Path of Light.

Chapter 795 796. Take a detour home
A group of half-elf crew members climbed up the grid ladder to board the Black Pearl. This three-masted sailing ship was not yet capable of sailing alone.

The main problem is that there are not even any sails hung on the three masts. These sails still need to be hung on the crossbars by the half-elf crew during the day, and there is also a series of threading, and the stern steering wheel needs to be fully and carefully maintained.

It is easy to hang the sail in the front, but the back one can only be completed by docking at the port.

Castletown Port obviously did not have such capabilities, so Roy wanted to dock at the shipyard on Partington Island to carry out simple repairs.

But when the Black Pearl sailed out of Castletown Harbor, he remembered that the repair stand on Partington Island had long been dismantled and burned by the half-blood elf on the beach.

Since the rear rudder of the Black Pearl had not been repaired, it could only be towed in the sea by three imperial merchant ships at the same time using cables. This greatly reduced its speed, but there was no better way.

Unless Roy abandons the Black Pearl...

……

Eleven magic airships, a living three-masted sailing ship Black Pearl, and eight giant imperial merchant ships formed a mighty fleet.

As the fleet sailed out of Castletown Harbor, it was targeted by a legion of Silver Pegasus.

This Silver Pegasus Legion belonged to the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion. They were usually stationed at the Lighthouse Camp, 70 kilometers away from Castletown City. Roy had dealt with their commander before.

When Roy took out the pass signed by Earl Swinburne, the knights of the Fifth Silver Pegasus Legion immediately high-fived Roy cordially and said goodbye.

That's right, in the waters around Castletown Harbor, Partington Island, and Queen Ewene Islands, the pass signed by Earl Swinburne is the highest law.

Even a fleet of twenty large sailing ships can sail on the sea unimpeded...

The only thing they cannot do is fly into the air, which is something the Silver Pegasus Knights absolutely cannot tolerate.

Before, Roy's fleet could fly over the waters of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom. That was because an emergency occurred in the Golfito Canyon, and Roy obtained a special pass from the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion.

The sea was rough, but these imperial merchant ships were all 100-meter-long, five-masted sailing ships. These large ships had another name in the Green Empire. Imperial sailors called them floating islands on the sea...

The sails on the five masts were all fully filled, bringing a very strong pulling force. Even though the Black Pearl did not hold up a single sail, the ship was still sailing at high speed in the sea.

The fleet sailed all night, and at dawn, it was not too far from Partington Island.

Unfortunately, apart from the Black Pearl, there was almost no space left in the fleet. This time, Roy couldn't take away all the half-blood elves stranded on Partington Island...

In order to avoid the fleet causing unrest on Partington Island, Roy gave up stopping at Partington Island for rest and directly led the fleet to bypass the Parram Prison Island and then head towards the south of the Queen Ewenni Islands.

In this way, as long as the fleet reaches the southern part of Queen Evni Islands, the eleven magic airships can take off and use the wind layer to quickly return to Kui Island.

Roy needed the half-blood elves on the island of Kui to prepare for the reception, which mainly involved cleaning out the living area of ​​the underground castle and transporting enough fruits from the city of Padstow.

If you want to completely occupy Kuei Island, you must allow some half-blood elves to settle on Kuei Island, so that Kuei Island can completely belong to the half-blood elves.

……

Neither the Imperial merchant ship nor the Black Pearl could take off and fly, so they could only sail along the route to Kui Island.

The captains of the imperial merchant ships also need to record this route. In the future, Kui Island will become a place for trading magic herbs, and imperial merchant ships will continue to come here...

In the past, since the area near Kui Island was the lair of the gray dwarf bandits, few merchant ships would venture here. Therefore, a large area of ​​the sea west of the Queen Ewenni Islands was almost blank. In this blank sea area, there was only a line of red words on the nautical charts of human merchant ships: "Pirates frequently appear."

Woods reinforced the flower bed on the roof to ensure that the flowers of light he cultivated with his own hands would not be thrown into the sea during any turbulence.

Roy was in the captain's room. Although there was a steering wheel in front of him, it was actually just a decoration. He couldn't rely on the steering wheel to change the Black Pearl's sailing route.

There were two worn parchment maps on the table. Abbott never solved the mystery of the treasure map until his death.

Roy has been studying the waters near Kui Island recently and has also dabbled in the Endless Sea. He has not found any of the sea charts compiled by Abbott that completely match the treasure map.

If you can't find the corresponding sea area, it will be difficult to find the place marked on the treasure map.

In fact, Roy had the idea of ​​looking for treasure because he was reminded by the gray dwarf bandit Doyle. The gray dwarf bandit said that he knew the secret of the dwarf treasure. Roy happened to have a complete treasure map in his hand. Even though it had been cut in half, the cut part of the treasure map was still intact...

Roy sat in the captain's room and took out the treasure map to kill time. He looked at it for an entire afternoon but had no clue at all.

There were not many crew members on the Black Pearl. Their main responsibility on board was to check for leaks at the bottom of the cabin. After all, the ship had not been in the water for almost eight or nine years. If the wooden boards that were originally spliced ​​together were always soaked in the sea, there would definitely be no problem with the hull.

But the Black Pearl was exposed to the sun on the beach, and every time the tide came in, only about one meter of the bottom of the ship was immersed in sea water.

Once the wooden boards on the bottom of the boat start to crack, water leakage is likely to occur.

This is what Roy is most worried about.

He didn't want the Black Pearl to sink just as it left Castletown Harbor.

As it turned out, the condition of the Black Pearl was much better than Roy had expected. Woods believed that the reason why the Black Pearl was in such a good condition was mainly because it was revitalized.

It is a three-masted sailing ship with vitality. It is no longer just a living mast, the entire ship has become its body.

Moreover, this three-masted sailing ship is very well adapted to the environment of the sea. You can even see some messy roots on the bottom of the ship...

The Black Pearl is Woods' masterpiece. If this awakened tree is given enough time to grow, it will surely grow into an ancient war tree.

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When the fleet entered the waters outside the Queen Evenny Islands, the great magician Grams caught up from behind on his magic broom.

The first thing he said after seeing Roy was:

"Didn't we agree that you would wait for me at Castletown Harbor? How come when I arrived at Castletown Harbor, I heard that you had run away with your fleet?" Roy smiled apologetically at the Great Magician Grams:
"I'm sorry, it was a last-minute decision and I couldn't inform you at the time, but the situation was urgent. I was worried that if the fleet didn't leave the port at that time, we might not be able to take these half-blood elves out of the port."

"Once the decree issued by the Silver Moon Elves arrives at Castletown Harbor, they will definitely not agree to let me take away so many half-blood elves..."

The great magician Grams looked at Roy in surprise:

"You actually guessed that the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom would reissue the decree?"

The great magician Grams was probably tired after flying all the way. He sat on a chair and took a big sip of tea before saying:

"You really know those Silver Moon Elf nobles well enough. A no-fly decree was just issued this morning: no ship with the ability to fly is allowed to enter the territory of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom."

Roy's back was covered with cold sweat. If he delayed in Castletown Harbor for another day, it was very likely that all eleven magic airships would be seized by the Silver Moon Elf guards.

In addition, when he returned to Kui Island this time, he did not follow the same route as when he came here, but instead circled southwest from the south of Parram Prison Island.

It is estimated that this will most likely bypass the patrol of the Silver Pegasus Knights.

"I thought they would drive away some more half-blood elves." Great Magician Grams said in a mocking tone: "It is estimated that the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom has lost nearly two million half-blood elves, which has seriously affected the living order of various cities. They need people to work for them..."

"How could so many half-blood elves leave? The total population of half-blood elves in the Partington plane is only about 1.8 million, including 300,000 original half-blood elves in the Partington plane." Roy was a little confused.

"There are still a large number of half-blood elves stranded in various ports and docks. Partington Island and Castletown Port are two important transit stations, but there are many seaports like this on the west coast of the Elf Continent." said the great magician Grames.

Roy scratched his head in distress: "It seems that my magic airships will no longer have the opportunity to enter the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom and pick them up."

"But you can find human merchants to cooperate with. Their imperial merchant ships will not be restricted in the short term. What you need to solve is how the imperial merchants can gain the trust of the half-blood elves. In addition, they probably can't afford the expensive tickets, so you need to bear this part of the cost."

The great magician Grams gave Roy an idea.

Roy lowered his head and thought for a moment, but did not agree casually.

It's not that the idea of ​​the Great Magician Grams is bad, but he doesn't dare to trust the imperial merchant ship...

Although they were regular merchant ships, they had been crossing the Endless Sea before, traveling back and forth between Roland Continent and Elf Continent.

In the past, gray dwarf bandits were rampant on the sea, and the slave trade here was very rampant. These slave traders mainly targeted half-elves.

The Gray Dwarf Island is active in the area around Kui Island. They will capture half-blood elves along the coast of the Elf Continent and purchase half-blood elf slaves from Silver Moon Elf nobles like Lord Alvis. However, there is one thing these Gray Dwarf bandits will not do, and that is they cannot cross the Endless Sea.

Most of the fleets that can cross the Endless Sea are large merchant ships with rich sea navigation experience.

Roy suspected that some human merchant ships were also part of the slave trade.

If he unconditionally gave the half-blood elves' trust to the imperial merchants, then the imperial merchants could transport the half-blood elves to Kui Island and also have the ability to traffic them back to Roland Continent, which would be a very profitable business.

"For something like this, we need to find a trustworthy half-blood elf!"

Roy said slowly.

Great Magician Grams immediately understood Roy's concerns, patted Roy on the shoulder and said, "If you didn't look like a human, I would really think you were a half-elf."

Roy pointed to his chest and said:
"I was born here and grew up here. My mother is an elf and my beloved is also an elf. Almost everything I have was given to me by the half-blood elves. Why can't I think more about them?"

"You have to work for whoever you support. I despise those who support others but destroy their reputation!"

After he said this, Great Magician Grams put his arm around Roy's shoulders.

"That's how we can become friends. A lot of your ideas coincide with mine..." Grimes said with a smile.

After he finished speaking, he began to pull out boxes of giant magic crossbow arrows from his magic waist bag. The length of these wooden boxes was more than three meters, and each box contained ten giant magic crossbow arrows. The great magician Grams pulled out more than a hundred boxes from his magic waist bag in one breath.

"My magic waist bag can only hold so much. There are still a large number of giant magic crossbows stored in the warehouse of the Castletown Magic Guild. I will try to transport these giant magic crossbows to Kui Island..."

Grems said.

Since he promised to help Roy transport it to Kui Island, he will take responsibility to the end.

There was no interception by the Silver Pegasus Knights along the way, but Roy discovered a patrol team of the Naga Sea Clan.

However, since the fleet was sailing at a constant speed, the patrol teams of the Naga sea tribe followed for a distance on the sea and then disappeared.

Eight imperial merchant ships towed the Black Pearl on the sea for fourteen days, and finally successfully bypassed the Queen Ewenni Islands, passed through the islands of the gray dwarf bandits, and arrived at the dock of Que Island.

However, these imperial merchant ships could not dock at the dock of Kuei Island, so Roy could only use small boats to take the half-blood elves on the ship to the island.

This time, Roy brought back nearly 20,000 half-blood elves directly from the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom.

These half-blood elves had been on the boat for two weeks and were already exhausted both physically and mentally. After arriving at Kui Island, a group of half-blood elves rushed into the woods and lay down beside the big trees.

The half-blood elf waiting on the island carried a fruit box and gave each of them two apples, saying to them repeatedly:
"Welcome to Kuei Island, brothers and sisters!"

The seaside is full of half-blood elves...

Roy went ashore on a flying fish boat. The berth space at the dock was limited, so the Black Pearl could only be anchored in the sea.

There were a large number of wooden boxes containing magic herbs stored in the clearing in the forest. Roy quickly asked the half-elf guards to move these wooden boxes onto the magic airships, which then transported the magic herbs to the sea.

After the eight imperial merchant ships successfully unloaded the half-elves, they immediately began loading magical herbs.

(End of this chapter)