Path of Light.

Chapter 649 Chapter 650. Priests

Seven hundred ragged priests followed the magic cabin, walking on the black sand.

They were probably already used to long journeys in the desert. Every priest walked silently with his head down. As they moved forward, they covered their heads with hoods. Almost no one spoke. They never looked around, and even their breathing slowed down. It was said that this could save energy to a great extent.

Although they are not native to the Dark Land, they have long adapted to life here.

Every two hours of walking, these priests would sit directly on the sand and rest on the spot.

They drank water in small sips to replenish the moisture in their bodies, and occasionally took out dried meat filled with a dark scent and chewed it slowly.

Roy would only come over to communicate with them in the Imperial language when they were resting.

The priests told Roy that the little holy light recovery ability in his body was almost all used to resist the erosion of the dark aura, so the holy light power in his body would always be exhausted.

Recently they obtained some elf cookies from Master Elaud.

By eating some elf cookies occasionally, they can accumulate a little bit of holy light power in their bodies.

What they often say is: they are a group of priests abandoned by the goddess. Because they have committed unforgivable mistakes, the goddess no longer grants them the holy light, so they have to stay in the dark land to redeem themselves...

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Roy had long known that this was a cursed land and that their lives would be hard.

He was very curious about why these priests wanted to stay in Haiti.

After more than ten days of communication, Roy finally figured out the reason.

This is a temple expeditionary force that has a very clear goal when entering the dark land.

They belong to the Ocasi Bishop Guard, which has a total of 5,000 priests.

At that time, Bishop Ocasi led a group of mercenaries into the Dark Land without bringing his guards.

The main reason was that Bishop O'Casey felt he was unsure how long he would remain in the land of darkness.

After the priests enter the dark land, the power of holy light cannot be restored and their strength will be greatly reduced.

Bishop Ocasi had them stationed at the Temple Expeditionary Camp at the Dark Gate of Roland Continent. He hired a powerful mercenary group and went with him into the dark land to explore the unknown world.

They almost saw with their own eyes a majestic temple on the Temple Expeditionary Force camp, where priests from all over the world gathered to exchange divine arts.

And they have been waiting for Bishop Ocasi to return from the dark land...

Until one day, they received a letter from Bishop O'Casey from the dark land.

The content of the letter was to ask them to quickly enter the dark land to meet Bishop O'Casey, and the meeting point for the two sides was on the edge of Haiti.

Following Bishop O'Casey's instructions in the letter, they rushed directly to Haiti, the land of darkness...

But they waited for so many years that they couldn't remember exactly how long, but there was still no news from Bishop O'Casey.

They didn't know how many times they had sent people to search for him. They only knew that up to now, more than 2,000 priests had died in the Haitian desert while searching for Bishop Ocasi.

Since they have not been able to find Bishop O'Casey, they have been forgotten by the Statue of Liberty in this black desert.

At the beginning, when they prayed to the Statue of Liberty, they would receive a response once or twice out of ten times.

Later on, when the priests prayed to the goddess again, they received almost no response from the Statue of Liberty. What made these priests feel even more desperate was that the Statue of Liberty almost completely cut off their supply of materials.

After the contact person in the Dark Land mysteriously disappeared, the supply of materials here was cut off for a long time. When this group of priests decided to send people to the expeditionary camp of the Statue of Liberty in the Dark Land, they found that the entire expeditionary camp had already been razed to the ground by the dark army.

All the expeditionary forces that entered the Dark Land from the Grimm Empire became missing, and the Dark Portal also became a ruin.

This group of priests who were forgotten in the dark land can only continue to stay in Haiti, and the only reason they stay here is to find Bishop Ocasi.

Because the power of the Holy Light of the priests was suppressed too much, they made a living by hunting monsters on the edge of Haiti, and their lives were extremely hard...

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Roy sat among a group of priests, listening to them talk about their past experiences in the dark land.

The bloody sky gradually darkened, and the number of dark creatures around began to increase.

Several great magicians came out of the magic cabin and set up magic barriers around the camp one after another to hide everyone's presence.

It got dark quickly, and the roars of dark beasts could be heard from time to time all around.

Roy opened his palms, and a ball of warm light appeared in them.

A faint light slowly rose, illuminating the faces of the surrounding priests, while also slowly dispelling the surrounding darkness...

A human priest patted Roy on the shoulder and whispered to him, "Kid, don't waste your Holy Light power. Save some of it. There will be many places where you will need it later!"

"My Holy Light power can be restored in the dark land. I can draw the purest Holy Light power from the unstable dark aura."

Roy explained to the priests in front of him.

“I think that at a certain moment, there is a possibility of a transformation between the dark element and the sacred element, just like the night after dusk and the dawn after the dark night…”

Roy continued, "I have tried to hunt some dark creatures. After they die, they will emit some dark aura, which can be transformed into the purest holy light power."

Because everyone was hiding in the magic shield set up by the great magicians, Roy was not worried that the holy light power he released would be discovered by the surrounding dark beasts.

He even stood among the priests and purified an ordinary dark creature with his own hands, and explained to everyone what the unstable dark energy was.

The priests thought Roy's move was miraculous, but when they tried, no one could do it...

In fact, the priests knew very well why this happened.

They are believers of the Statue of Liberty, and the only way for them to obtain the power of holy light is through the "blessing of the goddess."

Unfortunately, they could no longer feel the presence of the Statue of Liberty, and there was no response when they prayed, so they could not obtain the power of holy light.

However, some priests soon discovered that when they were with Roy, their holy light power would recover faster...

Because there is always a sacred aura around Roy.

During these two weeks, the priests enjoyed chatting with Roy. Their bodies, which had been completely dried up, slowly recovered some of the power of holy light. The wonderful feeling of regaining strength was what the priests desired most.

During this period, these priests also gave Roy a lot of help. For example, they would tell Roy about their understanding of divine arts, and discuss these divine arts with Roy...

In fact, Roy only learned blessing, judgment, purification and holy light from High Priest Reed.

He had no idea about the holy seal magic possessed by the combat priests.

The priests then told Roy how to perform holy seal spells. After several days of hard work and hundreds of failures, Roy finally learned the first holy seal spell - the Holy Seal of Light.

Roy stood on the black sand, watching a divine pattern disappear from his sight, and then a pattern of holy light appeared under Roy's feet.

A warm breath filled Roy's whole body...

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After half a month's long journey, the Magic Wooden House and seven hundred priests finally arrived at the first hunting spot.

Six elven magicians came out of the magic wooden house and set up a huge magic circle in the black desert. The great magicians in the magic wooden house also ran out to help.

Everyone buried some precious magic rune components in the sand.

These magic rune components are some of the oldest runes. It is said that some runes are even the writings of the Titans. These magic runes are the true foundation of the elven magicians on the Elf Continent.

Most of the magic rune components that make up the magic circle are extremely precious, and all of them are left over from ancient times.

Wizard Wesley searched for these magic rune components from ancient ruins all over the Elven Continent and created his own magic circle...

The magicians finished setting up the magic circle and did not communicate with the human priests outside at all. They all ran back to the magic cabin.

A magic circle exuding a strong scent of water element was thus built.

During the entire construction process, the priests just watched silently from the sidelines...

These priests thought that they would be used in the next step, because since a magic circle was set up here, someone had to take the risk to lure the lich hidden in the black fog.

The priests felt that it was a bit risky to lure the liches over, and the magicians would not do it.

They were the only ones who would take this risk. Everyone was quietly waiting for the next combat mission, and they were looking forward to it...

However, the next action of the magician in the magic wooden house was somewhat unexpected to the priests. They did not leave the matter to the priests, but sent out a Silver Moon Elf female magician to attract the lich in the black fog.

This elven sorceress has a flawless face and exudes confidence wherever her eyes look.

The priests watched as the Silver Moon Elf, wearing a dark green magic robe, walked into the sea of ​​sand, opened a door with his hand, and went inside. Then, he completely disappeared into thin air...

Seeing her walking into the desert alone, a group of priests followed her...

Unexpectedly, I didn’t even see the back of this elven female mage.

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After the magic circle was set up, the magicians in the magic cabin had nothing to do.

All the magicians have to meditate to ensure they are in the best condition for the upcoming battle.

This time it was Oppaiya who went to provoke the lich. Without the great magician Grams here, such a dangerous thing could only be done by Oppaiya.

This time, Roy didn't foolishly run over to ask Oppaia if she needed help...

He hid alone in the magic wooden house, sorting out the notes he had copied down from learning the Green Empire language over the past two days, while comparing them with the letter left by the priest in the Frost Dragon's Lair.

After studying hard for a while, Roy translated two sentences from the letter:

"She appeared in Roland Continent. When she was at her most powerful, she could even let the holy light pass through the Endless Sea and shine on the land of the Elf Continent..."

This sentence is not difficult to explain. Obviously, Bishop O'Casey is describing the power of the Statue of Liberty.

Roy was a little confused by the following sentence:
"She also has a huge influence in the Dark Land."

Roy really wanted to know who this was addressed to.

……

In fact, during this period, Roy's Green Imperial language has improved a lot, and he can now communicate in simple terms in the Imperial language.

He couldn't help much in hunting the lich, so before the lich arrived, he hoped to rest comfortably in the magic cabin.

Oppaia was only out for half a day before she led the lich ten kilometers away to the magic circle.

A huge battle broke out immediately...

Six magicians appeared around the magic circle, and the six magicians once again stood at the six points of the hexagram-shaped magic circle.

And the lich once again blindly broke into the magic circle.

With the appearance of the lich, an iceberg appeared in the magic formation. The iceberg, which grew wildly upward, first froze the lower body of the lich. Two seconds later, with the sound of ice cracking, the lich was completely frozen in the iceberg.

The lich's huge body was frozen in the ice, and countless ghosts rushed out from all around.

As the body of the lich at the center of the magic circle swelled, the entire iceberg exploded.

The lich let out a shrill howl in all directions, and countless ice blocks shattered in the sharp and piercing sound waves.

The magicians put up their magic shields one after another, and the priests who were secretly watching the battle from a distance felt dizzy and nauseous as soon as the magic sound entered their ears...

The black mist on the lich's body completely faded at this time, and the first thing it did after breaking free from the iceberg was to fly into the sky...

It wanted to escape, but unexpectedly an iceberg appeared out of nowhere above its head.

Roy watched from afar and discovered that Grand Mage Cedric had actually floated up out of thin air. His body exuded a huge aura of ice element, which was constantly injected into the iceberg above the lich's head.

In this way, the lich was completely caught between two icebergs.

Four ice walls appeared around it, completely sealing the lich inside.

At this moment, the magicians blocked all escape routes...

(End of this chapter)