Path of Light.

Chapter 97. 98. Ellington Castle

Ellington Castle is just on the edge of the Malaga jungle. When the expedition team walked to the mountain road between the mountains, they could already see the old castle surrounded by mountains along the winding mountain. .

The trees on both sides almost completely cover the entire mountain road, and occasionally the blue sky can only be seen through the gaps of the lush leaves.

The jungle is a bit stuffy, but fortunately, the mountain road is not too difficult to walk.

Although this road has not been repaired for a long time, a lot of weeds have grown from the gaps between the stone slabs, but at least this road is not muddy, and there is no need to cut down some thorny trees and vines.

The college allows freshmen to conduct field survival training in the Malaga jungle, mainly because the vegetation is lush and wild berries can be found everywhere.

Even if the elves don't bring any food, as long as they are willing to actively look for it, they can find many kinds of edible food in this jungle.

After walking along the mountain road for a short distance, Roy and Claire found a big tree with berries on the top of the road. A bunch of blue-purple berries hung on the top of the tree like braids. It looks like a blueberry, but it grows in braids, blue-purple.

Although Claire can climb trees, this tree is at least 20 meters high. The bare trunk is as smooth as a flagpole, and there are no extra branches, so it is impossible to climb.

Roy planned to use a machete to cut down the tree in half so that he could get the berries on the top of the tree, but this behavior was immediately resisted by the other elves.

Unexpectedly, Claire put on spikes, tied a rope to the tree, and easily climbed to the top of the tree along the trunk, cut off a bunch of ripe berries with a dagger, then hugged the trunk with both hands, and slipped directly from the top of the tree down.

Claire showed this trick, and directly won the praise of the members of the expedition team.

Claire picked a whole branch of berries, and Claire distributed some to each member of the team, and put the rest into a small cooking pot.

Perhaps a little overripe, this juicy berry has a distinctive chocolate and wine flavor, and the juice is sweet.

After Roy ate a few pills, he felt that the physical strength he had consumed this morning had been replenished all of a sudden.

In fact, this kind of berry is also sold in Castletown, but it is rarely seen in the lower city. The main reason is that the price of this kind of berry is not cheap. For the half-blood elves in the lower city, they prefer the feeling of fullness and taste Better Breadfruit.

Walking on this mountain road leading to Ellington Castle, I saw several other expedition teams along the way.

They also planned to go to Ellington Castle on the edge of the Malaga jungle as the first stop.

The castle is at the end of the col, and the roof of the highest part of the castle can be seen from this mountain road.

However, it can only be seen from a high place without dense branches blocking the view.

The previous section of the jungle path was not easy to walk.Although it is a shortcut, it requires everyone to concentrate, not only to pay attention to the footsteps, but also to observe the dense jungle on both sides of the path, and someone needs to cut down the vines blocking the path, so the expedition team is not moving fast.

Roy's expedition team didn't arrive at the main entrance of Ellington Castle until noon. Looking up at the towering and magnificent castle gate, there was an exquisite relief of a silver Pegasus knight holding an elf sword, but at least half of the relief was covered by vines. covered up.

The walls on the left and right sides of the gate are built on top of the cliff and covered with a layer of vines, which blend perfectly with the surrounding jungle.

A desolate and dilapidated old castle stands at the end of the mountain in front of you. The high wall on the left side of the gate has collapsed for a long time. Entering the gate of the castle is a stone bridge about ten meters long. On both sides of the bridge are valleys tens of meters deep, and on the opposite side is the ancient castle built on a lonely peak.

The ancient castle is made of stones, and the mud poured between the stone crevices has lost a lot, forming a series of deep gaps, and some places are full of weeds in the stone crevices.

The buildings in the castle no longer have doors and windows, and some places have even collapsed.

Entering the castle, you can also see some small workshops and shops on the left and right sides of the street, and the rotten signboards at the door can still jingle when the wind blows.

There is a small square in front of the main building of the castle. Originally, a drinking pool should have been built in the center of the square, but this stone pool has been dry for an unknown amount of time. It is full of bird droppings and dead branches. It has become a temporary nest for some birds.

There happened to be an expedition team setting up tents in the small square. When they saw Roy and the others walking in, they greeted them very politely.

Seeing that all the places for camping in the square were occupied by the inspection team, Edith led everyone around the square and a street, pointed to the stone house built against the wall and said, "This was used to store ordnance and supplies. The surrounding walls are built stronger than other places, and the terrain is relatively high. Even if it rains heavily, the place will not be flooded. Let's camp here for a few days!"

The girls in the inspection team were responsible for cleaning the collapsed corner of the stone house. They cleaned out the weeds and the feces of some small animals.

A boy actually took out a silver water cup from his magic pocket. He placed the silver cup on a stone platform at the entrance of the stone house, and embedded a magic spar fragment into a magic groove of the silver cup.

When Roy leaned over to look curiously, a shallow layer of clear water had already condensed inside the silver cup.

Although the water gathering speed was very slow, the water in the cup was very clear, and he also placed a small pot for making tea beside it.

Just waiting for the clear water in the silver cup to overflow, it can flow into the small iron pot along the gap of the silver cup. The elves don’t have the habit of cooking porridge, but they drink fruit tea or scented tea every day. It is also used to make tea.

Roy and Claire walked around the arsenal, and found that it was really a good campsite, sheltered from the wind and rain, and quite shady.

The girls' tents are set up inside the armory, while the boys set up their tents at the entrance of the armory.

Roy and Claire still couldn't eat with the members of the expedition team. The two of them needed to find something to eat around the castle.

But Roy walked all the way into the castle, and didn't see any bushes...

Edith walked out of the armory slowly with her hands behind her back.

She came to Roy, smiled and said to Roy:

"Roy, can I help you?"

"No problem! What do I need to do?"

Roy agreed casually, and then asked Edith what was going on...

Edith blinked her crescent-like blue eyes and pointed to a narrow path on the side of the arsenal. This path was close to the wall and led to the backyard of the castle. Several stone steps could be vaguely seen.

"Go back from here, through the corridor behind the stone steps and an arch, you can see the back garden of the castle. There is a breadfruit tree on a platform near the back garden. Can you help me get there? Pick three breadfruits from a tree?"

The smile on Edith's face almost burst out...

"I am very willing to serve you." Roy said excitedly.

After speaking, he called to Claire who was standing on the fence looking around, and the two walked along the path next to the fence to the back of the castle. Sure enough, after climbing a few stone steps, they entered a corridor that was about to collapse. Here, several broken stone statues fell among the weeds.

Across the round arched stone gate, you can see a bread tree growing on a platform built with stones.

This bread tree is not even three meters high, but its trunk is very thick. It is estimated that twenty young people can barely surround the bread tree hand in hand.

There are not many branches at the top of the bread tree, and the leaves are very sparse, but there is a fruit hanging on each branch.

The bread tree was half dead, its trunk covered with lifeless old bark.

The other half of the bread tree is still alive. Not only are the branches covered with leaves, but there are also large and small breadfruits hanging on the branches. It seems that the vitality is very tenacious.

"Breadtree, Roy, it's a breadtree! Our dinner is settled..."

Claire cheered with excitement!

Roy ran over, only to find that although the bread tree was huge, it was located on a platform. Although it was very close to the back garden, there was a high wall between the back garden and the wall.

Moreover, the terrain of the platform is much higher than that of the back garden. If it is not coming from the corridor, the breadfruit tree will be blocked by the high wall of the castle.

If you don't search carefully, it may be difficult to find...

Claire climbed the breadfruit tree and cut five breadfruits in no time.

Roy looked up at the high wall of the castle, and always felt that this abandoned ruin had a gloomy feeling.

The two brought back the breadfruit, and Edith was setting the table with the other girls.

They disassembled the discarded weapon racks and put them together into a long dining table, covered with a white floral tablecloth, placed a kettle filled with clean water and a row of wooden cups, and a fruit basket beside it Filled with red fruits, blueberries, plums and green apples.

Seeing Roy bring back the breadfruit, Edith smiled and said, "At least you won't be hungry for the three days in the castle..."

Roy put the breadfruit on the dining table. This kind of fruit is easy to store, as long as the pulp is not opened from the inside, it can be stored for a long time.

"Thank you, Edith... Are you familiar with this place?" Roy thanked in a low voice.

Claire poked Roy with contempt, and said to him in a mocking tone, "You must have forgotten her name, right?"

"Edith Ellington... Castle Ellington, this relic castle should not belong to your family?"

Roy said Elise's name, and then realized that her surname was Ellington...

The elf girls around were all looking at Roy with weird eyes, which seemed to be filled with: 'It took you so long to know? '

Edith glanced at the old castle outside indifferently, then sighed and said:
"It used to be that after it was abandoned, it no longer belonged to the Ellington family. My father announced that he had renounced the inheritance rights here when I was born. Now this Ellington castle site belongs to the Silvermoon Kingdom."

"..."

Although he didn't understand why Edith's father gave up the inheritance of the castle, Roy said with some regret:
"Actually, if it can be repaired properly, this castle is quite good."

The No.16 team had lunch at noon and took a short rest before starting their on-the-spot investigation of the castle.

A group of people came to the gate of the ancient castle, and found that many students from the Elf Academy had come here. Some inspection groups couldn't find a place to camp in the castle, and they had already pitched their tents on the grass at the gate.

(End of this chapter)