Chapter 560 561. The unspoken answer
Coming to this Partington Island again, Miss Christine's mood was quite complicated.
The small town on the hillside of Partington Island was unexpectedly lively. There were many elves stranded on the dock. The transportation capacity of the medium-sized sailing ship seemed to be unable to meet the needs of the elves.
Many white canvas tents were set up on the beach, and mixed-blood elves were running on the beach.
Almost half of the town square is filled with supplies. There are many flatbed trucks pulling wooden boxes on the streets of the town, traveling between the pier and the square. Countless mixed-blood elf porters sweat here.
Earl Swinburne took Miss Christine into the portal. Many pictures in the space rift were extremely distorted. Miss Christine followed Earl Swinburne closely. Suddenly, a mirror-like picture appeared in front of her. Ripples, the scenery in front of me immediately changed into the central square of Padstow City. Looking south, there was a large sea of rolling trees in the distance.
Behind Earl Swinburne and Miss Christine, there is also a squadron of Silver Pegasus knights. These Silver Pegasus knights are the guards of Earl Swinburne.
These Silver Pegasus knights appeared in the central square and immediately attracted the attention of most of the elves in the square...
Many mixed elves had doubts and fear in their eyes. They stood there and looked at Earl Swinburne and Miss Christine with cold eyes, which made Miss Christine even feel a little cold all over.
As soon as I arrived in Padstow City, I felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the city.
A group of elven merchants lined up in the central square, apparently preparing to leave the Partington plane.
Earl Swinburne took the reins from his bodyguards, climbed onto the Silver Pegasus, and led a squadron of Silver Pegasus knights towards the Silver Pegasus military headquarters.
Miss Christine followed closely behind Earl Swinburne. The father and daughter were surrounded by a group of guards. The elves they met along the way moved to both sides to avoid them.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, and many shops have icons of magic herbs on their plaques.
Miss Christine found that the city of Padstow had changed a lot. The last time she came to Padstow, there were not so many shops between the giant trees on both sides of the street. At that time, the city looked very busy. Quiet, with large tree-lined areas everywhere.
Nowadays, some shops have been built between many giant trees, forming intricate streets in this forest city.
Through the gap between the forest leaves, Miss Christine happened to see a magic airship passing through the clouds and slowly descending...
There are also some young mixed-race elves on the street. They walk briskly and hold baskets in their arms. The baskets are filled with fruits. Occasionally, when a carriage stops on the street, they will come to the window and put the fruit in their hands. basket held high.
"Fresh apples, would you like to try them?"
A young mixed-blood elf with long legs even had the courage to run up to Miss Christine and lift the fruit basket in his hand above his head.
Miss Christine was a little curious, so she picked up a golden-red apple, put it under her nose and smelled it. The sweet scent of the apple made her feel much better...
Earl Swinburne happened to be next to Miss Christine. When he saw Miss Christine picking up an apple, there was no follow-up. He smiled dumbly, then took out a Kohler from the purse at his waist and threw it away. Into that fruit basket.
The clever long-legged mixed-blood elf young man grinned at Lord Swinburne and quickly ran to the roadside before the guards were ready to drive him away.
"Didn't you follow the adventure group to experience various planes? How come you can't even understand the most basic buying and selling transactions?"
Earl Swinburne looked at his daughter Christine dotingly and asked.
"Although I have gone out with many adventure groups for experience, I rarely buy things!" Miss Christine replied coquettishly.
"I remember that you once came to the Partington plane and conquered the Griffin Barrier Mountains. How was it? Now that you have come to Padstow City in the Partington plane again, is it any different from what you remembered? asked Earl Swinburne curiously.
"It has become a lot more lively, and the whole city seems to be a lot bigger..."
Miss Christine reached out to hold her long hair blown by the breeze in the forest, and said casually.
Although the disappointment on his face flashed away, it was still keenly captured by Earl Swinburne.
The adventure group she joined had traveled to several planes under the leadership of instructor Nora.
The names of these planes are still remembered in Miss Christine's mind, including the Partington plane, the Rocky Mountain plane, the Hulan plane, the Emerald plane, the Chilamei plane and so on.
But later on, the instructors' adventure groups no longer brought their group of students.
Roy later formed an adventure group called Zakarum, but did not invite her to participate.
Miss Christine was depressed about this for a long time...
Earl Swinburne and his party rode the Silver Pegasus slowly along the street and arrived at the square in front of the Silver Pegasus military headquarters.
The mixed-blood elves gathered here have long dispersed. Although the square has been carefully cleaned, there are still many traces of the gathering of people.
Captain Berkeley led a team of mixed-blood elf warriors and waited respectfully at the edge of the square. He saw Count Swinburne approaching on horseback from a distance, and he quickly squatted and saluted... In fact, Count Swinburne walked out of the portal and entered Padre. After entering Stowe City, Captain Berkeley received a report from the portal guard.
He even wanted to drag Roy to the Silver Pegasus military headquarters to greet Earl Swinburne.
But Roy didn't want to come, so he made an excuse and ran away.
Captain Berkeley did not notify Chief Kempfred, only he and his men were waiting here.
Earl Swinburne saw Captain Berkeley waiting at the edge of the square very early. He pulled the reins of the Silver Pegasus in front of Captain Berkeley, and then lowered his head and looked at him...
Earl Swinburne didn't even speak, and Captain Berkeley knew what the Earl was dissatisfied with.
"...Stop explaining, just tell me! What happened here to make the relationship between you and Kampfred so tense?"
Captain Berkeley's hand shook slightly.
Earl Swinburne did not listen to Captain Berkeley's account of the incident in the square, but came to the tree of life. He did not choose to walk into the Silver Pegasus military hall, but stood on a huge tree root. Behind him is a huge tree trunk nearly a hundred meters thick.
Captain Berkeley stood beside Earl Swinburne and told the whole story.
Earl Swinburne's face became worse and worse. He put one hand on the rough tree trunk and recited a few ancient elf mantras with his eyes closed. Suddenly, the tree of life seemed to wake up. Wrinkles appeared on the skin, and the bark continued to change, slowly turning into a huge face.
The eyes, nose, and mouth all appear very clear, but the huge eyes have no eyeballs, and there are no tongues and teeth in the mouth...
Earl Swinburne didn't say a word, he just tilted his head, put his ear close to the huge face of the tree trunk, and listened quietly to the whisper of the Tree of Life.
While Earl Swinburne was quietly listening to the whispers of the Tree of Life, General Kempfred led a group of legion officials and ran out of the hall panting. His face was full of horror, and his heart was full of fear. He was worried. He obviously wrote to Earl Macaulay asking for help, but he didn't expect Earl Swinburne to arrive at the Partington plane in person.
Lord Swinburne listened for a while and then stood up straight. He turned around and stood with his hands behind his back, without any anger on his face.
Earl Swinburne's eyes fell on Kempfred, and his cold voice immediately lowered the surrounding temperature to freezing point:
"Kampfred, get out of the Partington plane immediately..."
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When the mixed elf rebels captured Padstow City from Lord Alves, the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion immediately entered the Partington plane and drove the mixed elf rebels to the Griffin Barrier Mountains. .
At this point, the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion has completely occupied the Partington plane.
The occupation of the Partington plane can be regarded as the most correct decision made by the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion in the past twenty years.
After the plane portal that had been banned for six years was opened, the Partington plane ushered in a period of rapid development.
Some of the most basic trust has been established between the Silver Moon elves and the mixed-blood elves. The Silver Moon elves merchants are also contacting the mixed-blood elves here in a new way. The Partington plane is almost given to the seventeenth this season. The Silver Pegasus Legion brought in an income of 700,000 magic crystals, but this income completely wiped out the losses in the naval battle on the Queen Igwene Islands...
Even part of the pension for the Silver Moon Elf warriors comes from the Partington plane.
Now, because of Kampfred's unlucky decision, the good relationship that had just been established between the Silver Moon Elves and the Half-Blood Elves in the Partington plane completely collapsed.
However, the Silver Pegasus Legion is currently short of troops, and even the Queen Igwene Islands can barely maintain the situation.
At this time, not to mention that the legion has no troops to garrison the Partington plane, it even hopes that the mixed-blood elf guard group on the Partington plane can go to the Elf Continent and garrison on the outer islands of the Queen Egwene Islands.
But under such circumstances, how could a mixed-blood elf take the initiative to join the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion?
Thinking of this, Earl Swinburne wished he could throw this unfortunate guy, Chief Kempfred, to an isolated island in the Queen's Islands...
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General Kempfred left in a very embarrassed manner.
Under the gaze of a row of Silver Pegasus military officers, he was escorted to the portal in the central square by two Silver Pegasus knights before he even had time to go to the office to retrieve his personal belongings.
Earl Swinburne's eyes fell on Captain Berkeley, and he hesitated before asking: "Berkeley, how many elf guards are there in Padstow City's security guard regiment at present?"
"???"
Captain Berkeley looked at Earl Swinburne helplessly, not knowing how to answer for a long time.
(End of chapter)