Path of Light.

Chapter 606 Chapter 607. Isness
Ever since Roy discovered that when hunting dark creatures, the Holy Light Tree could absorb unstable dark energy and transform it into holy light power, Roy began to actively participate in hunting.

No matter which hunting team discovers the dark beast outside, Roy will follow the hunting team to the scene.

The moment the dark creatures completely dissipated, countless unstable dark air became nutrients for the Holy Light Tree. The Holy Light Tree transformed it into extremely pure Holy Light power. The Holy Light Tree bloomed countless flowers of light, and these flowers of light sprinkled the pure Holy Light power under the tree.

Roy quickly replenished the power of holy light into his body...

As Roy joined the hunting team, the Tree of Holy Light began to grow wildly.

Every time he hunted dark creatures, the Holy Light Tree in Roy's body would grow a little bigger and its crown would become more luxuriant.

The power of holy light that Roy possessed became increasingly powerful.

In a shallow pit on the northern slope of a mountain in the Dark Land, Roy and Linglan Bronzebeard were almost lying down. They were covered with a layer of camouflage cloth, and their breath was blocked by the magic cloak. On the battlefield thirty meters away, three elven warriors were surrounding a black bull.

At this moment, the Black Bull's body was covered with several wounds, and a thick dark aura continued to emanate from the wounds...

The Black Bull once again charged at one of the Silver Moon Elf warriors.

The Silver Moon Elf warrior held the sword in both hands and faced the Black Bull. He first moved sideways to avoid the black mist sprayed by the Black Bull, and then inserted the sword into the bull's back. This series of actions were performed very gracefully.

Roy was just marveling at how the elven sword dancer could actually display his graceful dancing posture in battle. Linglan Bronzebeard, who was accompanying Roy, frowned and muttered:
"The sword dancer's sword-drawing movements are quite handsome. If his movements were not so fancy, the black bull might have been chopped into a pool of beef by now."

"I think it's okay!"

Roy expressed his different opinion, causing the dwarf uncle to roll his eyes.

Roy and Linglan Bronzebeard often went out together, so they became more and more familiar with each other, and occasionally they would joke with each other...

"Roy, look over there!"

The dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard spoke to Roy hurriedly.

As he spoke, he had already picked up the shield in his hand, and his body, which was hiding in the sand pit, was slightly bent.

When Roy looked over, he saw the wild bull filled with a dark aura. A ball of black flames was burning on its body, and a large number of black spots appeared on its body. The diffused dark aura swept across the entire battlefield.

Then two giant tornadoes more than ten meters high appeared on the side of the bull and rushed forward at the same time.

The Black Bull followed the giant tornado, trying to use the momentum of the tornado to break through the encirclement.

……

It has reached a state of exhaustion...

The Black Bull began to run quickly and roared towards the dark red sky. The large amount of black fog that diffused outside was quickly gathered together by the tornado, and the elf ranger guarding in that direction was forced back by the tornado.

And at this moment, a black figure rushed out from the narrow gap between the two tornadoes.

The Black Bull finally found a gap in the encirclement and rushed out roaring through the gap between the two tornadoes.

The three Silver Moon Elves immediately followed the Black Bull. They didn't want to let the Black Bull escape...

……

But in the eyes of Roy and the dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard, the scene was completely different.

Because the black bull actually rushed directly towards Roy's hiding place, and its speed was very fast...

"Roy, that black bull is running towards us, get ready for battle!" The dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard shouted, and then quickly stood up from the sand pit, holding the dwarf chain shield in his hand, his legs in a lunge, and rushed towards the black bull...

When the Black Bull was about to run in front of Roy, a very clear shadow of a dwarf ancestor appeared behind the dwarf.

The shadow of this dwarf ancestor held a dwarf chain shield and maintained almost the same movements as Linglan Bronzebeard.

The Black Bull was like a huge steam locomotive. When it ran in front of Roy, the hillside was shaking violently.

Roy even thought that if the dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard was hit by the black bull, he might be knocked away for a long distance...

At this moment, Roy, who was blocked by Linglan Bronzebeard, quickly recited a prayer, and a small silver hammer flew out from Roy's hand.

The small hammer hit the black bull's forehead directly.

'Hammer of Justice'

The moment the silver hammer touched the Black Bull's body, the Black Bull's soul was violently shaken, and then the Black Bull's body fell to the sand and turned into a ball of thick black gas.

Roy had no intention of stopping at this moment. He quickly condensed a holy light bullet in his hand and threw it at the Black Bull.

The holy light bomb exploded, and an extremely strong holy light aura spread out, finding the Black Bull that was about to turn into dark energy and escape.

The black bull's body was revealed, and at this moment it became extremely weak.

Roy recited a complicated prayer and found a sacred pattern under his feet. The second silver hammer appeared in front of Roy and was thrown out by Roy.

This was the first time Roy threw out the 'Hammer of Wrath' since his body was infused with the holy light of the Holy Light Tree.

When the Dark Bull was severely injured, Roy wanted to know what would happen if he threw the Hammer of Wrath...

'boom'

With a low muffled sound, the Black Bull was hit by a small silver hammer right in front of Roy and Linglan Bronzebeard, and even its soul completely dissipated...

Roy stood in front of the sand pit, watching the rapidly disappearing black bull. The powerful aura of the high priest was fully displayed at this moment.

He held the sacred scepter in one hand and the Book of Judgment in the other.

His hands were wrapped in holy light, and a sacred aura continued to emanate from between his translucent fingers.

Under the dark red sky, the aura emanating from the holy light was particularly dazzling...

A large amount of unstable dark energy was sucked into the magic vortex around Roy. The entire Holy Light Tree quickly absorbed the unstable dark energy and then transformed it into pure holy light power to nourish Roy's body.

……

It was already that evening when the group joined up with the main force.

Byron Thor, Linglan Bronzebeard, the great wizard Darakli and Roy sat together and chatted.

After listening to Linglan Bronzebeard's exaggerated narration, Byron Thor exclaimed:

"Well done, Roy. Are you going to be a combat priest in the future?" Roy replied, "Yes, I do plan to do so!"

Hearing what Roy said, Byron Thor and Linglan Bronzebeard looked at each other, and then Byron Thor said to Roy:

"If you want to go down the path of becoming a temple priest, we may not be able to help you much, but if you want to become a combat priest, I think among the three of us, Linglan Bronzebeard may have the most say. Because dwarves are born with divine power, their fighting style is also unique. Especially Linglan Bronzebeard's ability to control the shield can be said to be extremely outstanding among the second-level strongmen."

After that, Byron Thor picked up the heavy Book of Judgment and explained to Roy:
"Roy, the prayer book in your hand is covered with a layer of copper, and the pages of the copper are inlaid with a toughness array. Obviously, when the prayer book was designed, it was considered to be used as a heavy shield. For the skills of using the shield, you should ask Linglan Tongxu for more advice..."

After hearing what Byron Thor said, Roy looked at the dwarf uncle.

Linglan Bronzebeard stood up, raised the shield on his arm, and said loudly:

"Come on, Roy! Let me see how you usually use this prayer book."

"..."

I didn't expect Linglan Bronzebeard to agree so readily, holding a shield as usual.

Roy quickly stood up. He smiled at Roy and signaled that Roy could pick up the prayer book...

Raising the shield and taking a defensive stance, these movements are done in one go.

Roy began to try to learn some shield-holding moves of the shield warrior during his journey.

He learned quickly, but what he held in his hand was a Book of Judgment that looked even heavier than the dwarf chain shield, so he couldn't make a perfect block.

Roy's mental state gradually recovered, and many elves in the team saw it.

Just when everyone thought he might not be able to hold on any longer, Roy's condition continued to improve every day.

His positive, optimistic and tenacious attitude towards life has also won the respect of many elves in the team...

……

After three weeks of walking, the adventure team finally arrived at the Isnes Expeditionary Camp.

During this period, the Holy Light Tree in Roy's body grew more than ten meters taller and was about to break through level sixteen.

If he hadn't felt that his level had been rising too fast recently and hadn't struggled to suppress the power of holy light in his body, he would probably have become a seventeenth-level high priest before arriving at the Isnes expedition camp.

As expected, hunting dark creatures was of great help to his cultivation.

The two divine arts, Holy Light Bullet and Hammer of Wrath, have also been fully mastered.

Before Roy entered the Isnes expeditionary camp, he discovered that the camp was built in a valley, but this valley looked like a huge meteorite crater.

The camp is located at the bottom of a semicircular pit.

There are hundreds of old tents of all sizes, and mountains of garbage around the camp.

The entire camp looked extremely messy and dilapidated, like the remains of a battlefield...

There were four broken statues around the camp. There was also a small square in the center of the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp. Byron Thor, who was standing next to Roy, couldn't help but say:
"When this place was at its most glorious, the Temple Legion once stationed hundreds of thousands of expeditionary troops here. At that time, a large amount of supplies came in and out every day, and a large amount of supplies were stored here."

"I didn't expect it to decline to this point. The scale of the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp in front of the gate may not be as large as a larger wild camp."

"It seems that the priests of the Statue of Liberty have really entered the depths of darkness..."

"So how do they get their supplies?"

After saying this, Byron Thor immediately fell into deep thought...

The great magician Dalakli took the opportunity to say to Roy:

"It is estimated that most of the priests who remain here are unable to follow the expeditionary force into the depths of the dark land and are forced to stay."

Sure enough, after Roy's investigation, he found that there were only more than forty priests in the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

There are some old priests and some sick priests in the camp.

Due to the worship of the Statue of Liberty, no priest wants to return to the Elf Continent.

After Roy entered the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp, he began to ask around for news about High Priest Reed, but unfortunately he found nothing in the end.

……

"Have you heard any news about High Priest Reed?"

Byron Thor set up the adventure group's camp in a corner of the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

Roy came back from outside and Byron Thor asked him.

Roy shook his head and couldn't help but sigh.

He walked around the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp for a long time, and almost every time he saw a priest, he would go up to him and ask questions. Unfortunately, none of the priests in the camp knew High Priest Reed.

Byron Thor also said: "The last time I saw him, he was not here, but in a camp deeper in the Dark Land. Do you want to follow us further inside and try your luck?"

He extended this invitation to Roy because he saw that Roy had adapted well to life in the dark land and would not become weaker and weaker like other priests.

The adventure group wants to go deep into the dark land, and needs a priest to accompany them.

Now it seems that Roy is undoubtedly the best choice.

However, according to the agreement between Great Swordsman Alvin and Legion Commander Gabrielles, after Roy sends the adventure group to the Isnes Expeditionary Camp, he will have to find a way to return to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp.

Hearing Byron Thor's invitation, Roy hesitated. In fact, he also wanted to go inside.

But thinking about the 5,000 elven warriors of the mine guards still waiting for him at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp, it would be a bit unreliable for Roy to go into the depths of the dark land alone at this time.

So Roy finally shook his head and then said:
"If you have the chance to see High Priest Reed in the expeditionary camp, please be sure to tell him for me: If you want to return to the Elven Continent, come to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp to find me, or you can bring me a message."

Roy then stood up and looked at the great swordsman Alvin who was learning the swordsmanship of several elven swordsmen outside the camp, and said to Byron Thor:
"Now that everyone has arrived at Isnes, I have completed this mission. I will return to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp in two days."

Byron Thor looked at Roy with some concern and asked him, "Are you going to walk back alone?"

Roy then chuckled, shrugged his shoulders and said:
"I never said I was going back alone! In fact, I have help."

(End of this chapter)