Path of Light.

Chapter 792 793. Merchant's Integrity

There was not much change in Castletown Harbor, with a row of Imperial merchant ships still moored at the Deepwater Dock.

After the magic airship docked, it attracted a group of Silver Moon Elf guards for inspection. Roy had a pass issued by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion, so it was naturally a legal ship to dock in Castleton Harbor.

Besides, the captain of the Silver Moon Elf Guard who checked on Roy was also an acquaintance. Seeing that it was Roy who brought the fleet to the port, he did not say much.

The half-elves on the magic airship disembarked one after another. Some of them chose to return home. Of course, as Roy said, they might work in Castletown Port for a while to earn enough money for the trip before continuing their journey home.

A large number of half-blood elves planned to follow Roy to live on his island. They needed to buy some daily necessities in Castletown and enjoy their time in the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom.

After getting off the ship, Great Magician Grahams went directly to the Magic Guild. He wanted to get as many giant magic crossbows produced by the Magic Guild as possible before Roy's fleet returned.

Roy exchanged pleasantries with the Silver Moon Elf guards at the port, then headed to the Empire merchant ship to visit the Empire merchant Darwin...

There were still some supplies piled up at the dock where the imperial merchant ships were moored, and they were constantly being transported onto the merchant ships.

It was already night, and there was still a team of half-elf porters working hard. They pushed boxes of cargo to the side of the merchant ship, and then used the hoists on the merchant ship to transport them to the deck.

The merchant ship is brightly lit and the surroundings are relatively quiet at night, so the sound of their voices while working will be infinitely amplified.

Roy stood in front of the imperial merchant ship, and the half-blood elves working at the dock quickly recognized Roy.

"It's Boss Roy..."

"Boss Roy, why are you back?"

"I heard that the portal on Partington Island has been removed. Are you unable to go back?"

"Boss Roy, what's the situation on the Partington plane? Do we have a chance to move there? I was originally planning to earn a boat ticket and go to Partington Island..."

"Boss Roy, my brothers and sisters are all in the Partington plane..."

The porters at the dock were talking incoherently and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

Roy quickly raised his hands and said to everyone: "Be quiet, please be quiet, let me speak..."

The excitement of the half-elf porters around them began to calm down, and their voices became a little quieter. Then, when they heard Roy's shout, they all stopped.

"Everyone, I know you are all very concerned about the situation in the Partington plane, and I also happen to know something about that place, so now I will answer your questions. You can only ask questions one by one, not at the same time. I will answer them one by one."

Roy chose a wooden box and stood on it.

"First question, someone asked me why I came back suddenly? I came back this time to close the trading company and the alchemy workshop here, and to say goodbye to Castletown formally. After all, this is my hometown."

After Roy finished speaking, he saw that the half-blood elves were about to ask questions, so he quickly continued:
"Now let me answer the second question. The portal to the Partington plane has indeed been dismantled. Currently, the ships behind me are full of compatriots transported back from Partington Island. Some of them will stay in Castletown Port to earn money to return home, and a large number of compatriots are preparing to follow me to live on an island outside the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom."

"Wait! Everyone is asking questions now. Let me answer the third question."

"The third question is that the current situation in Partington is normal. The Dark Faceless Legion suffered a great defeat in the Xinghai Islands in the western sea area. It was the army of the Siren Alliance that defeated them. The current situation in Partington may disappoint some Silver Moon Elf nobles. The Dark Legion is somewhat untenable in Partington. The half-blood elves living there may not have the opportunity to see the Dark Legion for a long time in the future."

After Roy finished asking the third question, the half-blood elves on the dock cheered enthusiastically. The sound could be heard far away in the quiet dock...

"Okay, I have finished asking the three questions. Now you can continue to ask questions, one by one. When an elf asks a question, the other elves should wait patiently..."

"Boss Roy, we want to go to the Partington plane. Do you have any solution?" a half-elf asked loudly.

"I can't take you to the Partington plane for now, but I can take you away from the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. You can stay on an island temporarily. Just give me some time, and I think I can solve these problems later." Roy replied.

As soon as Roy finished speaking, a half-blood elf raised his hand and asked loudly:
"Really? Can we follow you on the boat and leave Castletown now?"

Roy looked embarrassed, as this question touched upon the most crucial point.

He hesitated for a moment before slowly speaking:

"How many of our compatriots can board the ship this time depends on how many of our compatriots are ready to disembark and go home. I am very sorry about this. Due to the insufficient carrying capacity of the magic airship, I cannot take all the elves here away..."

After saying this, he bowed to all the half-blood elves present, then raised his head and said:
"But! I promise, as long as you are willing to wait here patiently, I will bring the fleet to pick you up soon. As long as you are willing to go with me, I will bring the fleet to pick you up."

"Boss Roy, we are willing to wait for you here, you have to come early..."

"I'll try my best!"

Roy said, and then asked these half-blood elves with a smile:

"Aren't you afraid that I'm a slave trader and will sell you once I take you out of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom?"

"How many slave traders have you killed in Partington? We all know that those slave traders will only run away when they see you. How dare they cooperate with you?" Someone in the crowd shouted boldly.

At this time, a voice came from the imperial merchant ship:
"You are right. Boss Roy is now on the wanted list of slave traders and pirates. The bounty on Boss Roy is currently 2,000 magic crystals. Many bounty hunters have set their sights on Boss Roy, but they can't even find his shadow..."

Roy looked in the direction of the voice and saw the imperial merchant Darwin walking down from the merchant ship, accompanied by several mercenaries.

After Darwin got off the boat, he walked through the crowd and came to Roy. He opened his arms and hugged Roy.

"It's great to see you again!" Darwin said to Roy with a smile.

"Me too, Darwin."

Roy responded, and then said:

“I have already driven the magic airship that is anchored on Partington Island over here. Thank you for your trust, Darwin!

You knew that I might not be able to come back from Partington, but you still fulfilled our deal and completed the transformation of the last batch of magic airships. Just based on your trust, my trip to Castletown is worth it!"

"Businessmen value their promises, so I must do what I promised you. You're back now! I think you must be in a hurry to come back to pay the final payment!" Darwin said with a smile. "Of course!"

After saying this, the two of them laughed, then walked through the half-elf porters and boarded the imperial merchant ship directly.

Roy noticed the mercenaries around Darwin and looked puzzled.

After Darwin boarded the merchant ship, he said to Roy:

"Because of our friendship, I am not afraid to tell you now that the plane war in the Grimm Empire is getting more and more intense. Not only has the rich plane that produces magical herbs been occupied by the Dark Legion, but even the plane that produces magical metals has been caught up in wars one after another. Among the fifty grand dukes in the empire, nine out of ten are caught up in the plane war, and the duke rankings are constantly changing every day..."

"Because of this, the magic herb market in the Green Empire has completely collapsed. You may not see a single magic herb in the magic market in the Green Empire. These magic herbs are hard currency in the empire. Now the magic crystals in the Green Empire are constantly depreciating, and only the imperial gold coins are relatively strong."

"The price of magic herbs has doubled from its original price, so the number of Empire merchants coming to the Elven Continent to do magic herb business has increased fivefold in just one month. Now that I have taken over the magic herb market in Castletown, those magic herb merchants want to chop me into pieces and throw me into the sea to feed the sharks."

Roy heard what the Empire merchant Darwin said, and then he knew why he hired the mercenary group...

In fact, the caravan itself also has a guard team, and they are quite powerful, otherwise they would not be able to cross the Endless Sea.

"Doesn't that mean we can raise the price of our magic herb business again?" Roy asked with a smile.

"Ah? Do you still have magic herbs? Aren't all the portals to Partington Island closed?"

The imperial merchant Darwin asked in a lost voice with a constipated expression on his face.

"You know... I am the largest low-level magic herb merchant in the Partington plane. Not only do I provide you with magic herbs, I also run the largest alchemy workshop in Castletown. How could I not have magic herbs in my hands?"

Roy laughed and explained.

"I also brought a batch of magic herbs with me this time. I also want to inform you that our magic herb transaction cannot be completed here."

As they were talking, Roy and Darwin walked into the captain's room.

Roy took out a stack of nautical charts from his magic waist bag. He took out four nautical charts from Castletown Harbor, Partington Island, Queen Eweni Islands, and Quei Island. He had made some rubbings of these charts.

He handed the simplified version of the sea chart to Darwin, the imperial merchant. For merchant ships, the sea chart was a disguised form of wealth...

Just as Darwin would not reveal their trade routes on the Endless Sea to Roy, Roy would not give Darwin the complete versions of the four nautical charts.

But there are other things that a sailing route should have…

"This is my new settlement." Roy spread out the map of Kuei Island, pointed to the largest volcanic island on it, and said to Darwin: "This is Kuei Island. All future transactions will be completed here."

Darwin took a look at Kui Island, then ran to the wall on the other side of the captain's room and looked at the drawings on the wall with a magnifying glass.

He pulled open the curtains covering the wall, and the entire curtain wall was covered with a large, complete nautical chart with dense markings on it. It was obvious that they had invested a lot of effort in this chart.

"We found Kui Island, Roy. You have seized an island from the gray dwarf pirates' lair. Aren't you afraid that the gray dwarf bandits there will eat you half-blood elves clean? You know, the most important part of the slave trade at sea is the slave hunting team composed of these gray dwarf bandits. They are also responsible for transporting the elven slaves from the Elven Sea to the Endless Sea..."

As the imperial merchant Darwin was speaking, he realized that he might have said too much.

"So I will be like a nail stuck directly on Kui Island. Don't worry, the waters around Kui Island are currently under the control of the mine guards. Your merchant ships will never be attacked by gray dwarf bandits near Kui Island." Roy assured Darwin.

"Since you said so, then our future transactions will be held here temporarily. Are you sure you will have more magic herbs to sell to me later?"

Darwin asked unsurely.

"I am very confident and certain that there are so many magic herbs over there that I can't transport them by boat..." Roy said with a chuckle.

The Empire merchant Darwin was completely dumbfounded. He said, "You...you, you really are worthy of being called Boss Roy. Now I finally understand why you always mention that you control the largest magic herb trading company in Castletown."

"Okay, now let's start to complete the real purpose of my trip. I will deliver the final payment for the floating device order."

As he spoke, Roy took out treasure chests from his magic waist bag, opened the lids of the treasure chests, and found them filled with black magic crystals.

"Boss Roy, can you tell me how many dark warriors you have killed in the Partington plane? Did you kill all the dark warriors in the entire Partington plane?"

Darwin, the imperial merchant, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, his eyes filled with fear and excitement...

He is definitely a qualified businessman. When it comes to absolute interests, his eyes are constantly shining.

"I can only say that one piece of black magic crystal represents the life of a dark warrior."

Roy replied briefly.

"Okay, I've paid you the balance. You can take your men to slowly count the money. I'm going to go back and have a good sleep. I still have a lot of things to deal with tomorrow. We may not be able to meet again before I leave. If we can't meet, the next place we'll meet will be Kui Island."

Roy said to Darwin as he walked out.

"Then we'll see you on Kui Island!"

Darwin did not try to keep Roy.

Since Roy was able to transport the black magic crystals from a long distance and complete the payment in person, it means that he would not do anything tricky about it.

Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to just sail the ship away from Partington Island without paying a penny?
Watching Roy's back as he got off the boat...

The imperial merchant Darwin took a deep breath. There were five boxes of black magic crystals in the captain's room. These black magic crystals were enough to form two construct knights.

Roy actually threw it to him so casually and walked away without even looking at it...

(End of this chapter)