Path of light

Chapter 581 582. Expeditionary Force Camp

In the main hall of the Statue of Liberty, there was no quarrel between the magic guild magicians and the priests of the Moon Temple, and it was finally quiet.

The rays of light falling from the dome filled the entire hall with a sacred atmosphere.

In the flower beds around the Statue of Liberty on the high platform of the hall, clusters of light flowers were still blooming, and the holy light particles floating in the air were emitted by these light flowers.

Every time Roy stood in this hall full of rich sacred atmosphere, the magic vortex around his body would spin rapidly, constantly absorbing the power of the holy light around him.

And the holy light tree in his body was also swaying its golden branches happily...

Roy stood behind a group of Silver Moon Elf captains, listening to the passionate speech of Captain Gabel Reis standing on the high platform, and the more he listened, the more he felt uncomfortable.

Judging from the tone of the Gabrres Corps Commander, the Elf Guards of Golfito Canyon are likely to enter the Dark Portal and officially take over the defense of the other side of the Dark Portal. The priests of the Statue of Liberty who are guarding there will gradually evacuate from the Dark Portal when the Elf Guards enter the Dark Land, and embark on a long journey to find the Statue of Liberty along the Expedition Road.

The Elf Captains of the Silver Moon Elf Guards in the main hall were also whispering to each other.

However, Captain Malthus had no expression on his face. The mission of garrisoning in the Dark Land would never fall on the Second Silver Pegasus Knights, so he was not worried about receiving the garrison mission in the Dark Land.

Captain Malthus turned to Roy and whispered, "Don't worry, the mine guards and the auxiliary soldiers of the Silver Pegasus Knights will definitely not choose us when recruiting the guards entering the Dark Portal this time."

Roy squeezed out a very reluctant smile.

Captain Gabreth spoke for a long time on the platform, and felt his throat was a little dry. He took the cup of water from his adjutant and took a big sip.

Then, he led the captains of the Silver Moon Elf Guard Corps out of the main hall of the Statue of Liberty and walked to the back along the heavily guarded corridor of the main hall. The corridors were hung with portraits of the past bishops of the Statue of Liberty. The bishops, wearing white sacred robes inlaid with gold, looked full of sacred aura.

Roy mixed in the crowd, looking at those portraits, and even saw a pair of invisible wings on several portraits...

There was nothing on the portraits, but Roy could feel the sacred aura of the portraits, and then saw the invisible wings behind the bishops in the portraits.

Roy rubbed his eyes hard, and the strange aura on the portraits disappeared.

Captain Malthus, who was walking in front, felt that Roy was a little strange, and turned back and asked in a low voice with concern: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, my eyes are a little uncomfortable!" Roy replied in a low voice.

After passing through the corridor of the main hall, we finally arrived at the back garden of the temple. It is surrounded by the main hall and side halls of the temple, so this back garden cannot be seen from the outside of the Statue of Liberty.

A dark gate nearly 20 meters high is located in the center of the back garden. It is a rock gate that looks a bit square. In the middle of the gate is a huge vortex formed by purple mist, and silver arcs are constantly running in the vortex.

The stone pillars on both sides of the gate are giant stone pillars of 5 meters by 5 meters and more than 20 meters high. There is an arched lintel on the top. The reliefs on the surface of the stone pillars are some angels fighting with shadow monsters with countless tentacles. The angels hold great swords emitting holy light in their hands and drive these shadow monsters into a huge crack.

This crack runs through the earth and the sky, and it looks out of tune with the world in the relief...

There is almost nothing in the back garden except this dark door. There is only a circle of arched corridors along the surrounding buildings. There is also a gate on the left side of the back garden. Roy guessed that the tightly closed gate should be the passage for the expeditionary force of the Statue of Liberty to enter the back garden. It is impossible for all the expeditionary soldiers to enter the back garden through the corridor of the main hall.

Standing in front of the dark door, Roy could not feel the fluctuation of the dark aura.

This was the first time Roy saw this dark door. Then he found that this back garden was so empty. In fact, there was a reason.

The back garden of the Statue of Liberty was paved with a piece of bluestone slabs. These slabs were arranged in a circular pattern. In many places, there were some lines left on the bluestone slabs. Some of the traces that were removed still had some traces of magic runes.

These traces should have been left by the magicians of the Magic Guild. They set up a sealing magic circle in the back garden, but unfortunately the surging magic tide of the sealing magic circle affected the source of the Dark Portal's mana, causing the Dark Portal to collapse.

The magicians immediately dismantled the sealing magic circle set up in the back garden, but some traces remained on the ground of these bluestone slabs.

Roy also saw a pedestal on a high platform on the side close to the mountain wall, where a group of priests from the Moon Temple were guarding...

Roy always felt that this back garden was a little weird. Legion Commander Gabreth walked in with these leaders and sternly told these elf leaders to follow his footsteps and not to move around freely in the square of the back garden.

When Roy first walked into the back garden, he was a little confused. When he secretly injected a trace of holy light power into his eyes and looked at the empty square, he immediately saw a completely different scene.

The empty square in the entire back garden disappeared in an instant, and it was replaced by a battlefield ruin, except that the broken ruins were all virtual.

If it was just this, Roy would not be too surprised.

In addition, Roy also saw that the battlefield ruins were filled with hundreds of space cracks of different lengths and sizes. These cracks were like irregular caterpillars, floating above the back garden square, and some could even move continuously along a certain trajectory.

Through these space cracks, Roy could even see the endless void.

If these space cracks are used well, they can be used to build a teleportation gate, but they are extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, they will cause a space storm. Once this space storm spreads, a huge black hole will appear. This black hole will continuously devour the World Stone and even completely destroy the entire plane...

When these space cracks are moving, they are like invisible sharp blades. Once any creature touches the edge of the space crack, no matter how strong its body is, it will be cut off instantly.

At this moment, Roy saw many unstable space cracks appearing on the square in the back garden, and the road that Captain Gabreth led everyone to take just happened to avoid all the space cracks floating on the square.

The hundreds of space cracks on the square in the back garden made Roy sweat coldly.

At this moment, on the steps of the Dark Gate, there stood a team of high-level Silver Moon Elf Knights. Although they were not accompanied by unicorns, Roy could confirm that they were a team of unicorn knights based on the unique aura they exuded.

Captain Gabreth went straight up the steps. He did not stop at the back garden, but strode into the purple mist vortex.

A group of Silver Moon Elf Captains followed Captain Gabreth into the Dark Portal.

...

The officers followed the captain to the other side of the Dark Portal. The sky here was no longer azure blue. It looked like there was no boundary with the star field. The light red sky was like the sunset glow presented by the burning clouds.

Roy thought that the Dark Land was a world without light, but he did not expect that the sky was light red, and he could see the surrounding scenery.

In addition to the magnificent Dark Portal behind him, this place was also in a canyon. The rocks on both sides of the canyon seemed to have been polished by the wind for thousands of years. The trajectory of the wind flow was clearly engraved on the rocks, and there were very eye-catching horizontal lines.

The rocks also showed a light earthy red color...

The priests of the Statue of Liberty built a temporary camp around the Dark Portal. In addition to the simple tents in the camp, the most eye-catching thing was a huge pool built near the Dark Portal. The holy light in the pool was surging, and it was clearly full of holy water.

At this moment, nearly a hundred priests were pouring holy water into some containers. They squatted by the pool in silence. They were wearing travel cloaks and carrying many scattered pendants on their bodies, as if they were preparing for a long journey.

Sixteen circular houses were built at the outermost part of the camp. These houses were filled with huge diamond-shaped magic crystals. Each magic crystal flowed with huge magic energy. These magic energies gathered on the roof to form a beam of arc light...

Sixteen arc light beams gathered above the Dark Portal, forming a large magic shield to protect the Dark Portal.

It seems that the Statue of Liberty has also built magical defenses in the Dark Land...

Captain Gabor Reis walked out of the Dark Portal with a group of Silver Moon Elves, and three priests in sacred robes came to greet them.

Two of them should be combat priests, and the one in the middle should be a temple priest. These three priests are all human.

When they saw the leader of the Gabrles Legion, they saluted first, and then said:

"Since you are ready to take over this Dark Gate, then I will hand over this expedition camp to you. All the priests in the camp will leave here in two days."

"The most important thing for you to take over the expedition camp is the daily maintenance and inspection of this magic shield."

"The magic shield here can effectively block the perception of the dark creatures, making this Dark Gate absolutely secretive. In recent years, we have organized three consecutive expeditions in the Dark Land. The Holy Legion often appears inexplicably from this area. Although those dark creatures have not found this place yet, I estimate that they have guessed the approximate location of the Dark Gate."

"So you must be careful when you are guarding here, and don't easily run to places outside the magic shield, which will leave clues for the dark creatures to track."