Path of Light.

Chapter 719 720. The Earl's Thoughts

next morning

Eight magic airships rose neatly into the wind sphere and chased towards the northwest of Queen Island according to the information provided by the Silver Pegasus Knights.

Currently, two groups of Silver Pegasus Knights are following the fleeing thirty-odd brigs and continuously launching air strikes on these gray dwarf bandits.

Roy led eight magic airships to chase after them, not only to provide support to the Silver Pegasus Knights, but most importantly, Roy had his eyes on the more than 30 three-masted sailing ships in the hands of the gray dwarf bandits.

The fire at the Queen's Island Port Terminal has not been completely extinguished yet, and the entire Queen's Island Port Terminal has been reduced to ruins.

The 17th Silver Pegasus Legion also lost a large number of medium-sized sailing ships and can currently only pursue the gray dwarf bandits at high altitudes.

In fact, the Silver Pegasus Knights can no longer fly in the sky...

Silver Pegasus needs to find an island to rest every once in a while, but the vast ocean is not full of islands. When the Silver Pegasus knights are looking for an island to rest, it is easy for them to lose sight of the fleet of the gray dwarf bandits.

This time, Roy led eight magic airships to chase after them in order to provide a platform for the two groups of Silver Pegasus Knights to rest.

Roy's purpose was also very clear. He had his eyes on the three-masted sailing ships of the gray dwarf bandits and wanted to add a few magic airships to his fleet...

……

Watching the magic airship slowly rise into the sky...

For a moment, Earl Swinburne was also tempted and wanted to transform two magic airships.

The golden beach of Queen Island has now become a ruin, and a large number of Silver Moon Elf warriors are cleaning up the battlefield by the sea.

If the bodies of the gray dwarves who died in battle are not disposed of in time, the entire Queen's Island will be filled with the smell of rotting corpses, and various infectious diseases may be associated with it.

Some of the gray dwarf bandits were directly burned to ashes by the fire, and some of the corpses that were rotting in the sea water needed to be dragged together and buried directly in pits dug near the beach.

In addition to the bodies of the gray dwarves that needed to be buried, the biggest problem facing Earl Swinburne was how to deal with the 35,000 gray dwarf prisoners of war on the island.

The Parram Island Prison would not be able to accommodate such a large number of gray dwarf prisoners, even if it was reduced by half.

It was impossible for Earl Swinburne to release the gray dwarf bandits. He thought that perhaps the mines on the Pagisto Plateau could absorb some gray dwarf prisoners of war.

Earl Macaulay came over with a group of Silvermoon Elf officers. Most of the officers stood at the entrance of the terrace, but Earl Macaulay walked into the terrace alone and stood side by side with Earl Swinburne.

Queen Island won a great victory this time. The main turning point was that Roy's eight magic airships suddenly rushed down and burned the fleet of the gray dwarf bandits.

In addition, the magic airships participated in the siege battle at the port dock. They suppressed the gray dwarf bandits who landed at the port dock from the sky and blocked them at the port dock...

If those gray dwarf bandits don't surrender, it won't be long before they and the entire port dock are reduced to ashes.

Lord Macaulay came straight to the point:
"At present, the total population of half-blood elves in the Partington plane has exceeded one million, and the mine guard group is also expanding. This group of half-blood elf guards has transformed into a well-equipped elf guard army. Ablansa, if one day this half-blood elf guard army will fight for the half-blood elves, once they become our enemy, what should we do?"

Earl Swinburne had long known that many Silvermoon Elf officers in the legion had such concerns.

He turned and glanced at Lord Macaulay, then said steadily:
"The Emerald Dragon created the High Elves, Silver Moon Elves, Dark Moon Elves, and Wood Elves, and granted the elves a number of inalienable rights, including the right to life, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. I think... half-elves and half-elves should also have these rights."

This one sentence made Earl Macaulay speechless.

Seeing that Lord Macaulay did not want to speak, Lord Swinburne continued to say to him:
"Mixed-blood elves have a long history. Since the three elves intermarried thousands of years ago, mixed-blood elves have been born one after another in the Elven Continent. Over the years, discrimination and enslavement of mixed-blood elves have been prevalent in various parts of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. This is not conducive to the development of the Elven world."

"Many of our nobles, in order to enjoy a luxurious life, turned a blind eye to this, and even thought that as long as they could continue to maintain this unequal social relationship, the lives of the Silver Moon Elves in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom would become easier and easier... This is obviously a fallacy."

"The riot in the Partington plane was actually the result of various conflicts that had been pent up for a long time."

Lord Swinburne lowered his voice.
"If these contradictions are not resolved in time, even bigger conflicts may occur."

He put his arm around his old friend, Lord Macaulay, and whispered to him:

"In fact, His Majesty Janris Ansel discovered something a long time ago. The fertility of half-blood elves is ten times that of silver-moon elves. Moreover, they do not have the pressure of choosing a mate. When choosing a mate, they can choose half-blood elves, dark-moon elves, silver-moon elves, or wood elves. No matter what they choose, the offspring will be half-blood elves!"

"In the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom, half-blood elves are almost all engaged in the lowest level of work, such as night watchmen, gravediggers, porters, various low-level craftsmen, vendors, etc. There are even very few servants. It can be said that the Silvermoon elves can live such a comfortable life now, and they don't even need to work, but can lie at home and live on various subsidies. This is not a good thing for the Silvermoon elves."

"There are now about 30 million Silver Moon elves in the Elf Continent, and about 7 million mixed-blood elves in various places..."

"Due to fertility issues, the population of Silver Moon elves is currently decreasing year by year, while the population of half-blood elves is increasing rapidly year by year."

"Even though some Silver Moon Elf nobles continue to exploit the half-blood elves, keeping their lives at a subsistence level and requiring them to work hard to barely survive, the half-blood elf population continues to surge, and has even shown a small explosive trend in the past decade."

"His Majesty Janris Ansel and the sages of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom have initially estimated that if things continue to develop like this, perhaps within two hundred years, the population of the half-blood elves in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom may be equal to that of the Silver Moon elves. Macaulay, have you ever thought about what the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom would be like?"

Lord Swinburne's eyes rested on Lord Macaulay's face.

"There will be more and more half-blood elves, and fewer and fewer Silver Moon elves..." Earl Macaulay's face looked a little ugly. It was the first time he heard Earl Swinburne talk about His Majesty Ansel's attitude towards half-blood elves.

Lord Swinburne nodded.
"That's right. Our Silver Moon Elf clan will gradually become the weaker party, and the increasing number of mixed-blood elves will slowly enter the management of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, and even become the rulers of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. At that time, the conflicts in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom will erupt more violently."

"The half-blood elves will actively fight for higher rights and interests, just like the privileges that the Silver Moon elves have now. When they come to power, the half-blood elves in power will also fight for them..."

"Perhaps by then, intermarriage between Silvermoon elves and half-blood elves will become a very common thing. Perhaps half of the members of the Elf Elders Council in a city will be half-blood elf elders. Note that I am talking about every city in the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom."

"At that time, there will definitely be greater conflicts between the Silver Moon Elves and the Half-Blood Elves for certain interests. When the contradiction becomes the most extreme, racial division will occur, just like when the Silver Moon Elves, Dark Moon Elves, and Wood Elves divided the Elf Continent into three parts..."

"You also know that the Elven Continent is so small. The Evernight Forest where the Dark Moon Elves live in the north will definitely not accept the half-blood elves. How much land can the World Tree of Darnassus in the south give to the half-blood elves? In the end, it is us Silver Moon Elves who will suffer. By then, perhaps due to the population, half of the kingdom's land may be ceded to the half-blood elves."

Speaking of the land of the Elf Continent, this is the main plane of the Elf World, the territory of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. How could it be easily given up...

Earl Swinburne used his fingernails to draw a clear mark on the map, dividing the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom into two.
At this time, Earl Macaulay's face had turned livid. Although he had not yet figured out Earl Swinburne's methods, he clearly felt that His Majesty Janris Ansel was considering the future of the entire Silvermoon Elf Kingdom.

"Ablansa, I'm a little confused..." Earl Macaulay said to Earl Swinburne.

"Since you also know that the half-blood elves are such a threat to us Silver Moon elves, why do other Silver Moon elf nobles suppress the half-blood elves, but you keep speaking for them and even provide them with great help. You even supported Roy in building the first half-blood elf city in the Partington plane, so that now nearly ten thousand half-blood elves pour into the Partington plane every day..."

Hearing what Lord Macaulay said, Lord Swinburne smiled.

Earl Macaulay's pupils shrank slightly at this time, and he suddenly thought of Earl Swinburne's intention.

"Are you planning to use the Partington plane to create a huge siphon effect and wash out all the half-blood elves in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom?"

Earl Swinburne raised his eyebrows, somewhat dissatisfied with the words used by Earl Macaulay, and corrected him:
"It can't be considered as washing them out. I just want the half-blood elves to recognize that the Partington plane is their world and to have them voluntarily withdraw from the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. At least they won't compete with us for land on the Elf Continent in the future."

"In fact, life in the Partington plane is pretty good. The forest resources there are very abundant, and there is also a sea in the south..."

"We still have many planes like Partington. Giving a plane to the half-blood elves may not be a loss for us. Look at the magic herbs and magic metal ingots that are continuously delivered from the Partington plane. They are the best way to repay us."

After Lord Swinburne finished speaking, his eyes swept across the port...

Lord Macaulay asked curiously, "Is this what you talked about when you met with His Majesty Ansel?"

"We've been talking a lot lately..."

Lord Swinburne replied.

"I heard that the Dark Legion has been discovered on the Partington plane. Once the Dark Legion occupies the Partington plane in the future, will they use the Partington plane as a springboard to attack the Elf Continent on the main plane?" Earl Macaulay couldn't help but ask worriedly.

Earl Swinburne raised his chin, glanced at Earl Macaulay out of the corner of his eye, but did not answer his question.

Earl Macaulay was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

……

Roy led the magic airship to stay in the wind layer for less than an hour, and the lookouts on the magic airship discovered the Silver Pegasus Knights under the clouds.

Roy immediately ordered the magic airship to descend quickly. After leaving the wind layer, the magic airship landed steadily from above the clouds and immediately appeared in the sky above the fleeing fleet of the gray dwarf bandits.

More than thirty three-masted sailing ships were advancing rapidly on the sea, and the Silver Pegasus Knights were flying around the Gray Dwarf fleet.

Since there were several crossbows on the three-masted sailing ship, the Silver Pegasus Knights did not dare to fly too low.

All the investment weapons carried by the Silver Pegasus Knights have been used up, and these Silver Pegasus Knights have been chasing for a day and a night and are already poorly equipped. Currently, they can only rely on the Silver Pegasus to glide in the sky.

As soon as the fleet appeared, Roy asked the half-elf guards to vacate the deck of the magic airship and summoned the silver Pegasus knights flying in the sky to land on the deck to rest.

The captains of the two Silver Pegasus Knights did not hesitate and immediately led the exhausted Silver Pegasus Knights onto the magic airship.

As a result, the magic airship was seriously overloaded, and even if the twelve floating devices were fully activated, they could not stop the magic airship from falling.

Seeing the Silver Pegasus Knights landing on the deck, Roy took the initiative to greet them and ordered the crew to get some apples and breadfruits from the warehouse so that the Silver Pegasus Knights could fill their stomachs first and then take a rest.

Seeing Roy's enthusiasm, the two captains of the Silver Pegasus Knights thanked him repeatedly.

Roy stood on the deck and said to the two leaders of the Silver Pegasus Knights kindly:

"My Lord Earl sent me to catch up with you so that I can provide you with a place to rest and also to resupply you with supplies."

Sure enough, the half-elf crew members on the ship carried out boxes of fruit from the cabin, and then carried out some heavy wooden boxes from the bottom of the magic airship. Roy personally walked forward and opened the lids of these heavy wooden boxes, revealing short flying spears of excellent quality.

The Silver Pegasus Knights attacked the gray dwarf's three-masted sailing ships in the sky, relying almost entirely on these magical short flying spears. Ordinary feather arrows could not penetrate the full-covering dwarf chain mail and barrel helmets on the gray dwarf bandits.

(End of this chapter)