Chapter 649 650. Priests
Seven hundred priests in rags followed behind the magic wooden house, walking on the black sand on foot.
They were probably used to walking long distances in the desert. Each priest walked silently with his head lowered. As they moved forward, they put their hoods over their heads. Almost no one spoke. They never looked around. Even breathing will slow down, which is said to save energy to a great extent.
Although they are not natives of 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 in place.
They drank small sips of water to replenish their body's moisture. Occasionally, they would take out dried meat full of dark flavor and chew it slowly for a few mouthfuls.
It was only when they were resting that Roy would come over and communicate with them in Imperial Language.
The priests told Roy that the only bit of Holy Light recovery ability in his body was almost used to resist the erosion of the dark atmosphere, so the power of Holy Light in his body would always be in a state of depletion.
Recently they got some elf cookies from Lord Magister Ellaud.
Occasionally eating some elf biscuits can accumulate a trace of the power of holy light in their bodies.
What they often talk about is: they are a group of priests who were abandoned by the goddess. Because they committed unforgivable mistakes, the goddess will no longer grant them holy glory, so they have to stay in the dark place for self-salvation...
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Roy had long known that this was a cursed place and their life would be very difficult.
He was curious as to why these priests stayed 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 it enters the dark land.
They belong to Bishop O'Casey's Guard, which has a total of five thousand priests.
At first, Bishop O'Casey led a mercenary group into the dark land without bringing his escort.
The main reason was that Bishop O'Casey felt that he was not sure how long he would stay in the dark place.
After the priests enter the dark place, the power of the holy light cannot be restored, and the power will be greatly reduced.
Bishop O'Casey then stationed them at the Temple Expeditionary Army camp at the Dark Portal of Roland Continent. He hired a powerful mercenary group to enter the dark place with him to explore the unknown world.
They almost saw with their own eyes a majestic temple in the Temple Expeditionary Force camp, where priests gathered from all over for exchanges on divine arts.
And they have been waiting for Bishop O'Casey to return from the dark place...
Until one day, they received a letter from Bishop O'Casey from the dark place.
The content of the letter is for them to quickly enter the dark place to meet Bishop O'Casey. The meeting point of the two parties is on the edge of Haiti.
Following the instructions in Bishop O'Casey's letter, they rushed directly to Haiti, a land of darkness...
But they had been waiting for many years. They couldn't remember exactly how long it had been, and 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 so far, more than two thousand priests had died in the desert of Haiti in search of Bishop O'Casey.
Since they have not been able to find Bishop O'Casey, they have been forgotten in this black desert by the Temple of Liberty.
In the beginning, when they prayed to the Statue of Liberty, they would still get an answer once or twice out of ten times.
Later, when the priests prayed to the goddess, they almost never received any response from the Statue of Liberty. What made these priests feel even more desperate was that the supply of materials to them was almost completely cut off by the Statue of Liberty Temple.
After the contact person in the Dark Land mysteriously disappeared, supplies here were cut off for a long time. When the priests sent people to the expeditionary camp in the Temple of Liberty in the Dark Land, they discovered the entire expeditionary camp. It has long been trampled down by the army of darkness.
All the expeditionary forces that entered the Dark Land from the Green Empire also became missing, including the Dark Door, which also became ruins.
This group of priests who were forgotten in the dark land can only continue to stay in Haiti, and their only reason for staying here is to find Bishop O'Casey.
Because the power of the Holy Light of the priests was too suppressed, they made a living by hunting monsters on the edge of Haiti, and their life was very hard...
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Roy sat among a group of priests, listening to the priests tell about their past experiences in the dark land.
The bloody sky gradually turned dark, and the number of dark creatures around began to increase.
Several great magicians came out of the magic wooden house and successively placed magic barriers around the camp to hide everyone's presence.
It was getting dark very quickly, and the roars of some dark monsters could be heard from time to time.
Roy opened his palms, and a warm ball of light appeared in his palms.
The glimmer of light slowly rose, illuminating the faces of the surrounding priests, and at the same time slowly dissipating the surrounding darkness...
A human priest patted Roy on the shoulder and whispered to him: "Child, don't waste your power of holy light. Keep some power of holy light. There will be many places where you need to use this holy light later!" "
"My power of holy light can be restored in the dark place. I can draw the purest power of holy light from the unstable dark atmosphere."
Roy explained to the priests in front of him.
"I think that at a certain moment, there is a possibility of transformation between dark elements and sacred elements, just like the night after dusk, the dawn after dark night..."
Roy continued: "I have tried hunting some dark creatures. After they die, some of their dark aura will be dispersed, and this dark aura can be transformed into the purest power of holy light."
Because everyone was hiding in the magic light shield arranged by the great magicians, Roy was not worried that the power of holy light he released would be discovered by the surrounding dark monsters.
He even stood among the priests, purified an ordinary dark creature with his own hands, and explained to everyone what the unstable dark energy was.
The priests only thought that Roy's move was very magical, but when the priests tried it, no priest could do it...
In fact, the priests know very well why this is the case.
They are believers in the Statue of Liberty, and the only way for them to obtain the power of the Holy Light is through the 'Goddess' blessing'.
It's a pity that they have long been unable to feel the presence of the Statue of Liberty, and there is no response when they pray, so they cannot obtain the power of the Holy Light.
However, some priests soon discovered that when they were around Roy, their recovery speed of the power of holy light would speed up...
Because there will always be an overflowing sacred atmosphere around Roy.
In the past two weeks, the priests have enjoyed chatting with Roy. His body, which had been completely dry, has slowly recovered some of the power of the Holy Light. That wonderful feeling of regaining power is what the priests long for most. of.
During this period, this group of priests also gave Roy a lot of help. For example, they will tell Roy their understanding of magical arts, and they will also discuss these magical arts with Roy...
In fact, Roy only learned blessing, judgment, purification and holy light from High Priest Reed.
I don't know anything about the holy seal magic possessed by the battle priest.
The priests told Roy how to perform holy seal magic. After several days of hard work and hundreds of failures, Roy finally learned the first holy seal magic - the Holy Seal of Light.
Roy stood on the black sand and watched a divine pattern disappear from his eyes, and then a pattern of holy light appeared under Roy's feet.
A warm breath filled Roy's body...
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After half a month of long journey, the Magic Wooden House and seven hundred priests finally arrived at the first hunting location.
Six elf magisters came out of the magic wooden house and set up a huge magic circle in this 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 magical rune components are some of the oldest runes. It is said that some runes even belong to Titan's words. These magic runes are the true heritage of the elven magicians on the elven continent.
Most of these magic rune components that form the magic circle are extremely precious, and all the magic rune components are left over from ancient times.
Magister Wesley searched for these magic rune components from ancient ruins across the Elven Continent, and created his own magic circle...
The magicians finished setting up the magic circle and ran back to the magic wooden house without communicating with the human priests outside at all.
In this way, a magic circle exuding a strong aura of water element was built.
During the entire construction process, the priests were almost silently watching...
This group of priests thought that they would be used in the next step, because since the magic circle was set up here, someone had to take the risk to lure the lich hiding in the black mist.
The priests felt that the magicians would not do such a risky thing as luring the lich over.
Only they would take this risk. Everyone is quietly waiting for the next combat mission, and they are also looking forward to it...
But what the magician in the magic wooden house did next surprised the priests. Instead of leaving this matter to the priests, they sent out a Silver Moon Elf female magician to attract the magician. The lich in the black mist.
This female elf magician has a flawless face, and no matter where her eyes look, she will show a sense of complete confidence.
The priests watched the silver moon elf in dark green magic robes walk into the sea of sand, reach out and push open a door and get in. Then the whole person disappeared completely out of 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 female elf mage.
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After the magic circle was set up, the magicians in the magic wooden house had nothing to do.
All magicians have to meditate to ensure that they are in the best condition to cope with the upcoming battle.
This time it was Oppa who ran to provoke the lich again. Without the great magician Grimes, Oppa could only do such dangerous things.
This time, Roy didn't stupidly run over and ask Opelia, 'Do you need help?'...
He was hiding alone in the magic wooden house, sorting out the notes he had transcribed while studying the Green Empire language in the past two days, and comparing them with the letter left by the priest in the Frost Dragon's lair.
After studying hard during this period, 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's next sentence became a bit confusing:
"She also has a huge influence in the Dark Lands."
Roy wanted to know who this sentence was addressed to.
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In fact, Roy's Green Imperial Language has improved greatly during this period, and he can now communicate simply in Imperial Language.
He couldn't help much in hunting the lich, so before the lich came, he hoped that he could lie down comfortably in the magic wooden house and rest.
Opelia only went out for half a day before she lured the lich ten kilometers away to the magic circle.
A big battlefield immediately broke out...
Six magisters appeared around the magic circle, and the six magisters once again stood at the six sharp points of the hexagram-shaped magic circle.
And the lich blindly broke into the magic circle again.
With the appearance of the lich, an iceberg appeared in the magic formation. The iceberg that grew crazily upward first froze the lower body of the lich. Two seconds later, with the sound of cracking ice, the lich was completely frozen in the magic formation. In the iceberg.
The Lich's huge body was frozen in the ice, and countless ghosts rushed out from all around.
As the Lich's body in the center of the magic circle swelled, the entire iceberg exploded.
The Lich let out a shrill howl around him, and countless ice cubes shattered amidst the sharp and harsh sound waves.
The magisters held up their magic shields one after another, while the priests who secretly watched the battle in the distance felt that after the magic sound poured into their ears, they instantly felt dizzy, sick, and made them want to vomit...
At this time, the black mist on the Lich's body completely faded away. The first thing it did after breaking free from the iceberg was to fly into the sky...
It wanted to escape, but unexpectedly, another iceberg appeared out of thin air above its head.
Roy watched from a distance and found that Grand Magister Cedric actually floated out of thin air. His body exuded a huge aura of ice elements, which was continuously injected into the iceberg above the Lich's head.
In this way, the Lich was completely attacked by two icebergs.
And four ice walls appeared around it, completely sealing the Lich inside.
At this moment, the magisters blocked all escape routes...
(End of chapter)