Path of Light.

Chapter 846 847. The Dilemma of the Gray Dwarf
In order to control the slave trade in this area on the west coast of the Elven Continent, the Gray Dwarves not only formed an alliance with the Sirens in the Lost Sea, but also occupied all the islands in the waters of Que Island from the Naga Sea Clan.

The gray dwarves who have gradually gained a foothold on the island of Kuei are not satisfied with only controlling the waters of the island of Kuei. They have set their sights on the first line of defense on the west coast of the elven continent - the Queen Evni Islands.

Over the past decade or so, although the Silver Moon Elves with the Silver Pegasus Knights have been occupying the Queen Ivni Islands, they have also been harassed by the gray dwarf bandits.

Especially in recent years, the gray dwarf bandits, with the help of the sirens, even succeeded in occupying some of the outer islands of the Queen Eweni Islands. Unfortunately, these islands were basically not preserved and were gradually taken back by the elves.

In the recent battles in the Queen Eweni Islands, the gray dwarves have suffered repeated losses...

Even though the Sirens summoned a large amount of fog in the waters of Queen Ivne Islands, they were unable to seize Queen Ivne Island from the Silver Pegasus Knights of the Silver Moon Elves.

Macchio felt that from that time on, the gray dwarves living in the waters of Que Island slowly began to lose their glorious moments.

These gray dwarves began to suffer repeated setbacks in front of the elven army. By the time he led the fleet to reinforce the waters of Que Island, the gray dwarves of Que Island had lost nearly 100,000 gray dwarf warriors in the battle with the Silvermoon elves, and almost 100 of their most precious three-masted sailing ships were also lost.

A large number of three-masted sailing ships were lost, and this loss was the most unacceptable to the gray dwarves.

Because the Gray Dwarf homeland in the north of the Elven Continent has now become a large battlefield, and the two largest Gray Dwarf cities have become ruins in the war.

The great demons in the Blazing Hell entered the homeland of the Gray Dwarves through the portal of the demon warlock. The Gray Dwarves could not stop the demon army and could only abandon the Gray Dwarves' historic cities one by one...

The gray dwarves could not stop the demon army of the Burning Hell, and their neighbors, the tribal orcs on the Mensa Plains, would naturally not just guard the border.

In fact, when the first city of the gray dwarves was captured by the demon army, the wolf rider army of the tribal orcs crossed the snow-capped mountains to the north and entered the territory of the gray dwarves.

In addition, the dwarf kingdom, which is separated from the gray dwarves by an icy sea, also sent a 500,000-strong dwarf army.

Although the gray dwarves have always been labeled as bandits, they are part of the dwarf race after all. The dwarf kingdom upholds the brotherhood and leads the dwarf army to support them.

Since the dwarves and orcs reinforced the gray dwarves at the same time, the gray dwarves had a huge buffer period.

Their battle situation with the Flaming Hell Demon Legion was sometimes good and sometimes bad.

Some of the gray dwarves stayed behind to guard their homes, while others sailed south to find new homes.

At their best, the coalition forces of the gray dwarves, dwarves and tribal orcs even reached the gates of hell.

Unfortunately, a gray dwarf general stole a batch of valuable magic weapons with Hextech technology belonging to the dwarf kingdom. The three-party coalition lost the most basic trust overnight and could only fight on their own.

The Flaming Hell Demon Legion took the opportunity to retake one-third of the Gray Dwarfs' territory.

Because orcs participated in this war, the elves, who were the orcs' mortal enemies, did not want to participate in this war.

A plane war broke out in the Green Empire, and it was unable to take care of itself.

Nearly half of the gray dwarves' northern homeland was occupied by demons, and the rest of the place was basically destroyed.

Most of the gray dwarves were displaced because of this...

They didn't want to stay in the cold north and face the demons in the flaming hell, so a large number of gray dwarves migrated south by boat.

As for the demon army, it is jointly fought by the Dwarf Kingdom and the tribal orcs. Currently, most of the gray dwarfs' homeland has become a battlefield. Both sides continue to send troops to the battlefield, but the gray dwarves, the masters of this land, leave early.

Now the gray dwarves only want to migrate to Garo Island in the Seventh Sea.

Garo Island is a large island that is very suitable for living. The longest axis of the entire island is more than 500 kilometers.

There are only some sub-humans such as kobolds, werewolves, guinea pigs, etc. on the island. If the dwarves live on this island, it will be much better than suffering from the cold in the north.

For the gray dwarves, the biggest problem in migrating to Garo Island is that the journey is too long. The gray dwarves need to organize a huge fleet to transport all the gray dwarves there.

In addition, it is necessary to ensure that the waterway is unobstructed, the fleet is safe, and there are sufficient resting places along the way to replenish supplies.

In the past ten years, the Gray Dwarves have successively formed more than seventy fleets and sent nearly four million Gray Dwarves to Garo Island. However, only two million Gray Dwarves have actually arrived at Garo Island. The rest of the Gray Dwarves have almost all settled down on the islands along the way.

There are currently less than two million gray dwarves left in their northern homeland.

In recent times, the number of gray dwarves in the waters of Kui Island has dropped sharply by nearly 100,000.

Another important transit station, Kui Island, was also occupied by a half-elf force.

The gray dwarves living in the sea area of ​​Kuei Island were frequently attacked by half-blood elves, and many of them even wanted to migrate to the south.

If the gray dwarves lost the archipelago in the waters of Que Island, their sea route from north to south would be cut off.

This was unacceptable to the gray dwarves in the north who had not yet had time to leave their homes.

Commander Machio led the fleet to the waters of Que Island to clean up the mess there.

But he didn't expect that the gray dwarves here were rotten to the core.

They had long since become a group of profit-seeking slave traders, and recently the elves had their backs broken. When they saw the elves, they couldn't even straighten their backs, let alone fight against them...

This time, Mazio reorganized the gray dwarf army near the waters of Que Island, but no gray dwarf was willing to join.

Most of them would rather hide in the caves on the island than come out to fight.

The gray dwarves here have almost lost all their three-masted sailing ships. They usually travel with only rafts and canoes. They are easily overturned when encountering two-meter-high waves at sea...

Mazio was a little confused. In the past few years, the battle reports sent back from the waters of Que Island often boasted about how brave the gray dwarves were, as if it would not be long before they would destroy the entire elven world.

Now! All I can say is that those boastful gray dwarves have been mixed with the sand on the seabed...

Set foot on the land of Kui Island...

Machio looked at the aliens who kept falling in pools of blood...

When the gray dwarf warriors rushed into the jungle, they were only blocked by a small group of elven guards. Commander Machio suddenly felt that the half-elf army was nothing special.

This is where Lord Machio starts over!

Looking at the annoying griffin cavalry overhead, Machio hurriedly urged the surrounding gray dwarf warriors to quickly enter the jungle.

Once all the gray dwarf warriors enter, it will be the turn of the griffin cavalry to have a headache.

As long as those griffon riders dared to charge into the jungle, Machio was ready to try some salted roasted bird in the evening.

The only thing that troubled him was the fearless aliens. Even though they were at an absolute disadvantage, they still dared to rush up and fight with the gray dwarf warriors. In the sky, the griffin cavalry only threw two rounds to increase the flight altitude.

The gray dwarf warriors continue to drill into the island jungle...

The griffin riders did not continue their pursuit, and the gray dwarves only left hundreds of gray dwarf corpses on the beach. This level of casualties was still acceptable to Commander Machio.

As for the twenty three-masted sailing ships anchored outside the seawall, Commander Macchio did not leave any guards behind.

According to Commander Machio's plan, they would engage in an extremely protracted war with the half-blood elves on the island of Que, so they had no intention of leaving the island by ship in the near future. Dispersing the troops to guard the three-masted sailing ship would only further disperse the limited troops...

Besides, most of the three-masted sailing ships were damaged.

Machio didn't believe that the half-elves would be able to drive them away in the short term.

In his opinion, the eastern part of Kui Island is currently occupied by the gray dwarves.

If the elves dare to approach here, they will be struck by their thunder.

What worries Macchio most is the battle situation at the Quei Island Pier.

I don't know if the gray dwarves on the imperial merchant ship can hold out until the moment they kill them...

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The griffin cavalry hovered over the beach battlefield and did not rush down to chase the gray dwarf bandits who rushed into the dense forest.

These gray dwarves wearing heavy chain armor could not run fast after entering the jungle. The jungle was full of vines and ferns, and the island was covered with slippery moss. The gray dwarves were born with short legs, and faced with those unavoidable vines, the dwarves could only clear a path through the forest.

According to the latest intelligence obtained by the Griffin Cavalry, the mine guard regiment is less than seven kilometers away...

Captain Tiprado had no intention of sending the griffin cavalry to engage in a head-on collision with the gray dwarf army.

Seeing that all the gray dwarf bandits had rushed into the dense forest, Captain Tiprado sent out a squadron of griffin cavalry to closely monitor the movements of these gray dwarf bandits over the dense forest in the east.

In addition, a griffin squadron was sent to the area where the mine guards were located. The island was so large that the cavalry needed to guide the elven guards on the ground...

Then Captain Tiprado turned his attention to the three-masted sailing ships outside the seawall.

A team of griffin riders flew over and immediately discovered that most of these three-masted sailing ships had been damaged and could not be driven away until they were repaired.

Moreover, there were so many sailboats crowded together, but there were no gray dwarf bandits guarding them.

The three-masted ship looked empty...

The bows of the first five three-masted sailing ships were completely shattered and may need major repairs.

The dozen or so three-masted sailing ships at the back were also crowded together, and almost all of their hulls had various scratches. The bows of these sailing ships had some degree of damage. If they were not repaired, they would not be able to continue sailing on the sea.

Captain Tiprado landed on the seawall with a squadron of griffin cavalry. The elven warriors drew their swords from their waists and followed Captain Tiprado's footsteps, charging towards the crowded three-masted sailing ships.

Several gray dwarf crew members hiding in the ship's tower were frightened when they saw the griffin riders boarding the ship with weapons in hand, and they jumped into the sea one after another, causing several waves to rise on the sea surface.

Captain Tiprador ordered the cavalry to search the ships, but found almost nothing on these three-masted sailing ships.

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The bloodiness in the bones of the plateau headhunters was completely aroused by the gray dwarves.

The surviving headhunters smashed the shackles around their ankles with hammers. They stripped the heavy armor from the dead gray dwarves and put it on themselves. Then, the headhunters chased into the jungle.

The griffin riders were ordered to conduct reconnaissance over the jungle. They did not dare to fly too low, but they could still observe the movements of the group of gray dwarf bandits.

The first army to arrive at the jungle east of Kuei Island was the Assassin Regiment led by Captain Tennyson.

In the past, Dark Moon Elf warriors usually carried out missions at night, and the reconnaissance teams were also composed of Dark Moon Elf warriors...

Now with the support of the griffin cavalry in the air, Captain Tennyson no longer needs to arrange too many reconnaissance teams. He can accurately determine the location of the gray dwarf bandits based on the instructions of the griffin cavalry in the air.

And now the Dark Moon Elves hide in the dense forest.

Following the guidance of the griffin riders, Captain Tennyson led the Darkmoon Elf warriors to ambush on the route that the gray dwarf bandits had to pass.

This is the home of the elves...

Captain Tennyson and more than 800 Dark Moon Elf warriors waited in the jungle for about a quarter of an hour, and then they found that some half-elf guards on the treetops above their heads were retreating to the northwest.

At the same time, the guidance of the griffin cavalry in the sky also indicated that the group of gray dwarf bandits would be here soon.

"Everyone follow my instructions..."

Captain Tennyson leaned against the tree trunk, and as his body gradually became transparent, he seemed to have completely merged into the tree.

A group of Dark Moon Elf warriors had been lurking in this dense forest.

Finally, the sound of chaotic footsteps was heard. These gray dwarf bandits were wearing heavy dwarf chain mail, and the iron boots on their feet stepped on the soft mud in the woods, leaving very deep footprints. A lot of mud stuck to the boots, and they couldn't get rid of it when they ran.

The gray dwarves have very short legs, and the roads in the jungle are very muddy, which naturally makes these gray dwarves miserable.

Not long after they entered the dense forest, they were sweating profusely due to the sultry environment. There were also many elves hiding in the trees and shooting arrows at them, so they dared not take off their helmets and armor. They could only wear heavy armor and grope forward in sweat.

These gray dwarves came from the north and were unfamiliar with the environment of the island. They sweated profusely while marching in the jungle and had to constantly replenish water.

After the assassins' ambush, no one noticed the abnormality in this forest area...

Captain Tennyson did not choose to give the gray dwarves a head-on attack. He let most of the gray dwarf bandits pass through the woods and waited until the gray dwarves who had fallen behind caught up before giving the order to attack.

A gray dwarf bandit who was left behind tried hard to pull his boots out of the mud. He held on to the trunk of a tree with one hand and used a stick with the other to scrape the mud off his boots. Then he opened the buckle of his chain mail and kept fanning his belly...

At this moment, an arm stretched out from the tree trunk and appeared behind him. This arm directly strangled the gray dwarf bandit's neck. A sharp dagger inserted into the gap of the buckle near his left rib, and the tip of the knife went straight to the heart along the gap between the ribs.

The gray dwarf warrior didn't even have time to shout before he leaned against the tree trunk, twitching all over, and then stopped breathing.

(End of this chapter)