Path of Light.

Chapter 558 559. Two Letters for Help

As soon as Captain Berkeley came over from the stairs, he saw Roy sitting at the door of the detention hut, chatting with two Silver Moon Elf guards with a smile...

"Roy, I thought you'd be jumping up and down in the detention hut."

Captain Berkeley stood outside the detention hut, stretched his neck to look inside, and found that there was almost nothing in the room except a wooden bed.

Roy raised his head and asked Captain Berkeley with a smile:

"Berkeley, why are you here?"

Captain Berkeley snorted and said unhappily, "It's all because of those half-blood elf warriors who fled the legion without permission!"

Roy stared at Captain Berkeley: "Did you go to see Kampfred?"

"Ah."

"What did you get?" Roy blinked, an expectant expression on his face.

Head Berkeley spread his hands in silence and said depressedly: "That guy is very stubborn. I can't convince him."

Roy pushed his forehead with his finger, glanced at Captain Berkeley, and asked him curiously, "So you plan to persuade the half-blood elf warriors in the underground prison to confess?"

Captain Berkeley shook his head. "No, I plan to come and see you because I want to know what you think."

"So you came to find me? Are you going to rescue me from this detention room?" Roy stood up and asked with a smile.

The expression on Captain Berkeley's face was a little strange: "Aren't you out already?"

Roy smiled awkwardly: "In fact, I didn't leave the detention room. I just opened the door and chatted with them."

"Do you know that there's chaos outside? There are at least three thousand half-blood elves surrounding the military headquarters, and the number is still rising. Now there are nearly eight hundred thousand half-blood elves gathered in Padstow. Once a riot breaks out in Padstow, the consequences will be difficult to estimate. How can you still have the mood to sit here and chat with the two of them?" Captain Berkeley questioned Roy with an exaggerated expression.

Roy asked tentatively: "So...I can go out now?"

"Let's go, we'll talk as we walk. When you two report to your captain later, tell him that it was me who took Governor Roy away!" Captain Berkeley put his arm around Roy's shoulders and turned to say to the two Silver Moon Elf guards.

"Yes, Master Berkeley."

The Silver Moon Elf Guard said cooperatively.

Captain Berkeley has served in the logistics department of the Silver Pegasus Legion for the longest time. Almost all of the Silver Moon Elf Guards in the Padstow Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters have served under Captain Berkeley, and they are very convinced of what Captain Berkeley says.

Berkeley took Roy and walked along the stairs to the military lobby. Captain Brad and Captain Craven were standing behind a window in the lobby. They watched the half-blood elves demonstrating outside through the glass window and occasionally chatted in a low voice.

The two captains were startled when they saw Roy coming out of the stairs, and then they saw Captain Berkeley and took the initiative to greet him...

Captain Berkeley frowned and nodded in response.

He took Roy into a small room in the corner of the hall on the first floor. Captain Berkeley's adjutant was guarding outside the room.

"In fact, as early as a month ago, I discovered that an agitator organization had emerged in Padstow. The members of this organization were spreading the word that half-blood elves should become independent in Padstow." Captain Berkeley lowered his voice and said to Roy.

Then he continued, "I found that there were also traces of members of independent organizations fanning the flames when the half-blood elves gathered to demonstrate. They want to completely muddy the waters of Padstow. Now that the Partington plane has just started to improve, I guess no one wants Padstow to return to its previous state. Once they start making trouble in the city, it may affect the development of Padstow."

"So I don't want to give them this opportunity to fish in troubled waters..."

After saying that, Captain Berkeley looked at Roy.

Roy pursed his lips and asked Captain Berkeley:

"There's something I don't understand. You know, the half-blood elves are very wary of the Silver Moon Elf military. How did these two captains, Brad and Craven, recruit two thousand half-blood elf warriors?"

Head Berkeley smiled awkwardly and said:

"These two guys really hurt me this time..."

Roy knew that without the help of Captain Berkeley, Brad and Craven would not be able to recruit half-blood elf warriors in Padstow...

Berkeley continued to explain:

"I recruited these 2,000 half-elf warriors to expand the Security Guard. They came from the Queen Ewenni Islands and wanted to open up a mine on the Pagisto Plateau. Commander Kempfred hoped that the Security Guard could send a half-elf team to follow them to the Pagisto Plateau."

"Ah, I didn't expect them to do this. I guess it will be difficult for the Security Guard to recruit half-elf warriors in the future. I really regret it..."

Roy interrupted Captain Berkeley's self-blaming words and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Solving the current crisis is the most urgent task."

Captain Berkeley looked at Roy and heard Roy say:

"This time it's mainly because General Kampfred refuses to give in. I can't just go and talk about relationships with this group of protesting half-blood elves without any bargaining chips!"

"..." Captain Berkeley was so choked that he didn't want to say a word.

After a pause, he asked Roy, "So what do you want to do?"

Roy immediately expressed his thoughts:
"The imprisoned half-elf warriors must be released first. They have done nothing wrong. Why would they lock us up before we even discuss anything when we arrive at the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters? By the way, I thought Commander Kempfred would send them directly to a military court and convict these half-elf warriors."

Captain Berkeley understood that Roy wanted to step in and rescue the half-elf warrior imprisoned in the underground prison.

"Hum..."

Captain Berkeley had no choice but to agree.

Although Captain Berkeley failed to convince General Kampfred to change his decision, he was still able to let this group of half-elf warriors leave privately.

But in this way, Captain Berkeley would completely stand on the opposite side of General Kampfred.

The two walked out of the lounge and went straight to the end of the corridor, where there was a staircase leading to the basement.

Roy followed Captain Berkeley to the underground prison, and the Silver Moon Elf guards on both sides saluted Captain Berkeley.

There were only six cells in the basement, and more than thirty half-elf warriors were locked up in the first cell. Everyone was sitting on the stone slabs against the wall.

The half-blood elf warriors didn't even have breakfast. There was no difference between day and night here. Everyone remained silent, which helped them save as much energy as possible...

The half-blood elves heard the footsteps, and some of them couldn't help but look up. When they saw Roy and a Silver Moon Elf official coming over, they couldn't help but shout:
"Boss Roy..."

Roy walked outside the prison and comforted the half-blood elf warrior inside:
"I'll take you out first, and we'll settle this account with them slowly!" As he said that, he gently pushed the iron door with one hand, and the iron door of the prison was opened by Roy.

Roy walked into the prison and checked one by one whether the half-elf warriors were injured.

A Silvermoon Elf guard outside the prison wanted to stop them, but was glared at by Captain Berkeley, who frightened him so much that he immediately retracted his leg.

"If Commander Kempfred asks, you can tell him that I am the one who took these half-elf warriors away."

Captain Berkeley stood aside and gave instructions to several Silver Moon Elf guards outside the prison.

……

Silver Pegasus Knight Moria rode the Silver Pegasus across the vast sea.

He rode the silver Pegasus for more than three hours and finally the main island of the Key West Islands appeared in front of him. He planned to rest for a while on the island, drink some coconut juice and then continue on his journey.

When Moria left the Padstow Silver Pegasus military headquarters, a large group of half-elves gathered outside the headquarters.

The scene frightened him terribly.

He first passed through the portal, and then flew towards the Queen Eweni Islands without stopping.

After arriving at Queen Eweni Islands, Knight Moria first visited Earl Macaulay secretly in accordance with the instructions of General Kempfred.

So the letter for help written by Kempfred himself was quickly delivered to Earl Macaulay.

Lord Macaulay was lying on a rattan chair, with two young Silver Moon Elf girls massaging his legs. He was holding a collection of poems in his hands.
The confidant walked over quickly and handed a letter to Earl Macaulay. Earl Macaulay slowly opened the letter, unfolded the paper, and began to read its contents.

With every sentence he read, his face became gloomier. By the time he finished reading the entire letter, he was so angry that he sat up from the recliner.

"What on earth is going on with this Camp Fred?"

Lord Macaulay cursed with a livid face.

At this time, he actually wanted to transfer a group of Silver Pegasus Knights from Queen Eweni Island to the Partington Plane...

The Silver Pegasus Legion headquarters on Queen Eweni Islands is now at its weakest.

After the naval battle of Queen Ivne Islands, the Silver Pegasus Legion had not yet recovered, but at this time, another group of Silver Pegasus Knights were sent to support Golfito. Accompanying this group of Silver Pegasus Knights were two infantry guard regiments and a logistics team consisting of thirty medium-sized sailing ships.

Where does the Silver Pegasus Legion have the manpower to suppress the protests of the half-blood elves in the Partington plane?

Earl Macaulay was very dissatisfied with Kempfred because he couldn't even do such a small thing well.

He originally didn't want to pay attention to General Kampfred's letter for help, and threw the letter on the table...

But then Earl Macaulay immediately thought that the situation in the Partington plane was a little special, so he picked up the letter again, hesitated for a moment, and then instructed his confidant:

"Go and ask Earl Swinburne and Archpriest Reginald to come to the conference room... Never mind, I'll go see them now!"

He changed his mind halfway through his sentence.

Lord Macaulay instructed his confidant, "Take the messenger and have some rest first."

After saying this, Earl Macaulay turned around and walked to the clothes rack, letting the two Silver Moon Elf girls help him put on his robe, and then he hurriedly left his residence.

……

Earl Swinburne leaned back in his chair, tilted his head back against the backrest, closed his eyes, and gently rubbed his eyebrows with one hand to ease his bad mood.

The more you worry about something, the more likely it will happen...

Originally, the top brass of the Silver Pegasus military believed that once the gray dwarf bandits retreated to the sea outside the orc territory, the waters around the Elf Continent would be very safe. After all, the Silver Pegasus Knights were able to provide air support to the fleet.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the fleet loaded with logistical supplies entered the Yangjiao Strait, bad news came:
Two infantry guard regiments and thirty logistic supply ships of the Silver Pegasus Legion were attacked by gray dwarf bandits when they arrived at the Strait of Sheep Horn. Currently, the entire fleet is docked on an island in the fjord awaiting rescue by the Silver Pegasus Legion.

Earl Swinburne was calculating the number of troops stationed on the Queen Eweni Islands. Almost every island had reached the warning line and there was no way to withdraw any more troops.

In recent years, due to the lack of wars near the Silver Moon Elf territory, the Silver Moon Elf royal family has been reducing military spending year by year, and the size of the army has also been gradually decreasing.

Currently, the disadvantages of reducing the military have already emerged.

The 17th Silver Pegasus Legion of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom was mainly responsible for garrisoning the Queen Eweni Islands and patrolling the more than 700-kilometer-long coastline between Castletown Harbor and Moneris Harbor...

The legion's manpower was already stretched to the limit, and now it is even more difficult to maintain.

Although the Silver Pegasus Legion has recruited some new Silver Moon Elves, the new recruits have no combat experience. It is impossible for these rookies in the legion to go directly to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

The Silver Moon Elves have great respect for life, so their training for new troops is also the most rigorous.

Earl Swinburne turned his head and looked at the military defense layout hanging on the wall, considering which regiment to withdraw from the defense zone.

After all, it was a battle at sea, and relying on the combat power of the Infantry Guard Regiment, they could not defeat the group of gray dwarf bandits.

We may need to dispatch the Silver Pegasus Knights, but we are currently unable to continue to mobilize the Knights from the Queen Eweni Islands...

Lord Swinburne wanted to calm down.

At this time, Earl Macaulay came in, his face also looked very bad.

"What happened?" asked Lord Swinburne.

Earl Macaulay handed the letter of request for help directly to Earl Swinburne.
Earl Swinburne read the contents of the letter in one breath and then kept silent.

He pushed the letter of request for help from Sheephorn Fjord that was lying on the table to Earl Macaulay.

After reading it, Lord Macaulay slammed the table hard and cursed: "What a damn bad luck! All the bad luck has come at the same time!"

High Priest Reginald also appeared at the door of the office. With something like this happening, the priests of the Moon Temple would definitely go to Sheephorn Fjord for rescue...

The process of applying for the priesthood is still very cumbersome.

(End of this chapter)