Path of Light.

Chapter 553 554. Roy's Concerns

Roy had to get up early and take a boat back to the Partington plane at the Castletown Harbor Pier, because the tide at Castletown Harbor was high in the morning.

Roy climbed out of the bed with difficulty, put on the magic pattern suit and walked out of the yard, only to find that Sabrina and Moira just walked out of the yard next door.

"Morning, Roy."

A sweet voice rang out on the quiet street, and Roy couldn't help but smile and said:

"Good morning, are you two going to the Elf Academy so early?"

Moira's eyes curved into crescents, and she looked as cute as ever with her lips pursed and smiling.

"Today is the first day of school, and we plan to go to the academy early."

Sabrina stood on the street, tucking her windblown hair behind her ears with one hand, and said, "The wind in the morning is just right, perfect for sailing."

"When you are free, remember to come back and see us!"

"I will. There are still two batches of military supplies to be traded in Castletown City. I will be back soon." Roy agreed readily.

Brown Street was not long, and Moira and Sabrina had to wait for the carriage at the intersection, so the three of them said goodbye at the intersection.

Roy passed by Mrs. Winnie's magic potion shop and habitually glanced under the wall of the potion shop. Although the big cat had followed him to the Partington plane, he couldn't help but look inside the potion shop every time he passed by.

Just like passing by the abandoned Statue of Liberty, you would look through the big iron gate and see the lush weeds growing in the cracks of the stones in the courtyard, and even some weeds growing on the roof of the main hall.

Thinking of the time he lived in the temple and seeing the dilapidated state before him, Roy couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

When Roy arrived at Castletown Harbor, the sun was just beginning to emerge from the morning glow.

Byron Thor was signing at the Castletown Harbor dock with his luggage on his back. He looked like he was waiting for a ship. He was dressed for a long journey, and the most eye-catching part of his outfit was the longbow wrapped in linen on his back.

Roy stopped and saluted the powerful Byron Thor, then asked him, "Are you going on a trip?"

Byron Thor looked a little tired. He waved to Roy and said calmly, "I've been having nightmares recently. I dreamed that the souls of my old brothers were trapped in the dark land. They asked me to bring their bodies back, so I plan to go to the dark land again to take a look."

Roy blinked.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "I heard that something special happened in Golfito. You must be careful when you go there."

Byron Tor looked at Roy in surprise and said, "Haha, have you heard about Golfito's situation? That's right, the Silver Pegasus Legion will definitely not be able to stay out of it this time."

Roy didn't know that the Silver Pegasus Legion was also going to send troops to Golfito, and he stood there in a daze.

"..."

A ship shook the bell on its bow violently. The clear and melodious sound of the bell could be heard from far away. The ship slowly left the port against the surging tide.

Roy looked towards the deepwater dock and saw that the three-masted sailing ship was obviously ready to leave the port.

"The ship over there is waiting for me, I'm going to board first!"

Roy said goodbye to Byron Thor and ran quickly towards the three-masted sailboat.

Sure enough, after Roy boarded the three-masted sailing ship, the crew on the ship immediately withdrew the sampan from the dock, and then, amid a burst of crisp bells, they sailed towards the sea against the rising tide.

After the three-masted ship entered the sea, it did not sail to Partington Island with full sails.

The first stop was the three-masted sailing ship to deliver the batch of elf biscuits and breadfruits to the sea area where the imperial merchants were moored.

The imperial merchant Darwin stood on the top of the ship and waved at Roy's three-masted sailing ship. Roy then realized that he had actually changed to a merchant ship.

Roy curiously asked the imperial merchant Darwin and learned that the merchant ship had returned to Roland Continent last night after being loaded with magic herbs and metal ingots.

It can be seen that these imperial merchants are quite united.

Although many merchants are competitors, the interests of the empire are above all else.

As long as there is a ship loaded with supplies, it will not stay in the waters of the Elf Continent.

Of course, these businessmen also have some competition in private.

Roy understood why he was so hated. He almost monopolized the primary magic herb market in the Partington plane, which was the main reason why those imperial merchants hated him.

Another reason why the imperial merchants had the idea of ​​assassination was Roy's half-elf identity.

These imperial merchants believed that a young half-elf would have very limited living space in the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom, which was full of racial discrimination.

But they didn't understand one thing: how could a half-elf who could monopolize the primary magical herb market in the Partington plane be a common person without any background or ability?
The imperial merchants had not expected that Roy actually had a military background in the Silver Pegasus Corps, and was also very familiar with the Castletown Harbor Security Guard.

After this incident went wrong, the Empire Merchants had no choice but to bite the bullet and pay a large amount of compensation...

Although the one hundred floating devices were nominally loaned to Roy temporarily, in fact, these floating devices completely belonged to Roy.

It is the business of the Empire Merchant Darwin to return the floating device to the group of Empire Merchants...

The Silvermoon Elves have not yet lifted their punishment on these imperial merchants. All imperial merchant ships have been driven out of Castletown Port. These merchant ships are not allowed to approach Castletown Port until the criminals are handed over.

This punishment was too severe, meaning that imperial merchant ships could not resupply supplies in Castletown Harbor. Fortunately, the crew had long been accustomed to life at sea, and they anchored in this sea area and occasionally went to the tidal reef islands.

The imperial merchant Darwin expressed his gratitude to Roy for sending so many daily necessities that were easy to store.

When Roy came, other imperial merchants did not dare to show up, for fear of bringing back some bad memories of Roy and making their situation even more difficult.

The deck of this merchant ship was piled with oak barrels, and instead of a ram, there was a whale hunting crossbow on the bow.

The Empire merchant Darwin was leaning next to the whale hunting crossbow, because Roy was very interested in this giant crossbow...

His three-masted sailing ships did not have this type of ultra-long-range mounted crossbow. If this heavy crossbow could be transported back to the seawall of Sun Island Bay, those Toadfish cavalry would probably not dare to approach the dock of Sun Island Bay.

When the imperial merchant Darwin saw that Roy was very interested in the whale hunting crossbow, he took the initiative to introduce the bed crossbow to him.

In fact, this whale hunting crossbow is one of the few means of self-protection on this merchant ship.

Unfortunately, there were no extra whale-hunting crossbows on the merchant ship. If Roy wanted to order one, the Empire merchant Darwin agreed to help Roy buy it from the dwarf kingdom. This thing was far less expensive than the floating device. Roy watched the crew carrying the elf biscuits onto the merchant ship along the sampan and couldn't help asking:

"Has the Green Empire's plane also been attacked by dark creatures?"

The Empire merchant Darwin looked at Roy with a complicated expression and said:
"In the Green Empire, almost all the rich planes are controlled by the imperial family and the dukes of each province. The imperial army continuously plunders resources from various planes and transports them to the empire, supporting the prosperity of the entire Green Empire."

"After the Plane War broke out, those rich planes were gradually drawn into the flames of war."

"In order to prevent the dark forces of the Abyss from entering Roland Continent through these planes, the military will destroy the portals of some planes that are about to fall. At the same time, they will also militarize the planes caught in the chaos of war, so it will be difficult for these planes to continue to supply resources to the Green Empire."

"At this time, all the Statue of Liberty temples in the empire were abandoned by the priests, and the priests and priests in the temples disappeared."

"The Construct Knights lack priests and priests. When fighting on the battlefield, they can only rely on life potions. Unfortunately, the planes rich in herbs have fallen. That's why we have to travel across the ocean to the Elf Continent to purchase magic herbs!"

Roy was a little absent-minded and said, "Has the Green Empire's Statue of Liberty also been abandoned by the priests?"

"Although it can't be said to be all, it's almost like this!" said the imperial merchant Darwin casually.

It seems that the situation in Roland Continent is even more complicated than that in Elf Continent...

At present, there is no news that a plane war has broken out in the Elf Continent.

The only news is that the priests of the Statue of Liberty have abandoned Golfito Canyon, and all the priests have disappeared inexplicably...

……

With an inexplicably heavy heart, Roy returned to Partington Island on a three-masted sailboat.

At this time, there were no half-elves stranded on Partington Island. However, when the sailboat passed by the island pier, Roy found that there were a large number of supply ships moored at the pier, which almost filled all the berths at the island pier.

Roy gave up the idea of ​​docking the ship at the island pier and carefully counted the supply ships docked at the island pier. There were more than 30 of them.

Roy was really scared.

The three-masted sailing ship had no choice but to sail towards the sheltered fjord of the island.

When Roy landed at the Shelter Bay, he asked the half-elf crew to move all the supplies on the ship to the magic airship on the shore that had completed all the renovation work.

Taking this opportunity, Roy came to the dock of Partington Island. He wanted to know why there were so many supply ships moored at the island dock. Could it be that the Queen Eweni Islands were preparing for war again?

Roy's three-masted sailing ship arrived at Partington Island in the evening. He naturally did not see the scene of the Second Silver Pegasus Knights heading from Queen Evigny Islands to Golfito in the morning, but this did not prevent the half-blood elves on the dock from telling Roy the news.

Along with the thirty supply ships, there were also three thousand Silver Moon Elf warriors from two Silver Pegasus Legion Infantry Guard Regiments.

At this moment, these Silver Moon Elf warriors were sitting on the beach next to the island pier to rest.

When Roy passed by the beach, he heard several Silver Moon Elf officers whispering to each other beside the rocky beach.

"What bad luck!"

"If Brad and Craven hadn't suddenly gone to Partington to become mine owners, I think they would have been the ones on this business trip..."

"That's right! Why should our two guard regiments go to Golfito?"

"Hey, hey, hey, keep your voice down. If the higher-ups hear these words, they will probably go to the Partington plane to mine..."

Roy thought it would be better to walk as far away as possible to avoid the embarrassment of being seen.

When Roy arrived at the island dock, he found that the half-elves were transporting a large amount of supplies from Partington Town and placing them in the cabin of a medium-sized sailing ship.

Seeing several familiar captains at the Partington Island Pier, Roy walked over with a relaxed expression.

These captains knew Roy's identity, so they naturally did not deliberately conceal their mission.

Their supply ships will depart from Partington Island, sail northward, and eventually land at Murayaki Port on the west coast of the Strait of Sheep.

Then a transport team would carry the supplies westward, across the Auxerro Mountains, and into the Golfito Canyon.

This is the shortest way from the Queen Evian Islands to Golfito Canyon. The only drawback is that more than half of this road is a long and boring sea route.

I didn’t expect that the Silver Pegasus Legion would actually send troops to Golfito.

It looks like there's a real problem over at Golfito.

Roy was a little worried about High Priest Reed who was in the Dark Land. He learned from the second-level strongman Byron Thor that the dark creatures in the Dark Land were extremely powerful and High Priest Reed was not having a good time there.

Although he was a little worried, Roy didn't think about going to the dark land.

What would happen if he went to the dark land alone?
……

The sixth magic airship was loaded with high-quality equipment that Roy brought back from Castletown, and flew into Padstow under Roy's leadership.

Nowadays, the half-elf residents in Padstow have long been accustomed to the magic airships that move silently in the sky. Some businessmen even come to the airport terminal to inquire about the price of the tickets.

For some businessmen, the price of one magic crystal for one airship ticket is somewhat expensive.

This time when Roy arrived in Padstow, he did not report to the Padstow Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters.

He just strolled around the bustling city of Padstow and was about to take the magic airship to the Highland City.

However, the population of half-elves in Padstow is experiencing an explosive growth. The city is full of half-elves, and new tree houses are appearing on the opposite hillside.

When Roy passed a small square in the city, he saw a middle-aged half-blood elf standing on a truck, giving an excited speech to a dozen half-blood elves around him.

"...We came here from the oppressed Elven Continent. Do we have to continue to accept the oppression of the Silver Moon Elves?"

"…This is clearly our city, but why is it managed by the Silver Moon Elves?"

'…Have you ever thought that our parents were once oppressed by the Silver Moon Elves, we are suffering from the oppression of the Silver Moon Elves, and our children will face the same problem in the future. Do we really have to live like this forever? '

Roy stood at the edge of the small square and listened to the impassioned speech of the middle-aged half-blood elf before turning around and leaving without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)