Path of light

Chapter 699 700. The count’s support

After the magic airship arrived in Padstow City, in order to avoid the onlookers and commotion of the mixed elves, Roy disembarked first and left through the employee passage of the airport terminal.

Roy's friends went directly to the Central Square, and from there arrived at the town of Partington Island through the portal, and then took a boat back to Castletown City. Because Claire was there, it was estimated that there would be smooth sailing along the way. Silver Moon Elf nobles still have some privileges.

There was a carriage parked on the roadside behind the airport terminal. Roy stood next to the carriage, looked at the empty carriage, and tapped the glass window with his fingers. Then the carriage driver was stunned, opened the door, walked into the carriage, sat down, and faced The coachman reported the address of Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters.

Although the coachman was waiting for other elf patrons here, he did not dare to refuse Boss Roy, so he sent Roy directly to the small square in front of the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters...

Roy stepped off the carriage. When the mixed elves in the small square saw Roy's figure, they all paid attention to Roy...

Roy was still a little unaccustomed to it. He simply waved to the mixed elves in the square and quickly walked into the military headquarters.

The mixed elves in the square let out a low cry, and everyone was shouting 'Boss Roy'.

Roy walked into the hall on the first floor of the military headquarters without looking back. The hall seemed a little noisy. Roy went directly to the front desk of the hall and asked the elf woman:

"Is President Berkeley here?"

The elves in the front lobby naturally knew Roy, and they quickly said, "The president happened to be here."

"Inform me, just say that I want to see him, it's urgent!"

Roy said seriously to the elf woman.

After waiting for a short while, the adjutant next to Berkeley appeared in the lobby on the first floor. He very diligently took Roy to the office of Governor Berkeley.

Berkeley was sitting in the main seat in the conference area, talking to a dozen elf officers...

Roy was sitting in the rest area, too far away, so Roy couldn't hear what they were saying, but Berkeley's face was serious, and a group of elf officers also sat upright.

Not long after, Chief Berkeley ended the meeting, and the elf officers left Chief Berkeley's office holding documents.

Before they left the office, they all secretly looked towards the rest area.

Roy sat leisurely on the sofa, holding a cup of warm fruit tea and drinking it with relish.

Berkeley walked across from Roy, sat down with a smile, and said to Roy: "Roy, why do you have time to come to my place today? I thought you would be busy for a while before you have time to rest!"

Roy put down the teacup in his hand, bumped fists with Berkeley, and the two looked at each other and smiled.

"This time I am going to Queen Egwene Island to meet Lord Swinburne. I happened to pass by Padstow City, so I came to see you!" Roy said casually. "How is the situation here in Padstow City?"

Berkeley scratched his hair with his hands, picked up the tea cup and took a sip of hot tea, and then said:

"Recently, there are still many radical mixed-blood elves making declarations of independence in Padstow City, but they only gave very short speeches in a small square and did not have much impact on the mixed-blood elves residents in the city. …”

After Berkeley finished speaking, he added with a smile:

“The current craze in town is heading to the Highland City to pan for gold.”

Berkeley then chatted with Roy about the recent development of the Partington plane.

Currently, the development speed of Padstow City is somewhat unable to keep up with the population increase of the mixed elves, so all resources in the city have become very tight.

Fortunately, a large number of mixed elves went to the plateau city, which slightly alleviated the shortage of public resources in Padstow City after the city's rapid growth.

Berkeley then told Roy that the Elf Council of Elders in the Royal Capital of Buenos had not stopped investigating Roy. It had lasted for nearly four years. Recently, it seemed that another group of investigators had entered the Partington plane. They did not contact the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion, and were obviously preparing to conduct a secret investigation in the Partington plane.

A message came from Earl Swinburne. He hoped that Roy could stay at Pagisto Plateau and it was best not to wander around at this time.

Roy also looked helpless. The investigators from the Buenos Elf Council of Elders were like a group of smelly flies, always surrounding him and unable to get rid of them.

He led the mine guard regiment to garrison the Dark Gate in Golfito Canyon. His ears had been clean for more than a year, and now he is here again...

"Why are they still here?" Roy said with a grimace.

Chief Berkeley: "It is said that a certain noble dug out your information and threw it at the quarterly summary meeting of the Council of Elders."

"..."

Roy was a little speechless, and then he whispered something into Chief Berkeley's ear.

"This time I came here, and I also brought some bad news: When I led the mine guard group to explore the western sea along the Sun Island Bay, I found traces of the Dark Faceless Legion there, and they are currently in the west. The sea area is at war with the Kraken Legion, and the Kraken Legion is no match for those dark faceless ones!”

Chief Berkeley looked at Roy dumbfounded and didn't know what to say for a moment.

…

After Roy met with Captain Berkeley in Padstow, he arrived at Partington Island through the portal. More than half of the ships at the dock of Partington Island were material transport ships of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion, so after Roy revealed his identity, he easily boarded a material transport ship to the Queen Ivennie Islands.

Every day, there are ships from Partington Island to the Queen Ivennie Islands, mainly to transport some daily necessities to the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion, such as fresh fruits that are not available on the island.

The medium-sized sailing ship that Roy took was a special ship for transporting berries. The speed of this ship was very fast, and it always chose to set sail in the evening...

The captain of the medium-sized sailing ship was a Silver Moon Elf who worked in the logistics department of the 17th Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters. He heard that Roy was on his ship, so he specially vacated a cabin for Roy to rest.

The sea breeze was smaller at night, and the sea was relatively calm. The medium-sized sailing ship sailed very smoothly on the sea.

The cabin was a bit stuffy, so Roy went to the deck to enjoy the cool breeze. Seeing the captain standing on the roof of the ship to observe the star map, he asked him, "Why did you choose to go out to sea at night?"

"Captain Roy, recently we often see some gray dwarf ships around the Queen Ivennie Islands. Once they find our transport ships, these bandits will raise their sails and chase us. Speaking of which... in the past two months, four medium-sized transport ships have been blocked by gray dwarf bandits." The Silver Moon Elf Captain sighed and said.

"Sailing at night can avoid those gray dwarf bandits. As long as we don't deviate too far from the route, there will be no danger."

"Have those gray dwarf bandits come back again?" Roy asked.

"Yes, I really don't understand why these guys always miss our Queen Ivennie Islands..." The Silver Moon Elf Captain said with some distress.

"I heard from people that the homes of the gray dwarves were occupied by other races, so they chose to sail south to find some habitable islands to settle down." The first mate on the ship poked his head out of the cabin and said casually.

The elf captain said to Roy: "We are currently in the preparation stage. The sea blockade of the gray dwarves is not so strict. We should take advantage of this time to transport more supplies to the islands..."

The medium-sized sailing ship sailed on the sea all night. After dawn, Roy found that the medium-sized sailing ship had indeed safely passed through the outer area of ​​Queen Ewenni Islands.

These gray dwarves are really difficult to deal with... The 17th Silver Pegasus Legion had successfully driven them away last time, and the gray dwarves also suffered heavy losses. Unexpectedly, after two years, this group of gray dwarves came back again.

Roy was looking forward to the appearance of the gray dwarf bandits in the Queen Ivennie Islands...

His magic airship fleet was taken back from the gray dwarf bandits. If there is another chance to participate in the war in the Queen Ivennie Islands this time, Roy plans to seize a few more three-masted sailing ships to expand the size of his magic airship fleet.

Thinking of this, Roy deliberately stood on the top of the ship to observe around, but unfortunately he stood on the ship for a whole morning and didn't even see the shadow of the gray dwarf bandits.

...

Queen Island is the largest main island in this archipelago. There is a tree of life on the island, and the Silver Pegasus Military Department was built on this tree of life.

The dock of Queen Island is also built with wooden boards, but there is also a stone foundation made of stones at the edge of the dock. There are more than 40 medium-sized sailing ships moored at the port dock, and there are countless flying fish boats.

When the medium-sized sailing ship arrived at Queen Island, Roy said goodbye to the elf captain and went to the military headquarters of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion alone.

In the lobby of the Legion Headquarters, Roy wanted to meet Lord Swinburne, but he didn't expect that such a thing would require an appointment in advance...

After the appointment, the next step was to find a place to stay on the island and wait quietly.

Roy found a hotel on Queen's Island and stayed there.

After waiting for only one day, Roy was informed that he had half an hour to meet Lord Swinburne the next morning...

Lord Swinburne's office was on the top floor of the Tree of Life. When Roy walked into the office, Lord Swinburne was still bowing his head to sign documents.

The footsteps sounded, Lord Swinburne raised his head, and after seeing Roy, he motioned him to sit aside for a while.

After Lord Swinburne signed the last page of the document, he handed all the documents to his assistant, then pointed to the rest area next to him, took the initiative to walk over, and sat down lazily.

Roy followed Lord Swinburne and sat opposite Lord Swinburne.

"Roy, you are too bold. Do you know how many Silver Moon elves are investigating you now?"

The first sentence that Earl Swinburne said when he sat down startled Roy.

Roy rolled his eyes and looked at Earl Swinburne...

Seeing that there was no fear in Roy's eyes, he tapped Roy's forehead with his finger:

"Do you know how high your personal information and crimes are piled in the filing cabinet of the Buenos Elf Elders Council?"

After saying that, Earl Swinburne gestured with his hand and then said:

"Send your mine guards to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp in Golfito Canyon. This is my idea!"

"Originally, I was planning to let you return to the Partington plane after public opinion subsided, and then manage the Pagisto Plateau honestly."

"But recently, there have been more and more questions about you. Now the investigation orders sent from Buenos will no longer be sent to the military department, and they do not need to be approved by the military department..."

Earl Swinburne looked at Roy.

I remember that when I first saw Roy, his face was still very immature. At that time, he was still a student at the Elf Academy...

Now, Roy's face has become slightly more handsome, and it is said that he performed very well at the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp.

The only thing that made Earl Swinburne regretful was that Roy was not a Silver Moon Elf. Earl Swinburne said to Roy:

"In the recent period, you go back to the Partington plane and don't go anywhere. You keep an eye on the Pagisto Plateau. That's enough."

Roy could feel the love and care of Earl Swinburne. He stood up, saluted Earl Swinburne and replied loudly:

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Tell me, what's the matter with you coming to see me at the Silver Pegasus Military Headquarters this time?"

Lord Swinburne sat back on the sofa, put his hands on the back of the sofa, and asked very relaxedly.

Roy stood up.

"Lord Earl, I found traces of the Dark Faceless Legion in the western sea of ​​the Partington plane..."

"……What did you say?"

The smile on Earl Swinburne's face froze almost instantly. He stood up and strode towards the wall with the map of the Partington plane. His eyes were fixed on the map of the Partington plane, but on that map there was only Pad. The areas of Sto Forest, Pagi Sto Plateau, Sun Island Bay and Western Sea are no longer on the map at all.

He glanced at the map and then asked Roy: "Where is the western sea?"

Roy pointed to a blank spot on the map and said, "The approximate direction... it's almost here!"

Then Roy told Count Swinburne how the fleet encountered the Dark Faceless Legion. Count Swinburne listened attentively. At the end of the sentence, Count Swinburne said to Roy:

"Okay, write a detailed report and give it to me. I will report this matter to the superiors. Now you have to go back immediately and keep an eye on the Dark Faceless Army. There are frequent plane wars in Roland Continent now. , This is the first time that traces of the Dark Legion have been discovered in the Elf Continent, but this deserves our close attention."

"Your Majesty, Earl, I would like to apply for some more military supplies." Roy said to Earl Swinburne with a smile.

Earl Swinburne nodded happily and said: "Yes, the Silver Pegasus Military Department also has a procurement quota for military supplies, but you have to pay for the specific costs yourself."

"I have prepared this military expenditure."

"Whatever you need, make a list and give it to me." Earl Swinburne said.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Roy's hanging heart finally fell to the ground, and it could be seen that Earl Swinburne still supported him.

Earl Swinburne also patted Roy on the shoulder and said to him:

"I have always thought that you are the best among the young elf officers. I still think so now. Go back to the Partington plane as soon as possible. Don't let me down."