Path of light

Chapter 679 680. The abandoned Temple of Liberty

Whether an elf city is prosperous and stable depends on whether there are many elf children in the city.

The fertility of pure-blood elves is particularly low, and some elves may even remain childless throughout their lives. Therefore, in many elven cities, those elven children will receive the utmost care and love.

The initial reason for the rise of mixed-blood elves was that the fertility of mixed-blood elves had significantly improved.

Perhaps due to the fusion of bloodlines, when elves of different races are combined, the chance of pregnancy can be increased by at least ten times.

Therefore, there are a lot of mixed-blood elf children in Padstow City. You can always see some elf children chasing balls in the streets and alleys. Their laughter even makes the sky in Padstow City turn into seven colors. .

With these mixed-blood elf children, the whole city has a kind of vitality.

Roy rode a carriage through the streets of Padstow City. He remembered the first time he came to Padstow City. At that time, there was no street planning in the city. There were forest paths everywhere under the tree house. The elf We built some small flower gardens under some trees, and these paths intertwined to form a network in the city.

But now Padstow City has changed its original appearance due to rapid expansion.

The closer you get to the city center, the wider the streets here will become. There is even a large square under the Tree of Life that can accommodate a gathering of five thousand elves...

Many magic fountains have been added to the city, and these fountains are basically at crossroads or small squares.

In addition to magic fountains, statues, pools, and low shrub walls are also common.

In addition to a large number of shops appearing in Padstow City in recent years, there are also many orange shops. The elves like to call fruit shops orange shops, and like to hang a fish-shaped thin iron plate outside the fish shop. Whenever there is a breeze blowing through the forest, the iron plate will sway back and forth. The exquisitely made iron plate will look like a flying fish flying through the wind and waves in the sea...

If you just stand on the street for a while, you can see many mixed-blood elven collectors carrying bamboo baskets. Roy can even tell what magic herbs are in his bamboo basket from the exposed part of the bamboo basket.

There are so many mixed-blood elven collectors, but Silvermoon merchants complain every day that it is really difficult to purchase magic herbs in Padstow City...

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Roy did not buy a tree house in Padstow City. In order to facilitate the transportation of herbs and magic metals from the Padstow Plateau to Castletown City, he bought an orchard on the outskirts of Padstow City. .

This orchard has always been the secret receiving point for Lysander's pack team. When the magic airship first entered the Partington plane, it also hovered over the orchard and transported a large amount of fruit to the Pagisto Plateau.

Due to the unique terrain of the mountains near this orchard, there is only one road into the mountains, so this orchard is very private.

Today, three thousand human priests of the Knights Templar live here temporarily. When Roy entered the manor, the courtyard of the manor's residential area was filled with boxes of apples. There were very few breadfruit trees in Padstow City. , you can always see large apple orchards outside the city.

Roy saw that the human priests had put on the fine linen robes that the mixed elves liked to wear. They were sitting together in the courtyard and loading the picked apples into wooden boxes with hay.

These human priests have improved a lot, and Roy can even feel that they have a little bit of the power of holy light in them.

It is a pity that the Holy Light of the Statue of Liberty can no longer shine on the Elf Continent, and human priests cannot quickly restore the power of the Holy Light through prayer.

A carriage drove into the manor and stopped in the manor yard.

The carriage door was opened quickly by the coachman, and Roy and Tennyson stepped out of the carriage.

Captain Jeroin stood up from the piled apple box and took the lead to greet Roy and Tennyson.

Captain Flint and Captain Dickas followed closely behind. The three captains all wanted to meet Roy and talk to him about the path the Templars would take next...

Roy did not stop in the yard, but walked directly into the dining room of the manor. There were long tables and benches, and the dining room was open enough for everyone to talk about things.

"The Knights Templar have been staying here for two days, and they probably know the situation in the Partington plane. Do the three leaders have any ideas?"

Roy asked looking at the three group leaders.

Captain Jeroin sat in the middle. He had the most contact with Roy, so it was up to him to do the talking.

"Captain Roy, first of all, I want to thank you for taking the risk to bring us out of the dark land. The Partington plane is also very good. It has vast forests and rich magical herbs. It is a rich and livable plane. But although this place Okay, but we still hope to return to Roland Continent and the Green Empire. After all, we have been away from home for so long and we really want to go home and have a look."

After Captain Jeroin finished speaking, he looked at the other two captains.

Flint and Captain Dickas also nodded quickly, expressing their agreement with Captain Jeroin's point of view.

The three group leaders did not hesitate, and directly took out some Warcraft materials from their magic pockets, and placed them on the long dining table. Almost all of these Warcraft materials were high-end goods obtained from high-level Warcraft above level 4, just any one. If you throw it into the magic market, you can sell it for a lot of money.

Magical materials filled the long dining table...

"Captain Roy, in order to express our gratitude, we have specially prepared this heartfelt message for you."

It is unknown how long it took them to accumulate these magic materials. To have brought them back from the dark land, these dark magic beast materials must be very difficult to obtain. Roy had traded this kind of magic materials some time ago. These dark magic beast materials are worth a lot of money.

He thought for a moment before saying to Captain Jeroin:

"The reason why I am willing to bring you back from the dark land is because of the friendship between us. We help each other. If one day I wander to the Green Empire and ask for your help, I think you will not refuse me..."

"These dark beast materials are not that important to me, but for you, maybe they can be exchanged for a ticket back to the Green Empire."

"I know a few human merchants. My idea is... You can meet those human merchants, or try to contact other human merchants. You can first understand the current situation of the Green Empire. If they are willing to take you back to the Green Empire, I will help you board the ship safely."

"Now there are many imperial merchants buying magic herbs in the Elf Continent. I heard that a large-scale plane war is currently breaking out in the Roland Continent. It is said that the Dark Legion is invading the plane. You'd better learn more about the situation in the Roland Continent."

Roy's words naturally made the three captains very excited. Touched...

When Captain Jeroin heard that a plane war had broken out on Roland Continent, he said:

"Then it is even more necessary for us to go back and take a look. The Statue of Liberty and the Green Empire Royal Family have a covenant to jointly resist foreign enemies. Every time a war breaks out in the Green Empire, the priests will be assigned to various armies and fight with the army."

Roy nodded,

"Well, it happens that the portal tonight in the central square of Padstow City leads from here to Partington Island. You can send a few representatives to go to Partington Island with me later, and you can also send these Take the Warcraft materials with you. The purchasing power of the Empire merchants is stronger than that of the Elf merchants. If the price is right, sell these Warcraft materials to them. "

Captain Jeroin wanted to say a few words to Roy, persuading him to accept these Warcraft materials...

Roy patted Captain Jeroin on the shoulder and urged:

"Let's go. The one-way portal in Padstow City will not wait for us."

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The carriage carried Roy, Tennyson, Captain Jeroin and Captain Flint out of the Apple Manor, and Captain Dicas stayed in the manor.

It is impossible for all three captains to go. Someone must stay here...

Tennyson got off the car halfway. He did not follow Roy to the Elf Continent. It would be very troublesome for Dark Moon Elves like him to pass through the plane portal, unless there was a large-scale Elf army passing through, allowing them, the Dark Moon Elves, to blend in.

Every time he passed through the portal, Roy would be recognized by the half-blood elf guards.

The half-blood elf guards saluted Roy with some excitement.

Roy waved to the half-blood elf guards, then quickly passed through the portal and came to the center of Partington Town. There was actually a very busy commercial street here, with a wide variety of goods in the shops. Many shops had some magic herbs, but the prices of those magic herbs were not cheap.

Few half-blood elves would stop in front of such shops, but some Silver Moon elves would stand in front of the shops and ask questions...

Roy introduced Partington Island to the two captains, and then the three of them came to the island pier and boarded a medium-sized sailing ship with the flag of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion. As the medium-sized sailing ship was filled with various goods, it sailed to Castletown Port under the sunset.

The slightly salty sea breeze made Captains Jeroin and Flint a little excited. They seemed to be looking forward to meeting the imperial merchants this time.

The medium-sized sailing ship sailed in the sea for a night, and Roy even told Captains Jeroin and Flint about the elves' understanding of the star map.

That night, Jeroin and Flint did not sleep for almost the whole night. The medium-sized sailing ship was still very bumpy when sailing in the sea, and it happened that the wind and waves were also very strong that night. When they arrived at the Castletown Port in the early morning, the two captains were exhausted and looked very bad.

The number of imperial merchant ships that arrived at the Deepwater Port has increased to more than a dozen, and these large sailing ships are crowded with the Deepwater Port.

In the morning, countless flying fish boats rushed out of the dock at Castletown Port. Those half-blood elves stood on the boats and manipulated the wings with both hands. These flying fish boats looked like flying fish jumping on the sea.

The morning sun bathed the entire Castletown City, and the closely arranged buildings in the lower city made the whole city look very spectacular.

The statue of the Silver Moon Elf on the top of the mountain was just under the shade of the Tree of Life. She held a longbow in her hand and pointed at the vast endless sea...

Standing on the port dock, this port city gave the two captains a strong sense of oppression.

Captain Jeroin stood at the dock and saw the Statue of Liberty on top of the main hall of the Statue of Liberty next to the harbor. He pulled Captain Flint and walked towards Brown Street. The two captains stopped in front of the gate of the Statue of Liberty. Through the rusty iron gate, they saw that the gaps between the floor tiles in the courtyard were full of weeds. In the round fountain, the dense weeds had even submerged the fountain sculpture...

Looking at the rusty iron gate and the dilapidated hall, the two captains of the Knights Templar looked a little lonely.

Captain Jelloin was still thinking about how to go in and take a look. At this time, Roy stood in front of the side door, took out a copper key from his waist, and directly opened the iron lock on the door. Under the gaze of the two captains, Roy walked into the weed-covered yard.

"My teacher is the chief priest here, but when I became an apprentice priest of the Statue of Liberty, the holy light of the Statue of Liberty could no longer shine on the Elf Continent, so I did not believe in the Statue of Liberty and did not rely on prayer to restore the power of holy light. When the Statue of Liberty went on the third expedition, my name was not on the list, and the teacher asked me to stay."

"Originally, it was said that a shelter would be set up here to accommodate some homeless half-blood elf children, but now... more than six years have passed, and no one has come to take over this Statue of Liberty."

Roy's tone was full of complaints.

"Captain Roy, you are not a believer of the Statue of Liberty, so where does the holy light power in your body come from?" Captain Jelloin asked curiously.

Roy explained:

"When I was still an apprentice priest, I relied on absorbing the holy light particles around me to slowly restore the holy light power in my body. Although the recovery speed was extremely slow, it allowed me to be promoted to a priest. After I became a priest, I found that the flower of light could help me quickly break through the level, so with the help of my friends, I planted a lot of flowers of light."

After listening to Roy's story, the two captains suddenly realized.

In fact, Roy had roughly talked about what he said in the dark land.

It's just that Roy was not standing in the ruined Statue of Liberty at that time. Although Captain Jelloin listened very seriously, he didn't have such a profound understanding as he did now.

In fact, the priests have also discovered one thing in the past few days...

That is, they can't restore the power of holy light through prayer in the Partington plane. When they heard Roy say that the power of holy light can be restored through other means, they listened very seriously.

When Roy mentioned the flower of light before, Captain Jelloin didn't pay much attention.

This time Roy mentioned the Flower of Light again, and Captain Jeroin finally couldn't help asking Roy:

"Captain Roy, can you take us to visit your flower garden?"

"Of course... no problem!"

The three of them left the Statue of Liberty and walked west along the port pier. The Black Pearl ran aground on the beach west of the port pier.

On the way, they met the Silver Moon Elf Guards at the port pier, and Roy greeted them familiarly.