Path of light

Chapter 538 539. Golfito’s surprise

The carriage stopped in the square in front of the headquarters of the Silver Pegasus Legion. Count Macaulay was the first to step out of the carriage, followed by the three investigators.

The group climbed up the winding staircase, passed through some giant tree roots, and soon entered the lobby on the first floor of the headquarters.

After Earl Macaulay entered the hall, an adjutant walked quickly to his side and whispered in Earl Macaulay's ear:

"Lord Swinburne, please..."

The voice behind was very low, and the three investigators did not hear clearly what the adjutant said behind him.

Earl Macaulay asked in surprise: "What happened?"

"...Golfito..."

The adjutant spoke quickly again, his voice still very low.

The three investigators could only clearly hear the word 'Golfito' in the sentence.

Count Macaulay's expression changed slightly and he responded, "I'll go right away..."

Earl Macaulay turned around, his originally shocked face recovered instantly, showed a faint smile, and said to the three investigators:

"The three of you can go to your room to rest first. There will be an open-air welcome dance on the beach in the evening. The island style of Queen's Island is still very good. I will deal with some things first and excuse myself for a while."

Earl Macaulay nodded to the three investigators to apologize, and then left quickly with the adjutant, without giving the investigators a chance to speak.

The three investigators looked at the back of Earl Macaulay as he quickly left, with doubts on their faces.

…

The headquarters of the Silver Pegasus Corps is located on the Tree of Life on Queen's Island. This Tree of Life covers almost one-third of the main peak of Queen's Island.

The elves carved out some space in the trunk of the Tree of Life, and this is the headquarters of the Silver Pegasus Legion.

All rooms are connected by various staircases, and some rooms containing confidential documents even belong to subdimensional spaces that have been opened up again within the tree trunks.

Count Macaulay quickly shuttled up and down the complicated steps. Some wooden steps even appeared when he reached the end of the stairs and took steps towards the open area, perfectly building a secret passage that led directly to the top of the big tree. .

Earl Macaulay entered the combat command hall. In the center of the hall was a sand table of the Queen Igwene Islands, surrounded by a sand table of the entire Silver Moon Elf Kingdom and the entire Elf Continent.

The combat command hall looked very empty, with the curved dome depicting the star map of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.

On a wall in the side hall, there is a huge map of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom hanging. The obvious difference between this map and the sand table is that there is an extra mysterious area on the map, which belongs to the Evernight Forest and Moonlight. A mysterious valley between woodlands.

There is no such valley on the sand table in the hall, which means that on ordinary military maps, the Golfito Grand Canyon does not exist...

It just so happens that this mysterious valley is the headquarters of the Temple of Liberty in the Elf Continent. Archbishop Felix Mitchell founded the first Temple of Liberty in the Elf Continent here. Since then, the Temple of Liberty has gradually developed in the Elf Continent. Up, the main elves targeted are those mixed-blood elves abandoned by the Moonlight Goddess.

Earl Swinburne and High Priest Reginald were talking quietly in front of the map. A group of Silver Moon Elf commanders gathered in front of the map. The atmosphere in the hall was a bit depressing.

"What happened?" Earl Macaulay walked in and asked a relatively close commander.

The young Silver Moon Elf commander was a student of Count Macaulay. He was able to stand at the decision-making level of the Silver Pegasus Legion at such a young age. In addition to his strong family background, it was all due to the support of Count Macaulay.

Just as the young commander was about to answer, Earl Swinburne had already walked over.

"The priests of the Temple of Liberty abandoned Golfito, and almost all the priests are gone."

Earl Swinburne looked a little ugly and said in a low voice.

The other Silver Moon Elf officers must have heard the news before. Although the expressions on their faces were solemn, they were not very surprised.

"how so?"

Earl Macaulay's pupils shrank and he lost his voice.

For ordinary Silver Moon elves, naturally everyone does not know the existence of Golfito Grand Canyon.

But for the top three Silver Pegasus legions in the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom, the top brass in the legion naturally knew what this meant. There was a door leading to the Dark Land.

"All their clergy are now suspected of having gone into a dark place."

After Earl Swinburne said this, he snorted angrily, and then continued:

“Currently Golfito is in a state where no one can hold it.”

Even though they all knew the news, the other Silver Moon Elf commanders were still very angry. They felt that the priests of the Temple of Liberty were too irresponsible.

Earl Macaulay quickly asked:

"Where's the door to the dark place? What's the situation now?"

"It was reported that it was blocked from the inside, but the space fluctuations around the door appear to be extremely unstable, and space collapse may occur at any time." Earl Swinburne sighed and whispered.

This news is even more fatal. The door is blocked from the inside, which means that dark creatures may run out of the door of the Dark Land at any time, but the elves have no way to enter the Dark Land.

Earl Macaulay blinked, clenched one hand into a fist, and asked:

"Sealed from the inside? Does that mean that if you want to break the seal, you have to enter the Dark Land first? Now that the gates are closed, for us, the passage into the Dark Land is blocked..."

Lord Swinburne nodded.

"The above means that in order to avoid hidden dangers in the passage of the Dark Land, a seal must be imposed on the passage gate." Earl Swinburne said: "The sealing array is under the responsibility of the Temple of the Moon, but the entire Golfito will be subject to a military blockade. , our Silver Pegasus Legion is responsible for the air blockade of Golfito Grand Canyon."

Count Macaulay's heart skipped a beat and asked, "Are our Silver Flying Knights going to enter Golfito?"

"Um!"

Earl Macaulay's face became even more ugly and he said:

"With the current situation in the Queen Egwene Islands, how can we possibly separate troops to station in Golfito?"

"The above means that the 20th Army of the Silver Moon Elves will blockade Golfito. We are not the main army. We only need to send a Silver Pegasus Knights to cooperate with the 20th Army." Earl Swinburne added. One sentence.

"All right!"

Count Macaulay's face became even more ugly. He finally knew that the Second Silver Pegasus Knights of the Silver Pegasus to which he belonged would definitely not be able to escape this mission.

Some time ago, Earl Swinburne led the First Silver Pegasus Knights into the Partington plane. While fighting against the mixed elf rebels, his Second Silver Pegasus Knights were stationed on the Queen Egwene Islands.

Because an officer of the Second Silver Pegasus Knights neglected his duty while patrolling the sea, the gray dwarf robbers' warships found a breakthrough and successively occupied dozens of islands outside the Queen Egwene Islands. The gray dwarfs invaded Queen Egwene on a large scale. Islands, Silver Pegasus Legion was suddenly dragged into the whirlpool of naval battle.

At that time, Earl Swinburne's First Silver Pegasus Knights were just in the northern part of the Pagisto Plateau, looking for the holy land in the hearts of the local indigenous plateau headhunters - the land of the Gazan Ancestors.

After hearing the news of the large-scale fall of the outer islands of the Queen Egwene Islands, they could only return to the Queen Egwene Islands overnight with the entire expedition force of the Silver Pegasus Legion.

Strictly speaking, Earl Macaulay had some dereliction of duty in the naval battle of the Queen Egwene Islands.

The war in the Queen Egwene Islands has just subsided this time, and many Elf officers of the Silver Pegasus Legion have not yet finished their vacation. Now that there is such a change in the Golfito Grand Canyon, the first legion that needs to stand up is naturally the first one. Second Silver Pegasus Knights.

Whenever Count Macaulay thinks about the knights of the Second Silver Pegasus Legion, who need to fly to the Golfito Grand Canyon thousands of miles away, he feels that even his breathing becomes heavy...

However, he still held his nose and took the initiative to express his position at this moment:

"...This time we are stationed in Golfito Canyon. I request the Second Silver Pegasus Knights to be the first batch of reinforcements and make preparations for departure immediately."

Earl Swinburne nodded: "The Second Silver Pegasus Knights must prepare for departure within three days!"

Now that the supreme commander of the Silver Pegasus Legion has issued the order, a group of combat commanders quickly agreed:

"Yes, Lord Legion Commander."

Then he studied the flight route of the Silver Pegasus Knights, the supply stations along the way, etc.

Although the current Silver Pegasus Legion has not yet fully recovered from the battle on the Queen Egwene Islands, due to the sufficient financial resources of the Silver Pegasus Legion, Earl Macaulay was able to bring sufficient supplies to rush to Golfito this time. .

You can even resupply supplies on the ground halfway...

It has to be said that Earl Swinburne's occupation of the Partington plane was indeed a good move, and it almost completely made up for the financial deficit caused by the Silver Pegasus Legion's poor management of the Pegasus Field for decades.

Earl Macaulay stood in the combat command hall for a long time. It was not until the end of the meeting that he and Earl Swinburne walked out of the combat command hall side by side.

At this time, Earl Swinburne asked casually:

"Have the three investigators from the Council of Elf Elders in Buenos City arrived?"

Earl Macaulay nodded with a heavy heart. Now he had no intention of paying attention to them at all.

"I arranged it in the reception area." Earl Macaulay replied.

"Did they find any evidence?" Earl Swinburne asked curiously.

Earl Macaulay shook his head and frowned and said: "It is said that no evidence was found. When he returned to Padstow City, he was caught by the headhunters from the plateau. Later, he escaped by chance for unknown reasons... "

"That's really thanks to the Moonlight Goddess!" Earl Swinburne smiled after finishing speaking.

The two walked to the door of the combat command hall and stood in front of the gorgeous wooden door. Earl Swinburne stopped and hesitated before saying:

"I hope... that the current prosperous situation of the Partington plane can continue to be maintained. The wealth currently created for us by that plane has officially become the fifth pillar of the Silver Pegasus Legion. The wealth of the Partington plane Once the economic situation collapses, many of the Legion's plans will be shelved..."

His eyes fell on Count Macaulay's face and he said seriously:

"I don't care what you think of those mixed elves, but the interests of the Silver Pegasus Legion are above all else."

Earl Macaulay's heart trembled. He could feel Earl Swinburne's determination, and he also knew very well how important Partington was to the Silver Pegasus Legion.

Although the three investigators made him a little confused, as a member of the old family of Silver Moon Elf nobles, Earl Macaulay still had a way to silence them.

For every senior member of the Silver Pegasus Corps, the interests of the Silver Pegasus Corps were above everything else...

...

On the fourth day of Roy's arrival on Partington Island, the third magic airship finally completed the final debugging and acceptance, and Roy also coordinated the time for the magic airship to pass through the portal.

As the magic airship took off smoothly at night, two rows of flames lit up in the narrow passage leading to Partington Town.

These flames clearly indicated the flight path for the captain of the magic airship.

At the moment the magic airship took off, the half-blood elves on the beach cheered. Although this was the third magic airship to enter the Partington plane, it was the first time that these outsiders on Partington Island saw it.

This large-scale aerial transport tool is a very novel thing for these half-blood elves...

Some well-informed half-blood elves shouted: "This is a magic airship..."

Roy and several friends stood on the observation deck of the magic airship, looking at the main peak of Partington Island in front of them, which was pitch black. On the contrary, countless tents were built on the beach and countless bonfires were lit. At night, it was like a dazzling pearl necklace worn on the neck of a girl with her face covered.

"With these three magic airships traveling back and forth between Padstow City and Plateau City, Leishande's caravan will no longer need to transport apples to the plateau. When the fishery in Sun Island Bay develops in the future, the people in Plateau City and Padstow City can eat fresh sea fish. At that time, the half-blood elves on the Partington plane will no longer worry about food."

Roy held the railing on the magic airship with both hands and said excitedly.

"In fact, there is one thing I don't quite understand. Padstow City and Partington Island are only separated by a gate. Why can't we transport a large amount of seafood from Partington Island? Now that the teleportation gates are all unlocked, won't there be merchants doing this kind of business?" Woods stood beside Roy and asked in confusion.

"First of all, it should be noted that merchants not only need to buy a pass to enter the Partington plane, but also need to pay taxes for seafood from Partington Island to enter Padstow City... In fact, Partington Island has always been the only supplier of fish resources for the Partington plane, but the transportation cost is a bit high, so the price of fish in Padstow City is also very high." Roy explained.

"In Padstow City, it's not that you can't eat fish, it's just a little bit expensive." Roy added.

Just now, a crossmast scraped against the rock wall, causing the magic airship to shake a little, but there was no other trouble.

"When the fishery resources of Sun Island Bay are transported to Padstow City, you will find that the fishery resource market may be reshuffled..."

Roy said with a firm face.

A group of half-elf crew members stood on both sides of the ship, constantly adjusting the angle of the bow, and cheered together until the magic airship entered the belly of the mountain on Partington Island.

At this moment, although the town square was full of elves, the entrance of the portal was cleared to form an empty area. The magic airship slowly landed and crashed into the portal in front.