Path of light

Chapter 560 561. Unspeakable Answer

Miss Christine felt quite complicated when she came to Partington Island again.

The small town in the mountainous area of ​​Partington Island was unexpectedly lively. Many elves were stranded at the dock. The capacity of the medium-sized sailboat seemed unable to meet the needs of the elves.

Many white canvas tents were built on the beach, and half-blood elves were running on the beach.

Almost half of the space in the town square was piled with supplies. There were many flatbed trucks on the streets of the town, pulling some wooden boxes, traveling between the dock and the square. Countless half-blood elf porters were sweating here.

Earl Swinburne took Miss Christine into the portal. Many images in the space rift were extremely distorted. Miss Christine followed Earl Swinburne closely. Suddenly, a ripple appeared in the mirror-like image in front of her. The scenery in front of her immediately changed to the central square of Padstow City. Looking south, there was a large and undulating sea of ​​trees in the distance.

Behind Earl Swinburne and Miss Christine, there was a squadron of silver Pegasus knights, all of whom were Earl Swinburne's guards.

These silver Pegasus knights appeared in the central square, immediately attracting the attention of most of the elves in the square...

Many half-blood elves looked at each other with doubt and fear. They stood there, looking at Earl Swinburne and Miss Christine with cold eyes, making Miss Christine even feel a little cold.

As soon as I arrived in Padstow, I felt that the atmosphere in the city was a little wrong.

A group of elf merchants lined up in the central square, apparently preparing to leave the Partington plane.

Earl Swinburne took the reins from his personal guards, turned over and rode on the silver Pegasus, and led a squadron of silver Pegasus knights to the silver Pegasus military headquarters.

Miss Christine followed closely behind Earl Swinburne, and the father and daughter were surrounded by a group of guards. The elves they met along the way all avoided them to the sides.

There are many shops on both sides of the street, and many of the shop signs have icons of magic herbs.

Miss Christine found that the city of Padstow has changed a lot. The last time she came to Padstow, there were not so many shops between the giant trees on both sides of the street. At that time, the city seemed very quiet, with large tracts of shade everywhere.

Now there are some shops between many giant trees, forming a complex street in this forest city.

Through the gaps between the leaves, Miss Christine just saw a magic airship passing through the clouds and slowly descending...

There are also some young half-blood elves on the street. They walk briskly, holding baskets in their arms, and the baskets are full of fruits. Occasionally, when a carriage stops on the street, they will come to the window and hold the baskets in their hands high.

"Fresh apples, do you want to try them!"

A half-blood elf young man with long legs even dared to run to Miss Christine's side and raised the fruit basket in his hand above his head.

Miss Christine was a little curious, so she picked up a golden red apple and put it under her nose to smell it. The sweet fragrance of the apple made her feel much better...

Earl Swinburne happened to be next to Miss Christine. When he saw Miss Christine pick up an apple, he stopped. He smiled silently, then took out a Kohler from his purse and threw it into the fruit basket.

The clever long-legged half-elf young man grinned at Earl Swinburne, and before the guards were ready to drive him away, he quickly ran to the side of the road.

"Didn't you go to various planes with the adventure group? How come you can't even figure out the most basic buying and selling transactions?"

Earl Swinburne looked at his daughter Christine lovingly and asked.

"Although I have gone out with many adventure groups to experience, I rarely buy things!" Miss Christine answered innocently.

"I remember you came to the Partington plane and conquered the Griffin Barrier Mountains. How was it? Now that you are back in the Partington plane, is Padstow City different from what you remember?" Earl Swinburne asked curiously.

"It has become much more lively, and the whole city seems to be much bigger..."

Miss Christine reached out to hold her long hair that was blown by the breeze in the forest, and said casually.

Although the loss on her face flashed away, it was still captured by Earl Swinburne keenly.

The adventure group she joined had been to several planes under the leadership of Instructor Nora.

And the names of these planes are still remembered in Miss Christine's mind, including the Partington plane, the Rocky Mountain plane, the Hulan plane, the Emerald plane, the Chiramei plane, etc.

It's just that the instructors' adventure groups no longer took their students with them.

Roy later formed an adventure group called 'Zakarum', but did not invite her to join.

Miss Christine was unhappy about this for a long time...

Earl Swinburne and his party rode Silver Pegasus slowly along the street and came to the square in front of the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters.

The half-blood elves gathered here had long dispersed. Although the square had been carefully cleaned, there were still many traces of people gathering.

Captain Berkeley led a team of half-blood elf warriors and waited respectfully at the edge of the square. When he saw Earl Swinburne riding over from a distance, he half-knelt and saluted...

In fact, since Earl Swinburne walked out of the portal and entered the city of Padstow, Captain Berkeley received a report from the portal guard.

He even wanted to take Roy with him to the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters to greet Earl Swinburne.

But Roy didn't want to come, so he found an excuse to slip away.

Captain Berkeley didn't inform General Kempfred, and only he and his men were waiting here.

Earl Swinburne saw Captain Berkeley waiting at the edge of the square very early, and pulled the reins of the Silver Pegasus in front of Captain Berkeley, then lowered his head and looked at him...

Earl Swinburne didn't even say anything, but Captain Berkeley knew what the Earl was dissatisfied with.

"...Don't explain, just tell me! What happened here that made your relationship with Kempfred so stiff?"

Captain Berkeley's hand trembled slightly.

Earl Swinburne didn't listen to Captain Berkeley's story in the square, but came to the tree of life. He didn't choose to walk into the hall of the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters, but stood on a huge tree root, with a huge tree trunk nearly 100 meters thick behind him.

Captain Berkeley stood beside Earl Swinburne and told him the whole story.

Earl Swinburne's face became worse and worse. He placed one hand on the rough tree trunk, closed his eyes and chanted a few ancient elf spells. Suddenly, the tree of life seemed to wake up. Wrinkles appeared on the bark, and the bark kept changing, slowly turning into a huge face.

The eyes, nose, and mouth were all very clear, but the huge eyes had no eyeballs, and there was no tongue or teeth in the mouth...

Earl Swinburne said nothing, but tilted his head, put his ear close to the huge face on the tree trunk, and listened quietly to the whispers of the tree of life.

Just as Earl Swinburne was quietly listening to the whisper of the Tree of Life, General Kempfred ran out of the hall with a group of legion officers, panting. His face was full of fear and his heart was full of uneasiness. He had written to Earl Macaulay for help, but he didn't expect that Earl Swinburne would come to the Partington plane in person.

Earl Swinburne listened for a while and stood up straight. He turned around and stood with his hands behind his back, with no anger on his face.

Earl Swinburne's eyes fell on Kempfred, and his cold voice immediately lowered the temperature around him to the freezing point:

"Kempfred, get out of the Partington plane immediately..."

...

At the beginning, the half-blood elf rebels seized the city of Padstow from Lord Alvis. Upon hearing the news, the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion immediately entered the Partington plane and drove the half-blood elf rebels to the Griffin Barrier Mountains.

So far, the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion has completely occupied the Partington plane.

And occupying the Partington plane is the most correct decision made by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion in the past 20 years.

After the plane portal that had been closed for six years was opened, the Partington plane ushered in a period of rapid development.

Originally, some basic trust had been established between the Silver Moon Elves and the Half-Blood Elves, and the Silver Moon Elves merchants were also contacting the Half-Blood Elves here in a new way. The Partington plane brought the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion an income of about 700,000 magic crystals this quarter, but this income offset all the losses in the Queen Ewenni Islands naval battle...

Even part of the pensions of the Silver Moon Elves warriors were paid from the Partington plane.

Now, because of Kempfred's unlucky decision, the good relationship that had just been established between the Silver Moon Elves and the Half-Blood Elves in the Partington plane has completely collapsed.

Unfortunately, the Silver Pegasus Legion is currently short of troops, and even the Queen Ewenni Islands are barely maintaining the situation.

At this time, the Legion not only had no troops to garrison the Partington plane, but also hoped that the Half-Blood Elf Guards on the Partington plane could go to the Elf Continent and garrison on the outer islands of the Queen Ewenni Islands.

But in this case, how could the Half-Blood Elfs take the initiative to join the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion?

Thinking of this, Earl Swinburne wanted to throw the unlucky guy, General Kempfred, to an isolated island outside the Queen Islands...

...

General Kempfred walked in a very embarrassed manner.

Under the gaze of a row of Silver Pegasus military officers, he was escorted to the portal of the central square by two Silver Pegasus knights before he had time to go to the office to retrieve his personal belongings.

Earl Swinburne's eyes fell on Captain Berkeley, and he hesitated for a moment before asking: "Berkeley, how many Elf Guards are there in the Security Guards of Padstow City at present?"

"???"

Captain Berkeley looked at Earl Swinburne helplessly, and didn't know how to answer for a long time.