Path of Light.

Chapter 586 587. Hunting
The night sky in the Dark Land is a light red sky, and the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp is built in a valley.

There were only slightly flat earth slopes on both sides of the camp, which could not even be called earth ridges. Roy, wearing a magic cloak, climbed to the top of the earth ridge in one breath along the not very flat path.

Looking out from the black earth ridge, under the pale red sky, the entire area is basically made up of these undulating ridges.

The light black mists on the slope are ordinary dark creatures. These black mists are big and small, but basically they are only one or two meters in diameter. They keep a certain distance from each other and float in the air about one meter above the ground.

There are also some dark-colored fog clusters among these black fogs. They are generally larger in size and are considered high-level dark creatures.

They have their own hunting consciousness and will roam around in the air. If they encounter ordinary dark creatures, they will devour them...

Every time they devour an ordinary dark creature, they will remain calm for a long time.

These black fogs were everywhere in the mountains, but they were not very dense. Even if the dark creatures were close, they would still be more than ten meters apart...

Roy observed carefully for a while and found that they were moving on the ground, as if absorbing some dark aura emanating from the black soil.

Standing in the vast mountains, Roy decided to walk outside again and made his first attempt in the dark land.

He performed the "Glimmer Illumination Spell" on a dirt slope, causing a ball of holy light to slowly float into the air. Under the illumination of this holy light, the dark creatures floating nearby were affected, and the dark aura on them began to evaporate.

Driven by instinct, these ordinary dark creatures gathered towards the sacred light.

This ball of holy light was like a magnet, attracting the surrounding dark creatures. Some of the more fragile dark creatures were completely evaporated by the soft holy light halfway.

Only some relatively powerful dark creatures can gather around the sacred glimmer and cover it with a layer of black veil.

Roy, who was waiting under the holy light, was like a hunter, constantly casting "purification" on these dark creatures. Groups of thick dark mist disappeared under the illumination of the holy light.

Not every dark creature will leave behind soul crystals. Only those high-level dark creatures, after being purified, have a certain chance of leaving behind soul crystals the size of a little fingernail.

Roy was a thirteenth-level high priest. The Holy Light Tree in his body contained a large amount of holy light power. After he purified hundreds of high-level dark creatures, Roy picked up more than twenty soul crystals from the ground beneath his feet.

However, every time he dispelled a dark creature, a wisp of soul breath would enter Roy's body. Roy discovered that this soul breath had a very obvious nourishing effect on the Holy Light Tree.

Although it is impossible to directly restore Roy's holy light power, since it can nourish the Holy Light Tree... that is also very good.

As the day is approaching in the dark land, the dark creatures in the wilderness are increasing in number, and even dark creatures like dark clouds appear in the distant sky.

The daytime in the Dark Land is a pitch-black night for the elves.

Every time at this time, dark creatures become unusually active...

Roy didn't dare to stay on this hillside any longer, and quickly extinguished the holy light above his head. Without the burning of the holy light, the dark creatures around him became quiet again.

However, on the hillside where Roy was, the number of floating dark creatures had become very few...

Roy wrapped his body tightly with the magic cloak, then quickly walked down the slope, avoiding the floating dark creatures, and trotted back to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp.

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In the Dark Gate Expedition camp, Captain Timothy led a team of Dark Moon Elf warriors to patrol the camp. Before it got completely dark, they saw Roy wrapped in a magic cloak, running in from outside the valley.

Seeing Boss Roy return safely, Captain Timothy breathed a sigh of relief.

The magic cloak could indeed block the perception of dark creatures. He saw Roy walk past the dark creatures several times, and those dark creatures seemed to be unaware.

At this time every day, many half-elf warriors would gather by the pool.

During the time they were stationed at the Dark Expeditionary Force camp, the elven warriors of the mine guards had almost nothing to do except patrolling the camp every day. Recently, everyone got used to gathering by the pool after dark and practicing the "onlook lighting technique" that Roy taught them. Currently, three half-blood elven warriors have successfully learned this simple magic.

The elf warriors heard that only by learning the "twilight illumination technique" would they have the opportunity to leave the expedition camp in the future, and for a time everyone was enthusiastic about learning divine arts.

Roy walked into the camp from outside, untied the magic cloak on his body, came to the pool, and took a plate of fruit and a cup of life tree juice from an elf warrior.

Ever since the Mine Guards entered the Dark Land, the Sap of the Tree of Life has become a regular on their menu.

Roy drank the diluted sap of life in one gulp, feeling the rich breath of life spreading throughout his body. He found Captain Timothy by the pool and sat down next to him. Then he proudly took out a few soul crystals from his magic waist bag and handed them to Captain Timothy.

"Is this all we got from the dark creatures?" Captain Timothy asked Roy as he took a soul crystal in his hand and looked at it again and again.

Roy said while eating dinner: "Well, and this thing is only occasionally found by some high-level dark creatures."

"What kind of crystal is this?" Captain Timothy asked as he flipped the soul crystal in his hand.

"I don't know. I haven't seen this thing in the magic market, but it shouldn't be too valuable. After all, there are high-level dark creatures everywhere. You can get more than 20 of them just by squatting for a day. It shouldn't be as valuable as magic crystals." Roy shook his head and explained. Then he added: "I plan to go further tomorrow."

"Then you have to be careful..."

Captain Timothy actually wanted to follow Roy, but the mine guards only had one magic cloak, so he couldn't leave the camp...

"Don't worry, I will be very careful."

Roy said proudly.

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There is still no clue about the restoration of the Dark Portal. Several magicians have tired looks on their faces and are becoming a little irritable.

They can represent the highest authority of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom's forbidden magic circles, but when faced with the Dark Portal with countless unfamiliar space runes, they are still helpless.

But the Dark Portal connects the Elf Continent and the Dark Land, so they naturally cannot ignore this trouble.

Several magicians gathered together, took a short rest, restored their magic power through meditation, and took out some mental potions to drink.

The two magicians who led the maintenance work started arguing again with the magic drawings.

Magister Elaud sat on the steps, charging his staff.

Roy came over from the camp, and Mage Elaud smiled and asked Roy, "Captain Roy, is there anything I can help you with?"

Roy took out a soul crystal from his magic waist bag and handed it to Elaud, and asked Elaud respectfully:

"Mage Elaud, do you recognize this thing?"

Elaud took a quick look at the soul crystal before returning it to Roy. He smiled and told him, "This is a soul crystal fragment, the smallest piece. Did you get it from those dark creatures outside the camp?"

"Ah."

Roy nodded in acknowledgment.

Magister Elaud said:

"This thing is a magical material, but we elven wizards rarely use it. On the contrary, those necromancers like it very much, so I can't really say its specific value."

Roy quickly thanked Mage Elaud:
"Thank you, Mage Elaud!"

He had never heard of the profession of Necromancer, at least not in the Elf Academy in Castletown City...

Roy did not continue to disturb Mage Elaud, but returned to the pool with a tactful look.

A group of half-elf warriors sitting by the pool exclaimed in surprise. They didn't expect that after Roy had been away for only a short while, six half-elf warriors in a row successfully performed the "Glimmer Illumination Technique".

As for casting divine spells, once you have successfully performed them once and found that subtle feeling, it will become easier afterwards.

Seeing the holy glimmers rising above the pool, a group of half-blood elf warriors immediately exclaimed in envy...

In the next few days, Roy frequently ran out of the expedition camp and found an independent hill outside. He used the holy light to attract the dark creatures around him, and then used purification to disperse them. Almost all of the high-level dark creatures died under the purification.

There were also a few high-level dark creatures that were quite powerful, and the purification spell could not purify them. Roy could only cast holy light bullets to completely disperse them...

In just five days, Roy discovered that his physical condition had changed a lot, and the Holy Light Tree in his body was also growing rapidly, with many new branches sprouting from the dense crown.

Every day Roy would purify the dark creatures in the mountains. When the holy light power in his body was almost consumed, he would withdraw from the mountains to the expeditionary camp...

Just sit by the pool for one night and the power of holy light in your body will be quickly replenished.

He has accumulated more than a hundred soul crystals the size of a little fingernail. Roy feels that if he keeps hunting high-level dark creatures like this, he will be able to advance again in no time.

He had almost wiped out the dark creatures around several earthen slopes near the Dark Portal Valley, and new dark creatures would not be replenished so quickly. If Roy wanted to hunt high-level dark creatures, he could only go to a farther place.

The magic cloak requested by the mine guards was not delivered yet, so Captain Timothy and the elf warriors were unable to stay with Roy.

Hearing him talk about going further afield, Captain Timothy was naturally the first to step forward and said that hunting in the dark land was risky and he disagreed with Roy going further afield to take risks alone.

(End of this chapter)