Path of Light.

Chapter 862 863. Island Night

The young Silver-haired Empire merchant saw Moses standing in the rooftop nursery. He could just see the scene on the deck through the gaps in the flowerpots, so he smiled and asked him:

"What's wrong? Moses, are you testing us?"

When he laughed, his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

Moses grinned at him. At this moment, no matter how calm he was, it was difficult for him to laugh.

Now that you have become a prisoner, you have to obey others at this time.

The elves are relatively civilized and rarely torture prisoners of war.

At least until now, these imperial people have not been treated harshly except for having to chisel stones in the stone pond during the day.

Whether it was the businessman Moses or the silver-haired businessman, at this moment, they felt as if something heavy was pressing down on their hearts, making it difficult for them to breathe...

Because they also don't know how many imperial merchants can withstand this kind of interrogation.

The half-elf officer called over another imperial merchant.

Boss Roy was still sitting on the chair on the deck, talking about the same issues as Moses and the Silver Hair Empire merchant.

Afterwards, Roy didn't even pay attention to the imperial businessman, as if it didn't matter whether he said it or not.

The answer he gave... was just to verify the answer given by the previous businessman.

"I know that there is a coastline from Murayaki Harbor to Castletown Harbor, and further south is Minascu Harbor."

"If the gray dwarf bandits want to capture the Silver Moon Elf slaves, they will lure away the Silver Pegasus Knights on this coastline, and then send out three-masted sailing ships to wait for an opportunity to steal them, and then bypass the Queen Ewenni Islands and return to Que Island for repairs."

"The gray dwarves have always felt that the Queen Ewenni Islands are the biggest obstacle between Que Island and the Elven Continent."

"Every time they go to the Elf Continent to capture Silver Moon Elf slaves, they have to make a long detour on the sea, so they have been trying to seize this island from the Silver Pegasus Knights in recent years..."

Roy looked at the Empire Merchant speechlessly and said to him:

"You don't have to tell me this..."

The imperial merchant quickly shut up. He took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off his forehead, and glanced at the half-blood elf guard who was approaching. He was so scared that he bent down and knelt, waving his hands and saying, "I'll tell you..."

He walked to the deck covered with nautical charts, looked at the detailed chart of the Endless Sea, and sat down on the ground in fear.

There were no such detailed sea charts on the imperial merchant ships, and even the imperial merchants did not know what was happening in many sea areas...

"Is this a chart of the Endless Sea?"

The Empire Merchant muttered to himself. He wiped the sweat from his palms carelessly. He first glanced at the Elf Continent, then followed the coastline to see Castletown Harbor, Partington Island, Queen Eweni Islands, and Kuei Island...

"This is the starting point of the slave trade route. Generally speaking, slave traders in the surrounding area will transport slaves to the Lost Sea for sale, because not all slave ships can cross the Endless Sea."

"They sold the slaves to Plusterton Island, and then the slave ships that arrived at Plusterton Island regularly every two months transported the slaves on the island to Roland Continent..."

The Empire Merchant pointed at the Lost Sea and said to Roy:
"This slave market on Plusterton Island in the Lost Sea is managed by a group of powerful sea monsters. It is also one of the most important transit points on the slave trade route."

The imperial merchant then quickly found more than a dozen archipelagos on the nautical chart, and circled islands one by one on these archipelagos, including Sukadana Island, Malinda Island, Sulawesi Island, Bengkulu Island, etc. He connected these islands together with arrows.

Roy discovered that the distance between these islands was just enough for the fleet to reach another island for supplies after sailing for about a month...

These islands extend little by little into the depths of the Endless Sea.

Roy said to the half-elf guard, "Take him to rest."

The imperial merchant left the deck with trepidation. He was taken to a cabin on the second floor of the ship by the half-elf guards. He did not see the merchant Moses and the silver-haired merchant standing on the roof of the ship staring at him angrily.

The imperial merchant seemed to have noticed something unusual. Before he walked into the room, he looked around the door, but unfortunately he did not see Moses, the merchant on the rooftop.

With the first person willing to speak up, more than a dozen imperial merchants followed suit, all choosing to point out the slave trade route after Roy stated the conditions...

The businessman Moses stood on the roof with a pale face. He suddenly felt that it was not worth keeping this secret.

The young silver-haired businessman also cursed angrily:
"We were so blind to choose to do business with these traitors!"

Later on, there were a few people who were strong enough to stand firm. They were also brought to the flower garden by the half-elf guards.

Those who were willing to reveal the slave trade route moved into the rooms in the ship's tower in advance to rest.

After more than 30 businessmen were interrogated continuously, it was already very late.

At this time, most of the imperial merchants standing in the flower garden regretted not confessing before.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether they say it or not. Since so many businessmen have said it, this slave route is no longer a secret.

Soon Roy went up to the rooftop, stood at the entrance of the flower garden and said to the Empire businessman inside:
"I respect your choice and admire your courage. Since this is the choice you made, I hope you will enjoy this boring life in the future!"

"Tell me the merchants on the route. They can follow us through this slave trade route to the Green Empire. I will give them a chance and have their families pay the ransom to buy them back."

"Those of you who are unwilling to reveal the slave trade routes obviously do not fully understand the crimes you have committed. You will stay on the island and continue to work. If you remember any important information, you can tell me at any time."

"But if you come to me and tell me some important information, I won't go to such great lengths to verify whether you are lying or not."

"When the time comes...you need to find a way to prove it to me and make me believe that what you said is true."

“Send them back to the camp by the sea and let them continue to dig stones with the headhunters.”

"As for those merchants who mentioned the slave trade route, let them work in the shipyard here. Let them clean the decks and paint the three-masted sailing ships that are ready for repair!"

Roy's last words were addressed to the half-elf guards.

Before several half-elf guards took the imperial merchants away from the flower garden, merchant Moses passed by Roy, stared at him intently, and said in a low voice:

"I think even Belial, the king of lies, would tell you the most secret things in his heart, you devil..."

"I'll take that as a compliment!"

Roy took a step forward and punched the merchant Moses in the abdomen. The merchant Moses felt a sharp pain in the abdomen, and he almost fell down with his body hunched over. The half-elf guard beside him quickly held his arm and, at Roy's signal, took these regretful imperial merchants back to the tent by the sea.

Roy turned around and got off the Black Pearl. He walked around the dock before returning to the tree house under the coconut tree.

……

The imperial merchants were sent back to the camp on the seashore by the half-elf guards. As for those imperial merchants who mentioned the slave trade route, they could sleep on soft and clean wooden beds tonight.

Miss Tiffany and Woods remained on the Black Pearl, each of them having a separate room on the first deck of the ship.

Miss Tiffany's room was almost the most comfortable room on the entire Black Pearl. Miss Tiffany had put a lot of effort into that room...

Tiffany and Woods were still standing on the deck as they watched Roy walk into the tree house under the coconut trees.

Tiffany was leaning against the side of the boat, holding a glass of orange wine in her hand, looking up at the starry sky.

Woods drank the fruit wine in the glass in one gulp, exhaled the alcohol, and spoke his true feelings to Miss Tiffany:
"Sometimes I really don't understand. What he thinks in his heart is really different from ours, and his style of doing things is also different. He won't just do good things blindly. He will do whatever it takes to make something better. Sometimes I even think his soul is half angel and half devil!"

This half-elf druid from Darnassus was a little confused. For Woods, the two things Roy had done recently had already crossed the bottom line.

The first thing is that it is obvious that more gray dwarf bandits could be captured in the eastern part of Kui Island, but the plan implemented by Roy is to eliminate as many gray dwarf bandits as possible who have the idea of ​​resisting.

Captain Tennyson led the Assassin Regiment to slaughter at least 5,000 more Gray Dwarf warriors who refused to surrender...

It was obvious that if they were given a little more pressure, their defenses would completely collapse, but Captain Tennyson didn't want to do that at all, which made Woods, who had been participating in the battle, very angry.

Miss Tiffany took a sip of the orange wine in her glass, narrowed her eyes and said to Woods:
"The Nagas once found an ancient stone tablet in a war site. It is currently on display in the antique display room of the Stair Throne in Jonahagen City. The stone tablet once recorded a fragmentary ancient Naga text. My teacher told me that this sentence can be translated into Naga language as 'punish evil and promote good'."

She smiled and said, "At that time, my understanding of this sentence was 'punish evil deeds and praise good deeds'."

Tiffany turned around and looked at the deserted dock, and said, "But now I have a new understanding. I think punishing evil is actually spreading light... He is a priest!"

Woods didn't know how to complain to Miss Tiffany, so he said:
"Okay, I know that you and Roy are now tied together. You both want to cross the Endless Sea and see the other side of the sea..."

Miss Tiffany said somewhat disagreeingly:
"In fact, it would be much easier for me to cross the Endless Sea alone."

Woods raised the empty glass in his hand and shook it at Miss Tiffany, then walked straight back into the room, saying as he walked:

"Then I must thank you very much for being willing to take us across this sea..."

Miss Tiffany ignored the slightly drunk Woods and looked up at the distant night sky, taking advantage of the cool breeze blowing from the sea.

……

Roy returned to the tree house to take a shower and then lie down on the bed.

The window in the room was not closed, the sea breeze blew open the gauze curtains, letting the starlight fall into the room...

Moira seemed to be asleep.

Her long eyelashes were like small brushes, and her clean face reflected a porcelain luster. The pointed ears that showed from under her hair were so cute. Her head was sunk into the soft pillow, and her breathing was very even.

She curled up her body, a bit like a baby in the womb, her suspender nightgown slipped down her shoulders, revealing a large area of ​​delicate skin under the thin blanket.

Roy lay down on the bed quietly and gently covered himself with the quilt.

He was about to go to sleep when Moira came up from behind, put her arms around Roy and pressed her face against his back.

Soon Roy noticed some dampness on his linen pajamas.

Then he held Moira's slender waist with his backhand and asked in a low voice:
"what happened?"

Turning around, one hand gently stroked Moira's little face, ears and hair on her temples.

Moira opened her big, pretty eyes with a look of grievance, and whispered with tears:
"I'm sorry, I always feel like I'm not good enough and can't help you..."

Roy quickly reached out and wiped away the tears from Moira's eyes.
Roy's face was reflected in her big dark eyes. They lay on the bed and looked at each other. Roy held her in his arms, kissed her forehead and said:
"How can I not help? How could that be possible!

Do you know that my life is complete just because you are by my side?

In fact, I was also very confused at that time.

Even when Belinda gave up her uptown life and took me to Brown Street, I wasn't doing very well.

You know, because of my appearance, many elves always looked down on me. At that time, people always laughed at me. To put it nicely, they said I was a half-elf, and to put it bluntly, I was a bastard.

Do you know how many cold eyes were looked at me from behind? Those eyes were like sharp needles, piercing from my back into my heart.

I even feel that this world is like a dream. There are countless beautiful things around me, but none of them belong to me. I have tried to break this dream countless times, but every time I failed.

At that time, I discovered that there were two extremely beautiful elf girls living next door to our house.

In fact, I just don’t know how to approach you or how to get your attention, which is why I made some rash moves…”

"So that's why you rashly lifted up Sabrina's skirt?" Moira blinked her big eyes and asked in Roy's ear with a smile.

"I already told you, it wasn't intentional."

Roy said with a guilty conscience.

"Moira, I want to cross mountains and seas with you..."

The night sea breeze blew into the room, and the murmur of the elf girl was heard from inside.

Wendy walked into the living room and prepared to pour a cup of lemon tea from the kettle on the dining table. Some indescribable sounds made her blush and her heart was beating wildly. She was wearing a loose nightgown, holding her chest tightly, and quickly slipped back to her room with the teacup in her hand.

When I lay back on the bed, I couldn't fall asleep.

She sat up from the bed, walked to the window, drew aside the curtains to see the sea at night, but found a blurry figure lying on the rattan chair on the terrace.

A night saber leopard also lay on the terrace floor, licking its paws with its tongue.

(End of this chapter)