Path of light

Chapter 188 189. Storm

Claire stopped and turned to look at Roy, waiting for him to continue.

Roy stared at the copper-covered textbook held in the hands of the Silver Moon Elf girl and said with straight eyes:

"I want to buy a magic book. There are several magical spells engraved on the pages of the book. The copper pattern cover must be thicker. It is not only a book of sacred prayers, but can also be used as a shield."

"..."

Claire followed Roy's gaze and saw the two elf girls in front of her quickly disappearing behind the bush wall...

He looked back and said to Roy:

"Roy, do you know how much a magic book that can record magic skills is worth? The more magic skills are recorded on the pages of the book, the higher the skill level, the more expensive the magic book is. I remember that one magic book can record four primary levels at the same time. A magical magic book requires at least two hundred magic crystals."

Roy was shocked: "So expensive?"

Claire put her arm around Roy's shoulders and explained to him:

"Of course, there are many magic skins that can be engraved with magic patterns. The most common one is the low-level magic skin that makes magic scrolls. But this kind of magic skin can only be used once. Once the magic on the scroll is activated, the entire magic scroll will be destroyed. It is destroyed. But the magic skin that can be used to make magic books needs to be able to withstand the power of the magic engraved on it so that it will not be burned when the spell is cast. This kind of magic skin needs to be from at least a level 4 monster or above."

There are only thirty magic crystals left in Roy's magic pocket. According to Claire, these magic crystals in his hand probably can't even buy a page of a magic book.

"Okay, I'd better go to the forge workshop first and see if there is a shield suitable for me."

Claire smiled proudly and said:

"If you have this time, you might as well listen to my performance of 'Bernis'. I found that after changing the music score to playing it with the violin, the melody became more contagious..."

"Hey, hey! Roy, don't walk so fast..."

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After the two classes in the morning, Roy quickly left the Elf Academy. He wanted to go to the Magic Guild to meet Magician Scarlet and see if there were any shields at the right price in the magic shop.

Ordinary shields can be purchased at the blacksmith shop, but shields with magic resistance can only be purchased at the magic shop in the lobby of the Magic Guild on the first floor.

And the price of anything related to magic will increase exponentially.

Roy strode into the inscription workshop and asked an elf waitress at the front desk: "Is Scarlett the Magician here?"

"Yes, please come with me!"

The elf waitress came out from the front desk and showed Roy the way...

Going upstairs, Roy waited for a moment at the door of the magic laboratory when he heard from inside the laboratory:

'Come in! ’

Roy opened the door and walked in.

There was a shoulder armor on the magic test table. Scarlett was doing the final solidification of the magic patterns on the shoulder armor. She raised her head and saw Roy. She raised her slender eyebrows and asked Roy:

"You don't want to buy the magic pattern structure again, do you?"

"No, I came to see you this time because I want to know something from you." Roy said.

Scarlett Magic is sitting on the armchair, and the assistant next to her takes off her gloves...

"What's the matter? Tell me!" Miss Scarlett stared at Roy and asked.

Roy asked Scarlett directly: "Miss Scarlett, are there any fire magicians in the Castletown Magic Guild?"

Miss Scarlett gave Roy a very positive answer:

"certainly!"

Roy stood in front of the test stand and asked Scarlett again:

"Then...how many fire magicians are there in the Castletown Magic Guild?"

Miss Scarlett thought seriously for a moment, then turned to the female assistant beside her and said:

"Although the number of fire magicians is relatively small, there must be at least more than seventy fire magicians officially registered with the Castletown Magic Guild."

"That's right, including those from outside, the number of fire magicians may exceed a hundred..."

The female assistant agreed.

"so much?"

Roy was a little dumbfounded.

He originally planned to...if there weren't too many fire magicians in Castletown, he would investigate them one by one in private.

Now it seems that this idea is unnecessary to even think about, it will not work at all.

Miss Scarlett nodded and said:

"Well, there is a shortage of elves, but many magicians occasionally practice fire magic as well."

Since the magic union couldn't find any clues about the fire magician, Roy had no choice but to leave.

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The heavily armored warriors of the Silver Moon elves are sword dancers, but sword dancers are better at wielding one-handed swords or two-handed swords. There are few sword dancers holding swords and shields on the battlefield...

Most of the elves who like to use shields are rangers. The weapons used by Silver Moon Rangers are very mixed. Every Silver Moon Ranger is good at using combat short bows. When fighting in close combat, many Silver Moon Rangers use short swords and small circles. shield.

Therefore, most of the shields in magic shops are small bucklers or arm guards that are mainly light and sensitive.

The shopkeeper told Roy that if he wanted to buy a heavy shield, he still had to go to the blacksmith shop. The magic shop only had various metal bucklers with exquisite styles.

Roy also saw a row of round shields inlaid with magic gems on the wall of the magic shop. It is said that such a magic gem is worth one hundred magic crystals...

After spending a long time shopping in the magic shop, I finally picked out a small crescent moon shield.

For this, Roy spent five magic crystals.

The owner of the magic shop also specifically emphasized that although this shield is called the Crescent Shield, it is not the famous epic shield. It is just an ordinary magic shield that can block fireballs.

Even so, that was enough for Roy.

…

At the Statue of Liberty Temple, the number of believers coming to attend the rally continues to decrease...

The original choir of forty people had three cantors, but now the number of cantors has been reduced to two, and the choir has only twenty people.

Roy stood in front of the high platform with the Holy Grail of Wisdom, and it took just over an hour to distribute the holy water.

He looked back at the holy pool. Less than a fifth of the holy water in the pool had fallen.

There were not that many believers to receive the holy water, and the remaining holy water was enough for Roy to take a bath.

It is said that regular drinking of this holy water containing the power of holy light will help to condense the power of holy light, so Roy also filled his water bottle with holy water this time.

When it was time to clean up the main hall, Roy was the only one left.

Originally, the work of three people fell on Roy alone, and it took him a long time to finish it.

Recently, Roy has been learning the 'Hammer of Judgment' from High Priest Reed, but this offensive magic, which is suitable for priests to learn, is really a bit difficult...

In the past few days, Roy couldn't even draw a complete divine pattern.

High Priest Reed corrected Roy's mistakes very patiently. Every time he came to the study room recently, he would tell Roy about the various books on each row of bookshelves in the study room. According to High Priest Reed, there are no requirements. Roy has read every book, but he must know what books are in the library...

The second batch of expeditionary force at the headquarters of the Temple of Liberty in the Elf Continent has been prepared. When the third batch of expeditionary force is the last batch, High Priest Reed will also go to Golfito.

As for the Temple of Liberty in Castletown, it will be demolished and the building will become an orphanage in lower Castletown.

High Priest Reed said that there was not much left for Roy. He would take the Holy Grail of Wisdom to the Dark Land, and all the books in the temple would be given to Roy. Roy was going to wait until High Priest Reed left the temple. , and moved the books in the library to the Black Pearl.

…

People who were also thinking about the Black Pearl were Benjamin and Abt who were far away in Shusen Port.

Shusen Port is a small fishing port. There is only a shallow water dock suitable for flying fish boats to dock. There are a lot of mixed elves living near the fishing port.

This is a more pure place where mixed-blood elves live. The only guards and tax collectors on the dock are Silver Moon elves. They usually have almost no sense of presence. The mixed-blood elves living here are squeezed out by the Silver Moon elves.

There are large apple orchards around Shusen Port, and the owners of these orchards are almost all Silver Moon elves. However, few orchard owners will hire mixed-blood elves to work in the orchards. They would rather pay high prices to hire Silver Moon elves...

Therefore, most of the mixed-blood elves in Shusen Port rely on fishing for a living.

Many mixed-blood elves live in poverty. Lifespan here is not directly proportional to wealth. Nor does it mean that the longer you live, the richer you will be. Whether you have money in your pocket has nothing to do with your age.

Benjamin took out a sum of money, and then Abt came forward. It took the two men just two days to recruit thirty-six fishermen at the port who were willing to go to sea.

Benjamin and Abbot only stayed in Shusen Port for three days before leaving Shusen Port with thirty-six mixed-blood elf fishermen and six flying fish boats. The group originally planned to return to Castletown Port overnight, At night, before the tide comes, dig a water channel and try to sail the Black Pearl into the sea during the high tide.

In October, the north wind will blow on the sea most of the time. As long as you raise the sail when the north wind blows, almost any lighter sailboat can glide on the beach. The Black Pearl is a bit bigger. , but if you want to take advantage of the tide to return to the sea, there is still a good chance.

But as soon as the group went out to sea, they encountered a sea storm.

After entering October, such extreme storm weather is rare in the Silver Moon Elf waters, but rarely does not mean there is no such weather.

Benjamin and Abbot caught up just in time, and the six flying fish boats were completely broken up in the storm. Benjamin and Abbot's flying fish boat persisted in the storm for a day and a night, but was eventually overturned by huge waves.

After Benjamin's fishing boat overturned, he fell into the sea and pulled Abbot onto the handle of the magic boat. The two lost their way in the cloudy storm. Benjamin flew for six hours in spite of the storm before he found a place. On the reef island, the two set up a tent on the edge of the woods on the reef island to escape the storm...

In the tent, Benjamin looked at the pouring rain outside with tears in his eyes...

The storm completely obscured the blue sky and sea in front of them, and the two of them didn't even know where they landed.

I can only wait for the storm to stop and make plans.

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On the beach on the west side of Castleton Harbor, the Black Pearl stood motionless in the raging storm. All sails were tied to the rails, all windows were tightly closed, and heavy rain fell on the deck. The collected water flows along the water gathering system on the ship and into the fresh water collection tank behind the hull.

After the water tank is full, the rainwater flows from the overflow port to the outside of the hull.

Tiffany turned into a naga mermaid, sitting alone in front of the bronze statue on the bow of the boat, letting the strong raindrops beat on her body.

It was hard to tell whether it was rain or tears, her face was wet.

She looked at the endless sea covered by the heavy rain, her eyes filled with confusion about the future...

She has been tracking Abbot's whereabouts in the past few days, but this guy seems to have disappeared out of thin air. No matter how hard she tries, she has gained nothing.

She recalled the scene when she secretly left home and left the tribe. The letter she left home at that time was somewhat decisive.

So much so that she now feels regretful and has the idea of ​​going home. Thinking of that letter, Tiffany felt that it would be better to live on the Black Pearl for a while.

In recent times, tracking down Abt has almost become her entire life.

The magnificent three-color fish tail was thrown to the deck. The body of the Naga Mermaid is about three meters long, and the tail below the waist accounts for almost two-thirds.

Probably because they need to swim in the sea, every Naga Mermaid has a relatively slender and toned waist. The vest lines on their waist and abdomen are very clear. Men have steel plate-like muscles with scales on their chest and abdomen, and women have steel plates on their chest and abdomen. It’s the snow-white belly.

The rain made Tiffany's long hair stick tightly to her head. She rested her head on the bronze man's shoulder and was soaked in the rain.

"I know it's hard to fish in the sea when it rains so heavily. You must not have eaten yet..."

Roy carried the small iron bucket and moved to the bow of the ship little by little against the wind and rain that could almost knock people over.

I really don’t know how Tiffany can sit so firmly.

Tiffany heard Roy's voice and turned around, only to see him standing stupidly on the deck with a tin bucket, one hand tightly holding the front mast of the ship, hunched over and shaking. There were a few mackerel in the tin bucket.

Tiffany swung her fish tail, twisted her body and slid to the deck, taking the iron bucket from Roy's hand.

She glanced at him and said to him:

"If you want to bring me something, just bring a few books. If you want to eat fish, I can go to the sea to pick something fresher, fat and thin, and always pick something that suits your eyes. Besides, I just like h Eat some oysters and mussels.”

After saying that, he swung his fish tail and slid into the cabin.

Roy followed cautiously, breathed a sigh of relief after entering the cabin, and said:

"I also like to eat oysters. Seeing that everything is okay with you, I will go back first. I will bring you some books tomorrow."

Tiffany said nothing, watching Roy walk down the cabin, and then said from behind:

"There has been no news about Abbott recently. I think he may have left Castletown Port..."

"I guess I just went out to avoid the limelight. I will come back eventually. I have to be patient and don't be too impatient."

Roy's voice came from below the cabin.

The violent storm roared outside the cabin, and the sound was not very clear:

"When the weather is nice, just walk around. The security in Castletown is still okay..."

I've been a little stuck lately. Don't worry, I'll adjust back soon.