Path of Light.

Chapter 857 858. Test Firing of Magic Cannon

The gray dwarf bandits had been causing trouble on the island of Kuei for more than ten days. Captain Tennyson, along with more than a thousand Darkmoon Elf assassins, had turned almost every corner of the dense forests on the island of Kuei, and almost all of the hidden gray dwarves had been dug out by the Darkmoon elves.

There were about 30,000 gray dwarf bandits who landed on the island this time, and there were also about 6,000 gray dwarf bandits who appeared in the waters near the Kuei Island dock on imperial merchant ships.

Among so many gray dwarf bandits, only more than 15,000 gray dwarves became captives, and the rest were almost all buried under various trees in the dense forests of Kuei Island, becoming fertilizer for this forest...

Originally, the number of gray dwarf prisoners could be greater, but unfortunately the commander of the search mission this time was Captain Tennyson.

The half-elf guards of the mine guard regiment on Kui Island entered the eastern forest area to bury the bodies of the gray dwarves in the past few days. Most of them vomited while burying the bodies. After they walked out of the dense forest one by one, it was as if their souls had been cleansed.

Everyone had heard of Captain Tennyson's vicious reputation, but they had never seen how vicious Captain Tennyson was. This time they finally saw it thoroughly.

I heard that Captain Tennyson was sent to the Parram Island Prison because he was found guilty of killing prisoners in the army. He was sentenced to 400 years in prison by the Dark Moon Elf Elder Council, and he was serving his sentence in the Parram Island Prison in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom...

Those gray dwarf prisoners with their hands tied with ropes would be so scared that they would pee their pants when they saw Captain Tennyson walking past them.

There were always a large number of half-elves standing in the dense woods in the forest square, watching the gray dwarf bandits walk into the portal in rows without being tied up with ropes, with dull expressions on their faces, just like when they first landed on Plusterton Island in the Sea of ​​Lost.

"Where are they going?"

The half-elf squatting behind the bushes whispered to a half-elf dressed as a gatherer.

The collector replied, "To serve my sentence in the prisoner-of-war camp in Plateau City."

"Serving a sentence? How many years will they be incarcerated for?"

"After arriving there, they will be tried one after another. The number of points they will be sentenced to will vary depending on the crime they committed. As long as they earn enough points in the concentration camp, they can regain their freedom."

The half-blood elf stretched his head to look at the dejected gray dwarf prisoners and asked:
"If I don't have enough points, won't I be locked up in a concentration camp for life?"

The collector shook his head and said:
"I heard that many gray dwarf craftsmen are unwilling to come out even if they have enough points. What can they do outside? What else can they do except become bandits? But in the concentration camp, they are just a group of blacksmiths. They can drink some wine after work every day. Life in the blacksmith workshop is stable and solid."

The half-elf narrowed his eyes, imagining what the rumored plateau city looked like.

This time, the half-blood elves on Kuei Island bared their fangs and swallowed up the gray dwarves who were trying to seize the island. This not only shocked the gray dwarves on the surrounding islands of Kuei Island, but also greatly boosted the confidence of the half-blood elves who had just arrived on Kuei Island. They seemed to have seen a better life in the future...

Therefore, the whereabouts of these gray dwarf prisoners became a topic of conversation after dinner.

Mulin left five days ago.

This time, she was escorting 10,000 gray dwarf prisoners back to the Plateau City...

If it were half a year ago, if one wanted to transport 10,000 gray dwarf prisoners to the Plateau City, the magic airship would probably have to fly repeatedly between the Plateau City and Padstow City several times. But now, fifteen magic airships are lined up in a long queue, which can transport all the gray dwarf prisoners to the Plateau City at once.

When the half-blood elves in Padstow heard that the mine guards had won a victory on the island of Kuei, their spirits suddenly became high, and many of them even held celebrations in various squares in the city.

It is said that the sales of fruit wine in Padstow have increased sharply, causing many orchards in Padstow Forest to start brewing fruit wine with moderate sweetness and sourness.

The city of Padstow has once again stockpiled a large amount of magical herbs in recent times.

The purchase price of these magic herbs was adjusted according to the market price of magic herbs. Although there was only one magic herb trading company that purchased these magic herbs, Roy did not let the herb managers use this opportunity to lower the price severely. Instead, he traded in bulk at 70% off the magic market price.

A large amount of magical herbs are stored in the warehouse in Padstow every day, and many magic potion collectors make money...

The abundant food resources in the Padstow Forest mean that the half-blood elves in the city never have to worry about food and drink. Currently, the tree houses in Padstow City are completely saturated, so the half-blood elves have no worries about food and clothing.

Now the half-blood elves in Padstow pay more attention to healthy eating, and occasionally go to the pub with three or two friends to have a few drinks...

In the night sky of Padstow, magic airships rose silently above the clouds.

……

As soon as Roy walked out of the portal, he was told by the half-elf guard standing at the portal that the great magician Grams was testing the magic cannon on the beach.

Seeing that the Forest Square was filled with various daily necessities shipped from Padstow City, and a group of clerks were still registering the accounts in different categories, Roy did not care whether these materials were for building tree houses in the forest or expanding the dock of Kui Island.

He had no time to pay attention to all this. After sending away the last batch of gray dwarf prisoners, Roy hurried back to Que Island.

Great Magician Grams has been studying magical products under Hextech on the island recently, and the magic cannon, which is the most respected in the eyes of the dwarves, is naturally the first one to be studied.

Unfortunately, these magic cannons only have barrels, and there is no elevation frame to adjust the projection angle or special gun mount to eliminate recoil.

It is obviously a little early for Grahams to test the power of the magic cannon now.

Roy hurried to the beach, worried that he would be a step too slow and miss the first test firing of the magic cannon.

Leia always follows Roy closely, but few elves see her.

Walking through a clean forest path and passing the tree house under the coconut tree, Roy couldn't help but look at the terrace. The clothesline next to the terrace was full of various clothes and sheets hanging out to dry.

I have to say that since Wendy came to the tree house to do housework, the tree house has become clean and tidy immediately.

Wendy was wearing a long linen dress and was hanging some washed skirts on the clothesline.

She stood on tiptoe, holding the clothes in both hands.

The wood elf's slender figure makes her look slender and graceful. With the sea breeze blowing, the graceful outline of her body is revealed more clearly...

……

Roy walked quickly onto the beach and saw a group of elves gathered on the beach near the reef area on the east side of the catapult matrix. In the distance, he could also see a long tube placed on the beach.

Roy walked quickly over there and saw from afar more than a dozen Plateau Headhunter prisoners lifting the heavy magic cannon barrel onto a wooden base.

All the connections of this wooden base made of oak are wrapped with iron sheets and are equipped with some iron rivets. The entire wooden base completely wraps the barrel.

When the great magician Grams saw Roy coming, he smiled and said to him:
"I thought I would miss this test. In order to test this cannon, we built a very solid base with oak. We will use magic to temporarily reinforce the base later. Don't underestimate it because it is a wooden frame. After I strengthen it, it will be no different from an iron frame."

It was obvious that Great Wizard Grams was very confident in this gun mount, but the only problem was that after the gun barrel was placed in the gun mount, the firing angle could not be adjusted and it could only fire horizontally...

However, this time, Great Magician Grames just wanted to know the power of this magic cannon and did not really want to design a suitable gun mount for it.

With the help of several headhunters, the magic cannon was aimed at a huge sea reef 200 meters away. Roy asked the great magician Grams curiously:
"What do you think the effective range of this magic cannon is?"

"I have seen some articles describing these magic cannons in some documents. It is said that when fully loaded, the effective range of this magic cannon is about 1,200 yards..." replied the great magician Grams.

"So far! Does this magic cannon have a special sight?"

Roy stood beside the gun mount, carefully examining the runes engraved on the magic cannon.

"I think so! But I don't have any information on this."

"Should we ask some gray dwarves?" Roy said.

"Not for now. I feel annoyed when I see those gray dwarves!"

The great magician Grams took out six finely polished magic crystals from his pocket and carefully inserted them into the gem grooves.

All the elves kept moving back at the request of Great Magician Grams.

Roy was also standing among the elves, watching the great magician Grahams unfold the magic scrolls one by one and stick them on the wooden cannon mount.

As the great magician Grahams activated the magic cannon, the runes on the cannon began to light up slowly. It didn't seem to matter when the magic cannon was not activated, but when the magical light filled the cannon, the entire magic cannon immediately became dazzling.

Then, no one knew how the great magician Grahams operated, but a beam of light suddenly rushed out from the muzzle, like a ball of flame exploding at the muzzle.

Roy didn't even bother to see where the streamer hit, because under the effect of the huge recoil, the entire barrel shattered the wooden gun mount into countless pieces of wood, and the nearly four-meter-long barrel crashed directly into the sand and was almost completely buried.

The wooden gun mount was completely falling apart, and it was obvious that it would not work without a special gun mount.

The plateau headhunters hiding in the distance immediately came over and used hoes to dig out the magic cannon barrel buried in the sand.

Grams took the opportunity to check the gem groove. The great magician Grams had inserted six magic crystals into the groove, and now it was obvious that one of the magic crystals had turned into pieces.

"This thing won't burn a magic crystal with every shot!"

Roy came up and asked in surprise.

The great magician Grams said speechlessly:

"I have only activated one-sixth of the power of this magic cannon. If it fires at full capacity, it should burn six magic crystals..."

Roy immediately thought of the power of this magic cannon. He raised his head and looked at the reef in the distance.

Roy couldn't see the power of the magic cannon from the reef two hundred meters away.

When I walked over, I found that about two-thirds of the entire sea reef had disappeared.

The remaining sea reef rocks have obvious broken cuts, and no sea reef debris can be found around.

This sea reef doesn't look very big from a distance, but when you get closer, the remaining part alone is more than one meter long...

"It's very powerful! If the magic cannon is fully loaded and fired, it will probably be able to penetrate the three-masted sailing ship directly."

Great Magician Grames came over from behind and said as he looked at the traces left on the reef.

"It's a pity there is no gun mount. Has the forge workshop come up with a feasible solution?" he then asked Roy.

Roy said:

“I don’t have time to do this yet…”

The two men stood on the beach and began to talk about the gun mount of the magic cannon. Great Magician Grahams even drew a simple diagram on the beach with his hands, but felt that he didn't explain it clearly enough, so he piled up one with sand.

Roy frowned and said:

"If this gun mount is forged from black iron, it will become very heavy..."

……

While Roy and Great Magician Grams were studying the magic cannon on Kui Island, the gray dwarves on the islands surrounding Kui Island had already heard the news of the gray dwarves' defeat.

Although they did not participate in the battle, they were still very worried that the half-elf guards on the island of Kui would come after them later.

The gray dwarves did not dare to continue living on the islands around Kui Island. They ran to the place where the boats were hidden in the north of the island and went out to sea in small wooden boats.

When the gray dwarves on one island came out in full force, the gray dwarves on other islands immediately followed suit.

In just half a month, all the gray dwarves on the islands near Kui Island ran away.

For the Naga sea people, the waters of Kui Island are a golden fishing ground. Not only are there abundant fish resources here, but it is also said to be on a migratory route.

The Naga sea people of the Nozahak tribe settled down in the coral reefs in the southern part of Kui Island and were not driven away by the elven guards.

The water in the Coral Sea is clear.

From the sea surface here, you can almost see the seabed at a glance...

Ships out to sea can often see the Naga sea people swimming around in the sea.

At first, the Naga sea people were very wary of ships, but later they got used to it and ignored them when they saw them from afar.

Both sides were on guard against each other and did not attempt contact.

However, there are also some half-elves on the fishing boats who would wave and say hello to the Naga sea people in the sea, while these Naga sea people would shyly hide in the shadows of the coral reefs.

The Nagas settled down in the sea near the island of Kui. Their life was very simple. Every Naga could find a bed made of giant clams from time to time. They would usually set up small nests in the coral reefs, and when they were hungry, they would swim out of the nests to fish.

These Nagas like to sleep in their nests during the day, and only swim out to move around in the evening.

(End of this chapter)