Path of Light.

Chapter 39 39. The Priests in the Temple

"You met that Naga killer?"

Startled, Jasper leaned back on the chair and stared at Roy with wide eyes.

"Ok!"

He leaned over, stared at the linen bandage on Roy's body and said:

"Let me see your wounds."

It was only when the hemostatic paste dried up and some scabs formed on his back that Jasper started to panic.

There was a trace of embarrassment on his face:

"Roy, that... I have a private job to go out tonight to purify, so I have to keep some power of the Holy Light. You also know that it is difficult to condense the Holy Light when you pray now, so... this is not me Excuse me, I really need to keep a little of the holy light."

Jasper patted his forehead and continued:

"Let's call Abbott, this guy has been praying day and night recently, and he may gain something."

Roy didn't expect that Jasper would actually receive a private job, so he had to go to Abbott.

"I saw Abt in the concierge, I'm going to find him now."

Probably because Jasper felt a little sorry for rejecting Roy, he took the initiative to say to Roy, "I'll go with you..."

The two walked out of the study room and stood in the corridor of the dormitory. Roy asked Jasper:
"Jasper, are you going to treat someone tonight?"

After closing the door, Jasper turned around and walked downstairs with Roy, saying as he walked:

"Healing is generally difficult to receive. Ordinary healing potions in pharmacies only cost [-] Kohler. If the injured is a silver moon elf, it is even less necessary. In addition to receiving life sap from the moon god, in the temple of the moon god The sacrificial priests also have healing spells, so they won't find us at all."

Before Roy could ask again, Jasper went on to say:
"It's to go to the ship to purify the ghosts."

Roy knew that there were several large ships moored at the pier.

Jasper didn't hide anything either, and already regarded Roy as one of his own.

He said to Roy: "Sea ships often call at the port. When these ships are sailing at sea, some crew members will die on board due to various accidents. There are often dead souls who cannot cross the Styx and become wandering souls on board." , at this time, we priests use holy light to purify."

Roy had heard the story about the River Styx and the Ferryman countless times.

It is said that behind the Styx River is a place called the Plain of Despair, and the plain is full of flowers of the underworld - the other shore flower.

All souls who cannot enter the Kingdom of God after death must enter here...

Roy is also very curious about those wandering ghosts.

It is said that souls with great resentment after death, or souls that have not been received after death, will stay in this world and become lost souls. These souls will either be purified or wait for the fire of the soul to burn out. Dissipate with the wind.

Apparently Jasper's private job was to purify these dead souls.

Roy hesitated before trying to make a request to Jasper:
"Jasper, can you take me tonight?"

Jasper didn't expect Roy to make such a request...

"Do you want to go and see?"

Roy nodded and said, "Well, I'm a little curious."

Jasper hesitated slightly.

But looking back, since Roy is already a trainee priest in the temple, these things will naturally not be hidden from Roy in the future.

"Well, in fact, when you learn to purify in the future, you can join us, of course, you can also do it alone. As long as you are in Castleton Port, you will not worry about running out of business." Jasper said frankly to Roy.

The two passed by the well and entered the courtyard in front of the temple.

Priest Andison, who was sitting by the pool, was no longer there. Roy looked back at the main hall of the temple, and it was also quiet there.

The entire temple is very quiet when there is no assembly, no one is running, and no one is making noise or making noise.

Jasper looked at the Statue of Liberty in the center of the pool, and suddenly slowed down. His eyes stayed on the sacred prayer carved in stone in her hand, and asked Roy:

"Roy, what is your dream?"

Roy also followed Jasper to slow down and said casually:

"I want to try my best to understand this world and see if this world is connected to other worlds..."

"Of course there are, in fact, there are quite a few!"

Jasper gave Roy an answer without hesitation, and then said calmly:
"However... we don't call them other worlds, we usually call them planes. As far as I know, there are at least a thousand of the planes, large and small, that we have discovered so far, and some planes are extremely It is rich, but some planes are full of disasters, and even if we discover some new planes, we usually will not easily change its environment, at most we will transplant the tree of life there."

Roy followed behind Jasper, and couldn't help asking:

"Jasper, do you know where I can learn about these planes?"

Jasper shook his head, and patted Roy's shoulder comfortingly:

"Those things are only accessible to high-level elves in the upper class. It is not easy for half-blood elves like you and me to enter that circle, and even if you enter that circle, it is not easy to understand the situation of all planes." Reality, because the information of every seat is very precious, those nobles are not willing to share it with others."

"That's it!"

It was the first time someone talked about this with Roy, and it was very novel to Roy.

Jasper came to the gatehouse at the gate of the temple, and Abbott was still praying earnestly inside.

Knocked on the open door.

Abt opened his eyes and saw Jasper, with doubts in his eyes:

"Jasper, did those people change their minds, didn't they make an appointment at night?"

"The agreement over there has not changed." Jasper walked in and said, "About, I need your help with something. Roy was slightly injured in the morning. You also know my current situation, so I'm afraid I'll have to ask you this time..."

"Oh, why didn't you just tell me directly, is my 'secondary healing' worse than Jasper's?"

Abt did not refuse, but made a joke directly at Roy with a smile.

Roy stood at the door and explained with some embarrassment:
"Just now, I saw you praying in the concierge, so I didn't have the nerve to disturb you..."

Abt asked Roy to sit in the porter.

There was no room for three people in this narrow space, and Jasper had to stand outside.

Abbott picked up the prayer book from the side while checking Roy's injuries.While complaining to him:

"Hey, it's becoming more and more difficult to condense the holy light recently. No matter how much you pray, it won't have any effect. Roy, how did you manage to advance in this situation..."

Roy felt that even if he told the truth again, the two of them would not believe it.

Even if someone really believed it, they would probably regard themselves as a different kind...

Whether it is a human or an elf, everyone always likes to find those partners who have something in common to be friends, and they are used to rejecting dissidents.

Roy said vaguely:

"I just felt that the particles of holy light around me were constantly merging into my body, and then I was promoted without knowing it."

Abbott slapped the table hard and said loudly:

"It's really as I guessed. It's entirely because the power of the holy light naturally integrated into Roy's body that the advancement was made. This kind of situation can only happen to low-level apprentice priests. If the two of us want to rely on this promotion, It is estimated that it will take decades..."

Jasper was also a little dumbfounded: "Can't be so exaggerated."

"Why not!" Abt said in despair again: "At first, I thought that some of the goddess' holy brilliance might slip through the net and shine into the elf continent, but I didn't expect everything to be my fantasy."

Seeing that Abbott was depressed, Jasper quickly reminded:

"Hey, be careful, failure is the biggest waste."

Abt patted the prayer book and said confidently: "With this...how could it fail!"

The three chatted, and in the narrow gatehouse at the entrance of the temple, Abbott completed Roy's treatment.

The secondary healing technique fell on Roy, and Roy could clearly feel that the scabbed wounds began to heal quickly again.

Just when Roy stood up and tried to move his body, Jasper said to Roy:
"Roy, try not to ask Priest Reed to do this kind of thing in the future..."

Roy looked at Jasper with some puzzlement.

Jasper said: "You just need to go to Priest Reed, I guess he will probably not refuse, but next week's gathering in the temple will depend on him to inject the power of holy light into the pool to maintain the basic level of holy water in the pool." effect……"

Abt sat back in the porter room, lowered his voice and asked:
"Has Teacher Andison's holy light not recovered yet?"

Jasper was nominally Priest Andison's student, and knew more about Priest Andison's affairs. A look of worry appeared on his face, and he said:

"Recently, the teacher's mood is not right. I think he seems to look at everyone as if he is watching the thief who stole the Holy Grail..."

Abt also sighed, and whispered:

"If the Holy Grail is still there, life will not be so difficult!"

Roy suddenly remembered that there were three priests in the temple, so he asked:

"What about Priest Theodore?"

Abt smiled, and said casually:
"He is now the golden signboard of the temple. If the elves and nobles in the city have such needs, he will almost always come forward to solve them, so the teacher is out almost all day, and even if you can meet him in the temple, most likely He will still refuse, even if I ask, he will not waste the power of the Holy Light easily, because of this matter a few days ago, he even quarreled with Teacher Andison."

Jasper embraced Roy's shoulders, waved to Abbott, and then walked to the backyard with Roy, saying as they walked:

"So it's right to come to us for this kind of thing. If you can help us, you will definitely help. Of course, it's best for you to learn the 'secondary healing technique' yourself. The basic magic technique is not difficult, just practice it a little more. .”

(End of this chapter)