Path of light

Chapter 103 104. Magic Crystal

Until this moment, a layer of cold sweat broke out on Roy's back.

He had always believed that the ghost of Count Amelia would be affected by the alternation of day and night, that is, it would fall asleep during the day and come out to move around the castle at night.

At the same time, he felt that Count Amelia's activity area was roughly around the bread tree, and it was absolutely impossible for him to leave Castle Ellington.

Looking at it now, it seems that Count Amelia can also appear in the shade of trees during the day. In addition, she does not seem to be so afraid of the sun, and her activity area is definitely not limited to Ellington Castle.

Seeing Count Amelia waving to him, Roy suddenly fell into a daze...

Claire stopped and looked back in confusion, only to find that there was nothing behind her except a big old tree.

"Roy, what are you looking at?" Claire asked curiously.

Only then did Roy wake up from his stupor. By this time, Count Amelia's face on the tree trunk had long disappeared. Roy shook his head and muttered:

"Oh, it's nothing, let's go!"

Seeing that Castle Ellington in the distance seems to be hidden in the lush mountain forest, this path is very quiet, and there are no other elf students within dozens of meters in front and behind...

Claire turned around, put one hand on Roy's shoulder, and said to him very seriously:

"Roy, although I have warned you before, whether you are willing to listen or not, I still want to remind you not to chase Edith Ellington. That guy is simply a perfectionist with a mysophobia. It's okay to make her the captain, but if you want to chase her, you're like a moth dancing on a flame. The flame only needs to jump once, and you will turn into a flying fire, and in the end you won't even be left with ashes..."

Roy thought of Count Amelia in the castle, and felt that the Ellington family's elf character seemed a little paranoid...

"I know, really, I have no idea about her!"

Roy said again.

But Claire still looked at him with doubt...

…

The avenue where the two left Castle Ellington.

According to the sign-in location closest to the castle noted on the map, after identifying the direction, we plunged into the hot and dense jungle of Malaga.

There are almost no roads in the Margalla jungle. The trees here grow twenty to thirty meters high, and almost all trees have dense leaves only at the top.

In addition to some thorny vines, the forest is also covered with thorny buds and some unusual herbs.

In the rainy season, the ground in the jungle is very muddy.

Occasionally you will encounter a puddle of water in the forest. If you squat down now, you will find that there are some small light red insects tumbling up and down in the puddle.

The air in the jungle is hot, humid and airtight.

Most of the plants have zigzag-shaped leaves and are full of thorny vines. Occasionally, if the vines are too dense, you have to go around them. Otherwise, you have to take a hatchet and cut off the tree vines in front of you.

Due to the dense vegetation all around, the scenery in the distance cannot be seen.

The two of them walked forward in the dense forest until they came to a cliff with a drop of about 20 meters. They could only walk along the cliff for a while.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Roy and Claire discussed it and found a sheltered place to camp under the cliff.

Fortunately, before going out, Ms. Belinda asked Roy to bring some mosquito repellent ointment, so that the mosquitoes flying everywhere did not bite them both...

Moreover, Claire also cut some wormwood and put it on the bonfire. Suddenly, a pungent smoke came out of the bonfire, and the large amount of smoke drove away the flying insects wandering around.

Claire rarely saw bonfires.

Therefore, he was very curious about this small fire.

He hugged his knees and sat in front of the bonfire, staring at the flames without blinking, adding one or two branches to the bonfire from time to time.

Roy ate some breadfruit and drank some water, then pitched the tent under the cliff. He said to Claire:

"According to the survival laws of the jungle, we need someone to watch the night. You stay on watch for the first half of the night, and I will go to sleep for a while. When midnight, you wake me up again, and you go to sleep."

Claire's eyes lit up and she responded:

"Okay, then I'll get some branches and some wormwood. There are simply too many mosquitoes here."

Roy ignored Claire, who was still fresh about everything. After getting into the tent, he barely slept last night. He was busy all day during the day, and his head had already become a little groggy. It didn't take long. Then he fell asleep.

…

"Roy, Roy...it's your turn to watch the bonfire."

Claire knocked on Roy's tent and called to him outside.

Roy opened his eyes drowsily and found that he was still sleeping in a tent. The tent was somewhat airtight. He was sweating all over and his whole body became sticky...

Roy crawled out of the tent. Claire handed him a hatchet and quickly yawned and got into his tent.

The bonfire between the two tents was still burning, and Roy saw some branches piled next to it, which seemed to have been prepared by Claire.

In addition to the rustling of leaves in the jungle, there is also the continuous sound of insects...

Roy was sitting by the bonfire, only to find that Claire's drawing book was still lying aside. It seemed that he had not been idle just now.

There was a ball of paper next to the bonfire, and Roy picked it up. There were random curved lines and symbols drawn on it. It was obviously not a painting, but more like a piece of music with only a short section of it.

Roy helped him throw the paper ball into the fire...

Then Roy took out the magic crystal given by Count Amelia from his pocket.

The first time Roy saw a magic crystal was in a tavern on Brown Street. There was a huge conch on the bar of the tavern, with a piece of magic crystal inside. At that time, the magic crystal was playing a cheerful piece of music.

Looking at the magic crystal in my hand, there are six facets around the crystal and sharp points at both ends. It fits just right in the palm of my hand...

Roy was thinking about how to open this magic crystal so that it could sing automatically.

If the light from the campfire is not bright enough, there will be lots of shadows in the covered areas.

Roy planned to use the 'Glimmer Illumination Technique' to summon a ball of sacred light, and then study the magic crystal carefully.

But just when he was about to gather the power of the Holy Light to draw the divine pattern, a trace of the power of the Holy Light overflowed from his palm and flowed into the magic crystal, and the magic crystal actually lit up.

Roy didn't expect that to activate the magic crystal, he only needed to input a trace of the power of holy light into the crystal.

When this trace of holy light power began to flow in the pattern of the magic crystal, the magic crystal was no longer clear and transparent, and a hazy mist appeared inside. As the power of holy light filled the crystal, the mist began to slowly dissipate. After the mist dissipated, a Silver Moon Elf actually appeared in the magic crystal.

The Silver Moon Elf held a long sword in one hand and danced inside the magic crystal.

It's a pity that it's a male elf warrior carrying a long sword dancing in the magic crystal. Every posture and every breath is revealed in the crystal...

Roy thought of the night of the Battle of the Harbor. Captain Simpson of the Princess Ophelia Guards danced a Silver Moon Elf war dance on the ship, which enhanced the combat power of all the Elf guards. It seemed that what was shown in the magic crystal This is the war dance of the elves.

Each dance only lasts less than a minute, but the movements are very complicated, and they also involve the use of breath and magic...

At the end of each war dance, the name of the war dance will be displayed in the magic crystal, which are: Dance of Glory, Dance of Mystery, and Dance of Morale.

Roy didn't expect that the magic crystal given to him by Count Amelia contained detailed explanations of the three war dances.

What bothered Roy the most was those movements. It was simply impossible for him to perform those movements. If he wanted to make him perform such movements, it would be better to break off his hands and feet and put them back together again, and maybe he could complete them.

Looking at the magic crystal in his hand, Roy suddenly fell into an extremely entangled state.

…

At Castle Ellington at night, Edith changed into a set of loose pajamas in the tent before lying down in the sleeping bag.

There was also Edith's classmate and best friend Phyllis in the tent. She was also wearing a similar style of pajamas and sitting on a fur mat. She was holding a glass of tree of life sap in her hands and drank it in small sips. She turned her head. He glanced at Edith and saw that she was playing with the magic crystal in her hand, and then asked:

"Even if that half-elf knows Princess Ophelia, it's not worth your effort!"

"Yeah!" Edith responded absently, her eyes moving along with the patterns on the magic crystal.

"Edith, are you falling in love with him?" Miss Phyllis asked worriedly.

Edith put the magic crystal in her hand next to her, glared at her best friend Miss Phyllis, and said to her: "What are you thinking about! All I want in this life is to follow Princess Ophelia and become her follower. Or, maybe this way we can have a chance to regain the former glory of the Ellington family!"

When she said these words, Edith's eyes became extremely determined.

Miss Phyllis gently combed her long golden hair, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile:

"I thought something would happen between you and Roy... In fact, Roy is quite good, handsome and sunny. And after you get tired of looking at the Silver Moon Elves, you will find that humans may be more attractive!"

Edith glared at her best friend, picked up the magic crystal at hand again, and said:

"If you want to meet him after the rain, I might be able to help..."

Edith saw that there seemed to be nothing wrong with this high-grade magic crystal, so she injected a trace of magic power into the crystal. The delicate patterns on the magic crystal suddenly lit up layer by layer. Just when Edith felt that the patterns were somewhat familiar...

A burst of melodious singing reached Edith's ears.

The song was clear and beautiful, but at this moment Edith opened her eyes suddenly, a trace of confusion flashed in her sharp eyes. She suddenly opened the curtain of the tent, got out of the tent barefoot, and headed towards Ellington with all her strength. She ran towards the gate of the castle, her thin pajamas covering her body like a cloud.

At midnight, there were many elves camping near the castle.

Some elves who had not yet fallen asleep happened to see a blurry figure like a white mist, running out of the building in the corner of the castle. Her steps were as nimble and brisk as a deer in the forest, and she did not stop until she rushed to the gate of the castle.

Standing barefoot on the ruins of the statue, looking towards the dark jungle outside the castle... But Roy's shadow could not be found anywhere.

Edith looked away with some disappointment, and then she felt the cool breeze in the night, which made her whole body feel cold. She couldn't help but tug on her thin nightgown...

Fortunately, her best friend Phyllis brought a cloak in time to avoid Edith's embarrassment.