Path of Light.

Chapter 16 16. Divine Art
Priest Reed's tone slowed down a bit before he said:

"There will always be places where the sun doesn't shine in this world. We are not only the spreaders of faith, but also the guardians of faith. We must use holy light to dispel all darkness..."

He stared into Roy's eyes until Roy nodded again and again before letting him sit down again.

At this time...

What attracted Roy's attention was not the words of High Priest Reed, but Roy's right hand lying flat on the table.

In the palm of his hand emerged a ball of sacred light with a pointed top and a round bottom, which looked like a seed of light.

This ball of light was as big as an egg, and it was dozens of times larger than the firefly-like light that Priest Reed showed a few days ago.

Roy noticed that the seed-shaped ball of light in the palm of his hand actually extended an invisible tentacle, which was completely colorless and transparent, like an octopus foot, twisting constantly, touching the particles of holy light floating around, Just absorb it quickly.

Roy can perceive its existence very clearly, and it really wants the seaweed floating on the bottom of the sea, growing at the root of the seed of light, swaying constantly.

The tentacles seem to have an inexplicable magnetic force, as long as they are particles of holy light floating nearby, they will be captured by it immediately, and then pulled back to the vicinity of the seed of light, allowing them to blend into it...

This set of movements was coherent and extremely aggressive. The particles of holy light floating near Roy's palm were integrated into the light cluster in the palm of his hand in a short while.

This was completely different from Priest Reed's description, and Roy was a little dazed.

And the ball of light in the palm of Roy's hand is like a seed, and of course Priest Reed can clearly see it...

"You must be praying very hard at home, otherwise the light cluster would not grow so fast, and it looks pretty good. In fact, you can integrate it into your body according to the method I taught you..." Priest Reed said to Roy praised.

Roy's eyes widened, but he didn't move the light ball in his palm away, but let the invisible tentacles swallow the surrounding holy light particles.

"Teacher, is there a way to gather the holy light without praying?"

Priest Reed explained to Roy very gently:

"Actually, there are countless particles of holy light floating around us. These particles of holy light will be attracted by the power of the holy light gathered in our body. When they get close enough to the body, these particles of holy light will be inhaled into the body, but this This natural form of gathering the power of the Holy Light is too weak, and under normal circumstances, we have to rely on prayers and use the power that God gives us back to gather the Holy Light."

As Priest Reid said, some of the holy light particles floating around his body almost fell on his clothes before disappearing little by little and melting into his body.

But he didn't seem to know that Roy could clearly see the surrounding holy light particles.

"Teacher, will the holy light gathered in our body occasionally stretch out a tentacle to grab those holy light particles floating around the body?"

"It's not going to be..."

Priest Reed answered in the affirmative.

Just when he said this, the ball of light in Roy's palm devoured more than a dozen holy light particles around him one after another. Roy obviously saw that the light seed in his palm was a little bigger, and the seeds had A shape that is about to germinate.

Roy listened to Priest Reed's answer and saw the ball of light in the palm of his hand, and immediately fell into confused thoughts about who was the truth.

"..."

Seeing Roy sitting in a chair in a daze, Priest Reed thought that what he said just now might hit the trainee priest, thinking about how to keep this young trainee priest for the temple...

Seeing that the holy light ball in Roy's palm was already the size of an egg...

Such a large mass of holy light is enough to condense the simplest magic, so he said to Roy:
"Twilight lighting is the simplest entry-level divine spell."

Seeing that he had successfully attracted Roy's attention, he continued:
"This magic has the power to dispel darkness, and it also has a slight healing effect. Do you want to learn it now?"

"Want to learn."

Roy said.

Of course he wanted to learn. Roy was still very curious about the magic and magic in this fantasy world.

Priest Reed stood up and took out a book from the bookshelf behind him. The book was not very thick, it looked like a copper box, and the book cover was a copper plate with delicate patterns. There is a lock, and there is an ingenious hinge on the other side.

Unfasten the buckle, and open the book casually, there are only a few thick parchment pages inside.

The first page is a prayer, and the bottom is a pattern composed of several sacred symbols. There are many leading lines drawn next to this pattern, and each leading line is a comment.

Priest Reed flipped through the pages, and the next few pages contained more detailed notes.

Seeing this, he nodded in satisfaction and said, "This book contains detailed notes on low-light lighting techniques. You can read it carefully, and ask me if there is anything you don't understand."

"Okay, teacher!"

Roy moved the somewhat bulky copper box in front of him, and didn't immediately look at the page where the magic spell was drawn inside, but raised his head and continued to ask Priest Reed:
"Teacher, the trainee priest will become a priest in the future, so what is above the priest?"

Priest Reed replied without thinking:
"The priest has mastered powerful divine arts, and can become a great priest after obtaining the divine revelation. The great priest is not only a title in the temple, but also marks the level of the clergy."

Roy asked curiously again: "What about the great priest?"

Priest Reed narrowed his eyes and thought for a while before saying:

"According to my teacher's description, when the shadow of the goddess is integrated into the soul, the body is homogenized with the holy light, and then the great priest can only be promoted when the power of the holy light reaches a certain critical point."

"I can't describe it in detail because I haven't reached that level either..."

"In fact, there are two ways to go above the great priest, namely the priest and the battle priest."

Roy had no interest in priests. He didn't want to be that kind of ascetic monk in tattered robes, so he asked:

"Teacher, can you talk to me about the battle priest?"

Priest Reed asked him, "Do you want to be a combat priest?"

Roy actually didn't think about it that much at all, but at this moment he could only bite the bullet and nod to admit it.

Priest Reed said:
"The series of magic spells practiced by battle priests are fundamentally different from those of priests. Priests focus on healing power, while the magic spells of battle priests are magic spells with blessing effects. They can strengthen themselves or Strengthen the companions around you, including strength, speed, endurance, weapons and armor, etc."

"So the battle priest must not only have a firm belief, but also a strong body. Otherwise, if his body is weak, even if he is blessed with divine power, he can only become the enemy's spoils of war on the battlefield."

Roy understood this time, the so-called combat priest needs both martial arts and divine arts.

"Where will the battle priest go up?"

"The battle priest will become the presiding judge after being promoted, and the priest will become the bishop after being promoted. It is said that the bishop with powerful divine arts can master the 'Great Resurrection Technique', but my teacher has never mentioned to me how to be promoted..."

After the High Priest Reed explained to Roy, he asked Roy to learn the 'twilight lighting technique' in the room.

And he walked out with the geographic atlas in his hand, and the voice of Priest Theodore's voice was heard in the corridor outside not long after.

Roy sat in the study room, carefully reading the annotations on the book, holding the Holy Light in the other hand, and the invisible tentacle was in the area as large as the round table, constantly catching those Holy Light particles, Let the Holy Light Seed in his hand become more solid.

The process of learning divine arts is extremely boring, even if you don't understand the meaning of those symbols, you have to memorize them...

Not only to remember, but also to learn to draw by hand, and each stroke has very strict requirements on how to use the pen and how to connect with the prayer.

The process is very cumbersome.

Fortunately, Roy was full of curiosity about magic and had been studying hard all afternoon.

At the beginning, Roy even drew those symbols crookedly.

But this level of learning is not difficult for Roy, who has participated in various cram schools since he was a child, learned English for exams, and taught himself Japanese for hobbies.

The symbols were too ugly, so Roy practiced on the round table with his fingers dipped in water.

That prayer was a bit convoluted, so he recited it aloud in the study room. Anyway, this is an introductory magic technique for trainee priests, and there is no need to keep it secret...

During this period, Priest Reed came over twice again. The first time he came to correct the speed and rhythm of Roy's chanting of prayers, not as fast and fluent as possible.

The second time Priest Reed came over, it was to correct Roy's mistakes in drawing the sacred symbols.

I have to say that this is the benefit of having a teacher, even if it is a small apprentice priest.

He can correct various mistakes in the practice process in time, and will point out a shortcut...

In the beginning, Roy couldn't perform this simple magic no matter what.

Later, Roy cast it five or six times, and he was able to cast it successfully once.

It only took Roy an afternoon to learn the 'twilight lighting technique', and most of this time was spent on condensing the holy light.

Seeing a faint light floating above his head, like a big light bulb lit up on his head, Roy felt that the whole person was not very good, but as his thoughts turned, the faint light above his head Float freely within five meters around his body.

Wherever the eyes can see, this group of shimmering lights will slowly float past.

Roy felt that there was no need to carry a lantern when walking at night in the future.

It is really convenient if you catch the sea at night.

Still holding the lantern in my hand, this twilight can actually float by itself, which is not bad...

It's a pity that it is not magic. Roy actually hopes that he can manipulate a ball of fire.

Throw it out, and then explode...

The afternoon passed quickly.

When he left the temple, Roy could barely cast the 'twilight lighting technique'.

(End of this chapter)