Path of light

Chapter 467 468. Ancient Tree of Wisdom

Looking at the direction Miss Christine left, there were a few faint clouds floating in the blue sky.

Roy was indeed homesick.

I have been away from home for more than a year this time. When I left home, I thought I was just using my vacation to lead the way for the Silver Moon Elf warriors of the Silver Pegasus Legion so that they could become familiar with the Pagisto Plateau as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, they were the ones who evacuated in the end. The plateau, on the contrary, left Roy on the plateau.

He first rectified the gem mines on the plateau, and then led the mixed elf warriors to resist the headhunters on the plateau...

In fact, Roy didn't expect the headhunter to be so vulnerable.

This time he brought the mixed elf warriors to the Queen Egwene Islands, and encountered the difficult gray dwarf bandits again.

This is the Endless Sea. The three-masted sailing ships of the Gray Dwarf bandits are much larger than the medium-sized sailing ships of the elves. Although they are not as fast as the medium-sized sailing ships, these three-masted sailing ships are loaded with many sky-shooting crossbows. Not afraid of the harassment from the Silver Pegasus Knight in the sky.

These three-masted sailing ships can store a large amount of supplies, so these gray dwarf bandits make ships their home. This is also the case in the fight for the Queen Egwene Islands. If they cannot defeat them, they will sail away.

Every time there is heavy fog on the sea, these gray dwarf bandits will hide in the fog and try to compete for some outlying islands...

The mixed-blood elf warriors he brought had been living on the plateau and were not good at naval battles. Roy could only arrange the mixed-blood elf warriors on various small islands in the Key West Islands.

The mixed-blood elf warriors can use the woods on the island to start jungle battles with the gray dwarf bandits...

This time, there are about a thousand injured elf warriors recuperating on the temporary camp on the main island of the Key West Islands. It is impossible for Roy to return to Castletown City on vacation at this time.

Roy conducted a survey in the camp and found that at least half of the mixed-blood elf warriors in the military camp could not swim...

So Roy arranged for the mixed elf warriors to conduct physical training on the beach in the past few days, and also learned to swim and use a flying fish boat.

These mixed-blood elf warriors are very capable of learning. They can swim twice in the sea almost for the first time.

However, Roy requires that the mixed elves be able to float in the sea for several days and nights without drowning without the assistance of any external objects. This requires the mixed elves to conduct swimming training every day to improve their affinity with the water element... …

It’s not easy to operate a flying fish boat. This shuttle-shaped boat is very similar to a kayak. You can only ride up to three elf warriors on the boat. There are cicada-like paddles on both sides of the boat. You can usually use an ordinary boat at sea. The oars move forward through the water, but as long as there is wind, the oars can be extended to follow the wind.

This kind of flexible small fishing boat is usually used by elves for fishing, and its sailing speed in the sea is faster than that of a medium-sized sailing ship.

Roy hopes that all the mixed-blood elf warriors in the guard group can learn to drive this kind of small boat.

Although all the flying fish boats on the main island were destroyed in the battle, there were shipbuilders among the Silver Moon elves on the main island. In just two days, ten brand new flying fish boats appeared on the dock.

In fact, Roy's skill in driving a flying fish boat is quite good. He learned it from Duke, the owner of Castletown Harbor Grocery Store.

There are coral reefs everywhere around here. If you paddle a boat and wander in the sea, you can clearly see the fish hidden in the coral reefs.

A week later, Captain Berkeley's rear material supply group arrived at the Key West Islands. This time he came to the Key West Islands. In addition to the normal material supplies, he also brought a large number of flying feathers and arrows, fishing nets and animal traps to Roy. Clips, etc., these are all additional requirements from Roy.

Five medium-sized sailing ships loaded with cargo were moored at the dock, and Captain Berkeley directed his men to move supplies from the ships.

Seeing Roy rushing to the dock, Captain Berkeley walked over quickly, smiled and said to Roy:

"I heard you had a great battle in Key West. Well done Roy."

Roy smiled and did not answer the topic. Instead, he said to Captain Berkeley: "Captain Berkeley, you came in time..."

The two of them walked from the dock to the temporary camp.

Just outside the woods of the temporary camp were dozens of wooden cages, filled with gray dwarf bandits with their feet shackled.

Roy pointed at these gray dwarf prisoners of war and said to Captain Berkeley:

"Take these gray dwarf prisoners of war away. There are no extra resources on the island to support them."

Captain Berkeley nodded and agreed, "Well, that's why I came here this time."

Through these cages, Roy led Captain Berkeley into the temporary camp, where a group of mixed-blood elf warriors were still practicing sword skills in the forest glade.

Roy took Captain Berkeley to a tree. There was a wooden table and a few chairs. There was also a nautical chart spread on the table, which clearly marked the distribution of the Key West Islands, and there were also The deployment of troops on each island.

Captain Berkeley looked up at the hammock built on the tree in the woods, and took out a parchment scroll from his arms and handed it to Roy.

"What's this?"

Roy asked after receiving it.

Captain Berkeley smiled and replied:

"The official designation of the Pagisto mixed-blood elf guard regiment. With the official designation, the guard regiment will be regarded as a non-staff combat group of the Silver Pegasus Legion. You can design a battle flag for the guard regiment according to your own ideas. Congratulations, Luo Commander Yi!"

Roy unfolded the parchment scroll, and the words 'Pagisto Half-blood Elf Guard Group' were written on it. Then, under this line of writing, there were several red stamps. Roy felt that the stamps were The text should be in ancient Elvish language, because he didn't know a word of it.

Roy thought that the last time he went to Queen Egwene Island, this guard group already had an official designation.

I didn't expect there to be such a parchment scroll.

Roy knew that Captain Berkeley came from other islands, so he asked him:

"How is the war situation on other islands?"

Captain Berkeley heard Roy's question and said with a wry smile: "The Fifth Silver Pegasus Chapter is leaving in such a hurry, what do you think can be done?"

"..."

Roy did not expect that reinforcements would arrive one after another at the Queen Egwene Islands, and the situation here was still not optimistic.

Thinking about it, there is really no good solution. This island group is too big.

"This time Tallinn Island was captured by gray dwarf bandits. When the Fifth Silver Pegasus Chapter rushed over, these gray dwarf bandits had already driven more than 300 Silver Moon Elf residents on the island to the beach and chopped off their necks. .”

When he said these words, Captain Berkeley looked a little ugly.

Roy did not expect that these gray dwarf bandits would massacre the Silver Moon elves on the island. It seemed that these gray dwarf bandits were determined to fight to the death with the Silver Moon elves on the island.

This is also the situation that the Silver Moon elves least want to see.

Elves respect life more than gray dwarves, and they are also more afraid of death...

Captain Berkeley continued:

"Currently, the gray dwarf bandits' fleet has occupied more than a dozen islands in the eastern part of the Queen Egwene Islands, and is building fortifications and bunkers on the islands. Although the Silver Pegasus Chapter is powerful, the five war groups simply cannot take care of all the islands. "

He didn't expect to occupy the eastern outer islands of the Queen Egwene Islands so quickly. Roy thought that the gray dwarf bandit fleet's ability to enter the Key West Islands was probably related to this.

Captain Berkeley continued:

"Every time gray dwarf bandits raid an island in heavy fog, once they occupy the island they will kill all the elves on the island..."

"..."

Roy thought to himself: Fortunately, the gray dwarf bandits did not capture the island here, otherwise the situation here might be even worse.

For the mixed-blood elves on the Key West Islands, danger has always been there. During this period, gray dwarf bandits were frequently active. As long as there was heavy fog on the sea, gray dwarf bandits would suddenly appear...

Although the Key West Islands are the farthest from the Eastern Islands, they cannot be taken lightly...

On the Pagisto Plateau, Roy led the mixed elf warriors to defeat the headhunters.

Now, he was going to lead this group of mixed-blood elf warriors to station in the Key West Islands. Thinking of those ferocious and cruel gray dwarf bandits, Roy felt a little headache.

Captain Berkeley hurried over, unloaded the supplies, took away the gray dwarf prisoners of war, and then left overnight.

The supply fleet also has to go to other islands to supply supplies...

…

Roy stood on the pier and had just seen off Captain Berkeley. When he turned around, he saw the old Silver Moon Elf standing at the edge of the pier where wooden boxes were piled up, looking at him with squinted eyes.

Thinking that the old Silver Moon Elf was looking for him, Roy strode over.

The old Silver Moon Elf took a look at the pier that had not been completely repaired, and said to Roy:

"Grey dwarf bandits come here every year, but the scale of those gray dwarf bandits is far less than this time. As long as they dare to dock, we will pick up weapons and wait for them on the dock. When those gray dwarf bandits see us There are many people on the island, and they generally won’t get off the boat and fight with us..."

"The situation is a little different this year. There are too many gray dwarf bandits."

As he spoke, the old Silver Moon Elf looked at Roy and asked him:

"Are you curious...why we left the Elf Continent and went to live on a remote island?"

"..."

Roy actually didn't think about this in his mind. Is there anything strange about living on such a beautiful island?

But since the old Silver Moon Elf asked this, in order to cooperate with him, Roy nodded.

"Come with me!"

After the old Silver Moon Elf finished speaking, he bent his waist and walked up the hillside along the forest path with a cane.

He walked slowly, Roy following behind.

He didn't know where the old Silver Moon Elf was going to take him.

Just like this, we walked all the way up the hillside, first passing through the village where the Silver Moon elves lived, and then walking up the path in the dense forest for a while, until the forest path at our feet was completely blocked by a dense forest and shrubs. Roy discovered There is no road ahead.

The old Silver Moon Elf approached the bushes covered with thorns and took a step towards the bushes without any expression on his face.

Under Roy's surprised gaze, the dense thorny vines in front of him shrank to the left and right sides, and then a winding forest path appeared in front of Roy again.

The old Silver Moon Elf stepped on this path and continued walking up the hillside.

Roy followed the old Silver Moon Elf and looked around curiously. He had a very strange feeling at this time. He suddenly felt that the trees around him seemed to be breathing...

In fact, this is not surprising at all. Many plant-type monsters can do this, so Roy thought there might be a plant-type monster hidden in the forest.

He looked around with some vigilance, but after walking for a while, he didn't find anything...

Just when Roy couldn't help but want to ask the old Silver Moon Elf why he was led here, a tree hundreds of meters tall suddenly appeared in this dense forest. It and the surrounding trees Squeezing tightly together, Roy found that this big tree was a bit ridiculously big. Its trunk may be more than a hundred meters in diameter. The old bark was like a stone wall, but a vague face grew out of the trunk.

When Roy tried to get closer, the entire crown of the big tree was shaking violently...

At this time, the old Silver Moon Elf on the side had stopped, but Roy couldn't help but continue walking forward.

Roy felt some inexplicable call ringing in his heart.

The old Silver Moon Elf leaned on his cane and said to Roy: "The Ancient Tree of Wisdom, Lord Cenarius, is calling you. You can come closer and communicate with him."

Roy raised his head and looked at the towering old tree in front of him.

Only then did he realize that the big tree that appeared in front of him was actually an ancient tree of wisdom. No wonder a group of Silver Moon elves were willing to settle here.

Roy had seen a book introducing these ancient trees in the library opposite the Elf Academy.

It is said that the ancient tree of wisdom will accumulate a large amount of knowledge over a long period of time, and all of its knowledge is engraved in its annual rings...

…

This ancient tree of wisdom has not completely transformed into a face, so he cannot speak yet.

Roy bravely stepped forward and put a hand on the tree trunk. Suddenly, a majestic and warm spiritual power completely enveloped him.

It made him feel as if his entire body was immersed in a bottomless abyss, and the inexplicable power pouring out from all directions seemed to tear him to pieces in one fell swoop...

Just when Roy was filled with anxiety, a pure breath of life came over and established a spiritual connection with him.

"Child, I can feel the divine power in your body, but it is completely different from the other priests I have seen. Those priests all prayed to the gods to obtain divine power, but you absorb the particles of holy light around you, so When there is no blessing from the gods, you still have the power of the Holy Light."

Roy raised his head and asked to the Ancient Tree of Wisdom: "So do you know what kind of path I want to take?"

"Your path is different from those of the priests. Let me think about it..."

The Ancient Tree of Wisdom paused for a moment before saying to Roy again:

"I don't know what the road is like. I'm just a tree. I've never seen other elves walking this road, so I can't give you any answers. You have to find it yourself. But I can pass the Wheel of Fortune. See some shadows of the future..."

"Child, you do not belong to the elf world. When you have wings, you will leave this continent..."