Path of Light.

Chapter 942 941. Alliance
As soon as he entered the Kangamor Forest, Roy found that something was wrong.

The Imperial merchant ship stranded on the beach showed obvious signs of having been searched. There should be half-elf crew members guarding it, but now there was deathly silence on the Imperial merchant ship.

The three-masted sailing ship that was supposed to be parked in the sea was sailing far away in the sea, and it seemed that it did not dare to approach the coastline.

Roy took a few quick steps to a reef and took a quick look at the Imperial merchant ship. He found that there was no one on board. Then he stepped into the sea and walked towards the stranded Imperial merchant ship step by step in the waist-deep sea.

The grid rope ladder hanging from the side of the Imperial merchant ship was still intact. Roy climbed up the grid rope ladder onto the Imperial merchant ship, with Woods and Leah following behind him.

Sabrina blew a sharp whistle towards the sky, and a white griffin soon swooped down from the clouds. It spread its wings beside Sabrina and slowly landed on the reef. Then Sabrina flew into the air with Moira.

Instead of flying to the stranded imperial merchant ship, the two of them flew directly towards the three-masted sailing ship drifting in the sea. Soon Sabrina and Moira landed on the deck of the three-masted sailing ship.

Roy, Woods and Leah also searched the Imperial merchant ship. The ship was in a mess, with many clothes scattered in the corridor.

Roy found a white shirt on the ground with a large footprint printed on it...

Woods was also sniffing around on the boat at this time. When the two met, they gave the answer almost at the same time:
"Orcs!"

Roy patted his forehead; the thing he was most worried about had happened.

Sabrina rode the griffin onto the three-masted sailing ship. The half-elf crew members who stayed on the three-masted sailing ship relaxed their vigilance and drove the three-masted sailing ship back to the shore...

The three-masted sailing ship slowly approached the reef area. There were only twenty-six half-elf crew members on the entire ship.

Among these half-elf crew members, nine of them escaped from the imperial merchant ship.

"Boss, the night after you left, a group of orcs came and captured this imperial merchant ship and captured several companions. Seeing that the situation was not good, the few crew members left jumped into the sea and swam to the three-masted sailing ship in one breath. We were worried that the orcs would sneak into the three-masted sailing ship, so we didn't dare to stop the ship."

When the half-elf crew member who ran down from the ship saw Roy, he reported to him what happened that day.

Roy nodded and asked:
"They were able to sneak onto the ship right under your noses and beat you up without you being able to fight back. Which tribe do these orcs belong to...?"

Several half-blood elves blushed all of a sudden and explained quickly:

"We don't know which tribe they are from, but they all have curved horns on their heads, and every orc is very powerful."

Roy turned to Woods and whispered:
"They should be the orcs from the Aries Tribe stationed at the southern foot of the Black Gold Mountains. I am going to check if the half-blood elves hiding in the Kangamor Forest have been discovered by these orcs. If they are really controlled by the orcs, I will negotiate with them further to see if I can redeem them."

The fact that these Aries warriors did not kill the half-elf crew members on the spot means that these half-elfs are likely still alive.

Roy thought to himself.

"Let's go to the valley and check out the Black Pearl's situation." Roy said to everyone.

Sabrina pulled Roy and said:
"Or I can ride the griffin and fly over there to check the situation."

Roy shook his head, sighed and said:
"The vegetation in Kangamore Forest is very dense. If you hide in the woods with the Aries orcs, it will be difficult for you to spot their traces in the air."

"Actually, I'm not that worried about the Black Pearl. What I'm most worried about right now are the four thousand half-blood elves hiding in the forest. I guess they've already been discovered by the orcs of the Aries tribe."

"The best way now is to rush to Kangamor Forest as soon as possible and have a good talk with those orcs to see how to get them back."

"I don't want to board the Black Pearl and leave the Mensa Plains like a deserter."

After saying this, Roy jumped off the reef, looked at the edge of the Kangamor Forest a few hundred meters away, and strode towards the forest.

……

Roy's team went upstream along the stream they came from.

After entering the canyon, they found that the water of the entire stream was light red. Woods got close to the stream and smelled it, then said to Roy:
"It's blood..."

Among the team, only Roy, Woods, Sabrina and Moira looked serious.

But Zezena, Miss Tiffany, Miss Olive, Leah and Alice were not too worried...

Sabrina did not ride the white griffin to explore the way in the air. Everyone just walked along the path beside the stream. Woods smelled the smell of blood floating in the air.

Soon, Roy saw a large number of fully armed Aries warriors in a large open space by the stream. Almost all of these Aries warriors were carrying various spears and wearing thick leather armor, looking very majestic.

When Roy's team appeared at the stream, a team of Aries warriors followed them.

When Roy arrived at the open space, the team of Aries orc warriors behind him no longer hid their whereabouts and directly emerged from the bushes in the dense forest.

They stared at Roy and the others eagerly, but were not in a hurry to take action.

Roy was walking at the front of the team at this time. The first thing he saw was several thousand half-blood elves sitting in the woods. These half-blood elves looked a little listless, but at least they were still alive...

The hundreds of gray dwarf warriors of the Northern Army fleet who were captured by Roy were lying neatly beside the stream. Their heads had rolled to the side, and the remaining headless bodies were all lying on the grass.

All these gray dwarf warriors were beheaded, and it was the blood in their bodies that dyed the entire river red.

In addition to the dead gray dwarf warriors, there was a group of imperial people under the shade of the tree. These imperial people were the merchants and crew members on the imperial merchant ship stranded on the coastline. They were originally Roy's captives. The orcs treated these imperial people very well and there was some food in front of them.

Roy saw that opposite the bodies of the gray dwarf warriors, an old Aries orc seemed to be performing some kind of ritual in front of a totem pole. On top of the totem pole was a horned argali skull.

The old Aries orc placed the head of the gray dwarf warrior neatly in front of the totem pole, and then worshiped it three times. The flame of the soul actually ignited in the empty eye sockets of the argali skull.

Seeing that the Aries orc warriors behind him did not approach, Roy did not rush over.

At this time, a large number of Aries orc warriors walked out of the dense forests on both sides of the stream, and all of them set their eyes on Roy's team.

Roy took a deep breath, then held Woods' shoulder and prepared to walk over alone.

As he walked forward, Jie Zena actually followed him step by step.

In Roy's team, Zeina is the strongest...

Seeing Roy and Jie Zena walking towards the old Aries orc, the surrounding Aries orcs were ready to make a move. However, the old orc stood up and raised the scepter in his hand towards the surrounding Aries orc warriors. The surrounding Aries orc warriors immediately stopped.

There was silence all around.

The half-blood elves in the woods also discovered Roy. They were excited but also hesitant. No half-blood elf dared to walk out of the woods.

Jie Zena glanced at Roy from the corner of her eye, and her eyes clearly asked Roy a soul-searching question: "Are these guys worth the risk of your life?"

Roy pretended not to notice the glance that Jie Zena gave him.

The old chief's face was full of wrinkles, and he looked exactly like an old orc of the Aries tribe.

He opened his eyes and looked at Roy, and Roy felt as if a searchlight was shining directly into his soul.

The old orc of the Aries tribe was also shocked. He stood there in a daze for a long time before he recovered.

"Elf, you have crossed the line."

The old orc pointed at Roy and Jie Zena and said in a deep voice.

"Ignorant elves, this is not the place for you to come. You have violated the non-aggression treaty we signed. I should now use the blood of you elves to wash the land beneath my feet..."

Sayil behind him quickly translated in a low voice.

Roy took another step forward and said to the old Aries orc:

"We hold no ill will toward the orc tribes that live on the Mensa Plains."

"This time we were forced to dock the ship on the western coastline of Kangamore Forest. It was completely forced by these gray dwarves."

"We just wanted to rescue our half-elves on the imperial merchant ship, but we were chased by the gray dwarves from the Northern Army Fleet. They are actually the umbrella for these imperial merchants."

"We were forced to run our merchant ship aground on a nearby beach as we were chased by the gray dwarf warriors of the Northern Fleet. My fellow elves hid in the Kangamor Forest to avoid being searched by the Northern Fleet..."

"...This group of gray dwarves instigated the imperial merchants to deceive half-blood elves in various ports in the elven world. After they boarded the ship, the merchant ship would head north..."

"...We chased here by boat, trying to rescue the half-blood elves on these imperial merchant ships..."

"...We intercepted this imperial merchant ship..."

Roy explained a lot, almost telling the whole story of the slave trade by the imperial merchants.

Unfortunately, this incident did not impress the old Aries orc...

The old Aries orc narrowed his golden eyes and said to Roy indifferently:
"We have already understood what you said, but those are matters between you and the gray dwarves. They have nothing to do with us orcs. What you need to bear now is the responsibility for so many half-blood elves entering the Kangamor Forest in the Mensa Plain without permission. Don't tell me other irrelevant things..."

Roy wiped the sweat from his forehead. It was obvious that all the words he had just said were in vain.

Just when the old Aries orc was about to accuse Roy, Roy held up four fingers and said to him:

"I can compensate you... 4,000 black iron back machetes specially made for orcs."

The old Aries orc hesitated for a moment, but the very dissatisfied expression on his face did not disappear.

"Plus 20,000 black iron short flying spears."

Roy continued to increase the stakes.

The old orc of the Aries tribe's face changed slightly, his breathing became heavy, and he began to think seriously...

Roy obviously didn't want to give them too much time to think, so he continued:

"The standard armor of the elves is not suitable for the orcs' bodies. I can't get orc armor for the time being, but I can compensate you with one thousand boxes of ordinary armor pieces. Each piece of armor piece is enough to resist the penetration of short flying spears."

The old orc of the Aries tribe no longer hesitated, and stood up and said to Roy:
"Deal! When you deliver the promised supplies, I will hand over these half-blood elves to you."

"I can give you these supplies right away..."

Roy said, then waved to Sabrina in the distance.

Sabrina summoned the white griffin down, and then rode it into the sky. This was what Roy had agreed with everyone. When Sabrina saw Roy waving, she decided to go find the Black Pearl as soon as possible...

There was no trace of the Black Pearl in the jungle canyon.

In the original valley, there was only a small area of ​​dense forest that had collapsed.

As Roy expected, the Black Pearl successfully avoided the attack of the Aries orc warriors and hid in the clouds...

Sabrina rode on a griffin and soon found the Black Pearl in the sky.

As the Black Pearl slowly descended, a crane appeared on the left side of the ship, and wooden boxes were hoisted down from the Black Pearl.

Roy took an iron rod and pried open the wooden boxes unloaded from the Black Pearl one by one, revealing all the goods in the boxes.

The old chief looked at the weapons and armor pieces in the wooden box, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart...

At this time Roy said to the old chief:
"If the Aries tribe still needs weapons and equipment in the future, they can continue to trade with us."

"Although there are irreconcilable conflicts between the elves and the orcs, I heard that it was a long time ago. It was a feud between the Emerald Dragon and the Behemoth. Now the Emerald Dragon has returned to the Dragon Kingdom, and the Behemoth has lived an isolated life. Only the orcs, elves, and gray dwarves are left on this continent."

"Many orcs may have never seen an elf in their lives. What kind of grudges or hatreds can there be between us?"

"Our enemies are those gray dwarf bandits in the north. That's right! We have a common enemy."

"These gray dwarves lost Dulag and set their sights on the west coast of Mensa Plain. At the same time, they continue to invade Queen Ewenni Island from the sea."

"Now, he is instigating the merchants of the Empire to deceive the half-blood elves and weaken the power of the Elven Kingdom. He is obviously still plotting against the islands on the west coast of the Elven Kingdom..."

"Next, I plan to teach these gray dwarves a lesson in the Mensa Strait."

“I hope this is something I can talk to you about.”

Roy said to the old chief of the Aries tribe

After inspecting the armor plate, the old Aries chief said excitedly:

"If you can contain the gray dwarves at sea, our warriors will cooperate with you along the northern coast of the west coast..."

(End of this chapter)