Path of Light.

Chapter 645 646. News about the Lich

Roy looked at the shabby camp in front of him and realized that the stone mountain the stall owner mentioned was not even a hill...

The dark land is full of black sand that stretches as far as the eye can see. It is rare to see a pile of stones, which is like a flag in the vast sea of ​​sand, with only a part of the top exposed under the cover of the black sand.

A dilapidated camp was built around a pile of sand. The tents were almost all extremely shabby and looked like a refugee camp.

This place is even more dilapidated than the unknown demon hunting camp just now, making the "Knights Templar" look a bit shabby.

There was a flag on top of the pile of stones. There was no wind in the black sand sea, and the tattered flag drooped dejectedly on the flagpole.

The flagpole was obviously a broken spear that had been rewrapped with cloth.

Next to the flag is a lookout tower with a human warrior standing on it. Since the terrain around here is flat, one can see very far away from the lookout tower.

Mage Elaud came over with Roy and Leah, and caught the observer's attention very early.

But they didn't dodge and walked straight to the front of the camp.

A middle-aged human in a robe stood in front of them. He looked to be in his forties. His eyes were fixed on Mage Elaud. He waited until the three of them came over before he spoke:
"Honorable magician, may I ask why you are here?"

Because Magister Elaud was a Silvermoon Elf, he spoke in Elvish.

The Elvish language was spoken with a very strange accent, and it was a little unclear, but everyone could understand what he was saying.

Magister Elaud only nodded slightly to him, and then said:

"I want to visit your leader and get some information about the dark beast from him."

The middle-aged human did not ask them to wait outside the camp, but directly said, "Please come in."

He led the three people into the dilapidated camp, where the tents were completely faded.

The camp was almost full of human warriors wearing robes. They were sitting in their tents to rest. When they saw Roy and his companions come in, they did not look out of their tents to watch. It was obvious that they were well-educated humans.

"This way...please!"

The middle-aged human led Master Elaud into a tent. Before Master Elaud entered the tent, he asked Roy and Leah to wait outside.

The camp was filled with humans in dirty robes, at least several hundred of them.

It’s much more lively than the demon hunting camp just now.

Roy finally understood why the demon hunting camp did not welcome them. If they moved into the camp, the entire camp might be renamed after them.

There is an extreme lack of water in the Dark Land, and the robes worn by these humans have not been washed for a long time and have become as hard as leather.

Magister Elaud walked into a rather narrow tent, which contained only two boxes and a circle of chairs.

A human knight was sitting on a chair, flipping through a book. Mage Elaud could tell at a glance that the book in his hand was a prayer book. The human knight was fascinated by it...

"Captain, this elven magician wants to see you!"

The middle-aged human who brought in Mage Elaud said to the human knight.

Mage Elaud's eyes fell on the human knight and saw that he was wearing a silver armor, but the armor was very old and worn badly in many places.

"I am Jeroin, the leader of the Knights Templar." Leader Jeroin put down the prayer book in his hand and said to Mage Elaud.

He then stared at Mage Elaud for a long time before his expression became serious and his eyes sharp:

"You are an elven mage? This is really rare in the dark land."

Mage Elaud did not expect that the other party could see through his identity at a glance.

"I wonder what you want to talk to me about?" Captain Jeroin continued to ask.

Mage Elaud said calmly:
"We are from the Elven Continent. We came here to hunt down the lich, but we have too little information. This time we came to visit you to ask you for information about the lich."

Captain Jeroin said in surprise:
"Lich?"

However, Captain Jeroin seemed to have thought that Elaud was a mage, and it was not strange for a third-turn grandmaster to hunt a sixth-level monster.

Then he took out a map from the shelf beside him and placed it directly on the two wooden boxes.

A hand-drawn map immediately appeared in front of Mage Elaud. In addition to a clear expedition route, this hand-drawn map also showed the distribution of magical beasts in the edge areas of Haiti and some vague boundary lines.

It can be seen that this demon hunting group called the Knights Templar has explored a large area on the edge of Haiti.

Captain Jeroin continued:

"We have indeed seen one in Haiti. It is only about five days away from us. This place has been occupied by a lich. It is very powerful and has gathered thousands of minions around it, including some ghouls and ghosts. It usually hides in a dark fog. It is the most powerful dark monster in this area. According to my estimation, it is at least a level six monster."

He didn't even put forward any conditions to Magister Elaud, but just told him this information directly.

He also asked Magister Elaud to come to the front of the map, and Captain Jelloin pointed to that area and described the situation of the lich in detail.

Mage Elaud put his fist to his mouth, coughed twice, and then said:
"Ahem, that's right. It was a level six lich. We just happened to come here and we have dealt with it. Do you know any information about other liches?"

"Has it been resolved?" Captain Jeroin was dumbfounded. He thought about it carefully before saying:

"In addition to that lich, I know of two other liches entrenched in Haiti, but they are very far away from here, and we only know some news and have never explored them, so I don't know whether they are still there or not, and I don't know the specific situation at all."

This time his tone became a little uncertain, but he still pointed out the specific location to Mage Elaud.

"Here... well, there is also this place. When we first entered Haiti to hunt monsters, our people did encounter this place. This thing was not our target, so we avoided it from afar."

Saying "avoid" was obviously just a polite remark. Magister Elaud knew without thinking that they must have seen the lich from afar and immediately ran away.

Magister Elaud took out his map from his arms and marked the location pointed out by Captain Jeroin on his map.

“That’s really much appreciated.”

Magister Elaud thanked Captain Jeroin.

Captain Jeroin saw a route deep into Haiti drawn on the map of Mage Elaud, and took the opportunity to ask:

“Have you been to the central area of ​​Haiti?”

"Well, we just walked out of there!" Magister Elaud admitted.

Captain Jeroin asked, "What did you see over there?"

For some reason, Mage Elaud felt that when Jeroin asked this question, there was a hint of excitement in his tone. "There is an abyss there that is constantly swallowing up the entire sea, and a lot of sand is flowing into that abyss..."

Magister Elaud said truthfully.

"That's true. The bishop said that the dark land was collapsing. It seems to be true! It's a pity that we have never been able to cross the sea and take a look at the abyss..."

Captain Jeroin's tone was filled with frustration...

Magister Elaud actually wanted to talk more about the abyss, but unfortunately he couldn't talk about the Frost Dragon's treasure, so he couldn't continue.

We can't tell them that we found a frost dragon treasure and a priest's corpse inside...

Feeling like… …

Magister Elaud was also ready. He took out two bundles of high-quality life potions from his magic waist bag and placed them on the wooden box.

"Captain Jeroin, thank you very much for providing me with this information. This gift is my thanks to you!"

Captain Jeroin was stunned for a moment when he saw Mage Elaud carrying out two bundles of precious life potions.

He was a little confused...

Do the Silvermoon elves always choose life potions as gifts when giving each other to express their gratitude?

……

Roy and Leah were waiting outside the tent while Mage Elaud was discussing something inside. The two did not wait foolishly at the door of the tent but wandered around the camp casually.

Inside the camp, some jerky was hanging on ropes outside the tent, and was blown into black dried meat strips by the wind.

A worn magic scroll of water gathering was stuck to the stone wall. Drops of water kept dripping down the wall and falling into the small iron bucket below.

Several humans gathered around a campfire, put the dried meat strips in their hands into the fire to roast, then cut off a small piece with a dagger, put it in their mouths while it was still slightly hot and chewed it hard, then drank some water and swallowed it into their stomachs.

These humans all did this, and Roy and Leah stood aside and watched.

They saw Roy and Leah standing nearby. A human handed Roy a dried meat stick. Roy quickly waved his hand and refused.
"Thank you, I only eat fruit and fish."

Instead, Leah reached out and took a piece of dried meat. Without even saying "thank you", she put it to her mouth and took a bite.

It was the first time that Roy saw Leah eating meat, and he asked in confusion:
"Aren't you a half-elf? How do you eat meat?"

Leah put the dried meat under her nose and sniffed it hard. She said, "I am a half-elf like you, but my elven features are more obvious. Besides, who says that half-elves can't eat meat? In the dark land, if I don't eat these things, what else can I eat? This is the dried meat of the snake-necked iguana. The meat is very good, and there is not much dark energy on it."

"..."

Roy didn't know what to say. Actually, he would occasionally want to eat barbecue, but his living habits in recent years and the friends around him made him gradually give up this idea.

The person sitting by the campfire heard the two talking in Elvish, and asked in the stiff Elvish:
"You're not human?"

Leah explained for Roy: "He is a half-elf who grew up in the Elf Kingdom and is used to the life of an elf."

The man seemed to smell a different scent on Roy and asked in surprise, "Are you a priest?"

Roy could understand the Elvish he spoke, nodded, and stretched out his hand. A ball of holy light immediately appeared in his palm, and the light looked very soft.

Several humans looked at Roy at the same time, with a hint of kindness in their eyes.

The man quickly stopped Roy and said to him:

"Hurry up and stop wasting the power of Holy Light here. Use it as little as possible."

Then he kindly pulled Roy and Leah to the campfire, and everyone made way for them to sit down.

"So, you came from the Elf Continent? We have also come into contact with the priests from the Elf Continent, and they..."

The people sitting next to the campfire immediately reminded him, "Tanaraso, why are you talking to these two kids?"

The man quickly explained: "They came from the Elf Continent, and he is also a priest."

However, he no longer mentioned the matter of the priests of the Elf Continent.

Leah also imitated these people, roasting the dried meat on the fire, then cutting off a piece and putting it in her mouth and chewing it hard.

"I heard from the people in the demon hunting camp that your demon hunting group is called the Knights Templar?" Roy asked curiously.

"This is our original name, but there is actually a number behind it, but it is not used now." The man explained with a little bitterness on his face.

The other people sitting around the campfire also seemed a little unnatural, and the atmosphere instantly became dull.

Neither side continued to communicate on this topic.

They treated Leah to some dried meat sticks, and Roy took out some preserved fruits. These preserved fruits pickled with honey and maple syrup were delicious and easy to carry, but they were not as famous as elf cookies.

Elf biscuits are the marching rations that the elves always have on hand on the battlefield. Eating one meal can allow them to go without eating for at least a week. It's pretty magical.

These people may not have eaten sweets for a long time. Even if each of them was given a piece as small as an apricot, they would lick it on their lips, then put it in their arms with great cherishment and refused to take another bite.

"This is really good stuff. I haven't tasted this sweet taste for a long time." The man thanked Roy with a smile.

Roy was chatting with him about unimportant things when they saw a group of people carrying a stretcher coming in from outside the camp. Everyone sat down around the campfire.

"Send them all back to the demon hunting camp?"

The man asked the human warrior who had just sat down.

Roy had seen the human warrior when he left the demon hunting camp. He saw them carrying a stretcher into the camp.

The human warrior looked very tired. He sat down on the sand and said:
"Well, those people were too badly injured, and we couldn't save them. What else can we do except carry them back..."

"If you ask me, we shouldn't have rescued them. Their group is not strong enough, but they still take risks. When something unexpected happens, they still ask us for rescue. Tang En is completely evil. If the hunt is successful, he will make a fortune, but if it fails, he will abandon the injured. Why should we help him?"

Someone immediately reminded:
"Hey, hey, hey, just complain a few words. Can't you see there are customers here?"

At this time, Mage Elaud had finished discussing things in the tent and was personally escorted out by Captain Jeroin.

Mage Elaud took Roy and Leah away from the Knights Templar camp.

(End of this chapter)