Path of Light.

Chapter 33 33. Heavy Rain
In the temple study.

The trainee priest Abbot sat in front of the round table, with his hands clenched in front of his chest, and he closed his eyes and prayed silently.

Probably because Roy was successfully promoted to a second-level trainee priest yesterday, Abbott saw some hope again, so he prayed more devoutly.

Jasper was on duty at the gate, and he and Roy were the only ones in the room.

Roy was sitting next to Abt, and in front of him were two magical books, one was 'Blessing of Power' and the other was 'Secondary Healing'.

Now he has touched the door to the 'blessing of power'.

At noon, he successfully drew two divine patterns of 'Power Blessing'.

Although the latter time directly caused the failure of the magic spell because of the lack of proficiency in prayer.

But for Roy, he has clearly remembered the feeling of drawing the divine pattern.

Yes, this understanding is the most precious.

Generally speaking, the divine symbols and prayers in the divine art books can be clearly recorded, but the priests cannot clearly describe the mysterious feeling in the drawing process.

All Roy lacked now was the proficiency in reciting prayers.

Roy repeatedly recited the prayer of 'Blessing of Strength'.

Abt reminded him that he should take more time to pray every day, otherwise the Holy Light Cohesion Express would get slower and slower later on.

Roy nodded in agreement.

It's just the two magic books on the round table, but it clearly shows that his mind is completely immersed in learning magic at the moment.

'Blessing of Power' and 'Secondary Healing' are considered to be the two most practical magic spells for trainee priests.

But currently Roy is only a second-level apprentice priest. Learning these two divine arts, which consume a lot of power of the Holy Light, is far less practical than concentrating on praying to condense the power of the Holy Light.

……

In fact, Priest Reed has also discovered that Roy prefers to specialize in divine arts these days, and has little interest in prayer.

He seldom saw Roy praying, and every time he came to the study room, he saw him concentrating on learning magic arts, which made Priest Reed a little worried.

For a priest, the holy light obtained by praying is the basis of all divine spells, and those divine spells are nothing more than flowers on a tree.

If you haven't accumulated enough power of the Holy Light, it's useless to master even the most advanced divine arts.

Priest Reed was worried that Roy would be obsessed with divine arts, but instead ignored being a trainee priest. What he needs most now is to gather the holy light in the form of prayer.

"Roy, don't spend too much time on studying divine arts. What you need most now is condensing the holy light."

Every time he sees Roy, Priest Reed always tells him earnestly, regardless of whether he does what he says or not.

"Teacher, why can't I feel the holy light every time I pray?"

The question Roy raised was something that Jasper and Abbott had been wanting to ask recently, but they never dared to ask.

Priest Reed's eyes dimmed, his voice became a little heavy, and he whispered:

"That's because the goddess is currently too far away from us. Ever since entering the dark land, the goddess' holy radiance has been covered by the dark mist. At present, the holy radiance can no longer shine on the elf continent. When I was praying for a while, I rarely felt the presence of Shenghui."

"That's why we need to pray with a more pious heart, and the power of our faith will be the biggest beacon in the vast darkness. I firmly believe that one day the goddess' holy brilliance will penetrate the endless darkness and shine on the land of this continent." In every corner, as long as we are prepared, the holy brilliance will come..."

Roy didn't expect this to happen.

Jasper and Abbott always complained that they couldn't obtain the power of the Holy Light in their recent prayers. It turned out that it was because the goddess' holy radiance could no longer extend to the elf continent...

Abt was even a little dumbfounded, sitting there muttering to himself:

"It turns out that the rumors outside are actually true."

Then he said to Priest Reed:

"Principal Reed, I heard that the situation of this battle of gods is not optimistic, and the dark forces on the opposite side are very powerful."

Priest Reed shook his head slightly:
"These rumors have no basis. The bishop is concerned about the matter above, and we just need to wait quietly and pray sincerely."

Having said that, Priest Reed still wanted to say some words of encouragement, so he patted the shoulders of the two of them and said, "Actually, the goddess's holy brilliance will not be completely missed here, it should be just a little weak... so weak that we can hardly see it." It's just perceptible, otherwise Roy wouldn't be able to advance smoothly in just one week."

"When I first met Roy, the holy light in his palm was only so big..."

Priest Reed put his thumb and index finger together, and made a random gesture, which seemed to be a heart-to-heart comparison.

"Now! Roy, release your holy light and let Abbott see it."

Roy quickly condensed a seed-shaped light cluster in the palm of his hand.

In the soft light, the seed of light was like a question mark with a big head, stubbornly raised its head...

……

Seeing the ball of light in Roy's palm, Priest Reed nodded.

For Roy's efforts, Priest Reed still recognized it.

The first time I saw Roy, the holy light in his palm was only as weak as a firefly.

In less than a week, the power of the holy light mastered by Roy has grown to the size of an apple. Obviously, this ball of holy light can prove Roy's efforts.

Abt obviously agrees with the statement of Priest Reed, and keeps nodding.

The ball of light in the palm of his hand kept getting smaller, and when the last ray of flame dissipated in the palm of his hand, Roy asked tactfully again:

"Teacher, can this mass of holy light in our body catch the particles of holy light floating around by itself?"

In fact, Roy mentioned this two days ago...but the answer he got was no.

Now that he brought it up again, he also thought that what he described last time was not accurate, so he wanted to confirm it again this time.

"The holy light in our body is not a spirit body, how could it actively absorb the free holy light particles around it!" Priest Reed frowned, and immediately gave Roy a negative answer.

He felt that Roy had just become a trainee priest, and he didn't understand many things. It was normal to fall into such unreasonable fantasies...

From Priest Reed's point of view, he still needs to guide Roy carefully:
"You are wondering why you can't get the holy light when you pray, but you can feel the change of the light cluster in your body, isn't it?"

Roy nodded immediately.

"That's because the holy light in your body is too weak, and you can easily feel it if there is a slight change." High Priest Reed said.

He paused and went on:
"Usually, the power of the Holy Light in our body will naturally increase. It is entirely because there are some particles of the Holy Light floating around that we cannot see. These Holy Light particles will integrate into our body because of the affinity of the Holy Light."

"Of course, this does not mean that when there are more particles of holy light floating around, or when we are riding in a carriage, the body comes into contact with more particles of holy light, and these particles of holy light can integrate into our body faster."

"Only by devout prayers can the holy radiance of the goddess shining on this continent be introduced into the body..."

"Roy, you are just a trainee priest who has just come into contact with holy light and divine arts, so when you encounter problems that you don't understand, you will become extremely confused. This is normal. You can usually use prayers to strengthen yourself in my heart..."

Listening to the persuasive teaching of Priest Reed, Roy suddenly fell into a kind of self-doubt at this moment:
'Could it be that the two invisible tentacles I feel are just the embodiment of the affinity of the Holy Light? '

'That's how it should be...'

So Roy began to pray with Abbott in the study.

It wasn't until he was about to leave the temple that he flipped through the book of 'Secondary Healing Technique' again.

When I think of Steve's group of silver moon elves in the Elf Academy, I feel that if I can master the 'Secondary Healing Technique' earlier, I can at least not waste those precious life sap...

Even if the life sap is provided by Claire, it cannot always be used in this way.

However, before leaving the study room, Roy still tried the 'Blessing of Power'. As the complete divine pattern appeared on the round table, as soon as Roy's prayer fell, the divine pattern turned into countless fine sands and condensed into one The fist exuding only the sacred aura slowly melted into Roy's body.

Abt, who was about to stand up next to him, widened his eyes, and dropped the thick "Holy Prayer" on the table with a bang.

……

The evening sky was cloudy, and countless dark clouds piled up on the sea.

Seeing that a heavy rain is coming, the sea breeze is blowing with strong water vapor.

Roy changed out of the trainee priest's robe in the lounge, put on the damp clothes, and prepared to run home before the heavy rain came.

Probably being hit by Roy, Abt ran back to the room a little depressed, and locked himself in the room.

Jasper was guarding the porter at the gate of the temple, and when he saw Roy coming out, he quickly opened the side door for him.

"It's going to rain, let's run a few steps!" Jasper said to Roy.

The wind was a bit strong, and layers of waves surged up on the sea surface, impacting on the black reef, instantly shattering and turning into countless foams...

Roy walked quickly on the street, and the fig trees on the side of the road were violently swayed by gusts of wind. The stall owners put away the goods outside the shop, and the stall owners rushed home.

There are almost no people on the pier, and even the fish market has become deserted...

Roy saw Ms. Gillian appear at the end of Brown Street pushing a flatbed.

When they reached the street, probably knowing that the heavy rain was coming, the night saber tied to the door of the pharmacy retreated into the cabin, only showing half of its nose outside.

When he saw Roy, he habitually let out a low growl.

Roy stopped, gave the nightsaber a provocative look, and then quickly ran towards the house.

Bean-sized raindrops fell down crackling, instantly moistening the ground. As more and more raindrops fell, the sound of the splashing rain finally became one piece.

(End of this chapter)