Path of light

Chapter 134 135. The whereabouts of the Holy Grail

"You two are slandering the clergy of the Temple of Liberty for no reason. As the high priest of the Temple of Liberty in Castletown, I will put you on trial!"

As High Priest Reed swung the Hammer of Judgment, the onlookers of the Silver Moon elves let out an exclamation of surprise.

Then High Priest Reed walked up to the two of them and said:

"You two are chasing the clergy of the Temple of Liberty for no reason. As the high priest of the Temple of Liberty in Castletown, I will punish you!"

As a divine pattern composed of holy light appeared in front of High Priest Reed, the holy light and the prayer dissipated at the same time...

Another hammer light fell on the two of them. The two priests of the Temple of the Moon were trying to get up from the ground. When the two hammer lights flashed by, the two people immediately screamed again and fell down on the observation platform.

High Priest Reed looked at the indignant Silver Moon elves around him, unmoved at all, and then said loudly:

"You two are persecuting the clergy of the Temple of Liberty for no reason. As the high priest of the Temple of Liberty in Castletown, I will punish you!"

The two young priests were first beaten until they vomited blood, and then were beaten to the ground by two hammers of holy light. The third hammer light appeared smaller and more delicate. They were extremely light, but they were in the two Moon Temples. The priest circled around and finally struck him hard on the head.

The Silver Moon elves who were watching all around subconsciously shrank their heads, but the two young priests of the Moon Temple simply lay straight on the stone floor and fainted.

High Priest Reed put the 'Holy Prayer' in his hand into his magic pocket, bent down and grabbed the collar of a Moon Temple priest, then turned his head to look at the stunned Roy next to him, and ordered: "You What are you doing standing there, why don't you come over to help!"

"Oh, here it comes!"

Roy quickly ran up, grabbed the arms of another Moon Temple priest, and followed High Priest Reed's method, dragging him to the front of a carriage.

High Priest Reed and Roy worked together to lift the two Moon Temple priests onto the carriage, and then the mixed-blood elf, who had been wearing a sun hat, drove the carriage quickly away from the Cliff Avenue and headed towards the Temple of Liberty.

"His Majesty Mitchell signed a contract between the two temples with the Great Sage of the Moon Temple. Since the priests of the Moon Temple took the initiative to take action against us, we have the right to do this anyway."

"Although the Moon Temple is the largest religion in the Elf Continent, now we, the Temple of Liberty, are preparing to evacuate the Elf Continent across the board. The top brass of the Moon Temple prefer that we can leave quietly. Roy, do you know what they are most worried about us doing before we leave? ?”

Roy had never thought about this, because he had never even considered following the Holy War Legion of the Temple of Liberty to leave the Elf Continent and enter the dark land.

Thinking about it now, I said anxiously:

"Are they worried that we will demolish all the temples and turn them into ruins before we leave?"

High Priest Reed shook his head slightly, indicating that it was not the case.

Roy thought about it seriously again and tentatively said:

"Are they worried that we will take away a large number of believers? The population of the elf world is not large to begin with..."

High Priest Reed continued to shake his head, and then did not let Roy guess anymore, but said directly:

"They are worried that we will bury countless fires of holy light in this elven continent. Even if we leave, five hundred years later, or even a thousand years... one day the holy light will shine on this continent again. At that time These fires containing the power of faith will ignite the entire Elf Continent.”

"They now wish we could leave happily, why would they come to trouble us at this time..."

When High Priest Reed said this, for Roy, it meant that it was only a matter of time before the Temple of Liberty evacuated from Castletown.

"Teacher, fortunately you arrived in time..."

Roy was sitting in the carriage with two Moon Temple priests stepping on his feet.

When High Priest Reed heard what Roy said, he immediately laughed and said:

"Haha, let me tell you another truth. In fact, there are not so many coincidences in this world. The so-called coincidence... it is better to say that people who are thoughtful have made some preparations in advance."

"Teacher, are you saying that you have also made some preparations?" Roy asked High Priest Reed.

High Priest Reed nodded, and then said:

"I know you only have half a day of classes at the Elf Academy. This morning, the guard team on Edward Street in the lower city asked me to preside over the funeral ceremony. After the ceremony, I wanted to take advantage of this convenience..." High Priest Reed pointed. Pointing to the carriage, he continued: "I came to the Elf Academy and returned to the temple with you. When I arrived at the temple, I happened to see you boarding a carriage, so I had no choice but to ask the carriage driver to follow you all the way."

Roy thought that he had run to Thumper's Leather Shop in Heroes' Square at noon, but he had not noticed the High Priest Reed who had been following him all the way.

"teacher……"

Roy was inevitably a little moved.

But High Priest Reed shook his head and said to Roy: "You have to study hard and improve your strength as soon as possible so that you can have the power to protect yourself."

Then, probably because he was worried that Roy would be depressed, he encouraged him:

"Actually, you've done a pretty good job. At least you used the 'blessing of strength' very spiritually..."

The two talked almost all the way.

…

It wasn't until the carriage stopped at the gate of the Temple of Liberty that High Priest Reed stopped encouraging Roy.

Two young priests of the Temple of the Moon were brought back to the Temple of Liberty by High Priest Reed.

It was already afternoon. The two young priests woke up when they were in the carriage, but their bodies felt as if they had been knocked apart by a hammer, so they simply lay down in the carriage and pretended to be dead.

After the carriage stopped, the two young priests were driven out of the carriage by High Priest Reed.

High Priest Reed pointed to a clean step in the vestibule and asked the two of them to kneel in front of the Statue of Liberty by the pool in the yard.

(The levels of the Temple of Liberty are roughly arranged as follows: trainee priest [not counting level] - priest [normal 1-9] - great priest [1st turn 10-19] - combat priest/priest [2nd turn 20-2] - Bright Templar/Bishop [Third turn 30-39].)

(The levels of the Moon Temple are: trainee priest [not counting level] - priest [1-9] - high priest [10-19] - elder [20-29] - sage [30-39].)

So the priests in the Temple of the Moon are actually just ordinary priests in the Temple of Liberty.

Jasper and Abt did not expect that High Priest Reed had been out for a long time and actually brought back two priests from the Temple of the Moon and made them kneel in the courtyard...

After hearing that Roy said that he had been chased everywhere in the city by the two priests of the Moon Temple in the past two days, he gave up the idea of ​​interceding. However, the two of them still gave these two Moon Temple priests every once in a while. The priest gave them a cup of cold water to prevent them from getting sunstroke in the sun.

Roy spent the entire afternoon sitting in his study studying magic.

Everyone waited for a whole afternoon, but no one came from the Moon Temple looking for anyone from the Goddess Temple.

The two young priests were more unlucky. Under the vicious sun, the cooked prawns on their faces and necks turned red, obviously their skin was sunburned.

Fortunately, they still had water to drink until the sun set, and the two Moon Temple priests were already sitting on the ground feebly, closing their eyes in silence.

Roy was not in a hurry to go home. Everyone was waiting for the Moon Temple to come and take the two priests away...

It wasn't until a crescent moon appeared on the sea, and the heat of the day gradually dissipated under the sea breeze, that three carriages bearing the emblem of the Temple of the Moon slowly stopped at the gate of the Temple of Liberty, and a group of moonlights jumped out of the carriages. Temple priests, they lined up in two rows at the entrance to the Temple of Liberty.

The door of the Temple of Liberty was pushed open by Jasper, and three priests came out of the crowd, one of whom was Priest Thorndike.

Priest Thorndike walked among the three of them, with a gloomy face and cold eyes. When he walked into the front yard, he saw the two young priests slumped in front of the Statue of Liberty. Although they were listless and their faces were covered with sunburn, Although injured, Priest Thorndike still strode up and kicked the two young priests hard on the shoulders.

With just two kicks, the two young priests were knocked to the ground.

It was probably the three carriages at the entrance of the Temple of Liberty that attracted many passing mixed-blood elves. Everyone stood honestly outside the courtyard of the temple and peered inside through the iron fence.

High Priest Reed heard Jasper's announcement and walked out of the main hall.

He stood on the steps at the entrance of the main temple, looking across the pool at the three Moon Temple priests in the courtyard.

"I am the priest of the Moon Temple - Thorndike, Reed, you detained our priest of the Moon Temple for no reason. Do you want to provoke a war between the two temples?"

High Priest Reed took a few steps towards the bottom of the steps and accused Priest Thorndike:

"Thorndike, I have heard your name. When you said 'the war between the two temples' from your mouth, your tone is really not small. Let me remind you... you can't talk about this kind of thing. Could it be that the Moon Temple Elder Sherwood hasn’t reminded you recently to avoid any friction with the Temple of Liberty during this period?”

"It's not our fault in this matter, it's you two young priests who have been causing trouble for our trainee priests in the Temple of Liberty one after another."

"Speaking of which... I would like to ask you in turn, when you arrested Roy on the street, what mistake did he make?"

"...Or is it because he has been tracing the whereabouts of the Holy Grail of Wisdom and caught your short legs?"

"If I want to write a letter to the Golfito headquarters, just say that it is your priests from the Temple of the Moon who are blocking this..."

Priest Thorndike did not dare to openly talk about these secret matters with High Priest Reed in the courtyard. This was expressly prohibited by Elder Sherwood. Thinking of the requirements of Elder Sherwood of the Moon Temple, the sweat on Priest Thorndike's forehead dropped. popped up again.

"That's enough, Reed, what do you want?" Priest Thorndike's voice was dry and hysterical.

"Return the Holy Grail of Wisdom that you took away, and you can take away these two priests." High Priest Reed pointed at the two young priests sitting in the yard and said coldly.

Priest Thorndike reminded High Priest Reed: "They are the priests of the Moon Temple!"

High Priest Reed said: "Based on the level of the Temple of Liberty, they can only be called priests."