Path of light

Chapter 274 275. The Decline of Padstow City

Baron Alves was arrested, and the Silver Moon Elf aristocratic circle in Padstow City was greatly shaken.

In the matter of slave trading, many Silver Moon Elf nobles in Padstow were involved. Even if they were not involved, they were all insiders.

The exit of the Partington plane portal is located on Partington Island. This island is located in the depths of the endless sea in the eastern part of the Elf Continent. It is adjacent to Parram Island and belongs to the edge of the Elf Continent. Therefore, it forms a An excellent slave trading port.

The smartest thing about Baron Alves is that Partington Island has developed into an island completely inhabited by mixed elves.

After hearing about Partington Island, many mixed-blood elves from other places will come here.

However, Partington Island is only a small area, and the habitable places have long been occupied by mixed-blood elves. Those mixed-blood elves who came here because of its fame are unable to live on Partington Island. They heard that in the Partington plane The people who live there are also mixed-race elves, and many mixed-race elves have gone to the Partington plane.

It's just that the teleportation ticket to the Partington plane is easy to buy, but it is more difficult to leave the Partington plane.

The steady stream of mixed-blood elven immigrants entering the Partington plane have become the safest source of slaves.

The slave trade incident involves a lot. Mixed-blood elf slaves will not only be sold to human countries in Roland continent, but also to some elf mine owners.

Due to the low fertility of the elves, the population of the Silver Moon elves has continued to decline in the past hundred years. Although mixed elves live at the bottom of the elf world, the population of mixed elves is increasing year by year.

It is for these reasons that a group of people who are extremely hostile to mixed-blood elves gathered in the Partington plane.

Baron Alves is the elf noble who has the most hateful methods and makes the most money among this group.

What's even more ironic is that most of the slave hunters and slave traders under him are mixed elves. Some of these mixed elves are doing whatever it takes to survive, while others are just following the crowd, thinking that they have climbed up to the famous Silver Moon noble. Your identity will also become extremely noble...

After hearing these inside stories about Padstow City, even Sabrina sighed:

"We were able to leave Padstow City safely that day not only because of good luck, but also thanks to Christine's noble status..."

Miss Christine was not proud of this. She sat on a chair on the terrace of the tree house with a smile and asked Miss Tiffany for water magic.

"Yes, if we hadn't accidentally discovered this secret, the slave trade business in Padstow City would probably have continued." Woods said with lingering fear.

Speaking of which, he was also a victim. If it weren't for rescuing Woods, if it weren't for the Elf Academy Adventure Group's elf ranger who is good at hiding and tracking - Instructor Eleanor, if it weren't for Roy's insistence on getting Woods back. …

Padstow City may still be very lively now, and no one will pay attention to the captured mixed-blood elves.

"If it hadn't been for the discovery of slave-trading by the Silver Moon Elf nobles, maybe the mixed-blood elf rebels wouldn't have appeared..." Roy sighed.

After the land of the mixed elves was expropriated by Baron Alves, they just continued to move south.

"The large-scale screening operation is coming to an end. It's a pity that Benjamin and Abt were not found, and it wasted so much time for everyone."

Miss Christine sat up straight and said to several young companions.

"Actually, it's not just you. I also want to find Benjamin and Abbot. Abbot killed my friend Jasper in Castleton City. Miss Tiffany and I have been looking for him everywhere." Luo After Yi explained, he glanced at Miss Tiffany.

Miss Tiffany has taken Jasper's death very lightly.

"Yes, I came here just to find Abbot." Miss Tiffany said.

"And me! Although I didn't come to Padstow City for Benjamin, I still have my reasons!" Woods also said.

Sabrina came to Padstow City this time purely to help, but after all, she was a member of the Elf Academy Adventure Group, so it was natural for her to come to help.

Only Claire is here for vacation...

Although there is really nothing to see in Padstow, and the food every day is very monotonous, Claire can always find some fun for herself, and occasionally plays the piano for everyone on the terrace.

In fact, it’s not that Claire has gained nothing recently, it’s just that he is composing music with all his heart every day.

This is the benefit of being with Roy, you can always hear him hum a beautiful and unique melody at some point.

Seeing that the one-month field vacation is coming to an end, the large-scale search operation in Padstow City is also coming to an end. Nearly half of the five districts in Padstow City, and the last remaining Southern District, have also been screened. tree house.

But I didn’t even see Benjamin’s shadow…

…

Another day of futility...

Due to the recent heavy loss of Elf population in Padstow City, there are a large number of vacant treehouses, which also makes the screening operation more difficult...

In fact, Roy had been thinking for a long time that if he were Benjamin and such a major change occurred in Padstow, would he hide in the city and wait for the situation to change?

The answer is naturally no, because as a human magician, Benjamin has attracted much attention in the elf city. Even if he knows some disguise skills, some clues can still be seen under close observation.

Based on this, Roy deduced that Benjamin would not be so foolish as to hide in Padstow City.

Of course, they will not enter the deep jungle of the Partington plane. Benjamin is a magician and Abt is a trainee priest. Unless the two of them can find an adventure group, it is possible to go deep into the jungle.

Sure enough, after the screening work in the last area of ​​Padstow City was completed, Benjamin and Abbot were not found, not even the slightest clue.

This screening operation finally eliminated all the slave traders hiding in Padstow City. Not only that, these mixed-blood elf slave traders also bit out some Silver Moon elf nobles. The elf nobles in the city finally couldn't sit still. Living.

Many Silver Moon Elf nobles rushed to the portal in the central square, hoping to return to the Elf Continent through the portal.

However, their request was decisively rejected by the military of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion...

Roy and his friends will return to Partington Island tomorrow. Roy feels a little depressed after failing to find Benjamin and Abbot.

For the past few days, Sabrina and Claire had been using pencils to draw the faces of Benjamin Magician and Abbot on sheets of seagrass paper.

Neither Benjamin nor Abbot was too impressed with them, so Roy was on hand to correct details while the first sketches were made.

But even so, the wanted portraits drawn were only sixty-seven percent similar to them.

Before leaving the hotel, everyone gathered on the terrace of the hotel’s treehouse, from which you could see most of Padstow.

"It's a pity...I couldn't catch those two guys!" Miss Tiffany said helplessly.

"In more than two months, it will be a long holiday again. If you still want to come here to look for Benjamin and Abt, I can arrange it..."

Miss Christine obviously had no intention of letting Benjamin and Abbot go just like that.

Roy guessed that the main reason why Earl Swinburne was conducting a large-scale screening operation in Padstow this time was to vent his anger on Miss Christine.

The second step is to arrest all the slave traders who finally hid in the city...

Obviously, the elven warriors of the Seventeenth Legion did an excellent job in capturing the slave traders.

"Maybe Instructor Nora will have some new plans." Roy reminded from the side.

…

The next day, a carriage sent by the military arrived at the door of the hotel.

Roy and his group, who had packed their luggage early, boarded the carriage one after another and headed to the portal in the central square.

When everyone arrived at the square, Roy discovered that a group of Silver Moon Elf nobles had gathered in the central square.

The Silver Moon Elf nobles were waiting in the square, looking very quiet...

When these elven nobles saw a carriage parked at the edge of the square, they all looked towards the carriage.

Roy was still the first to step out of the carriage, but he was slightly startled when he saw several Silver Moon Elf nobles in the central square.

In his mind, during this extraordinary period, wouldn't it be better to hide at home and avoid the limelight?

Today's Padsto City has become even more chaotic. Many Silver Moon Elf nobles live in fear every day, fearing that an army will suddenly break in and send them to the Buenos Tribunal.

"Why are there so many Silver Moon Elf Noble Bureaus here? It's hard to see any of them..." Claire muttered as she got out of the car.

When Roy and his group walked towards the portal in the central square, these elven nobles also came over.

"Are they going to go through the portal too?"

Miss Christine walked up to the portal guard, handed out a pass certificate in her hand, pointed at the Silver Moon Elf nobles behind, and asked the portal guard in a low voice.

The portal guard first saluted Miss Christine, and then replied:

"No, they have been waiting here for four or five days. The order we received is that only with this voucher can we pass through the portal. Miss Christine, your voucher is for six members. Please Always check with your companions.”

Miss Christine did not expect that the Silver Moon Elf nobles were now restricted from entering and exiting the Partington plane freely.

She quickly pulled Roy, Claire, Woods, Sabrina, and Miss Tiffany to her side. There were elf nobles behind who wanted to take the opportunity to come over, but were directly stopped by the portal guard.

When entering the portal, Roy looked back at the Partington plane...

…

In fact, Captain Badwin of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion is not having a good time these days. Some Silver Moon Elf nobles visit him almost every day, hoping that he can open the plane portal...

At least more than half of the Silver Moon Elf nobles are thinking of quitting and want to return to the Elf Continent with the wealth they have accumulated over the years.

Those properties on the Partington plane that cannot be taken away will be discarded directly.

Some Silver Moon elves even gave Captain Badwin some 'small gifts' specifically for this purpose.

For example, a bag of magic crystals, several large boxes of Warcraft materials and magic herbs, etc.

Captain Badwin was very troubled. It wasn't that he didn't want to accept these gifts. Among these gifts, there was even his favorite bronze statue of an elf girl, but he didn't dare!

How many pairs of eyes are staring at the Partington plane now, and this time his duty is to guard the portal.

In addition, I cooperated with Miss Christine to track down two criminals. It is said that one of the criminals is still a human being. Unfortunately, after so many days, they have not been found.

Captain Badwin's trouble lies in the portal. So many elven nobles are trying their best to get close to him, flatter him, and bribe him, just to be able to leave the Partington plane.

More and more slave traders were arrested, and more and more elven nobles were involved in the incident...

Everyone wants to leave this quagmire as soon as possible, but Captain Badwin simply doesn't dare to let go...

He was only guarding one side of the ship's portal, but he did not control the entire portal. Once the matter was revealed, with the character of Earl Swinburne, he would not get any good results.

The gift was hot to the touch, and Captain Badwin did not dare to accept it at all.

At this time, Adjutant Cardiff walked into the command room and reported to Commander Bedwin:

"Reporting to the leader of the group, Miss Christine Swinburne and her friends have left Padstow City. During this large-scale screening operation, Miss Christine and her friends failed to find this person. Two people!"

Captain Bedwin turned around to take the report, reached out and patted Adjutant Cardiff on the shoulder and said:

"Well done, Cardiff, it's been a hard month!"

Adjutant Cardiff asked Captain Bedwin: "Master, what should we do with the nobles gathered in the central square?"

"Just let them continue to wait. The report compiled from the slave traders has been submitted to Lord Swinburne. It won't be long before there will be a reply." Captain Badwin said somewhat depressedly.

Miss Christine left Padstow City smoothly, which made him feel a little relieved.

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Roy and his party returned to Partington Island and did not spend the night on the island. The sailboat that took them back to Castletown was already waiting at the pier...

There is enough room for them to rest on this medium-sized sailboat.

After Roy got on the ship, he did not rest in the cabin. Instead, he sat on the roof of the ship and looked at the Parram Island in the distance.

The prison island can only be seen on a clear day.

At this time, Roy thought of the gray dwarf Ralph again. Who would have thought that he was actually drowned alive by a Naga warrior...

"Roy, why are you here? Please listen to my score again..."

Claire held a thick sheet of music, chased after him from below the ship's house, and asked Roy.

"Claire, are you getting ready for the final dance?"

Roy turned his head and asked Claire with a smile.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Today is the festival and I barely finished a chapter.