Chapter 661 662. Reed
High Priest Reed was lying in a pool of blood. His upper body was stained with blood. Two bone-deep wounds were exposed on his shoulder blades on his back. A trace of holy light floated out from his body. Those holy lights may have come from his body. Transformation...
When traces of holy light floated out, High Priest Reed's fingers disappeared out of thin air...
His forehead, cheeks, and all parts of his body were transformed into holy light and gradually disappeared...
Roy staggered over and ran over, knelt on one knee next to High Priest Reed, and kept reciting prayers, and one after another 'Holy Light Technique' fell on High Priest Reed.
But these holy light spells accelerated the dissipation of his body, and a large amount of holy light evaporated from his body.
Roy immediately stopped using magic, and he was extremely confused at this moment.
He had imagined meeting the High Priest Reed, but he never thought it would be like this...
High Priest Reed opened his eyes slightly. His pupils were emitting golden light, and the blood flowing from his body was also turning into light gold. The power of countless holy lights gathered in his body, but at a faster rate. The speed spread out, and his body also dissipated in the air.
The fingertips of High Priest Reed's hands had completely disappeared, but he held Roy's hand tightly with his hand. His eyes were still as kind as before. He seemed to be enduring a lot of pain. When he spoke, his lips kept moving slightly. trembling.
It could be seen that there was a trace of relief in his eyes, and he said to Roy with difficulty:
"I didn't expect that I would see you before dying... Roy!"
A layer of pale gold appeared on the face of High Priest Reed, and he spoke to Roy softly, without any fear of facing death.
Roy didn't know what happened, but tears suddenly welled up. He thought of the time in Castleton City, and indelible moments flowed before his eyes. Roy couldn't help but choked and said:
"Teacher, I'm sorry, I'm late!"
High Priest Reed shook his head laboriously.
"It's not your fault, Roy."
Countless holy lights spread out when he shook his head, and his hair immediately disappeared in the holy light.
The battle is over, and the surviving priests are sitting in place. They are all looking at High Priest Reed. After all, he has just transformed into the Archangel Tyrell of Justice, holding the Archangel Sword - Holy Feather in his hand. Hui, killed the Naqma demon warlord with two swords. In the eyes of these priests, High Priest Reed was simply their new hope in the dark land.
But when they saw that High Priest Reed's body was constantly turning into holy light, it quickly dissipated in the air.
Many priests know that this situation occurs because the body is overloaded with a large amount of faith, but High Priest Reed is not caused by the body of holy light.
The bodies of the priests who died in battle were also reduced to ashes in the consecrated fire.
The surviving priests sat where they were, constantly reciting prayers. They didn't know whether they were comforting their dead companions or comforting themselves...
High Priest Reed asked Roy:
"Roy, do you worship the Statue of Liberty?"
Roy shook his head.
Although he possesses the power of Holy Light, he has never believed in the Statue of Liberty.
"That's good."
A relieved smile appeared on the face of High Priest Reed. If he moved slightly larger, his body would emit more holy light...
High Priest Reed seemed to have remembered something again, and fumbled around for a while, then took out the Holy Grail of Wisdom that he had always carried with him, stuffed it directly into Roy's arms, and then lay on the ground, looking up at the bloody sky facing Roy. Yi said:
"This is for you. Although it is just an imitation, it does contain a little bit of divinity, which can allow you to add some power of holy light in the dark place."
"There is no Holy Light here, but you need to use the power of Holy Light to protect yourself."
"I come from the Green Empire, which is a country where all people believe in the Statue of Liberty. If you have the opportunity to meet people from the Green Empire in the future, I hope you can treat them better..."
"...The world is so big, Roy, while you are young, take your favorite person around and take a look."
High Priest Reed spoke a lot, but without saying a word, his body became lighter.
His body continues to transform into holy light and dissipates in the air...
Roy sat on the ground and let High Priest Reed lean into his arms, so that he might feel more comfortable.
At this time, only half of High Priest Reed's arms and legs were left, and most of his head was gone, but he was still able to speak. He said to Roy:
"Sometimes I wonder where the Statue of Liberty will be sealed? Could it be that she is tired of her job as a god and is hiding somewhere where we can't find her? She just wants to take a break."
When he said this, he seemed to be unable to open his eyes.
"It wasn't until I raised the Holy Grail of Wisdom and countless faiths around me poured into my body. At that moment, I was able to understand her plight a little bit..."
High Priest Reed looked hard at Roy.
"It's just that I haven't been able to figure out why she gave us the power of the Holy Light. For this reason, she even deprived us of the ability to absorb the Power of the Holy Light..."
He wanted to raise his arm, but there was only a little bit of it left, and the holy light was like a ribbon made of gold powder, peeling off his body bit by bit.
"I came to the Dark Land. I walked through many places along the expedition road. I saw countless priests lying on this road. Some of them were strong-willed believers, and some priests wanted to return to the Elf Continent to start a new journey. A new life.”
"No matter why they came here in the first place, I think they should have the right to choose. If someone wants to leave, they should be allowed to leave. If they want to go into the depths of the dark land, there is no need to deliberately stop them."
"...I often think about the old days."
"There is no sunlight in this dark place, and I feel like mushrooms are growing on my body."
"When I die, you will burn me, put my ashes in a jar, take my ashes out of the dark place, take me back, and bury me on the stone cliff next to the white manor by the sea. , so maybe when the weather is clear, I can still see the other side of the Endless Sea..."
At the last moment, High Priest Reed's body was completely transformed into holy light.
A golden soul slowly floated into the sky and quickly dissipated in the holy light...
High Priest Reed's whole body was transformed into the power of holy light, leaving nothing behind.
Even if Roy lit a bonfire, there would be nothing to burn.
Roy sat on the ground, silently took out a small jar, and collected the black soil stained with the blood of High Priest Reed into the jar.
Then Roy said to himself in the jar: "Teacher Reed, I'll take you home."
…
Seeing Roy standing up from the ground holding the jar, the Great Magician Grimes came up, put a hand on Roy's shoulder, and comforted him:
"Don't be so sad, Roy, cheer up."
The Dragon's Throat Expeditionary Army camp has now been reduced to ruins.
The bodies of the dead priests were dragged together and burned uniformly.
As for the corpses of those Naqma demon warriors, they quickly turned into traces of dark energy and dissipated in the air.
However, the black magic crystal cores in their heads were almost completely preserved.
…
The magisters came back from a distance in a magic wooden house. Two giant steel gollons appeared behind the magic wooden house. Each steel gollum was dragging an ice coffin more than ten meters long. The ice coffin was on the black earth. Leave a deep mark.
It seems that this hunt for the lich went very smoothly.
Facing level six dark monsters, these magisters can be said to be completely crushed in terms of power...
The faces of the great magicians were filled with the joy of victory. The successful capture of these two lichs meant that they could return to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp immediately.
At night, Roy also received information from the great magician Grimes that the magician team would soon evacuate from the Dragon's Throat.
In fact, Roy was very unfamiliar with this place, and there was nothing worth remembering here. Instead, it was a place of sadness for Roy.
Originally, he entered the Dark Land with the intention of bringing High Priest Reed back to the Elf Continent. Unexpectedly, the last time the two of them met would be their farewell...
Roy was in a bad mood. He didn't even take a walk around the dragon camp, nor did he visit the place where High Priest Reed once lived.
Leah sat silently next to Roy, whispering interesting things about Elise's camp. She hoped that Roy could get rid of this low mood as soon as possible.
On the contrary, Alice has been squatting at the place where High Priest Reed died, seeming to be talking to herself. She seems to have become a little nervous recently. Most of the time, she seems very quiet, speaks softly and demurely, but sometimes, She would develop an inexplicable hostility towards Roy, which would make Leah feel a little embarrassed. She also inexplicably learned some magical skills...
The priests of the Temple of Liberty have little contact with the magicians of the Elf Continent Magic Union. Even though the magicians saved the group of priests in the Dragon's Throat camp this time, they still maintain a distance from each other.
The magicians left the camp in the magic cabin, and there were no priests to see them off.
Before leaving, Roy remembered what High Priest Reed had told him, so he went to the camp and asked the priests that if anyone wanted to leave the Dark Land, he should go to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Army camp to find him, but those magic dragons The priests in the Throat Expeditionary Army camp showed no reaction.
Since no one wanted to leave the Dark Land, Roy didn't hesitate and followed the magicians directly back to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp.
…
It took the magicians two months to walk from the Dragon's Throat to the Dark Portal.
This time there were two ice coffins behind the magic wooden house, so there were almost no stops along the way. Sometimes it was a day and night journey.
Roy felt that since the two lichs were caught, all the magicians seemed to have become much more relaxed, and they could still make some harmless jokes when they got together.
Oppa also found her new partner on the way back, the observer who had been guarding the observation tower. They would do some interesting things during the boring journey.
When he arrived at the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp, Roy was shocked when he saw the observer. Although his eyes were still full of energy, the dark circles under his eyes were as big as a panda's, and his whole person seemed to have shrunk a lot. , lost more than ten or twenty kilograms.
When everyone was saying hello, the great magician Grimes secretly pulled Roy's lapel and whispered to him:
"Fortunately, you don't like Opea's type, otherwise you would be like him now, but don't worry too much, rest for a few more days, drink some magic potion, and you will recover soon..."
Roy forced a smile and did not continue to talk about this topic. Instead, he asked the great magician Grimes:
"How long can you stay here?"
"If everything goes well, it will take up to three months. If the plan to seal the Dark Portal is restarted, then I don't know how long it will take." Archmage Grimes responded: "Grand Mage Cedric currently proposes that as long as we complete The maintenance work of the Dark Portal is so that it can operate normally, and we are going back to the Magic Guild in the Elf Continent for a vacation. "
"In fact, the plan above is for us to stay and make a feasibility report on sealing the Dark Portal."
"But the Moon Temple wants to maintain the status quo. The plan to seal the Dark Portal needs high-level approval. The Moon Temple has always disagreed, so we can only wait patiently."
The great magician Grimes secretly told Roy.
If the great magician Grimes hadn't mentioned the priests of the Moon Temple, Roy would have almost forgotten them.
I haven't seen them come to the dark place for so long.
Even over at Golfito Canyon, there are less than ten priests of the Temple of the Moon stationed in the Temple of Liberty...
This time Roy returned in the magic wooden house. The guard soldiers of the mine guard group behaved very calmly. Everyone stood in a row and saluted Roy, watching Roy stride into the expedition camp.
…
As the magicians' trip to explore the Dark Land was completely over, Leah had finally completed her work as a guide. Originally, she and Alice should have returned to Elise's camp, but Leah finally convinced Roy. Roy agreed that the sisters could stay in the mine guard group.
After all, Leah is familiar with the situation in the surrounding demon hunting camps and can help him acquire some dark monster materials from the surrounding demon hunting camps.
Under Roy's arrangement, Leah and Alice stayed in the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp.
As Roy returned to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp, the Warcraft materials business in the Dark Land once again ushered in an opportunity for development. Roy transferred the Dark Warcraft materials acquired from the Dark Land to Golfito Canyon. In the magic airship outside.
Then through those magic airships, a large amount of dry food was transported to the dark place...
Another thing that Roy didn't expect was that this time Roy brought nearly 4,000 mixed elf warriors from the Partington plane. Currently, nearly 1,000 people have the power of Holy Light in their bodies, and He also learned the art of purification and holy light.
A week after Roy returned to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp, Commander Gabrielleth brought Captain Malthus to the Dark Portal camp.
Captain Malthus quickly walked into the tent, came to Roy, and said to Roy with a solemn face:
"There has been a large-scale riot on Partington Island. The Silver Moon elves and the mixed-blood elves are currently insisting on their own opinions, and no one is willing to give in. The reinforcements of the 17th Silver Pegasus Legion have arrived at Golfito Canyon. Lord Swinburne hopes that the mine guards will evacuate from the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp as soon as possible...or you can come forward to deal with this commotion!"
(End of chapter)