Path of Light
Chapter 554

The Focus of the Higher-Ups' Attention

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With the opening of the Pattington Plane, the number of Half-Elf residents in the Padesto City surged from 300,000 to over one million in just over a month.

Originally, at least half of the treehouses in the city were vacant. Now, not only are the treehouse occupancy rates in the city saturated, but a large number of treehouses are even being built on the hillside opposite the city.

The Half-Elf had been pouring into Padesto City from the Elf Continent finally experienced something they had never felt before in this city—equality, freedom, and justice.

The local Security Guard Regiment will not give the Silver Moon Elf any special treatment because of their status.

Because the plane is rich in Magic Herbs, the Padesto City is home to a large number of herb merchants. As long as the Half-Elf in the city are willing to work, they can always find a way to make a living.

Every time Roy comes to Padesto City, he can feel the obvious changes in the city.

However, Roy didn't like this kind of rhetoric advocating for the independence of Half-Elf. He only listened to a few words before turning around and leaving the small square.

Not long after, Roy was enjoying a glass of orange juice on the street when he saw a squad of Half-Elf guards riding by on horseback. They were heading towards the small square where the Declaration of Independence was being held.

Seeing a carriage parked by the street, Roy quickly climbed into the carriage and said to the coachman:

"Take me to the Air Port Dock..."

As the city enters a period of rapid development, some of the Half-Elf seem to be getting arrogant.

Roy didn't intend to linger in the city. By the time he returned to the Air Port Dock by carriage, the Half-Elf laborers at the dock had already loaded the apples and Breadfruit into the cabin of the Magic Airship.

Roy strode up to the platform and instructed the captain, who was resting on the deck, "Has all the cargo been loaded?"

The Half-Elf captain immediately stood up straight and reported to Roy, "Boss, all the cabins are full, and the airship is currently fully loaded."

Roy glanced across the deck, where all the Half-Elf crew members stood at attention with their chests out and stomachs in. Roy casually asked, "Are all the crew members on board?"

The Half-Elf captain quickly replied, "Everyone is on board and waiting!"

Roy nodded and ordered, "We can't wait any longer. Let's set off for the Plateau City Plateau City. We'll get some rest once we arrive!"

"Yes, Boss!" the Half-Elf captain replied, then shouted into the Ship Building, "Flander, get all the Floating Device up and running! Untie the ropes on the platform, we're setting sail!"

The person in charge of activating the Floating Device was a Half-Elf mage. He hurriedly ran out of the Ship Building, putting on a magic hat as he ran.

The Half-Elf captain also took the opportunity to quickly run to the bridge and give orders to the Half-Elf crew on board...

The entire Magic Airship quickly began to operate.

Roy did not linger on the deck.

When he was on deck, all the crew members would walk around him when they passed by. These Half-Elf crew members were all outstanding Half-Elf Warrior selected from the Mine Guard Regiment, and they were the group of elves who admired Roy the most.

In order not to disrupt the Half-Elf's normal work on the ship, Roy returned to his cabin. As he lay on his bed and closed his eyes, the image of High Priest Reed suddenly appeared in his mind.

He was draped in a gray cloak that covered his entire body as he walked alone in the darkness. In one of his hands, he held a Wisdom Holy Grail that emitted a faint holy light. Countless Dark Creatures Dark Creatures roamed in the surrounding darkness, trying to tear at High Priest Reed through the faint holy light. But every time they plunged their claws into the holy light, they were instantly melted into a wisp of black smoke.

High Priest Reed slowly moved forward in the darkness, surrounded by endless darkness...

Roy suddenly opened his eyes, and the images that had appeared in his mind quickly vanished.

He sat up in bed and discovered that the Sacred Tree within his body had transformed into a faint, holy light-emitting phantom behind him. All the Light Flower in the crown of the enormous Sacred Tree had bloomed, and Holy Light Particle, like pollen from the flower stamens, were fluttering down from the Sacred Tree.

Roy reached for a water glass on the bedside table, took a big gulp of cold water, and tried to calm himself down quickly.

After he broke through the shackles of his body and became a first-order High Priest, no matter how many Holy Light Particle the Sacred Tree absorbed from the outside world, he did not feel the increase of Holy Light Power within his body. It was as if his cultivation path had stagnated after he became High Priest.

Roy knew that the Holy Light Power within his body would only increase significantly each time he purified the undead and demons...

However, in the Elf Continent, undead creatures and demons are very rare. Even though he possesses the Holy Light Power and can sense the undead creatures and demons around him, the chances of encountering them in a year are still very slim.

For some reason, Roy suddenly had a strong urge to go out for a walk.

In the past few days, he has seen a pair of eyes of reincarnation watching him from afar in the darkness more than once, and heard low, murmuring murmurs. Then his body was set ablaze, and a graceful figure danced in the darkness.

It was a dance full of allure.

Every time Roy tried to look over, his body would burst out with a dazzling holy light.

He would then wake up in a blinding holy light, and feel as if the holy light within his body had been hollowed out.

After a day and a night's journey, the sixth Magic Airship finally arrived safely in the Plateau City.

Today, the Plateau City is home to a large number of Half-Elf artisans. These artisans are skilled in rock carving and relief carving, and they carve exquisite murals on huge stone slabs before pasting them on the walls of the city's large buildings.

The cities of the elves may not have City Wall, but they cannot be without these artistic sculptures and relief murals.

Many Cross Street Intersection in the city now have pools and fountains, the city's water supply system has been improved, and many trees have been transplanted along the streets. As per Roy's request, these trees are mostly apple and orange trees. Although Mulin preferred to transplant some Hibiscus Cotton to make the streets more beautiful, Roy rejected this suggestion.

If the Bread Tree Bread Tree weren't so big, Roy would have even wanted to plant one in the center of every little square in the city...

The biggest change in the Plateau City is that the Half-Elf gatherers are finally willing to sell some mid-to-high-level Magic Herbs to herb merchants in the Free Market. There are no fewer than 50,000 Half-Elf on the Pagisto Plateau who make a living by gathering herbs.

They are scattered in almost every corner of the Pagisto Plateau. For many Half-Elf gatherers, the northern and eastern parts of the Pagisto Plateau are blank areas. In the past, these places were the territory of the Highland Slavers, and Half-Elf gatherers dared not set foot there.

Now that the Highland Slavers have been defeated by Roy's Mine Guard Army and Helick's Half-Elf Rebel Army, the Half-Elf gatherers can search for Magic Herbs anywhere on the Pagisto Plateau.

A large number of Magic Herbs gathered in the Plateau City, gradually making this newly built Small City lively.

The original purpose of this city was to build a Prisoner of War Camp on this hill surrounded by water on three sides, mainly to imprison those Highland Slavers.

Roy never imagined that one day the number of Highland Slavers in the Prisoner of War Camp would exceed ten thousand.

Plateau City was born under these circumstances, and now, thanks to the booming market for Magic Herbs, Plateau City has overcome its most difficult period of development in just a few months.

Although the Plateau City isn't particularly prosperous now, it's the largest gathering place for Half-Elf on the Pagisto Plateau...

The life of the Half-Elf here is far more comfortable and peaceful than in Padesto City, Mine Guard Regiment ' barracks are built in the Plateau City.

This time, Roy brought back 1,700 sets of high-quality standard Standard Military Uniform. Three Half-Elf Guard Regiment received the new Standard Armaments, while the outdated equipment discarded from them was packed up and sent to the Gazan Ancestral Land of Northern Plateau.

Commander Helik's Half-Elf Rebel Army is also currently lacking in military supplies.

Currently, only four Magic Airship travel between Plateau City and Padesto City. The rest of the modified Magic Airship were transferred by Roy to Sun Island Bay and docked at the North Coast pier after entering the Pattington Plane.

In Roy's view, having four Magic Airship traveling between the two cities was enough.

However, the modified Magic Airship couldn't stay on Pattington Island, so Roy transferred them all to the Pattington Plane...

Even with such a low-key approach, after the eighth Magic Airship entered Padesto City, Chief Commander Kampferfred's report was still placed on the conference table of the Silver Pegasus Legion's high command.

The reason given was that Chief Commander Kampferfred believed Governor Roy of the Pagisto Plateau currently possessed eight Magic Airship, forming a formidable air force on the Pattington Plane. Chief Commander Kampferfred declared in his report that Roy could deploy five thousand Half-Elf Warrior to any corner of the elven territory on the Pattington Plane within a single day and night, and that this Mine Guard Regiment had absorbed some of the plane's original Rebel Army, making its combat strength far surpass that of ordinary infantry legions.

If it were just a report, the Silver Pegasus Legion's leadership might not pay much attention to Roy.

But at this very moment, a document from the Armaments Manufacturing Department of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom was delivered to the conference table of the Silver Pegasus Legion's high command. It clearly stated that Roy, the commander of the Silver Pegasus Legion's Mine Guard Regiment, had spent 300,000 Magic Crystal Stone to buy 5,000 sets of superior quality Light Armor sets from the Castleton City Armory.

Keep in mind that the Silver Pegasus Legion only spent a total of 500,000 Magic Crystal Stone in the naval battle on Empress Ivini Islands...

However, the fact that a commander from an auxiliary plane of the Silver Pegasus Legion spent 300,000 Magic Crystal Stone to purchase military equipment suggests that Boss Roy, who controls all the mines on the Pagisto Plateau, may be involved in corruption.

As the investigators sent by the Silver Pegasus Legion inquired at the Padesto City military headquarters about the Metal Ingots and Magic Crystal Stone Roy had submitted to the military during his tenure, after converting all the Metal Ingots into Magic Crystal Stone, a number that shocked all the high-ranking officers of the military appeared before their eyes.

A total of 360,000 Magic Crystal Stone!

In addition, Roy runs a business selling Elementary Magic Herbs, and he also has a business license with the Silver Pegasus Military Department. No one knows better than the higher-ups in the Silver Pegasus Legion how profitable the trading of Magic Herbs is...

Suddenly, the Silver Pegasus Legion's leadership realized just how big a pie Roy was holding.

However, the high-ranking officers of the Silver Pegasus Military Department could not directly ask for these mines back at this time, mainly because these mines were the ones they had lost in the past.

Now that they're jumping out to reap the rewards, not to mention what Earl Swynborne, who's standing behind Roy, will think, who to send to take over these mines is also a problem for the Silver Pegasus leadership.

Immediately, the Silver Pegasus Legion's leadership took notice of Roy and the Pagisto Plateau.

The Legion's high command began to pay attention to Commander Brad and Commander Ke Leiwen, who were working on the reconstruction of two mines in the Kaltim Mountain Range. However, they were unable to restore the mines to normal operation in the ruins of the Kaltim Mountain Range for a long time.

Of the two thousand Half-Elf Warrior who originally set out from Padesto City, less than a thousand remained in just one month, some had run away and others had scattered.

Currently, Captain Ke Leiwen and Commander Brad can only bring their respective Half-Elf Warrior together.

Yet every day, many Half-Elf Warrior still voluntarily request to leave the legion...

There are many reasons, but the main one is that Captain Ke Leiwen and Commander Brad made these Half-Elf Warrior work as miners every day and also have to clear out small groups of headhunters in the Kaltim Mountain Range.

Not only that, but they don't even get paid for working as miners every day...

Unfortunately, all the officers in the legion were Silver Moon Elf, and these Silver Moon Elf Officer didn't know how to do work in the mines.

This differential treatment became a fuse that completely ignited the Half-Elf Warrior.

If these Half-Elf Warrior were treated differently on the Elf Continent, most people might tolerate it. But this was the Pagisto Plateau, and when news of their unfair treatment reached the ears of other Half-Elf -Half-Elf, some of them spontaneously went to the Kaltim Mountain Range to rescue them.

Thus, the largest incident of Half-Elf Warrior deserting the legion broke out at the South Mithril Mine in the Kaltim Mountain Range of the Pagisto Plateau.

When Roy heard the news, he was still at the dock on the North Coast of Sun Island Bay. The port had finally been completed, and he and Village Chief Tiprado were standing on a Magic Airship, planning to transport a batch of supplies to Sun Island.

"I've always wanted to build a lighthouse on Sun Island, so that the Magic Airship won't always get lost in the Sun Island Bay area when they sail at night..."

Roy stood on the deck with his hands on his hips, smiling as he spoke to the village chief Tiprado.

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