Chapter 585 586. The Priest in Distress 2
It happened to be the moment when day and night alternated in the dark land. The surrounding area gradually darkened, and dark creatures like black mist appeared outside the expedition camp.
These low-level dark creatures did not have any intelligence at all. They floated in the air completely based on instinct. They sensed the sacred aura exuding from Roy's body and rushed towards him quickly.
Roy also knew that he couldn't stay outside the camp for too long. It was okay to attract these low-level dark creatures around the camp. Once his aura attracted high-level dark creatures, it would be the biggest trouble for the expedition camp.
The mixed-blood elf warriors stood inside the magic shield and saw clouds of black mist rushing towards Roy, and waved at Roy vigorously.
Roy saw that the priest's body was covered with scars, and a spider web of black blood vessels was exposed on his body. The dark energy had invaded his body...
Roy reached out and touched the priest's arm wrapped in black energy. The black energy on the priest's arm quickly dissipated.
Turning around and seeing the warnings from the mixed elf warriors, Roy quickly grabbed the priest's arms. Instead of carrying the priest on his shoulders, he grabbed his arms and dragged him directly along the ground back to the camp. inside.
The low-level dark creatures around him entangled Roy, but they were burned and dissipated by the sacred glimmer of light above Roy's head...
The dark creatures continued to dissipate, and new dark creatures rushed up, surrounding Roy.
The sacred gleam above Roy's head became weaker and weaker, and finally extinguished completely. The primary dark creature fiercely entangled Roy, but Roy pulled out the sacred scepter from his waist, and he injected a trace of the power of holy light into the sacred scepter. Inside the scepter, the ball at the top of the sacred scepter instantly emitted a dazzling holy light.
The strong holy light penetrated those dark creatures, and countless dark creatures became fragmented under the illumination of the holy light.
Roy dragged the unconscious priest with one hand and held the sacred scepter with the other hand, and quickly ran back to the expedition camp while a group of mixed-blood elf warriors watched.
When Roy got into the magic shield of the expeditionary camp, those low-level dark creatures immediately lost their attack targets and wandered around in the dark wilderness again.
A group of mixed elf warriors wanted to gather around to help, but were stopped by Roy:
"Don't come here yet..."
As he spoke, Roy, who was filled with the aura of darkness, dragged the unconscious priest to the edge of the pool. He scooped a spoonful of holy water from the pool and drank it first for the unconscious priest before reciting a prayer. He spoke and drew a simple divine pattern.
'purification'
This was the magic that his friend Jasper taught him when he was still alive.
A ray of holy light fell from Roy's head. Under the bath of holy light, the dark aura on Roy's body quickly evaporated.
Roy squatted next to the old priest and cast a purification technique on the old priest again. The strong holy light dispelled the dark aura accumulated on the old priest's body, but he did not wake up immediately.
His body was covered with scratches, and the largest wound was on his right shoulder behind his back. It was a wound of more than 20 centimeters, and the wound was covered with black and purple scabs.
Roy used the 'Holy Light Technique' again, and a ray of holy light turned into dots of starlight and fell on the old priest's shoulder, but the wound did not heal as quickly as Roy expected.
The old priest's aura was very weak. Apart from a priest's robe and a shabby cloak, he had almost nothing in the pocket at his waist, only a torn sacred prayer book.
He lay barefoot next to the pool...
Seeing that Holy Light Technique had no effect on the old priest, Roy thought he would die in a coma. After thinking about it, he took out a bottle of high-quality healing potion from his pocket, pulled out the cork at the mouth of the bottle, and inserted All the light red liquid in the medicine bottle was poured into the old priest's stomach.
The old priest's stomach made a soft "gurgling" sound.
"Let him lie here, maybe there is hope for him to survive..."
When Roy said this, he actually had no hope...
The old priest still has one breath left, and once he swallows it, the person may die.
He is a very old mixed-blood elf, with a thin frame wrapped in a layer of sagging old skin.
Roy even wanted the mixed elf warrior to find a place outside the camp, dig a hole first, and bury the old priest directly after he breathed his last.
It's time to inspect the magic tower. This is the most important thing that the mine guard team does every day in the expeditionary camp.
Roy personally led the inspection every time. After Roy finished inspecting the sixteen magic towers, it was completely dark outside the camp, which meant that the dark place entered the day...
Roy returned to the pool, and Timothy and a group of Dark Moon Elf warriors gathered around the pool.
“Isn’t life here boring? Do you ever regret that you were at the Murayaki Port in the Ghornfjord? You could just find a ship and return to St. Margaret’s Port in the Evernight Forest!”
Roy sat next to Captain Timothy, resting his head on the stone wall by the pool, looking up at the shield surrounded by sixteen magic arcs, and said casually.
Captain Timothy was polishing a horn dagger. When he saw Roy sitting down and asking this question, he smiled and said: "Actually, the environment here is not bad, at least the environment in the expeditionary camp. It’s better than the Spinel Mine, and we Dark Moon Elves are very accustomed to life in this dark world. Boss, when are we going to try to hunt the dark creatures outside?”
"Aren't you afraid of taking rash actions and exposing the expeditionary camp once a high-level dark creature targets us?" Roy asked.
"There must be a way to solve this matter, and it should be easy, otherwise the expeditionary force of the Temple of Liberty will not be able to fight in the Dark Land..."
Captain Timothy said casually.
A mixed elf warrior quickly walked up to Roy and said to Roy:
"Boss, the priest you rescued, he - woke up!"
Roy stood up from the edge of the pool and walked directly to where the old priest was lying. Sure enough, he saw the ragged old priest wrapped in a blanket. He looked very weak, but his withered hands like chicken feet were holding a cup. , was sipping warm lemon tea with a piece of elf biscuit in his other hand.
It can be seen that he eats very hard, but he is very serious...
Even if Roy came over, he didn't disturb his meal.
The mixed-blood elf warrior on the side reminded the old priest: "This is our captain. He was the one who dragged you in from outside the camp just now..."
The old priest seemed not to have heard anything and continued to eat the elf cookies indifferently.
After finishing the elf biscuits in his hand, the old priest stopped. He was silent for a moment before he raised his head with difficulty, looked at Roy with cloudy eyes, and asked Roy in a hoarse voice: "You Do you know where the priests in this camp have gone?”
"They went to the Isnais Expeditionary Army Camp. The Dark Portal Expeditionary Army Camp was officially taken over by the Silver Moon Elf Army half a month ago."
Roy sat opposite the old priest and explained.
The old priest nodded slightly, drank the lemon tea in the cup in one gulp, and then placed the water cup next to him. It looked like he was alive, at least his eyes had some color and his lips were moist.
"I am the leader of the seventh search team of the expeditionary force. I am responsible for searching for the whereabouts of the goddess in the depths of the dark land. The direction our team is responsible for searching is not the direction of the expeditionary force, so this time we are returning from the depths of the dark land. , failed to meet the expeditionary force."
The old priest's voice was very soft, and Roy needed to listen carefully to understand what he was saying...
"So has your search team found the whereabouts of the Statue of Liberty?" Roy couldn't help but asked, curious.
The old priest rolled his eyes, glanced at Roy, and sat there without saying a word.
"So where do you want to go now? Is there anything you need our help with?" Roy asked again.
"I want to rest in this expeditionary camp for two days, and then I will leave for the Esnes expeditionary camp. If it is convenient, can you give me a few more biscuits?" the old priest said.
"……certainly!"
Roy waved his hand to the mixed-blood elf warrior on the side. The mixed-blood elf warrior immediately took out a few elf biscuits and handed them to the old priest.
The old priest reached out and took the pieces of elf biscuits, nodded slightly to Roy, then wrapped his blanket tightly and leaned against the stone wall by the pool, closed his eyes and fell asleep...
Roy was left in embarrassment.
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In the next two days, the old priest almost always slept. He didn't wake up much, but whenever he was awake, he would eat a piece of elf biscuit and then keep scooping the holy water from the pool. , a spoonful of it was poured down from the top of his head. Looking at him, he seemed to want to soak in the holy water.
When the mixed-blood elf warriors were sharing breadfruit, the mixed-blood elf warrior responsible for distributing food also took the initiative to give the old priest a piece of breadfruit pulp.
The old priest did not refuse the half-blood elf warrior's kindness. He did not say any words of thanks and just nodded silently.
Many times, the priests of the Statue of Liberty Temple always talk about the Statue of Liberty. For example, they always say: ‘The Holy Light will protect you! 'But this old priest doesn't know how to say these words...
He respects all food, and his stomach is like a bottomless pit. No matter what food the mixed elf warrior gives him, he can eat it effortlessly.
He recovered quickly and was able to move around the camp in just one day.
Roy felt that he should be the kind of very devout believer. Even though he had never prayed in the camp, his eyes revealed the indifference to life and death as he looked towards the location of the Esnes Expeditionary Force camp. At this time, the perseverance in the eyes...
The old priest is not afraid of death, but now he wants to live desperately.
Roy did not ask the old priest what he didn't want to say, but casually asked the old priest about High Priest Reed.
The old priest said that he did not know High Priest Reed.
Roy had long expected this result, so he wasn't too disappointed...
Although he failed to find out anything about High Priest Reed, Roy did find out another thing from the priest: how to avoid the perception of dark creatures outside the camp.
In fact, the method is very simple. The priests who enter the dark place actually have a magic cloak.
This kind of magic cloak is not a precious thing. It is made of magic pattern cloth and can be purchased in some magic shops.
In order to cover up the magical aura on their bodies, many magicians often put on such a magic cloak when going out.
This magical cloak can hide the wearer's original aura...
The cloak worn by the old priest, which had become tattered pieces of cloth, was actually originally a magic cloak. However, after being worn for too long, this magic cloak had completely lost its ability to shield the magical atmosphere.
The old priest told Roy that the vast majority of ordinary dark creatures are aggregations of dark energy without any consciousness. They wander around in the dark place, driven by instinct...
As long as you put on a magic cloak and go out at night in a dark place, those ordinary dark creatures will probably not be discovered as if they are blind.
But this is not possible in the dark land during the day. Dark creatures are more active during the day, and their perception will be greatly enhanced. There will be many advanced dark creatures running around, and it will be very troublesome once they are discovered...
More powerful than advanced dark creatures are those dark creatures with rudimentary intelligence, such as the Shadow Demon and Death Scythe wandering in the wilderness.
The old priest really rested for two days in the expeditionary army camp, and then dragged his tired body towards the Isnes expeditionary army camp...
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In the third week when the mine guard group settled in the expeditionary camp at the Portal of Darkness, a mixed-blood elf warrior finally learned the low-light lighting technique under Roy's careful instruction.
Under the nourishment of holy water, their bodies can also contain a trace of the power of holy light, and have a little bit of affinity with the holy elements...
Although this magical skill is not easy to learn, it can effectively dispel the dark energy.
Roy applied for a batch of magic cloaks from the commander of the Gabrielle Regiment, and the commander readily agreed.
These magic cloaks need to be transported from Mulayaki City, so Roy has to wait for at least a month.
The magisters who were repairing the Dark Portal didn't know where they heard that Roy needed a magic cloak, so they took the initiative to find Roy and gave him a magic cloak with magic power amplification.
This is a black cloak with a magic pattern embroidered with gold thread on the inside.
Roy felt that if he put it on his body, he should be able to blend into the darkness completely.
With such a magic cloak that can block the perception of dark creatures, Roy wanted to try to take a walk outside the camp.
Roy chose a night in a dark place. A light red curtain appeared in the sky, and many creatures in the dark world disappeared silently from the wilderness. Then he put on this magic cloak and quietly walked out of the expedition camp.
Sure enough, if you walk out of the camp wearing a magic cloak, you won't be noticed by the dark creatures outside.
Roy stood outside the camp and hesitated for a moment, but decided to walk out of the valley and take a look outside the valley...
(End of chapter)