Path of light

Chapter 567 568. First Battle

There is an L-shaped island about ten nautical miles east of the exit of Yangjiao Fjord.

This island is like a mountain emerging from the deep sea. There are no shallows or islands around the island. The island is surrounded by cliffs as high as 100 meters. There are a large number of white-headed birds' nests on these cliffs. On the 100-meter-high cliff, there is a blade-shaped flaky peak.

Although there are no trees on the peak, it is covered with a thick layer of stipa grass. Some short shrubs grow in the cracks of the rocks. These shrubs will grow red fruits as big as the nail of the little finger. This red fruit tastes sour and astringent, and is slightly poisonous. If you eat too much, your mouth will feel numb and you will drool from the corners of your mouth.

But this small red fruit is one of the favorite foods of white-headed birds.

The diet of white-headed birds is quite diverse. They can eat the seeds of stipa grass and like to eat capelin in the sea, but they prefer the core of this red fruit on the island.

The Silver Moon Elf Knights of the Second Silver Pegasus Knights held on the gentle slope of the mountain on the north side of the island. There was no way to set up tents here. The Silver Moon Elf Knights dragged their tired bodies and got into the sleeping bags fixed on the grass. They had half a day to rest well.

The timely assistance of the Fifth and Sixth Silver Pegasus Knights calmed their bad mood a lot.

Those silver Pegasus were also on the grassy hillside, eating the needle grass on the mountain.

Nearly three thousand Silver Moon Elf guards were distributed on the top of the cliff 100 meters high on the island, always monitoring the fleet of the gray dwarf robbers at sea...

The waves kept hitting the cliffs below, and a large number of broken medium-sized sailboats piled up on the seashore. At least half of the medium-sized sailboats turned into ashes in the fire, and the medium-sized sailboats that were burned into wreckage were scattered into pieces of charred planks, floating on the sea near the edge of the island.

The huge waves hit the charred wood on the reefs, and some connected wooden boards were quickly broken apart.

When the Silver Moon Elf Guard and the logistics transport team were attacked by the gray dwarf bandit fleet, it was just before dawn. At that time, the Silver Moon Elves hurriedly retreated to this peak-like island. It was the Silver Pegasus Knights who flew to the top of the cliff first and lowered a series of soft ladders, allowing the Silver Moon Elf Guards to abandon the ship and climb up the rope ladder to the island, which was 100 meters high.

The material transport team carried a large amount of military supplies, and the supplies moved to the island were not even one-third of all the supplies.

All medium-sized sailing ships were abandoned on the steep rocky beaches around the island...

However, the warriors of the Silver Moon Elf Guard abandoned the ship and landed on the island as soon as possible, and all survived.

...

The gray dwarf bandits appeared in the Sheep Horn Bay and intercepted the fleet of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion on the island of Io. In fact, the local Silver Moon Elf nobles in the Sheep Horn Bay received the news as soon as possible...

It’s just that the local army here has become a decoration a long time ago.

The young Silver Moon elves joined the army simply because the uniforms they wore looked cooler. The security guards of Sheep Horn Fjord had not even been trained for a long time.

It might be okay to let them ride horses as a guard of honor, but the Silver Moon elves did not have the courage to take a boat to the sea to fight the gray dwarf bandits.

After the three major elven races of Dark Moon Elves, Silver Moon Elves, and Wood Elves split, the Elven Continent was divided into three. Peace on the Elven Continent has lasted for nearly 1,400 years. The comfortable and affluent life has made the Silver Moon elves accustomed to the days of enjoyment, and they always feel that war is far away from everyone.

In fact, in the past, the gray dwarf bandits would often appear in the sea outside the Sheep Horn Fjord. There are many islands outside the Sheep Horn Fjord. These islands are scattered and extend to the depths of the Endless Sea. The Silver Moon elves of Sheep Horn Fjord have long abandoned the islands outside the Sheep Horn Fjord.

These local Silver Moon elves simply do not have the courage to rush out of the fjord and fight the gray dwarf bandits in the open sea.

…

Since the hometown of the gray dwarves was invaded by the dark forces of the Abyss, the gray dwarf bandits, as the defeated party, had to leave their homes and sail south.

Although the gray dwarf pirates occupied many islands in the sea west of the Mensa Plain, some of the gray dwarf bandits felt that this sea was too close to their hometown and those dark forces of the Abyss could kill them at any time.

They continued to go south by sea, and after crossing the Mensa Plain, they arrived at the Port of Saint Margaret in the Evernight Forest of the Dark Moon Elf Kingdom.

Unfortunately, the Dark Moon Elves stationed at the Port of Saint Margaret gave the gray dwarf bandits a head-on blow.

The gray dwarf bandits could only make a big circle in the Endless Sea and continue to sail north to reach the outer sea of ​​the Silver Moon Elf Territory.

They first arrived at the Sheep Horn Fjord. Although there are many islands in this sea, there are no large islands.

The warships of the gray dwarves encountered the silver moon elves' ships in the sea near the Sheep Horn Fjord, and they could not even be said to collapse at the first touch. The silver moon elves would immediately hide back in the Sheep Horn Fjord when they saw the gray dwarves' sailboats from afar.

The weakness of the silver moon elves in the Sheep Horn Fjord made the gray dwarves' confidence extremely inflated. They thought that the silver moon elves were a group of weak shrimps...

At this time, a group of gray dwarves happened to find the Queen Ivennie Islands.

The islands in this sea area are very dense, and there are two large islands that are very suitable for gray dwarves to live. So after the gray dwarves did some reconnaissance, they began to plot how to seize the Queen Ivennie Islands.

But this group of gray dwarf bandits didn't understand that the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion of the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom was stationed on the Queen Ivennie Islands.

They were defeated in the Queen Ivennie Islands, and the powerful fleet of the gray dwarves directly withdrew along the open sea to the sea area of ​​the tribal orcs.

But some gray dwarves hid in many islands outside the Sheep Horn Fjord.

…

The Port of Murayaki in the Sheep Horn Fjord is the northernmost seaport of the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom.

Sailing north for 100 kilometers from here is the border between the Silvermoon Elves and the Darkmoon Elves - the Veranoz Mountains.

The Veranoz Mountains lie between the Evernight Forest and the Whispering Forest. In fact, Golfito is a canyon in the south of the Veranoz Mountains.

The Silvermoon Elves and the Darkmoon Elves regard the Veranoz Mountains as a buffer zone. The Silvermoon Elves can move in the southern area of ​​the mountains, while the Darkmoon Elves move in the northern area of ​​the mountains. Neither side has established towns and villages in the Veranoz Mountains.

The Veranoz Mountains are a disputed area between the Darkmoon Elves and the Silvermoon Elves.

Due to the sparse population of the Silver Moon Elves, most of the islands outside the Sheep Horn Fjord are deserted islands, and the Silver Moon Elves here are almost all concentrated in the city of Murayaki in the fjord.

The gray dwarf bandits occupied some islands with independent water sources outside the Sheep Horn Fjord.

They appeared here not to plunder the resources on the islands, but to tell the local Silver Moon Elves: "We are here, we want to live here."

The gray dwarf bandits took the initiative to attack the Silver Moon Elves' ships, and also wanted to show the Silver Moon Elves the powerful strength of the gray dwarf bandits.

The supply fleet of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion and the Silver Pegasus Knights appeared in the Sheep Horn Fjord. The gray dwarf bandits mistakenly thought that this was an active attack by the Silver Moon Elves' army, and they were ready to clear out the gray dwarf bandits on the islands outside the Sheep Horn Fjord.

The gray dwarf bandits never thought that this Silver Pegasus Knights were actually preparing to go to Golfito, and they didn't know that there were still gray dwarf bandits here.

It was in this situation that the gray dwarf bandits assembled more than a hundred three-masted sailing ships and blocked the supply fleet of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion outside the Sheep Horn Fjord.

If the Second Silver Pegasus Knights had not foreseen the fleet of the gray dwarf bandits in advance, this supply fleet might not have had time to retreat to Io Island and would have been blocked by the gray dwarf bandit fleet at sea...

...

Starting from the port of Murayaki, the local Silver Moon Elf noble forces in the Sheep Horn Fjord assembled nearly 300 medium-sized sailing ships, and the fleet sailed along the northern coastline of the Sheep Horn Fjord to the exit of the fjord.

Earl Macaulay stood on a medium-sized sailing ship. Viscount Felek, who was beside him, looked pale, and the smile on his face felt like he was crying...

This morning, he was dragged out of Countess Stasa's bed by a group of elf guards, tied naked to the wooden pillars outside Earl Stasa's house, with thorny vines wrapped around his body. At that time, he shouted at the elf guards who whipped him with whips:

'What's wrong with an upright Silver Moon Elf pursuing love and freedom? Send me to the court! '

As the deputy head of the Security Guard Corps, Viscount Felek has a more feminine and beautiful face than a woman, and his skin is as delicate and smooth as milk. He and Countess Stasa have been together for a long time.

In the past, they would date when Earl Stasa was out, but last night, Earl Stasa held a grand ball in the city hall to welcome Earl Macaulay of the 17th Silver Pegasus Corps.

After the dance, Viscount Felek heard that Count Stasa was going to spend the night at his lover's house, so he sneaked to Count Stasa's house...

How much enjoyment he had last night, how miserable he was when he woke up in the morning.

Viscount Felek was tied to the wooden stake for tying horses, and his body was pierced and itchy by the poisonous thorns of thorn vines. He had to be whipped all the time, and there were Silver Moon elves watching the fun all around. In order to avoid beating Viscount Felek to death, Count Stasa had to ask the elf guards to give Viscount Felek a cup of life tree juice every once in a while.

The life potion was poured directly on Viscount Felek's body one spoonful at a time.

After receiving the news, the family behind Viscount Felek quickly tried to rescue Viscount Felek through various channels.

After communicating with many parties, Viscount Felek put on the standard armor with injuries all over his body, and personally led the Murayaki Security Guard to go out to sea by boat...

'This is not going to war! This is clearly a way to die. '

The bitter-faced Viscount Felek kept crying in his heart.

Earl Macaulay, deputy commander of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion, stood on the deck with an intriguing smile on his face.

As soon as the fleet sailed out of the Sheep Horn Fjord, they saw a dense fleet of gray dwarf robbers crowded around Io Island on the sea, and the Silver Moon Elf Guards only had medium-sized sailing ships. Although there were also many of them, this kind of ship was simply vulnerable in front of the three-masted sailing ships equipped with crossbows.

Viscount Felek was cold as if he fell into an ice cave. Life was so beautiful, he didn't want to die so early.

The fleet of medium-sized sailing ships stopped at the outlet of Sheep Horn Fjord and did not move forward any more.

Earl Macaulay was also shocked to see the fleet of gray dwarf robbers.

I originally thought that the naval battle of Queen Ewenni Islands would inevitably cause great damage to the gray dwarf robbers, but I didn't expect that there were still so many pirates in Sheep Horn Fjord.

…

The fifth and sixth Silver Pegasus Knights were flying in the air. It was difficult for them to hit the gray dwarf bandits on the three-masted sailing ship with arrows shot from high altitude. Once they rode the silver Pegasus close to the sailing ship, they would immediately be subjected to the concentrated fire of the crossbows on the ship.

After several rounds of attempts, the Silver Pegasus Knights did not dare to dive down easily and shoot the gray dwarf bandits on the ship.

More than a hundred three-masted sailing ships surrounded Io Island, and the gray dwarf bandits began to take advantage of the high tide to forcefully land on the island.

A group of gray dwarves wearing barrel helmets and full-covered heavy armor climbed from the three-masted sailing ship to the landing craft. They were wearing very exaggerated shoulder armor. After more than 30 landing crafts were filled with gray dwarf bandits, these landing crafts rushed towards Io Island.

The Silver Moon Elf warriors on the cliffs of the island suddenly became nervous.

When the gray dwarf bandits rushed to the bottom of the island on the landing craft, they immediately hid in the sunken area of ​​the island rock wall, which could effectively avoid the rolling stones falling from the high cliffs.

Seeing the gray dwarf bandits trying to force their way onto the island, the Silver Pegasus Knights finally took out some flaming spears and threw them at the three-masted sailing ships of the gray dwarf bandit fleet.

The gray dwarf bandits adjusted the ship-borne crossbows to the maximum elevation angle, used medium-sized crossbows with increased range, and aimed at the Silver Pegasus Knights in the air to shoot...

The war seemed to break out suddenly, and the sails of several three-masted sailing ships suddenly caught fire under the throwing of flaming spears.

The long-range crossbows shot from the three-masted sailing ships also aimed at several Silver Pegasus Knights. Some of them held iris shields and leaned over to block the crossbows.

Some Silver Pegasus Knights did not notice the crossbows flying over, and the crossbows passed through the wings of the Silver Pegasus, and the Silver Pegasus would immediately stumble and fall from the sky...

Nine magic airships slowly fell from the clouds, just in time to see the Silver Pegasus Knights fighting with the gray dwarf bandit fleet.

Several half-blood elf warriors held the horns of the unicorn and stood on the top of the magic airship. They blew the low horns almost at the same time.

‘Woo woo woo…’

The low sound spread throughout the battlefield, and all the elf warriors looked up at the clouds.

Miss Christine rode a silver Pegasus and stood on the deck of a magic airship.

Roy kept issuing instructions to the captains of each magic airship, asking them to use the propulsion device to adjust the suspension position of the magic airship, and then personally lifted the rainproof cloth of a ship-borne crossbow...

In an instant, all 36 ship-borne crossbows on the magic airship were exposed to the sun.

Roy stuck a magic crossbow arrow about 1.5 meters long in the arrow slot, and then began to adjust the shooting angle...

“Ready! Fire…”

Roy manipulated the ship-borne crossbow arrow and shot a magic crossbow arrow.

After the magic crossbow arrow flew out, ice crystals continued to condense around it, and even a sparkling tail appeared at the end of the crossbow arrow. Unfortunately, Roy shot it too far, and the magic crossbow arrow fell into the sea. The moment it fell into the sea, all the ice crystals attached to the crossbow arrow shattered, and a piece of ice crystal with a diameter of more than one meter condensed on the sea surface in an instant.

Then, more than 30 twisted magic crossbow arrows were shot out from the magic airship, and almost all of them shot into the sea...

This caused the gray dwarf robbers on the three-masted sailing ship to laugh loudly.