Path of light

Chapter 39 39. Priests in the temple

"Did you meet that Naga killer?"

Jasper was startled, leaning back in his chair and looking at Roy with wide eyes.

"Um!"

He leaned over, stared at the linen bandage on Roy's body and said:

"Let me see your injuries."

Jasper started to panic when he saw the hemostatic cream dried up and some scabs on his back.

There was a trace of embarrassment on his face:

"Roy, um... I have a private mission to go out for purification tonight, so I have to retain some of the power of the Holy Light. You also know that it is difficult to condense the Holy Light when praying now, so... this is not me. Shit, I really need to keep some light."

Jasper patted his forehead and continued:

"Let's call Aibt. This guy has been praying day and night recently. He might gain something."

Roy didn't expect that Jasper actually received a private job. In this case, he had no choice but to go to Abt.

"I saw Abt in the concierge. I'm going to find him now."

Probably because he felt a little sorry for rejecting Roy, Jasper took the initiative and said to Roy, "I'll go with you..."

The two walked out of the study room and stood in the corridor of the dormitory. Roy asked Jasper:

"Jasper, are you going to treat someone tonight?"

After Jasper closed the door, he turned around and walked downstairs with Roy, saying as he walked:

"It is generally difficult to get a job like treatment. Ordinary healing potions in the pharmacy only cost fifty kolers. If the injured one is a Silver Moon Elf, there is no need for it. In addition to receiving life sap from the Moon God, in the Moon Temple, The sacrifices also have healing magic, so they won’t come to us at all.”

Before Roy could ask again, Jasper continued:

"It's to go to the ship to purify the ghosts."

There were several large ships moored at the pier, and Roy knew about them.

Jasper didn't hide anything and regarded Roy as one of his own.

He said to Roy: "There are often sea ships calling the port. When these ships are sailing on the sea, some crew members will die on the ship due to various accidents. There are often souls who cannot cross the River Styx and become wandering ghosts on the ship. , at this time, we priests will use the holy light to purify it."

Roy didn't know how many times he had heard the story about the River Styx and the Ferryman.

It is said that behind the River Styx is a place called the Plain of Despair. The plain is covered with the flower of the underworld - Flower of the Other Side.

All souls who cannot enter the kingdom of God after death must enter here...

Roy was also very curious about those wandering ghosts.

It is said that only souls with great resentment after death, or souls that are not received after death, will stay in this world and become lost souls. These souls will either be purified or wait until the fire of the soul burns out. Dissipated with the wind.

Apparently Jasper's private job is to purify these dead souls.

Roy hesitated for a moment before trying to make a request to Jasper:

"Jasper, can you take me with you tonight?"

Jasper didn't expect Roy to make such a request...

"You want to take a look?"

Roy nodded and said, "Well, I'm a little curious."

Jasper hesitated slightly.

But looking back, since Roy is already a trainee priest in the temple, naturally these things will not be hidden from Roy in the future.

"Well, in fact, when you learn to purify in the future, you can join us. Of course, you can also work alone. As long as you are in Castletown Port, you will not worry about running out of business." Jasper said frankly to Roy.

The two passed by the well and walked into the courtyard in front of the temple.

Priest Andyson who was sitting by the pool was no longer there. Roy looked back at the main hall of the temple. It was also quiet there.

The entire temple is very quiet when there is no gathering. No one is running, no one is making any noise.

Jasper looked at the Statue of Liberty in the center of the pool, and his steps suddenly slowed down. His eyes stayed on the sacred prayer carved in stone in her hand, and asked Roy:

"Roy, what is your dream?"

Roy followed Jasper in slowing down and said casually:

"I want to try my best to understand this world and see if this world is connected to other worlds..."

"Of course there are, actually there are quite a few!"

Jasper gave Roy an answer without hesitation, and then said in a calm voice:

"But... we don't call them other worlds, we usually call them planes. As far as I know, there are at least a thousand large and small planes we have discovered so far, and some planes are extremely Rich, some planes are plagued by constant disasters, and even if we discover some new planes, we usually won’t change their environment easily. The most we can do is transplant the Tree of Life there.”

Roy followed Jasper and couldn't help but ask:

"Jasper, do you know where I can learn about the conditions in these planes?"

Jasper shook his head and patted Roy's shoulder comfortingly:

"Those are things that only high-level elves in the upper class come into contact with. It's not easy for mixed-race elves like you and me to enter that circle, and even if you enter that circle, it's not easy to understand the situation in all the planes. Reality, because the information on every page is very precious, those nobles are not willing to share it with others."

"That's it!"

This is the first time someone has talked to Roy about this. It is very novel for Roy.

Jasper came to the gatehouse at the gate of the temple, where Abbot was still praying seriously.

Knocked on the open door.

Abbot opened his eyes and saw Jasper, with doubts in his eyes:

"Jasper, did those people change their minds and make the appointment not tonight?"

"The agreement over there has not changed." Jasper walked in and said, "Abbott, I need your help with something. Roy was slightly injured in the morning, and you also know my current situation, so I'm afraid I have to ask you to do this this time..."

"Oh, why didn't you just tell me directly, is my 'lesser healing skill' worse than Jasper's?"

Abt did not refuse, but smiled directly at Roy and joked.

Roy stood at the door and explained awkwardly:

"I saw you praying in the concierge just now, so I didn't have the nerve to disturb you..."

Abbott asked Roy to sit in the concierge.

There was no room for three people in the small space, so Jasper had to stand outside.

Abt picked up the prayer book from the side and checked Roy's injuries. While complaining to him:

"Hey, it's been getting harder and harder to condense the holy light recently. No matter how much you pray, it has no effect. Roy, how on earth did you manage to advance under such circumstances..."

Roy felt that even if he told the truth again, neither of them would believe it.

Even if someone does believe it, they will probably regard themselves as alien...

Whether they are humans or elves, everyone always likes to find those who have something in common as friends, and is used to rejecting dissenters.

Roy said vaguely:

"I just felt that the particles of holy light around me were constantly integrating into my body, and then I advanced unknowingly."

Abt slapped the table hard and said loudly:

"It's exactly as I guessed. It was entirely because the power of the Holy Light was naturally integrated into Roy's body that he was promoted. This situation can only occur with low-level trainee priests. If the two of us want to rely on this to advance, It is estimated that it will take decades..."

Jasper was also a little dumbfounded: "It can't be so exaggerated."

"Why not!" Abt said again with despair: "Originally, I thought that some of the goddess's holy light might have slipped through the net and shined into the Elf Continent, but I didn't expect that everything was just my imagination."

Seeing Abbot's low mood, Jasper quickly reminded:

"Hey, be careful, failure is the biggest waste."

Abt patted the prayer book and said confidently: "With this...how could it fail!"

The three of them chatted, and in the narrow gatehouse at the entrance of the temple, Abt completed his treatment of Roy.

The secondary healing technique fell on Roy, and Roy could clearly feel that the scabbed wounds began to heal quickly again.

Just as Roy stood up and tried to move his body, Jasper said to Roy:

"Roy, try not to ask High Priest Reed to do this kind of thing in the future..."

Roy looked at Jasper with some confusion.

Jasper said: "You just need to go to High Priest Reed. I guess he won't refuse. But for next week's temple gathering, he will have to inject the power of holy light into the pool to maintain the basic level of the holy water in the pool." effect……"

Abt sat in the concierge again and asked in a low voice:

“Teacher Andyson’s Holy Light hasn’t been restored yet?”

Jasper was nominally a student of Priest Andyson, and he knew more about Priest Andyson’s affairs. There was a trace of worry on his face and he said:

"Recently, the teacher's mood has been a bit off. I think he seems to look at everyone as if they were looking at the Holy Grail thief..."

Abt also sighed and whispered:

"If the Holy Grail was still there, life wouldn't be so difficult!"

Roy suddenly remembered that there were three priests in the temple, and asked:

"What about Priest Theodore?"

Abt chuckled and said casually:

"He is now the golden sign of the temple. If the elven nobles in the city have any needs in this regard, he will almost always come forward to solve them. Therefore, the teacher is out almost all day long, and even if you can meet him in the temple, most of the time, he will come forward to solve it. He will still refuse, even if I ask for it, he will not waste the power of the Holy Light easily, and he had a quarrel with Teacher Anderson just a few days ago because of this matter."

Jasper put his arm around Roy's shoulders, waved to Abbot, and walked to the backyard with Roy, saying as he walked:

"So just come to us for this kind of thing. If you can help us, we will definitely help. Of course, it is best for you to learn the 'secondary healing technique' yourself. The primary magic techniques are not difficult. Just practice more." .”