Path of Light.

Chapter 602 603. Roy's Decision

Sitting in the tent, Roy frankly expressed his concerns.

After all, he was the garrison commander of the expeditionary camp at the Dark Gate.

During the rotation period, if someone leaves the base without permission and is reported, he will be sent to the military court.

"If you don't have this concern, are you willing to follow us into the Isness camp deep in the dark land?"

Byron Thor asked Roy with a smile.

"If the Golfito military agrees, I can accompany you to Isnes!" Roy said seriously.

In fact, Roy said this after careful consideration. After all, he owed a favor to Byron Thor. In addition, he also wanted to go to the Isnes camp to inquire about the news of High Priest Reed.

So when Byron Thor invited Roy to go to the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp, Roy was willing to go.

The only trouble was that as the leader of the mine guards, he couldn't leave the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp without permission.

There was a lamp hanging at the entrance of the tent. The wick was a ball of sacred light, emitting a soft and sacred breath.

Byron Thor, who was sitting opposite Roy, narrowed his eyes slightly. With his keen insight, he discovered that Roy was not lying, and his eyes revealed a hint of admiration for Roy.

This group of second-level warriors around Byron Thor all entered the Dark Land with the mercenary group, and later left the Dark Land for various reasons.

They themselves are extremely outstanding second-level strongmen. Except for strong men like Byron Thor who cannot walk out of the shadow of the battlefield in the dark land and live a semi-hidden life, other second-level strongmen have various identities in the Elf Continent.

Everyone got together when they heard that the priests of the Golfito Statue of Liberty had abandoned the Dark Portal and embarked on an expedition to the Dark Land, and that the Magic Guild of the Elf Continent was preparing to seal the Dark Portal.

In order to enter the dark land this time, everyone used a lot of relationships accumulated in their daily lives, and even brought the great swordsman Alvin into the team.

Great Swordsman Alvin currently serves as a swordsmanship instructor in the Silver Moon Elf Royal Family. He was once Princess Ophelia's swordsmanship teacher and has a high reputation among King Buenos Aires.

This time, it was at the request of Great Swordsman Alvin that Legion Commander Gabrielleth agreed to let their team pass through the Dark Portal and enter the Dark Land.

"Leave this matter to me. I will find a way to convince Commander Gabreth to give you a vacation."

Byron Thor said to Roy.

"If that's the case, I'd like to go to the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp with you." Roy said readily.

Seeing that Roy agreed, Byron Thor left Roy's tent.

……

"Boss, the depths of the Dark Land are actually very dangerous. I think it is enough for us to stay near the Dark Portal. There is really no need to go deep into the Dark Land..."

Captain Timothy, who was sitting outside the tent, reminded Roy.

"I know that entering the Dark Land can be dangerous, especially for a priest like me."

Roy opened the tent curtain, reached out to take down the lantern that was emitting a sacred glow, and held it in his hand.

It was daytime in the dark land, and outside the camp was plunged into darkness.

At this time, the dark creatures would run around in the dark, and occasionally make some weird howling sounds that would make people feel irritated.

Roy drew out a ball of holy light from his fingertips and injected it into the lantern. He walked side by side with Captain Timothy towards a wizard tower. Checking these wizard towers every day was the most important task of the garrison.

"You know what? The divine arts I mastered were taught to me by a high priest of the Statue of Liberty. At that time, he did not ask me to believe in the Statue of Liberty, but only taught me some simple divine arts. Later, he left Castletown and went to Golfito alone. We have maintained correspondence ever since."

Roy said:

"My teacher might be in a camp right now. I want to know about him and see how he is doing..."

At this time, Roy saw a magician standing inside the magic tower, checking the runes on the magic center. Usually, these magicians were too lazy to even take a second look at these sixteen magic towers, but now they were carefully examining them with a magnifying glass.

Check out the magician in the magic tower, whom Roy happens to be very familiar with.

"Master Mage Elaud, are you checking the operation of the magic tower?" Roy took the initiative to greet him.

"Oh, Captain Roy."

Mage Elaud straightened up and glanced at Roy. He was about to continue working, but suddenly he thought of something and asked Roy:

"Have these sixteen magic towers been operating stably in recent times?"

"It's always been like this." Roy replied and walked around the magic tower.

The magic center was wrapped in a light blue shield, and rays of magical light were constantly being drawn from the central magic circle and merged into the magic beam at the top of the magic tower.

Master Elaud pondered for a moment and asked again:
"Do I need to consume magic crystals every day?"

Roy pointed to the gem base next to him. There were three gem grooves on it. At this moment, most of the magic crystals in the grooves had burned up, and the remaining part was broken into thin slices.

"Yes! Every day we fill in new magic crystals after the magic crystals are broken into pieces." Roy said.

"These sixteen magic towers are related to the safety of the Dark Portal and the expeditionary camp. You must pay more attention to them when you patrol every day."

Before continuing to work, Master Mage Elaud gave Roy a special reminder.

"Yes, we will patrol diligently, Master Elaud."

Roy replied.

……

This group of second-level warriors did not rush to Isnes, but stayed in the expedition camp and began to slowly adapt to the environment in the dark land.

The Dark Land gave Roy the feeling that it was next to a desert. There were many earthen ridges here that looked like waves of sand dunes, and occasionally there was the Gobi Desert covered with gravel. There was no water source in the Dark Land, and there was rarely any wind. It was like an extremely huge enclosed space.

The thick atmosphere of darkness makes it impossible for any animals or plants to survive here.

Demon hunters and priests are able to hunt dark creatures in the Dark Land because they all carry magic scrolls or magic rune cloths of "Water Gathering", and the food is more diverse, including elf biscuits, muffins, cheese, jerky, etc. These foods are almost all brought to the Dark Land from other continents.

In fact, Roy also saw a tomato plant growing in a small flowerpot in Old Parker's tent in the homeless camp. Although it only had four leaves, there were actually thumb-sized fruits hanging on the first branch of the tomato vine.

I didn't expect Byron Thor to solve this problem so quickly.

The next afternoon, Roy was still at the holy water pool in the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp, instructing the half-elf warriors in learning the "Purification Technique", when he saw a herald walking out of the Dark Portal.

"Captain Roy, Commander Gabreth asks you to go to the meeting hall in the main hall of the Statue of Liberty."

The herald stood on the high platform of the Dark Portal, holding a scroll in his hand, and shouted to Roy from afar.

Roy stood up and replied to the herald: "I will go see the legion commander right away."

Every time he passed through the Dark Portal and felt the spatial cracks in the vortex of the Dark Portal, Roy could see some golden space-time countercurrents in the void through some of the cracks.

The Statue of Liberty is still filled with a sacred atmosphere.

Every time he walked through the temple, Roy could clearly feel the warm holy light passing through his body and dispelling all the darkness...

However, although the entire temple was filled with a sacred aura, this aura was unable to nourish the sacred tree in Roy's body, which made Roy feel a little strange.

Walking into the main hall, the empty hall lacked some of the hustle and bustle of the past, and the Silver Moon Elf officers were not there.

Commander Gabrielle was sitting on the only chair on the platform in the main hall. On the back of the chair was an angel holding the Holy Grail of Wisdom in both hands. Commander Gabrielle was sitting on the chair, feeling as if he was embraced by the angel.

If a bishop were sitting there, it might feel solemn and dignified.

But Captain Gabreth is a Silver Moon Elf, and it feels a bit out of place for him to sit on that chair...

When Captain Gabreth saw Roy approaching the stage, he stopped. He rested his elbows on the armrests of his chair, clenched his fists and rested his chin on them. He looked at Roy quietly and asked him casually:

"Great Swordsman Alvin wants to lend you out and let you accompany their adventure group into the depths of the dark land. Roy, I want to know what you think?"

Roy glanced at Captain Gabreth, then lowered his head and said, "I will follow the military's arrangements."

Legion Commander Gabreth was somewhat pleased with himself, so he said:

"The mine guards have just taken over the garrison mission at the Dark Portal. I hope nothing unexpected happens at the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp."

As he said these words, he was sitting on the chair with his upper body leaning forward, looking quite condescending.

Roy raised his head and glanced at Captain Gabreth again.

"Commander, I will arrange the garrison mission for the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp... I plan to let Deputy Commander Timothy temporarily take charge of the management of the mine guards for the next period of time..."

When Roy said this, almost all the sounds in the main hall disappeared instantly.

The eyes of the Gabriel Reiss Army Commander suddenly became fierce.

"So you plan to go to Isnes with them?"

Roy raised his head again and said innocently, "Commander, I said I would follow the military's instructions."

Legion Commander Gabreth stroked his aching head with one hand. His expression darkened instantly, and his voice changed from high-pitched to low:
"Captain Roy, I now order you to accompany Lord Alvin to the Isnes Expeditionary Force Camp. After completing the mission, you must immediately return to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force Camp."

Roy immediately stood up and saluted to Commander Gabreth:

"Yes, Lord Legion Commander!"

After saying this, Roy turned around and strode out of the main hall.

Legion Commander Gabreth remained alone in the main hall.

Although he really hoped that Roy would follow his own ideas and reject the invitation of Master Alvin, it was obvious that Roy did not think so.

Perhaps from the moment he left the mine guards alone in the Dark Gate Expedition camp, he had already pushed the young half-elf leader to the opposite side of him...

The last time he was in the Dark Gate Expedition camp, when facing those half-elf warriors, he already felt that those half-elf warriors would not listen to his orders at all. Now, although this young half-elf leader kept saying that he would obey the military's arrangements, he actually never did what he was told.

Legion Commander Gabreth threw the account book in his hand onto the marble floor, and the pages made a harsh rustling sound...

……

The marching tent of the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp, where all the senior officers of the Mine Guard Regiment gathered.

The light in the tent was dim. Everyone sat around a long table. The atmosphere was serious and there were no smiles on the faces of the eleven captains.

They listened quietly to the last mission Roy assigned before departure. Usually, the officer would only respond in a dull voice when Roy mentioned someone...

Before this meeting, Roy announced that he would go to Isnes with the adventure group in the camp.

The senior military officers had no way of stopping what had been decided.

Roy finally told everyone that Captain Timothy would be temporarily in charge of the management of the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp.

This matter had long been expected by everyone and there was nothing surprising about it.

After arranging matters at the expeditionary camp, the senior officers left the tents one after another, with only Captain Timothy staying behind.

Roy poured a cup of fruit tea for Captain Timothy, and then poured himself a cup. The two sat opposite each other at the conference table. Roy hesitated for a moment before saying:

"After all, the size of the nearby wanderer camp is limited. The dark beast materials that have been piled up in the camp for a long time are now in our hands. I guess the camp is out of stock, so I want to go out from here and visit other camps."

"And you can't go too far. This time I'm following the adventure group of Great Swordsman Alvin to Isness. Maybe we can encounter a few wild camps."

"Since we have come to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp, wouldn't it be a wasted trip if we don't bring back some local specialties?"

Hearing Roy say this, Captain Timothy wanted to gag him...

"So you're just going to leave this to me?"

Captain Timothy couldn't help but complain.

Roy took a sip of lemon tea and assured, "I won't keep you waiting too long. I'm just going to the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp to take a look. Once I get to Isnes, I won't go any further and will be back soon..."

The two were talking in the marching tent when Captain Malthus strode in from outside and sat directly opposite Roy. He put his hands on the table, his brows knitted together, and angrily shouted at Roy:
"Captain Roy, are you crazy? How far is the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp from the Dark Portal?"

"..."

Roy said nothing...

Captain Malthus continued to Roy:
"The Isnes Expeditionary Camp is the second expeditionary camp established by the Statue of Liberty Expeditionary Force in the Dark Land. Although it is the expeditionary camp closest to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp, the distance between the two camps is actually about the same as that between Castletown City and Partington Island."

"Normally, you take a sailboat from Pagisto to Partington Island, which takes about a whole night to arrive. But this time you need to walk the entire way. You have to walk for at least three to four weeks. Moreover, they will definitely not turn back immediately after arriving in Isnes. And you promised Captain Gabreth that you would return immediately after arriving at the Isnes Expeditionary Force Camp. I would like to ask how you will return to the Dark Portal from Isnes alone at that time?"

"Have you ever thought about these?"

Roy looked at the somewhat agitated Captain Malthus, smiled and said:

"Actually, I do have some plans, Captain Malthus."

(End of this chapter)