Path of light

Chapter 324 325. The Instigator

The elf assassin held up his bloody hands and tried to get up from the ground.

But then he felt that his hands and legs were being held down by the mixed-blood elves coming up from around him. He was also carrying an elf bow and an arrow pot hanging on his waist.

Roy stood in front of him, pulled out an arrow from the Elf Assassin's quiver, and compared it with the arrow that hit the Book of Judgment. As expected, the two arrows came from the same blacksmith workshop.

A group of indignant mixed-blood elves wanted to continue beating the elf assassin, but Roy took the initiative to stop them.

"If any of you can help hire the elf guards on the port dock, Roy would be very grateful!" Roy said to the onlookers of mixed-blood elves.

As expected, some of these mixed-blood elves knew Roy.

"Little Roy, please wait patiently, the elf guards will be here soon." An elderly mixed-blood elf shouted.

The mixed elves also wanted to take the opportunity to beat the elf assassin, but Roy quickly blocked it with his arm and said:

"The elf guard is coming, don't hit him again."

The dagger, fir bow, arrow pot and magic belt were all removed from the elf assassin. Two more mixed elves came up and took out a piece of hemp rope and tied the elf assassin tightly.

Roy wanted to take the opportunity to take a look at the big cat, but the proud big cat jumped up the high wall early, wagging its tail, jumped into the shadow and disappeared.

Many mixed-blood elves around saw the night saber biting the elf assassin. Some elves knew that the night saber was Mrs. Winnie's pet, and they started talking about it:

"That leopard is owned by Mrs. Winnie."

A mixed-blood elf next to him continued: "It should be so. I haven't seen it for a long time."

"I saw it on the beach the other day..." another companion continued.

…

The elf guards came very quickly, obviously not wanting any accidents to happen.

It is not far from the mouth of the Darnay River, just across the river from Brown Street, and in front of it is a crescent-shaped seawall that stretches into the sea.

Three elf guards wearing uniforms and leather armor squeezed into the crowd. The leading elf guard was an old acquaintance of Roy. He glanced at Roy and then asked:

"Can anyone tell me what just happened here?"

The elf guard stared at Roy. He thought Roy would answer, but he didn't expect that a mixed elf next to him answered first:

"Our neighbor Roy encountered an assassin... This guy shot a cold arrow in the street. If Roy hadn't been lucky enough to hold a book in his arms, he would probably be lying in a coffin now."

The mixed-blood elf on the side also pointed at the elf assassin lying on the ground and said loudly:

"Yes, it was the arrow he shot. We can all testify."

The mixed elves gathered around the elf guards, and some mixed elves even shouted at the top of their lungs:

"He wanted to stir up a dispute between the Silver Moon Elves and the Half-Blood Elves again, so he went to the Lower City to carry out assassinations."

Under the sea breeze, the mixed-blood elves were in high spirits, and some even gathered around the elf assassin again and loudly accused:

"Who has assigned you? Tell us quickly, otherwise we will keep watching you from now on, watching you enter the courthouse to be judged, and finally enter the Parram Island prison to dig a dungeon."

Seeing that the mixed-blood elves around them seemed to be refusing to give up until they said something, the elf guards could only bite the bullet and scold:

"Okay, he has been taken over by us. No unrelated personnel should come over."

The two elf guards also took the opportunity to help the elf assassin up from the ground.

The surrounding mixed-blood elves became even more excited...

Some mixed elves even asked the three elf guards on the spot: "What's going on with you? He was just assassinating the residents of the lower city, and now he is being protected by you elf guards?"

The elf guard looked at Roy helplessly, pointed at the elf assassin and asked: "Roy, do you know him?"

Roy answered honestly: "I don't know him, oh... I saw him at the entrance of Green Field Herbal Medicine Store this afternoon. He was sitting on the carriage across the street. I walked out of the herbal medicine store and he just returned to the carriage. Inside, it seems like we had a chance encounter."

The elf guard turned to look at the elf assassin whose face was covered with blood and asked, "Why did you shoot Roy?"

"..." The elf assassin didn't want to say a word, staring at the elf guard with his eyes.

The elf guard waited for a while, knowing that he would not be able to get any results from his question, so he said to the two assistants: "Take him away!"

Two elf guards came over and officially took over the elf assassin from Roy.

Seeing that it was already very dark, the elf guard said to Roy:

"Roy, we want to take away this elf assassin. If you think of any new clues, please contact us in time."

"Okay! I will."

Roy agreed readily without any hesitation.

The elf assassin was taken away by three elf guards.

The mixed-blood elves on the seawall didn't notice the excitement and quickly dispersed.

…

Roy was left standing alone in front of the rocky beach of the big embankment, looking at the mouth of the Darne River.

The night sky was dotted with stars, and the sea breeze drove waves crashing onto the seawall, splashing countless white foam. The sea breeze was filled with a faint salty smell.

Roy thought of Claire's warning yesterday and heard that some magic herbal traders were very dissatisfied with Roy, thinking that Roy had disrupted the market order.

But what can be done!

Castletown's magic herbal market is only that big. Now that he has come in and is ready to share the cake with everyone, this will definitely touch the interests of some elf merchants.

Claire suggested that Roy join the Magic Herb Chamber of Commerce. Roy had already inquired clearly. If you want to join the Castletown Magic Herb Chamber of Commerce, you must be introduced by a member of the chamber of commerce. How can Roy have such connections...

I didn't expect them to attack me so quickly.

However, these herbal medicine merchants underestimated themselves too much. They actually sent elf assassins casually, thinking they could take care of themselves...

Roy pulled out the arrow inserted on the cover of the Book of Judgment, put it into his magic belt bag, and then turned around and walked away.

Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, the news that Roy was assassinated at the intersection spread on Brown Street.

When Roy opened the door, he saw Moira standing on the terrace of his home, wearing a simple and cool suspender gauze skirt, asking with a worried look:

"Roy, I heard that you just suffered an assassination?"

Roy quickly waved to Moira on the terrace, indicating that he was fine all over and there was no injury anywhere...

"Well, a Silver Moon Elf came out and shot me with a cold arrow for no apparent reason. Fortunately, I was lucky, and the arrow hit my Book of Judgment!" Roy explained in a low voice.

He shook the thick book of judgment in his hand and answered with a smile.

Sabrina also appeared on the terrace at this time. She must have just washed her hair, wrapped it in a towel, and was wearing a bathrobe. While hanging the washed clothes on the clothesline, she asked Roy road:

"Did he say who ordered him?"

Those white arms glowed with the color of suet at night...

Roy shook his head and replied:

"not at all……"

After Sabrina hung up the last piece of clothing, she said to Roy: "Starting from tomorrow morning, let's go to the magic potion store with you to sell those magic herbs."

"Actually, it's not that serious. Besides, I've almost sold this batch of magic herbs." Roy responded.

"It's always good to be careful..."

Moira is also trying to persuade Roy.

…

The weather is a bit sultry, there is no breeze on the sea, and the sea in Castletown Harbor is very calm...

The dark clouds in the sky were layer upon layer, as if they might turn into a downpour at any time.

The light in the classroom was a little dark. Teacher Harper hung a sea chart on the blackboard in the classroom. He waved to the students in the classroom and motioned for everyone to come over.

"This is a map of the entire Endless Sea. The entire map is very complete, and it is equivalent to including all the archipelagos. Although this map is not big, it almost shows the approximate location of all the archipelagos. , and the specific locations of all the islands are not guesswork and hand-drawn, the locations of all the islands are based on evidence."

Teacher Harper's eyes were shining, and she said to the students excitedly:

"What I want to tell you now is that the author of this chart is one of your seniors. He is currently a student at the Elf Academy, and when he drew this chart, he did not even enter the Endless Sea. He just looked up a lot of information about the Endless Sea and then moved everything onto the chart."

"With this unique understanding of the endless sea, I can definitely say that he will be an amazing navigator in the future."

"I hang up this chart for you to see, just to let you learn his spirit of hard study..."

Roy, who was sitting in the astrology classroom, did not expect that Teacher Harper would actually use his chart to openly encourage other elf students in the geography class...

The elf students were also confused, and they were speculating in their hearts about who was so perverted. With the charts and information in the library alone, they could piece together the entire map of the Endless Sea, and since it could be revealed by Harper The teacher's high praise shows that this chart is of great value.

Roy brought this chart to Mr. Harper, just to ask him to help identify how reliable the chart was...

I didn't expect this chart to be of such great value.

Claire was sitting next to Roy. The teacher on the podium was talking about the Silver Pegasus Star Field, which made Claire drowsy. He had no interest in astrology, but he couldn't resist Roy!

Now that Roy no longer studies martial arts with instructor Nora, Claire immediately signed up for astrology and became Roy's new deskmate.

"I heard that you met the elf assassin?" Claire asked softly.

"What kind of assassin is he? He's just a little thief..." Roy said casually as he kept recording notes on the blackboard.

"Do you know who is behind this?" Claire continued to ask.

"have no idea……"

Claire secretly pushed Roy, but he didn't dare to make any big moves because there were countless elves in the class who would stare at him intentionally or unintentionally...

"You haven't joined the Magic Herbal Merchant Guild either?" Claire asked.

"We haven't found a suitable introducer yet." Roy stopped and said.

"I can help you find a way..." Claire patted her chest and said, "There is a dance tonight, do you want to attend?"

Roy turned to look at Claire. This guy goes to the dance every week.

Roy shook his head and said with a smile: "Let's forget it!"

…

Just two days later, news came from the Elf Guard.

The matter was quickly found out, and the instigator was really the owner of a magic herbal medicine company.

The main reason is that Roy occupies his low-level magic herbal market. More importantly, the price of the magic herbs sold by Roy is too low. The magic herbal dealer wants to sell the magic herbs at the same price, but not only cannot he make any money. , and a large sum of money will be paid.

He thought about talking to Roy, but later he heard that Roy was just a half-elf born in a single-parent family, so there was nothing to talk about.

As a young half-elf student, if there is anything else to talk about, it would be easiest to just find a hunter to deal with it.

So the herbal dealer found a hunter, who just received this task in the city. After he planned to assassinate Roy, he would go to the Emerald Forest plane with the group that night.

Even if there are clues by then, you won't be able to find anyone if you want to.

Who would have thought that Roy would always be holding a thick book in his arms?

He never expected that in his carefully designed escape route, he would be defeated by a night saber in terms of speed, and then knocked to the ground by Roy with a hammer...

If you can't run away even if you want to, this is really unlucky.

At the beginning, the owner of the Magic Herbs Company was still defending how innocent he was. But later he saw that this matter could not be ignored anyway. Just a week before he was sent to trial, the owner of the Magic Herbs Company took the initiative to approach Luo. Yi.

That day, Roy had just walked out of the Magic Academy, accompanied by Claire and Woods. The three of them were talking and laughing across the street, preparing to go to the library opposite to read a book.

The owner of the Magic Herb Trading Company is a Silver Moon Elf, sitting in an exquisite carriage parked on the roadside in front of the Elf Academy.

After Roy walked out of the college, the business owner jumped off the carriage.

Wearing a set of noble clothes, he took the initiative to walk towards Roy, with a smile on his face.

"You are Roy, I am Santos. I'm sorry to take up some of your time..."

Before Boss Santos could finish speaking, Claire reacted. He pointed at Boss Santos's nose and asked angrily:

"You are Santos, the owner of the magic herbal business. You paid for murderers. Why do you dare to come to the academy? Why didn't the guards arrest you?"

Boss Santos didn't know Claire. When he saw a Silver Moon elf pointing at his nose and questioning him, he suddenly got angry: "Who are you? Why are you talking to me like this?"

Boss Santos frowned and looked at Claire with an unkind look on his face.

The coachman driving the coach for Boss Santos had been paying attention to what was going on here. When he saw Boss Santos showing anger, he immediately came up to him and reached out to grab Claire's shoulders, trying to push him aside.

Claire was completely defenseless and was pushed back by the coachman. If someone hadn't happened to be holding him behind him, he would have inevitably fallen.

It didn't matter at this moment, but it was like poking the biggest hornet's nest in the college. The surrounding elf students immediately surrounded...