Path of Light.

Chapter 584 585. The Priest in Trouble

The magician named Elaud took out a white hexagonal test magic crystal from his magic waist bag and followed Roy to a magic tower at the edge of the camp.

This magic tower built around the expedition camp is very simple. It is surrounded by a stone wall, but the surface of the stone wall is coated with a layer of earth and ash, making the surface of the wall very smooth.

This kind of magic tower has only one floor, and inside it is a magic center made of magic crystal. The magic center is placed on top of a magic pattern array. The abundant magic power gathered by the magic pattern array is concentrated by the magic center and transmitted to the top of the tower.

On the top of the tower is a mana transmitter made of mithril. This mana transmitter is tilted and pointed towards the sky above the Dark Portal, at the same angle as the other fifteen mana transmitters. In this way, the magic light beams transmitted by the sixteen magic towers will eventually converge above the Dark Portal, forming a huge ball of magic light.

These magic beams are filled with magic force fields between each other...

It is the existence of the magic force field that forms a magic shield between the sixteen magic light beams to block the perception of dark creatures.

Mage Elaud first checked the magic center, then checked the magic array on the ground, and explained to Roy the working principles of these magic devices.

Roy followed behind the mage Elaud, feeling extremely confused.

He is not a magician, how could he understand these things?

But he didn't dare to offend this magician. In his usual life, it was almost impossible to meet such a magician. Even if he didn't understand, he had to listen carefully. Roy listened...

One thing he heard very clearly was that these magic towers required a large number of magic crystals to maintain the normal operation of the magic center.

The priests of the Statue of Liberty did not leave any magic crystals for Roy. About half of the magic crystals in the grooves of the magic array crystals were burned. Mage Elaud told Roy that he needed to prepare a batch of magic crystals as soon as possible, otherwise once the mana supply was cut off, the magic shield of the expeditionary camp would disappear instantly.

Roy immediately applied for a batch of magic crystals from Captain Gabreth. The adjutant took the application form written by Roy and quickly passed through the Dark Portal.

Not long after, the adjutant brought back two boxes of magic crystals.

It can be seen that Commander Gabrielle Reis still attaches great importance to the guarding of the expeditionary camp.

After inspecting all sixteen magic towers, Mage Elaud left in a hurry...

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Roy originally planned to hang a ball of holy light above the camp. The best location would be a small square in front of the holy water pool, so that the holy light could radiate the entire square.

He also required all half-blood elf warriors to sit quietly in the small square for a quarter of an hour every day...

But Roy soon discovered that the holy aura next to the pool was extremely strong, and it continued to spread around. This holy aura could dispel the dark aura attached to the half-elf warrior, and the effect was very good.

So Roy asked the half-elf warriors to sit by the pool in the small square for a while when they rested.

In addition, Roy also made some attempts in a remote corner of the expeditionary camp. He tried to operate the magic vortex around the Holy Light Tree to absorb the holy light particles floating in the air to the greatest extent. Sure enough, the holy light particles were extremely rare. It's not that there are none at all, but they are very few.

In order to restore the holy light power in his body to full state, Roy might have to spend five times longer than usual.

However, as long as Roy returned to the holy water pool in front of the Dark Portal, the power of holy light in his body would recover very quickly.

In fact, Roy has always suspected that there might be a holy object hidden in this pool, otherwise how could the pool produce holy water continuously?
But Roy walked around the pool for a long time. The entire pool was made of ordinary pebbles. The water was extremely clear and the bottom of the pool could be seen at a glance. There were no objects with a strong sacred atmosphere.

The magicians had been searching around the stone pillars of the Dark Portal for the reason for the Dark Portal's collapse. However, since the sealing array in Golfito Canyon had been dismantled and there was no surging magic tide, the situation at the Dark Portal gradually stabilized.

So the magicians began to try to find the specific reason why the sealing circle and the Dark Portal repelled each other.

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Because of the protection of the magic shield, few dark creatures would enter the expedition camp, so the half-elf warriors of the mine guards only had to take turns on duty in the sixteen magic towers.

In just a few days, Roy gradually became familiar with the expeditionary camp.

This is a very hidden canyon. Only during the 'daytime' in the dark land will some dark creatures appear.

Roy was worried that any rash action would expose the expeditionary camp, so he had not tried to leave the camp in recent days.

Legion Commander Gabrielle fulfilled his promise. The first batch of military supplies was delivered to the expeditionary camp, including whole barrels of life tree sap.

The sap of the tree of life was of limited help to Roy, but it was an absolute tonic for the elves. The healthy growth of the elves was inseparable from the nourishment of the sap of the tree of life.

Many elves like to build cities around the Tree of Life, hoping to get some of the sap of life.

The ordinary Silver Moon elves living in the city actually have some quotas of Life Tree Sap, but they can only be allocated diluted Life Tree Sap at most, and that is twice a month. The Silver Moon elves in the army can receive a cup of diluted Life Tree Sap every week, and their treatment is better than that of ordinary Silver Moon elves.

As for the Silver Moon Elf nobles in the city, they control the distribution of the Sap of Life.

Roy applied to Legion Commander Gabreth for the sap of the tree of life in order to fundamentally improve the physical fitness of these half-elf warriors.

The purpose of letting them enter the expeditionary camp in the dark land is to allow them to be constantly contaminated by the dark aura, which will then be dispelled little by little by the holy aura. This will slowly increase their affinity with the holy element and appropriately increase their resistance to the dark element.

As expected, the half-elf warrior who often sits quietly by the pool will have some sacred aura in his body.

Some half-elf warriors could even gather the sacred energy in their bodies at their fingertips, forming a small flame, just like what happened to Roy back then.

Then Roy would ask them if they felt a seed with a sacred aura appearing in their bodies...

The half-elf warriors shook their heads, indicating that they did not have such feelings.

Then, Roy taught these half-blood elves the simplest "twilight illumination technique".

Although this divine pattern was as simple as it could be for Roy, and the prayer was also very short, these half-elf warriors encountered many problems when they tried to learn it. Roy taught them hard for three days, but not a single half-elf warrior could perform the "Glimmer Illumination Technique".

After living in the expedition camp for half a month, Roy was no longer satisfied with just being able to move around in the camp. He wanted to walk out of the magic shield, see the world outside the shield, and see the dark creatures outside the camp.

Every day, Roy would stay next to the magic shield and observe the world outside the camp closely.

However, the expeditionary camp was surrounded by a valley, so he could only hide in the camp and take a quick look at the surrounding mountains...

This was the starting point of the Statue of Liberty expedition. Roy stretched out a finger and touched the magic shield, which caused ripples to appear.

"Let's observe for a few more days!"

Roy thought to himself, and then gave up the idea of ​​sneaking out.

The sixteen magic towers consume a large amount of magic crystals every day. Fortunately, all these magic crystals are provided by the military. Roy looked at the magic beam that was like a torrent and could only secretly smack his lips in amazement.

A half-elf patrol team quickly passed through the layers of tents and finally found Roy at the magic tower.

The half-elf captain took a breath and reported to Roy:
"Boss, when we were patrolling near Magic Tower No. 9, we found a priest lying outside the camp!"

Roy raised his head suddenly and instructed the half-elf captain:
"Take me there quickly..."

Roy stood up after he finished speaking, and the half-elf captain turned around and led the way. Soon they arrived next to Magic Tower No. 9. Roy stood inside the magic shield, and under the guidance of the half-elf captain's finger, he saw a ragged priest lying outside the shield.

Roy couldn't tell whether he was alive or dead.

He lay motionless on the ground, less than ten meters away from the magical shield of the expeditionary camp...

Roy looked up at the earth-red sky, thought for a while, and then said to the half-blood elf warriors beside him:
"I'll go out and drag him back. You guys meet me inside the camp!"

"Boss, let me go!"

"Please let me go..."

The half-blood elf warriors around him took the initiative to apply. Roy skillfully condensed a ball of holy light above his head, and then asked the half-blood elves around him:

"Whoever among you learns the art of 'twilight illumination' can be given the chance to fish out corpses..."

Roy glanced around and saw the half-elf warriors looking embarrassed. No one stepped forward at this time.

Roy smiled at them and pushed the magic shield with one hand. His hand instantly passed through the shield and entered the real dark land. The thick dark aura around him was like a thick fog, wrapping Roy's arm...

Roy took a deep breath and quickly entered the dark world.

The half-elf warriors hiding behind the shield saw a faint holy light emanating from Roy's body, and quickly ran to the fallen priest not far away. Roy first turned him over, then put his hand under the priest's nose to test whether he was still breathing.

Feeling the slight heat on his fingertips, Roy became a little excited and couldn't help muttering:
"It's a living one..."

(End of this chapter)