Path of light

Chapter 505 506. Magic Airship

From the Highland City to Padstow.

If you take the land route, you need to go from the mountain pass in the southern part of the plateau, along the dangerous cliff road to the foot of the mountain, and then through the hills and mountains to reach the town of Griffin Rampart. Then turn north through the dense jungle and you can successfully reach Pardes. To hold the city.

This journey would take even Lysander's team a month.

If the Griffin Cavalry flew directly east, it would only take three days and three nights to reach Padstow.

This time Roy set off from the plateau city and took Kaka's griffon along this air channel. The griffin only needed to fly into the wind flow layer, spread its wings and glide all the way, and soon flew over the Nicobar Mountains and entered the collapse. Over the bad land.

When there were no clouds, Roy was riding on the back of the griffin and could clearly see the mountains below that were as sharp as blades.

Even flying in the sky, Roy could see these mountains rising, countless rocks cracking and collapsing, and then crashing into the deep streams on both sides.

The earth's crust in this area is always in motion, with countless mountains rising from the ground, and countless mountains rapidly collapsing amidst the flying dust.

This is the place of collapse between the Padstow Plateau and the Padstow Forest...

The gryphon flew over this collapsing land for a whole day. When it reached the edge of the collapsing land, the violent fluctuations in the earth's crust slowed down, and the dangerous and razor-sharp mountains became gentle when they arrived here. Between the mountains are numerous bogs and lakes, which together form rivers that flow into Padstow Forest.

Roy saw a vast sea of ​​forest in his sight, and he knew that it wouldn't take long to reach Padstow City.

But this time Kaka took him to fly in the wind layer despite the severe cold, because Roy wanted to survey the channel in the wind layer.

He is going to Partington Island to check the progress of the transformation of the magic airship. After the transformation of the first magic airship is successful, Roy plans to open shipping between Padstow City and the City of the Plateau.

There are now a large number of metal ingots stored on the Padstow Plateau, but Lysander's three pack teams have limited transportation capacity, and there is no way to transport these metal ingots to Padstow City.

Once the magic airship is available, it will be able to make up for the lack of transportation capacity between Padstow City and Plateau City to a great extent...

After the gryphon arrived in Padstow City, it landed in the orchard outside the city. Roy would rest in the orchard for one night and then ride to Padstow City.

Kaka rode a griffon to the barrier town overnight, where he would wait for Roy.

Roy arrived in Padstow City and immediately came to the warehouse to meet with Rambo. All the primary magic herbs in the warehouse had been emptied out, and what was left in the warehouse were ordinary metals that were not very valuable. ingot.

"Roy, where did you find the buyers? They have such a big appetite that they ate all our primary magic herbs in one go."

Lambo said excitedly to Roy with a thick stack of cargo orders in his hand.

"Rambo, is there a market for trading Warcraft materials in Padstow? I have some Warcraft leathers to sell." Roy pulled Lambo aside and asked in a low voice.

"Nowadays, Warcraft materials are traded with trading firms designated by the Silver Pegasus Legion. They keep the purchase price very low here, and then transport the goods to the Elf Continent and sell them at a high price. The profit is the price difference. You It's better to send the things to the Elf Continent, as long as they can pass through the door in the central square, the price can be at least tripled." Lambo whispered to Roy.

After thinking about it, Roy thought it would be better to take it to the Elf Continent and sell it. After all, this time he was going to Partington Island to check the progress of the transformation of the magic airship.

"Okay, got it."

Roy did not stop at the warehouse. He rode to the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters to sign in, and then ran to the city defense camp to visit Captain Berkeley.

"You came just in time. The investigation team sent by the Buenos Elf Council of Elders quietly left Padesto City a week ago. They didn't even use the guide provided by the Silver Pegasus Legion. The local adventure group hired by Padstow City is probably planning to enter the Padstow Plateau quietly."

When Captain Berkeley saw Roy, he immediately told him bad news.

Roy nodded and said with a smile: "Without the help of the Silver Pegasus Knight, they would have to walk for at least a month to reach the southern part of the plateau. I still have a lot of time..."

"Now the price of magic herbs in the Elf Continent is rising all the time. I have to say that you really have some business acumen!" Captain Berkeley praised, and then asked Roy: "What do you want to see me for this time?"

Roy smiled at Captain Berkeley and said, "I plan to build an airport on the edge of Padstow City, and I need your support for this!"

"...Airport Terminal...Roy, do you want to buy a magic airship? Open a channel on the Partington plane?" Captain Berkeley stared at Roy with wide eyes.

"Well, the first magic airship is being renovated over at Partington Island." Roy replied.

"Roy, you are so courageous. Have you ever thought about what to do with the magic airship that you spent a huge amount of money to transform if the application for the airport terminal is not approved and the plan fails?" Captain Berkeley asked anxiously. Roy.

"Then transport this magic airship to the plateau city and let it fly in circles around the Pagisto Plateau..."

Roy said somewhat casually.

"...You are really brave."

Captain Berkeley pointed at Roy's forehead and said.

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Roy left the city defense camp only after Captain Berkeley agreed to help Roy apply for an airport terminal on the outskirts of Padstow.

Arriving at the central square, Roy led the horse to the teleportation gate and stood at the end of the queue waiting to pass through the teleportation gate.

He had good luck today. He came to the central square. The portal happened to lead from Padstow to Partington Island. A large amount of supplies stored in the central square had been transported there. Now it happened that the elves with passes Through the portal.

Roy discovered that the vast majority of elves who could freely enter and leave the Partington plane were Silver Moon elves.

Arriving in front of the portal, the mixed-blood elf guard warriors didn't even check Roy's teleportation pass. They saluted directly and let Roy pass through the portal in the astonished eyes of countless Silver Moon elves.

Partington Island seemed crowded and busy, because there happened to be a large number of supplies shipped from Padstow City piled up in the town square.

When Roy walked over, many carriages were parked around the square and were busy transporting these supplies.

Arriving at the edge of the square, Roy was already very familiar with this town.

He chose to take a detour out of the town.

When he came to the beach, he could just see the sea area where the three-masted sailboats were anchored. Roy found a flying fish boat on the beach and negotiated the price with the owner of the flying fish boat. The half-blood elf boat owner sent Roy to the three-masted sailboat. A safe haven for anchorage.

"After the economic recovery of the Partington plane, life on Partington Island has become much better, right?"

Roy sat on the Feather Boat and asked the mixed-blood elf driving the fishing boat.

"Well, almost every month a large amount of supplies are shipped from the Partington plane. When you are short of money, you just run to the dock and wait, and someone will take the initiative to hire..." The owner of the Flying Fish boat adjusted the angle of the wind wings, and a gust of wind blew over. The flying fish boat then broke through the waves and moved forward.

The flying fish boat approached a three-masted sailboat that was being renovated. In the distance, Roy saw six supports installed on the left side of the ship. A group of craftsmen were still busy on the three-masted sailboat.

Roy asked the flying fish boat to come closer...

The mixed-blood elf warriors on the three-masted sailboat noticed that a flying fish boat was approaching, and several flying fish boats immediately surrounded it.

When these elf warriors saw that the person coming was Roy, they immediately sent Roy to the three-masted sailboat that was being renovated.

The old dwarf Mags was standing on the deck, leading a group of mixed-blood elf crewmen to unpack a large wooden box. The wooden box contained a brand-new flotation device. Mags personally removed the Pull off the dustproof cloth.

This floating device has an outer diameter of more than two meters and a height of almost one and a half meters. It still takes a lot of effort to fix it to the bracket on the edge of the ship's side.

However, the old dwarf Mags has installed a set of pulleys on the main mast, and with the help of the crossbar on the main mast, it has been transformed into a hanger that can rotate in place...

Under Mags' command, the floating device was steadily lifted and moved slowly toward the support frame.

As the flotation device reached the predetermined position, Mags asked two dwarf apprentices to place a few wooden wedges under the flotation device to assist in the fall, and then let the flotation device slowly fall.

The flotation device sat firmly on the clamp of the support frame on the side of the ship.

Then the surrounding wooden wedges were removed, and the floating device was firmly fixed on the support frame with some iron rivets.

The elves and dwarves busy around them cheered happily.

Roy walked up from behind. The old dwarf Mags noticed that many mixed-blood elf crew members were focused on one place. He also glanced there and saw Roy walking towards him.

The body of the old dwarf Mags, which had been relaxed, immediately became tense again...

"Don't be nervous, I just came to see the progress of the transformation of the magic airship here. It seems to be going well?" Roy smiled and waved to the old dwarf.

The old dwarf Mags took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then said to Roy respectfully:

"Boss Roy, the modification project of the flotation devices on both sides of your sailboat will be completed soon, and two sets of propulsion devices will be installed at the stern. This can only be carried out after the flotation device is installed and debugged... "

Roy nodded.

The Half-Blood Elf crew began installing another flotation device.

Roy called the old dwarf Mags to his side, and then asked him: "Can this three-masted sailing ship be put into use directly after it is transformed into a magic airship?"

"Yes, but it needs to be systematically checked before it is put into use."

The old dwarf Mags rolled his swollen eyes and said honestly to Roy.

"How long will it take to complete the transformation of the first magic airship?" Roy asked.

"If everything goes well, it will take about four weeks. The next main work is to build a three-masted sailboat repair station on the beach. We need to raise the three-masted sailboat so that the propulsion device can be installed on the stern."

The old dwarf Mags had already taken out a blueprint from his arms, then pulled Roy to a table on the deck, pointed at the blueprint and introduced it to Roy.

Many professional terms came from the mouth of the old dwarf Mags. Roy could hardly understand them, but he still gave the old dwarf Mags an encouraging look.

Roy stayed on Partington Island for three days before all twelve floating devices were installed.

The imperial merchants in Castletown Port also took the opportunity to come to Partington Island. This time they also brought two propulsion devices and a human magician.

The twelve floating devices on the three-masted sailing ship have all been installed. The three-masted sailing ship will soon enter the first test run stage. The activation of the magic pattern array of these floating devices requires a magician to operate it. .

For the sake of safety, the old dwarf Mags asked a human magician living on a ship in the port to come here and personally control the twelve floating devices.

The magician inserted the magic crystals into the gem grooves of the floating device. Roy and the imperial businessman stood side by side on the observation deck on the top of the ship building, quietly watching the scene in front of them.

"After the first batch of primary magic herbs was shipped, it left the port the day before yesterday and set off on its way home." The imperial merchant said to Roy.

"This whole ship of primary magic herbs has been replaced with magic crystals, which is enough for you to modify three magic airships. When we come to the Elf Continent this time, we only brought thirty floating devices. For the time being, we can only modify two magic airships. , it may take a year before the subsequent floating device can be shipped from the dwarf kingdom.”

Roy turned to stare at the imperial businessman. He had never said before that they could only modify two magic airships.

"How many propulsion devices are there in total?" Roy asked.

"This time I brought ten of them."

"That means the existing propulsion device can install five magic airships?" Roy asked again.

"Um!"

The imperial businessman did not expect that Roy was actually a big supplier of herbal medicines. Even if he took out all the chips in his hand, it would not be worth the value of the first batch of magic herbs.

Roy frowned and said:

"I also bought several floating devices before. If I transport those floating devices back, I can probably install three magic airships. In addition, I need to install support frames on all the three-masted sailboats and use the floating devices to The three-masted sailing ships were shipped to other places, and the renovation project of these eleven three-masted sailing ships will continue."

"Okay, I will ask Mags to keep an eye on this place to ensure the quality of the renovation project!" the imperial businessman said very wisely.

Roy nodded.

At this time, under the debugging of the human magician, eight floating devices and magic pattern arrays were running rapidly.

The huge buoyancy caused the entire three-masted sailing ship to shake violently, and then the three-masted sailing ship slowly broke away from the sea water and floated in the air...