged for other things, such as exquisite hip flasks, pipes, hard-wearing miner boots, warm blankets or cow legs."

"Although these benefits are also available in the mine, the variety of rewards is far less than that of the forging workshop, so I hope that dwarves with forging skills will sign up enthusiastically."

"Well, the magic airship is about to arrive at the beautiful and rich plateau city. I wish you all a relaxed and happy mood every day in the coming days."

The half-elf placed his hands on his chest and saluted gracefully to the gray dwarf prisoners.

All the sails on the magic airship were lowered, and the propulsion device at the tail was turned on. The magic airship adjusted its position in mid-air and began to approach the only airport terminal in the plateau city.

In the city below, the gray dwarf prisoners were marching in a long line toward the prisoner-of-war concentration camp by the river.

……

Roy and Mulin stood on the terrace in front of the City Hall, from where they had a bird's eye view of the entire Plateau City.

In the square of the City Hall, a large group of half-elf young men were queuing up, waiting to register as working elves at the Soldier Recruitment Office. The waiting line stretched from the square to across the street.

This is in stark contrast to the deserted recruiting office in Padstow.

Mu Lin said to Roy with some envy:
"After all, the Mine Guards have a great reputation. They gathered so many half-blood elves in just half a day. When I formed the Mine Guards before, it took me nearly half a month to recruit and barely put together a guard group."

Roy looked at Mu Lin's unconvinced expression and said to her with a smile:

"I think it may be that the number of elves in the Plateau City has increased dramatically, which makes it easy to recruit new soldiers in the Plateau City."

Mu Lin frowned, and a hint of playfulness appeared on his ordinary face.

"Before, half-blood elves could not establish an army. Although there were Silver Moon Elf guards in the Partington plane, they did not protect the half-blood elves. When we first arrived in Partington, we felt that it was the same everywhere. After discussing it, we walked south along the Padstow Forest until we came across the Griffin Barrier Mountains. When we saw the high mountains piercing the clouds, we walked west and crossed the hilly area to Padstow."

Those must have been difficult times. When Mu Lin talked about these things, there was some sadness in his eyes.

"Those were tough days, weren't they?"

"Well, my mother died on the way."

Mu Lin was a little depressed, then she secretly wiped the moisture from the corners of her eyes and continued:
"Now that we can form an army on the Partington plane, it is a big change for the half-blood elves. At least it allows us to live a better life on the Pagisto Plateau."

Perhaps it was because she had been an archon for too long, she pursed her lips and tried to calm herself down as quickly as possible.

When she stood next to Roy, she would try to keep her back straight...

The gaze into the distance is also full of longing for the future.

(End of this chapter)