Path of light

Chapter 189 190. Mermaid has no tears

The raindrops falling from the sky crackled against the glass window of the captain's cabin. The rainwater flowed down the glass and left water marks on the glass.

Tiffany leaned against the window of the captain's cabin. She sat on a bench and laid her huge fish tail flat on the chair.

Through the blurred glass window, Roy could be seen walking in the rain against the wind. He was hunched over and walking very hard.

On the west coast of Castletown Port, waves rolled in, and waves washed up on the beach, like countless brave and fearless warriors, setting off countless white waves on the sea rocks.

There is also half a bucket of fresh mackerel in the tin bucket at the door...

Roy brought the fish over and left in a hurry without sitting in the cabin for a while.

Tiffany withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the rough sea. She sighed softly. In order to run out to find Jasper this time, she almost completely broke with the family. In the letter before leaving, she vowed It is written that she is going to find love and freedom.

Tiffany didn't even finish all the magic courses. She just learned transformation and some elementary ice magic, and then said goodbye to her teacher.

She gave up everything her family had given her, and also gave up the engagement that her family had made for her, but now Tiffany can only live in this big ship that cannot sail on the sea, like a wanderer with no fixed abode...

Jasper died, and she found that everything she had done was meaningless.

Tiffany blinked, but the mermaid had no tears.

Her eyes fell on the ship, looking at the steering wheel in the captain's cabin, looking at the masts on the deck outside the window, looking at the sails tied to the crossbars and countless ropes and hanging nets. Compared with Naga The warships of the Sea Clan, this kind of large sailing ship is really backward.

In the empty captain's cabin, apart from the steering wheel, there was not even the most basic navigation chart.

A rope was connected to the bronze bell on the top of the main mast. Tiffany stretched out her hand and pulled the rope, and the bronze bell on the main mast rang.

Fortunately, the weather outside was bad, with wind and rain, so even if the bell rang, the sound would not be carried very far.

Tiffany is casually wandering around the boat alone.

Pushing open the door of the paddle room, Tiffany walked into this long and narrow room and saw that the outer windows were sealed with pieces of wood, and huge paddles were hung on the ceiling in the corners of the room.

Opening a wooden board that closed the window, a strong sea breeze blew in with raindrops.

Sticking to the window, Tiffany faced the storm, stuck her head out of the window, and looked at the turbulent sea...

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As November enters, the weather in Castleton Harbor gradually turns cooler.

Tiffany has been investigating for many days, but unfortunately she still has no clue...

It has to be said that elves are quite exclusive, and they will not reveal information to strangers casually.

The investigation conducted by the guards' elf patrol has not made any progress either.

Abt could not be found, and Tiffany had no intention of leaving. She took up residence on the Black Pearl.

Under Tiffany's arrangement, the Black Pearl finally had some flavor of life. Roy brought Tiffany a basket of lemons and squeezed the lemon juice on the open oysters. The taste made life all year round. The Naga Sea people in the sea find it too delicious.

Although the war between the elves and the Naga races has ended for many years, there is not only no contact between the two races, but also no trade.

Therefore, the Naga Sea people live on the seabed all year round and rarely eat fruits. Some fruits are high-end foods that only the Naga royal family can afford.

Lemon is a fruit that is only used to make fruit tea in Castleton City.

Although the Silver Moon elves eat fish, they never eat shelled creatures in the sea, so no elves have ever squeezed lemon juice on the oysters. The lemons brought by Roy can be regarded as a new dish on Tiffany's menu. .

Tiffany has been going to the library in Castletown frequently this past week.

At the beginning, she went to the library just to investigate news about Abt, but after a few days of investigation in the library, she found that Abt had not appeared again since that night, and the clues here were cut off. Lost……

But she figured out the library's borrowing procedures, so Tiffany began to patiently learn Elvish on the Black Pearl, and also read some books on Silver Moon Elf literature and history.

She would bring the borrowed books back to the Black Pearl, and then sit quietly on the edge of the ship alone for the whole day...

Since Tiffany settled on the Black Pearl, Roy rarely goes to the Black Pearl. He usually goes to see Tiffany on Saturday evenings and occasionally brings her some daily necessities.

Recently, Roy's life has become calmer and more regular.

The nightly martial arts sparring between him and Moira was also changed from the terrace to the backyard lawn. Occasionally, Moira would team up with Roy to fight against Sabrina.

I have to say, Sabrina's two-handed sword is quite powerful.

Even if Roy or Moira join forces, they can only stand in front of Sabrina for a quarter of an hour. Often either Moira is too aggressive or Roy can't stop Sabrina's epee attack.

It took Roy three weeks to finally learn to draw the divine pattern of the 'Hammer of Judgment'.

High Priest Reed said that Roy was the most talented among the trainee priests he had ever seen.

It is a pity that the world is not good, the sacred glory of the Statue of Liberty has disappeared, and the priests have lost their way to promotion.

High Priest Reed asked Roy to learn these low-level magical arts just to give him some power to protect himself.

Roy does not plan to enter the dark place, which means that he will officially leave the Temple of Liberty during the temple's third expedition...

In fact, Roy is just a trainee priest and has not officially registered with the Temple of Liberty. He is more like a temporary worker who knows a little magic in the Temple of Liberty.

Therefore, Roy did not need to perform complicated rituals when leaving the temple.

'Hammer of Judgment' has a very long prayer. Roy now comes to the Temple of Liberty every day and practices this prayer almost all the time.

Even with the personal supervision of High Priest Reed, this part of the practice is still progressing slowly.

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November is the graduation season for some students in Elf Academy.

This semester will officially end in two weeks.

Most students, including Roy, are about to face the most troublesome final exam in the college.

The Elf Academy has a rigorous academic style and the entrance threshold is very low. As long as they are willing to pay the tuition, the academy does not even care whether the students are Silver Moon elves...

Throughout the semester's study process, some courses were easier, while others were more difficult, and I didn't even dare to ask for leave.

Teachers have different requirements for students...

However, during the final exam period, whether it is the teacher who is usually demanding or the teacher who is usually lax, they will become unselfish during the final exam. Those students who usually do not study well will not pass the exam once , in the next new year, I will continue to take this course again until I pass the exam or give up.

Roy has been busy dealing with exams in three courses recently. He is the kind of person who usually has fewer courses and is relatively relaxed.

However, the Elf Continent’s geography class exams are notoriously difficult, with the passing rate never higher than 60% every year. The final exam questions given by Teacher Harper are also notoriously difficult.

In comparison, Princess Ophelia's modern elf history exam was relatively easy, otherwise there wouldn't be so many elves lining up to take her elf modern history exam.

For Roy, the easiest thing was the exam of Instructor Nora's martial arts training class.

Martial arts relies on daily training and accumulation. This semester, Roy first met the slave traders of the Kumquat, and later met Captain Ralph of the Sea Wolf. He also had a bumpy experience in the outdoor practical class.

So this semester, what he studied the hardest was martial arts.

Just like an obstacle course at the beginning of school, instructor Nora did not give any prior notice before preparing for the test near the end of the semester...

Instructor Nora completely separates the physical fitness test and the martial arts test.

For a warrior, strength, agility, and stamina are the three basic attributes. If he fails to meet the standards, Instructor Nora will never pass the elementary martial arts training class.

When Roy and Claire arrived at the training ground in the morning, they saw some elf students who had arrived earlier and were lining up. Many of the elf students had sad faces.

In contrast, the expressions of the mixed-blood elves were relatively relaxed.

Silver Moon Elves are naturally weak in strength, and they are better at using martial arts, so this basic test is what Silver Moon Elf students fear the most.

Seeing those items on the training ground, Claire was also a little dumbfounded.

The first item is to split wood. A log as thick as a bucket must be split into two halves. It should not take more than three minutes.

Instructor Nora used a precise hourglass timer and prepared the hardest oak wood.

The elves at the front will choose drier logs when choosing wood sections. Of course, the ones at the back have no choice...

The second event is also a timed obstacle course. You can see that the elves waiting at the starting point of the obstacle course have more relaxed expressions.

The third test is endurance. Instructor Nora asked the students to hold their feet and hands on a log pillar without any points of strength for a quarter of an hour.

The third test does not mean that those with stronger strength will have an advantage. Not only do you need stronger hands and feet, but you also need to weigh less...

The latter two items were probably not difficult for Claire. He just glanced over there and stopped looking.

The two came to Instructor Nora who was recording the results. Instructor Nora marked the two names, then pointed to the strength test and said to them:

"You two go over there and line up first!"

Claire grimaced and ran to the pile of logs, intending to find himself a piece of wood that was as thin as possible and that looked drier. In addition, he ran to the weapon rack where the logging ax was placed, intending to choose one first. Take the ax you have and sharpen the blade.

Although Roy doesn't chop wood much, he occasionally uses some firewood when frying fish at home.

Therefore, he still has some experience in chopping wood. In addition, he has been using wooden sticks and shields in recent sparring. He thinks that he must be qualified in terms of strength.

In order to help Claire find some tips on cutting wood, Roy moved in front of Claire.

Although Roy was a little nervous about the first test, seeing the sawdust flying in the test field made him more excited.

Claire followed Roy, feeling a little uneasy, and whispered to Roy:

"Roy, why don't you secretly give me a blessing of strength later..."

Roy turned to look at Claire and whispered to him:

"I feel that if we do this, we will definitely insult Instructor Nola's IQ. We may not need to explain at that time. Our names will definitely be on the retraining list..."

When Claire heard what Roy said, her expression changed and she said nothing more.

The two of them didn't wait too long. Roy picked up a logging ax and first checked the ax blade to see if the sharpness was OK, then stood in front of the test bench.

He did not choose a log. Two young teaching assistants carried a log over. This test was conducted by ten students at the same time. There was a log in front of each student, and everyone stood holding the logging ax tightly with both hands. In front of the log.

Instructor Nora held an hourglass in her hand. Following her order, the ten elf students began to chop this piece of wood with all their strength.

Roy found that cutting this piece of wood was actually quite skillful.

It must be cut straight down first, then slightly tilted to the left, cut down, and then slightly tilted to the right. By cutting the log over and over again in this way, a huge gap will be cut out in a short time.

When the gap was about to reach halfway, Roy ran decisively in front of the log and actually turned the log over in full view of everyone.

In this way, chopping the log becomes much easier.

Claire watched from the team behind and saw that Roy easily cut off the log in just two minutes and successfully passed the strength test. She waved to Roy happily.

Roy walked from the testing table to Claire and whispered a few tips on wood chopping to him.

Claire's confidence suddenly increased and she walked to the test bench with a confident face. When his group started chopping wood, the confidence on Claire's face suddenly disappeared.

The seemingly ordinary task of chopping wood was not so easy in his hands. The ax hit a piece of wood, and the ax blade was caught in the log...

Not only did Claire's hands become numb from the shock, Claire also spent a lot of effort on her hands and feet to pull out the axe.

The next step was a little smoother. Claire felt that she had performed exceptionally well. She didn't waste any time and used her full strength from the beginning.

Even so, Claire only cut off the log at the moment when the hourglass just leaked out.

After barely passing the first test, Claire was literally broken into a cold sweat when she saw the hourglass leaking light.

Afterwards, Roy and Claire were preparing to take the obstacle course test. Instructor Nora was still in front of the team doing the strength test, registering the students one by one...

"You! Open your mouth."

Instructor Nora shouted coldly at the Silver Moon Elf student in front of him.

The thin elf student trembled with fright and quickly opened his mouth.

Instructor Nora didn't even look at it, but said with a cold face: "Come back next year!"

The elf student still wanted to defend himself and said with an aggrieved look: "Instructor, I..."

Instructor Nora didn't give him a chance to speak at all. He turned around and motioned for the next student to come up and said:

"You have the smell of the Lion King's Power potion in your mouth. Do you think I can't smell it?"

The Silver Moon Elf's face turned gray, and then he left with a look of shame on his face.

Roy felt that Instructor Nora couldn't smell the Lion's Power potion. She must have some other method to discover that the elf student was taking the Lion's Power potion.

I have a stone problem, I am really a Buddha, let me be lazy for another day