Path of Light.

Chapter 21. Blessing of Strength
The temple is relatively deserted on days when there are no gatherings. There are only five priests in the huge courtyard, and the two apprentice priests have to do some things that servants would do, such as cleaning the yard, guarding the gate of the temple in turn, and building greenery in the courtyard. Plant and so on.

Of course, the biggest difference between Jasper and Abt and the servants is that they have to learn divine arts from the priests every day.

Whether it's morning or evening, both of them have to pray devoutly in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Roy rushed into the lounge in the backyard of the temple in the rain, wrung out his soaked clothes, and left them to dry in the small room.

After drying off the rain on his body and hair, Roy changed into the robe of the trainee priest and hurried to the study on the second floor.

Every afternoon, Grand Priest Reed would teach three apprentice priests divine arts in the study room.

Maybe it's because they've been here for a long time, and they don't have the original sense of novelty about divine arts. Jasper and Abt always find some excuses to skip class.

Only Roy, who has just attended the class for three days, is still learning with gusto, especially since he just learned the 'twilight lighting technique' yesterday, and he didn't even have time to show it off.

Now there are some questions about Priest Reed, so when he came to the temple, he couldn't wait to run into the study.

……

'tuk tuk tuk'

There was a knock on the door, and upon hearing the response from inside, Roy cautiously opened the door of the study.

The trainee priests Jasper and Abt sat at the round table in the study room, and there was a thick book in front of them, which seemed to be some kind of divine art.

When the two trainee priests saw Roy walking in, they immediately blinked at him. They were a little relieved that someone could face High Priest Reed together.

Priest Reed didn't know what was wrong, he was in a bad mood today, his face was rarely filled with worry, and he was very preoccupied.

The homework assessment for the two of them was also stricter.

As soon as Roy sat down, he heard Priest Reed say:
"Roy, let me see what you learned yesterday."

"Okay, teacher."

Roy stood up from his seat unhurriedly, adjusted his breathing a little, and then chanted the prayer of 'twilight illumination technique', releasing a very thin line of holy light from his fingertips, right on Roy's A divine pattern was woven in front of him.

Countless shimmers of sacred aura appeared around Roy's body. These shimmers rose slowly and condensed at Roy's fingertips.

A not-too-bright light cluster slowly rose, but the sacred aura inside was extremely pure.

Jasper and Abbott looked surprised. Their natural way was Roy's third day in the temple, and he actually learned entry-level magic...

What kind of speed is this!
The two trainee priests looked at each other, and couldn't help but complained in a low voice beside Roy:

"Roy, how on earth did you do it? It's unbelievable that you have mastered the 'twilight lighting technique' so quickly."

"Roy, what do you want others to do when you're like this?"

Priest Reed nodded slightly, very satisfied that Roy could master the 'twilight lighting technique' so quickly.

Then he asked Roy to condense the Holy Light in his palm...

In fact, this holy light group has formed the shape of a seed in Roy's body, and the invisible tentacles have become longer, usually like the tentacles of sea anemones, as long as some holy light particles come from Roy If it floats by, it will be caught by the tentacles and caught in the seed of light.

It doesn't matter if Roy is asleep or awake.

It doesn't matter if Roy is taking a martial arts training class or a geography class.

This invisible tentacle is tirelessly grasping the surrounding holy light particles.

Although the growth rate of the Holy Light is very slow, it is growing all the time.

Now the light cluster is still very small, so the daily changes are obvious. Roy released a light cluster the size of an apple in his hand.

The trainee priests Jasper and Abbott directly covered their mouths...

Priest Reed also had some approval in his eyes, reached out and patted Roy on the shoulder, and praised him:

"The light group is obviously bigger than yesterday. Young people know that hard work is always good..."

Seeing the expressions of the three of them, Roy secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Jasper and Abbott also couldn't see the invisible tentacle.

Roy even let the invisible tentacles grab a few particles of holy light in front of Abbott, but the young trainee priest really didn't respond...

"Teacher, among the elementary magic arts, is there any one that can improve the combat ability?"

After Roy sat down, he asked Priest Reed.

What he thought in his heart was that since Steve and those elves decided to trouble him, they would never stop just once.

Today, because of the rain, I escaped by chance, but this does not mean that I will be so lucky every time.

Once blocked in the street by these elves, it is inevitable to do something.

Roy's idea is also very simple, even if he is beaten, he should at least be backed up.

Priest Reed naturally didn't know that Roy was preparing for the upcoming group fight, and thought that he decided to take the route of 'combat priest', so he learned the magic skills to assist in combat.

"Yes, 'Blessing of Power' is a basic divine art that every battle priest must learn." High Priest Reed said.

"Teacher, I want to learn!" Roy said.

Priest Reed was very satisfied with the curiosity in his eyes.

"Let me look for, oh, here..."

Priest Reed rummaged through the bookshelf behind him for a while before he found a book covered in thick dust. It was obvious that he didn't like the divine art that aids in combat.

He put this book in front of Roy with some disgust, and still did not forget to recommend it to Roy:

"I think the secondary healing technique is more practical. As a trainee priest, you will inevitably meet people who are injured by certain accidents in the future. The secondary healing technique will help you heal some minor injuries. For those serious injuries, it will also help you It can speed up the healing of wounds, coupled with some first aid knowledge, this is the knowledge that priests need to focus on learning."

"Teacher, I want to learn this too..."

Smart people do multiple choice questions, of course they do!
Priest Reed frowned, and promptly corrected Roy's choice:
"Roy, a person's life energy is limited. Even if you are talented, you can't be a priest and a battle priest at the same time. It's better to choose some divine arts you like and learn them more intensively."

Roy smiled and said:

"Teacher, I'm a half-elf. If I don't consider certain accidents, I can probably live to be 350 years old, so it shouldn't matter if I learn a few more elementary magic..."

This sentence immediately left Priest Reed speechless.

"Well, this is 'Blessing of Power'. This is a 'Secondary Healing Technique'. I haven't learned 'Blessing of Power', but it happens that Priest Ocedo is good at this magical technique. If you don't understand something, you can ask him. , Now, Jasper, come and demonstrate the 'Secondary Healing Technique' for Roy."

"Yes, Priest Reed!"

Jasper quickly stood up, folded his fingers on his chest, and began to chant the prayer line by line.

A mass of holy light lit up on his chest, and the light almost enveloped his whole body. In the holy light, a halo appeared under Jasper's feet, and in the halo was a very complete divine pattern.

He cast this divine spell very quickly, and after the prayer was finished, a beam of holy light fell on the round table in an instant.

Roy, who was sitting at the round table, could clearly feel the strong vitality in that holy light.

Priest Reed didn't seem very satisfied with Jasper's display of divine arts.

He motioned Jasper to sit down, and explained to Roy with a little displeasure:
"Jasper engraved the divine pattern of the 'Level Healing' in the 'Holy Prayer' book. When casting the divine spell, you only need to inject the power of holy light into the magic book and cooperate with the prayer to activate the magic book. Inscribed divine pattern, so that this divine technique can be released as quickly as possible."

"To put it simply, engraving the divine patterns in the magic book can greatly simplify the steps of casting divine spells and increase the speed of casting spells."

"But for beginners, it can't be used as a practice, especially if this will make the magic lack integrity. I don't recommend practicing this way, but it is allowed to use it in daily life. After all, it is more convenient..."

Roy quickly nodded humbly, expressing his understanding.

To put it bluntly, Jasper's approach is like simplifying the steps when solving a math problem. Although the final result is the same, some intermediate steps are missing.

Despite this, Roy still looked enviously at the 'Holy Prayer' book in Jasper's hand.

Afterwards, Priest Reed performed the 'Secondary Healing Technique' completely again, allowing Roy to see the correct steps of this divine technique.

What followed was a detailed dismantling of the divine patterns and prayers, the timing of the coordination of the two, etc., all of which were explained in detail...

For some reason, Roy could always feel the urgency of Priest Reed, as if something was chasing him behind him, making him eager to hand these magic spells to Roy.

Even though he knew that Roy hadn't mastered the 'twilight lighting technique' yet, but when he heard that Roy wanted to continue learning the 'blessing of power', he agreed without hesitation, and even gave him a 'secondary healing technique'... …

In fact, Priest Reed was also worried that such a force-feeding teaching would destabilize Roy's foundation, so he repeatedly told Roy to practice more when he got home, and strive to form some muscle memory for these elementary magic arts, so that he can perform them as he pleases.

And he also warned Roy very severely that it is strictly forbidden to use magic props to assist in casting spells during the period of learning divine arts...

Roy naturally complied with all these requirements of Priest Reed.

However, Priest Theodore, who came here to show Roy the steps of the "Blessing of Power" spellcasting, had a different attitude. As an elf priest, he favored the auxiliary casting of magic props, thinking that this would not only greatly shorten the casting time Time, increase the success rate of casting spells, and simplify the learning difficulty of divine spells.

This way of learning is bound to replace the traditional way of learning magic arts...

Although the two priests have conflicting views on the learning of divine arts, this does not affect Roy's learning of the 'blessing of power'.

It took almost another afternoon for Roy to stumble and cast the divine spell 'Blessing of Power'. Although the success rate was pitifully low, at least he felt the feeling of successful casting.

As long as you remember that feeling, the success rate of casting spells will gradually increase.

Even Priest Theodore praised Roy's diligence.

In fact, Roy can't explain it...

Of course, he couldn't say that this thirst for knowledge about divine arts was completely forced out by Steve's elves.

……

In one afternoon, Roy only learned the 'blessing of power'.

Although he also wanted to learn the 'Secondary Healing Technique', he couldn't do it until he left the temple.

But even so, the two trainee priests, Jasper and Abbott, who were studying in the study with him, had completely seen Roy's hard work and were completely convinced by Roy.

"Roy, I think you are simply a genius. You have mastered the 'Blessing of Power' so quickly. When I entered the temple, it took about three months before I learned the 'Blessing of Power'. The 'Blessing of Power' has not yet been learn……"

The three trainee priests walked out of the study room, and Jasper put his arm on Roy's shoulder, chattering about his 'glorious past'.

Abbot next to him was also very curious and asked:
"Roy, don't you find it boring when practicing these magic arts?"

Roy said this truthfully: "It's actually not bad."

It's really not bad. For Roy, it's much easier than studying the questions a few months before the college entrance examination...

Abt felt that Roy's freshness hadn't disappeared, so he couldn't help but said:

"Well, when his excitement over magic wears off, he'll be like us, those drying salt fish in Castleton Harbor, who'd rather hang on a rope and enjoy the sea breeze than sit in a house Learn divine arts here..."

At this time, Roy returned to the lounge to change the apprentice priest's robe.

But his clothes were not dry in the room, so he could only wear them half dead and half dry.

Jasper and Abbott chatted with Roy at the door.

"By the way, on the day of the temple assembly tomorrow, remember to come early to help." Jasper reminded Roy.

Roy endured the uncomfortable feeling of wet clothes sticking to his body, and readily agreed:
"Understood, I will come over as soon as possible after class."

When Roy came out of the lounge after changing his clothes and saw Priest Andison sitting alone by the well in the backyard, he obviously didn't notice Roy.

Holding a fir staff in his hand, he was reciting prayers in a very soft tone. He walked around the yard a few times while reciting a few words. A little restless.

"Reed, we should also express our position, we can no longer be so silent, we should also write a petition!"

Priest Andison muttered to himself, which was overheard by Roy who was passing by. He didn't expect that he was actually preparing some speeches with Priest Reed...

Roy was also confused.

Thinking that he might have to deal with those troubles at the Elf Academy tomorrow, Roy could only speed up his pace and go home, trying to practice the 'Blessing of Power' a few more times.

(End of this chapter)