Path of Light.

Chapter 800 801. Treasure Map

When Roy woke up, a blurry face appeared in front of him, looking at him carefully...

Roy was startled by that face. When his pupils focused, he could see clearly that it was Leah lying on the sofa, observing him closely, with her face almost touching his.

"Leah, what are you doing?"

"Boss, we're at the airport terminal. Didn't you say you were coming to pick someone up?" Leah's cheeks flushed. She stepped back calmly and then said to Roy.

"Are you here so soon?"

Roy stretched himself and glanced out the window.

The night shrouds the city of Padstow, with lights lit up from the treetops all over the hills. From a distance, it looks like a reflected starry sky...

The crown of the largest towering tree here was cut off and transformed into an airport terminal. Therefore, standing at the entrance of the airport terminal, you can just look up at the starry sky and see the stars on the opposite hillside.

Roy didn't expect that after he fell asleep in the carriage, he would sleep all night long.

But no one dared to wake myself up at this time, so the carriage could only stop at the gate of the airport terminal.

Three magic airships were hovering above the platform. Only lanterns were lit on the three masts. There was complete silence on the magic airships. They were probably not the airships that had just landed at the dock.

Roy got off the carriage and stood at the gate. He asked the half-elf porters who were still waiting at the gate:
"Is there any magic airship docking today?"

"Not yet! Normally, there is a magic airship docking at the port almost every afternoon. Today is a little special..."

A half-elf porter responded to Roy.

"How much money can you contractors make by sitting at the airport terminal for a day?" Roy asked casually.

"When there is less work, you may not make any money. When there is a lot of work, you can earn hundreds of Koler." The half-elf contractor said casually.

Roy nodded and asked:

"Do you rent a house in Padstow or do you have your own tree house?"

"We built a tree house on the edge of town for almost no money!" responded the half-elf porter.

“Does it cost money to eat every day?”

"If you only want to eat apples, it's almost free. We live in the northern suburbs of the city. After leaving the city, just walk along the mountain road that extends northward and you will find some apple trees. Those apple trees are unattended, so you can pick as many apples as you want."

The half-elf porter answered truthfully.

"It costs money to eat fish occasionally, and we want to save some money to go to Griffin Fortress for a trip..."

The half-elf porter added.

At this time, the half-elf porter saw his companions staring at him with eyes as if they had seen a ghost. He quickly wiped his face with his hands and asked these companions in confusion:

"What's wrong, is there something on my face?"

Those half-elf companions immediately used their eyes to signal him to stop talking nonsense.

One of the half-blood elves stammered and asked Roy, "Excuse me...Excuse me, are you Boss Roy?"

Roy nodded and said:
"I thought you recognized me when I first stepped out of the carriage!"

The group of half-blood elves seemed extremely excited. The stuttering half-blood elf said:

"I...we just guessed that you might be Boss Roy, but we're not sure..."

A magic airship docked at the airport terminal in Padstow City.

It's so late, when the magic airship docks at the airport terminal, conspicuous lights will be lit on the platform, and sometimes even magic flares will be fired into the night sky to guide the magic airship to land.

Roy saw a magic airship approaching the port and immediately walked towards the airport terminal...

Several half-elf guards appeared out of nowhere and followed Roy towards the platform.

……

The gray dwarf Doyle, with his hands and feet shackled, walked out slowly from the cabin under the escort of four half-elf guards.

It was already night in Padstow, the magic airship was docked on the platform, and strong winds were blowing on the treetops.

He walked out of the cabin below the deck with a somewhat messy step. A half-elf guard beside him immediately reached out and grabbed the shackles on Doyle's body, helping him to stand firmly...

Aside from boxes of magic metals, he was the only passenger on this magic airship.

When he was sitting in the cabin, he had a bad premonition. Now that the magic airship arrived at the Padstow City Airport Terminal and saw the deserted terminal, the gray dwarf Doyle's heart instantly sank.

His legs felt a little weak, and he walked on the deck dragging his shackles, feeling as if he was going to fall with every step.

The half-elf guards could only get close to him, put their hands on his shoulders on both sides, and helped him get off the magic airship.

Doyle became even more panicked.

He asked the half-elf guard who was escorting him: "Where are you going to send me, to prison? Or to the execution ground?"

"We were only ordered to take you to the airport terminal in Padstow..."

"Don't communicate with him. Don't you rookies even know this common sense?"

The half-elf guard commander scolded Doyle again:

"You should be honest too!"

……

The gray dwarf Doyle walked down the spiral wooden staircase, and only when he saw Roy did he breathe a sigh of relief.

The fact that Roy was able to wait here meant that these half-blood elves had no intention of killing him...

Being able to meet Roy means there is new progress in the matter of the dwarf treasure.

Doyle stood there, thinking rapidly in his mind.

Dozens of ideas flashed through my mind at once, but I felt they were all a bit risky, so I didn't speak up.

Roy smiled at Doyle and said to him:

"I have fulfilled all my promises, but you haven't done what you promised me. How about it? Do you remember anything now?"

Doyle was slightly stunned.

He observed Roy's expression and felt that he must know something. But he was not sure what Roy knew...

Roy did not continue communicating with him, but turned and walked out of the airport terminal gate, where the carriage was parked.

Four half-elf guards handed Doyle, who was in shackles, to the guards following Roy...

Doyle got into the carriage and sat on the sofa. The carriage slowly drove away from the airport terminal.

As the carriage passed through the busy streets, Doyle saw the bustling night market in the city and was somewhat surprised as to why this forest city was so big.
The carriage finally stopped in front of a tree of life.

Roy led Doyle into the lobby on the first floor of the Tree of Life. There were only a few half-elf guards on duty. When they saw Roy, they saluted and made way for him.

"Let's go to the third meeting room."

Roy explained to the half-elf guard on duty.

After passing through the long and narrow corridor and arriving at the third conference room, Roy pushed open the heavy door and a soft light shone out from inside...

The third conference room was not very big. On the walls were hung some charts of the Endless Sea. These charts overlapped each other and could actually form an endless sea.

In the middle of the hall is a crude sand table that has just been completed. It includes not only the islands in the waters near Kui Island, but also the western suburbs of the Queen Evini Islands.

When Doyle saw the sand table, he knew that it would be difficult to get away with the dwarf treasure.

This Boss Roy obviously did a lot of preparation in advance.

Just as Doyle was daydreaming, a half-elf guard uncuffed Doyle's hands and feet.

Doyle rubbed his wrist and looked at the third conference room with a grin. He wanted to see if there were any other passages to this conference room besides the main entrance.

Roy didn't pay any attention to him at all, but stood in front of the sand table in a daze.

He looked at the sand table for a while and felt he had no clue, so he stood by the wall and looked at the complete chart of the Endless Sea compiled by Abbott.

In fact, he had looked at this set of nautical charts countless times, but could not find any place that completely matched the treasure map.

As for the dwarf treasure, Roy could now be sure that it really existed.

Roy turned his head and looked at Doyle. He took out a cylinder from his arms, took out the treasure map from the cylinder, and then slowly unfolded it in front of Doyle...

Doyle looked at the treasure map that Roy unfolded with both hands, his eyes widened instantly, and he asked Roy excitedly:
"Where's Ralph? How did this treasure map end up in your hands?"

"He was wanted by the elven guards in Castletown for trafficking naga slaves, and later died."

Roy didn't want to say more about Captain Ralph's posture.

When Doyle heard the news of Ralph's death, he was not sad at all. Instead, he laughed out loud.

He said in a somewhat crazy but very happy way:
"The arrogant Ralph is indeed dead, haha!"

Doyle turned and stared at Roy. His eyes were sharp, and he said to Roy:
"I didn't expect you to have Ralph's treasure map. No wonder you agreed so readily when I negotiated with you."

Roy didn't give Doyle much time to perform, and asked with a straight face:
"How is it? Regarding the matter of the dwarven treasure...are you going to tell me? Or should I go ask a few more gray dwarves?"

Doyle looked at Roy with a look that said 'as expected'.

Roy said to Doyle:
"I know that there are some dwarven technological products hidden in the dwarven treasure. It is said that a fleet came from the north and planned to transport a batch of dwarven technology to the Seventh Sea. However, you had an internal conflict on Kui Island at that time, which resulted in the batch of dwarven technological materials not arriving at the Seventh Sea smoothly..."

"It is to be transported to Garo Island in the Seven Realm Sea."

Doyle closed his eyes and spoke.

Then he said:
"Ralph colluded with the Naga tribe to intercept the fleet near Farin Island. The Naga tribe followed Ralph's instructions and began to implement the ship-sinking plan. Unfortunately, when two three-masted sailing ships sank, the fleet decisively carried out the breakout plan."

Doyle looked at Roy and took the initiative to say:

"In fact, when the Naga sea tribe sank the ships, they did sink three three-masted sailing ships, but the gray dwarves on the ships also guarded some ships. Those ships naturally arrived at Garo Island in the Seven Realm Sea. In addition, some ships were controlled by Captain Leif. There was heavy fog on the sea at that time, and no one knew where he hid those ships."

"And Ralph also led his fleet and disappeared that night. Not only did he disappear, but a group of Naga sea tribe members also fell out with us. The three three-masted sailing ships that were sunk into the sea completely fell into the hands of the Naga sea tribe."

There was a look of reminiscence in the eyes of the gray dwarf Doyle, as if he had experienced that event personally.

"We sent many people to look for Ralph, but he disappeared with part of the treasure. We have no clues. I know he must have hidden the dwarven technology."

When the gray dwarf Doyle spoke of this, his eyes were still filled with resentment.

"As for the sunken dwarven treasure, we originally wanted to exchange it with the Naga Sea Tribe for other supplies, but unfortunately the Naga Sea Tribe's appetite was too big, so the deal was never concluded."

Doyle said with some regret.

Roy thought for a moment before asking Doyle:
"You suspect that Captain Ralph's part of the dwarven treasure is near the Queen Ewenni Islands, so you want to capture the Queen Ewenni Islands?"

Doyle knew that this news could not be concealed, so he made a brief defense:
"If there is a treasure map, then the annotations on the treasure map will naturally prevail."

Then Doyle looked at the treasure map with great curiosity. Ralph had drawn various lines on the treasure map, and even the direction of the ocean currents...

The gray dwarf Doyle took a look first, then rubbed his eyes hard, almost sticking his eyes to the treasure map.

His eyes changed from confusion to surprise, and then to relief. Several emotions were released in an instant. It was obvious that Doyle had found some clues...

"How is it? Are there any new discoveries?" Roy asked tentatively.

Doyle nodded and said to Roy:

"I did find some clues on the treasure map. I guess you must have discovered the most special place on this map. The place marked on this treasure map does not seem to be in the Endless Sea!"

Roy said nothing.

Doyle guessed correctly.

Roy just felt that the place marked on this treasure map was not in the Endless Sea...

But now Roy doesn't think so. According to what Doyle said, Ralph was not able to take those ships away at the time.

Seeing that Roy didn't say anything, the gray dwarf Doyle knew that if he didn't say something useful, his life might be hard to save, so he hardened his heart and said:

"In fact, what Ralph described in this treasure map is not the kind of sea map we are used to, but a seabed topography map. That is to say, all the reference objects are on the seabed. These places that look like islands should be the topography of the seabed somewhere, and this place that looks like a narrow trench may be an island somewhere..."

When the gray dwarf Doyle said these words, Roy moved closer and his eyes fell on the treasure map.

At this time, Doyle's eyes revealed a complicated look. All his muscles were tensed. Looking at Roy's head approaching, as long as he stretched out his arms, he could strangle Roy's neck with his armpits.

It only took him ten seconds to strangle Roy to death, then escape from the main gate with the treasure map...

(End of this chapter)