Path of Light.

Chapter 575 576. Words on the Wall
Captain Malthus and Roy climbed the long steps outside the Statue of Liberty side by side. The steps were paved with white granite slabs and engraved with anti-slip patterns. The entire Statue of Liberty had withstood thousands of years of wind and rain, and the gaps in these steps were still very tight, making it difficult to insert a skinning knife into the gaps.

The statues on both sides of the stone steps are no longer priests, but angels with their wings folded. Some angels are praying with their hands folded on their shoulders, some are holding giant swords and looking up at the sky, and some are holding the Holy Grail and looking down at their feet...

The Statue of Liberty in Golfito is a large-scale complex.

In addition to the main body of the temple, the surrounding buildings are the living quarters for the priests.

This time, Captain Malthus brought Roy to the outside of the main hall. The two of them were going to attend the Silver Moon Elf Officers Meeting. They walked into the magnificent arched gate outside the temple, and an extremely gorgeous courtyard appeared in front of Roy.

There were some marble-paved paths in the courtyard, and the areas without marble were covered with lush green grass. In the middle of the courtyard was a square pool with a fountain and a waterfall. The clear water in the pool almost overflowed from the pool, and a clear waterfall attracted Roy's attention.

Just in front of the waterfall, there is a statue of the Statue of Liberty wearing a washing dress. She is half lying on a huge rock, reaching out her hand to stir the clear water in the pool.

In the past, the Statue of Liberty that Roy had seen was always holding the sacred scepter and the Holy Grail of Wisdom...

Only the Statue of Liberty in the lobby of Golfito Temple looked more like a beautiful human girl. Even the expression of joy and shyness on her face was clearly displayed. Roy could even hear her whispers from her slightly opened lips.

Some Silver Moon Elf officers were standing in the courtyard in twos and threes. When some officers saw Captain Malthus, they even greeted him familiarly.

Captain Malthus nodded repeatedly and responded to the officers with a smile, but did not join them. He took Roy into an arched corridor with a wall on one side and arched Roman columns on the other side. There were some exquisite reliefs inlaid on the wall.

"I've always felt that some of the buildings in Buenos Aires are too exaggerated. I wish I could carve all the stones into a hollow shape. I didn't expect the reliefs in the Statue of Liberty to be no less impressive. I wonder how much effort it took to carve this mural..."

After Captain Malthus finished speaking, he laughed at himself.

Roy thought of the Statue of Liberty in Castletown. Before it was abandoned, the courtyard in front and the statues in the main hall were also very exquisite.

"It is said that each temple is a residence prepared for the goddess to descend upon the world. In the past, these temples would often shower down the goddess' blessings and holy light. Occasionally, a ray of the goddess's divine consciousness would possess the high priest and often wander around the temples. Therefore, as believers of the Statue of Liberty, they naturally spared no effort to build these temples magnificently! In other words, if they were willing to take out this money to subsidize the lives of poor half-blood elves, their believers would at least double!"

Roy couldn't help but complain from the side.

Although he is a high priest, he is not a believer of the Statue of Liberty.

So when I stood in the temple and complained about the Statue of Liberty, I didn’t feel any pressure…

Captain Malthus smiled, and as they spoke, the two of them came to the main hall of the Statue of Liberty. The tall dome almost pierced through the sky, and the atmosphere created by these tall buildings was as if this main hall was a residence reserved for gods to live in.

Following Captain Malthus into the hall, the luxurious dome was painted with exquisite paintings. The paintings on the dome seemed to describe the war of gods, and there were countless angels surrounding the Statue of Liberty.

Roy passed by the side hall and looked inside through the open door. This should be a side hall used for baptism and blessings.

The holy water pool at the innermost part of the room had long since dried up, and the platform where the holy grail was placed was long since empty, but the benches in the room were still neatly arranged.

Roy has a special affection for the side hall where holy water is distributed. His original job was to stand on the high platform and use a silver spoon to give a cup of holy water to every believer of the goddess who came to pray.

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Intermittent arguments were heard in the main hall of the Statue of Liberty. Before entering the main hall, Captain Malthus showed a helpless expression on his face.

"In the past half month or so, they have quarreled countless times in the main hall. Every time I walk into the hall, I get a headache!"

Captain Malthus complained in a very low voice.

Roy stood beside Captain Malthus and looked into the main hall curiously.

Captain Malthus signaled Roy to stop, stand at the door of the main hall, take a deep breath, tighten his abdomen and straighten his chest, without any expression on his face, and then with a stern face, he walked into the main hall of the Statue of Liberty.

Roy took a half step back, followed Captain Malthus, restrained his curious gaze, and walked in...

A group of magicians from the Magic Guild and the high priest of the Moon Temple stood on the left and right sides of the hall, and the atmosphere seemed a bit tense.

A dozen elven knights sat in chairs on the high platform, and a group of officers stood near the entrance of the hall. Captain Malthus led Roy to blend in with these officers. Roy knew that his half-elf identity might cause disgust among some half-elf officers, so he stood at the edge of the crowd.

As the leaders of the sealing of the Dark Portal, the magicians of the Magic Guild want to have the power to guard the Dark Portal.

However, the Moon Temple wants to build a Moon Well outside the sealing array to draw the power of the Moon Goddess to completely suppress the Dark Portal.

But there is a problem. Once the Moon Temple builds the Moon Well, it means that a Moon Temple will be built here. They do not want the mages of the Magic Guild to live next to the Moon Well for a long time.

This argument lasted for a long time, and Roy's legs felt numb as he stood in the hall...

He saw that from time to time some Silver Moon Elf officers would walk out of the main hall and go to the garden in the front yard to take a breath, so he said hello to Captain Malthus and slipped out through the side door.

Captain Malthus also knew that Roy must be a little bored standing in the hall. Unfortunately, people were not allowed to talk in the hall, so he could only make a few simple gestures to let him take a breath in the courtyard outside and signaled him not to walk around.

Roy actually wanted to find a toilet, so he walked along the side corridor to the backyard.

Although the Statue of Liberty has been occupied by the Silver Moon Elves, there are actually not many guards in the main hall.

Roy walked along the corridor to the right side of the main hall, where there was a magnificent inner courtyard. On the left side of the courtyard was a library, and on the right side of the building was a plaque for an armory.

Roy was curious about the library at the Statue of Liberty, so he walked up the steps to the door of the library.

The door of the library was also open, but only the first-floor hall could be seen from the door.

There were many books neatly arranged in the hall. Most of the books had been moved out, and the remaining books were scattered on the bookshelf and on the ground. No one cared about them at all.

Roy stood outside the door and did not step in. He leaned his head to peek inside...

Just then, he saw a Silver Moon Elf standing in the corner of the door. When he saw Roy, he looked at him with doubt. The Silver Moon Elf did not speak, so Roy quickly retracted his head.

To be honest, he was frightened by the Silver Moon Elf guarding the door. When he patted his chest, Roy discovered that he was wearing the badge of the Silver Pegasus Legion on his chest.

It was probably this Silver Pegasus Legion badge that saved him a lot of trouble...

Roy continued to stroll in the inner garden. He heard Captain Malthus say that the Dark Portal was behind the main hall of the Statue of Liberty. The only passage leading to the Dark Portal was behind the big door in the main hall, so Roy was not too worried about entering the restricted area by mistake.

He was very interested in the architectural complex of the Statue of Liberty. Roy sneaked out from the inner courtyard garden of the temple and left the main hall of the Statue of Liberty.

The houses and streets before my eyes have changed dramatically, and many houses in this area are connected together.

Roy guessed that this should be the living area for the priests. This area seemed relatively large, and the entire complex of buildings looked like a compact small city.

Walking on the old streets, there are a lot of messy things scattered on the messy streets.

The Silver Moon Elf warriors did not live in the living area here. The entire living area looked very depressed, and there was not a single Silver Moon Elf to be seen. Roy walked on the street, as if he was in a long-abandoned city.

In this city where only priests live, many buildings have the logo of the Statue of Liberty.

Roy found that the Statue of Liberty was scattered at the intersections of streets and alleys, like shrines built in the city.

The bishop of the Statue of Liberty once gathered hundreds of thousands of holy expeditionary forces in Golfito Canyon and led three expeditions to the dark land. All the war expenses were borne by Golfito alone. This shows how strong the foundation of the Statue of Liberty is!

Unfortunately, many of the Statue of Liberty statues in this residential area have begun to become dilapidated, with broken limbs falling apart on the stone slabs...

Roy walked around the living area and stopped only when his feet felt sore.

I found a bench and sat down, thinking of returning to the main hall to meet up with Captain Malthus.

When Roy stood up, he found that he had walked to the edge of the temple's living area. He was located near the canyon wall. There was an extremely simple corridor near the wall, which was just attached to the wall.

Many parts of the corridor have collapsed, and many stone chambers carved out of the mountain have been exposed.

Those stone chambers didn't even have doors, and it was pitch black inside.

Roy tried to take two steps toward the ruined corridor and looked at a stone chamber at the very edge.

This stone chamber is exactly what it sounds like. The space inside is less than two square meters, and an elf of normal size cannot even stretch out and lie down in it.

The stone chamber only had a door, no windows, and even the door was just an empty door frame...

Roy looked at this stone chamber, which was even more cramped than a toilet, and discovered that there were statues of the Statue of Liberty on some of the walls.

Some of the walls of the stone chambers were painted with some messy patterns.

I heard from Grand Priest Reed that there are many ascetic priests in Golfito who dig a cave on the cliff and live in the cave. Except for two meals a day, these ascetic priests pray devoutly to the Statue of Liberty all day long.

Roy suddenly became very interested in these stone chambers.

He passed the first few stone chambers with few carvings on the walls and walked up along the passage that could collapse at any time. The further he went inside, the older the stone chambers became. There were indeed many patterns carved by sharp weapons in the dark stone chambers.

Roy stretched out a hand, and a ball of holy light emerged from the palm of his hand.

The soft holy light made the stone chamber much brighter, and the patterns that were originally hidden in the darkness gradually became clear before Roy's eyes.

Roy walked through more than a dozen stone chambers in a row, and finally in one of the stone chambers, he saw a lot of elven words written by a priest while praying. These elven words almost covered the entire left wall.

Roy raised the holy light in his palm a little higher. He moved closer to the wall and carefully observed the words. He found that these elven words were not complaints, but records of something.

It is written here that a priest could not feel the holy light of the Statue of Liberty during his years in Golfito.

This made him feel desperate...

He even felt like he was abandoned by the Statue of Liberty, so he lived in pain every day...

Before he entered the stone chamber to pray, he had been at a loss for a long time. He traveled to countless places just to find the holy light of the Statue of Liberty. He even captured some little demons through summoning rituals and interrogated their souls in private, but even so, he did not find any information related to the Statue of Liberty.

He once visited the great magician of the Astrologers' Union and asked him to find the current location of the Statue of Liberty through the astrology. Unfortunately, the great magician gave him a very vague answer and he could not understand many of the words.

He also asked a prophet to make a prediction about the Statue of Liberty, but the prophet only told him that the Statue of Liberty was trapped in a place without any light.

He cast a forbidden spell, summoned a terror from hell in a hidden place, imprisoned it in a prison, and tortured the terror with holy light every day.

In this way, he would use summoning magic to summon the demons of hell every once in a while, and finally obtained useful information from a demon:

The Statue of Liberty is imprisoned in an unknown location in the Dark Land and has fallen into a deep sleep.

It was this news that caused the priests in the Statue of Liberty to panic.

Then several archbishops of the Statue of Liberty began to plan a war...

So the priests began to send expeditionary forces to the Dark Land, and a large number of priests followed the expeditionary forces into the Dark Land.

(End of this chapter)