Path of Light.

Chapter 41 41. The Arm on the Shelf
This kind of thing hardly needs any explanation, only the soul with great resentment will continue to stay in the place of death.

This ship was a big ship full of human sailors, and the elf girl died in the captain's cabin. She couldn't just close her eyes and say that there was an epic love story in this room.

Jasper swiftly put the magic book into his satchel, and the ritual of purifying the ghost was over.

The second officer sitting on the soft leather sofa didn't expect it to end so soon, and thought it would take half the night...

Reluctantly, he stood up from the soft sofa, lowered his head and took out a stack of gold coins from the pocket hanging under his belt, which happened to be ten.

He weighed the gold coin in his hand, and the gold coin made a crisp and very textured impact sound.

"Do you want gold coins?" he asked Jasper.

Jasper quickly shook his head, squeezed out a smile, and said:

"Just follow the previously agreed deal. Gold coins can only be melted into gold ingots and sold as materials. This thing is not circulated in the kingdom of elves..."

The corner of the second officer's mouth was pulled slightly, the flesh on his face was a little ferocious, and he showed a look that you are very ignorant, and said:

"With ten gold coins on our side, we can buy a polished and complete magic spar, instead of such a magic core that we don't know if there is a magic crystal in it."

After finishing speaking, he reached into his pocket again and took out a black stone the size of a duck egg, and handed it to Jasper.

Jasper took the stone in his hand, first sniffed it under his nose, then took out a small hammer and tapped it vigorously, then listened to the sound, squinting his eyes to show a satisfied expression .

The second officer looked at Jasper with a gentle smile on his face.

It's just that the smile on his face is extraordinarily ferocious.

"Actually, we can add another commission, do you want to do it? The reward is still a magic core of a saber-toothed sea beast."

Jasper put the magic core into his satchel and turned to look at Roy. He had tasted the sweetness of Roy's help, and felt that this job could actually be taken over.

But at this moment, Roy was sweating coldly behind his back.

Because he suddenly thought of the Naga killer at the seaside chasing and killing humans everywhere, and it might have something to do with this sea ship.

Especially when he saw the gloomy face of the second officer, he became more sure of his guess.

"The Great Priest Reed is still waiting for news from us in the temple..."

Roy glanced at the second officer, and whispered to Jasper.

Jasper tugged at LaRoy's sleeve and responded in a lower voice, "I can get him an extra fee."

After Roy saw that Jasper got the black stone, he was a little dizzy with joy. He quickly put his hands on his shoulders, pulled him to the corner of the captain's cabin wall, and whispered:
"Jasper, let's not take any risks, I'm worried that our power of holy light is not enough!"

Jasper didn't notice Roy's eyes, and said confidently:
"My holy light can purify four more times, and it's more than a mistake to deal with a ghost. Roy, it's not every time you meet such a generous employer, but I can guarantee that every time you purify a ghost, it will be similar...  If you want to go home, I will ask them to send you away first."

"Jasper, didn't you say you were going to pray with Abbott tonight?"

Roy elbowed Jasper in the ribs as he spoke.

The impact was not light, and Jasper suddenly retracted his stomach. Although he hadn't reacted yet, he knew that something must be wrong with Roy, so he said:

"Oh! Now that you said that, I seem to remember..."

In this corner there is a water basin that fits snugly into an iron shelf protruding from the wall.

And the bronze mirror is inlaid on the wall opposite the water basin, just attached to the side of the wooden wall, and its position is a bit hidden.

Only standing in front of the water basin can you find the existence of this exquisitely designed bronze mirror.

Roy walked around the captain's cabin eight times just now, because he had to pay attention to every corner of the captain's cabin, so he knew that there was a bronze mirror opposite the water basin.

At this moment, Roy and Jasper happened to see the ordinary sailor standing at the door through the bronze mirror on the opposite side, and the door behind him had already been crossed with a bolt.

Standing on the other side of the captain's room, the tall and burly second officer was smiling, but stood there straight with his hands behind his back, holding a black dagger tightly in his hand...

At this moment, Jasper was completely awake.

It's just that the other party doesn't seem to have thought of letting the two of them leave at all...

"Since there is no way to cooperate, I will send you two away." The second officer showed a friendly smile on his face and approached step by step.

The sailor guarding the door had no intention of opening it, and blocked the bolt with his body.

If it wasn't for the bronze mirror, these would all be blocked by the bodies of the second officer and the seaman...

"It's not that we... don't want to cooperate... If you want us to purify the wraith again, you have to pay more!" Jasper hesitated at first, but then he almost shouted out.

The second officer stopped in his tracks, narrowed his cold eyes, put the dagger in his hand into his sleeve, and raised the corners of his split mouth slightly:
"The reward is negotiable, as long as you can help me clear the wraiths in the cabin below."

Jasper bit the bullet and said, "Purify one wraith and two magic cores."

"can!"

The second officer agreed without even thinking about it.

Jasper and Roy secretly exchanged glances, Jasper continued to bite the bullet and said:
"Then take us over there to see the situation..."

The second officer waved to the sailor at the door, and the two heard the sound of the door opening...

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Roy and Jasper followed the second officer out of the captain's cabin. The two were caught in the middle, and the last one was the sailor who put his right hand on the handle of the knife.

Come out of the captain's cabin, go down the steps, and turn right into the cabin on the ground floor of the captain's cabin, which is above deck.

It was only then that Jasper realized that although the sailors sitting on the deck looked over with smiles in their eyes, those smiles were obviously full of teasing.

The second officer walked back along the narrow corridor, and there was still a smell of fried sea fish. They are all as tall as one person.

It turns out that the galley on the ship is at this location, and it can be regarded as one of the few high-quality rooms on the deck.

The second officer stopped at the door of the kitchen, casually chatted with a fat chef in the kitchen, and got a bunch of copper keys from the fat chef.

He took Roy and Jasper and continued to walk forward for a few meters. This place has reached the end of the corridor and is at the stern. It was pitch black.

The second officer used a copper key to open the last cabin door. There were boxes of vegetables and fruits on the shelves in the room. The vegetables included pumpkins, onions, carrots and tomatoes, while the fruits were some oranges, pineapples and watermelons. These vegetables Almost hard to find in Castletown, but the fruit is in season here.

Roy didn't see the breadfruit that elves often eat, not a single one...

Roy heard the magician Benjamin say that such a big ship must have a plant cultivation room on it.

This room should not be a cultivation room, but a warehouse for storing vegetables. The warehouse is very cool and not stuffy.

"There is also a wraith in this warehouse. It always comes out in the dead of night to scare our head chef. I need you to purify it..."

said the second officer to Jasper.

He didn't even bother to hide it. He used a commanding tone, and his eyes also showed the look of 'I will eat you'.

Roy and Jasper looked at each other again, and walked into the storage warehouse one after the other.

The second officer and another crew member were guarding the door of the warehouse, and the cabin door was also open, but the two of them did not squeeze in.

This warehouse is not too big, and it is full of vegetables, and there is only one door, and it is even dark inside...

Roy cast the 'Twilight Illumination Technique' again, and it was only when a ball of dim light floated above their heads that there was a glimmer of light in the warehouse.

There are a lot of shelves for storing vegetables and fruits, and rows of wooden boxes are placed on the shelves.

Roy suddenly realized a problem. They loaded so many seasonal vegetables and fruits on board. This is not a cold storage. These fruits and vegetables cannot be stored for a long time. Unless they are about to go to sea, they do not need to be stored in the warehouse at all...

The two walked to the deepest part of the warehouse, and the indifference on Jasper's face was gone.

He was a little flustered, but he said to Roy in the lowest possible voice:

"Roy, we can't get away, it's all my fault! I was supposed to come here to take risks, but I didn't expect you to be involved."

Roy stood by a shelf, put his arm around Jasper's shoulder and said:
"Jasper, don't be so pessimistic, as long as we calm down, we should still have a chance!"

"This is the port of the elven city. As a foreign sea ship, all their actions will be restrained."

Moreover, Roy knew that the tide tonight would not come until around three o'clock in the morning in the middle of the night. Without relying on the high tide, this large ship would not be able to leave the port at all.

"Jasper, can you swim?" Roy asked Jasper.

Jasper nodded quickly.

"When we find an opportunity to paddle the oars room, we will say that the wraith has fled there. As long as we get there, there will be a row of windows in the room over there. Usually when a big ship needs to paddle, the oars will come out of the window. sticking out, then we will rush to the window and jump into the sea."

"As long as we can run to the pier safely, we will be safe. I guess they won't dare to chase them out!" Roy continued.

When Roy said these words, he felt something on the shelf on the left seemed to be reflecting light.

He subconsciously adjusted the low-light lighting technique, and a few scales shone brightly under the low light. At first he thought it was a sea fish, but then he immediately realized that it was wrong, it seemed to be an arm!
(End of this chapter)