Path of Light.

Chapter 799 800. For a better life
Roy ignored the two gray dwarf bandits who were fighting among themselves, and he didn't care whether the news they said was true or false. Since he was going to launch an investigation, he had to conduct a comprehensive and detailed investigation.

To Roy, the dwarf treasure was the most insignificant thing.

What's more, the gray dwarf named Doyle on Que Island still owed Roy the secret of the dwarf's treasure.

Roy felt that the more he paid attention to this dwarven treasure, the harder it would be to obtain it...

If you don't pay attention to it, news about the dwarf's treasure will keep popping up around you...

Roy returned to the captain's room and saw Captain Rodhart had already driven the magic airship into the thick clouds.

The humidity in the clouds is very high, so the half-blood elves will hide in the cabin.

There were no flying monsters in this area, and Roy's fleet had absolute air superiority. The gray dwarf bandits on the islands in this area would immediately hide back on the islands as soon as they saw the magic airship appear in the sky.

The gray dwarf bandits will only come out to act once the magic airship disappears from the sky...

"Haven't we already sent a message to the north about the situation here? Why haven't they responded yet?"

A gray dwarf bandit leader who crawled out of a cave stared at the thick clouds in the sky and said hatefully.

"The last line of defense in the north has been breached by Ghost Rider, and all magic factories have been lost. Probably no magic airships will be sent here!" A gray dwarf nearby said pessimistically.

"Impossible, we have so many magic airships, how is it possible that we can't send any of them!" said the gray dwarf leader stubbornly.

They stood at the entrance of the cave and carefully observed the sky...

Other gray dwarves also came out of the cave. There was not much food stored in the cave, and they needed to collect some food on the island. These gray dwarves ate everything, including wild fruits, cassava, ferns, mushrooms in the jungle, various small animals, reptiles, fish in the sea, and even some toxic things, and their physical fitness was not affected at all.

The gray dwarves picking mushrooms in the woods were also discussing the magical airship fleet in the sky.

An older gray dwarf began to complain:
“I told you that we shouldn’t provoke the Silver Moon Elf army on Queen Ewenni Island. Although this place is still far away from the Elf Continent, these Silver Moon Elves possess very powerful air power. Once we provoke them, we will be in big trouble… Now, the trouble has finally come!”

Another gray dwarf retorted:
"Shut up now. We provoked the Silver Moon Elves, and now the ones causing trouble to us are the Half-Blood Elves. They are not together at all, or we can say that there are also big conflicts between them..."

"I heard that they captured Kuei Island. Will they attack Farin Island next?"

"It should be possible. That's why we need to stockpile a large amount of food. We need to store all edible things in underground caves. Even if they occupy this island, we can hide underground and not come out. If they dare to come in, we will make sure they never come back."

A gray dwarf who was hard at work digging up cassava roots shouted back.

The surrounding gray dwarf bandits immediately became excited when they heard what the gray dwarf said, and everyone's mood instantly rose...

"Brian is right. Let's quickly find some food and store it in the cave..."

The gray dwarves of Farin Island were in the woods, talking about the half-elves' invincible fleet, but they had no idea that Roy had no intention of conquering these islands at all.

Roy didn't want to break this delicate situation near Kui Island for the time being.

For the half-blood elf warriors, dealing with the gray dwarf bandits is much easier than dealing with the Naga sea tribe...

……

The eight imperial merchant ships only transported one-fifth of the total reserves of magic herbs in Padstow City, but brought Roy a huge fortune of nearly one million magic crystals.

These magic crystals are placed in the warehouse and are just colorful magic gems.

If they can be circulated in the Partington plane, then they will become wealth...

So after Roy returned to Kui Island on the magic airship, he immediately sent the 100 boxes of magic crystals to Padstow City. As for how to get these one million magic crystals into the market of the Partington plane, Roy decided to gradually improve the supporting facilities in the residential area of ​​Padstow City, such as various shops, parks, etc.

On the hillside north of Padstow, there are tree houses that stretch as far as the eye can see.

At least 200,000 new tree houses have been built on the entire hillside, and this is also a gathering place for new half-elves immigrants. Almost all of the half-elves living here have migrated to the Partington plane in the past year or so.

Many of these elves are professional gatherers, and these gatherers usually work in the Blackwater Swamp.

Most of the people who stayed in this living area were old people, women and children...

As a result, more than a dozen theft and robbery incidents have occurred in the past half year. After Leishande took office, he moved a battalion headquarters of the Security Guard Corps to this area. Every day, there are at least ten patrol teams active in the northern part of the city.

A carriage stopped in a clearing in the woods, where a group of half-elf old men were sitting under a tree chatting. They had obviously noticed the carriage.

Immediately, an old half-elf called the half-elf children running around to play in the flower garden...

These half-elf children were also quite naughty. They swarmed under the tree and tried to grab the swings.

The door of the carriage was opened by the coachman and Lysander got out of the carriage.

Roy followed behind Leisander and noticed the half-elf children. One of them was a half-elf girl with dark skin who was fighting with a half-elf boy for a swing. The little half-elf girl had a pair of big black eyes and was lying on the swing seat, refusing to give up.

The boy pressed on the girl, trying to push her away...

Roy walked over, helped the half-elf boy up, and asked him, "What's your name?"

The half-elf boy saw Roy and whispered, "Taka!"

"Taka, listen to me. She is younger than you and she is a girl. She is not as strong as you in fighting for the swing. So when she grabs the swing first, as a polite gentleman, you should let her play for a while."

Roy said gently to the boy.

Although the half-elf boy was reluctant, he still followed Roy's advice and gave the swing to the half-elf girl.

The half-elf girl was swinging on the swing, her laughter clear and sweet...

She swung very high, not afraid at all. When Roy turned to leave, she shouted crisply:

"I know who you are, you are Boss Roy!"

Roy didn't look back, but just raised his hand to indicate that he understood.

A group of elf children stood beside the swing, staring at Roy's back curiously, and whispered:

"So he is Boss Roy!"

"It doesn't look like us at all. It doesn't even have pointy ears..."

"That's right, he doesn't look handsome at all. I was thinking of marrying him when I grow up. Since he's so ugly, I'd better think about it again..."

……

Leisander was waiting in a clearing in the forest opposite. When he saw Roy coming, he smiled and said to him, "Encircling a few big trees here will just meet the conditions you proposed."

"Then let's temporarily set the school site here. Let me think about it... We can build a primary school here!"

Roy said to Lysander.

He walked a few steps forward and entered a clearing in the woods surrounded by several large trees. When he looked up, he could actually see a small piece of blue sky through the dense tree canopy.

The trees around were all tall golden oaks. Roy nodded with great satisfaction and said:

"I don't want to concentrate all the elf children in one academy for education. Padstow is too big, and the children who live too far from the school are not able to go to school on their own. I think there should be at least three such primary schools in each district of Padstow to teach them some basic knowledge. The teachers can compile some specific teaching materials themselves, or they can imitate the courses at the Elf Academy..."

He told Lysander about his vision for the school.

"These primary schools do not charge any fees and provide free breakfast and lunch to children every day," said Roy.

Leisander didn't expect it to be a free school. He looked at Roy in surprise.

Roy suddenly thought of the time when he was an apprentice at the Statue of Liberty and continued:

"The teachers in the school are paid by Padstow City Hall, and the weekly salary is temporarily set at 400 koles."

Roy pressed his forehead and said:

"In addition, there will be three teachers for every twenty half-elf children. These three teachers will be fully responsible for the children's safety during their time at school."

He looked up and saw that tree houses were built on the tops of these trees, so he said:
"These wooden houses on the treetops can be converted into teacher dormitories. The classrooms must be built lower and larger. They must be able to accommodate at least 30 elf children. Another requirement is that they must be sturdy enough!"

Having said that, Roy stopped in the middle of the clearing in the forest and said to Lysander:

"These children are the future of the half-blood elves. They can learn all kinds of knowledge that interests them in school."

Leisander looked at Roy's profile and was slightly moved.

Roy continued:
"I don't care whether they choose to learn other courses or not, but they must learn the Elvish language. In addition, they must also learn virtues. These children can be ordinary in the future, but they cannot commit crimes or get something for nothing."

After Roy and Lysander walked around the clearing in the woods, they returned to the carriage.

They still had to check out the next site, and Raysander discovered that Roy seemed to want to utilize all the sites.

The carriage was speeding down the street, and Lysander said with emotion:

"I never thought that one day we would be able to open a school in Padstow, and a school built specifically for half-blood elf children!"

Roy thought of the time when their adventure group encountered Leishander's smuggled elf children...

"What did the half-blood elves on the Pagisto Plateau need when you were there? To have enough food to eat, to wear warm clothes, to have a house that could protect them from the cold wind and wild beasts, and to be able to live happily, that is happiness," Roy said.

Outside the car window, the street scene in Padstow was constantly changing, and many shops began to reopen.

Although many magic herb shops have closed down, other shops have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

The most common places on the street are those beverage shops with various flavors, and some shops even sell tree of life juice...

At present, the life tree sap in Padstow is still a controlled material.

This city with a population of over a million is too big, and the sap produced by the Tree of Life is not enough to be distributed anyway.

"It's different now, Lysander!"

Roy said.

"Nowadays, even if half-blood elves do nothing, they can still eat apples every day. As long as they work a little harder, they can eat dried fish and live in a warm and dry tree house. What do you think these half-blood elves are pursuing? Of course, a better life."

Leisander hesitated: "A better life?"

Roy leaned back in the sofa with his hands on the back of the sofa, his eyes fixed on a group of half-blood elves on the street.

"That's right! For a better life, this is the reason why we choose to stay in the Partington plane."

……

Leishande sat in the carriage, his thoughts going back to a few years ago.

At that time, the half-blood elves on the Pagisto Plateau were persecuted by the plateau headhunters...

In order to protect the half-elves from being hunted by the headhunters of the plateau, he risked his life by sending some half-elves to the Fortress Town.

At that time, the half-blood elves on the plateau couldn't even protect themselves and had to hide from place to place every day.

In just a few years, the Pagisto Plateau has undergone tremendous changes. The plateau headhunters have become prisoners of the half-elves, and the elves have built a plateau city in the center of the plateau.

Tens of thousands of young half-blood elves joined the mine guards...

The territory of the half-elves continued to expand southwards, not only incorporating the Sun Island Bay south of the Griffin Barrier Mountains into their territory, but they even planned to expand westwards to the northern fjords.

The city of Padstow has grown from a small town with a population of only 300,000 to a central city with a population of 1.5 million.

At present, many young half-elves in the city of Padstow are eager to join the mine guards and follow them to fight everywhere.

This time, the mine guards captured Que Island, which caused a wave of enthusiasm in the city of Padstow.

In the hearts of these young half-blood elves, the Partington plane is the home of the half-blood elves...

Leisander was originally worried that once the portal was blocked, the half-blood elves in Padstow would immediately fall into panic, but the actual situation was that these half-blood elves didn't care at all...

Only some merchants dealing in magic herbs were crying and selling off their goods.

In the end, Roy's trading company was still covering for these merchants...

This time, Roy brought back one million magic crystals, which not only solved the problem of the trading company's capital shortage, but also prepared to build a primary school in Padstow...

Roy sat opposite Lesander...

He leaned against the sofa, closed his eyes, and breathed evenly...

(End of this chapter)