Path of Light.

Chapter 607 Chapter 608. Leaving Isness
There was no so-called market at the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

The campsite was filled with dilapidated and abandoned tents and was surrounded by all kinds of household garbage. There was no magic tower to protect it and the campsite was completely exposed to the darkness.

The only natural protection here is a huge meteorite crater, and all the buildings are at the bottom of the crater.

Even though it was completely dark all around, no dark creatures broke into the camp...

When Roy was strolling around, he could still see some traces of fighting in the ruined buildings at the edge of the camp. There was also a collapsed statue of a goddess at the entrance to the camp. There was a dry pool at regular intervals in the camp, and there were drinking fountains built on one side of these pools, but now these fountains have completely collapsed.

I heard that the Isnes Expeditionary Camp is the largest camp built by the Dark Land Temple Expeditionary Force.

But in fact, this place has become a forgotten corner. Apart from the ruins, there are only dozens of priests left here.

There is a small square in the center of the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp. A statue of the Statue of Liberty that looks relatively well preserved is placed in the center of the square. A group of priests in gray robes kneel devoutly in front of the statue, with their hands clasped in front of their chests, praying devoutly.

Roy walked closer, and none of the devout priests even turned to look at him.

Standing behind this group of priests, Roy waited for a long time.

Roy waited until the old priests finished praying and stood up from the statues before he saluted an old priest who was having difficulty walking. He had originally planned to say goodbye to the old priest. When the old priest saw Roy, he said:

"If you want to stay in the camp, then find an unused tent to live in. Try not to live in the edge of the camp. Find a tent that is not too damaged. Also, try to reduce the consumption of supplies as much as possible. There is almost nothing here..."

The old priest said this as he walked unsteadily towards his residence.

"I definitely don't know the high priest you're looking for. There were too many priests who entered the Dark Land from Golfito, and they were divided into three groups. It's not surprising that the priests didn't know each other."

His throat was a little hoarse, so he took out his water bag and took a sip.

Although there is a shortage of food here, there is no shortage of water.

The old priest had a haggard face, with wrinkled skin covering his bones, but his eyes were very clear. Although his robe was dirty and torn, Roy could still see the pattern on the collar that symbolized the high priest.

"I'm not looking for a place to stay because I'm about to leave the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp. Before I leave, I'd like to say goodbye to you!"

Roy said respectfully.

The old priest nodded and said to Roy, "The living environment in the Dark Land is not suitable for us to live here for a long time. If there is no news, we might as well give up as soon as possible!"

"Have you ever thought about leaving here?" Roy couldn't help but ask.

The old priest shook his head slightly and said, "Where else can I go except here?"

"Maybe I can go back to the Elf Continent, where... I can live a more comfortable life in the future." Roy continued.

The old priest shook his head again. He stopped, turned around with difficulty, and his eyes fell on the Statue of Liberty in the square. There was a determination in his eyes.

"I followed the expedition into the dark land in order to find the long-lost goddess."

"At the beginning, under the guidance of the gods, we knew that the goddess was lost in the depths of the dark land. Unfortunately, we spent almost all the wealth of the temple, but still failed to find the goddess who disappeared in the dark land."

"But even so, I want to be as close to the goddess as possible. At least by staying in the dark land, maybe I can still hear news from the goddess..."

The old priest said to Roy in a hoarse voice.

Roy didn't say anything else. He just followed the old priest silently all the way. After the old priest returned to the tent, Roy wandered around the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp again. To be honest, this place gave him too much disappointment.

There were no grand buildings, not many priests, and not even a decent free market.

“There’s trash everywhere…”

Roy complained quietly and walked to the area of ​​the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp that originally belonged to the free market. The ground here seemed a little flatter, but there was not a single ghost to be seen in the market.

In the depressed free market, Roy suddenly found a half-elf girl sitting in a dark corner. She was wrapped in a tattered cloak, and the hood completely covered half of her face. Only her slightly pursed lips and pointed chin could be seen.

Her fingers were slender, and she was actually barefoot, sitting on a blanket.

The part in front of the blanket belonged to the stall. There were not many things on the stall. Apart from some dead branches and yellow leaves, there were also a few gray-white soul crystals. There was nothing else.

Roy didn't expect to see such a small elf girl in a place like this.

"What do you plan to exchange these things for?"

Roy squatted down in front of the stall, reached out and picked up a piece of dead branch, but didn't find anything special about it.

"This is a piece of evergreen branch. If you put it in a bottle of water, it may have a chance to sprout again in the future..." The elf girl's voice sounded very soft as she spoke. She lifted the hair by her ear, revealing half of her translucent pointed ears.

Roy said nothing, just continued to stare at her.

Unfortunately, only her chin and lips can be seen, and her skin color is a bit gray.

Roy felt like something was wrong with her, so he squatted there for a long time without saying anything.

"Elf cookies, or something edible, dried fruit or something, anything is fine."

The elven girl spoke Elvish, and her accent was very different from that in Castletown.

"Are you living here alone?" Roy asked curiously, still holding the dry branch in his hand.

The elf girl immediately became nervous. She lowered her head even lower and answered with a guilty conscience:

"I also have an uncle. My uncle is a priest."

At this time, Roy closed his eyes. He could not feel the natural breath of the elf girl, but instead could feel a dark aura lingering around the girl.

When Roy closed his eyes, he felt that the elf girl's body became unreal, like a ball of black mist.

Roy glanced at the elf girl in confusion.

Unexpectedly, Roy grabbed her wrist with one hand and rolled up her sleeve. There was a black flame line on the elf girl's forearm. After being contaminated by the dark energy, this black line immediately spread to the surroundings, as if there was really a black flame burning.

The little half-elf girl's face turned pale with fear when she saw Roy suddenly grab her arm and roll up her sleeves.

Her arms were soft and smooth, and she suddenly broke free from Roy's hands. Then she dropped everything on the stall, turned around and dived into the ruins of a tent.

Roy did not rush to catch up, but continued to squat in front of the stall, looking at the goods on the stall thoughtfully. He took out a small bag of elf cookies from his magic waist bag and threw it on the stall.

He chose again and again at the stall, and finally took away a half statue carved out of black wood, and then left!

……

We were unable to find out any news about High Priest Reed at the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

Roy left Isnes with regret this time.

I was originally planning to go shopping in the free market in the camp, but unfortunately there were no merchants in the free market in the camp, which meant that there were no dark beast materials to purchase here.

Roy waited until it was completely dark in the camp.

At this time, the camp did not have any protective barriers. The dark creatures floating in the air did not rush into the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp. They seemed to be floating along a certain route, and their movement trajectories perfectly avoided the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

I don't understand why these unusually active dark creatures would specifically avoid the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp...

The night before leaving.

Roy hid in the tent alone, and carefully sorted out the elf biscuits and breadfruits in his magic waist bag. He divided them into forty portions carefully, and then moved the food out and distributed it to the poor priests who stayed behind in the Isnes expedition camp in the dark.

After finishing all this, the black sky gradually turned into dark red.

This time Roy didn't say goodbye to anyone because he had already said everything he needed to say yesterday.

As the sky gradually brightened, Roy wrapped himself in a magic cloak and walked out of the Isnes Expeditionary Camp alone, heading towards the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp.

……

The three people hiding in the tent, Byron Thor, Linglan Bronzebeard and the great magician Darakli, did not come out to see him off. They respected Roy's way of leaving quietly.

Since they chose to leave quietly, if the three of them came out at this time, it might make the atmosphere awkward...

However, while they were hiding in the tent, they also saw Roy distributing some food to the priests in the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

The dwarf uncle stuck his head out of the tent, stared at Roy who was gradually going away, and said in confusion:
"What is he doing?"

The great magician Dalakli had a much better impression of Roy. He showed an intriguing smile on his face and said:
"He seems to be helping these priests. This guy is really an interesting guy."

Then the great magician Dalakli turned to look at Byron Thor and asked him:
"Byron. Where do you know him?"

Byron Thor thought of the first time he met Roy in the tavern and said:
"In Castleton City, he was looking for a rank 2 warrior, and planned to take him to the Partington plane to kill a sea beast priest..."

Hearing Byron Thor say this, the great magician Daracle couldn't help but widen his eyes.

As a second-level strong man, he certainly knows what a terrifying existence the Sea Beast Priest is.

Although the Sea Beast Priest is also a rank 2 warrior, most of them have a more powerful contracted sea beast...

"Byron, did you kill a sea beast priest before coming to Golfito?" asked the great magician Dalakli tentatively.

Byron Thor smiled faintly and said:

"That's true, but the sea beast priest was in a weak state and was led to the seaside by them. The contracted sea beast was shot dead by me before it could show its power."

"You are amazing." Even the dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard said with some envy.

The great magician Dalakli asked doubtfully, "Did this kid actually come into contact with the sea beast priest in the Partington plane?"

"To be honest, his status in the Partington plane is much higher than we imagined..." Byron Thor said in a low voice, looking at Roy's voice which had become very vague.

The dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard and the great magician Dalakli looked at Byron Thor at the same time.

"He was the first officer to form a regular army of half-blood elves in the Silvermoon Elf Kingdom. This was of great significance to the half-blood elves. Moreover, he saved a large number of half-blood elves on the Pagisto Plateau in the Partington plane." Byron Thor whispered.

The dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard opened his mouth so wide that he even forgot to close it.

Byron Thor continued:

"Have you noticed that we seemed to be followed all the way from the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp to the Isnes Expeditionary Camp?"

The dwarf Linglan Bronzebeard shook his head vigorously and looked at the great magician Darakli.

The great magician Dalakli also shook his head slightly, indicating that he did not notice it.

"Do you know why I always ask you to accompany Roy on hunting trips? In fact, I should be the most suitable person to accompany him!" Byron Thor whispered to Linglan Bronzebeard.

"What else did you go do?" the dwarf asked tentatively.

"Well, Great Swordsman Alvin and I went to investigate who those guys following us were, but they seemed to be deliberately hiding from us, and they kept a distance of exactly ten kilometers from us. It seemed that they posed no threat to us. Moreover, I tried to approach them several times, but in the end... I couldn't find them."

There was a sense of insecurity in Byron Thor's eyes.

This surprised the dwarves Linglan Bronzebeard and the great magician Dalakli even more.

……

While the three were whispering in the tent, Roy had already left the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp and arrived at an agreed location ten kilometers away from the camp to meet up with the Dark Moon Elf warriors lurking there.

Roy had previously bought several maps from a merchant at the wanderer camp, which marked the approximate locations of several nearby wild camps.

By overlapping several maps, the location of the wild camp became more certain.

The group of Dark Moon Elf warriors had been following Roy. They had already found several wild camps and were waiting for Roy to leave the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp before heading to one of them...

Roy planned to go to these wild camps to do some large purchases, mainly to purchase dark monster materials.

This time Roy prepared a large amount of soul crystals, and the Dark Moon Elf warriors also carried a lot of hard currency, such as elf biscuits, dried fish, etc.

(End of this chapter)