Path of Light.

Chapter 917 917. Homesick
The sound of rocks breaking and shattering followed...

Countless pieces of gravel fell into the sea, creating a splash of water.

The magic cannon shattered the nearly five-meter-high reef with one shot, and even melted a large hole with a diameter of more than one meter in the belly of the reef.

The base of the magic cannon on the front deck of the magic airship only vibrated slightly, and the ten exhaust pipes on both sides spewed out a large amount of white steam, completely covering the half-blood elf crew on the deck, but the magic airship did not shake at all...

A gust of sea breeze blew away the white steam, and the half-elf crew standing on the deck cheered...

Roy then moved closer to the gem base. On the gem base inlaid with twelve magic crystals, the top magic crystal had turned into stone powder like crystal sand.

This magic cannon actually consumed a magic crystal stone for each test firing. The cost was very high...

Roy was quite satisfied with the results of this test launch.

The worries that had been hanging in the balance can finally be put at ease. The magic airship is equipped with magic cannons. Even if facing the Northern Army fleet from Durrag's Knee, the mine guards are still capable of fighting.

Afterwards, the magic cannon entered a long energy storage period.

In fact, the magic cannon cannot fire continuously.

After the magic cannon completes a shot, the magic pattern array on the barrel will first enter a cooling period, and then the magic crystals embedded in the barrel will have to complete the infusion of mana, and all the magic crystals will light up before the second shot can be made.

Roy didn't plan to try again.

The magic cannon with a gun mount finally demonstrated its terrifying power in front of the half-elf crew.

What was just hit was a reef.

If it hit a three-masted sailing ship, the power of this shot would be enough to blow the entire ship in half, which was exactly what Roy needed.

Great Magician Grames turned around happily and hugged Roy.

"We did it, Roy!"

"Yes, Grahams, this time I plan to have the shipyard install magic cannons on the decks of all magic airships overnight!"

Roy was also very happy and immediately gave the order...

Although the shipyard installed the magic cannons overnight, it was not until noon the next day that all the magic cannons were installed on the magic airship.

Even so, these magic cannons were not tested or debugged, but were hastily installed on the deck...

……

They waited until noon the next day, when the dock of Kui Island was crowded with half-elf guards ready to board the ship.

The griffin cavalry and priests of the Knights Templar were first on board, followed by the Dark Moon Elf warriors and half-elf guards. Magic airships came from the shipyard and docked at the pier of Kuei Island.

The half-elf guards lined up in a long queue and boarded the ship one after another.

Emotions were high...

When they heard that they were going to the Mensa Strait to rescue their fellow countrymen who had been trafficked, the half-elf guards were all excited.

At the dock of Que Island, Roy took Moira, Sabrina and Miss Tiffany onto the Black Pearl.

Woods stood in the Black Pearl's cockpit, stretched out a hand from the window and waved vigorously at Roy.

"Roy, come up quickly, we are about to set off..."

Woods shouted.

Roy nodded to Woods, indicating that it was time to take off.

The floating devices that had just been installed on both sides of the ship were activated one after another, and the magic airship began to stagger away from the sea.

Miss Tiffany returned to her cabin...

Moira and Sabrina each have their own rooms on the Black Pearl. Their cabins are on the second floor of the ship and are decorated very exquisitely.

The entire hull of the Black Pearl is a living tree. Originally, this living tree was limited to the main mast. Later, Woods used the "Druid Secret Art" to completely revive the main keel and main mast of the entire ship and combined them into one.

Therefore, some green leaves grew on many places on the hull of the ship.

As the Black Pearl, on which Roy was riding, took off first, the second, third, and fourth magic airships took off from the Kui Island Pier one after another.

These magic airships formed an ascending curve in the air, creating a spectacular scene.

In addition to the Kuei Island dock being filled with half-elves, the beach inside the shipyard was also filled with half-elf crew members and Imperials. When they saw the magic airships taking off, all the crew members breathed a sigh of relief.

In the past few days, everyone in the shipyard has been repairing the ships day and night, and now all the magic airships have finally been sent out.

I think everyone should take a good rest for a few days...

……

Before entering the wind sphere, the magic airship must stay in the clouds.

Only when all the magic airships have flown into the clouds can they fly into the wind sphere together.

It was only then that Moira, standing on the ship's tower, discovered that a new magical device had been installed on the observation deck at the top of the main mast.

She walked down the ship's tower curiously and came to the main mast. The lookout saw Moira looking up at the magical device on the observation deck, so he explained to her:

"This magic device was installed half a month ago. We don't know what it is used for yet. It is said that after being activated, it can support a large shield on the ship... But this thing needs a magician to operate it. We don't know how to use it at all."

Moira grabbed the long hem of her skirt with one hand and climbed up the ladder of the main mast with the other hand.

Although she was wearing a long skirt, it did not affect her climbing up and down at all. She quickly climbed up to the nearly 18-meter-high main mast lookout. Standing on the narrow lookout, she looked around, touched the railing of the lookout with both hands, and asked Roy on the top of the ship loudly:
"Roy, what is this?"

"Magic protection shield, technology from the goblin era." Roy answered loudly without any hesitation.

Moira pulled a silk handkerchief from her waist pocket, hung it on a cable, and then grabbed the handkerchief with one hand and slid down from the observation deck.

The cable was tied to a pillar at the stern of the building. Moira slid directly from the observation deck to the top of the building, then let go of the rope and stood steadily on the roof.

Roy reached out his hand to hold Moira's arm, pointed at the magic device on the main mast and said:
"If the magic cannon is an indestructible spear, then this is a giant shield as solid as a rock. When it is turned on, an energy shield will appear on the magic airship. This energy shield can resist most attacks from the outside world."

"Of course, it also burns magic crystals." Woods in the captain's room poked his head out and added.

"Well, it's even more exaggerated than the magic cannon..."

The great magician Grames, who was also in the captain's room, added another sentence.

Roy continued, "So, since the Goblin era, wars have been about advancing magic technology while consuming a large amount of magic energy."

Grimes came out of the captain's room, climbed up the ladder next to the captain's room to the roof, and continued:
"During that period, the areas controlled by the goblins continued to develop energy veins. The energy in the Goblin Empire was exhausted and a large number of monsters became extinct. In fact, the crime they committed was not only the creation of the demigod Titans, but also caused the main plane to show signs of collapse, so they were cursed by the gods."

Moira asked with some concern, "Will we not be punished by God for using these hextech products from the goblin era?"

The great magician Grams shook his head with great certainty:
"These have been preserved, but they were probably nothing in the Goblin era. I have studied some historical materials. It is said that the most powerful magic cannon in the Goblin era was built on the Sky City. It consumes tens of thousands of magic crystals to fire it once, and it also requires twelve high-level magic crystals. One launch can almost destroy half of the city..."

Just as everyone was wondering what kind of magic cannon could destroy half of a city with one shot, a half-elf crew member ran up to report to Roy:

"Boss, all forty magic airships have taken off."

Roy instructed the crew:

"Notify Captain Rodhart and have all magic airships enter the wind layer..."

"Yes, boss."

The half-elf crew member Teng Teng Teng ran down again. He had to climb up to the lookout tower to pass flag signals to other ships.

……

It is currently the hottest summer on the island of Kuei, and the elves living on the island usually only need a cool linen shirt and a pair of gauze bloomers.

As the magic airship rose, the temperature gradually became colder.

Above the clouds, the crew began to change into warm clothes.
When the magic airship entered the appropriate wind layer, the surface of the hull began to gradually freeze, and the half-elf crew members also put on cloaks to keep warm.

At this time, except for the half-elf crew members on duty on the deck, all the elves returned to the cabin to avoid the cold.

There were four magic airships carrying griffin cavalry. A group of griffins lay quietly on the deck. They all huddled together and pulled their heads into the thick fur to prevent the cold wind from taking away the heat from their bodies.

The cold wind howled, the sails swelled, and forty magic airships sped towards the southeast at the same speed in the wind layer...

The half-elf crew patrolled the deck.

With ropes tied around their waists, they worked in groups of four to check the working status of the flotation devices on both sides of the ship.

In order to prevent the floating device from freezing, they also have to use iron chisels to constantly knock on the support of the floating device. At the same time, they also have to check the condition of the sails. Once the canvas is frosted, it needs to be cleaned in time.

Usually, such a patrol team would stay on the deck for an hour, and then a new patrol team would replace them and let them go back to the cabin to warm up.

The cabin door was pushed open by the half-elf crew members, and four half-elf crew members walked into the restaurant.

When traveling at this high speed, the magic airship's restaurant will provide hot tea with some life-tree sap.

The four half-elf guards found a place to sit down, rubbing their hands while drinking hot tea. The half-elf who was in charge of pouring the tea also gave them some cookies.

The fingers of several half-elf guards were all frozen. They sat in the warm room, holding a cup of hot tea, and began to chat with laughter.

……

On the magic airship where the Knights Templar are located,
In a cabin on the deck, Leah and Alice lived in upper and lower bunks respectively.

During this fleet trip, Leah did not accompany Roy, but stayed with her sister Alice...

According to Roy: What danger could there be on the magic airship?

Leia followed Roy to travel back and forth between Kuei Island and the Partington plane. She was used to traveling around on the magic airship, so she didn't feel anything when she boarded the magic airship this time.

But Alice found this kind of voyage very novel...

She had been living in the Templar Knights camp in the Sun Island Bay of the Partington plane for the past two years. Due to her frequent study of sacred spells, her sickly body was completely healed.

Now Alia has fair skin and a hint of light in her eyes...

The two sisters lay on narrow bunk beds in a small, private room.

Lying on the bed and chatting quietly seemed very warm.

Leah was talking to Alice about her recent experience in Castletown when she suddenly heard the voices of the Arm Priests talking through the wooden wall...

For the priests of the Knights Templar, the image of Boss Roy in their minds is still very positive.

Roy not only saved them, but also brought them out of the dark land, let them live in the Sun Island Bay, and helped them recover some of the power of holy light. Many priests were grateful to Roy.

At least that's what Leah has always thought.

At first, the priests' voices were intermittent, but later their conversations became clearer and clearer. Leah simply stopped chatting with her sister and listened to their conversation quietly.

"...I heard that some imperial merchants are helping the gray dwarves trade slaves. This time we are going to rescue those half-blood elves."

"Teacher Flint interceded for those imperial merchants, but was rejected by Boss Roy."

"Those merchants who sold slaves may be judged by the half-blood elves, but those imperial crew members are relatively innocent! They were clearly doing what the merchants told them to do. There is no reason for them to be punished as well..."

"When do you think they will accept the sentence?"

"Boss Roy probably doesn't have much time right now, so he can only arrange for them to work in the shipyard. When he is free, he will deal with those guys in the shipyard."

"The half-blood elves' punishment for prisoners of war is almost always to make them do hard labor."

"I think we should get in touch with those imperial merchants. Maybe we will have a chance to return to Roland Continent."

"Are you planning to make a deal with those slave traders?"

"How could that be! How could I possibly trade with slave traders? There must be some good people among all the imperial merchants! Can't we just contact them?"

"It's not that easy... In fact, isn't it good for us to live like this now?"

"Is, I'm a little homesick."

The Empire Merchant's voice was somewhat low:

"When I was in the Dark Land before, the living conditions there were so harsh that I didn't know how long I could live. I lived every day as if it were my last, and I didn't have any extraneous thoughts. But it's different now! We are now on the west coast of the Elf Continent. As long as we find an Imperial merchant ship, we will have a chance to return to Green. These past two days, whenever I close my eyes, I can dream of the two cherry trees at home."

"I'm different from you. I grew up in the Statue of Liberty. I heard that all the Statue of Liberty in Green has been demolished. Even if I go back, I have no place to stay."

"..."

The two sisters listened for a while through the wooden wall and fell silent.

(End of this chapter)