Path of light

Chapter 569 570. Recruitment

The gray dwarf bandits stared at the nine magic airships floating in the sky, knowing clearly that the Silver Moon Elves were already invincible in this naval battle.

Under the fierce bombardment of the ship-borne crossbows, almost half of the more than one hundred three-masted sailing ships sank near the island of Io.

The remaining gray dwarf bandits drove the remaining three-masted sailing ships and quickly evacuated the sea area outside the Sheep Horn Fjord...

After entering the wind flow layer, the magic airship can fly at a very fast speed, but once it leaves the wind flow layer, with the magic airship's own propulsion device, its flying speed in the air will be as slow as a snail.

Therefore, the magic airship has no pursuit ability on the battlefield.

Seeing the gray dwarf robbers fleeing on a three-masted sailing ship, only the Silver Pegasus Knights followed behind, but Roy's magic airships were powerless...

The local Silver Moon Elf noble fleet that rushed out of Murayaki Port quickly arrived at the waters near Io Island. They immediately took the Silver Pegasus Legion and the Silver Moon Elf Guards trapped on the pirates to the medium-sized sailing ship.

Then the fleet cleaned up the battlefield around Io Island. The Silver Moon Elves first fished the gray dwarf robbers who fell into the sea onto the ship and detained them together, and then looted some three-masted sailing ships that were not sunk but were severely damaged.

In addition to capturing a large number of gray dwarf robbers, the Silver Moon Elf fleet in Murayaki Port also seized five ships of loot. In addition, the elves also towed four three-masted sailing ships that were severely damaged but not sunk back to Murayaki Port.

Roy's nine magic airships also flew slowly into the Sheep Horn Fjord under the propulsion of the propulsion device, and then docked at the dock of the Murayaki Port.

When Roy walked down from the three-masted sailing ship with a team of half-blood elf warriors, the Silver Moon elves on the dock applauded, and some Silver Moon elf officers shouted to Roy:

"Well done..."

"... Well fought!"

There were many Silver Moon elf officers on the dock, most of whom were local Silver Moon elves in Murayaki Port. These Silver Moon elf officers surrounded two Silver Moon elf nobles in gorgeous military uniforms. Roy recognized at a glance that one of the Silver Moon elf officers was wearing the badge of the Silver Pegasus Legion on his chest.

That badge was very special, because Roy had seen a similar one on the chest of Earl Swinburne.

The badge of the commander of the legion of Earl Swinburne was pure gold, while the badge of the Silver Moon Elf official had a silver line on the edge. There were only two people in the Silver Pegasus Legion who were qualified to wear the badge of the commander of the legion. In addition to Earl Swinburne, there was only Earl Macaulay.

And Roy knew that Earl Macaulay came to Sheep Horn Bay with the Fifth and Sixth Silver Pegasus Knights.

So even if Roy had never seen Earl Macaulay, he could confirm that the Silver Moon Elf official was Earl Macaulay.

Roy took a step forward, crossed his right hand across his chest, and shouted: "Salute!"

The half-blood elf warriors who followed Roy down from the magic airship immediately stood up straight, imitated Roy's movements, and saluted Earl Macaulay in unison.

"Captain Macaulay, the guards of the Pagisto Plateau Mine in the Partington plane are here to report!" Roy said loudly.

His Elvish language had a little Castletown accent, which made Earl Macaulay feel a little more comfortable.

Earl Macaulay nodded slightly, then turned to look at Earl Stasa beside him and complained:

"Now you should know how difficult the current situation of our 17th Silver Pegasus Legion is!"

"The naval battle in the Queen Eweni Islands almost tied up all the Silver Moon Elf Guards, so we had to dispatch a guard from the Partington plane."

Earl Stasa glanced at Earl Macaulay, lifted his long hair behind his temples with one hand, and said in a strange tone:

"I am very familiar with Viscount Alvis of the Partington plane, so I know that plane very well, and I know that most of the people living on that plane are half-blood elves... But your 17th Legion actually formed a half-blood elf guard on that plane, which is really a bit unexpected!"

Earl Macaulay could see that Earl Stasa was not in a very good mood.

As the initiator of this incident, Viscount Felek had already escaped in disgrace when he got off the ship.

Whenever he thought about his wife Selina having an affair with her adulterer Viscount Felek on the big bed worth 800 magic crystals at home last night, Count Stasa felt like there was a raging fire in his chest, ready to burst out at any time.

Originally, Count Stasa hoped that Viscount Felek would die on the battlefield, or at worst learn a lesson in this naval battle, but who would have thought that this naval battle of Count Macaulay would come to an abrupt end after the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion showed a trump card...

The 17th Silver Pegasus Legion defeated the gray dwarf bandits with an overwhelming advantage.

So Count Stasa was a little confused. Obviously, the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion had such a magic airship fleet, why did Count Macaulay still have to take so many favors and ask the fleet of Murayaki Port to leave the Sheep Horn Bay and go to the waters of Io Island to participate in the war...

So many unpleasant things squeezed together, making his tone a little strange when he spoke!

When Earl Macaulay heard Earl Stassa say this, he could only smile bitterly in his heart. He did not understand what was happening on the Partington plane, let alone Roy. After all, the half-elf boy had been branded with the mark of the Swinburne family long ago.

Earl Macaulay couldn't say that in front of outsiders.

"When we created this half-blood elf guard, we set many restrictions on this guard."

"Unless they encounter special circumstances, they can't leave the Partington plane at will. They can only move around on the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane. If the Silver Moon Elf Guard hadn't been attacked in Sheep Horn Fjord, we wouldn't have transferred them out of the Partington plane." Earl Macaulay explained.

These things must be made clear to Earl Stasa, otherwise if they are misunderstood, Earl Macaulay is worried that it will affect their friendship.

Earl Stasa also felt that he seemed to have lost his composure just now, so he immediately calmed down his bad mood and discussed with Earl Macaulay: how to deal with the gray dwarf robber prisoners captured in this naval battle.

The way the Silver Moon elves usually deal with prisoners is actually quite cumbersome.

According to the normal process, these gray dwarf prisoners of war will first be sent to a military court to determine their crimes, which are generally war crimes, and then several trials will be conducted to confirm which of these gray dwarf prisoners of war have killed elves and which have not.

Gray dwarf prisoners of war who have killed elves will be sent to the Parram Island Prison, and these gray dwarf prisoners of war will be sentenced to life imprisonment.

The sentences of gray dwarf prisoners of war who have not killed elves will be long or short, and the length of the sentence depends entirely on the confession attitude of the gray dwarf bandits...

Therefore, the trial of prisoners of war is also a very tedious matter, and there is no benefit.

Count Stassa stood in front of the dock, looking at the gray dwarf prisoners of war who were slowly walking down from the medium-sized sailing ships in a long line, and took the initiative to say:

"You defeated these gray dwarf bandits, so they should be dealt with by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion!"

"Okay. But those spoils seized from the waters around Io Island should also be selected by me first!" Count Macaulay readily agreed, and also added his own conditions.

"No problem! You pick first." Count Stasa agreed.

Count Macaulay smiled with gratitude and said to Count Stasa with a smile: "... In any case, thank you for unconditionally extending a helping hand to us when the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion needed help the most."

After that, he took the initiative to step forward, shook hands with Count Stasa and bumped his shoulders heavily.

"Haha, since you can think so, I won't be polite with you about one thing!" Count Stasa rarely smiled.

"Please tell me... As long as I can do it." Count Macaulay said with a smile.

"Don't worry, I won't make it too difficult for you..." Count Stasa whispered to Count Macaulay's ear.

...

Roy led a group of half-blood elf warriors in front of the trophy pile, specifically picking out those wooden boxes containing magic crossbows.

In fact, the three-masted sailing ships of the gray dwarf bandits also installed some ship-borne crossbows, which were specially used to deal with the Silver Pegasus Knights. During the naval battle, the floating height of Roy's magic airships exceeded the effective range of the ship-borne crossbows, and the crossbows of the gray dwarf bandits could not reach the magic airships at all.

When the three-masted sailing ship sank in the vicinity of Io Island, the Silver Moon Elf Warriors fished out some wooden boxes filled with magic crossbow arrows from the sea.

Earl Macaulay obtained the right to choose the spoils first from Earl Stassa, and naturally gave this right to Roy, who had made the greatest contribution in the naval battle.

Miss Christine also followed the team, observing the many spoils displayed on the dock with great curiosity.

At this time, the Silver Moon Elf officer who informed Roy to choose the spoils first walked up to Roy and said:

"Captain Roy, Lord Macaulay wants to see you!"

Roy slowly raised his head, then walked to Captain Timothy and whispered to him: "You stay here first, I'll go see Lord Macaulay!"

"Yes, Captain Roy."

Captain Timothy replied.

…

In a tree house in the noble district of Murayaki City, Roy sat on a set of sofas. The partition in front of him was made of precious materials for hollow carving. The wood itself exuded a refreshing aroma. On the wooden table beside him was a gold ornament inlaid with several gorgeous gems.

The cup in front of him was filled with green life sap and a faint aroma of wine. The rich breath of life would make Roy feel comfortable just by smelling it.

There were several silver-white Taro fruits on the plate. The mature Taro fruits had a sweet aroma.

A Silver Moon Elf maid squatted beside the small table. She peeled the taro fruit with her crystal-clear fingers like white onions and handed the egg-sized white jade-like flesh inside to Roy's mouth.

Roy sat on the sofa a little stiffly, his back straight.

Seeing that Roy refused to open his mouth, the Silver Moon Elf maid smiled lightly, put the peeled taro fruit on the plate, stood up and left.

Not long after, Earl Macaulay walked in from outside.

He changed into a set of exquisite casual clothes and said to Roy with a smile:

"Are you Roy?"

"Yes, Lord Macaulay." Roy stood up from his seat without any expression on his face.

"This time your mine guard group did a good job. If I had known that your mine guard group had such a strong combat power, I should have suggested to Earl Swinburne that your guard group go to Golfito!"

Roy responded loudly to Earl Macaulay:

"Your Majesty, this is what we should do!"

"I don't even know where these magic airships come from. Can you introduce them to me?" Count Macaulay said with a smile.

Although Roy was very reluctant, he did not hesitate in his actions and quickly explained:

"In the naval battle of the Queen Egwene Islands, our regiment was ordered to station on the Key West Islands. Gray dwarf bandits made a sneak attack on Key West Island at night and were discovered by our regiment's scouts. Our regiment immediately started a battle with those gray dwarf bandits on the island. At that time, all gray dwarf bandits None of them could escape back to the ship. We were lucky enough to find their fleet and captured eleven barques. "

"The entire battle process should be recorded in more detail in the Silver Pegasus Legion headquarters battle report summary."

"After the naval battle, these eleven three-masted sailing ships became the trophies of the mine guard group. I happened to return to Castletown City at that time to deal with the matter of primary magic herbs. At that time, I was dealing with imperial merchants, and they asked I revealed that there was a dwarf craftsman on their ship who could transform three-masted sailing ships, so I spent a sum of money and asked this old dwarf to help me transform all eleven three-masted sailing ships into magic airships!"

"I know that magic airships cannot sail on the Elf Continent. The original purpose of transforming the magic airships was to transport them to the Partington plane."

"The distance between Padstow City and Padstow Plateau in the Partington plane is too far. Transport by pack teams alone cannot meet the needs of merchants, so I submitted an application to the military department to open a link between Padstow City and Padstow Plateau. The waterway between plateau cities..."

After Roy finished speaking, Earl Macaulay sighed softly. What Roy said was almost the same as the information he had investigated.

"Roy, you performed very well both in the naval battle of the Queen of Evenni Islands and in the naval battle of the Sheephorn Fjord. Have you ever thought about going to the Buenos High Elf Academy to take further military courses? If you have this If you have any ideas, you can come to me, I happen to have a recommendation spot for this high-end college!" Count Macaulay said tentatively.

Roy didn't expect that Earl Macaulay would extend an olive branch to him at this time...

"Well, Lord Macaulay, I have no plans yet!"

Roy stood in front of Count Macaulay and said calmly.