Ellington Castle is right on the edge of the Malaga jungle, and when the expedition team reached the mountain path between the mountains, the castle surrounded by mountains could already be seen along the winding hills.

The trees on both sides of the trail are almost completely shaded, and the blue sky can only be seen through the gaps in the lush foliage.

It's a bit hot in the jungle, but the trail isn't too difficult to walk.

Although the road has not been repaired for a long time, and there are a lot of weeds growing from the cracks in the stone slabs between the pavement, at least the road is not muddy, and there is no need to cut some thorny vines.

The academy allows new students to train in the wild in the jungles of Malaga, mainly because of the abundance of vegetation and the wild berries that can be found everywhere.

Even if the elves don't bring any food, as long as they are willing to actively look for it, they can find a lot of food to eat in this jungle.

After walking a short distance along the mountain path, Roy and Claire found a large tree with berries at the top of the road, and bunches of blue-purple berries hung on the top of the tree like braids, which looked like blueberries, but they grew in braids, blue-purple.

Although Claire can climb trees, the tree is at least twenty meters high, and its bare trunk is as smooth as a flagpole, and there are not even extra branches, so she can't climb at all.

Roy had planned to cut the tree off with a machete so that he could get the berries at the top of the tree, but the other elves resisted it.

Unexpectedly, Claire put on spikes, tied a rope to the tree, easily climbed down the trunk to the top of the tree, cut off a bunch of ripe berries with a dagger, and then held the trunk with both hands, and actually slipped down directly from the top of the tree.

Claire showed her hand, which directly won the praise of the members of the expedition.

Claire gave a whole sprig of berries to each member of the team, and put the rest into a small pot.

Perhaps a little overripe, this juicy berry has a unique chocolate and wine flavor and is very sweet.

After Roy ate a few, he felt that the physical strength he had consumed this morning had suddenly replenished.

In fact, this kind of berry is also sold in Castletown, but it is rarely seen in the lower city, mainly because the price of this berry is not cheap, and for the half-blood elves in the lower city, they prefer breadfruit with a satiety and better taste.

Walking along the trail leading to Fort Ellington, you will see several other expeditions along the way.

They also planned to make their first stop at Ellington Castle, located on the edge of the jungle in Malaga.

The castle is at the end of the col, and from this trail you can see the roof of the castle at the highest point.

However, it can only be seen from a high place where there are no dense branches to obstruct the view.

The previous stretch of the jungle trail was not easy to walk. Although it was a shortcut, it required everyone to concentrate not only on their feet, but also on both sides of the path, and to cut down the vines in front of them, so the expedition team was not moving fast.

Roy's expedition didn't arrive at the main entrance of Ellington Castle until noon, and looked up at the towering castle gate, which also had an elaborate relief of the Silver Pegasus Knight holding an elven sword, but at least half of the relief was obscured by vines.

The walls on the left and right sides of the gate are built on top of cliffs and covered with a layer of vines, which blends in perfectly with the surrounding jungle.

A depressed and dilapidated castle stands at the end of the mountain in front of you, the high wall on the left side of the gate has collapsed for a long time, and the gate of the castle is a stone bridge about ten meters long, on both sides of the stone bridge is a valley dozens of meters deep, and on the opposite side is the ancient castle built on a lonely peak.

The castle is made of stones, and the mud poured into the cracks between the stones has been so badly lost that they form deep crevices, and in some places the crevices are overgrown with wild grass.

The buildings inside the castle have no doors or windows, and in some places have even collapsed.

Entering the castle, you can also see some small workshops and shops on the left and right sides of the street, and the plaques at the entrance are rotten and unshaped, and they can still jingle when blown by the wind.

There is also a small square in front of the main building of the castle, and a drinking fountain should have been built in the center of the square, but this stone carved pool has dried up for an unknown amount of time, and it is full of bird droppings and dead branches, and it is likely to have become a temporary nest for some birds.

There happened to be an expedition team setting up a tent in the small square, and when they saw Roy walking in, they greeted them very politely.

Seeing that the camping places in the square were occupied by this expedition group, Edith led everyone around the square and a street, pointed to the stone house built against the wall and said: "This was once an arsenal for storing ordnance materials, and the surrounding walls are built stronger than other places, and the terrain is relatively high, even if it rains heavily, this place will not be flooded, let's camp here for the next few days!" ”

The girls in the group were responsible for cleaning the stone house that had collapsed, and they were cleaning out weeds and the droppings of some small animals.

A boy actually took out a silver water cup from his magic waist bag, and he placed the silver cup on a stone platform at the entrance of the stone house, and embedded a magic crystal fragment into a magic groove in the silver cup.

By the time Roy looked at it curiously, a shallow layer of clear water had already condensed into the silver cup.

Although the water gathering speed was slow, the water in the cup was very clear, and he placed a small pot of tea beside him.

Just wait for the water in the silver cup to overflow, it can flow into the small iron pot along the opening of the silver cup, the elves do not have the habit of cooking porridge, but they have to drink fruit tea or flower tea every day, this small pot is also used to make tea.

Roy and Claire walked around the armory and found that it was a nice campsite, sheltered from the wind and rain.

The girls' tents were set up in the arsenal, and the boys set up their tents at the door of the arsenal.

Roy and Claire still can't eat with the members of the expedition, and they both need to find something to eat around the castle.

However, Roy walked all the way into the castle and saw no bushes......

Edith walked slowly out of the arsenal with her hands behind her back.

She came to Roy and said to Roy with a smile:

"Roy, can you do me a favor?"

"No problem! What do I need to do? ”

Roy casually agreed, and only then asked Edith what was going on......

Edith blinked her blue eyes that were like moonbuds and pointed to a narrow path on the side of the arsenal, which was close to the wall and led to the castle's backyard, where a few stone steps could be faintly seen.

"From here, through the cloister and an arch behind the stone steps, you will see the back garden of the castle, and there is a breadfruit tree on a platform near the edge of the back garden, can you help me pick three breadfruits from that tree?"

The smile on Edith's face almost welled up......

"We're here to help." Roy said excitedly.

After saying that, he called out to Claire, who was standing on the wall and looking around, and the two of them walked along the path next to the wall to the back of the castle, and sure enough, after climbing a few stone steps, they entered a cloister that was almost collapsing, and several broken stone statues fell among the grass.

Through the arched stone door, you can see a bread tree growing on a platform made of stones.

The bread tree was not even three meters tall, but the trunk was so thick that it took an estimated twenty young men joining hands to barely enclose it.

There are not many branches at the top of the bread tree, and the leaves are very sparse, but each branch has a fruit hanging on it.

The bread tree was half dead, and its trunk was covered with lifeless old bark.

The other half of the bread tree is still alive, not only are the branches covered with leaves, but there are also large and small breadfruits hanging on the branches, and it looks very tenacious.

"The bread tree, Roy, is the bread tree! Our dinner was a ...... to be."

Claire cheered excitedly!

Roy ran over and found that although the bread tree was large, there was a platform in the area, although it was very close to the back garden, but there was a high wall between the back garden and the fence.

Moreover, the platform is much higher than the back garden, and if it were not for the cloister, the breadfruit trees were hidden by the high walls of the castle.

If you don't look carefully, you guess it's hard to find......

Claire climbed the breadfruit tree and quickly cut down five breadfruits.

Roy glanced up at the castle's high walls, and felt that the abandoned ruins had an eerie feeling.

The two brought back the breadfruit, and Edith was setting the table with the other girls.

They dismantled the discarded weapon racks and assembled them into a long dining table, covered with a white floral tablecloth, a jug filled with clean water and a row of wooden cups, and a fruit basket filled with vermilion, blueberries, plums, and green apples.

Seeing Roy bring back the breadfruit, Edith smiled and said, "At least you won't go hungry for three days in the castle......

Roy keeps breadfruit on the table, which is easy to store and can last for a long time as long as the pulp is not pulled out.

"Thank you, Edith...... Familiar with this place? Roy whispered thanks.

Claire stabbed Roy with disdain and said to him in a mocking tone, "You can't have forgotten her name, have you?" ”

"Edith. Ellington ...... Ellington Castle, this relic castle can't be your home, right? ”

Roy said Elise's name out of his mouth, and realized that her surname was Ellington......

The elven girls around him were all looking at Roy with strange eyes, and their eyes seemed to be full of words: 'You only know after all this time?' ’

Edie glanced at the castle outside without paying any attention, then sighed and said:

"In the past, this place no longer belonged to the Ellington family after it was deserted, my father renounced the inheritance of this place in the year I was born, and now the ruins of Ellington Fort belong to the Silvermoon Kingdom."

“……”

Although he couldn't understand why Edith's father would give up the inheritance of the castle, Roy still said with some regret:

"Actually, if you can repair it well, this castle is quite good."

The 16th group had lunch at noon and took a short break before starting their field trip to the castle.

A group of people came to the gate of the castle and found that there were a lot of students from the Elf Academy here, and some of the expeditions could not find a place to camp in the castle, so they had already set up their tents on the grass at the gate.

(End of chapter)