Path of light

Chapter 153 154. Tracing

The sunset sinks into the sea, the red clouds on the horizon gradually fade, and night falls.

The mixed-blood elves protesting on the port pier have dispersed, although the fishing boats moored at the shallow water pier have not left the port.

But the fish market on the pier lit up with bright lights...

Every light is a stall.

Although the mixed elves have been making trouble all day long, everyone still needs food, and fruits and fish are essential.

The mixed-blood elves in Lower Castletown prefer to eat fish, not only because fish is cheap, but eating fish will also make the elves who are engaged in manual labor more energetic.

The fish market is closed during the day.

At night, the fishmonger set up his stall, attracting many elves to the fish market.

Every fish stall in the fish market has a lantern hanging on it. These lanterns form an extremely lively light strip on the port pier.

Some medium-sized fishing boats docked on the shore have become the backdrop of the fish market.

…

A carriage stopped at the entrance to the Statue of Liberty.

Roy had been waiting in the concierge early. When he saw a carriage with the Elf Academy parked at the gate, he immediately ran out quickly.

The carriage door was pushed open from inside. Instructor Nora poked his head out of the carriage. When he saw Roy running out of the gatehouse outside the temple gate, he jumped out of the carriage first.

Her body was light and flexible, and she carried a short combat bow and a long sword on her back. She stood next to the car door, turning her head and talking to her companions in the car.

Roy followed Instructor Nora's gaze and saw several instructors from the Elf Academy sitting in the carriage.

They filed out of the carriage behind Instructor Nora.

There were three instructors who stepped out of the carriage with Instructor Nora.

The instructor immediately behind Instructor Nora was carrying a combat longbow. Roy could often see him at the archery training ground, but he didn't know his name.

Roy, the other two instructors, had met at the check-in point No. 2 in the Malaga Jungle.

"Roy, several of my friends heard that Captain Relf appeared in Castletown Port, and they are also willing to come and help!"

Instructor Nora said proudly.

"This is Instructor Gru, who is good at archery. This is Instructor Eleanor, who is good at jungle reconnaissance and tracking. This is Instructor Virgil, who is good at swordsmanship."

"Thank you instructors for coming to help, thank you!"

Roy quickly thanked several other instructors.

"Roy, is Ralph still on that ship now?" Instructor Nora asked Roy.

"We don't know yet. Sorry, Instructor Nora, I can't keep an eye on them..." Roy said.

Instructor Nora glanced at the other three instructors, and then said:

"In this case, you take us to the sea ship and let Eleanor go to the ship to check it out."

Another carriage stopped at the gate of the temple, and a female elf magician wearing dark green magic robes walked out of the carriage. She held a thick magic book in her hands, and there was a chain on the magic book. On a wide belt.

It is difficult to tell the exact age of Silver Moon elves once they reach adulthood.

However, the magician who often works in the magic tower is obviously much better at skin care than Instructor Nora.

"Sorry, I'm late."

She spoke in a clear and melodious voice, and after speaking, she looked at Roy carefully.

"Scarlett, don't you have a magic experiment to do tonight?" Instructor Nora asked doubtfully.

The female magician smiled very freely and said:

"Paused! I heard that bastard Ralph showed up again. I don't want to miss this. His bounty order has been pending in the Adventurer's Guild for I don't know how many years!"

Jasper saw the situation at the entrance of the temple and invited High Priest Reed out.

Seeing the high priest of the Temple of Liberty appearing at the door of the temple, several instructors from the Elf Academy immediately became serious.

Roy quickly introduced everyone:

"This is the high priest of the Temple of Liberty - High Priest Reed, and this is the trainee priest Jasper..."

After staying at the entrance of the temple for a while, the group headed to the beach on the west side of Castletown Port Pier.

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The Castletown Port pier is relatively quiet, with few pedestrians on the pier, and only the fish market on the pier is lively.

The large-scale ships docked at the deep-water pier will not be allowed to leave the port normally until tomorrow morning. All large-scale ships have lanterns hung on their decks.

The pier in the shallow water area is filled with small fishing boats of various styles, arranged so densely that at night it feels like there is no end in sight.

Not only the mixed-blood elves protesting on the port pier have dispersed, but also the mixed-blood elves who were sitting quietly in the small square have also left, leaving only a pile of garbage in the small square.

Captain Simpson stood in the small square with a few elf guards, looking a little depressed.

When there is no dance held in the seaside castle, the lights are almost not lit. Looking towards the cliff, it is pitch black in the distance.

At this time, except for some gardeners and elf guards who took care of the castle, there were no elf nobles living here.

Roy brought Instructor Nora and High Priest Reed to the small square to join Captain Simpson.

Only then did Captain Simpson know that in addition to several instructors from the Elf Academy, there was also Archpriest Reed from the Temple of Liberty in the team.

The Black Pearl was stranded on the beach on the west side of the pier and was also hidden in the night.

"Roy, when did you find out that Captain Ralph was on that ship?" Captain Simpson asked Roy.

Roy immediately said: "It was last night, and I can also confirm that Captain Relf and Mrs. Udula have stayed on the boat in the past two nights."

Captain Simpson frowned and said nothing.

He led everyone directly to a sentry post near the west beach. This was still within the scope of the seaside castle, but from here it was just possible to monitor the large ships on the shoal.

Captain Simpson asked the three elf guards at the sentry: "Did you find anything?"

"Reporting to the squadron leader, so far, no target has been found approaching a large ship, and there is no sign of any activity on the ship."

One of the elven guards replied.

"Got it." Squadron Leader Simpson nodded.

Captain Simpson arranged for elf guards to monitor the Black Pearl, but nothing was discovered.

At this time, Roy was a little dumbfounded. He didn't expect Captain Relf and Mrs. Yudula to be so cunning. They stayed on the ship at sea for three days and left without saying a word...

Instructor Nora whispered to instructor Eleanor next to her:

"Eleanor, you go to the ship and check it out."

"good!"

Instructor Eleanor agreed readily.

Then he suddenly jumped forward like a night saber, his body was as flexible as a night saber. Roy felt his eyes dazzled, and he disappeared into the night.

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Roy waited in the sentry for about two-quarters of an hour. Instructor Eleanor, wearing tight black leather armor, appeared at the door of the sentry and said to everyone:

"Captain Relf was not found inside the ship, but I found traces of Captain Relf spending the night in the captain's cabin."

Instructor Nora then asked: "Have you asked the plants around you?"

Instructor Eleanor nodded and said:

"There were no plants around the ship. I could only go to the jungle next to the rock wall to investigate. One of the tree vines left me information. Someone did sneak into the cliff the night before, and I also found some climbing rocks. Traces of crawling.”

Squadron Leader Simpson looked a little serious...

The night before yesterday, Princess Ophelia happened to hold a ball at the seaside castle.

If the castle hadn't been heavily guarded, Captain Ralph might have taken advantage of him.

"I'll organize the elf guards and let everyone search along the beach."

Since there was an action against Princess Ophelia, Captain Simpson decided to continue the investigation.

Then, Captain Simpson turned around and ordered the elf guards on the side: "Go and gather everyone..."

"Yes, squadron leader!" the elf guard responded.

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High Priest Reed didn't know how Roy learned that Captain Ralph lived on the ship. He turned to look at Jasper.

Jasper also shook his head slightly. After the meeting yesterday, Roy said something to him and ran away, and he didn't know.

"Roy, how did you know that Captain Ralph lived on the ship yesterday?" High Priest Reed asked Roy.

Roy responded tactfully: "I asked a friend to help me last night. It is good at hiding and tracking, but if you want it to help, you have to prepare some benefits for it..."

Having said this, Roy slapped his forehead and said:

"Yes, although Captain Ralph is not on the ship, I can ask him to help track down Captain Ralph's whereabouts. He lives not too far away. I will go find him, but I have to prepare. You are here. wait for me."

After saying that, Roy walked outside the guard post.

Instructor Nora was worried that it would be unsafe for him to go out alone. After all, he still didn’t know where Captain Ralph was hiding.

Instructor Nora glanced at the other instructors, signaled them to wait here, and chased out alone and asked:

"Roy, do you want some help?"

Roy stopped and said to instructor Nora with gratitude:

"OK!"

The two walked along the edge of the small square towards the port pier. Instructor Nora asked politely:

"Roy, does your friend always ask for benefits from you every time he helps you?"

Roy thought for a moment and then said:

"Well, more or less, it cares more about this."

Seeing Roy walking towards the pier, instructor Nora asked, "Where are you going?"

Roy said casually:

"Fish market, I have to buy two fish. It seems that there are no fishing boats out to sea today. I don't know if I can still find fresh sea fish!"

He was going to buy some mackerel at the fish market, fry some grilled fish, and then ask Nightsaber to follow Captain Ralph's scent and find him...

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Instructor Nora accompanied Roy to the fish market on the pier. The fish smell here was very strong and sewage flowed across the ground.

Next to the fish market is the port.

Some ships were docked on the shore, and there were mixed-blood elves carrying fish down from the fishing boats. Many of the fish boxes were covered with thick ice.