Path of Light.

Chapter 648 649. Cooperation
In the Knights Templar camp, Magister Elaud walked through a group of dilapidated tents and headed towards the larger tents inside.

This time, Captain Jeroin came out to greet them personally and waited outside the tent.

The two even hugged each other politely after meeting. Before entering the tent, Mage Elaud directly explained his purpose:

"I came to visit you this time just to ask for your help."

Mage Elaud paused for a moment, and when he saw Captain Jeroin looking at him, he continued:

"We are about to enter the heart of Haiti to hunt those liches, but we don't have enough manpower this time, so we would like to ask if you can go deep into Haiti with us. Your main task is to transport the captured liches away from Haiti. You will not participate in the main hunting operation. During the transportation, our people will follow the whole process to ensure that the sealing array is in normal operation at all times."

"Yes, there is absolutely no problem for us, the Knights Templar."

After saying this, Captain Jeroin finally realized that the Elaud Mage in front of him was not talking about hunting down liches. They wanted to capture the liches and then ask his group of priests to transport the liches away from Haiti.

Looking at the serious look on Mage Elaud's face, Jeroin felt that this was truly a rare opportunity.

He actually wanted to go deep into the sea to explore, but the level six dark monsters appeared frequently there, which was too dangerous for their group of priests, so they did not dare to go deep into the sea.

This time, Mage Elaud actually took the initiative to invite them to enter Haiti, which was exactly what Captain Jelloin wanted.

So he continued, "I can directly recall the knight squad that is hunting in the nearby area. If you can wait for a few days, I can also recall three other knight squads, and the team's strength will be greatly improved."

Mage Elaud took the opportunity to ask, "How many knights can we summon now? What are their strength levels?"

Captain Jeroin thought for a moment before saying, "We can currently gather about 700 knights, including 57 rank 2 warriors, including combat priests and temple priests."

"……so much!"

Mage Elaud was shocked. He didn't expect that such an ordinary and shabby camp would have so many priests.

There are fifty-seven rank two masters alone. Such a powerful demon hunting group is actually hiding on the edge of Haiti...

"you……"

Mage Elaud was about to ask, "How come such a strong team like you are hiding in Haiti?"

But before he could finish, he was interrupted by Captain Jeroin, who said:
"These are only the number of priests in our Camp No. 2. We have a total of 2,751 members in the Knights Templar, including nearly 76 temple priests and 152 combat priests. Camp No. 1 and Camp No. 3 are not too far from us. If necessary, I can also request support from them."

"You are so powerful, why do you hide here?"

Mage Elaud finally found out that nearly three thousand human priests were hiding on the edge of Haiti. Obviously there was some story behind this.

"This is a dark place. Without the power of holy light, our strength will be greatly weakened. Although we have so many second-level warriors, we can only exert the strength of a first-level peak knight at most in battle! As for living in seclusion here, it was not our original intention. It was purely a helpless act."

Captain Jeroin smiled helplessly and explained in a low voice.

Then he said:
"In fact, we have always wanted to explore this area, but the dark beasts in this area are very dense. If we go deeper into the sea, we will encounter a large number of level 6 dark beasts. It will be very difficult for us to deal with them, and it will be easy to cause casualties."

"If I can follow you into the depths of Haiti this time, it will be a great help to us."

Magister Elaud had seen these priests of the Knights Templar and naturally knew that their power was suppressed by the dark energy, but he did not expect it to be suppressed so severely.

He always interacted with Roy and thought that every priest should be the same as Roy. However, he didn't know that Roy was the most different among the priests.

In fact, Magician Elaud had not expected that Captain Jeroin would agree so readily. He even looked happy that something he had been looking forward to for a long time had suddenly come true. Now that he heard Captain Jeroin's explanation, he realized that his invitation had just helped them...

Not to mention seven hundred priests joining, even if there was only one-fifth of that number, Mage Elaud felt that the manpower would be enough.

The leader of the Jelloin did not even mention how to pay him. Magister Elaud held the staff with both hands and said to the leader of the Jelloin:

"Then it's settled. Send 700 priests to go with us into the depths of the sea. We will set out tomorrow morning and gather at our magic cabin first."

"As for the reward..."

When he said this, Mage Elaud looked at Roy and said:

"Whatever you want us to pay with, we will try our best to get it. Various materials, magic crystals, soul crystals... are all fine."

Hearing what Magister Elaud said, Captain Jeroin laughed even more happily.

The Holy Order Knights are short of almost everything, and it would be best if the elven magician could provide them with some daily necessities.

However, Captain Jelloin didn't understand why Mage Elaud's eyes inadvertently fell on the human boy when he said the last sentence...

Captain Jeroin's gaze inadvertently fell on Roy's face.

Mage Elaud remembered that he had not yet introduced Roy to Captain Jelloin, so he took the opportunity to say:
"This is Captain Roy, a very outstanding half-elf. Roy is also a priest, maybe you two will have something in common."

"..."

Roy really wanted to hide behind Mage Elaud and become invisible.

Seeing that Mage Elaud mentioned his name, Roy could only take a step forward and salute Captain Jeroin with the etiquette of a priest.

"Hello, Captain Jelloin, I'm Roy, and I'm currently following Mage Elaud in the Dark Regions in search of liches."

"Are you a half-elf?" Captain Jeroin asked curiously.

Here it is again, it seems that every human being is curious about this matter.

Roy could only give Captain Jeroy a stiff smile...

……

The two parties agreed to meet at noon tomorrow at the foot of a sand dune 20 kilometers west of the Knights Templar. Captain Jeroin immediately began to summon the priests near the camp.

After discussing this matter, Mage Elaud took Roy back to the magic cabin.

The Knights Templar actually sent out 700 knights to follow the magicians into the depths of Haiti, and this time it was Captain Jeroin who led the team. These Elaud magicians did not expect this at all.

With the addition of seven hundred priests, Mage Elaud made a joke to Roy:

"We can definitely fight our way into Haiti this time..."

"I think Captain Jelloin seems to be more eager to enter Haiti than we are." Roy responded casually as he followed behind Mage Elaud.

"Maybe!"

Magister Elaud turned his head and glanced at the Knights Templar camp, then said to Roy with a strange look on his face:

"Roy, I heard from them that you can bring any supplies you want from the Elf Continent. If Captain Jeroin asks for something we don't have, I hope you can help me get it..."

"Um... OK! Master Magister Elaud."

Roy didn't know what to say, so he could only agree.

I didn't expect that even Mage Elaud had heard about me transporting smuggled goods from the Elf Continent to the Dark Land. It seems that this matter may no longer be a secret. If this is true, I can only say that Commander Gabreres turned a blind eye to this matter and was taking care of me.

"Um, do you know all this?" Roy asked embarrassedly.

Magister Elaud smiled slightly, without further explanation, and just said:
"Of course I know."

……

The magic wooden house was dragged by the steel golems and moved slowly forward in the black desert. At noon the next day, it appeared at the place agreed with the Holy Knights on time.

There is a very flat sand dune here. The black sand dune exists because there is a huge rock here. The gravel is blocked behind the rock and therefore does not converge towards the central area of ​​Haiti.

Seven hundred priests were waiting beside the sand dunes, carrying their luggage.

When they saw a movable magic wooden house appear in the desert, everyone's eyes were focused on it.

Many priests were amazed by this.

The moment they saw the magic wooden house, they all stood up...

……

Roy stood on the observation deck of the magic cabin. Under the black sand dunes in front of him, a group of ragged priests gathered together. They were mostly wearing a mix of leather armor and robes, and carrying weapons such as shields and hammers.

The magic wooden house slowly stopped in front of them, and all six magicians walked out of the magic wooden house.

Grand Magister Cedric personally met with Captain Jeroin and thanked the Knights Templar for their assistance...

Next, this team of priests, led by Captain Jeroin, followed the magic wooden house on foot. They obviously had no complaints.

It was the first time that Roy saw so many human priests. Their faces were almost the same as Roy's. They did not have the pointed ears, handsome faces, or slender bodies of elves. Moreover, the priests all had gray hair on their temples, but their faces did not look very old. They all looked to be in their forties or fifties.

They lined up in two teams, and even though they were walking on the soft sand, the teams walked in an orderly manner, with everyone moving in almost the same pace.

The magicians were also very generous to these temporary allies...

For magicians, you should never guess how many magic bags they have, because they will take out various supplies one after another.

The main food of the elven magicians is some fruits that contain magical aura. Roy has seen Mage Elaud having a terro fruit for dinner more than once, but they can also come up with some other fruits.

Even in Haiti, where resources were scarce, Grand Mage Cedric took out one hundred boxes of oranges and ten boxes of elf biscuits at one time and gave them to the priests of the Knights Templar.

So that they don't have to worry about having enough food on this lich hunting trip...

Roy also asked the priests privately: "What should I do if I don't bring enough food when I go out hunting?"

Their answer was also very simple and clear: "As long as there is water, it will be fine. As for food, choose to hunt some edible monsters, and everything will be solved..."

There is no such thing as scarcity of Warcraft resources in Haiti...

A large portion of these priests cannot speak Elvish.

The remaining priests who could speak Elvish became Roy's targets for daily disturbance. He would hold a blank parchment booklet and practice speaking the Imperial language with these priests, starting with simple greetings and then some phrases for daily communication.

Roy has a strong learning ability and his English proficiency improves significantly every day.

These priests were also the best teachers. When chatting with Roy, they would say some sentences that were useful in daily life, and sometimes they would jump back and forth between the Elvish and the Imperial language.

Roy will also learn some words in the Imperial language.

In fact, this was his main purpose, because he was translating the half-finished letter left by Bishop O'Casey.

After this period of hard work, Roy has successfully translated three sentences. At least Roy thinks this is the only way to explain it.

The first sentence of the letter was:
“I have been reflecting seriously on the days and nights I have walked into the dark place.”

"After a long time of thinking, I discovered something during my journey."

"The only one who can imprison her is herself."

Although these three sentences were a little incoherent and Roy was a little confused, at least he understood the literal meaning.

Next, Roy will continue to translate.

He would communicate with the priests in Imperial language every day. Although he spoke Imperial language poorly, they continued to communicate.

For this purpose, he also prepared some small gifts for these priests, and would give something to everyone after each exchange...

Through communication, he finally knew one thing:

'These priests cannot leave the dark land because their bishop is missing, so they will be exiled to this dark land by the Statue of Liberty.'

In addition, this group of priests came from Roland Continent, in the Dark Land. They had lived here for a long time, so long that no one could remember their own age.

One thing that Roy found amazing was that although the environment in the Dark Land was extremely harsh, it slowed down the aging of people. If these human priests were on Roland Road, they would probably be old antiques lying in coffins by now.

But they stayed in the dark land and looked to be only in their forties...

(End of this chapter)