Path of Light.

Chapter 798 799. Dwarf Treasure
The gray dwarf wanted to yell at Roy, but when he saw Roy put the dagger on his chin and saw his red beard being cut off by the blade, he was so scared that his eyes widened, leaned back repeatedly, and begged for mercy:

"…Don't! Don't cut my beard. What do you want to hear? I can tell you everything I know!"

Roy squatted beside the red-bearded gray dwarf. The gray dwarf's two thick arms were tied tightly with ropes. The look he gave Roy was full of fear.

"It's about the dwarf treasure!" said Roy.

The surrounding gray dwarf bandits looked at the red-bearded gray dwarf at the same time, with fierce looks in their eyes...

The red-bearded gray dwarf bandit suddenly came to his senses, a guilty smile appeared on his face, and he said to Roy:

"We, the gray dwarves, came from the north. Our hometown suffered a great change, so we, the gray dwarves, could only sail south on three-masted sailing ships. We were looking for a habitat along the way. Unfortunately, starting from the Mensa Plain, we could only find some islands..."

"These islands, big and small, have limited land areas. The larger islands can only accommodate tens of thousands of gray dwarves, and the smaller islands can only accommodate a few thousand. So as we search along the way, some gray dwarves get off the ship and settle on these islands."

Roy waved to the two half-elf guards behind him, signaling them to drag the red-bearded gray dwarf to the cabin on the first floor of the ship.

He let the gray dwarf with red beard sit on the chair, while he himself leaned against the window and stared at the gray dwarf with red beard.

The red-bearded gray dwarf was the only one left here, and he looked around with a guilty look on his face.

Roy said to him:

"I don't want to hear about your migration south. I just want to know about the dwarven treasure!"

The red-bearded gray dwarf swallowed his saliva, licked his pale lips, and stared at Roy cautiously with his small black bean-like eyes:

"I was just talking about the dwarven treasure."

"At the beginning, there were nearly two million gray dwarves who sailed south. Along the way, more and more gray dwarves chose to land on the island. When we arrived here, our fleet had been reduced by half, because some gray dwarves did not want to settle on the islands on the edge of the Elf Continent. They wanted to go to the Seven Realm Sea in the southernmost part of the Elf Continent, where there are larger islands for us to settle..."

"But some gray dwarves can't stand the storms at sea. There are more uncertainties, including me."

"Yes, when we came here, we didn't want to go any further because the islands here are very dense. Although the largest island, Kui Island, is a volcanic island, it will be more suitable for us gray dwarves to live in once it is developed. Moreover, the island can accommodate hundreds of thousands of gray dwarves..."

"So some of the gray dwarves don't want to leave. We want to build permanent fortifications and a large underground castle here."

"We wanted to keep the technological products we brought from the north. They were the foundation of the Gray Dwarf Kingdom. However, the Gray Dwarfs who insisted on going to the Seventh Sea were more powerful. They planned to transport the Dwarf technology we brought with them. Almost all the products were loaded on their ships. We couldn't stop them..."

He stopped here.

"At that time, there was a guy named Ralph. He came up with a plan. He found a group of Naga sea tribesmen and asked them to drill holes in the bottoms of the three-masted sailing ships loaded with dwarven technology, so that they all sank into the sea."

"In order for the plan to proceed smoothly, he specifically asked the wizards of the Naga Sea Clan to summon a thick fog. The operation was carried out in the fog."

"All those three-masted sailing ships carrying dwarven technology sank into the sea, but apart from Ralph, almost no gray dwarf knew the whereabouts of those sunken ships."

"At that time, this guy Ralph had a sudden idea and took the fleet to the port of the Silver Moon Elves to resupply supplies. We haven't seen him since then."

"Over the years, we have been searching for the whereabouts of those sunken ships, but unfortunately, we have no clues at all..."

The red-bearded gray dwarf blinked his eyes and spoke word by word.

Roy didn't know how many lies there were in this, but he was sure that the red-bearded gray dwarf had mixed in some truth.

When I met this guy Leilf, there were quite a few Naga sea tribe members on his ship. Leilf was looking for a slave merchant ship and planned to sell these Naga sea tribe slaves to Roland Continent...

For a moment, Roy fell into deep thought.

He waved at the half-elf guards, signaling them to take the red-bearded gray dwarf away.

The half-elf guards felt that the red-bearded gray dwarf should not be imprisoned with other gray dwarves to prevent them from colluding with each other in their testimony, so they imprisoned the red-bearded gray dwarf in a separate cabin.

The gray dwarf robbers in the sea were fleeing everywhere, and the imperial merchant ships were completely out of danger. Roy did not want to kill all these gray dwarf robbers. With their presence, the Naga sea tribe would not easily extend their tentacles here.

He stood at the bow and waved to Darwin on the Empire sailing ship.

I don't care if Darwin could see it...

Then he turned to Captain Rodhart in the captain's room and said:
"Rodhart, prepare to return. Let's get those griffin cavalry back. This raid is over..."

"Okay, Boss Roy!"

Rodhart responded immediately.

As the six magic airships began to slowly rise into the air, the griffin riders flying around the magic airships landed on the deck one after another.

The six magic airships disappeared into the clouds one after another, and the sea area returned to calm.

Only some gray dwarves were holding onto wooden boards, and under the push of the waves, they were floating up and down and moving slowly along the ocean currents...

……

On the way back to the magic airship, Roy found a few more gray dwarf bandits and asked them about the dwarf treasure.

However, they were much tougher than the red-bearded gray dwarves and did not say a word about the dwarf treasure. No matter how Roy interrogated them, they insisted that they "did not know".

Roy was not in a hurry, because he had the treasure map of the gray dwarf robber Ralph in his hands. In addition, the gray dwarf Doyle also said that as long as he could find the treasure map, he would be able to find the whereabouts of the gray dwarf treasure.
In addition, Roy also planned to go back and ask Miss Tiffany. Maybe the Naga sea tribe who chiseled through the gray dwarfs' treasures were the Naga warriors in her tribe.

After the magic airship enters the wind layer, the flight speed can be greatly increased, so the six magic airships returned to Kui Island in just over two hours.

This sea area with countless islands is in the shape of a narrow strip, which separates the Endless Sea from the Queen Eweni Islands. However, the number of islands here is more than five times that of the Queen Eweni Islands.

Roy stood on the ship's deck and found that most of the islands here were small reef islands.

The biggest problem for an island like this is that it is difficult to obtain fresh water, and the resources on the island are also very scarce.

If the gray dwarf bandits want to live on these small reef islands, they will need a lot of material support.

Only large islands like Kui Island have abundant resources.

Just as Roy expected, most of these gray dwarf bandits chose to settle on large islands.

The Naga sea people are rarely seen in the waters in this area. It can be said that the Naga sea people are almost extinct in this area. Roy is very curious about this.

So he returned to the gray dwarf captives. He was very patient and found a chair to sit down. He first asked a gray dwarf robber: "You occupied this island. Didn't the Naga tribe of the Endless Sea go to war with you?"

"We fought a few battles a long time ago, and the Naga Sea Tribe lost, so they don't dare to trouble us anymore..." responded a gray dwarf bandit.

When he talked about this, there was a glimmer of pride in his eyes.

"You defeated the Naga tribe of the Endless Sea?"

Roy was a little bit unconvinced.

You should know that the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom and the Naga Sea Clan had been fighting for nearly a hundred years, with both sides winning and losing. Later, the Green Empire joined in and fought against the Naga Sea Clan of the Endless Sea together with the Silver Moon Elves, making this extremely powerful Naga Sea Clan completely surrender.

How can you, the gray dwarf bandits who fled from the north, defeat the Naga sea tribe?

"I'm a little curious, how did you defeat those Naga sea tribes?"

"We are robbers!"

The gray dwarf bandit laughed crazily.

Roy decided he had a point and fished a bottle of orange soda from his magic waist bag.

This wine has a very low alcohol content and tastes sour and sweet. It is a favorite drink of many half-blood elves.

Roy poured the orange soda into a wooden cup, then raised the cup in his hand.

The fresh scent of oranges immediately wafted over the deck, and the faint smell of alcohol also filled the air.

Several gray dwarf bandits tied to the deck kept twitching their big noses. They all stared at Roy and tried to stretch their heads forward.

"I will give this glass of wine to anyone who can tell me the specific reasons seriously, carefully, clearly and systematically."

Roy sat in a chair with a glass of wine in his hand.

In the eyes of these gray dwarves, Roy is a devil with a smile.

A gray dwarf took a deep breath and then quickly said to Roy:
"That's because we have been capturing Naga sea slaves. These Nagas coming to us is exactly what we want. As long as we capture a full ship of Naga slaves, we will find our partners and sell the entire ship of slaves. We can fight with them and lead them to the land of the island. Once these Nagas come ashore, they will be easier to catch."

"So you guys have captured those Naga sea tribes and scared them, so they dare not come to this sea area again?"

Roy asked the gray dwarf bandit.

The gray dwarf bandit nodded repeatedly, and Roy handed the glass to his mouth.

His hands were tied with ropes, and Roy poured a glass of wine into his mouth, which was like the mouth of a whale.

With just a sip, the sweet and sour orange wine entered the stomach of the gray dwarf bandit.

"I hope what you said is true. I hate lies the most. My mother told me since I was a child that children who lie will have very long noses. So if I find out that any of you are lying to me, I will pull out your noses until they are as long as an elephant's nose..."

Before leaving, Roy did not forget to utter a harsh word that was full of threats.

"Sir, do you still want to know why the Naga tribe won't harass us? What Steve said is only one aspect. There are other reasons. Do you want to know?"

Seeing Roy was about to leave, a gray dwarf bandit immediately shouted at the top of his voice.

Roy stopped and turned to look at the gray dwarf sitting on the deck. Roy found that he actually had a big belly. It was obvious that he should be a pampered gray dwarf.

So Roy said, "Then tell me."

The gray dwarf did not speak directly, but pursed his lips.

Roy poured out another glass of orange soda without saying a word.

The gray dwarf's eyes lit up. He stared at the orange soda and licked his lips. Seeing that Roy was reluctant to hand it over, he said:

"The main reason why the Naga tribe does not come to harass us is that we have formed a strategic alliance with the Naga tribe of the Endless Sea. They want to go to war with the Naga tribe of the Seven Seas in the south, and we are also preparing to occupy the largest island in the Seven Seas - Garo Island. We have a common enemy - the Naga tribe of the Seven Seas."

Roy thought for a moment and felt that this answer was obviously more reliable.

So he handed over the wine glass in his hand...

Two gray dwarves drank orange soda in succession, and the eyes of the other gray dwarf bandits on the deck began to turn red.

The gray dwarf bandits began to rack their brains, trying to reveal some useful information to Roy in exchange for a glass of orange soda. Anyway, others had already leaked the secrets first, so there was no psychological burden to say more.

"Sir, I have other information. Do you want to know about the military deployment on Garo Island?"

Roy shook his head and said to the gray dwarf:

"I have no interest in the information you provided. You don't have to tell me. Even if you tell me, I won't give you orange soda. If you want to drink, you should think about the news between the gray dwarves and the elves. I am only interested in this news!"

"Sir, do you know why we are determined to capture the Queen Eweni Islands?"

A gray dwarf suddenly raised his head and asked Roy.

Roy was stunned by his question and thought: "How should I know!"

But then he thought, it was obvious that this gray dwarf bandit knew some inside information.

So I smiled and asked him:
"Then... why? Tell me! I really want to know about this news."

"According to our analysis, the dwarven treasure is very likely in..."

Before the gray dwarf bandit could finish his words, another gray dwarf bandit next to him suddenly shot up like a spring and hit the chin of the gray dwarf who had revealed the news with his bald forehead.

There was a dull 'crack' sound.

A big gash was torn on the gray dwarf bandit's bald forehead, and blood immediately gushed out.

The jaw of the gray dwarf who was about to reveal the news was smashed, his mouth was full of blood, and half of his tongue fell out...

(End of this chapter)