Chapter 602 603. Roy’s decision
Sitting in the tent, Roy frankly expressed his concerns.
After all, he is the garrison commander stationed at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp.
During the rotation period, if one is reported for leaving the station without authorization, one will inevitably be sent to a military court.
"If you don't have such concerns, are you willing to follow us into the Isnes camp deep in the dark land?"
Byron Thor asked Roy with a smile.
"If the Golfito Military Department agrees, I can accompany you to Esnes!" Roy said seriously.
In fact, Roy said this after some consideration. After all, he owed Byron Thor a favor before, and he also wanted to go to the Isnes camp to inquire about the High Priest Reed.
So Byron Thor invited Roy to go to the Esnes Expeditionary Force camp, and Roy was still willing to go.
The only trouble is that as the leader of the mine guard regiment, he cannot leave the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp without authorization.
There was a lamp hanging at the entrance of the tent. The wick was a ball of sacred light, exuding a soft sacred atmosphere.
Byron Thor, who was sitting opposite Roy, narrowed his eyes slightly. With his keen insight, he discovered that Roy was not lying, and there was a hint of appreciation for Roy in his eyes.
The group of second-level experts around Byron Thor all entered the Dark Land with the mercenary group, and later left the Dark Land for various reasons.
They themselves are extremely outstanding second-turn strong men. Except for strong men like Byron Thor who cannot get out of the shadows of the battlefield in the dark land and live a semi-hidden life, other second-turn strong men are on the Elf Continent. All have various identities.
After hearing that the priests of the Temple of Liberty in Golfito abandoned the Dark Portal and embarked on an expedition to the Dark Land, and that the Elf Continent Magic Guild was preparing to seal the Dark Portal, everyone got together.
In order to enter the dark place this time, everyone also used a lot of the relationships they had accumulated in daily life, and even brought the great swordsman Alvin into the team.
Alvin the Great Swordsman is currently serving as a swordsmanship instructor in the Silver Moon Elf Royal Family. He was once the swordsmanship teacher of Princess Ophelia and has a high reputation among the kings of Buenos.
This time, it was at the request of Great Swordsman Alvin that Commander Gabrielleth allowed their team to pass through the Dark Portal and enter the Dark Land.
"Leave this matter to me. I will find a way to convince Commander Gabrielle to give you a holiday."
Byron Thor said to Roy.
"If that's the case, I'm willing to go to the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp with you." Roy said cheerfully.
Seeing that Roy agreed, Byron Thor left Roy's tent.
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"Boss, in fact, the depths of the Dark Land are still very dangerous. I think it is enough for us to operate near the Dark Door. There is really no need to go into the depths of the Dark Land..."
Captain Timothy sat outside the tent and reminded Roy.
"I know it can be dangerous to enter the dark place, especially for a priest like me."
Roy opened the tent curtain, reached out and took off the lantern that exuded a sacred shimmer, and held it in his hand.
It was daytime in the Dark Land, and darkness fell outside the camp.
Dark creatures will run around in the darkness at this time, and occasionally make some weird howling sounds that make people feel upset.
Roy re-directed a ball of sacred light from his fingertips and injected it into the horse lantern, and walked side by side to a mage tower with Captain Timothy. Checking these mage towers every day was the most important task of the garrison.
"Did you know? The divine arts I mastered were taught to me by a great priest of the Temple of Liberty. At that time, he didn't ask me to believe in the Statue of Liberty, so he only taught me some simple magical arts. Later he left We left Castletown and went to Golfito alone, and we kept in touch."
Roy said:
"My teacher may be in a certain camp right now. I want to know about him and see how he is doing..."
At this time, Roy saw a magician standing inside the magic tower, checking the runes on the magic center. Usually these magicians didn't even bother to take a second look at the sixteen magic towers, but now they were taking Looking carefully with a magnifying glass.
Check out the Magister of the Magic Tower, Roy happens to be familiar with it.
"Mr. Elaud, are you checking the operation of the magic tower?" Roy took the initiative to say hello.
"Oh, Captain Roy."
Magister Elaud straightened up and glanced at Roy. He originally planned to continue working, but suddenly thought of something, so he asked Roy:
"Have these sixteen magic towers been operating stably in recent times?"
"It's always been like this." Roy replied, and walked around in the magic tower.
The magic center is wrapped by a light blue shield, and the magic glow inside is constantly extracted from the central magic circle and merges into the magic beam on the top of the magic tower.
Lord Magister Ellaud pondered for a moment and then asked:
"Do I need to consume magic crystals every day?"
Roy pointed to the gem base next to him. There were three gem grooves on it. At this moment, most of the magic crystal in the grooves had burned away, and the remaining part had also broken into thin pieces.
"Yes! We will fill in new magic crystals every day after the magic crystals break into pieces." Roy said.
"These sixteen magic towers are related to the safety of the Dark Portal and the expeditionary camp. You must pay more attention when patrolling every day."
Before immersing himself in his work and continuing his work, Lord Magister Ellaud gave Roy a special warning.
"Yes, we will patrol carefully, Lord Magister Ellaud."
Roy replied.
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This group of second-level experts did not rush to Esnes, but stayed in the expeditionary camp and began to slowly adapt to the environment in the Dark Land.
The dark land feels like the desert next door to Roy. Many ridges here are like wavy sand dunes, and occasionally there are Gobi deserts full of gravel. There is no water source in the dark land, and there is little wind. , like an extremely huge closed space.
The strong dark atmosphere makes it impossible for any animals or plants to survive here.
Demon hunters and priests can hunt dark creatures in the dark land because they all carry magic scrolls or magic rune cloths of 'water gathering', and the food is relatively diverse, such as elf biscuits, muffins, Cheese, dried meat, etc., almost all of these foods were brought to the Dark Land from other continents.
In fact, Roy saw a tomato plant growing in a small flower pot in Old Parker's tent in the homeless camp. Although it only had four leaves, it actually hung at the first branch of the tomato seedling. Fruit the size of a thumb cap.
I didn't expect Byron Thor to solve this problem so quickly.
The next afternoon, while Roy was still teaching the mixed elf warriors how to learn the 'Purification Technique' by the holy pool in the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp, he saw a herald coming out of the Dark Portal.
"Captain Roy, Commander Gabrielleth invites you to go to the meeting hall of the main hall of the Temple of Liberty."
The herald stood on the high platform of the Dark Gate, holding a scroll in his hand, and shouted to Roy from a distance.
Roy stood up and replied to the herald: "I'm going to see the Legion Commander right now."
Every time he passed through the Dark Gate and felt the space cracks filled in the vortex of the Dark Gate, Roy could follow some of the cracks and see some golden countercurrents of time and space in the void.
The Temple of Liberty is still filled with a sacred atmosphere.
Every time he walked into the temple, Roy could clearly feel the warm holy light passing through his body and dispelling all the dark atmosphere...
However, although the entire temple was filled with sacred aura, this aura could not nourish the sacred tree in Roy's body, which made Roy feel a little strange.
Walking into the main hall, the empty hall was a little less noisy than before, and the Silver Moon Elf officers were not there.
Commander Gabrielis is sitting on the only seat on the high platform of the main hall. On the back of the chair is an angel holding the Holy Grail of Wisdom in both hands. Commander Gabrielis is sitting on the chair and feels like he is surrounded by the angel. .
If a bishop were sitting there, it might feel solemn and solemn.
But the leader of the Gabrielleth Army was a Silver Moon Elf, so sitting in that chair felt a bit strange...
The commander of the Gabriel Regiment stopped when he saw Roy coming off the stage. He propped his elbows on the armrests of the chair, clenched his hands into fists and put them on his chin. He looked at Roy quietly and treated him very casually. asked:
"Great Swordsman Alvin wants to lend you out and let you accompany their adventure group into the depths of the dark land. Roy, I want to know what you think?"
Roy glanced at the commander of the Gabriel Regiment, then lowered his head and said, "I follow the arrangements of the military department."
The commander of the Gabriel Regiment felt a little proud and said:
"The Mine Guard Corps has just taken over the garrison duty of the Dark Portal. I hope there won't be any changes at the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp."
When he said these words, he was still sitting on the chair and leaning his upper body forward, looking quite condescending.
Roy raised his head and glanced at the commander of the Gabriel Regiment again.
"Legion Commander, I will arrange the garrison mission of the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp... I plan to let Deputy Commander Timothy be temporarily responsible for the management of the mine guard group in the next period of time..."
When Roy said these words, almost all the sounds in the main hall disappeared instantly.
The gaze of the commander of the Gabriel Regiment suddenly became sharp.
"So you plan to go to Esnes with them?"
Roy looked up again and said with an innocent face: "Legion Commander, I said that I follow the arrangements of the military department."
Commander Gabriellesi stroked his aching head with one hand, his face instantly darkened, and his voice changed from high-pitched to low: "Captain Roy, now I order you to accompany Captain Alvin. People go to the Isnes Expeditionary Force Camp and return to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force Camp immediately after completing the mission.”
Roy immediately stood up straight and gave a military salute to the commander of the Gabriel Regiment:
"Yes, Lord Legion Commander!"
After saying this, Roy turned around and strode out of the main hall.
Commander Gabrieles remained alone in the main hall.
Although he very much hoped that Roy would follow his own ideas and refuse the invitation of Alvin the Great Swordsman, it was obvious that Roy did not think so.
Perhaps the moment he left the Mine Guards alone in the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp, he had already pushed the young half-elf leader to his opposite side...
The last time he faced those mixed-blood elf warriors in the Dark Portal Expeditionary Army camp, he had already felt that those mixed-blood elf warriors would not listen to his orders. Now the young half-elf leader, although he kept saying He said he would obey the military's arrangements, but in fact he never followed his instructions.
Commander Gabrielleth threw an account book in his hand onto the marble floor, and the pages made a sharp clattering sound...
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The marching tent of the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp, where all the senior officers of the mine guard group gathered.
The light in the tent was a little dim, and everyone sat around a long table. The atmosphere was a little serious, and there were no smiles on the faces of the eleven captains.
They listened quietly. The last task Roy assigned before setting off was often the one that Roy mentioned, and the officer would respond solemnly...
Before convening this meeting, Roy announced that he would go to Esnes with this adventurous group in the camp.
Senior military officers simply cannot stop what has been decided.
Roy finally told everyone that Captain Timothy is temporarily responsible for the management of the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp.
This incident has long been expected by everyone, and there is nothing to be surprised about.
After arranging things at the expeditionary camp, these senior officers left the tent one after another. Only Captain Timothy stayed.
Roy poured Captain Timothy a cup of fruit tea, and then poured himself another cup. The two sat across from each other in front of the conference table. Roy pondered for a moment before saying:
"The scale of the nearby homeless camp is limited after all. The dark monster materials that have been accumulated in the camp for a long time are now in our hands. I guess the camp has run out of stock, so I want to go out from here and go to other camps. have a look."
"And you can't go too far. This time I am following Alvin the Great Swordsman's adventure group to Isnes. I might even encounter a few wild camps."
"Now that we have arrived at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp, wouldn't it be a waste of time if we don't bring back some local specialties?"
Hearing what Roy said, Captain Timothy wanted to plug his mouth...
"So you're going to leave this place to me?"
Captain Timothy couldn't help but complain.
Roy took a sip of lemon tea and promised: "I won't keep you waiting for too long. I'm just going to the Esnes Expeditionary Force camp to have a look. I won't go one step further when I get to Esnes. Soon. Just come back..."
The two were communicating in the marching tent. Captain Malthus strode in from the outside and sat directly opposite Roy. He put his hands on the table, his brows were almost twisted together, and he angrily yelled at Roy:
"Captain Roy, are you crazy? How far is the Isness Expeditionary Force camp from the Dark Portal?"
"..."
Roy said nothing...
Captain Malthus continued to say to Roy:
"The Esnes Expeditionary Camp is the second expeditionary camp established by the Temple of Liberty Expeditionary Force in the Land of Darkness, although it is far away from the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp. The nearest expeditionary camp, but in fact the distance between the two camps is almost as far as Castletown to Partington Island.”
"Usually you take a sailboat from Pagisto City to Partington Island, and it takes about an entire night to arrive, but this time you need to walk the whole way. You have to walk at least three to four weeks, and they arrive at Esnes After that, you will definitely not turn back immediately, and your promise to Commander Gabrieles is that you will return immediately after arriving at the Isnais Expeditionary Force camp. I would like to ask how you can get from Isnais alone by then. Return to the Dark Portal?"
"Have you ever thought about this?"
Roy looked at Captain Malthus who was a little excited, smiled and said:
"Actually, I have some plans, Captain Malthus."
(End of chapter)