Path of Light.

Chapter 569 570. Recruitment
The gray dwarf bandits stared at the nine magic airships floating in the sky, and they knew very well that the Silver Moon Elves were already in an invincible position in this naval battle.

More than a hundred three-masted sailing ships were hit hard by the ship-borne crossbows, and almost half of them sank near the island of Io.

The remaining gray dwarf bandits drove the remaining three-masted sailing ships and quickly evacuated the sea area outside the Sheep Horn Fjord...

After entering the wind layer, the magic airship can fly at an extremely fast speed, but once it leaves the wind layer, thanks to the magic airship's own propulsion device, its flying speed in the air will be as slow as a snail.

Therefore, the magic airship has no pursuit ability on the battlefield.

Seeing the gray dwarf bandits fleeing on a three-masted sailing ship, only the Silver Pegasus Knights followed behind in pursuit, but Roy's magic airships were powerless...

The local Silver Moon Elf noble fleet that rushed out of Murayaki Port quickly arrived at the waters near Io Island. They immediately took the Silver Moon Elf Guards of the Silver Pegasus Legion trapped on the pirates to a medium-sized sailing ship.

The fleet then cleaned up the battlefield around the island of Io. The Silvermoon Elves first fished the Gray Dwarf bandits who fell into the sea onto the ship and imprisoned them, and then plundered some spoils from some three-masted sailing ships that did not sink but were severely damaged.

In addition to capturing a large number of gray dwarf bandits, the Silvermoon Elf fleet in the port of Murayaki also seized five ships of loot. In addition, the elves towed four three-masted sailing ships that were severely damaged but not sunk back to the port of Murayaki.

Driven by the propulsion device, Roy's nine magic airships slowly flew into the Sheep Horn Fjord and then docked at the pier of Murayaki Port.

When Roy walked down from the three-masted sailing ship with a team of half-elf warriors, the Silver Moon elves on the dock applauded, and some Silver Moon elf officers shouted to Roy:

"Well done..."

“…Great fight!”

There were many Silver Moon Elf officers on the dock, most of whom were local Silver Moon Elves from Murayaki Port. These Silver Moon Elf officers surrounded two Silver Moon Elf nobles in gorgeous military uniforms. Roy recognized at a glance that one of the Silver Moon Elf officers was wearing the badge of the Silver Pegasus Legion on his chest.

The badge was very special because Roy had seen a similar one on the chest of Earl Swinburne.

Earl Swinburne's legion commander badge is made of pure gold, while the badge of this Silver Moon Elf official has a silver line on the edge. There are only two high-ranking officials of the Silver Pegasus Legion who are qualified to wear the legion commander badge. Apart from Earl Swinburne, there is only Earl Macaulay.

And Roy knew that Earl Macaulay came to Sheephorn Fjord with the Fifth and Sixth Silver Pegasus Knights.

So even if Roy had never met Earl Macaulay, he could confirm that this Silvermoon Elf official was Earl Macaulay.

Roy took a step forward, crossed his right hand across his chest, and shouted, "Salute!"

The half-elf warriors who followed Roy down from the magic airship immediately stood up straight and imitated Roy's movements, saluting Earl Macaulay in unison.

"Captain McCauley, the guards of the Pagisto Plateau mine in the Partington plane are here to report!" Roy said loudly.

His Elvish had a slight Castletown accent, which made Earl Macaulay feel a little more comfortable.

Earl Macaulay nodded slightly, then turned to look at Earl Stasa beside him and complained:
"Now you should understand how difficult the current situation of our 17th Silver Pegasus Legion is!"

"The naval battle at the Queen Eweni Islands almost tied up all the Silver Moon Elf Guards, so we had to dispatch a guard regiment from the Partington plane."

Count Stassa glanced at Count Macaulay, and with one hand he lifted his long hair behind his temples, and said in a somewhat strange tone:

"I am very familiar with Viscount Alvis of the Partington plane, so I know that plane very well. I know that most of the people living on that plane are half-blood elves... But your 17th Legion actually formed a half-blood elf guard regiment on that plane. It's really a bit unexpected!"

Earl Macaulay could see that Earl Stassa was not in a very good mood.

As the instigator of this incident, Viscount Felec fled in disgrace when he got off the ship.

Whenever Count Stasa thought about his wife Selina having an affair with her adulterer Viscount Felek on the big bed worth eight hundred magic crystals at home last night, he felt as if there was a raging fire blocking his chest, ready to burst out at any time.

Originally, Count Stasa hoped that Viscount Felec would die on the battlefield, or at worst learn a lesson in this naval battle. But who would have thought that this naval battle would come to an abrupt end after the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion revealed a trump card...

The 17th Silver Pegasus Legion defeated the gray dwarf bandits with an overwhelming advantage.

So Count Stasa was a little confused. The 17th Silver Pegasus Legion clearly had such a magic airship fleet, so why did Count Macaulay use so many favors to ask the fleet of Murayaki Port to leave Sheep Horn Bay and go to the waters of Io Island to participate in the war...

With so many unpleasant things happening at the same time, his tone of voice sounded a little strange when he spoke!
When Earl Macaulay heard Earl Stassa say this, he could only smile bitterly in his heart. He did not understand what was happening on the Partington plane, let alone Roy. After all, the half-elf boy had been branded with the mark of the Swinburne family long ago.

But Lord Macaulay could not say this in front of outsiders.

"When we first created this half-elf guard, we set many restrictions on it."

"Unless they encounter special circumstances, they cannot leave the Partington plane at will. Normally, they can only move around on the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane. If the Silver Moon Elf Guard had not been attacked in Sheephorn Fjord this time, we would not have transferred them out of the Partington plane." Earl Macaulay explained.

These things must be made clear to Earl Stasa, otherwise if they are misunderstood, Earl Macaulay is worried that it will affect the friendship between the two.

Count Stasa also felt that he seemed to have lost his composure just now, so he immediately calmed down his bad mood and discussed with Count Macaulay: how to deal with the gray dwarf bandit prisoners captured in this naval battle.

The way the Silvermoon elves usually deal with prisoners of war is actually quite complicated.

According to normal procedures, these gray dwarf prisoners of war would first be sent to a military court to be convicted of their crimes, usually war crimes, and then several trials would be held to confirm which of these gray dwarf prisoners of war had killed elves and which had not.

Gray dwarf prisoners who have killed elves will be sent to the Parram Island Prison, where they will be sentenced to life imprisonment.

The sentences of the gray dwarf prisoners who had not killed elves were long or short. The length of the sentence depended entirely on the attitude of the gray dwarf bandits in confessing their guilt...

Therefore, the trial of prisoners of war is a very cumbersome task and does not bring any benefits.

Count Strassa stood in front of the dock, looking at the gray dwarf prisoners who were slowly walking down from the medium-sized sailing ship in a long line, and took the initiative to say:

"You are the one who defeated these gray dwarf bandits, so they should be dealt with by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion!" "Okay. But I must be given priority in selecting the spoils seized from the waters around Io Island!" Earl Macaulay readily agreed, but also added his own conditions.

"No problem! You choose first." Count Stasa agreed.

Count Macaulay showed a grateful smile on his face, and said to Count Stasa with a smile: "...In any case, thank you for extending a helping hand to us unconditionally when the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion needed help the most."

After saying this, he took the initiative to step forward, shook hands with Count Stasa and bumped shoulders with him heavily.

"Haha, since you think so, I won't be polite with you about something!" Count Stasa rarely had a smile on his face.

"Please tell me...as long as I can do it." Earl Macaulay said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I won't make things too difficult for you..."

Count Stazar whispered something into Count Macaulay's ear.

……

Roy led a group of half-elf warriors to the front of the trophy pile, specifically picking out the wooden boxes containing magic crossbow arrows.

In fact, the gray dwarf bandits also installed some ship-borne crossbows on these three-masted sailing ships. These ship-borne crossbows were specially used to deal with the Silver Pegasus Knights. During the naval battle, the floating height of Roy's magic airships exceeded the effective range of the ship-borne crossbows, and the crossbows of the gray dwarf bandits could not reach the magic airships at all.

When the barque sank off the island of Io, the Silvermoon Elf warriors salvaged some wooden boxes filled with magic crossbow arrows from the sea.

Earl Macaulay obtained the right to select the spoils first from Earl Stasa, and naturally gave this right to Roy, who made the greatest contribution in the naval battle.

Miss Christine also followed the team, observing the many trophies displayed on the dock with great curiosity.

At this time, the Silver Moon Elf officer who informed Roy to choose the spoils first walked up to Roy and said:
"Captain Roy, Lord Macaulay wants to see you!"

Roy slowly raised his head, then walked to Captain Timothy and whispered to him, "You stay here and watch. I'm going to see Lord Macaulay!"

"Yes, Captain Roy."

Captain Timothy replied.

……

In a tree house in the aristocratic district of Murayaki City, Roy sat on a set of sofas. The partition in front of him was made of hollow carvings of precious materials. The wood itself exuded a refreshing aroma. On the wooden table next to him was a gold ornament inlaid with several gorgeous gems.

The cup in front of him contained the emerald green sap of the tree of life, and there was a faint aroma of wine. That rich breath of life made Roy feel comfortable just by smelling it.

There were a few silvery-white Tyro fruits on the plate. The ripe Tyro fruits had a sweet aroma.

A Silver Moon Elf maid was squatting next to the small table. She peeled the Taro fruit with her crystal-clear fingers like white onions and handed the egg-sized white jade-like flesh inside to Roy's mouth.

Roy sat on the sofa somewhat stiffly, his back straight.

Seeing that Roy refused to open his mouth, the Silver Moon Elf maid smiled gently, placed the peeled Taro fruit on a plate, and stood up and left.

Not long after, Earl Macaulay walked in from outside.

He changed into a set of exquisite casual clothes and said to Roy with a smile:

"Are you Roy?"

"Yes, Lord Macaulay." Roy stood up from his seat without any expression on his face.

"Your mine guards did a great job this time. If I had known that your mine guards were so powerful, I should have suggested to Earl Swinburne to send your guards to Golfito!"

Roy shouted back to Lord Macaulay:
"My Lord Earl, this is what we should do!"

"I don't know where these magic airships of yours come from. Can you introduce them to me?" Earl Macaulay said with a smile.

Although Roy was very reluctant, he did not hesitate at all and quickly explained:
"During the Battle of Queen Eweni Islands, our regiment was ordered to garrison in the Key West Islands. The gray dwarf bandits attacked Key West Island at night and were discovered by our scouts. Our regiment immediately started a battle with the gray dwarf bandits on the island. At that time, all the gray dwarf bandits were unable to escape back to the ship. We followed the clues and luckily found their fleet, and thus seized eleven three-masted sailing ships."

"The entire battle process should be recorded in more detail in the battle report summary of the Silver Pegasus Legion headquarters."

"After the naval battle, these eleven three-masted sailing ships became spoils of the mine guards. I happened to be returning to Castletown at that time to deal with the matter of primary magic herbs. At that time, I was dealing with an imperial merchant, and they told me that there was a dwarf craftsman on their ship who could transform three-masted sailing ships. So I spent some money and asked this old dwarf to help me transform all eleven three-masted sailing ships into magic airships!"

"I know that magic airships cannot fly on the Elf Continent. The original intention of modifying magic airships was to transport them to the Partington plane."

"The distance between Padstow City in the Partington Plane and the Pagisto Plateau is too far. Caravan transportation alone cannot meet the needs of merchants, so I submitted an application to the military to open a waterway between Padstow City and the Plateau City..."

After Roy finished speaking, Earl Macaulay sighed softly. What Roy said was almost the same as the information he had investigated.

"Roy, you performed very well in both the Battle of the Queen Eweni Islands and the Battle of Sheephorn Fjord. Have you ever thought about going to the Buenos Aires Academy to study military courses? If you have this idea, you can come to me. I happen to have a recommendation for this advanced academy!" Earl Macaulay said tentatively.

Roy didn't expect that Lord Macaulay would extend an olive branch to him at this time...

"Uh, Lord Macaulay, I don't have any plans for the time being!"

Roy said calmly as he stood in front of Earl Macaulay.

(End of this chapter)