Path of Light.

Chapter 153
The setting sun sank into the sea, the red clouds in the sky gradually faded, and the night came.

The half-breed elves protesting on the pier of the port have all dispersed, although the fishing boats moored at the pier in the shallow water area have not left the port.

But the fish market at the wharf is lit up with lights...

Every light is a stall.

Although the half-blood elves have been making trouble all day, everyone still needs food, and fruits and fish are essential.

The half-blood elves in the lower city of Castletown prefer to eat fish, not only because fish is cheap, but also because eating fish will make the elves who do manual labor more energetic.

The fish market is closed during the day.

At night, the fishmongers set up their stalls, attracting many elves to the fish market.

Every fish stall in the fish market is hung with a horse lantern, and the horse lanterns form a very lively light belt on the port pier.

Some medium-sized fishing boats have become the background board of the fish market from being docked on the shore.

……

A carriage stopped at the gate of the Statue of Liberty.

Roy was waiting in the gatehouse early, and when he saw a carriage with an elf academy parked at the gate, he ran out quickly.

The door of the carriage was pushed open from the inside. Instructor Nora poked his head out of the carriage. When he saw Roy running out of the gatehouse outside the gate of the temple, he jumped out of the carriage first.

She has a light and flexible body, with a short combat bow and long sword on her back, standing by the car door, turning her head and talking to her companions in the car.

Following the gaze of Instructor Nora, Roy saw several instructors from the Elf Academy sitting in the carriage.

They followed Instructor Nora and got out of the carriage one file at a time.

There were three instructors who followed Instructor Nora out of the carriage.

The instructor who followed closely behind Instructor Nora was carrying a combat longbow. Roy could often see him on the bow and arrow training ground, but he didn't know his name.

The other two instructors, Roy, had met at check-in point No. [-] in the Malaga jungle.

"Roy, some of my friends heard that Captain Ralph appeared in Castletown Harbor, and they are willing to come and help!"

Instructor Nora said proudly.

"This is Instructor Gru, who is good at archery. This is Instructor Eleanor, who is good at jungle reconnaissance and tracking. This is Instructor Virgil, who is good at swordsmanship."

"Thank you instructors for coming to help, thank you!"

Roy hurriedly thanked several other instructors.

"Roy, is Ralph still on that ship?" Instructor Nora asked Roy.

"I don't know yet, sorry, Instructor Nora, I can't keep monitoring them..." Roy said.

Instructor Nora glanced at the other three instructors before saying:

"In this case, take us to the side of the ship and ask Eleanor to check on the ship."

Another carriage stopped at the gate of the temple, and an elf female mage wearing a dark green magic robe came out of the carriage, holding a thick magic book in her hands, and there was a chain on the magic book, connecting On a wide belt.

It is difficult to tell the exact age of the silver moon elves after they reach adulthood.

However, the mage who often does research work in the magic tower is obviously much better than Instructor Nora in terms of skin care.

"Sorry for being late."

Her voice was clear and sweet, and she looked at Roy carefully after she finished speaking.

"Scarlett, don't you have a magic experiment to do tonight?" Instructor Nora asked suspiciously.

The female magician smiled very freely and said:

"Paused! I heard that bastard Ralph has appeared again. I don't want to miss this. His reward order has been hanging in the Adventurer's Guild for many years!"

Seeing the situation at the entrance of the temple, Jasper invited High Priest Reed out.

Seeing the great priest of the Temple of Liberty appearing at the gate of the temple, several instructors of the Spirit Academy immediately became serious.

Roy quickly introduced to everyone:

"This is the High Priest of the Statue of Liberty—the High Priest Reed, and this is the trainee priest Jasper..."

After staying at the gate of the temple for a while, the group headed to the beach on the west side of Castleton Port Pier.

……

The pier in Castletown Port is relatively quiet, and there are few pedestrians on the pier, only the wharf fish market is more lively.

The big ships docked on the deep-water wharf will not be allowed to leave the port until tomorrow morning. Lanterns are hung on the decks of all big ships.

The pier in the shallow water area is full of small fishing boats of various styles, arranged densely, and there is a feeling that there is no end in sight under the night.

Not only the half-blood elves protesting on the port pier have dispersed, but even the half-blood elves sitting quietly in the small square have left, leaving a pile of garbage in the small square.

Squadron leader Simpson stood in the small square with a few elf guards, looking a bit depressed.

When there is no dance in the seaside castle, the lights are almost unlit. Looking towards the cliff, there is darkness in the distance.

At this time, except for some gardeners and elf guards who took care of the castle, there were no elf nobles living here.

Roy took Instructor Nora and High Priest Reed to the small square and joined Squadron Leader Simpson.

Only then did Simpson Squadron Leader know that besides a few instructors from the Elf Academy, there was even the Great Priest Reed from the Temple of Liberty in the team.

The Black Pearl, which was stranded on the beach west of the pier, was also hidden in the night.

"Roy, when did you find out that Captain Ralph was on that ship?" Captain Simpson asked Roy.

Roy immediately said: "It was last night, and I can confirm that Captain Ralph and Mrs. Udula lived on the ship for the last two nights."

Squadron Captain Simpson frowned and didn't say anything.

He directly led everyone to a guard post near the beach on the west side, which was still within the range of the seaside castle, but from here it was just possible to monitor the big ships on the shallows.

Squadron Captain Simpson asked the three elf guards at the sentry post, "Did you find anything?"

"Reporting to the squadron leader, so far, no target has been found approaching the sea ship, and there is no sign of any activity on board."

One of the elf guards replied.

"Understood." Captain Simpson nodded.

Squadron leader Simpson arranged for elf guards to monitor the Black Pearl, but found nothing.

At this time, Roy was also a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect Captain Ralph and Mrs. Udura to be so cunning. They lived on the big ship for three days in a row and left without a word...

Instructor Nora whispered to Instructor Eleanor beside her:
"Eleanor, you go to the boat to check."

"it is good!"

Instructor Eleanor readily agreed.

Then he leaped forward like a night saber, his body was as flexible as a night saber, Roy felt his eyes go dizzy, and he disappeared into the night.

……

Roy waited at the sentry post for about two quarters of an hour. Instructor Eleanor, who was wearing a tight black leather armor, appeared at the gate of the sentry post and said to everyone:

"Captain Ralph was not found in the ship, but I found traces of Captain Ralph spending the night in the captain's cabin."

Instructor Nora then asked, "Did you ask the surrounding plants?"

Instructor Eleanor nodded and said:

"There are no plants around the sea ship. I can only go to the jungle near the rock wall of the sea ship to investigate. One of the tree vines left me the information. Someone did sneak into the cliff the night before, and I also found some climbers. traces of crawling."

Squadron Captain Simpson has a serious expression on his face...

Princess Ophelia happened to be having a ball at the seaside castle the night before.

If it weren't for the strong security of the castle, Captain Ralph might have been given an opportunity.

"I'm going to organize the elf guards and let everyone search along the beach."

Since there was an action against Princess Ophelia, Captain Simpson decided to continue the investigation.

Afterwards, Captain Simpson turned around and told the elf guards beside him, "Go and gather everyone..."

"Yes, squadron leader!" The elf guard responded.

……

Priest Reed didn't know how Roy learned that Captain Ralph lived on the ship, so he turned to look at Jasper.

Jasper also shook his head slightly. After yesterday's rally, Roy slipped away after saying something to him, and he didn't know.

"Roy, how did you know that Captain Ralph lived on the ship yesterday?" Priest Reed asked Roy.

Roy replied tactfully: "I asked a friend for help last night. It is good at hiding and tracking, but if you want it to help, you have to prepare some benefits for it..."

Having said that, Roy slapped his forehead suddenly and said:
"That's right, although Captain Ralph is not on board, I can ask him to help track down Captain Ralph's whereabouts. He doesn't live too far away. I'll go find him, but I have to prepare. You are here. wait for me."

After speaking, Roy walked outside the sentry post.

Instructor Nora was worried that it would not be safe for him to go out alone, after all, he did not know where Captain Ralph was hiding.

Instructor Nora glanced at the other instructors, motioned them to wait here, chased them out and asked:
"Roy, do you want to help?"

Roy stopped and said gratefully to Instructor Nora:

"Okay!"

The two walked along the edge of the small square to the port pier. Instructor Nora asked tactfully:
"Roy, does that friend of yours ask you for benefits every time he helps you?"

Roy thought for a moment before saying:

"Well, almost, it cares more about this."

Watching Roy walking towards the pier, Instructor Nora asked, "Where are you going?"

Roy said casually:

"Fish market, I have to buy two fish. It seems that there are no fishing boats going out to sea today, and I don't know if I can find fresh sea fish!"

He was going to buy some mackerel at the fish market, and fry some grilled fish, and then asked the night saber to follow Captain Ralph's taste and find him...

……

Instructor Nora accompanied Roy to the fish market on the pier. The smell of fish here was very strong, and the sewage was flowing across the ground.

Next to the fish market is the port.

Some sea boats were docked on the shore, and there were half-blood elves carrying sea fish down from the fishing boats. Many boxes containing fish were covered with thick ice.

(End of this chapter)