Path of Light.

Chapter 839 840. Counterattack from the Gray Dwarf
Captain Tennyson was just about to follow the gray dwarf into the cabin when the gray dwarf turned around as if he had sensed something. He raised the candle in his hand and carefully observed the cargo hold for a long time, but did not observe anything unusual. He could only walk back with a puzzled look on his face.

The gray dwarf wore metal combat boots that made a dull sound when stepping on the floor.

He held a candle high in one hand and a wheat cake in the other, leaving a clear shadow behind him.

Captain Tennyson hid behind the gray dwarf and walked into a large cabin. The air circulation in the cabin was very poor, and various smells were mixed together in the air. It was stuffy and hot.

The cabins on the lower three floors were crowded with gray dwarves wearing thin linen clothes. There were large amounts of metal armor piled against the walls, and only a few dim oil lamps were lit in the cabin.

The bearded gray dwarf holding the wheat cake dripped wax on a beam and quickly stuck the candle on it before the wax dried.

Under the candlelight, the bearded gray dwarf tore the wheat cake with his hands and passed it to the gray dwarf next to him.

No one spoke in the cabin, only the sounds of chewing and drinking water.

After the bearded gray dwarf had distributed the scones, he found an empty seat and sat down, saying angrily:

"The large ship cannot dock, and those imperial merchants are planning to make a quick buck and leave."

The cabin suddenly fell into a suffocating silence, and some gray dwarves were heard cursing in low voices. They were unable to suppress their inner anger, but they did not dare to make loud noises. The three lower cabins were filled with a fiery atmosphere.

"We have been hiding in the lower cabin for so many days. Are we just going to leave like this?"

"Yes! Didn't we make an agreement with the other leaders? We will create opportunities at the dock to allow other fleets to land on the island from other places. If there is no movement here, what should the other gray dwarves do?"

"If the merchant ship cannot dock, do we have to give up the operation? That won't work. We have paid for it!"

"What did Jaais say?"

"Jaais said that the half-elf leader of the other side found some clues on the ship, so he ran back without looking back. Now the other side is on high alert against the merchant ship!"

"So this is why we evacuate Kuei Island?"

"The reason given by Moses is that even if we didn't take action, they have successfully tied down the Griffin Cavalry Regiment and a large number of half-blood elf guards on Kui Island. If we launch an attack on these half-blood elves from the merchant ships at this time, it would be tantamount to suicide. By then, even these merchant ships might be destroyed."

"We were going to launch the attack last night. We have been sitting in the cabin all night. It is really hard to understand why we suddenly cancel it."

"We were originally planning to dock at the port last night and launch a night attack, but they ignored our application and asked us to stay on the ship. It wasn't until the morning that Boss Roy suddenly ran onto the ship."

"So why don't you capture him? I mean, if we capture him, maybe we can directly occupy Kuei Island!"

"He brought a squadron of griffon cavalry. The mercenaries and the imperial merchants were scared at the critical moment."

"Fuck him..."

"Sure enough, those imperial people are not trustworthy. We shouldn't have cooperated with these imperial merchants in the first place and just thrown them into the sea to feed the sharks."

"What's the point of saying this now? Once all those half-blood elves leave, we can move freely in the lower cabin."

"That's great. If I don't go out for a walk and get some fresh air, mushrooms will start growing all over my body..."

The group of gray dwarves ate scones and discussed the situation outside in low voices.

Captain Tennyson was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He quietly evacuated the cabin and returned to the cargo hold. He quickly went to the stern cargo hold on the second floor through the passage he had dug before, and then sneaked back to the deck.

This imperial merchant ship carried a total of more than 1,300 half-elves, just enough to fill two three-masted sailing ships.

The two three-masted sailing ships returned to the port dock at the same time and were warmly received by the half-blood elves on the dock.

A large number of half-blood elves gathered on the entire dock. Some of them were brought by Roy from Castletown Port, and some were rescued by Roy from the Lost Sea. These half-blood elves were looking forward to having new half-blood elves join Kuei Island so that they would feel more secure.

Although the half-blood elves on the imperial merchant ship looked like a group of refugees, the half-blood elves waiting at the dock were very enthusiastic in taking them to take a bath, changing them into clean clothes, and then they were given two apples to sit in the clearing in the woods to rest, waiting for the allocation of tree houses...

For these displaced half-elves, entering the island of Kuei is like entering a large collective.

The half-blood elves who came down from the imperial merchant ship were soon infected by this enthusiasm. The worries on their faces gradually disappeared, and they slowly showed their long-lost smiles...

……

It was completely different from the joyous atmosphere at the dock...

They were a group of half-elf warriors who walked down from a three-masted sailing ship.

Captain Tennyson walked down the three-mast ship with a grim face, and a group of Dark Moon Elf warriors followed closely behind him. Wherever they passed, the half-blood elves dodged to the left and right.

A team of half-elf guards were on standby at the dock, and they all looked towards Captain Tennyson.

Captain Tennyson saw an officer among them and walked over to ask:

"Where is Boss Roy?"

The half-elf guard captain immediately stood up, saluted Captain Tennyson and said:
"The boss is checking the trebuchet on the beach..."

Captain Tennyson ran towards the beach, and the half-elf guards looked at each other, not knowing what emergency had happened.

Roy was looking at a trebuchet that was nearly ten meters high. These trebuchets were built by the gray dwarf bandits who used to live on Kui Island. The huge trebuchets could throw half-ton stones onto the sea one kilometer away.

However, this type of catapult is very bulky, and the counterweight basket needs to be manually lifted up after each throw, and the hit rate is also very low.

Despite this, the catapults towering on the beach remained a powerful defensive weapon against naval warships.

If a fleet wanted to attack the dock of Kuei Island, it would inevitably be within the effective range of this catapult...

Recently, the headhunters of the plateau built the seawall near the dock, even blocking part of the view of the catapult position. Roy came here to take a look, and wanted to add a lookout tower near the catapult.

Captain Tennyson came running over in a hurry, and Roy immediately knew that there must be new developments on the imperial merchant ship.

Roy jumped from the wooden rack into the knee-deep sea water. The waves rushed over and soaked his pants.

He strode back to the beach and asked Captain Tennyson:
"What's the situation on the merchant ship?"

"There are a large number of gray dwarf warriors hiding on these imperial merchant ships. They were originally planning to raid Kui Island at night, but their raid plan was disrupted by you. Those imperial merchants didn't want to take risks, so last night's raid plan was ruined." Captain Tennyson said.

Roy didn't quite understand what "last night's raid plan was disrupted by me" meant.

Then Captain Tennyson said:
"According to the conversation between the gray dwarves on the merchant ship, I heard that the gray dwarves are trying to attack Kuei Island."

Roy instructed Walker standing on the beach:

"Notify Sabrina and ask her to quickly transport the half-blood elves on the imperial merchant ship back. If they refuse to cooperate, use force to detain them all in the waters around the coral reef."

"Yes!" Walker answered immediately and ran quickly towards the dock.

Roy wiped the water off his hands, walked towards the half-blood elf camp, and said to Captain Tennyson beside him:

"Let's go back to the camp and call a meeting of officers above the rank of squadron leader immediately."

A herald officer beside him immediately ran to the camp to gather the officers in the camp in advance...

Two griffins flew low over the sky, spread their wings at high speed, and landed on the beach with force. The strong wind stirred up by the two pairs of wings blew up the sand and gravel, which hit Roy's face and caused him pain.

"Boss, a fleet of gray dwarves was spotted in the waters east of the island. Their ships are moving very fast and it looks like they are preparing to land on the east side of the island."

The griffin rider hurriedly reported to Roy before he even jumped off the griffin's back.

"Let Captain Tiprado take a squadron of griffin cavalry to the eastern part of Kui Island for support." Roy said decisively.

Captain Tennyson just said that a gray dwarf fleet might attack the island.

Since they had already given up the waters around the Kuei Island Pier, Roy guessed that they would most likely land on the eastern side of the island...

There are only a few sentry posts there at the moment.

The east-west length of Kui Island reaches 40 kilometers, and the coastline suitable for landing is almost entirely built with seawalls.

If the gray dwarf bandits want to land on the island, they can only capture the seawall by force.

Roy arrived at the half-elf camp. A group of officers had gathered in the regiment's meeting room. Roy stood near the sand table in the middle of the room, pointed to the east of the island, and inserted several small boat models outside the seawall.

The atmosphere in the room was somewhat tense, and all the elves' eyes were on Roy.

Captain Jeroin also rushed in from outside, followed by Captain Tiprado into the conference room. As soon as he came in, he asked Roy:

"The second and third squadrons of the Griffin Cavalry have been sent over. How do you plan to fight this battle?"

Roy pointed at the Kuei Island Pier with a baton and said confidently:

"There are currently five imperial merchant ships two kilometers outside the dock. According to Captain Tennyson's investigation, there are at least five thousand gray dwarf warriors hiding on these five imperial merchant ships. I plan to launch an attack on these imperial merchant ships after transporting the half-blood elves back to the island."

He raised his head and found a familiar figure among the half-blood elf guard officers, and said again:
"Vitas, lead a group of mine guards to the east of the island immediately and try to hold the seawall. I will send griffin cavalry and two magic airships to provide you with air support, but the seawall is definitely not the main battlefield. If the gray dwarves are determined to capture the seawall, I need you to find a suitable time to abandon the seawall and let them in."

"Yes."

Vitas raised his chin and agreed.

"Captain Tennyson, you lead all the Dark Moon Elf warriors into the jungle on the east side of Kuei Island. As long as there are gray dwarf bandits who dare to sneak into the dense forest on the island, you must lead your team to hunt these gray dwarves and let them understand one thing: who is the master of the forest!"

"Got it, boss."

Captain Tennyson narrowed his eyes to hide the murderous intent in them.

"I don't need you to capture too many gray dwarf bandits for me this time. The prisoner concentration camp in Plateau City has been expanding, and the prisoners there are always saturated. I need a three-masted sailing ship this time to expand our fleet..."

Then Roy said to Captain Jeroin:

"Captain Jeroin, please ask the priests of your Knights Templar to follow Captain Tennyson to the eastern part of the island. I hope the priests can bless the elven warriors as much as possible."

Although most of the priests had returned to Sun Island Bay on the magic airship, a team of priests from the Knights Templar still remained on Kui Island.

"Got it, I'll arrange it right away!"

Captain Jeroin agreed.

Roy clapped his hands vigorously and said loudly:
"Okay, everyone! Let's get moving. We need to make these slave traders realize that they have hit a wall!"

……

Four more magic airships took off one after another near the dock.

Although the distance was too far to see clearly what was on the magic airship, several merchants on the imperial merchant ship still had a very bad premonition.

The griffin cavalry overhead were flying back and forth frequently, and more and more griffin cavalry were flying over from the dock.

After talking to a griffin cavalryman, the half-elf female officer ordered the other three-masted sailing ships to come over, and now the remaining four imperial merchant ships began to transfer the half-elven people.

And the magic airship overhead was not hanging directly above the merchant ship.

Not only did they lower the suspension height, they even adjusted the suspension angle...

A large number of griffin riders were hovering back and forth overhead, and some even began to try to dive.

However, when the griffin was about to touch the mast, the cavalrymen skillfully pulled up the reins and let the griffin soar into the sky.

"What are they doing?"

The imperial merchants couldn't understand why these griffin riders were doing such meaningless and dangerous actions.

The mercenary leader Jia Aisi leaned against the glass window and looked at the sky and said:
"They are adjusting the dive angle. With these attempts, once the fight starts, these griffin cavalry will dive down very accurately..."

The Silver-haired Empire businessman suddenly stood up, ran from the lounge area to the window, and looked out:
"Have they started preparing to attack us?"

The mercenary leader, Jia Aisi, sneered and looked at the imperial merchant Moses, and said in a deep voice: "It looks very similar!"

"Should we stop those half-elves from getting off the ship?" the deputy leader of the mercenary group stood up and asked.

The imperial merchant Moses said quickly:

"That would mean there would be no room for easing the tension. I think they would immediately capture our merchant ships. Can your mercenary group stop those griffin cavalry?"

"If it were just the Griffin Cavalry, I think..."

Before the mercenary leader Jia Aisi could finish his words, someone exclaimed:

"Look what's happening outside. Why is it snowing outside in such hot weather?"

Outside the window of the imperial merchant ship, goose feather-like snowflakes were seen floating in the air and falling from the sky. The deck, the side of the ship, and the horizontal mast were covered with falling snowflakes.

At this time, the dazzling sunlight still shines on the blue sea...

(End of this chapter)