Path of Light.

Chapter 40 40. Purification

In the evening, the clouds in the sky made the picture look like it was on fire.

The red sun between the sky and the sea slowly sank into the sea.

There were tinkling bells from the port pier, and some seabirds accompanied the small wooden boats to the port, probably hoping to catch a few small fish from the fish hold.

Jasper asked High Priest Reed for leave and left the Temple of Liberty ahead of schedule.

When Roy walked out of the gate of the temple, Jasper was waiting for him at the corner of the street. Roy ran over, and Jasper walked to the port pier with him.

The fish market not far away was almost deserted, and a few seabirds landed in front of a trash basket, pecking at the stinky offal inside.

There was a strong smell of sea fish floating on the pier.

In the area of ​​the deep water dock, some crew members left the dock in twos and threes and walked towards the lower city that was gradually lit up.

There, in addition to buying wine, you can also gain something else.

Of course, if you want to have an unforgettable night, you must have Kohler in your pocket.

……

Seabirds, sunset.

On the harbor pier, a huge five-masted ship was docked aside.

Two sailors were standing under the sampan of the ship. They were a second officer and an ordinary seaman. They saw Jasper and Roy walking along the pier and rushed to meet them.

Seeing the bald second officer, Jasper nodded as a greeting.

"Did the introducer tell you exactly what to do on the ship?" the second officer asked with narrowed eyes.

He is really strong, with bulging muscles all over his body, wearing a tight vest with cut sleeves, lantern-leg trousers, a pair of big rusty feet, and a machete hanging from his waist and a bundle of rope.

When he turned, Roy saw a large blue anchor tattooed on the back of his neck and skull.

Jasper nodded.

The ordinary crew member on the side also wore a long knife, held a black turban on his head, wore leather armor and leather pants, and his face was covered with beards, making his facial features almost invisible.

Roy even smelled the bloody smell from the long knife...

The second officer said to Jasper: "Then don't waste time, try to end it as soon as possible."

Then he turned around and stepped on the boat on the sampan, followed by Jasper and Roy, and the last one was the seaman.

After walking on the trembling sampan to the ship, Roy realized that the ship was really big.

The length of the deck alone is nearly 40 meters, and there is a dark ship building full of small windows behind it.

The huge copper ram in front turned out to be a bust of a giant with arms outstretched and head raised, but there was a sharp copper horn more than three meters long on the top of the giant's head.

On the back of the giant bronze statue is a mast slanted out, and a triangle sail is hung on this 15-meter black wooden mast.

There are five masts nearly 20 meters high on the deck in the middle of the hull, and the distance between each mast is about seven or eight meters. Sling with all pulleys.

A part of the back deck suddenly rose up, about two stories high, this part was the ship building, and on the top of the ship building was the captain's cab.

There are double-layer oar windows on both sides of the hull, but the oars have been completely retracted at this time.

The whole black ship looked old, but when Roy walked on board, he realized that it was black because the wooden boards on the ship had been treated with anti-corrosion and fire prevention.

A group of crew members were sitting around the deck having dinner. They were almost all naked in light leather armor, with long knives on their waists and short daggers on their legs. Their big feet were bare, and some even had long ankles. There was some moss, and apart from the messy long hair that could be braided, this group of crew members was bald.

Their dinner food was not bad. A grilled sea fish, octopus feet skewered on a wooden stick, a large bowl of vegetable soup, some whole wheat bread as the staple food, and some fruits in the large wooden barrel in the middle of the deck, which looked like a There was a big bucket of plums, and Roy felt his teeth ache just looking at it.

The crew saw Jasper and Roy come on deck, those eyes kept gliding over them...

They wouldn't hide their voices when they were telling jokes, but they didn't speak Elvish, and Roy couldn't understand them at all.

It was the second officer who looked like a black tower. Although the elf language had a weird accent, Roy could at least understand it.

On this sea boat, Roy did not see the captain, nor did he see the first mate on board.

Jasper just said that the strong man was the second mate on the ship. The second mate took Jasper and Roy across the deck and took them directly to the captain's cabin at the top of the ship building behind.

This is the highest place on the entire ship, and the entire floor is the captain's cabin. Although it is divided into several rooms, each room is very spacious, and the furnishings inside are also very particular. The furniture is extremely delicate. The surface of the chair is carved with some fine reliefs.

The place where Roy and Jasper are located should be the place where the captain usually works. There is a table in the middle of the room. On the table is a chart of two meters by two meters. Roy can see it at a glance. The sea area shown on the chart should be the Endless Sea, because Castleton Harbor is still at the most remote upper right corner of the chart.

It's a pity that all the languages ​​marked above are extremely unfamiliar to Roy, and he can't understand what is written on it...

A spotting telescope was hanging on the wall beside him. Only then did Roy notice the wall of the room. There were various specimens hanging on the wall, all of which were simple bones, teeth, and animal horns. It seems that there are some special powers on them.

"There is a ghost making trouble in this room, help me find it and purify it."

The second officer sat on a set of leather sofas in the room, put his hands on the back of the sofa, raised his head and closed his eyes and said.

The ordinary crew members stood at the door of the room, never taking their eyes off Roy and Jasper.

Jasper glanced at Roy, suddenly seemed to think of something, and said to Roy:
"Roy, haven't you learned the 'twilight lighting technique'? You can try it now, and let me tell you how to use this magical technique..."

"It can not only provide us with light, in addition to a little weak healing ability, it can also illuminate hidden units hidden in the dark, including ghosts."

Roy did not hesitate, and immediately began to draw the divine pattern and recite prayers.

"Roy, if you have the opportunity to buy a magic book like mine in the future, you can record the commonly used divine patterns in it. My book records the divine patterns of two divine arts, and you can usually use these two divine patterns. When performing the spell, you only need to inject the power of the Holy Light into it, and then recite the prayer, which is very convenient."

Jasper waited for a faint light to appear above Roy's head before speaking to him.

Roy nodded.

Priest Reed objected to his early contact with this kind of magic book, and he didn't have that many Kohler, so this thing is not usually expensive.

A gleam of light floated on Roy's shoulder, exuding a faint and soft golden light.

"Just walk around the room..." Jasper said to Roy.

According to Jasper's instructions, Roy started to walk around the room with the dim light, while Jasper followed Roy with the magic book in his hand, carefully looking around.

The dim light was floating beside Roy, like holding a candle at night.

There was laughter from the crew members outside the cabin, they were probably doing some after-dinner exercise on the deck...

The room in the captain's cabin seemed very quiet, except for the occasional conversation between Jasper and Roy.

According to Jasper's request, Roy walked around the captain's cabin eight times without interruption, but he still didn't sense the ghost hiding in the dark.

Roy couldn't help but find this kind of work a bit boring!

Jasper was also a little speechless. He didn't expect to find the ghost after searching for so long, so he had to say to Roy:

"Roy, you turn up the dim light a little bit more."

"Oh!"

Roy raised his hand, held the floating twilight in the palm of his hand, and injected a little power of holy light from the palm of his hand to make the light cluster brighter.

The range of illumination was wider than before. When Roy walked to the second window on the left side of the captain's cabin, he found a figure behind a white gauze curtain. The outline was only a very dim upper body. , the following is completely nothingness.

Jasper, who was following Roy, also saw the figure, and he immediately pushed Roy from behind, signaling him to get closer.

Unexpectedly, the ghost sprang out from behind the curtain vigilantly. Under the light of the sacred light, its outline was extremely dim, and the brightest part of its head was the eyes shining with faint blue flames. It turned towards Roy. He rushed forward with teeth and claws.

It's just that under the shimmering light of the holy light, the body became even darker, so that it flew to the left halfway, ready to find a dark place to hide.

I dare not approach Roy at all...

Jasper saw this ghost, and also saw that it was not aggressive at all. If it wanted to escape, it would be more difficult to find it.

Jasper unfolded the magic book in his hand, and as a short and fluent prayer sounded, a beam of light shot down from the ceiling, trapping the ghost in it with incomparable precision.

Under the radiance of the holy light, the ghost's body began to drift away like blue smoke, and the originally unclear outline quickly became lighter.

The fire of the soul is like a candle in the wind, which will be extinguished at any time.

It was bound by the holy light, its body turned into a little white ash and fell to the ground, but the transparent light blue soul floated up with the wind, broke away from the shackles of the holy light, and floated in Jasper's body. overhead.

Seeing the complete blue outline, Roy discovered that the ghost should have been an elf girl during her lifetime, and her delicate face and pointed ears could indicate her identity.

"Let's go, go back to the embrace of Goddess Elune, it's useless to stay here."

Jasper said something softly, and then closed the magic book in his hand.

As the sacred light beam slowly disappeared, the blue soul also turned into specks of light and disappeared into the captain's room.

(End of this chapter)