Path of light

Chapter 822 823. Dwarf Treasure (Part 2)

"Is there any safe haven nearby?"

Roy stood on the pier that was about to collapse, looking out at the foggy sea...

The old gray dwarf's pupils shrank again. He saw that Roy was staring at him, and he quickly turned his head away guiltily.

The little wooden boat was packed to the brim.

The waves on the sea were very strong, and the wet sea breeze blew past, but it could not blow away the rolling fog at all.

Suddenly a wave hit, and the small wooden boat suddenly rose up and then fell down. The waves exploded at the bow, soaking the clothes of everyone on the boat.

Six half-elf guards took turns manipulating two oars, paddling the small wooden boat with all their might.

The walrus boss didn't go far into the sea. He sailed eastward almost along the edge of the island...

The coastline is lined with huge rocks and cliffs dozens of meters high, and it is impossible to reach the safe harbor by land.

In fact, this sheltered harbor is not far from the private pier.

Under the guidance of the walrus boss, the small wooden boat stumbled into a gorge in the waves. This was a natural shelter, surrounded by cliffs on three sides, with only one entrance more than 30 meters wide...

The waves keep hitting the rocks...

After the small wooden boat entered the shelter, the waves inside the shelter became noticeably smaller.

Nothing could be seen in the heavy fog, so the walrus boss could only sail around the harbor in the sea near the cliff. It took half a day, and the small wooden boat finally returned to the entrance of the harbor.

Nothing.

There was nothing but fog and salty water.

Roy stood at the bow of the small wooden boat, all wet.

The old gray dwarf curled up at the stern with his eyes closed as if he was asleep.

"No! I must have missed something..."

The waves hit the bow of the boat, and Roy's thoughts were a little confused.

He scratched his head with his hand, and kept recalling what he had seen along the way, always feeling that he had missed some important clues somewhere.

With six half-blood elf guards paddling hard, the small wooden boat returned to the private dock...

After getting off the boat, I stood on the dilapidated dock shrouded in fog and imagined the scene of the three-masted sailing ship docking.

'boom'

The moment a large ship docks, it may smash the private dock to pieces.

That’s right!

This pier is a little too small, and it can't accommodate large ships of 60 or 70 meters. But this is Ralph's private pier, and there is a very good shelter not far away...

Roy walked up the steps to the cliff, thinking all the way.

Walking up the cliff, there is a slope covered with sedge grass. On the south slope, there are more than 300 stone houses of gray dwarves.

Although these scenes were all obscured by the fog, they formed a complete picture in Roy's mind.

Roy came to the cliff and walked towards the safe haven...

There is a vast and gentle hillside on the cliff, and a turbulent sea below the cliff. They are like two completely different worlds.

The half-elf guards followed behind Roy, all of them soaked in the mist...

Suddenly Roy stopped and stared at his feet. There were two tire tracks in front of him.

Although the ruts were completely covered by the needle grass, he had just passed through the grass and stepped on the ruts. There is still a big difference between stepping on the grass and the grass-free area with his feet, so he tried to push them with his boots, and the ruts were immediately revealed.

Ralph had been gone for so long, and the manor had been abandoned for seven or eight years, but grass hadn't grown on this wheel track yet...

Roy squatted down and pulled away the grass.

The two ruts were actually full of gravel, and were compacted very firmly.

On this soft grassland, two solid stone ruts are still very eye-catching.

Roy turned his head to look in the direction of Captain Ralph's manor, and then walked in the opposite direction along the wheel tracks...

The old gray dwarf was trembling all over. He wanted to step forward to stop them, but he didn't have the courage.

Roy only walked out more than fifty steps and came to the end of the tire tracks, where a huge sea reef appeared in front of him.

In fact, this reef is a bit abrupt. He has never seen this kind of reef anywhere else on the cliff, as it was washed out by the sea over many years.

A group of half-blood elf guards surrounded us...

"Doesn't this road for transporting goods lead to a private dock?"

A half-elf guard couldn't help but complain.

"Let's move this big rock together!"

Roy walked to the side of the sea reef.

This sea reef is taller than him and is estimated to weigh at least ten tons.

It is impossible to move such a large sea reef by pushing or pulling it because we don't know how big the part close to the ground is.

The best way is to let the stone lie in the pit...

So more than twenty half-elf guards used shovels to dig a pit under the sea reef.

Roy carefully observed the reef, looking for the secret of it.

The walrus boss also gathered to watch the fun, and the old gray dwarf stood beside him without saying a word.

"How can this stone be moved?"

Roy asked the old gray dwarf.

The old gray dwarf shook his head repeatedly, indicating that he didn't know...

Roy did not continue to ask questions, but stood aside and waited for the half-elf guards to move the reef away.

As the reef rolled into the pit, a hole appeared behind the reef. The hole extended half a meter inside, and there was a cast bronze door covered with a thick layer of verdigris.

The old gray dwarf's eyes looked a little empty, his legs went weak, and he fell down on the grass.

The half-blood elf guards walked up and tried to open the door with a crowbar. Several half-blood elf guards took turns trying, but the door didn't budge at all...

Roy walked to the door and saw the triangular keyhole on the door handle at a glance.

He remembered that when he, Jasper and Abbott found the treasure map, they also found a golden key.

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At that time, the treasure map was divided into two parts, one for Jasper and the other for Abbott, and the golden key was always in Roy's hands.

He took out the golden key from his magic waist bag and inserted it into the keyhole. The spring in the keyhole locked the key. Roy turned the key hard, and a clicking sound came from inside the door...

The last buckle popped open, and the heavy copper door suddenly opened, opening a crack inside.

Two half-elf guards immediately stood in front of Roy...

A foul smell came from the crack in the door.

The half-elf guards worked together to push open the copper door, and a strong stench came out from inside.

The passage behind the gate is wide enough for two elf guards to pass side by side.

There was wind blowing out from the passage. Roy asked the half-elf guards to wait at the door for a while, until the wind blowing out had only a slight stench, and then he walked in first.

A ball of holy light appeared in the palm of his hand. As the holy light floated into the deep cave, the scene inside the cave came into Roy's eyes.

This cave was excavated very neatly, with metal support frames every five meters.

The passage has a gentle slope and no tracks on the ground, so ordinary flatbed trucks can pass through it...

At no time should the ability of the gray dwarves to dig mines be questioned.

Walking into the tunnel and down the slope, at the first turn of the tunnel, you can see some iron cages used to hold slaves. These iron cages were covered with water droplets and were rusty.

The tunnel continues downwards...

Just after Roy passed the seventh turn, he could already smell the faintly smelly fishy odor of the sea.

This passage actually leads to a huge mountain belly, and there is sea water in the mountain belly. It is pitch black inside the huge mountain belly...

As groups of sacred lights continued to float up into the air, dozens of them were like stars in the night sky, lighting up only a part of the mountain.

Roy discovered that this part of the mountain had been completely transformed by the gray dwarves. There was a long and narrow pier built with stones in the mountain, and two dusty three-masted sailing ships were docked in the mountain.

This safe harbor in the mountain can accommodate at least six to eight large three-masted sailing ships, and there is also a water dungeon in the corner of the mountain.

A row of huge iron cages were placed side by side in the sea.

The half-elf guards lit the street lamps on both sides of the dock. There was actually lamp oil in the oil bowls of these column lamps. After the street lamps were lit one by one, the entire safe haven in the mountain was clearly revealed.

The bottoms of the two unrepaired three-masted sailing ships were covered with shells. No one had been here for a long time.

Roy came to the two three-masted sailing ships. Many parts of the hulls of the two ships were damaged. He climbed onto the deck of one ship along the sampan and found that two of the three masts on the deck were broken.

The deck was filled with wooden boxes. There were at least two or three hundred wooden boxes piled on the nearly sixty-meter-long deck.

Roy asked the half-elf guard to pry open the lid of a wooden box, and found a thick layer of waterproof tarpaulin inside.

Carefully lifting the oilcloth, Roy felt his heart begin to pound wildly.

There was a brand new levitation device in the box. The entire device was covered with a thick layer of butter. In such a humid environment, the levitation device in the wooden box was actually brand new without any signs of rust.

Roy felt a little suffocated when he saw the wooden boxes neatly arranged on the deck.

With so many floating devices stored on the deck, if we were to transform magic airships, we could transform at least a dozen of them...

"Boss, please take a look over there..."

A half-elf guard ran up to Roy and said breathlessly.

Hearing this, Roy followed the half-elf guard. The half-elf guard took Roy into the ship's tower and walked down the stairs to the deck below.

On a normal three-masted sailing ship, the first floor below the deck should be the crew rooms and some guest rooms, but on this three-masted sailing ship, the first floor below the deck is a warehouse.

There are no compartments in the warehouse. The wooden boxes inside are all four meters long and one meter wide and high. These wooden boxes are made of oak boards that have been treated with anti-corrosion and insect-proofing. Each wooden box looks more like a coffin, but it is twice as long as a coffin.

Roy saw a group of half-elf guards surrounding an opened wooden box, looking at it non-stop...

"Don't tell me there are Naga mermaids in here..."

As Roy walked over, he couldn't help but make a joke at the half-elf guards.

The air circulation in the warehouse below the deck is very poor. There is no odor in the warehouse, but it is very stuffy...

Roy walked to the wooden box and looked inside, and saw a metal cylinder lying inside. There were many lines engraved on the metal cylinder, and these lines had many forks, all of which were filled with gold.

At first glance, he thought it was some kind of handicraft, but then Roy suddenly thought of something and looked at the half-elf guard beside him.

The half-elf guards also waved their hands.

"Boss, we haven't seen this before, and we don't know what it is..."