Path of Light.

Chapter 788 789. Backlog of Herbs

When the fleet returned to the Sun Island Bay, they found that there was almost no trace of the Dark Faceless Legion in the waters around the bay.

The Siren Squad that went to patrol the surrounding waters swam along the edge of the continental shelf for two hundred nautical miles, but saw no signs of activity from the Dark Faceless Warriors. Therefore, they judged that the Faceless Legion was likely to have fled back to the dark and lightless deep sea abyss.

Captain Jeroin and Captain Flint of the Knights Templar had already arrived at the Sun Island Bay with their priests.

At the North Coast Dock, the half-elf crew used a crane to unload the catapults and cannons shipped back from Que Island onto the dock.

These cannons and catapults will all be installed on the arrow towers of the city walls on the mountains outside the bay. Although the Whaling Crossbow can shoot giant magic crossbow arrows, its range is too short after all. Cannons and catapults will be more effective in attacking the Faceless Army in the distant sea.

These catapults and cannons will be carried to the arrow towers by the plateau headhunter prisoners, and installing these cannons will be a huge project.

Captain Tiprado suggested that the Griffin Cavalry transport artillery and catapults by air, which would speed up the progress of the project, but Roy did not intend to let the Griffin Cavalry participate in the project of building fortifications.

The battle situation on Sun Island is currently going well. The Dark Faceless Legion will not be able to devote its energy to attacking the Sun Island Bay in the near future. The main task of the Griffin Cavalry Regiment is to conduct coordinated training with the magic airship.

In addition, the Griffin Riders are currently unable to cooperate with the Siren Warriors in combat.

Roy hoped that when the Siren Raiders were fighting the Faceless Warriors on the coastline, the Griffin Cavalry would not only provide air support, but also directly activate the "Iron Will" to launch an air strike.

These griffins are level 3 flying monsters, but they usually have a hard time exerting their level 3 monster strength in battle...

Sunshine, beach, blue sky, white clouds, and a few flying fish boats dotted on the blue sea. Fifteen magic airships are moored at the port terminal, and a group of half-elf crew members are unloading a large amount of daily necessities from the magic airships.

Most of these daily necessities were airlifted from Padstow, and some were airlifted from the Plateau City.

There are currently nearly 80,000 half-elves living in the half-elf town next to the north coast pier of Sun Island Bay, and the number of residents in the town is continuing to increase.

There is also a camp of the Knights Templar next to the Elf Town. Now their camp has been built in an orderly manner. Almost all the wooden houses are stilt houses that are moisture-proof and ventilated. The wooden houses are built under shady trees and close to the beach.

The human priests opened up a vegetable garden around the camp. Most of the plant seeds that the half-elves could find were ornamental flowers, and there were only cabbages, onions, kale, and tomatoes in the vegetable garden.

When Roy arrived at the Knights Templar camp, he saw Alice sitting under a coconut tree and praying. Dozens of human priests were sitting around her. Everyone remained quiet. Only the sound of wind and waves could be heard in the area.

Standing in front of the vegetable garden separated by a fence, Captain Jeroin was standing inside the vegetable garden, waving to Roy.

"Roy, have you never seen a vegetable garden?"

Roy hesitated for a moment before nodding:
"Ok!"

In fact, he had seen it, but the elves didn't have it.

The elves usually eat only fruit, and occasionally some fish.

They seldom eat vegetables, not because they can't eat them, but because they are not used to it.

Captain Jeroin put the hoe aside and said to Roy through the fence:

"In the Green Empire, every town has a large vegetable garden like this, and there are large wheat fields around the town. At dusk, those houses will emit black smoke at the same time. Every household has to make wheat cakes or oatmeal porridge. There is also a Statue of Liberty in the town. Every weekend, all the residents of the town will go to the temple to pray."

His eyes were a little blurry, and his gaze fell on the place where the sea and the sky met in the distance...

Roy asked him, "Are you homesick?"

Captain Jeroin smiled bitterly and said, "After being away from home for so long, how could I not miss it? But now we can't go back!"

Then he added humorously: "If I go back, I might find my tombstone in the town's cemetery. People in the town may not have heard of my name. After all, it's been so long."

"If the Partington Planar War is won, I plan to lead the fleet across the Endless Sea and visit the Green Empire. You can come with me then."

Roy said to Captain Jeroin.

"Okay, I'll go back with you and take a look then..."

Captain Jeroin responded readily.

Captain Jeroin pushed open the gate and walked out of the vegetable garden. He handed Roy a tomato. Roy took a bite and found it was not sweet but slightly sour and astringent, making his tongue numb.

But this familiar smell was like a big hand that pushed open the gate of Roy's memory.

Roy suddenly wanted to try scrambled eggs with tomatoes and a red oil hot pot...

Just as he was distracted, Captain Jeroin stood beside Roy and said:
"You and Alice can both draw on the power of holy light with your own abilities."

"When we are with you, the recovery speed of the Holy Light Power will basically remain at a normal level."

"But there is a little difference between you and Alice. You can help us quickly restore the power of Holy Light when we are in battle. Alice can help us restore the power of Holy Light more quickly when we are praying. So no matter where you go, our Knights Templar will follow you."

"In fact, when we first discovered that we couldn't recover the power of Holy Light, we just got through the days one by one. After getting used to it, we didn't feel it was that hard anymore."

"But now, we find that we have the power of Holy Light again. It's hard to explain how we feel about regaining what we lost, especially being able to control divine arts again."

"We, the priests abandoned by the Statue of Liberty, will never be able to restore the power of Holy Light through our own abilities in this lifetime, but I hope that young people who want to continue on our path in the future can obtain the power of Holy Light through their own abilities, just like you."

"Recently, Flint and I have been in charge of the daily affairs of the Knights Templar, and Di Cass has been researching this topic."

The two walked along the shade of the trees by the sea into the camp. When some priests saw Jeroin and Roy, they stood up and greeted them...

"Is Alice okay here?"

Roy thought of the twin sister who came back from the dark land. Leah had always been by his side. As long as he turned around and called her name, she would emerge from a shadow, just like his own shadow.

Alice moved to the camp of the Knights Templar two months ago to learn divine knowledge from the priests there.

"I guess she is the Child of Light who was born for the power of Holy Light. Not only does she have a very high affinity for divine attributes, but she can also learn divine arts quickly. I estimate that in a few months, we will have nothing to teach her!" Captain Jeroin said with a smile. It can be seen that he is very satisfied with Alice.

"During this period, I have to go back to the Elf Continent and meet Darwin at Castletown Port. If you need anything, I can buy it from the Imperial merchants." Roy explained his purpose.

"There is nothing to buy. We can buy everything we want in Padstow."

"Before you leave tomorrow, feel free to tell me anything you think of!"

In the evening, Roy sat on the terrace outside Moira's cabin, from where he could see the magic airship at the dock.

Moira and Sabrina are both on Que Island. I haven't seen them for nearly two months. I miss them a lot.

Wave after wave pushed onto the beach, and suddenly a figure stood out from the sea. She twisted her shoulders and glided forward without swinging her arms. She was the coolest of all the sirens.

Before he saw Miss Olive, Zeena was probably the most beautiful mermaid Roy had ever seen.

Every time she shrugged her shoulders, she would slide forward a long way and come to the front of the wooden house. Jie Zena coiled up her snake tail and did not transform into a human form. She just faced Roy:
"I heard that you are going to Kui Island. Do you want us to accompany you? This time we will go there and directly wipe out the gray dwarf bandits on the nearby islands. I guess you won't be troubled by these gray dwarf bandits..."

Jie Zena said it very directly.

Roy shook his head firmly and said to Zeena:

"I will not drive these gray dwarves away. As long as the gray dwarves are here, the Naga Sea Clan will not intervene without authorization. If we completely defeat the gray dwarves, we will have to face the Naga Sea Clan immediately."

"So you plan to build fortifications on Kui Island?" Jie Zena immediately caught Roy's thoughts and asked him.

"It's already under construction. No army is better at construction than our mine guards." Roy said confidently. "We built a small city on the Pagisto Plateau and a wall several dozen kilometers long in the Sun Island Bay. I plan to build a large fortress on Kui Island and move a group of half-blood elves there..."

"Forget about it. It's just the right time to repair the Siren Assault Regiment. Recently, Siren's have been coming to us. The number of Siren Assault Regiment soldiers has expanded to 10,000. You only have 3,000 sets of Ring-type Siren Armor for us. When can you prepare the remaining 7,000 sets of Siren Armor?"

Zeena asked Roy.

"You just need to write an arms application to Mulin, and I will take care of the rest." Roy said to Jie Zena.

"Didn't Commander Taizishiko order 50,000 sets of Ring-type Siren Armor? How come he still has the spare capacity to equip us with Siren Armor?" Jie Zena was a little confused...

"You have misunderstood. Only when we have sufficient equipment will we provide the extra Ring-type Siren Battle Armor to Commander Tezziko."

"So these equipments will of course be given priority to our Siren Raid Group."

Roy explained.

After hearing Roy say this, Jie Zena returned to Sun Island with peace of mind.

The distance between the North Coast and Sun Island is quite far. If she swims back at full speed, it will probably take most of the night.

……

Roy left Sun Island Bay on a magic airship early the next morning, which would fly directly to Padstow City.

On the magic airship, Roy discovered that the road from Padstow to the town of Rampart had been widened, and there were many caravans traveling on this road. Many half-elf collectors would make their final round of repairs in Rampart Town before heading east along the Griffin Rampart Mountains and into the depths of the Blackwater Swamp to collect magic herbs.

At the foot of the Griffin Barrier, you can often see some gathering teams.

Roy plans to set up an airport terminal in the town of Griffin Barrier. If you fly from Padstow to the Barrier Town in the morning, you should be able to arrive before sunset in the evening, so that the two places will establish a closer connection.

Now that the Partington plane has been temporarily cut off from the Elf Continent, if Padstow City is to continue to prosper, it must have the support of the Barrier Town, the Plateau City, and the Sun Island Bay.

When the magic airship arrived at Padstow, the city was still bustling with activity.

Roy arrived at the military headquarters and went straight upstairs.

He pushed open the door of Leisander's office. Leisander was sitting behind his desk, signing a thick stack of documents.

"Lesander, I want to take all the magic herbs to Que Island!"

Roy's first words after entering the door.

Leisander paused and raised his head. When he saw Roy, he became a little agitated and immediately retorted loudly:
"That's impossible. There aren't enough warehouses on Kui Island to store these magic herbs. Did you know that I built several large warehouses in Padstow City to store these magic herbs? There are currently 39 warehouses, and the 39th warehouse will soon be full of magic herbs."

"I have used all the magic crystals that can be appropriated to purchase magic herbs. Since we currently have no income, if we continue to purchase magic herbs without restriction for two weeks, the mine guards' treasury will be empty."

"We can't sell our magic metals and magic herbs now. If we continue to spend money like this, the magic crystals accumulated in the vault will be used up."

"What's the status of the rest of the supplies in the city?"

Roy sat opposite Lesander with a calm expression and asked him.

Leisander immediately picked up a few pages of information and reported to Roy with reason and evidence:
“For the residents of Padstow, the issues that need to be addressed are nothing more than food, clothing, housing and transportation.

Currently, there are workshops in Padstow that can produce linen. As for leather, there are many adventure groups hunting low-level monsters in the wild, and the Plateau City will also supply a large amount of bison skins, so the elves' demand for clothes can basically be met on the Partington plane.

As for food, the fruit supplied by the orchards outside Padstow is more than enough to meet the needs of a population of more than one million, so there is no shortage of food.

The portal no longer continues to bring in half-elves, and the wooden house expansion project in Padstow City has been put on hold.

We do have very few flatbed trucks in Padstow, and we are mainly short of axles and metal wheels, so we need the forging workshop to help us solve this problem..."

Roy nodded with satisfaction: "So, the Partington plane is now completely self-sufficient!"

"The life of the elves is simple in itself. The biggest problem at the moment is the continuous backlog of magical herbs." Lysander said with a frown.

"Don't worry about these magic herbs. I'm here this time to bring a batch of magic herbs to Castletown Harbor. Let me see how many magic airships are docked at the airport terminal. Fill them with magic herbs and follow me back to Kui Island through the portal."

Roy said.

(End of this chapter)