Path of Light.

Chapter 611: Old Pike's Conjecture
Roy also hunted countless high-level dark creatures in the dark land, and he knew very well how terrifying the dark beasts were.

Especially in the depths of the dark land, there are always some very special dark beasts. The fact that they can stand out from the high-level dark creatures and grow up through hardships is enough to show that they possess powerful strength.

If these dark beasts can grow up, they may be able to reach the strength of overlords in a certain area.

Old Pike was bending over, concentrating on cleaning the wounds of the injured. The skinning knife in his hand also cut off a lot of fat meat stained with black energy...

Roy looked at Evelyn and said to her with a smile:
"You're lucky this time. I just came back from a long trip."

"Fortunately, this outing went smoothly and I came back early. Otherwise, if I had delayed for a few more days, you might have suffered a lot."

Roy checked Evelyn's other injuries, and she lay obediently on the bed, allowing him to do whatever he wanted.

The ball of sacred light between his hands instantly turned into a beam of light and fell directly on Evely.

The pure divine power in the light column turned into golden leaves, which continued to fall on Evely's body...

When the Holy Light magic was cast, the darkness on Evely's face dissipated a lot immediately.

The powerful divine power made Old Pike, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but look back at Roy. This time, Roy gave him an indescribable special feeling. Not only was the power of holy light in his body more refined, but he also became more confident when casting divine spells.

Roy took out a silver kettle from his waist bag, poured out a cup of diluted sap of the tree of life, handed it to Evely's mouth, and drank it directly.

Evely immediately closed her eyes, and took advantage of the opportunity when this rich life force rushed into her body, constantly guiding the life force to circulate rapidly within her body...

When Evely opened her eyes again, she looked much more energetic, with a gleam in her eyes.

Roy did not untie the bandage on Evely's abdomen, but looked at old Parker with a questioning look.

Old Pike knew what Roy wanted to ask, so he began to introduce Evely's current condition:

"The rotten flesh contaminated by the dark energy has been removed. This time I can't remove the dark energy that has corroded her organs. I can only bandage her wound simply. But since you are here, I will open it and take a look. The dark energy in her abdomen may spread to the wound again. I was planning to clean the wound again tonight, but now it may not be necessary. I can purify the dark energy in her body and her life will be saved."

"Old Pike, how do you usually handle situations like this?"

Roy asked.

He was very curious about how Old Pike healed these demon hunters without the power of Holy Light.

Old Pike said in an extremely calm tone: "Either wait to die, or take a gamble. Take a gamble. After I cut off all the parts of his body that have been corroded by the dark energy, he can still be alive."

"..."

In other words, demon hunters with a strong desire to survive and good physical fitness have a greater chance of survival.

Seeing Roy was somewhat stunned, Old Pike rubbed his nose, chuckled, and whispered:
"In fact, there are some tricks. At least you have to keep some important parts. I am quite experienced in this regard!"

Roy very much agrees with this point.

Old Pike's medical skills were very advanced. After he lost the power of Holy Light, he relied on the experience he had accumulated from assisting the priests for many years to use methods other than divine magic to heal and save lives...

Roy untied the bandage wrapped around Evely's abdomen. The two wounds across her abdomen were indeed corroded by the dark energy again. When the bandage was untied, the wounds immediately showed signs of bursting because they had not been sutured.

The bright red blood oozed out from the scab of the wound...

Because Roy had just cast the Holy Light spell, the dark energy had become very thin.

The skin on Evely's belly was very fair, and although it was stained with a trace of blood, the outline of her abdominal muscles was very obvious. She lifted her shirt a little higher, revealing half of her white and firm breasts.

The soft holy light purified the last trace of darkness from Evely's body.

Roy took out several bottles of high-quality healing potions from his magic waist bag, pulled out the corks, and poured the light red healing potions into Evely's mouth like a free drink.

Evely lay motionless on the bed, only blinking occasionally.

Perhaps it was the effect of the sap of the tree of life that made Evelyn's mental state significantly better. She lay on the hospital bed and told Roy the whole story of her injury...

“I was hunting down an evil spirit.

I ran a long way in one breath and finally chased it into a strange rock forest. In order to hunt this evil spirit, we invested a lot of resources in advance, so even when we saw it escape, we still didn't want to give up. Unexpectedly, in the stone forest, I was injured by the evil spirit's counterattack before its death. Its claws cut open the scales on my abdomen. At that time, I thought it was over and I might die here.

I didn’t expect them to take turns carrying me back…”

Roy listened to Evelyn telling about her embarrassing moments with a smile. It was obvious that Evelyn and her companions were still very reliable.

All the darkness in Evely's body was cleared away...

Roy took out a sewing kit from his magic waist bag. He carefully sewed up Evely's wound and rebandaged it. He then washed his hands and said to Evely:
"This time I chose to sew up your wound, so that it can heal faster. The only drawback is that the scar on your abdomen may look a bit like a millipede in the future..."

Old Pike was still removing the rotten flesh contaminated by the dark energy from the injured man, but the injured man lying on the hospital bed watched helplessly as all the rotten flesh contaminated by the dark energy was removed from his body, his eyes full of fear.

"Old Parker, why don't you let that guy help me and treat me like he treated Evelyn?" The injured man pointed at Roy beside him and complained to Old Parker.

"Be quiet, and stop talking so much."

Old Pike yelled at the injured man.

The injured man immediately shut up, not daring to question Old Pike anymore...

……

Evely fell into a deep sleep on the hospital bed. The wounds of the injured person next to her were treated by Old Pike, and the tent suddenly became quiet.

Old Parker pointed outside the tent and walked out first.

Roy followed closely behind and walked out.

The two stood in front of a shelf full of miscellaneous items and sat down to rest.

Old Parker didn't ask Roy where he had gone, and Roy didn't tell him either.

Roy stood there with his arms on the shelf, relaxed, and said to Old Parker:

"This time I met a strange elf girl in the camp outside. Her body was full of dark energy. I thought her physical condition would be very bad, but in fact her condition was not as bad as I imagined. Instead, she lived in the camp like a normal child."

"So I don't quite understand how she adapted to the dark energy." Old Pike stood opposite Roy, listening to his story silently. After a while, he said:
"In this case... I guess she was born in a dark place. Before she was born, she was infected with the dark energy in her mother's womb. Female babies in this situation rarely survive, but once they survive, they are born with a dark body that will not be corroded by the dark energy. They can even learn some dark spells."

"If you meet an elf like this, you must be careful, because you can't tell whether her heart is more elf-like or dark-like. Maybe she has already completely turned dark during her growth. In that case, she will continue to transform into a powerful dark warrior."

Roy was also shocked when he heard Old Parker say this.

Thinking about the elf girl named Leah, Roy felt that she should have more elf-like characteristics!

But after old Parker said this, Roy became even more curious about the girl named Leah.

Some time ago, Roy almost cleared out all the dark magic beast materials in the wanderer camp, and there was no decent dark magic beast materials left in the entire camp.

But in just one and a half months, the market in the homeless camp seemed to have become more lively than before.

There were even some new faces in the camp market. The stall owners were mostly demon hunters. Roy held a price list and purchased dark monster materials directly according to the prices on the list.

Roy walked around the market and bought a lot of things.

When he was about to leave the camp market, some demon hunters came out, holding their wallets and taking out soul crystals to buy food from Roy.

After returning from the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp, the mine guards' military supplies had not yet been replenished. Roy no longer had any elf biscuits, and the only stocks he had were some dried fish and dried fruit.

In fact, it is not quite accurate to call those fruits dried fruits.

These dried fruits are basically sun-dried to remove some moisture, then pickled with maple syrup. They taste a bit like crispy candied fruits. Dried fruits can be eaten with slightly sour lemon tea.

These dried fish come from the Sun Island Bay in the Partington plane. Currently, that bay has become the only fishing port in the Partington plane.

The half-blood elves over there dried the fish they caught. Since there were too many overstocked stocks, the mine guards purchased a large amount of them...

"Only dried fish for now!"

Roy said to the demon hunters in front of him.

Although these demon hunters would rather buy elf cookies, dried fruits would also be fine if they didn't have elf cookies, but when Roy said that they only had dried fish, they said without even thinking:

"Actually, you can buy some dried fish..."

……

Dark Portal Expedition Camp.

Mage Elaud was waiting in Roy's tent. The taste of the fruit tea in front of him had become very light, but he still couldn't see Roy.

A magician's time is very precious. If he were in front of the experimental table, Magician Elaud might have already completed a magic experiment.

But he had to condescend to wait here. When Mage Elaud thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed...

The magicians are preparing to enter the Dark Land to search for the lich.

Originally, they wanted to invite the priests of the Moon Temple to accompany them this time. When they first started communicating about this matter, it went very smoothly. But later on, the priests of the Moon Temple suddenly changed their minds and flatly rejected the invitation from the magicians.

These magicians have already prepared for a long journey in Golfito Canyon, but at this time, they have to stay in Golfito...

In order to prevent their bodies from being corroded by the dark energy, magicians need a priest to accompany them.

The priests of the Moon Temple would not provide any help, and then Roy came into the sight of the magicians...

Roy hurried back to the tent and saw Mage Elaud sitting alone in a chair reading a magic book. He quickly explained why he couldn't get there in time.

Mage Elaud did not beat around the bush and directly invited Roy.

"…So this time our adventure group composed of magicians is currently in need of a priest to accompany the group. I heard from Golfito that you just arrived at the Isnes expedition camp with a makeshift mercenary group, so I came to invite you!" said the magician Elaud.

"This matter requires the consent of Legion Commander Gabreth." Roy reminded Mage Elaud in a low voice.

Mage Elaud said nonchalantly: "This matter is easy to handle. We will explain the situation to Commander Gabreth."

Roy hesitated and asked another question:
"But I still don't know how long we will be in the dark land this time? After all, my garrison mission at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp has not yet ended."

The magician thought seriously for a moment before answering:

"The shortest is two to three months, maybe half a year, maybe even longer."

"It took so long!" Roy said with a wry smile.

Mage Elaud nodded and admitted, "This mission is very important. It concerns the safety of the Dark Portal, so we may stay in the Dark Land for a long time."

Although Roy didn't want to go, he didn't refuse directly. He just said perfunctorily:

"Okay, I will seriously consider it, Master Elaud."

……

Roy has been coming to the homeless camp more frequently lately.

In addition to observing Evelyn's injuries, the main task was to help old Pike and learn his medical skills.

Roy talked about his life at the Statue of Liberty in Castletown, and about Jasper and Abbott. He and Abbott went from being good friends who could talk about anything to enemies who wanted to kill each other...

Old Parker also revealed the inside story of his leaving the expeditionary force.

Old Pike washed his hands in the basin and said to Roy, "I don't believe that the Statue of Liberty was sealed in the dark place. Before being sealed, she should have been able to leave us some revelations."

"I told others about these conjectures, and the priests in the expeditionary army thought I was a heretic scholar and wanted to burn heretics like me to death. Later, I escaped from the expeditionary army."

"I have been to many wild camps, walked a lot, and suffered a lot before I finally chose the Rangers Camp. Although this camp is a little small, it has its advantages."

"In fact, there were two factions in the expeditionary force. One faction believed that the Statue of Liberty had fallen, and she might have left behind a divine relic in the dark land."

(End of this chapter)