Roy's Concern

Roy needed to get up early to take a boat back to the Pattington Plane from Castleton Harbour, because the tide in Castleton Harbour was just in the morning.

Roy struggled to get out of bed, put on his Magic Inscription Construct, and walked out of the yard, only to find that Sabrina and Moira were just coming out of the neighboring yard.

Good morning, Roy.

A sweet voice rang out on the quiet street, and Roy couldn't help but smile and say:

Good morning, are you two going to the Elf Academy so early?

Moira's eyes curved into crescent moons, and her pursed lips and smiling face were as adorable as ever.

"Today is the first day of school, so we're going to the college early."

Sabrina stood on the street, tucking her wind-blown hair behind her ear with one hand, and said, "The morning breeze is just right, perfect for sailing."

"When you have time, remember to come back and visit us!"

"I will. There are two more batches of military supplies to be traded in Castleton City. I'll be back soon," Roy readily agreed.

Brown Street wasn't long, and Moira and Sabrina had to wait for the Long Carriage at the crossroads, so the three of them said goodbye at the crossroads.

As Roy passed by Mrs. Winnie's magic Potion Shop, he habitually glanced down at the wall beneath the Potion Shop. Although the big cat had followed him to the Pattington Plane, he still couldn't help but look inside the Potion Shop every time he passed by.

Just like when you pass by the abandoned Goddess of Freedom Temple, you can see through the big iron gates the lush weeds growing in the cracks of the stones in the courtyard, and even some weeds growing on the roof of the Main Hall.

Thinking back to his time living in the temple, and seeing its current state of decay, Roy couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

As Roy reached Castleton Harbour, the sun was just peeking out from the rosy dawn.

Byron.Toll's signature at Castleton Harbour harbor, carrying luggage, looks like he's waiting for a ship. He's dressed in travel attire, the most striking feature being the longbow wrapped in linen on his back.

Roy stopped and bowed to Byron.Toll before asking him, "Are you going on a journey?"

Byron.Toll looked somewhat tired. He waved to Roy and said calmly, "I've been having nightmares lately about the souls of my old brothers trapped in the Dark Land. They're begging me to go and bring their remains back, so I'm going to go back to the Dark Land again."

Roy blinked.

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "I heard that something unusual happened in Gorfito. You must be extra careful when you go there."

Byron Tolle looked at Roy with some surprise and said, "Heh, you've heard about Gorfito's situation too? That's right, the Silver Pegasus Legion certainly won't be able to stay out of it this time either."

Roy was unaware that the Silver Pegasus Legion was also sending troops to Gorfito, and stood there dumbfounded.

"..."

A ship shook its bow bell violently, the clear and melodious sound carrying far as it slowly departed the harbor, facing the surging tide.

Roy looked toward the Deep Water Pier, where the Three-Masted Sailboat was clearly ready to set sail.

"The ship over there is waiting for me, I'm going to board it now!"

Roy bid farewell to Byron.Toll and hurried toward the Three-Masted Sailboat.

Sure enough, after Roy boarded the Three-Masted Sailboat, the crew immediately pulled back the sampans that had been placed on the dock, and then, amidst a series of clear bell rings, they sailed out to sea against the rising tide.

After entering the sea, the Three-Masted Sailboat did not raise its sails fully and sail towards Pattington Island.

The first stop was for the Three-Masted Sailboat to deliver the batch of Elf Biscuit and Breadfruit to the sea area where the Imperial Merchant were anchoring.

The Imperial Merchant Darwin stood on the Ship Building and waved to Roy's Three-Masted Sailboat ship, only then did Roy realize that he had switched to a merchant ship.

Roy asked Darwin, the Imperial Merchant, out of curiosity, and learned that the merchant ship, loaded with Magic Herbs and Metal Ingots, had returned to the Roland Continent the previous night.

It's clear that these Imperial Merchant are quite united.

Although many merchants were competitors, the interests of the empire came first.

As long as a ship is fully loaded with supplies, it will not remain in the waters of the Elf Continent.

Of course, these businessmen also compete with each other in private.

Roy understood why he was so hated: he had practically monopolized the Elementary Magic Herbs market in the Pattington Plane, which was the main reason why those Imperial Merchant resented him.

Another reason that made the Imperial Merchant consider assassination was Roy's Half-Elf identity.

These Imperial Merchant believed that a young Half-Elf would have very limited space to survive in the racially discriminatory Silver Moon Elf Kingdom.

However, they didn't understand one thing: how could Half-Elf who could monopolize the Elementary Magic Herbs market in the Pattington Plane be a nobody without any background or ability? The Imperial Merchant did not expect that Roy had a military background with the Silver Pegasus Legion and was also very familiar with the security Guard Squad of Castleton Harbour.

After this whole thing went wrong, the Imperial Merchant had no choice but to bite the bullet and come up with a huge amount of compensation...

Although the one hundred Floating Device were nominally loaned to Roy temporarily, Floating Device actually belonged entirely to Roy.

Returning the Floating Device to those Imperial Merchant was Imperial Merchant 'Darwin responsibility...

The Silver Moon Elf ' punishment of these Imperial Merchant has not yet been lifted; all Imperial Merchant have been driven out of Castleton Harbour, and they are not allowed to approach Castleton Harbour until the perpetrators are handed over.

This punishment was too severe, meaning that Imperial Merchant could not resupply in Castleton Harbour. Fortunately, the crew members were already used to life at sea, and while anchored in this area, they would occasionally venture to the Tidal Reef Island.

Roy Imperial Merchant Darwin expressed his deepest gratitude to Roy for sending so many easily stored supplies.

When Roy arrived, the other Imperial Merchant dared not show their faces, fearing that it would stir up some unpleasant memories for Roy and make their situation even more difficult.

The deck of the merchant ship was piled with oak barrels, and instead of a ram, a whale-hunting crossbow was set up at the bow.

The Imperial Merchant Darwin leaned against the whale-hunting crossbow, because Roy was very interested in the giant crossbow...

His Three-Masted Sailboat did not have such long-range seated crossbows. If he could transport these heavy crossbows back to the seawall of Sun Island Bay, he estimated that those Toadfish Cavalry would not dare to approach the dock of Sun Island Bay.

When the Imperial Merchant Darwin saw that Roy was very interested in the whale-hunting crossbow, he took the initiative to introduce the ballista.

In fact, this whaling crossbow was one of the few means of self-defense on this merchant ship.

Unfortunately, there weren't any extra whale-hunting crossbows on the merchant ship. If Roy wanted to order some, the Imperial Merchant Darwin agreed to help Roy purchase them from the Dwarven Kingdom, as they were far less expensive than Floating Device.

Roy watched as the crew carried Elf Biscuit onto the merchant ship from the sampan and couldn't help but ask:

"Has the plane of the Grimm Empire also been attacked by Dark Creatures?"

The Imperial Merchant Darwin looked at Roy with a complicated expression and said, "In the Grimm Empire, almost all the rich planes are controlled by the imperial family and the dukes of various provinces. The imperial army continuously plunders resources from various planes and transports them to the imperial homeland, supporting the prosperity of the entire Grimm Empire."

"As the Plane War broke out, those rich and prosperous planes were gradually drawn into the flames of war."

"To prevent the dark forces of the Abyss Hell from entering the Roland Continent through these planes, the military will destroy some of the Plane Teleportation Portal that are about to fall, and at the same time, it will militarize the planes that are in the midst of war. Therefore, it will be difficult for these planes to continue to send resources to the Grimm Empire."

"But at this very moment, all the Goddess of Freedom Temple within the Empire were abandoned by the Priest, and the priests and Priest in the temples disappeared."

"The Construct Knight Order, lacking Priest and priests, can only rely on Life Potion when fighting on the battlefield. Unfortunately, the planes that are rich in herbs have all fallen. That's why we traveled across the ocean to the Elf Continent to buy Magic Herbs!"

Roy seemed lost in thought, and said, "Was the Goddess of Freedom Temple in the Grimm Empire also abandoned by the Priest?"

"While I can't say it's all there is to it, that's pretty much it!" said Darwin, the Imperial Merchant, casually.

It seems the situation on the Roland Continent is even more complicated than that on the Elf Continent...

Currently, there is no news of Plane War breaking out on the Elf Continent.

The only news was that the Priest of the Goddess of Freedom Temple had abandoned Gorfito Canyon, and all the Priest had mysteriously disappeared...

With a strangely heavy heart, Roy returned to Pattington Island aboard Three-Masted Sailboat.

There were no more Half-Elf stranded on Pattington Island at this time. However, when the sailboat passed by the island's dock, Roy noticed that a large number of Supply Ship Supply Ship were moored there, almost filling all the berths of the island's dock.

Roy abandoned his plan to dock the ship at the island's pier and carefully counted the supply Supply Ship moored there; there were more than thirty of them.

It really startled Roy.

The Three-Masted Sailboat had no choice but to head towards the Sheltered Fjord of the island.

Once Roy landed on the Sheltered Fjord side, he had his Half-Elf crew move all the ship's supplies to the Magic Airship that had already undergone complete modifications.

Taking advantage of this time, Roy arrived at the dock on Pattington Island. He wanted to know why so many Supply Ship were docked there. Was the Empress Ivini Islands preparing for war again?

Roy's Three-Masted Sailboat arrived at Pattington Island in the evening. He naturally missed the scene of the Second Silver Pegasus Knight Regiment heading to Gorfito from Empress Ivini Islands in the morning, but that did not stop the Half-Elf on the dock from telling Roy the news.

Accompanying the thirty Supply Ship were three thousand Silver Moon Elf Warrior from two Silver Pegasus Legion infantry Guard Regiment.

At this moment, these Silver Moon Elf Warrior were resting on the beach next to the island's dock.

As Roy passed by the beach, he overheard several Silver Moon Elf Officer whispering to each other by the rocky shore.

"What bad luck!"

"If Bu Lade and Ke Leiwen hadn't suddenly run off to the Pattington Plane to become Mine Owners, this business trip would probably have been for the two of them..."

"That's right! Why should our two Guard Regiment be sent to Gorfito?"

"Hey, hey, keep your voice down. If the higher-ups hear this, they'll probably be sent to the Pattington Plane to mine minerals too..."

Roy thought it best to walk as far away as possible to avoid the awkwardness of bumping into each other.

Upon arriving at the island's dock, Roy discovered that the Half-Elf was transporting a large amount of supplies from Pattington Town and loading them into the hold of a medium-sized sailboat.

Seeing several familiar captains at the Pattington Island dock, Roy walked over with a relaxed expression.

The captains knew Roy's identity, so they didn't deliberately hide their mission from him.

These Supply Ship will depart from Pattington Island, sail Northern Aviation, and eventually land at Murayaki Port on the Ram Horn Strait.

Then a Transport Team will carry this batch of supplies westward, through the Oxk Mountains, and into the Gorfito Canyon.

This is the shortest route from the Empress Ivini Islands to the Gorfito Canyon, the only downside being that more than half of it is a long and tedious sea voyage.

Unexpectedly, it turned out that the Silver Pegasus Legion had indeed sent troops to Gorfito.

It seems there's a really big problem on Gorfito's side.

Roy was somewhat worried about High Priest Reed, who was in the Dark Land Byron.Toll, Second Rank powerhouse, that the Dark Creatures in the Dark Land were incredibly powerful, and that High Priest Reed was not having a good time there.

Although he was somewhat worried, Roy never considered going to the Dark Land.

Even if he went to the Dark Land alone, what could he do?

The sixth Magic Airship, loaded with the superior quality equipment Roy had brought back from Castleton City, flew into Padesto City under Roy's command.

The Half-Elf residents of Padesto City are now quite used to the Magic Airship that silently roam the skies, and some merchants even come to the Air Port Dock to inquire about ticket prices.

For some merchants, the price of a Magic Crystal Stone for an airship ticket is somewhat expensive.

When Roy arrived in Padesto City, he did not report to the Padesto Silver Pegasus Military Department.

He only strolled around the bustling Padesto City before boarding Magic Airship to head to the Plateau City.

However, the population of Half-Elf in Padesto City has recently experienced an explosive growth, with Half-Elf everywhere in the city and newly built treehouses appearing on the opposite hillside.

As Roy passed through a small square in the city, he saw a middle-aged Half-Elf standing on a truck, giving an impassioned speech to a dozen or so Half-Elf around him.

'... We came here from the oppressed Elf Continent, must we continue to endure the oppression of the Silver Moon Elf?'

'... This is clearly our city, so why are the city's administrators Silver Moon Elf?'

"... Have you ever considered that our parents suffered oppression from the Silver Moon Elf, we are suffering oppression from the Silver Moon Elf, and our children will face the same problems in the future? Do we really want to live like this forever?"

Roy stood at the edge of the small square, listened to the impassioned middle-aged Half-Elf speak for a while, and then turned and left without saying a word.