Path of Light.

Chapter 538 539. Golfito's shocking change

The carriage stopped in the square in front of the Silver Pegasus Legion headquarters. Earl Macaulay got out of the carriage first, followed by the three investigators.

The group climbed the spiral staircase, passed through some giant tree roots, and soon walked into the lobby on the first floor of the headquarters.

When Lord Macaulay entered the hall, an adjutant walked quickly to his side and whispered in his ear:

"Lord Swinburne asks you to..."

The voice at the back was very low, and the three investigators did not hear clearly what the adjutant said afterwards.

Lord Macaulay asked in surprise, "What happened?"

"...Golfito..."

The adjutant spoke again quickly, his voice still low.

The three investigators only heard the word "Golfito" in the sentence.

Lord Macaulay's expression changed slightly, and he responded, "I'll go right away..."

Lord Macaulay turned around, his originally surprised face instantly recovered, revealing a faint smile, and said to the three investigators:

"You three can go to your rooms and take a rest. There will be an open-air welcome dance party on the beach tonight. The island style of Queen's Island is quite nice. I have to go take care of some things first, so I'll be excused for now."

Earl Macaulay nodded his apology to the three investigators, then left quickly with the adjutant without giving the investigators a chance to speak.

The three investigators looked at Earl Macaulay's quickly departing back, all with puzzled expressions on their faces.

……

The Silver Pegasus Corps is headquartered on the Tree of Life on Queen Island, which covers almost one-third of the main peak of Queen Island.

The elves cleared out some space in the trunk of the Tree of Life, which is the headquarters of the Silver Pegasus Legion.

All rooms are connected by various staircases, and some rooms containing confidential documents even belong to the sub-dimensional space that has been opened up again within the tree trunk.

Earl Macaulay walked quickly along the complicated staircase. Some wooden steps even appeared when he reached the end of the stairs and stepped towards the open area, perfectly building a secret passage that led directly to the top of the tree.

Earl Macaulay entered the combat command hall. Placed in the center of the hall was a sand table of the Queen Eweni Islands. Surrounding it were sand tables of the entire Silvermoon Elf Kingdom and the entire Elf Continent.

The combat command hall appears very spacious, and the curved dome depicts the star maps of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

On a wall in the side hall, there is a huge map of the entire Silvermoon Elf Kingdom. The obvious difference between this map and the sand table is that there is an extra mysterious area on the map, which is a mysterious valley between the Evernight Forest and the Moonlight Glade.

There is no such valley on the sand table in the hall, which means that on ordinary military maps, the Golfito Canyon does not exist...

It just so happens that this mysterious valley is the headquarters of the Statue of Liberty on the Elf Continent. Archbishop Felix Mitchell originally built the first Statue of Liberty on the Elf Continent here. Since then, the Statue of Liberty has gradually developed on the Elf Continent, and its main target elves are the half-blood elves abandoned by the Moonlight Goddess.

Earl Swinburne and High Priest Reginald were talking in low voices in front of the map. A group of Silver Moon Elf commanders gathered in front of the map. The atmosphere in the hall was a little depressing.

"What happened?" Earl Macaulay walked in and asked a commander with whom he had a close relationship.

The young Silver Moon Elf commander was a student of Earl Macaulay. In addition to his strong family background, the reason why he was able to stand at the decision-making level of the Silver Pegasus Legion at such a young age was all thanks to the support of Earl Macaulay.

The young commander was about to answer when Lord Swinburne came over.

"The priests of the Temple of Liberty have abandoned Golfito. Almost all of them are gone."

Earl Swinburne looked a little unhappy and spoke in a low voice.

The other Silver Moon Elf officers must have heard the news before. Although their expressions were solemn, they were not very surprised.

"How could this be?"

Lord Macaulay's pupils shrank slightly and he spoke in a lost voice.

For ordinary Silver Moon elves, they naturally don’t know the existence of Golfito Grand Canyon.

But for the Silver Pegasus Legion, which ranks in the top three of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, the top leaders in the legion naturally know what this means. There is a gate leading to the dark land.

"Now suspect that all their clergy have entered the Dark Land."

After saying this, Earl Swinburne groaned in anger, and then continued:
"Golfito is currently in a state where no one is defending it."

Even though they already knew the news, the other Silver Moon Elf commanders were still very angry. They felt that the priests of the Statue of Liberty were too irresponsible.

Lord Macaulay hastily asked:
"What about the gate leading to the dark land? What is its current situation?"

"According to reports, it was blocked from the inside, but the spatial fluctuations around the gate appear to be extremely unstable. Space collapse may occur at any time and anywhere." Earl Swinburne sighed and said in a low voice.

This news is even more fatal. The gate is blocked from the inside, which means that dark creatures may run out of the gate to the dark land at any time, but the elves have no way to enter the dark land.

Lord Macaulay blinked his eyes, clenched his hand into a fist, and asked:

"Sealed from the inside? That means, if we want to break the seal, we have to enter the dark land first? Now the gate is closed, which means that the passage to the dark land is blocked for us..."

Lord Swinburne nodded.

"The above means that in order to avoid hidden dangers in the passage to the Dark Land, the passage gate must be sealed." Earl Swinburne said: "The Moon Temple is responsible for the sealing array, but the entire Golfito will be under military blockade. Our Silver Pegasus Corps will be responsible for the aerial blockade of the Golfito Grand Canyon."

Lord Macaulay's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "Are our Silver Knights going to enter Golfito?"

"Ok!"

Lord Macaulay's face became even uglier, and he said:
"Given the current situation in the Queen Eweni Islands, how can we possibly spare some troops to station in Golfito?"

"The above means that the 20th Army of the Silver Moon Elves will blockade the entire Golfito. We are not the main force, so we only need to send a group of Silver Pegasus Knights to cooperate with the 20th Army." Earl Swinburne added. "Okay!"

Earl Macaulay's expression became even uglier. He finally realized that this time, the Second Silver Pegasus Knights, to which he belonged, would definitely not be able to escape this mission.

Some time ago, Earl Swinburne led the First Silver Pegasus Knights into the Partington plane. While fighting against the half-elf rebels, his Second Silver Pegasus Knights were stationed on the Queen Eweni Islands.

Because an officer of the Second Silver Pegasus Knights neglected his duty during a sea patrol, the warships of the gray dwarf bandits found a breakthrough and successively occupied dozens of islands outside the Queen Ivne Islands. The gray dwarves invaded the Queen Ivne Islands on a large scale, and the Silver Pegasus Legion was immediately dragged into the vortex of naval battle.

At that time, Earl Swinburne's First Order of the Silver Pegasus was in the northern part of the Pagista Plateau, searching for the holy land of the local indigenous plateau headhunters - the Ancestral Land of Gazan.

Upon hearing the news of the large-scale fall of the outer islands of Queen Ivne Islands, they had no choice but to return to Queen Ivne Islands overnight with the entire expeditionary force of the Silver Pegasus Legion.

Strictly speaking, Earl Macaulay was somewhat negligent in the Battle of the Queen Ewennie Islands.

The war in Queen Evni Islands has just subsided, and many elven officers of the Silver Pegasus Legion have not yet finished their vacation. Now that such a change has occurred in the Golfito Grand Canyon, the first legion that needs to stand up is naturally the Second Silver Pegasus Knights.

As long as Count Macaulay thought about the knights of the Second Silver Pegasus Legion having to fly thousands of miles to the Golfito Grand Canyon, he felt that even his breathing became heavy...

However, he had to hold his nose and take the initiative to express his opinion:
"…We will be stationed in Golfito Canyon this time. I request that the Second Silver Pegasus Knights be the first batch of reinforcements and make preparations for departure immediately."

Earl Swinburne nodded and said, "The Second Silver Pegasus Knights must be ready to set off within three days!"

Since the Supreme Commander of the Silver Pegasus Legion had issued the order, a group of combat commanders quickly agreed:
"Yes, Lord Legion Commander."

Then he studied the flight route of the Silver Pegasus Knights, the supply stations along the way, and so on.

Although the Silver Pegasus Legion has not yet fully recovered after the Battle of Queen Eweni Islands, due to the sufficient financial resources of the Silver Pegasus Legion, Earl Macaulay was able to bring sufficient supplies to Golfito this time.

It can even provide ground supplies halfway...

It has to be said that Earl Swinburne's occupation of the Partington plane was indeed a good move, which almost completely made up for the financial deficit caused by the poor management of the Pegasus Field by the Silver Pegasus Legion for decades.

Earl Macaulay stood in the combat command hall for a long time until the meeting was over, and then he walked out of the combat command hall side by side with Earl Swinburne.

At this time, Earl Swinburne asked casually:

"The three investigators from the Buenos City Elf Elders Council have arrived?"

Lord Macaulay nodded with a heavy heart. He no longer had the mood to pay attention to them.

"I arranged for him to stay in the reception area," replied Lord Macaulay.

"Have they found any evidence?" Earl Swinburne asked curiously.

Earl Macaulay shook his head and frowned, saying, "It is said that no evidence was found. When he returned to Padstow, he was caught by highland headhunters. Later, for some unknown reason, he managed to escape..."

"That's thanks to the Moon Goddess!" Earl Swinburne said with a smile.

The two men walked to the door of the combat command hall and stood in front of the gorgeous wooden door. Earl Swinburne stopped and hesitated for a moment before saying:
"I hope... the current prosperity of the Partington plane can continue. The wealth created for us by that plane has officially become the fifth pillar of the Silver Pegasus Legion. Once the economic situation of the Partington plane collapses, many plans of the Legion will be stranded..."

His eyes fell on Lord Macaulay's face, and he said seriously:
"I don't care what you think of those half-blood elves, but the interests of the Silver Pegasus Legion are above all else."

Earl Macaulay's heart trembled. He could feel Earl Swinburne's determination and was also very clear how important the Partington position was to the Silver Pegasus Legion.

Although the three investigators gave him a bit of a headache, as a member of the old noble family of the Silver Moon Elf, Earl Macaulay still had a way to silence them.

For every senior member of the Silver Pegasus Legion, the interests of the Silver Pegasus Legion are above all else...

……

On the fourth day after Roy arrived at Partington Island, the third magic airship finally completed the final debugging and acceptance. At the same time, Roy also coordinated the time for the magic airship to pass through the portal.

As the magic airship successfully took off at night, two rows of flames lit up in the narrow passage leading into the town of Partington.

These flames clearly indicated the flight path for the captain of the magic airship.

At the moment the magic airship took off, the half-elves on the beach cheered. Although this was the third magic airship to enter the Partington plane, it was the first time that these outsiders on Partington Island had seen it.

This large aerial transport vehicle is a very novel thing for these half-blood elves...

Some well-informed half-blood elves also shouted: "This is a magic airship..."

Roy and several of his friends were standing on the observation deck of the magic airship, looking at the main peak of Partington Island in front of them, which was completely dark. On the other hand, there were countless tents and bonfires on the beach, which looked like a dazzling pearl necklace worn on the neck of a girl with her face covered.

"With these three magic airships flying back and forth between Padstow and Plateau City, Resander's caravan will no longer need to transport apples to the plateau. When the fishery in Sun Island Bay develops in the future, Plateau City and Padstow will be able to eat fresh sea fish. By then, the half-blood elves on the Partington plane will no longer have to worry about food."

Roy held the railing on the deck of the magic airship with both hands and said excitedly.

"Actually, there's one thing I haven't quite understood. Padstow City and Partington Island are separated by only a gate, so why can't large quantities of seafood be shipped over from Partington Island? Now that the teleportation gates have been unlocked, won't there be merchants doing this kind of business?" Woods asked, somewhat puzzled, as he stood beside Roy.

"The first thing to note is that merchants not only need to purchase a pass to enter the Partington plane, but also need to pay taxes when seafood from Partington Island enters Padstow City... In fact, Partington Island has always been the only supplier of fish resources for the Partington plane, but the transportation cost is a bit high, so the price of fish in Padstow City is also very high." Roy explained.

"It's not that you can't eat fish in Padstow, it's just a little bit expensive," Roy added.

Just now, a crossmast scraped against the rock wall, causing the magic airship to shake a little, but there were no other troubles.

“Once the fishery resources from Sun Island Bay are transported to Padstow, you will find that the fishery resource market may be reshuffled…”

Roy said with certainty.

A group of half-elf crew members stood on both sides of the ship, constantly adjusting the angle of the bow, and only cheered together when the magic airship entered the belly of the mountain of Partington Island.

Although the town square was full of elves at this moment, an empty area was cleared at the entrance of the portal. The magic airship slowly landed and crashed into the portal in front.

(End of this chapter)