Path of Light.

Chapter 29
Priest Reed opened the door and walked into the study room. Jasper and Abt sat obediently on the chairs, clasped their hands together and recited prayers silently.

Priest Reid glanced at the two of them with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

Walked to Roy and sat down, squeezed the corners of his eyes that felt a little astringent, and then said to Roy who was practicing the "Blessing of Power" divine pattern:

"Roy, how is the magic practice?"

Roy sat up straight, and replied with some embarrassment:
"I haven't learned it yet, that divine pattern is a bit difficult..."

Seeing that Roy hadn't learned the 'Blessing of Power' yet, Priest Reed didn't think it was strange, he just said:

"Practice a lot, and you'll be fine when you're proficient. I copied it for nearly a week before I could draw the divine pattern accurately and completely. When I recited the prayer later, I still made mistakes. When learning this kind of divine art Don't be too impatient, just take your time."

Roy flicked his somewhat sore wrist, and asked High Priest Reed:
"Teacher, have you ever been to the Green Empire?"

Priest Reed laughed, and replied with some nostalgia: "Of course, that's my hometown. On the contrary, Castletown is a small stop on my life journey."

Roy actually wanted to ask what life was like in the Green Empire.

After all, the soul in this body is a human being, and somewhat yearns for human life.

But before he could ask, Priest Addison said in the corridor:
"Prince Reed, there are two elf patrols outside who want to see you."

Priest Reed immediately replied:
"Okay, I'll be right there."

He stood up from the round table, stopped after thinking for a while, and reminded Roy who was trying to learn the divine pattern:
"Only with strong enough power of holy light can you learn more advanced divine arts. All divine arts are based on prayer. Roy, you have to memorize the prayers so that the goddess can feel your love." If you are devout, you will gain more power of the Holy Light."

"Understood, teacher." Roy said.

Priest Reed pushed open the door of the study room and left in a hurry.

After the wooden door closed dully again, Jasper and Abt opened their eyes again with clasped hands, and they let out a long breath.

After Priest Reed left, they felt much more relaxed.

Seeing that Roy was trying to recite prayers, Jasper complained to Roy in a low voice: "Even if I pray all day now, I won't be able to condense much holy light..."

Abt, who was sitting next to him, collapsed all of a sudden, put his pointed chin on the table, and said weakly:

"Yeah, I feel like the goddess has completely forgotten this elf continent, or her number of believers is too large for her to take care of her. In short, I haven't felt that kind of holy spirit after praying for at least two months. The feeling of light bathing."

The blond hair on his head is a bit naturally curly. At this time, he raised his upper eyelids and looked at Roy, who was aside, and asked him:
"Roy, when you prayed recently, did you feel... that kind... a beam of holy light shone from the top of your head, covering your whole body, that kind of feeling that your whole body seemed to become translucent under the holy light , countless holy lights are washing the soul in your body?"

Roy shook his head and asked in surprise: "So after reading the prayer, do you still have this feeling?"

Jasper then said: "It doesn't happen often, there used to be once or twice a month, every time I bathed in the holy light, the power of the holy light in my body would become extremely full. Edge, this beam of holy light will break through the shackles and help us successfully advance..."

"breakthrough?"

Roy did not expect that after becoming a trainee priest, it is not enough to learn divine arts, but the most important thing is to gather the power of the holy light to make a breakthrough.

"That's right, like us trainee priests, there are ten levels." Jasper said naturally.

"Every time you make a breakthrough, the power of the holy light in your body will increase by leaps and bounds, and that feeling will be very clear. After reaching level ten, if the power of the holy light reaches that critical value, you will be able to become a real priest , of course the temple will hold a simple ceremony."

Abbott then said:
"In the past, as long as you recite the prayers diligently, you will gather enough power of the Holy Light. It is only a matter of time before you can be promoted from a trainee priest to a priest."

He paused, and then said again:
"It's more troublesome now. I can no longer feel the feeling of bathing in the holy light when I pray."

Jasper said rather helplessly:
"Yeah, I've been stuck at level eight for more than two months, and there's no hope of advancing."

"Roy, have you not been bathed in the holy light since you felt the holy light?"

Roy nodded.

"Then you don't even need to take the test, you are still a first-level trainee priest."

Jasper patted Roy on the shoulder to express his comfort.

"But Roy has already learned the 'twilight lighting technique'!" Abbott didn't quite agree with Jasper's point of view.

Jasper said swearingly:
"It can only mean that he is very talented, and it does not represent his level. That's why High Priest Reed asked him to recite prayers more often."

Abt casually flipped through the holy prayer in front of him, and said weakly, "But what's the use of that? Anyway, I've lost all confidence."

Jasper wrapped his hands around his neck and reminded him: "As a devout apprentice priest of the Temple of Liberty, Abt, you will be whipped if you say such words."

Abt spread his hands, and said a little rascally: "So... I never said it!"

It can be seen that the relationship between Jasper and Abbott is very good.

With the explanations from the two of them, Roy understood the intention of Priest Reed's ardent exhortation, probably because he felt that he was obsessed with magic, and instead of calming down and praying devoutly, it was a bit of putting the cart before the horse.

Then he put down the 'blessing of strength' and began to learn to recite those complicated and lengthy prayers.

After some experimentation, Roy found that it was exactly what Jasper said.

It seemed that my own prayers were useless, and the particles of holy light around my body didn't intend to gather at all.

The holy light seed in the body is still going its own way, using the invisible arm to scoop up the surrounding holy light particles, but the light seed seems to have sprouted a bud, and Roy suddenly finds that the light ball is much more dazzling than yesterday many.

The light in that holy light seed seemed to be flowing slowly, like the thick fog rolling by the Dane River in the early morning.

And as the tentacles continued to absorb the holy light particles into the seed of light, the brightness of the seed of light in Roy's body began to increase sharply, and even shot out through Roy's body.

An extremely warm light spread throughout the body, and warm currents flowed in the body like an empty water bottle.

Roy could clearly feel that the dark wounds on his body that had not fully healed were slowly dissipating under the illumination of these holy lights.

The seed of light stretched out another invisible tentacle in the dazzling holy light. Now there are actually two tentacles dancing non-stop. When they touch the particles of holy light floating around Roy's body, they will be sucked in. Into the seed of light.

The light emanating from the seed of light in the body has not completely dissipated. Seeing Roy open his eyes, Jasper next to him grabbed Roy's arm and asked loudly:

"Roy, how did you do it?"

"What did I say, Roy is very talented to be a priest. It seems that the goddess has not completely forgotten this place. What she forgot is just the two of us..."

Before Abt finished speaking, his mouth was covered with a hand.

"Don't talk nonsense, the goddess is here..."

Jasper's face changed slightly, and he reprimanded Abbott.

Abbott blocked Jasper's big hand and said to Roy:

"Roy, congratulations on your successful promotion to...second-level trainee priest."

Roy sat on the chair at a loss.

Abt saw Roy's bewildered face, and knew that he was a beginner who didn't know much about anything, so he said to him:
"As someone who has experienced it, in this case, I suggest that you better adapt a little bit and feel the subtle changes in your body. These holy lights will not only improve your physique, but the most important thing is to enhance your mental strength. Allows you to enter the state faster when praying, and in general, your body becomes stronger..."

Roy stood up from his seat.

Extend your right hand, palm up.

As he concentrated his thoughts, a dazzling ball of light appeared in his hand. Although the flame was only as big as an apple, it was far more dazzling than what Roy had condensed before.

"So this is what it feels like to be promoted..."

Roy tried to use the power of the holy light in his palm to draw the divine pattern of 'Blessing of Power', probably because the holy light was extraordinarily strong, this time it was much smoother than before.

In this way, the whole afternoon was spent in the study.

And Roy's successful advancement completely rekindled the confidence of Jasper and Abbott, and they recited the prayer very seriously...

……

On the way home, Roy thought about going to the Elf Academy tomorrow.

Steve, an elf aristocrat, won't be reconciled to being beaten. Maybe he will bring someone to block him on the street tomorrow.

Roy is no fool.

Of course he knew that in Castletown, a silver moon elf aristocrat would not care too much about the life and death of a half-elf without any background.

That's why he heard about the grievances between Claire and Steve, so he did everything possible to bring Claire into it.

With him around, at least the other party wouldn't go too far.

Otherwise, as a half-elf, he would be stuck in an alley, and he might be shot to death like an elf thief, or his hands and feet would be secretly interrupted.

Now the opponent's bottom line has been tested.

Perhaps because of Claire's presence, the group of young elves were also very measured, at least they didn't hit hard when they fought.

After thinking about it, Roy decided to practice the dismantling movements learned in the elementary martial arts training class at night.

Might be able to use it tomorrow...

"Roy, you seem to have turned white..."

The neighbor's bear kid Katie Weiner rode on the wall of her house and taunted Roy on the street.

Roy bent down to pick up a stone from the side of the street, scaring the brat into slipping off the wall and hiding in the rose bushes next to him.

(End of this chapter)