275. The decline of the city of Padessto
Baron Jarvis was arrested, and the noble circle of the Silver Moon Elves in Padesto City was greatly shaken.
In the matter of the slave trade, many of the Silver Moon Elf nobles in Paddestow were involved, and even if they were not involved, they were all in the know.
The exit of the Partington Plane Portal is located on Partington Island, which is located in the depths of the Endless Sea in the eastern part of the Elven Continent, close to Pallam Island, and is the most marginal area of the Elven Continent's territory, thus forming an excellent port for slave trading.
And the smartest thing about Baron Jarvis is that Partington Island has developed into an island inhabited entirely by half-blood elves.
When the half-blood elves from other places hear about Partington Island, many of them come to visit it.
But Partington Island is only a large area, and the places that can live have long been occupied by half-blood elves, and those half-blood elves who come here can't live on Partington Island, they heard that the Partington plane is also inhabited by half-blood elves, and many half-blood elves run to the Partington plane.
It's just that it's easy to buy a teleportation ticket to the Partington plane, and it's more difficult to leave the Partington plane.
The constant flow of half-blood elven immigrants into the Partington plane has become the safest source of slave trafficking.
The slave trade incident involves a lot, and the mixed-race elf slaves will not only be trafficked to the human countries of the Roland Continent, but also to some elf mine owners.
Due to the low fertility of the elves, the population of the Silver Moon Elves has continued to decline in the last hundred years. Although the half-blood elves live at the lowest level of the elven world, the population of the half-blood elves is increasing year by year.
It is for these reasons that the Partington Plane has gathered a group of people who are extremely hostile to the half-blood elves.
Baron Jarvis is the most hated and profitable elven nobleman in this group.
What's even more ironic is that most of the slave hunters and slave traders under his command are half-blood elves, some of these half-blood elves are unscrupulous in order to survive, and some are pure and inflammatory, thinking that if they climb to the silver moon noble, their status will become extremely noble......
After hearing these inside stories about the city of Padusto, even Sabrina sighed:
"We were able to leave Padstow safely that day, not only because of our luck, but also thanks to Christine's nobility......"
Miss Christine was not complacent, and she sat down on a chair on the terrace of the treehouse with a smile on her face, asking Miss Tiffany about water magic.
"yes, if we hadn't discovered this secret by mistake, I guess the slave trade in Padstow City would have continued." Woods said with a sigh of relief.
Speaking of which, he was also a victim of it, if it weren't for the rescue of Woods, if it weren't for the Elven Academy adventure party, there is an elven ranger who is good at hiding and tracking, Instructor Eleanor, if it wasn't for Roy's insistence on getting Woods back......
The city of Paddestow may still be buzzing now, and the captured half-blood elves will still not be heeded.
"If it weren't for the discovery of the Silver Moon Elves noble slave traders, maybe the rebels of the half-blood elves would not have appeared......," Roy sighed.
After the land of the half-blood elves was expropriated by Baron Jarvis, they only continued to migrate south.
"The screening operation is coming to an end, and I regret that I couldn't find Benjamin and Abt, and I delayed everyone so much."
Miss Christine sat up straight and said to a few of her young friends.
"Actually, it's not just you, I'm also interested in finding Benjamin and Abt, Abt killed my friend Jasper in Castleton, and Miss Tiffany and I have been looking for him everywhere." Roy explained, and glanced at Miss Tiffany.
Miss Tiffany has taken Jasper's death lightly.
"Yes, I'm here to find Abt." Miss Tiffany said.
"And me! I came to Padstow City, not for Benjamin, but for my reasons! Woods followed suit.
Sabrina came to Padstow City this time purely to help, but after all, she was a member of the Elven Academy Adventure Party, so it was natural for her to come and help.
Only Claire is here for the holidays......
Although there is really not much to do in the city of Padstow and the food is very monotonous every day, Claire always finds some fun for herself, and occasionally plays the piano on the terrace for everyone to hear.
In fact, Claire has not gained nothing recently, but he has been composing music every day.
That's the great thing about being with Roy, always being able to listen to him humming a beautiful and unique melody at some point.
As the month-long field practice vacation is coming to an end, and the search operation in Padstow City is coming to an end, nearly half of the treehouses in the five districts of Paddestow City, and finally the only remaining South District, have also been screened.
But I didn't even see Benjamin's shadow......
……
Another day of fruitlessness......
Due to the recent loss of elves in Paddestow City, the number of vacant treehouses has also made it more difficult to screen operations......
In fact, Roy had been thinking for a long time, if he was Benjamin, there was such a major change in the city of Padusto, so would he hide in the city and watch the situation change?
The answer is naturally no, because as a human magician, Benjamin is in the limelight in the elven city, even if he knows some disguise techniques, but under close observation, he can still see some clues.
Roy deduced from this that Benjamin would not be stupid enough to hide in the city of Padstow.
Of course, they will not enter the depths of the jungle on the Partington plane, Benjamin is a magician, Abt is a probationary priest, and unless the two of them can find an adventure group, they will have the possibility of going deep into the jungle.
Sure enough, after the screening of the last area of Padstow City was completed, Benjamin and Abt were not found, and there was not even the slightest clue.
This screening operation has wiped out all the slave traders hiding in Padstow City, not only that, but these half-blood elf slave traders have also bitten out some Silver Moon Elf nobles, and the elf nobles in the city finally can't sit still.
Many Silver Moon Elf nobles ran to the portal in the central square, hoping to return to the Elven Continent through the portal.
However, their request was decisively rejected by the military of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion......
Roy and his friends are returning to Partington Island tomorrow, and Roy is a little frustrated that he can't find Benjamin and Abt.
In recent days, Sabrina and Claire have been using pencils to draw the heads of Benjamin the Wizard and Abt on seagrass paper.
Neither they were very impressed with Benjamin nor Abt, so when the first sketch was made, Roy was always on the side to correct the details.
But even so, the wanted avatars drawn are only six or seven points similar to them.
Before leaving the hotel, everyone gathered on the terrace of the hotel's treehouse, from which they could see most of the city of Padusto.
"It's a pity...... Didn't get those two guys caught! Miss Tiffany said helplessly.
"In just over two months, it's a long vacation, and if you still want to come here looking for Benjamin and Abt, I can arrange ......"
Miss Christine clearly had no intention of letting Benjamin and Abt go.
Roy guessed that the main reason why Earl Swinburn was able to carry out a big screening operation in Paddestow this time was to make Miss Christine angry.
The second was to arrest all the slave traders who had been hiding in the city at the end......
Clearly, the elven warriors of the Seventeenth Legion did a great job of capturing the slave traders.
"Maybe Instructor Nora has some new plans." Roy prompted from the side.
……
The next day, a carriage sent by the military arrived at the door of the hotel.
Roy and his party, who had already packed their luggage, boarded the carriage one after another and headed for the portal in the central square.
When everyone arrived at the square, Roy found that a group of Silver Moon Elf nobles had gathered in the central square.
The Silver Moon Elf nobles waited in the square, looking very quiet......
These elven nobles saw a carriage parked at the edge of the square, and their eyes looked at the carriage.
It was still Roy who walked out of the carriage first, but he was slightly stunned when he saw several Silver Moon Elf nobles in the central square.
In his thoughts, wouldn't it be better to hide at home and avoid the limelight in such extraordinary times?
The city of Paddesto has become even more chaotic now, and many of the Silver Moon Elf nobles live in fear every day, for fear that an army will suddenly break in and send them to the Inquisition of Buenos.
"Why are there so many Silver Moon Elves Noble Bureau here? It's hard to see one ......," Claire muttered as she got out of the car.
When Roy and his party walked towards the portal in the central square, these elven nobles also came over.
"Are they going through the portal too?"
Miss Christine walked up to the portal guards, handed over a pass pass in her hand, pointed to the Silver Moon Elf nobles behind her, and whispered to the portal guards.
The portal guard saluted Miss Christine before replying:
"No, they've been waiting for four or five days, and we've been instructed that only with this pass pass can we pass through the portal, Miss Christine, your pass is for six members, please check your companions."
Miss Christine didn't expect that now the Silver Moon Elf nobles were actually restricted from freely entering and exiting the Partington plane.
She hurriedly pulled Roy, Claire, Woods, Sabrina, and Miss Tiffany to her side, and there were elven nobles behind who wanted to take the opportunity to come over, but they were directly stopped by the portal guards.
As he walked through the portal, Roy glanced back at the Partington plane......
……
In fact, the life of the Captain of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion is not very good these days, and almost every day some Silver Moon Elf nobles visit him, hoping that he can open the plane portal......
At least more than half of the Silver Moon Elf nobles have the idea of retiring, wanting to return to the Elven Continent with the wealth they have accumulated over the years.
And those industries that can't be taken away on the Partington plane are directly discarded.
There are even some Silver Moon Elves for this...... He gave some 'small gifts' to Captain Bydwin.
For example, a bag of magic crystals, several large boxes of magic beast materials and magic herbs, and so on.
Captain Bedwin was very annoyed, it wasn't that he didn't want to accept these gifts, among these gifts, there was even a bronze statue of his favorite elf girl, but he didn't dare!
How many pairs of eyes are now staring at the Partington plane, and this time his duty is to guard the portal.
In addition, he cooperated with Miss Christine to track down two criminals, one of whom is said to be a human being, but unfortunately he couldn't find it after so many days.
Captain Bedwin's troubles lie in the portal, so many elven nobles are trying to get close to him, flatter him, and bribe him, just to be able to leave the Partington plane.
The more slave traders were arrested, and the more elven nobles were involved......
Everyone wanted to get out of this quagmire as soon as possible, but Captain Bedwin didn't dare to let it go......
He only guarded the side of the ship portal, but he did not control the entire portal, and once the matter was revealed, with the character of Earl Swinburn, he would not have any good fruit to eat.
The gift was hot, and Captain Bydwin didn't dare to accept it at all.
At this time, Adjutant Cardiff walked into the command room and reported to Captain Bydwin:
"The head of the report, Christine. Miss Swinburn and her friends have left Padstow, and Miss Christine and her friends have not been able to find these two men during this screening! ”
Head Bydwin turned to take the report, reached out and patted Adjutant Cardiff on the shoulder, saying:
"Well done, Cardiff, it's been a great month!"
Adjutant Cardiff asked Captain Bydwin, "Captain, what about the nobles gathered in the central square?" ”
"Just let them keep waiting, the report compiled from the slave traders has been handed over to the Swinburn Legionnaire, and it is estimated that it will not be long before there will be a reply." Head Bydwin said with some depression.
Miss Christine left Padestor without incident, and he was a little relieved.
……
Roy and his party returned to Partington Island, and did not spend the night on the island, and the sailboat that picked them up and returned to Castletown was already waiting on the docks......
On this medium-sized sailing boat, there are enough rooms for them to rest.
When Roy got on board, he didn't rest in the cabin, but sat on the roof of the ship, looking out over the island of Pallam in the distance.
Only in clear weather can you see that prison island.
At this time, Roy thought of Ralph, the gray dwarf, who would have thought that he was actually drowned alive by a Naga warrior......
"Roy, why did you get here, and listen to how I wrote this score......"
Claire caught up from under the ship, holding a thick sheet music, and asked Roy.
"Claire, are you preparing for the final ball?"
Roy turned his head and asked Claire with a smile.
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival, today is the holiday, barely a chapter
(End of chapter)