Path of Light.

Chapter 674: Request from Captain Jeroin
The Silver Moon Elf Guard is currently stationed in the camp of the Second Silver Pegasus Knights.

The leader of the Silver Moon Elf Guard of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion is a very young Silver Moon Elf Swordsman. In the past half month, he has asked Captain Malthus more than once to enter the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp to take a look and understand the environment of the dark land.

Since Roy was heading to Partington Island, Captain Malthus did not rashly bring the young Silver Moon Elf leader into the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp.

Finally, when Roy came back from outside, Captain Malthus applied to Captain Gabreth. After being approved, he took the young captain of the guard through the Dark Portal into the Dark Land Expeditionary Force camp.

It was night when they entered the dark land. The magic shield of the expeditionary camp was pitch black outside. In this darkness, there were a large number of dark creatures lurking. Some of them even bumped into the magic shield like headless flies...

Bursts of terrifying wailing sounds came from the dark night sky, causing the young Silver Moon Elf leader to widen his blue eyes. His every move revealed an aristocratic temperament, and it was obvious that he should also be a Silver Moon Elf noble.

"Hello, Captain Roy."

The young leader of the Silver Moon Elf did not show any arrogance and was very polite when speaking to Roy.

Roy bumped fists with the Silver Moon Elf leader and responded:
"Hello, Captain Steele."

The accompanying Captain Malthus smiled at Roy and said:

"Captain Roy, please tell us about the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp."

Roy walked out of the tent and pointed to the area protected by the magic shield in front of him and said:
"This is the Dark Gate Expedition Camp. Actually, there isn't much we need to do here. Our guard group usually checks whether these magic towers are functioning normally. In addition, we will send out reconnaissance teams to conduct reconnaissance around the expedition camp when the red sky appears in the dark land."

Inside the camp, there just happened to be a team of neatly dressed half-elf guards waiting at the entrance of the camp.

Seeing the elven warriors wearing silver armor of excellent quality, Captain Malthus couldn't help but take a few more glances.

This magic armor plated with thorium is almost the highest level of armor that the guards can wear. In addition to its good magic resistance, this silver-plated armor is also very ornamental...

Roy was able to equip the half-elf warriors of the mine guards with this kind of advanced armor, and he deserved to be called "Boss Roy".

A group of people walked up to the group of half-elf warriors. Roy looked at the captain and asked:
"Why are you waiting here so early?"

"Boss, there are fewer and fewer high-level dark creatures recently. We plan to run out and try our luck before the red sky appears!" The half-elf guard captain stood up and explained.

Roy instructed these half-blood elf guards:
"I won't stop you from hunting high-level dark creatures, but... you all must be careful."

"Yes!"

A team of half-elf guards stood up in unison and answered at the same time.

Roy led the two captains to the outside of a magic tower and said:

"Occasionally we will go out and clean out some high-level dark creatures, so as to ensure the secrecy of the expeditionary camp. In addition, high-level dark creatures contain soul crystals in their bodies, which can be sold to magic merchants."

Then he took Captain Malthus and Captain Steele into the magic tower. The magic device in the tower projected a beam of magic light into the sky, forming a spliced ​​light shield above the camp.

Roy then said to Captain Steele:
"After talking about duties, the next thing I want to talk about is precautions. The Elf Guards cannot stay outside the camp for too long, because the outside of the camp is filled with dark energy. Once the bodies of the Elf Guards are corroded by the dark energy, some abnormal conditions will occur. At this time, you need to find a way to purify the dark energy from the soldiers' bodies."

When talking about this matter, Captain Steele listened very carefully, and it was obvious that he had some knowledge of the Dark Land before coming here.

Roy thought for a moment and said:

"The easiest way is to go through the Dark Portal and return to Golfito Canyon to ask the priests of the Moon Temple for help. Of course, they have to be willing to help."

He thought about how the Dark Moon Elf warriors had killed almost all the dark beasts that could be hunted in the surrounding area over the past year, so he said casually:
"When you go out on patrol, it's easy to encounter some dark beasts outside. You need to understand the weaknesses of these dark beasts. If you encounter weaker dark beasts, you can also go hunting."

"There are many wild camps in the Dark Land. There are also such wild camps around the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp. There are many demon hunters living in the wild camps. They have a lot of good things. When you meet them, you can try to exchange some things with them, but you must stay vigilant. The fact that they can survive in the Dark Land is enough to prove that they also eat meat."

Roy warned Captain Steele, but he was also worried that if he said too much, it would cause Captain Steele's disgust.

Coming out of the magic tower, the group arrived at the center of the camp, in front of the Dark Portal.

Many half-elf warriors were resting by the holy water pool. Roy said to Captain Steele:

"This is a holy water pool. Drinking the water in the pool can improve your immunity to the dark energy."

Captain Steele's eyes lit up, and he asked Roy curiously, "Will your half-elf guards be infected with the dark energy and return to Golfito Canyon to seek help from the priests of the Moon Temple?"

Roy looked at Captain Steele with a strange expression, rubbed his nose and responded:

"Uh... that won't happen, because I'm a priest."

Roy said, and chuckled.

After the three captains took a tour of the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp, Captain Steele left.

He was returning to Golfito to visit the priests of the Temple of the Moon.

Captain Malthus did not return to Golfito immediately. He stayed in the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp and chatted with Roy for a while...

"Have you dealt with the matter over at Partington Island?"

"Ok!"

Roy agreed, and then added: "I drove back those Silver Moon elves who wanted to take advantage of the Partington plane, and kept the Silver Moon elves who were willing to do business in the Partington plane..."

“Haha, if you do that, you might offend a group of Silver Moon Elves again, and…those Silver Moon Elves who you treat fairly won’t be grateful to you for it!”

Captain Malthus joked with a smile.

"My reputation has been ruined for a long time anyway, so a few more words from them won't have much impact on me!" Roy said.

"I think you should pay attention to your reputation and manage it properly!" Captain Malthus reminded Roy.

Roy agreed casually: "Okay, I'll pay attention!"

Captain Malthus's Second Silver Pegasus Knights also need to prepare an evacuation plan.

The headquarters of the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion has already sent the Sixth Silver Pegasus Knights over, but they are still on the way.

……

After Roy returned to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp, he prepared to go to the Isnes Expeditionary Camp, intending to use his position to purchase a batch of dark beast materials, and then lead the mine guards to withdraw from the Golfito Canyon. During this period of time, the magicians had solved the problem of the collapse of the Dark Portal.

For the time being, the Moon Temple has no plans to seal the Dark Portal.

Grand Mage Cedric was about to leave Golfito with several other mages. Grand Mage Grems was going to stay in Wopeye for a while and told Roy to find him in Wopeye in two months...

Two days later, Roy learned from Captain Malthus that Captain Steele's request was rejected by the priests of the Moon Temple.

The priests did not agree to Captain Steele's request, but hoped that Captain Steele could solve this matter himself...

Captain Steele was so angry that he wrote a letter to the King of Buenos Aires that night. However, it would probably be difficult for the Silver Moon Elf Guard to enter the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp in a short period of time.

Legion Commander Gabreth could only let Roy's mine guard regiment hold out in the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp for a while longer.

……

Recently, Roy has arranged for his confidants to go to the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp to buy goods. They will buy back all the dark monster materials available on the market.

The purchasing elves who went to the Isnes expeditionary camp actually brought back a message.

Captain Jeroin arrived at the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp. According to the agreement with Roy, he waited at the free market of the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp and put out a contact signal.

He was eager to see Roy...

Roy calculated the time and estimated that Captain Jeroin should have returned from the entrance to the Haiti Abyss.

He wanted to see me, but he didn't know why.

After receiving the news, Roy hurried to the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

Soon Roy arrived at the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp.

The camp here is still in tatters and looks like a ruin.

However, the market in the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp has developed. There are at least a dozen stalls in the camp, with various goods for sale.

Roy hurried to the Isnes Camp, and as expected, as soon as he walked into the camp gate, he saw the stall set up by Captain Jeroin.

Captain Jeroin sat in front of the stall with a haggard look on his face, and several human priests followed him.

Roy walked over, and Captain Jeroin immediately introduced the other two captains of the Knights Templar to Roy: Captain Flint and Captain Ducas.

The Knights Templar built a total of three camps on the edge of Haiti, and these three teams of Knights Templar together formed a Knights Templar.

Normally, these three Knights Templar are completely independent entities. Only when they encounter troubles will they gather together for warmth.

When Captain Jeroin saw Roy, he immediately came forward and said to him with some sadness:

"Roy, we found the remains of Bishop O'Casey. It's in the frost dragon's lair you mentioned."

Roy asked in a low voice: "Are you sure that the body is that of Bishop O'Casey?"

Captain Jeroin sighed and nodded.

"It can be confirmed."

Although Captain Jeroin had been prepared for a long time, he became very depressed after confirming that Bishop Ocasi had been killed...

Roy said to Captain Jeroin apologetically:
"When we found the lair of the frost dragon, I took a notebook from Bishop O'Casey. However, my Imperial language was not very good at that time, so I could not understand the words on it. I did not know that he was Bishop O'Casey."

"Later, when I saw you talking about Bishop O'Casey and writing his name on a parchment notebook, I guessed that the corpse lying in the dragon's lair was most likely Bishop O'Casey."

When Captain Jeroin saw Roy take Bishop O'Casey's notebook out of his arms, he quickly held down his hand.

"Roy, we didn't come here to look for the diary left by Bishop O'Casey. We came to find you because you said last time that you could help us leave the dark land... Since Bishop O'Casey is dead, there is no need for us to stay here, so we plan to leave this world without sunshine." Captain Jeroin said to Roy.

Roy didn't expect that Captain Jeroin would have the idea of ​​leaving the Dark Land so soon.

Thinking that his mine guards were about to evacuate from the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp, he said happily:

"Then you came just in time. If it had been a little later, I might have evacuated from here."

Then Roy looked at Captain Jeroin and several human priests around him and asked in confusion, "Are you the only ones leaving?"

"No, it's all the members of our Knights..." Captain Jeroin said quickly...

"...Three thousand Templar Knights?"

Roy was startled and couldn't help but cry out.

"Ah."

Roy was completely dumbfounded when he heard Captain Jeroin's affirmative answer.

"Well... with so many people, I have to plan carefully."

"In addition, my guard group will most likely gradually withdraw from the expeditionary camp back to the Elf Continent within the next month. If you want to leave the Dark Land with us, you must hurry to the place I designate as soon as possible."

"I can take you out of the dark land, but with my current ability, I can only take you back to the Elf Continent. I don't have the ability to send you back to Roland Continent yet."

"In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, I will take you to the Partington plane, which is a subsidiary plane of the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom."

"You can stay on the Partington plane for a while. Once you have determined your next itinerary, it won't be too late to leave the Partington plane."

Roy said to Captain Jeroin in a somewhat messy tone.

The three leaders of the Knights Templar gathered together and discussed quietly for a moment. Leader Jeroin said to Roy:

"We can do as you say..."

(End of this chapter)