Path of light

Chapter 271 272. Return to Partington

Roy is floating in the sea, the night sky is full of stars, and the depths of the sea are like a lightless abyss...

The Castletown Port not far away is brightly lit, and some sailboats moored at the deep-water dock are still carrying various supplies.

Roy and Sabrina were not that good at water, so they could only float on the surface and wait anxiously. They couldn't even see what was happening on the bottom of the sea.

…

The Naga warriors dragged Captain Ralph to the bottom of the sea. Captain Ralph had a bloody hole poked out of his palm by sharp thorns, and there were two ice arrows stuck in his shoulder.

Although gray dwarves are born with brute strength, they are trapped in the sea and cannot be as flexible as on land. When fighting in close quarters, they keep filling their stomachs with seawater.

Xiu wanted to kill Captain Ralph with his own hands, so he pestered Captain Ralph and crashed into the rocks on the seabed.

Miss Tiffany and Woods also dived into the bottom of the sea with Xiu.

A large amount of blood mist appeared in the sea. Captain Ralph's forehead was hit with a long gash, and blood kept pouring out of his forehead.

Even so, Xiu's arms were still locked tightly around Captain Ralph's neck, and he did not let go even though he was unable to struggle...

Miss Tiffany swam over, pointed towards the shore on the west side of Castletown Pier, and signaled Hugh to drag Captain Ralph ashore.

Xiu nodded and followed Miss Tiffany's instructions, dragging the upright Captain Ralph to swim to the shore.

…

Roy and Sabrina were relieved to see Miss Tiffany and Woods swimming out of the sea safely.

Then everyone helped Woods drag Captain Relf's body to the beach. His body was very strong, his belly was like a bulging ball, and seawater kept pouring out of his mouth.

When Xiu dragged him to the beach, Roy found that his heartbeat and breathing had stopped.

Due to excessive blood loss, his face was frighteningly pale...

Captain Ralph was only wearing linen clothes that were worn by half-blood elf fishermen. His feet were bare, probably because they had been soaked in the sea water for too long, and the soles of his feet and palms were full of uneven wrinkles.

"Is he Captain Ralph?"

Sabrina came up from behind, looked at the gray dwarf's body, and asked Roy.

"Um."

Miss Tiffany said with some confusion: "Isn't he imprisoned in Parram Island Prison? Why is he here?"

Roy could only tell the story of the riots that occurred on Parram Island some time ago: "There was an escape from the Parram Island prison some time ago. It is estimated that he escaped at that time."

"You have escaped from prison, why do you want to return to Castletown Port? Do you want to retrieve the Black Pearl?" Miss Tiffany asked with some confusion.

Roy shook his head and said:

"Maybe there is something else that attracts him. It's a pity that he is dead. Even if there is any secret, it can only be buried in the coffin with him."

Although Roy said this, he was thinking about the treasure map and golden key in his heart.

…

On the beach near the rocks, Miss Tiffany and Xiu hid there and chatted in Naga language for a long time.

Miss Tiffany just brought Xiu here. Compared with half a year ago, Xiu has changed a lot. He has two more thorns on his shoulders, the spines on his back have become more prominent, and his body has become stronger. a lot of.

After fighting with Captain Ralph for so long in the sea, Xiu's strength is much weaker than Captain Ralph. Fortunately, in the sea, Xiu and Captain Ralph have been in a stalemate for so long. The captain didn't even have a decent weapon...

Xiu was wearing scale armor and holding two spikes in his hands, giving him an advantage in weapons and equipment.

But even so, Captain Ralph still scratched Xiu's arm when he fought back.

"Roy, Xiu's arm is injured, can you help treat it?"

Miss Tiffany stepped forward and begged.

"Okay, come here and show me..." Roy waved to Xiu and said.

This Naga assassin is still a little reserved. The upper body of Naga is similar to that of elves, but there are fine scales on the body. The fish tail on the lower body is more than two feet long. When walking, it looks like a snake and can go back and forth on the beach. slide.

Of course, this is not the first time Xiu and Roy have dealt with each other. The sacred scepter and crystal ball in Roy's hand were given to him by Xiu.

In addition, there are so many nightmare vines...

"The injury on the arm is not serious. It will heal quickly with a little treatment and bandaging."

Roy helped Xiu check the wound, then used the secondary healing technique, and said to Xiu.

Xiu couldn't understand Elvish, so Miss Tiffany sat aside to help translate.

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Captain Relf died on the beach on the west side of Castletown Harbour.

Roy ran to the harbor guard and informed the elf guard on duty about the incident.

The elf guard on duty reported the matter to the elf captain, and then two elf guards hurried over...

Roy was squatting on the beach, talking alone to the corpse of a gray dwarf:

"If you were just squatting in the Parram Island Prison, you might be able to live for another hundred years. Why bother to sneak out and now you have lost your life..."

"...Even if you escape, you should try to get home! Why are you coming back here?"

The two elf guards stood behind Roy and heard black threads in their heads.

The elf guards came to the beach mainly to check Captain Ralph's identity.

"It's Captain Ralph who escaped from prison. I'll write a report tomorrow morning and submit it to the superior. This will remove the wanted notices from all the guards regarding Captain Ralph." One of the elf guards ordered.

Another elf guard responded quickly: "Yes, Captain."

Later, the captain of the elf guard said to Roy: "Roy, we will submit the application for the bounty on the wanted poster later, and I will notify you when it is sent."

"Okay." Roy agreed.

The elf guard captain then said:

"If there's nothing else, let's go!"

Roy stood alone on the beach, a little dumbfounded.

He thought that the elf guards would take Captain Ralph's body away, but now... the elf guards were preparing to leave, but they didn't want to take away Captain Ralph's body.

"Wait a minute, what to do with... that Captain Ralph's body?" Roy asked quickly.

The Elf Guard Captain stopped, turned around and smiled at Roy:

"The bounty on the wanted warrant will be given to you, and you will also handle this body..."

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The elf guards only took away Captain Ralph's beard, leaving the entire body on the beach, and slowly returned to the guard team.

Sabrina, Woods, Miss Tiffany, Hugh and Moira all hid on the Black Pearl until the elf guards returned to Castletown Port, and then they all ran out of the ship.

Roy bent down and tied several pieces of sea rocks to the body of Ralph's boat, preparing to sink Captain Ralph's body into the sea.

Woods came to help without saying a word.

But this beach is full of rocks, and it's just the time of low tide again. Captain Ralph's rope and clothes are always hanging on the rocks, making it very difficult to drag.

After the two of them dragged her for more than ten meters, they had to give up the sea burial plan.

"Roy, what should we do?" Woods hesitated and asked in a low voice.

In fact, he thought that if it didn't work out, he would turn into a giant bear, so that he could easily drag the dwarf corpse into the sea...

Roy said: "Since this doesn't work, then we will cremate him on the spot and then scatter his ashes into the sea..."

Then the two of them went to the dense trees near the cliff and picked up two large bundles of dead branches.

Sabrina and Moira also went to help, and soon a large wooden bed was piled with wood. Roy, Woods, and Xiu worked together to drag Captain Ralph to the wood pile, and then Roy personally lit the fire. .

The flames sprang up little by little, and soon the flames engulfed the bodies on Ralph's boat.

This pile of firewood burned for a long time, and finally it was all burned to ashes, and the sea water began to rise continuously...

The waves kept rushing towards the burned-out bonfire, and some dark red charcoal still made a 'sizzling' sound.

Soon these ashes and carbon ash were carried by the waves and merged into the sea.

There were only some gray-white bones on the beach, and those bones shattered with a light touch.

The group stayed busy until very late before leaving the west beach.

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In the early morning, just after dawn, Roy came to the Western Suburbs Cemetery.

The morning fog has not yet dispersed, and the grass on both sides of the mountain road is covered with dew. The forest on the hillside is shrouded in mist, as if we have entered an unknown valley fairyland.

Roy walked along the mountain road for a long time and finally found Jasper's tombstone. He took out a few apples from his magic belt bag and placed them neatly in front of the tomb.

He sat down in front of the cypress tree and looked at the grave where green grass had grown. Roy said casually:

"Jasper, Captain Ralph was killed by Xiu last night. We burned him to ashes and scattered his ashes into the sea. I guess his soul will go to hell."

"I plan to go to Padstow City the day after tomorrow. I hope this city-wide manhunt in Padstow can find both Benjamin and Abt..."

"I will personally bring them to the trial of the Council of Elders."

"The Temple of Liberty has not received the notice of dissolution. High Priest Reed and I are waiting for the notice. I don't want to go to the dark place. I probably won't be able to see the scenery there for you."

Roy babbled a lot until the sky got brighter, and this time he walked along the steps to the exit of the cemetery.

On the steps, Roy unexpectedly met Miss Tiffany walking towards him.

Roy waited on the steps for a long time before he saw Miss Tiffany walking down the steps with red eyes...

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Roy bought a ticket for the Monday morning ferry to Partington Island.

A group of people gathered in front of the deep water pier in Castletown Port in the morning. Roy, Woods, Sabrina, Claire and Miss Tiffany boarded the ship with their tickets.

The ship sailed on the sea for most of the day and successfully arrived at the small pier on Partington Island.

Roy led everyone out of the dock. Instead of following Instructor Nora's approach, Roy rented a carriage and drove to the town of Partington.

He led everyone on foot into the mountain crevices and soon entered the small town of Partington.

This time the portal pass was provided by Earl Swinburne. Roy had no intention of staying on Partington Island and went directly to the central square of the town. As expected, the portal was still transporting full boxes to Padstow. supplies.

There was not a large amount of supplies piled up in the central square. After all the supplies arrived at Partington Island, they were quickly sent to the Partington plane.

"It happens to be teleporting to Padstow. Let's take the opportunity to pass through the teleportation gate directly to avoid having to stay here for one night." Roy said to several other people.

Naturally, no one had any opinions.

Roy found the portal guard with this teleportation voucher and showed it to him.

The portal guard was actually wearing a standard military uniform. After seeing the teleportation pass, he immediately said respectfully to Roy:

"Everyone, please wait a moment. We still need to make a final check."

The portal guard said it very politely, so Roy naturally had no reason to refuse.

The team members waited for a while in the rest area next to the portal. Both Claire and Tiffany were visiting Partington Island for the first time and were extremely curious about the town of Partington...

Not long after, the portal guard finally asked a few people to pass through the portal. Roy actually saw Miss Christine standing at the portal with a combat short bow on her back, waving to everyone.

"Christine, are you going to Padstow too?" Roy walked over and asked.

Christine said matter-of-factly:

"Of course, I will be responsible for communicating with the military next, and I have also met Magician Benjamin, so I can also help."

Everyone could not stay at the portal for a long time, so they all walked into the magical vortex of the portal.

Roy didn't have such a strong reaction after passing through the portal this time.

After exiting the portal, everyone successfully arrived at the central square of Padstow City. The square was surrounded by elven warriors. It was obvious that this was a special area controlled by the military.

A young officer came over and Miss Christine immediately greeted him. After a brief exchange of words, the officer took Roy and his party to the edge of the square. There was a row of carriages parked here, and the officer casually pulled away a carriage. The carriage door, please sit in.

"This time we will stay in the same hotel as last time..." Miss Christine said to everyone.

Claire stared at Miss Christine and asked cautiously: "Are you Miss Christine Swinburne?"

"That's right, are you the one?"

"Wagner...Wagner Claire, I am from the Claire family." Claire quickly introduced herself.

"No wonder I feel familiar..."

Miss Christine responded politely and stretched out her hand to shake Claire's hand.

The carriage passed through the city of Padstow. The originally lively market no longer existed, and the boulevards became deserted. Every once in a while, a military patrol team passed by, and the streets Most of the products on both sides are not open for business.

The mixed-blood elf rebels that emerged some time ago scared away all the merchants and adventure groups in the city.

Many mixed-blood elves also took the opportunity to leave Padstow City. The entire city has lost nearly two-thirds of its elves in the past two months...

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