This time, Roy had mobilized forty Magic Airships and twenty thousand Half-Elf guards from the Pattington Plane, along with two thousand Griffon Cavalry heading for the Mensa Strait.
The forty Magic Airships and two thousand Griffon Cavalry had all arrived at Kui Island. The entire dock was packed tight with the forty airships.
The Griffon Cavalry were stationed at the foot of the mountain beneath the active volcano in northern Kui Island. The griffons preferred areas near mountain peaks. Having passed through the Teleportation Portal to Kui Island, they were still somewhat unaccustomed to the environment here and had become rather temperamental.
Only the remaining eight thousand Mine Guards had yet to arrive on Kui Island...
In addition, the Priests of the Holy Knight Order would set out with the fleet. More than five hundred Priests were still on their way and were expected to reach Kui Island through the Teleportation Portal tonight.
After Roy and Woods returned to Kui Island, they began making comprehensive preparations for this expedition...
The Black Pearl had undergone nearly three months of modifications at Kui Island's shipyard. The installation of its Floating Device and Propulsion Device had finally been completed, and the Black Pearl had now been converted into a Magic Airship.
Roy had stayed on Kui Island for a week. Including the days delayed on the Elf Continent, more than half a month had passed...
At the camp of Kui Island's Mine Guard Army, Roy gathered everyone together.
Great Mage Greimus, Jerome, Timothy, and Captain Tennyson; the four captains of the Mine Guard Regiment—Captain Walker, Captain Vitas, Captain Cairns, and Captain Kepler; several squadron commanders from the Griffon Cavalry Regiment, including Sabrina, Kaka, and Little Eugene; and forty Magic Airship captains led by Captain Rodehart...
Everyone sat in a circle beneath a large