Path of light

Chapter 60 61. The temple at dusk

Roy originally thought that he could just lift up such a 'door', and then he could pray in the main hall.

Normally, he would recite sacred prayers and pray in his study.

This time he went to the Statue of Liberty in the main hall. Roy was very looking forward to getting something from his prayers.

But when he followed Abt out of the warehouse, Abt pulled him into the main hall, and then he saw the other three 'doors'.

Yes, there are four such 'doors' in total, and each one is very heavy.

The two men carried the remaining three 'doors' to the warehouse, which made Roy sweat profusely.

High Priest Reed walked into the warehouse himself and even tied the four linen-wrapped doors securely with ropes.

Finally, High Priest Reed took out a broken candlestick from the warehouse and placed it next to the four 'doors', and injected a ray of holy light into the two candles on the candlestick.

A scene that made Roy feel incredible occurred. When High Priest Reed lit the candle, the flame core of the candle actually exuded a faint sacred aura.

This corner of the warehouse was shrouded in a faint layer of holy light.

In order to avoid catching fire, High Priest Reed also prepared a metal tray for this candlestick and placed it under the lower candlestick.

When they walked out of the warehouse, they told Roy and Abt not to go near this warehouse unless they had nothing to do...

Roy felt that those doors might not be simple. Since High Priest Reed didn't want to talk, he didn't ask any more questions.

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Roy had finally memorized a sacred prayer very proficiently in the past few days, so High Priest Reed allowed Roy to pray in front of the goddess statue in the main hall.

Before entering the main hall to pray, Roy first came to the dormitory in the two-story building in the backyard of the temple. He opened the thick wooden door. There were only two single wooden beds in the clean and simple room, one next to the other. There is a bedside desk and a double-door wardrobe.

Jasper was lying on the bed on the right. He was wearing a set of loose pajamas without a quilt, and his face looked pretty good.

"Jasper, how are you feeling?"

Roy asked worriedly as he sat down next to Jasper's bed.

Unexpectedly, Jasper sat up from the bed and said energetically:

"It's not bad. High Priest Reed's Great Holy Light Technique is much stronger than the 'Secondary Healing Technique'. I feel very good now. If High Priest Reed hadn't suggested that I rest more in bed, I would have been ready to go out." Let’s go!”

Roy said to Jasper:

"I just saw that the Sea Wolf has been fished out. They probably want to move it to the beach on the west side of the pier."

It seemed that Jasper had completely gotten over what happened last night, and he didn't have any excitement. He said calmly:

"That's a really big ship."

Roy thought of the latest news that Ms. Gillian brought back in the morning, and said to Jasper:

"By the way, the gray dwarf captain and the elf magician have never been found. They probably escaped."

Jasper had no impression of the captain and first mate of the Sea Wolf, and had no idea how terrifying they were when they fought against the elven warriors.

At this time, he comforted the worried Roy:

"There's nothing we can do about it. Don't worry, they don't dare to sneak into the elf city easily."

Abbot's call came from outside. Roy immediately walked to the door and took a look. When he saw Abbot waving to him by the well, Roy said to Jasper:

"Jasper, I'm going to the main hall to pray. I hope today will be different. See you later!"

Abut called Roy, but he actually wanted to ask him to help carry water.

Usually these things were done by him and Jasper, but now that he was the only one left, he thought of Roy.

The water in this well is not only very cool, but also has no salty taste.

The two men carried the water from the well to the holy pool in the side hall. The walls of this pool were paved with smooth stone slabs and were about one meter square.

Roy and Abt carried the bucket to the holy pool, only to see that the water inside had bottomed out. It was just some very ordinary water, and it did not contain any sacred aura.

The silver plate still stood on the table in front of the holy font.

The aura emanating from the silver plate was not even as strong as the sacred scepter given to Roy by the Naga killer. It only had a little bit of sacred aura.

The plate contained some water with a divine aura.

Abbot first scooped up a ladle of water and poured it into a silver plate, and then poured all the water in the bucket into the holy pool.

Then he and Roy walked out again, and the two continued to fetch water.

The two of them drew twelve buckets of well water in succession before filling most of the holy pool.

Abt picked up the spoon beside the holy pool, gently took a spoonful of water, turned his wrist, and poured the clear well water back into the holy pool.

He sighed softly and said in a nostalgic tone:

"When I first came to the temple, I just had to pour well water into the holy pool and wait one night for the well water in the holy pool to turn into holy water... At that time, many elves in the lower city area would go to the temple to pray. When leaving, everyone will take away a bottle of holy water.”

Then there was some uncertainty in his eyes, and he said with a hint of worry:

"Later on, we gradually stopped feeling the goddess's holy brilliance, and the role of the holy pool gradually disappeared. The holy pool can no longer turn well water into holy water. Fortunately, we still have the Holy Grail..."

"Actually, the Holy Grail is just a copper vessel with a layer of gold plating on the surface. Apart from having some sacred aura, it really has nothing special about it."

"In the past few months, before every gathering, we have soaked the Holy Grail in the holy pool, and there will be a whole pool of holy water on the day of the gathering."

"Priest Reed said that it was because the Holy Grail had been enshrined in front of the Holy Pool for too long. The Holy Grail contains a large amount of the power of Holy Light. This Holy Grail can also release the power of Holy Light and assimilate the water in the Holy Pool."

Roy opened his mouth wide. He didn't expect that the Holy Grail was actually used for this in the temple.

"But no one expected that someone would actually steal this Holy Grail, which doesn't seem to be very valuable. So now, before every gathering, a priest is required to inject the power of holy light into the holy pool. Last week, it was An. Priest Disen poured holy light into the holy pool, which caused the holy light in his body to be completely exhausted..." Abt whispered to Roy.

"This week it is High Priest Reed's turn, so every ounce of Holy Light power accumulated in his body is very precious..."

"Then how long has it been since you felt the goddess's holy glory?" Roy asked in the same low voice.

"I can't feel a trace of the Holy Glory. It's been about six months, but in fact the goddess's Holy Brilliance declined about a year ago."

Abt thought carefully and then responded.

Then the two heard the door of the main hall being pushed open. Abt immediately pushed Roy's shoulder and said, "Priest Reed should be here, let's go..."

The two quickly walked to the relief statue of the Statue of Liberty in the main hall, and followed High Priest Reed to kneel in front of the statue to pray.

Roy could only recite the first half of the first page of the sacred prayer book, so he kept chanting it in a low voice over and over again.

However, the temple always seemed dark and lifeless...

After a whole afternoon of praying, nothing came of it, which made Roy realize that for now, praying seemed to be of no use.

Afterwards, Roy learned magic skills in the study room for a while. After learning the two magic skills of low light illumination and power blessing, Roy began to learn secondary healing skills. In his opinion, this magic skill is the most suitable for home use. A must-have magic spell for travel, with high practicality.

Throughout the afternoon, except for Jasper who was lying on the bed to recuperate in the temple, Priest Anderson kept himself locked in the room and prayed silently alone.

And Priest Theodore left the temple early in the morning, saying that he was going to the upper town of Castletown to preach the goddess's teachings to the elven nobles...

There was no gatekeeper for such a large temple, so Abt could only continue to guard the gate.

In fact, Roy couldn't understand the fact that the temple did not hire a janitor. Although it was difficult to maintain the normal operation of the temple, hiring a janitor did not cost much. Roy felt that there was no need for High Priest Reed to save money. This money.

After waving goodbye to Abbot, Roy walked home along Brown Street...

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"Back! Roy, why did you come back so late yesterday?"

Moira poked her head out from the terrace next door and said hello to Roy who had just walked into the yard.

Roy stopped, stood in the yard, raised his head and responded to Moira, who had a pure face:

"Something happened on the pier yesterday. I was also on the pier at the time. By the time it was over, it was almost midnight..."

Obviously, Roy's response brought a subtle smile to her face, and she couldn't help but pursed her lips before saying:

"I know, Gillian was still telling us this morning that a slave ship was detained at the dock last night. The captain led a group of crew members to resist, and were completely defeated by the garrison over Walnut Grove..."

Roy glanced at Moira Lake's big blue eyes and said, "That's about it."

Then he walked into the house, changed his clothes, soaked the clothes he was wearing in a basin, and then walked onto the terrace with the basin...

Moira was sitting on the fence of her terrace, with her little legs hanging outside the terrace.

"Roy, have you seen those Naga Sea Tribes?"

Roy paused and thought for a moment before replying frankly: "I saw it."

Moira couldn't help the curiosity in her heart and asked: "Are they beautiful?"

"The male is extremely ugly, but very strong. The female Naga is very good-looking, but has a fish-tailed body and some hard scales on her body. That's it!" Roy shook his hands and said, Take the clothes out of the basin, wring them out, and hang them on the clothesline.

"Oh, it looks pretty good."

Roy then thought of his poor performance in the martial arts training class, and with a slight movement in his heart, he asked Moira:

"By the way, Moira, how are you doing with your basic martial arts training? Have you learned the first set of consecutive movements? Otherwise... let me check!"

How could the naive mixed-blood elf girl have imagined that Roy just wanted to see Moira's demonstration and study seriously...

He agreed very readily:

"Okay, I was just about to ask you what you learned!"