Path of light

Chapter 570 571. Guide

Earl Macaulay put down the teacup in his hand, looked down at the parchment map on the table, and continued:

"According to Earl Swinburne's arrangement, the mine guards will replace the Silver Moon Elf Guards and enter the Golfito Canyon to cooperate with the Second Silver Pegasus Knights to complete a three-year garrison mission. Before coming here, Earl Swinburne should have told you about this mission, right?"

"Yes."

Roy answered honestly while sitting in a chair.

In fact, Roy really wanted to go into Golfito to take a look. After all, this was the headquarters of the Statue of Liberty in the Elf Continent...

Seeing that Roy's face showed no emotion, Earl Macaulay tapped the table gently and said:

"If the mine guards need any supplies, just ask. The military supplies in the port of Murayaki are very sufficient. Before entering Golfito, bring as many supplies as possible. If the material transport team wants to enter Golfito later, it will take some trouble. After all, the road from Murayaki City to Golfito is not easy to walk."

Roy thought for a while before saying: "I just picked up a batch of magic crossbows at the dock. These are enough..."

Earl Macaulay nodded. The half-elf young man in front of him was really stubborn.

Earl Macaulay just tried it out. He didn't expect Roy to fall to his side immediately.

Roy's two rejections made Earl Macaulay look at him with a new eye.

The two did not continue to chat. Roy got up and said goodbye.

Earl Macaulay walked to a terrace of the tree house, and was slightly blown by the wind, which calmed down his disturbed mood.

This mission has come to an end. He will thank the Silver Moon Elf nobles in Murayaki City on behalf of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion at the banquet tonight, and then he will take the 5th and 6th Silver Pegasus Knights back to the lighthouse camp near Castletown.

As for the aftermath, he, the deputy legion commander, naturally does not need to watch here.

The logistics transport team lost nearly two-thirds of the military supplies, and almost all the medium-sized sailing ships were buried around Io Island. This time, the logistics department needs to replenish some logistics supplies in Murayaki City.

However, after the transport team arrives at Murayaki Port, all the military supplies will be handed over to the Silver Moon Elf Guard Corps, and the transport fleet will be disbanded on the spot.

Now the Silver Moon Elf Guard Corps will rest in Murayaki City for a period of time, and the task of assisting the Second Silver Pegasus Knights to enter Golfito for garrison has fallen on the guard of the Pagisto Plateau Mine.

Therefore, these logistical military supplies will be handed over to Roy at the port of Murayaki.

The Silver Moon Elf Guard will take the medium-sized sailing ship at the port of Murayaki and return to Partington Island one after another.

...

At dusk in Murayaki City,

the Silver Moon Elves began to make final preparations for the night celebration. Colorful lights began to be hung on the square. Some wine merchants loaded oak barrels onto flatbed trucks and parked them in the corners of the square early. He poured some fruit wine into wooden cups and even deliberately spilled some to let the aroma of fruit wine drift throughout the square...

There is more than one open-air square in Murayaki City holding such activities.

Viscount Felek wrapped himself in a gray cloak and slipped off a carriage with a black hood.

He walked quickly to the door of the tree house on the street. The gorgeous door of the tree house was pushed open by an elf officer from the inside, and Viscount Felek quickly squeezed in through the gap in the door.

The Silver Moon Elf officer said, "Viscount Felek, please follow me!"

Viscount Felek waited until the door of the tree house was closed before he took off his hood, revealing his feminine face.

He followed the Elf officer into an office, saw Earl Macaulay, and immediately walked over quickly, and couldn't wait to say to Earl Macaulay:

"Earl Macaulay, I want to join the Silver Pegasus Legion!"

...

In a manor outside the city of Earl Stasa, Silver Moon Elf nobles have been entering the manor in carriages one after another.

In the courtyard in front of the manor, next to a fountain, an open-air dance floor was arranged. The dance floor was surrounded by thirty-six stone pillars that pierced the night sky. The huge arched corridor formed a double arc, and there were countless exquisite reliefs in this corridor.

The guests who rushed to the manor were standing on the stone steps of the corridor at this moment. Everyone was standing or sitting, chatting with a relaxed and happy expression.

The most talked about thing was naturally the battle on the sea of ​​Io Island during the day. The Silver Pegasus Knights of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion were the main topic of discussion among the Silver Moon Elf nobles.

Of course, some Silver Moon Elves would talk about how powerful the fleet of the Gray Dwarf robbers was, and some Silver Moon Elves would talk about how many ships of military supplies the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion had lost this time, and some Silver Moon Elves would quietly talk about the magic airship fleet that appeared in the sky.

The Silver Moon Elf nobles who came to Count Stasa's manor avoided a topic without any prior agreement - Countess Stasa's lover.

The women covered their faces and laughed in a reserved manner in the melodious music, and the Silver Moon Elf nobles wore gorgeous clothes to show their talents to the elf beauties around them...

In a small attic not far from the dance floor, Count Stasa sat in a dark room, and a beam of blue moonlight passed through the gap in the curtains, leaving a cold trace on the floor.

Count Stasa had a gloomy face, and he stared at a portrait hanging on the wall.

The male elf in the portrait was wearing a handsome military uniform, and a silver moon elf woman in a white dress was sitting in front of him with a smile on her face, and their hands were tightly clasped together.

Count Stasa was burning with anger in his heart...

Now all the elves in Murayaki City knew that Countess Stasa's lover was Viscount Felek, the sissy.

Countess Stasa's love affair had become the main topic of conversation among the elves in Murayaki City in just one day.

Think of his wife lying on the bed with a seductive manner to cater to Felek, who looked like a female elf...

Count Stasa stood up, drew the long sword at his waist, and slashed at the portrait across the room. A sharp fighting spirit was like a streak, which shot out from the sword and instantly split the portrait hanging on the wall in two.

The portrait fell to the floor with a bang, and Count Stasa drank a mouthful of the life tree sap mixed with some concentration potion.

Count Stasa has sent his wife to a remote ranch manor, and told the public that the countess was not feeling well and was going to rest in the manor for a while.

Now, Count Stasa just needs to keep an eye on Felec...

There was a knock at the door, and the butler's voice sounded outside:

"My Lord, the ball is about to start..."

The coldness and anger on Count Stasa's face seemed to be covered by a mask, and in an instant it turned into a kind and gentle smile, and he responded to the butler at the door:

"I'm coming!"

...

Count Macaulay was still sitting in the room where Roy was received, looking at Viscount Felec who came in and asked for help from him, with a wry smile on his face.

"Viscount Felak, although I am the deputy commander of the Silver Pegasus Corps, I have no right to recruit the deputy commander of the Security Guard Corps of Murayaki City directly into the Silver Pegasus Corps. This is against the rules!"

Earl Macaulay thought of what Earl Stasa said to him at the dock, and immediately swallowed all other explanations.

The look on Viscount Felak's face instantly became extremely gloomy, and he asked impatiently:

"Then can I go back to Queen Ewenni Islands with you?"

Earl Macaulay hesitated for a moment, but decided to reveal some information.

He didn't want to offend any of the Silver Moon Elf nobles in Murayaki City.

As a representative of the Silver Moon Elf noble forces of the 17th Silver Pegasus Corps, he needed to establish good relations with all the elf nobles.

"The personal friendship between Earl Stasa and me dates back to the time when we traveled the Elven Continent in the same adventure group three hundred years ago!"

"So...personally, I can't agree to your request."

Earl Macaulay's frank answer made Viscount Felek look desperate...

Earl Macaulay coughed lightly and continued:

"But...if you want to leave Murayaki City, I have an idea. Although I won't help you in this matter, you can enter Golfito with the Second Silver Pegasus Knights! The Silver Pegasus Knights don't know much about the environment around the Veranoz Mountains, and they need a guide who dares to enter Golfito."

"And you...have lived in Murayaki City for so long, I guess you won't be too unfamiliar with Golfito, right?"

Earl Macaulay blinked at Viscount Felek and asked with a smile.

"I... am quite familiar with Golfito."

Although Viscount Felec did not want to enter Golfito, he had to accept the dire situation in front of him...

Earl Macaulay smiled proudly:

"That's good, I can pass your information to the mine guards. The person responsible for receiving you should be Captain Roy of the mine guards. In the next period of time, you will follow this guard into Golfito..."

Earl Macaulay did not finish his words, and an adjutant at the door reminded him:

"Earl Macaulay, The carriage is ready. "

Earl Macaulay walked to a clothes rack, and a row of followers came in and put on gorgeous clothes for Earl Macaulay...

Earl Macaulay turned around and said to Viscount Felek:

"I will attend the manor ball of Count Stasa, and then I will return to Queen Ewenni Islands overnight."

Viscount Felek saluted Earl Macaulay very tactfully, and then said: "I wish you a safe journey!"

"Take care on the way, Viscount Felek."

After Earl Macaulay finished speaking, he walked out of the room quickly surrounded by a group of followers.

Viscount Felek followed Earl Macaulay to the outside of the tree house. Earl Macaulay refused to stay for a moment and drove away directly in a carriage...

Earl Macaulay soon took a carriage to the manor in the suburbs, and a group of young Silver Moon elves men and women danced on the dance floor.

Through the messy crowd, Earl Macaulay came to the rest area of ​​the ball, where Earl Stasa was sitting.

Count Macaulay and Count Stasa sat down and chatted for a while, and Count Stasa showed a faint smile on his face.

After the ball, Count Macaulay did not even stay in Murayaki City for a night, and returned to the lighthouse camp with the fifth and sixth Silver Pegasus Knights.

…

The second Silver Pegasus Knights and Roy's mine guards will go to Golfito together.

The Silver Pegasus Knights will guard around the magic airship and explore the wind flow layer leading to Golfito for Roy...

The magic airship stayed at Murayaki Port for a whole day, mainly to move all the supplies of the material transport fleet to the magic airship. The amount of supplies carried by the logistics transport team of the Silver Pegasus Corps this time was huge. Due to the limited transportation capacity of the magic airship, not all supplies could be transported away.

Some supplies could only be temporarily left in the warehouse of Murayaki Port, and Roy could only take some more important supplies to set sail.

However, this time when setting off from Murayaki Port, not only did he have to travel with the Second Silver Pegasus Knights, but Roy's mine guard group actually had an additional Silver Moon Elf guide.

Viscount Felek looked at the blue sea below with melancholy eyes. As the magic airship slowly took off, the heart that had been hanging in his throat finally fell back to its original position.

Before he went to bed last night, he was even worried that when he woke up in the morning, he would see his tragic death with his head and body separated.

He couldn't stay in Murayaki City...

If he stayed in the city, he would die in the hands of Count Stasa sooner or later.

Although the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom had abolished the death penalty long ago, this decree could not restrict Silver Moon Elf nobles like Count Stasa.

Although he did not want to go to Golfito, he considered that if he did not leave with the Mine Guards, he would end up lying dead on the street...

So he ran to the Mine Guards to report, and then hid in the cabin of the magic airship. He would not leave the cabin until the magic airship left the port of Murayaki...

Since he became the guide of the Mine Guards, Viscount Felek's task was to lead this magic airship fleet through the wind layer into the Veranoz Mountains. Viscount Felek carefully studied the terrain of the Veranoz Mountains.

And the map in Viscount Felek's hand was also the most detailed hand-drawn map of the Veranoz Mountains.

Originally, Golfito was the headquarters of the Statue of Liberty. For most Silver Moon elves, they had never even heard of this name.

Viscount Felek was able to understand some of the situation in Golfito because he had served as the deputy head of the security guard group in Murayaki City...

With the escort of the Silver Pegasus Knights, Viscount Felek's guide position was more like a decoration along the way.

The magic airship fleet passed through the wind layer and soon arrived at a lake outside the Golfito Canyon.

There is no airport pier built in the Golfito Canyon, so the magic airship can only land in the lake so that the half-blood elf warriors on the ship can get off the ship...

Roy got off the magic airship and led the mine guard group into the Golfito Canyon.

High Priest Reed had introduced this place in his letter, and Roy...

He never thought that one day he would have the opportunity to set foot in this place called Golfito.