Path of Light.

Chapter 616 617. Black and White Twins
Magister Elaud's eyes fell on the clean-looking parchment map on the table.

The black dot with "Iris Camp" on the map was what Roy had just marked with charcoal.

He felt that Roy, the half-elf leader, always brought him some unexpected surprises, and he felt quite comfortable sitting and chatting with him.

It's a pity that Roy is a high priest...

If he had studied magic in the beginning, he would probably be an excellent magician now.

"Teacher, that Captain Roy looks really young!"

The words of the female magician suddenly awakened Master Elaud from his contemplation.

Magister Elaud patted his forehead, thinking of Roy's current identity: the commander of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion stationed in the Pagisto Plateau Mine Guard of the Partington Plane, currently stationed at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp in the Golfito Canyon.

This name was given by the Silver Moon Elf military, and it's very difficult to pronounce...

……

The black sand and dust almost swallowed up the entire Iris camp, and dust was flying everywhere.

The demon hunters in the camp wrapped their bodies tightly and hid in the tents, praying that the severe sandstorm would disappear quickly.

Leah had never been so embarrassed as she was today.

She walked into Elise's camp dragging her lame leg, leaving a zigzag line on the sand.

Leah poured the last gulp of water from the bottle into her mouth. She felt extremely depressed, as if the timid figures in the tents in the camp were all laughing at her.

Uncle Loki Basar was actually possessed by the Shadow Demon and died in the wilderness of the Dark Land. Even his body could not be brought back.

His demon hunting team was instantly disbanded at that moment. Originally one of the best demon hunting teams in Iris' camp, it collapsed like a sand sculpture the moment Uncle Loki Basar died.

Those guys disbanded after returning to Iris's camp, and all the wealth that Uncle Loki Basar had accumulated with great difficulty was divided up by that group of guys.

Leah dragged her injured leg and stood in front of the tent that looked like a ruin, the kind little face of Uncle Loki Basar constantly appearing in her mind.

The elder who cared about her the most in the camp was also buried in this dark place. Having experienced countless life and death separations, Leia had no tears, but just returned home exhausted.

The tent at home was still intact, but when Leah saw the thick dust piled on the door curtain, she had a bad feeling in her heart. She dragged her injured leg, used up her last bit of strength, and quickly got into the tent.

It was even darker in the tent than outside. Alice was sleeping on the carpet, her face filled with darkness.

Leah placed her fingers tremblingly on Alice's lips and could still feel a hint of warmth from her breath.

Leah sat back on the carpet, she felt sore and bitter in the corners of her eyes, but not a single tear came out...

Although Alice and Leah are twin sisters, they are completely different.

When she was born, there was a trace of darkness in Leia's body. As Leia grew up, the darkness in her body became more and more pure. Leia didn't even need a teacher to comprehend some dark laws. She could even hide among dark creatures and be regarded as a fellow by those dark creatures.

Leah's sister Alice had a glimmer of light in her body since the moment she was born, but her body was very weak, and the glimmer of light hidden in her body did not bring Alice any benefits. From childhood to adulthood, Alice would fall seriously ill whenever she was exposed to the dark energy.

Alice has been looking sickly ever since her mother Iris died.

In the past few years, Leah has taken on the responsibility of taking care of Alice...

Leah felt for a kettle from the edge of the tent. She unscrewed the bottle and there was still a little water in it.

The disgusting holy light had already faded. She placed one hand gently on the back of Alice's head and poured the last sip of water into her mouth.

Perhaps it was the nourishment of this mouthful of holy water that made Alice slowly wake up from her coma. She stretched out her thin white arms and placed her hands on Leah's cheek with great difficulty. She felt a rusty and dry feeling on Leah's face, and her eyes inadvertently shifted to Leah's leg that could no longer bend.

They are twin sisters, and have had some kind of strange connection with each other since the moment they were born. There are some things that Leah knows without her having to tell her.

"I've thought about it a long time ago, Leah. My body may not be able to hold on any longer. Maybe the next moment I close my eyes and fly to the sky, and maybe I can see our mother. You are here... You must stay well... and live... I'm sorry... I left you alone... here..."

Alice's breathing was weak, and even speaking a few words became quite difficult for her.

She lay in Leah's arms, her eyes a little dazed.

Leah's appearance began to become blurred, and her hand weakly left Leah's cheek. Leah held Alice's thin arm tightly, but saw that Alice had lowered her head.

Leah's eyes turned red. She leaned down and put her ear to Alice's chest, but she couldn't hear any heartbeat. However, Leah's voice was extremely sharp at this moment:
"No, it won't. No one can take you away from me, not even Death!"

Black lines spread out from under her collar as she hugged Alice's body tightly.

In the dark tent, Leah cut her wrist and dripped warm blood onto Alice's lips.

……

Elise's camp welcomes a group of strange guests...

A magic steel golem dragged a huge magic wooden house to the outside of the camp.

The entire wooden house exuded magical power. The steel golem walked out of the black sand and the entire earth trembled with its steps.

Although the residents of the entire Iris camp felt a strong tremor, they did not dare to come out.

There wasn't even a single dark creature around the magic cabin.

Roy was the first to push open the door of the wooden house and walked down the stairs. He didn't expect that there would be such terrible dust weather in the dark place.

According to Grahams' explanation to Roy, this was caused by a level 6 peak dark monster that happened to pass by here.

Magister Elaud came up from behind and stood beside Roy.

He glanced at Roy, and the two of them walked into Iris' camp.

Grand Magician Grams and another Grand Magician followed behind them.

……

Even after drinking her own blood, Alice still showed no signs of improvement.

There were still scarlet blood stains at the corners of Alice's mouth. She lay in Leah's arms, looking like a sleeping baby.

Leia leaned weakly on the pile of rubble at the entrance of the camp.

She didn't quite understand before. The priest who used to live in a tattered tent at the end of the street said: This world is black and white.
But in her eyes, the sky was clearly red, the tent was yellowish, and the fine sand under her feet was black.

Although the colors of this world are very pale, they are still colorful.

But now, she found that what the old priest said was true. This time was clearly in black and white, without any color.

There stood a shadow holding a sickle at the entrance of the camp. It seemed as if it was going to take away Alice's soul. Leah didn't know what to do.

At this time, a steel golem and a wooden house appeared in the black dust in the distance. The whole land was shaking, and the figure holding the huge sickle had to retreat temporarily...

Leah watched as the movable wooden house stopped outside the camp.

The door of the wooden house was pushed open from the inside, and then Roy was seen walking out...

Leah hugged Alice tightly, and the moment she saw Roy, she suddenly felt her eyes wet. …

When Roy and Magister Elaud walked into Iris' camp, the first person they saw was Leah, who was sitting on the ruins with a look of despair and helplessness on her face.

There was a skinny figure lying in Leah's arms, looking lifeless.

Roy stopped and turned to look at Leah on the rubble. He looked at the black dust rising all around him with some confusion and asked suspiciously:

"Are you sitting here waiting for me?"

"..."

Leah was a little excited and didn't even know what to say for a moment.

Roy walked closer, his eyes swept over Alice, and explained to Leah:

"I'm not purchasing dark monster materials this time. I want to get some information..."

"..."

Leah hasn't recovered from her excitement yet.

Roy asked Leah, "If I just ask for some information, what should I pay you?"

Leah stood up suddenly from the rubble while holding Alice, stared at Roy and asked, "Are you a priest?"

"Ah."

Roy replied.

"Can you save my sister?"

Leah asked Roy very earnestly.

Roy then took a serious look at the girl in Leah's arms. He could feel her soul slowly breaking free from her frail body. He frowned and said:
"I can try, but if it's beyond my ability, I can't help you."

"Your sister is in dire condition!"

Roy asked Leah to lay Alice flat on the rubble.

There was no time to carry Alice back to the tent.

Roy poured a trace of holy light into his eyes, and saw that Alice's translucent soul seemed to be pulled by some force and was trying to break away from Alice's body.

In a hurry, Roy reached out and grabbed the arm of Alice's soul...

At this moment, Leah, who was standing aside, only felt a hot breath constantly burning her body. The irresistible heat wave forced her to retreat several steps. She even had a strange feeling that if she insisted on standing where she was, her body would probably melt completely under the scorching light.

However, Roy was in a different state in the eyes of Mage Elaud and Grand Mage Grems.

Roy's right hand turned into golden holy light, and the soul arm was tightly grasped in that holy light. Then Roy used this golden palm to forcibly press Alice's soul back into her body.

Roy also discovered a thin wisp of sacred breath in Alice's body. That trace of sacred breath was so weak that it could be extinguished at any moment.

It turned out that Alice was just like herself, with the ability to sense the sacred aura naturally.

Her greatest misfortune might be living in the dark land, because she could not absorb any particles of holy light. That trace of sacred aura wanted to stay in Alice's body all the time, and even absorbed her vitality.

Roy finally figured out why Alice's body was so weak. It was probably because of the influence of that sacred aura.

I felt that trace of sacred aura was like a candle in the wind, and the last trace of remaining light began to fade...

Roy's heart moved slightly, and he tried to pour the power of holy light in his body into Alice's body.

Just as this thought came into his mind, his right hand, which had turned into holy light, began to press uncontrollably on Alice's chest, and a ray of pure holy light poured into Alice's body.

Roy felt that the power of holy light in his body was pouring into Alice's body, and a large amount of holy light power was flowing out of his body.

Alice's body was like a transparent empty bottle, constantly absorbing the holy light power from Roy. Alice's body was getting brighter...

Roy wanted to pull his hand back and stop the transfer of Holy Light Power, because he found that in just a short while, more than half of the Holy Light Power in his body was lost. If this continued, the Holy Light Power in his body would most likely be absorbed by Alice.

But the right hand that was pressing on Alice's chest could not be retracted no matter what, as if it was glued to Alice's body...

Alice's body was rapidly filling and expanding at this moment, with a painful expression on her face, but she was completely unconscious.

Roy was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, so he wanted to ask for help from the magician Elaud beside him.

Mage Elaud, who was standing nearby and closely observing Roy's every move, realized at this moment that something was wrong. Roy seemed to be unable to control the situation.

He could also feel the holy light power in Roy's body rapidly fading away...

So the first thing that Mage Elaud could think of was to set up a magic shield to cover everyone present, but Roy's condition did not change at all.

Mage Elaud immediately ruled out the possibility of "external interference with Roy".

He looked at the great magician Grams, pointed the wand in his hand at Roy, and chanted a short spell. A ball of water instantly condensed in front of the magician Elaud's staff.

As the water ball flew towards Roy, it suddenly rolled into a huge wave.

At this time, the great magician Grams understood what he meant and pointed his wand at Roy. The spell he uttered was a little slower than that of the magician Elaud, but a bubble flew out from the front of the wand, and the bubble was getting bigger and bigger.

When the water ball of Master Elaud turned into a huge wave, the water bubble of Master Grams just wrapped around Roy's body.

The huge wave swept Roy away...

Roy was trapped in the bubble and fell down.

Alice's body was wrapped in a rich holy light force, which formed a layer of light cocoon outside Alice's body.

The strange scene also scared Leah who was standing by.

At this time, she didn't dare to get close to Alice, because the dazzling holy light around Alice's body could evaporate her at any time...

And because they are twin sisters, Leah once again sensed that some kind of transformation was taking place in Alice's body, and Alice seemed to be alive again.

She turned her head and saw Roy, soaked in water and sitting awkwardly on the sand. She could only smile at him apologetically.

Roy was also confused at this moment. He found that in just a dozen seconds, nearly half of the light flowers of the Holy Light Tree in his body had turned into holy light power and were absorbed by Sister Leah...

Roy stood up from the sand awkwardly and stretched his body. He felt that apart from the loss of nearly half of his holy light power, he didn't seem to have suffered any other losses.

At this time, the great magician Grams also walked over quickly and asked Roy:

"Roy, how are you?"

"Fortunately, thanks to you and Master Elaud's help..."

Roy quickly expressed his gratitude to the great magician Grames.

(End of this chapter)