Path of Light.

Chapter 944, Section 943: The Northern Fleet

Moira and Sabrina only stayed on Quey Island for three days before the Black Pearl was about to set sail again for the Strait of Mensah.

Due to the presence of the Griffin Riders, the Grey Dwarf bandits completely withdrew from the islands of Quel'Thalas. Some Grey Dwarf bandits migrated south to the south of the Lost Sea, while others headed north to the archipelago off the coast of Murayaki.

In just over a year, the population of mixed-race elves on Que Island has rapidly grown to 130,000. The mixed-race elves have built a large number of cabins around the forest clearings, forming a forest elf town covering an area of ​​about four square kilometers in the forest area near Que Island's dock.

Along the southern coastline of Que Island, the mixed-race elves built a sea dike stretching over forty kilometers. Currently, this dike still rises five meters above the sea level after high tide.

The entire seawall was constructed by filling a cage of sea reefs with chains. Over time, a large number of shellfish and seaweed have grown out of the gaps in the sea reefs, making it the first barrier of Kui Island.

Currently, this seawall is closely connected to the Quy Island pier, and many ships can even dock next to the seawall.

Moira lay on a wicker chair on the terrace, leisurely drinking coconut water while watching Wendy pack the washed clothes into her suitcase.

Wendy helped them wash and dry their clothes, then folded them neatly and put them into the wicker trunk.

She also wanted to go to the Mensa Strait with Moira, but unfortunately, the fleet still had to fight the Grey Dwarves on its way to the Mensa Strait, so the Black Pearl couldn't take Wendy with it.

Wendy stroked the small conch pendant hanging from her chest with one hand, closed the wicker trunk, and looked at the Black Pearl, which was docked at the pier not far away.

"Since we can't take you to the Mensa Strait this time, you'll have to stay here and help us look after this house."

Moira didn't know what words of comfort to say. She knew Wendy really wanted to go to Que Island with them, but what could an ordinary wood elf do for them? They couldn't just send Wendy onto the ship for some daily chores.

Wendy forced a bright smile onto her fair face and said to Moira:
"Actually, staying on Kui Island is quite nice. You can take a nap under the shade of the trees every day while enjoying the sea breeze..."

After she finished speaking, she subconsciously touched the conch pendant again.

At times like this, Wendy would always think to herself with a touch of self-deprecation that she must have developed this habit when she was an elf slave, liking to touch the slave collar around her neck. Now that the collar had been removed, she sometimes still couldn't help but touch her neck.

Wendy placed the wicker trunk next to Moira and said to her:

"I've packed all the clothes into the suitcase. How much longer will you be gone this time?"

Moira sat up from the wicker chair, hugged Wendy, who was about the same size as Sabrina, and said to Wendy:

"It might take a few more months. Quey Island is actually quite far from the Mensa Strait."

Roy was too busy to spend a night in the beach cabin.

In the early hours of the morning, Roy hurriedly returned to the cabin. He didn't even have time to drink a cup of lemon tea before taking Moira and Sabrina, who had just gotten out of bed, to the dock.

Wendy could only stand on the terrace in her thin nightgown and wave to them. Moira told her that in a few months, Que Island would welcome a new group of guests, all of whom were half-elf. Que Island needed to do a lot of preparation work, including building at least tens of thousands of treehouses in the jungle to provide shelter from the wind and rain, as well as preparing various living supplies.

If Wendy gets bored, she can go help out with the organizing team.

……

Five magical airships quietly left Que Island, fully loaded with supplies brought from the Partington plane.

Most of these supplies consist of black iron weapons such as axes, thick-backed machetes, and short throwing spears, which the orcs need. These black iron weapons have been stockpiled at the forge for a long time.

These were originally intended for the highland hunters. Roy originally planned for these highland hunters to enter the logging camps in the Padestor Forest in batches after completing the construction of Sun Island Bay, and to harvest the surplus timber in the forest.

But before he could implement this plan, the Elf Kingdom abandoned the Partington Plane, and the plan was thus indefinitely delayed.

A large number of machetes and axes prepared for logging were simply left unused in the blacksmith's warehouse.

Roy selling these black iron weapons to the orcs of Mensa Plains can be considered a reasonable use of resources...

He wasn't actually worried that the orcs on the Mensa Plains would use these weapons against the elves, because the far north of the Eastern Continent, the homeland of the grey dwarves—Dragg's Knee—was currently being invaded by the forces of the Abyss.

The Dwarven Kingdom, in alliance with the Orcish tribes, is resisting the forces of the Abyss, and the situation in the North is currently at a stalemate.

Unwilling to confront the brutal forces of the Abyss, the Grey Dwarves plan to abandon the Knees of Durag completely. Currently, the last two million Grey Dwarves on the west coast of Durag and the Frozen Isles are planning to migrate south to Garo Island.

Originally, the Grey Dwarves had scattered supply islands and transit stations along this southward migration route, and a large number of Grey Dwarf bandits controlled the entire route.

The grey dwarf bandits even once tried to occupy the Queen Evanni Islands...

However, the southward migration route of the Grey Dwarves has now been cut off by a mixed-race elven army in the waters around Quel'Thalas, as if a hand is tightly gripping the Grey Dwarves' throat.

There used to be nearly 200,000 gray dwarf bandits active in the waters around Que Island.

This group of grey dwarf bandits was extremely powerful. Although they were divided into numerous pirate groups, they maintained close ties with each other. This group of grey dwarf bandits even once planned to conquer the Queen Evanni Islands, but their dream was shattered, they suffered heavy losses, and could only retreat to Que Island...

Under such circumstances, on Mrs. Nancy's advice, Roy led the mine guards to capture Que Island and quickly took control of the island.

The grey dwarf bandits in the waters off Quel'Thalas are either dead or have fled...

Commander Magio only led his fleet to Que Island after receiving orders from the Northern Fleet, intending to crush the half-elf there in one fell swoop.

To avoid arousing suspicion among the half-elves on Quel'Thalas, he even collaborated with the imperial merchant Moses, having imperial merchant ships draw the half-elves' attention near the docks, while Commander Magio led 100,000 gray dwarf warriors to land on the west side of Quel'Thalas and occupy the Quel'Thalas dungeon.

Unfortunately, Commander Maggio's battle plan still ended in failure, but the news of this defeat did not reach the ears of other imperial merchants.

This is why the Imperial Merchants believed that the half-elves on Quel'Thalas had been wiped out by the Grey Dwarf fleet, and that Boss Roy, as the protector of the half-elves, was destined to die in the battle. Therefore, the Imperial Merchants, at the instigation of the Grey Dwarfs and with the tacit approval of the Silvermoon Elves, made the decision to sell half-elf slaves...

Lured by strong profits, once someone takes the lead, others will naturally follow suit.

This escalated into a large-scale slave trade... The dwarven high command of the Northern Fleet never expected Roy's fleet to appear in the Strait of Mensa...

On Que Island, the imperial merchants imprisoned in the shipyard saw new compatriots arriving, and they were plunged into despair once again.

These imperial merchants' offer of 'paying a ransom in exchange for freedom' to Boss Roy was actually a hope that other imperial merchants active on the Elf Continent would come to their rescue. However, with more and more imperial merchants being escorted to Que Island, it meant that they could no longer find any relatives or friends to rescue them.

Boss Roy led his magic airship fleet away from Que Island again, clearly intending to target the imperial merchants on the west coast who were trafficking elven slaves.

The sudden arrival of so many Imperials on the island signifies an unprecedented scale of the slave trade, and their crimes are gradually escalating.

The news of the Imperial merchants trading slaves shocked many half-elves on Quel'Thalas. They had a very good impression of the Imperial merchants, who brought many exquisite items from the human world to the elven world.

Absolutely no bad deeds in the past few centuries...

Hearing about what the imperial merchants had done, many half-elves didn't even believe it. How could these imperial people be liars?
But as the number of Imperial merchants and Imperial crew members brought back by Boss Roy exceeded five thousand, the half-elves gradually came to their senses amidst their shock.

……

At Nouyun Fortress, Levent, commander of the Grey Dwarf Northern Fleet, sat in an iron chair, silently looking at the documents in his hands. His face was contorted, and he seemed to want to smash the beer mug in the messenger's face.

The messenger who delivered the letter was Commander Magio's attendant. This attendant didn't even have Commander Magio's letter on him; he only brought Commander Magio's personal sword and some bad news.

"Are you sure Marchio has died on Qui-Que Island?"

Levent asked, his eyes wide.

The attendant shrank back a step:
"Yes, Commander."

Suddenly, the Legion Commander Levent grabbed a square hammer and smashed it hard on the head of the gray dwarf follower. Blood splattered, and the entire skull was shattered by the hammer. The gray dwarf follower also fell miserably into a pool of blood.

Commander Levant said coldly:

"Then why were you able to crawl back alive? You should have died the moment Commander Marchio fell, to uphold Marchio's dignity!"

The other gray dwarf officers stood silently on either side of the hall, and the entire hall was completely quiet.

Commander Levent has just received news that the patrol fleets of Commander Loken and Commander Laneburn have been destroyed one after another. There are currently a large number of enemy ships in the Mensa Strait, but these ships are nowhere to be seen.

The two fully-equipped patrol fleets disappeared silently into the Mensa Strait, which is far more terrifying than having the enemy openly confronting them.

As the person in charge of Luyun Fortress, I have recently been unable to provide enough trade goods from headquarters, which has caused dissatisfaction among many tribal orcs. There has been constant friction at the Luyun trading market. If the Northern Army Fleet wants to continue to stay in Luyun Fortress, it needs to solve the problem of supplying materials.

But the current situation of Durag's Knee is something that Commander Levent is well aware of; the Northern Fleet is currently preparing for a full-scale withdrawal...

As the first supply point for the Northern Fleet, Commander Levent was under immense pressure.

He originally thought that as long as the gray dwarves went to the ruins of Durag's Knee, they could find a lot of supplies needed by the orcs.

But plans are never as fast as changes, and the Dark Legion has also appeared on the west coast of Durag's Knee.

"So... no one knows where those missing imperial merchant ships went so far?"

The Levant Legion Commander's sinister gaze swept over the group of gray dwarf officers.

"Yes, all we know right now is that the half-elf fleet has entered the Mensa Strait, but our patrols have been unable to pinpoint their location. We have lost contact with four patrol fleets, and we suspect that these patrols all encountered the half-elf fleet and returned to the embrace of the god of Durrag."

A gray dwarf with three braids stepped forward and spoke.

"It is certain that Commander Loken and Commander Laneburn died at the hands of these half-elves. We also found a stranded Imperial merchant ship on the edge of the Kangamor Forest coastline. All the supplies on board had been looted by the orc tribes living nearby, and the ship was covered with traces of the battle with the elves..."

Commander Levant, somewhat annoyed, sat in his iron chair and said in a resentful voice:

"These half-elf warriors not only conquered Quel'Thalas, but they've also gone to the Mensa Strait to cause trouble. What are they trying to do? Are they planning to wage war against our Northern Fleet on all fronts?"

The clerk standing to the side seized the opportunity to say:

"The southward relocation plan has been unanimously approved in the military council. We are ordered to immediately resolve the issue of the supply point on Kui Island and prepare all kinds of supplies for the relocation fleet."

"They cut off trade with the Horde orcs, and now they're making me prepare supplies for the migrating fleets. Even the gulls that fly over the Mensa Strait leave their feathers behind. Where am I supposed to gather so many supplies?"

The Levante army commander stood on the steps of the hall, hands on his hips, and began to curse.

After cursing for a while, the Levante Legion Commander quickly walked to the front of the sand table and stared at the islands on it in deep thought for a long time.

A group of gray dwarf officers stood behind him, all remaining silent.

"Lu Yun is at least 15,000 nautical miles from Kui Island. Even if we immediately mobilize our fleet to Kui Island, it is impossible to recapture it within six months. Doesn't headquarters have a feasible battle plan?"

The Levante commander asked the clerk behind him.

"The Legion Headquarters has dispatched two more Sea Emperor warships to us this time, and they are expected to arrive here in a week," the clerk replied softly.

"That's great."

The Levante corps commander exclaimed excitedly:
"I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel. As long as the Poseidon arrives in Luyun, we'll deal with those bastards..."

(End of this chapter)