Path of light

Chapter 275 276. Big Winner

Just when Roy and his party returned to Castleton City by boat, Abbot was hiding in a cave.

With a little light, he plotted a course on a chart.

Abt spent more than half a year studying a large number of sea charts, and he can now almost draw the complete Endless Sea.

Within the area of ​​the Endless Sea, there are nearly a hundred island groups of various sizes.

The smallest island groups have dozens of islands...

But among these island groups, none of them can completely match the treasure map.

Abut has lost a lot of weight recently, his eye sockets are sunken and bloodshot, and his thin lips are a dark purple color.

Occasionally, he needs to drink some mental potions to refresh himself...

Fortunately, the Partington plane is rich in medicinal herbs, so the cost of spiritual potions is not expensive.

"Benjamin, why is this happening? Are there other island groups in the Endless Sea that have not been marked? How is it possible that the treasure is not found?"

Abt grabbed his messy hair and said to Benjamin in a somewhat delirious manner.

Benjamin was squeezing lemon juice into the cup. The environment in the cave was very simple.

As a magician, Benjamin still hopes to live a more refined life.

"Is it possible that the treasure is no longer in the Endless Sea?" Benjamin said casually without raising his head.

Abt felt as if someone had punched him hard in the chest, causing him to suddenly wake up. All his previous efforts were aimed at the Endless Sea, but he never thought about what would happen if this treasure was not hidden. What to do in the endless sea...

His face was a little pale, and he leaned weakly on the cold rock wall, muttering to himself:

"Could it be that the research direction is wrong?"

Looking at Abbot's dazed face, Benjamin was speechless...

"..."

…

In the past two months, Abbot and Benjamin have been following a group of slave traders, wandering around in the mountains of Padstow City.

The most ferocious monsters in this mountain range are just dire wolves. The slave traders are not afraid of dire wolves at all and will hunt them down when they encounter them.

They were hiding in this mountain range mainly to avoid being hunted by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion.

Relying on the recommendation of slave trader Jones, Benjamin and Abbot joined the slave trader team.

Today, the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion is stationed in Padstow City...

They slave traders can't go back, and they can't leave the Partington plane through the portal. They can only wander around in the Partington plane. They don't dare to go too far from Padstow City. Some There are a large number of high-level monsters in the unexplored jungles, and those jungles are even more dangerous.

This mountain range belongs to the territory of Baron Alves. Usually, few mixed-blood elves would enter this mountain range, only some low-level monsters appear.

Therefore, this mountain range became the temporary shelter of this group of slave traders.

Of course, Benjamin and Abbot were able to mix in a group of slave traders. In addition to a little kindness from the slave trader Jones, they mainly relied on the Benjamin magician to draw a big pie for these slave traders.

Benjamin threatened that as long as everyone can leave Partington safely, he will take everyone to Castletown Port to grab a large ship, so that everyone can escape from the Elf Continent and rush into the vast endless sea, never to be seen again. Return to the Elf Continent.

Benjamin also told the slave traders: Abt is a navigator who is familiar with the Endless Sea. He has the most complete and detailed chart of the Endless Sea.

This group of slave traders even thought that Abot was plotting their escape route at sea by ticking off some nautical charts every day without sleep or food.

In particular, Abt is familiar with the large number of islands in the Endless Sea, which gives him more supply points on his way to escape, so he is particularly polite to the two of them...

…

Jones was just a small leader among these slave traders...

When a group of slave traders gathered at the entrance of the cave to chat, Jones was among them.

"I heard that Padstow City is currently undergoing a large-scale personnel screening. If I want to go to Padstow City in the future... I'm afraid it will be more difficult." A slave trader leader said.

The slave traders fell silent for a moment.

They just didn't want to live the life of elf hunters, spending all day in the wilderness with monsters, so they became slave traders.

But now... they can only hide in a remote cave and shiver.

"We can't hide in the jungle forever, can we?"

"Who knows!"

Jones rolled his eyes and thought of what Benjamin the Magician said to him yesterday, and said: "Actually, we can make ourselves more embarrassed, hunt more dire wolves and wind foxes recently, and then try to join Half-blood Elf Rebels.”

"..."

There was silence all around, and all the slave traders stared at Jones with puzzled faces.

"Only by joining the mixed elf rebel army can we have a chance to leave the Partington plane?" Jones said.

A leader of the slave traders put his arm around Jones's shoulders and said to him:

"Don't ask us to join the rebel army now. Even if the rebel army expands ten times in size, they will not be able to defeat the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion... Why should we join the rebel army?"

Jones explained: "When the mixed-blood elf rebels attacked Padstow City, they were defeated as soon as they encountered the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion. However, the Silver Pegasus Legion did not pursue the rebels and instead attacked Padstow. The city is being asked to hunt down our group of people."

"It's not that they can't defeat the rebels, it's that they don't want to fight at all..."

"So I think once the situation in Padstow City stabilizes, there will definitely be high-level elves who will come forward to appease these mixed-blood elves..."

After Jones' analysis, the slave traders became a little moved.

Everyone started discussing again...

…

When Roy returned home, Ms. Belinda hadn't come back yet. There was a note on the dining table, pressed by a glass, and there was even a layer of dust on it.

The part pressed against the bottom of the cup looked particularly clean, and there was only a simple sentence on the note:

'Roy, I'm going to Buenos. I'll come back in a while and take care of myself. Love you Belinda. ’

There are a few apples in the kitchen that are completely rotten, exuding a sour smell of fruit wine and decay...

On his first day back home, Roy cleaned the house inside and out. In the evening, he grilled some fish on the terrace at home, lay on a wicker chair and drank fruit tea over and over again while listening to As Moira recounted what happened on Brown Street in the past month.

In fact, Moira's life is very simple, and she rarely leaves this courtyard.

Now...she has a new place, which is to take care of Roy's Flowers of Light on the Black Pearl.

"Moira, are those Flowers of Light on the Black Pearl... still alive?" Roy asked in a low voice to Moira, who was eating grilled fish.

Moira was so angry that she wanted to insert the fish skewer in her hand into Roy's mouth...

Thinking about the delicious grilled fish in his hand, he decided to forgive him again.

"They are all alive and well."

Moira said vaguely.

Roy breathed a sigh of relief.

There is no doubt that those flowers of light will only appear in various situations when they are kept by his side, either sickly or wilted...

"Did you catch Abt and the human magician this time?"

Moira squatted next to the oven and asked curiously while eating.

Roy turned the grilled fish over on the grate and asked:

"Didn't Sabrina tell you?"

Moira wrinkled her cute little nose and said angrily: "I asked her, but she didn't even pay attention to me..."

"Not found, not even a shadow!"

Roy replied.

Moira didn't think it was strange either, and continued to concentrate on eating the grilled fish...

Roy grilled four more mackerels and made a special trip to feed them to Mrs. Winnie's big cat. Then he and Moira briefly cleaned up the terrace before going back to the room to sleep.

…

In the days that followed, Roy's life became very regular again.

He went back to take classes at the Elf Academy in the morning, studied divine arts with High Priest Reed in the afternoon, and practiced martial arts with Moira in the evening...

When sleeping, a pot of flowers of light will be placed on the windowsill of the bedroom.

Although these flowers of light are still seedlings, they contain enough power of holy light for Roy to absorb for one night...

Ms. Belinda is getting busier and busier, and Roy has only received two postcards from her recently from the Buenos Art Gallery.

When sparring with Moira at night recently, Roy not only had to wear thick leather armor, but also a small buckler on his arm, so that... Moira would let go of her hands and feet to sparring with Roy.

But even if Roy was fully armed and occasionally secretly blessed himself with the 'Blessing of Strength', he still wouldn't be able to win in practice.

Moira's assassin talent is getting more and more powerful, and her body's flexibility and coordination are also very good. She can perform some difficult martial arts at will.

Because of her outstanding talent, Roy suggested that Moira learn some assassin martial arts in the future, but she just wanted to be like Sabrina... and become a sword dancer.

But Moira is very stubborn and will never look back once she makes a decision...

Every night, she would use the dagger in her hand to force Roy into desperate situations again and again.

…

During this time, Sabrina was easily promoted to a sword dancer.

Then, she chose the 'Morale Dance' among the three secret sword dance skills given to Roy by Count Amelia, and began to practice hard.

Miss Tiffany returned to Castletown from the Partington plane, but she still lived on the Black Pearl and seemed not to want to leave...

Woods is also studying hard at the Elf Academy...

It’s mid-May in the blink of an eye.

In two weeks, the Elf Academy will once again have its final assessment.

At noon, Roy and Woods left the college together and took a long carriage back to Brown Street. When they arrived at the gate of the Statue of Liberty, they saw the postman again.

"Woods, I have a letter from you..."

The postman called out Woods' name accurately, startling Woods.

Woods walked up quickly, took the letter, then tore open the envelope, pulled out a piece of letter paper inside, and looked at the letter in his hand carefully.

The postman rode away from the Temple of Liberty.

Roy and Woods walked into the vestibule side by side. Woods read the letter intently, and then said to Roy with a worried look:

"Roy, Uncle Dicky said in the letter that the rebels on the Partington plane are growing. Although they suffered a defeat some time ago, there are still mixed-blood elves joining the comeback army. The rebels are constantly growing. It has grown, and now the number of rebels has reached almost 30,000..."

"Many rebels hope to fight back to Padstow City... I want to write a letter to my uncle, hoping that he will give up this plan, but unfortunately I don't know where to send it!"

Woods had seen the Silver Pegasus warriors in Padstow City, and he knew very well how big the gap was between the Silver Pegasus warriors and the rebel army.

He didn't want Uncle Dicky to put himself in danger...

"Don't worry. We talked about this matter last time I saw Miss Christine. This battle cannot be fought at all. Maybe the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion will teach the rebels a lesson, but This war with disparity in strength will definitely not be fought..."

Roy said to Woods confidently.

Roy did not say the specific reason.

The Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion did not want to start a war because Padstow City needed these mixed-blood elf residents.

…

At this time, Miss Christine was also taking classes at the Elf Academy.

However, the trajectory of her life almost completely missed Roy. Although Roy went to the Elf Academy every day, he rarely saw Miss Christine.

But Miss Edith Ellington can often be seen.

She has now become a trainee guard next to Princess Ophelia. She spends two and a half days a week with Princess Ophelia to help her deal with some things.

Although the course on the modern history of elves has ended long ago, Roy and Miss Edith have already established a deep friendship.

Every once in a while, Miss Edith invites Roy and Claire to a ball she holds at the manor.

After Claire returned to the Elf Academy, she composed another beautiful piano piece - Adelina by the Water.

It was this piano piece that cemented Claire's title as the most talented 'young musician' in Castletown.

Last semester, many young elves were still unconvinced.

This semester, those voices that were full of doubts about Claire completely disappeared...

The end of the semester is approaching in a blink of an eye. In order to cope with the final assessment of two courses, Roy has been very busy these days.

Even the evening martial arts sparring with Moira was temporarily suspended.

Just a week before the final exam, another message came from the Partington plane:

'The Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion will be responsible for maintaining security on the Partington plane for some time to come. Earl Swinburne will officially accept Baron Alves' territory in the north of Padstow City and become Partington. The great lord of the plane. ’

After Roy prepared for the exam, he went to Ellington Castle to tell Count Amelia about recent events.

He also wanted to write a letter to Xavier in the Dark Palace to talk about the news in Castletown City.

Roy did not expect that after the original forces in the Partington plane were completely cleaned up, Earl Swinburne would become the biggest winner in this incident.