Path of light

Chapter 645 646. News about the Lich

Roy looked at the shabby camp in front of him and realized that the stone mountain mentioned by the stall owner was not even a small hill...

The dark land was full of endless black sand. It was rare to see a pile of stones. It was like a flag in the vast sea of ​​sand, with only a part of the top exposed under the cover of black sand.

A shabby camp was built around the sand pile. These tents were almost extremely shabby and looked like a refugee camp.

This place was even more dilapidated than the unknown demon hunting camp just now, which made the "Knights Templar" somewhat shabby.

There was a flag on the top of the stone pile. There was no wind in the black sand sea, and the shabby flag drooped dejectedly on the flagpole.

The flagpole was obviously a broken spear, which was wrapped with cloth strips.

Next to the flag was a lookout tower. A human warrior stood on the platform. Because the surrounding terrain was flat, standing on the lookout tower could see far away.

Mage Elaud walked over with Roy and Leah, and they caught the observer's attention very early.

However, they did not dodge and walked straight to the front of the camp.

A middle-aged human in a robe stood in front of them. He looked to be in his forties. His eyes were on Mage Elaud. When the three of them came over, he took the initiative to speak:

"Respected magician, what are you here for?"

Because Mage Elaud was a Silver Moon Elf, he spoke in Elvish.

The Elvish with a strange accent was hard and a little vague, but everyone could understand what he was saying.

Mage Elaud only nodded slightly to him, and then said:

"I want to visit your leader and get some information about dark beasts from him."

The middle-aged human did not let them wait outside the camp, but directly said: "Please come in."

He led the three people into the dilapidated camp, and the tents were completely faded.

The camp was almost full of human warriors wearing long robes. They were sitting in the tents to rest. When they saw Roy and his men coming in, they did not look out of the tents to watch. It was obvious that they were well-educated humans.

"This way... please!"

The middle-aged human led Magister Elaud into a tent. Before Magister Elaud entered the tent, he asked Roy and Leah to wait outside.

The camp was full of humans wearing dirty long robes, at least hundreds of them.

It was much more lively than the demon hunting camp just now.

Roy also knew why the demon hunting camp did not welcome them. If they lived in the demon hunting camp, the entire demon hunting camp might be renamed after them.

The dark land was extremely short of water, and the robes of these humans had not been washed for a long time and had become as hard as leather.

Magister Elaud walked into a rather narrow tent. In addition to two boxes, there was only a circle of chairs in this tent.

A human knight was sitting on a chair, flipping through a book. Mage Elaud could tell at a glance that the book in his hand was a prayer book, and the human knight was fascinated by it...

"Captain, this elven magician wants to see you!"

The middle-aged human who brought Mage Elaud in said to the human knight.

Mage Elaud's eyes fell on the human knight, and he saw that he was wearing a silver armor, but the armor was very old and worn out in many places.

"I am Jeroin, the leader of the Knights Templar." Captain Jeroin put down the prayer book in his hand and said to Mage Elaud.

Then he stared at Mage Elaud for a long time, and his expression became solemn and his eyes sharpened:

"You are an elven magician? This is really rare in the dark land."

Mage Elaud didn't expect that the other party could see through his identity at a glance.

"I wonder what you want to see me for?" Captain Jeroin continued to ask.

Mage Elaud said calmly:

"We are from the Elven Continent and come here to hunt liches, but we have too little information. This visit is also to ask you about the information of liches."

Captain Jelloin said in surprise:

"Lich?"

But Captain Jelloin seemed to have thought that Elaud was a mage, and it was not strange for a third-turn master to hunt sixth-level monsters.

Then he took out a map from the shelf beside him and spread it directly on the two wooden boxes.

A hand-painted map immediately appeared in front of Mage Elaud. In addition to a clear expedition route, this hand-painted map also showed the distribution of monsters in the edge area of ​​Haiti and some vague boundary lines.

It can be seen that this demon hunting group called the 'Knights Templar' has explored a large area of ​​the edge of Haiti.

Captain Jelloin continued:

"We have indeed seen one in Haiti, which is only about five days away from us. This place has been occupied by a lich. It is very powerful and has gathered thousands of minions around it, including some ghouls and ghosts. It usually hides in a dark fog. It is the most powerful dark monster in this area. According to my estimation, it must be at least a level 6 monster."

He didn't even put forward any conditions to Magister Elaud, and directly told this information.

He also asked Magister Elaud to come to the front of the map. Captain Jelloin pointed to that area and described the situation of the lich in detail.

Mage Elaud put his fist to his mouth, coughed twice and said:

"Ahem, that's right, it's a level 6 lich, we just came here, it has been dealt with by us, do you know any other liches?"

"Have they been dealt with?" Captain Jelloin was a little dumbfounded, thinking seriously and thinking again and again before saying:

"In addition to that lich, I also know two liches entrenched in Haiti, but they are very far away from here, and we only know some news and have never explored them, so I don't know if they are still there, and I don't know the specific situation."

This time his tone became a little uncertain, but he still pointed out the specific location to Mage Elaud.

"Here... well, there is also here. When we entered Haiti to hunt monsters, our people did encounter it. This thing is not our hunting target, so we avoided it from a distance."

It is obviously a polite remark to say that Mage Elaud knew without thinking that they must have seen the lich from a distance and immediately ran away.

Mage Elaud took out his map from his arms and marked the location pointed out by Captain Jelloin on his map.

"Thank you very much."

Mage Elaud thanked Captain Jelloin.

Captain Jelloin saw a route deep into Haiti drawn on Mage Elaud's map, and took the opportunity to ask:

"Have you been to the central area of ​​Haiti?"

"Well, we just walked out of there!" Mage Elaud admitted.

Captain Jelloin asked: "What did you see there?"

For some reason, Mage Elaud felt that when Jelloin asked this question, there was a hint of excitement in his tone.

"There is an abyss there, which is constantly swallowing up the entire Haiti, and a lot of sand is flowing into that abyss..."

Mage Elaud said truthfully.

"That's true. The bishop said that the dark land was collapsing. It seems to be true! It's a pity that we have never been able to cross the sea and go to the abyss to take a look..."

Captain Jelloin's tone was full of frustration...

Mage Elaud actually wanted to talk more about the abyss, but unfortunately he couldn't talk about the frost dragon treasure, so he couldn't say the rest.

We can't tell the other party that we found a frost dragon treasure and found a priest's corpse in it...

As for thanks...

Mage Elaud was also ready. He took out two bundles of high-quality life potions from his magic waist bag and placed them on the wooden box.

"Captain Jelloin, thank you very much for providing me with these information. This gift is my thanks to you!"

Captain Jelloin was stunned for a while when he saw Mage Elaud taking out two bundles of precious life potions.

He was a little confused...

Does the Silver Moon Elves choose life potions when giving gifts to express their gratitude?

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Roy and Leah were waiting outside the tent, while Magister Elaud was talking inside. The two did not wait foolishly at the door of the tent, but wandered around the camp casually.

Inside the camp, some dried meat was hung on the rope outside the tent, and was blown into black dried meat strips by the wind.

A worn-out magic scroll of water gathering was stuck on the stone wall, and water droplets kept dripping down the stone wall and fell into the small iron bucket placed below.

Several humans gathered around a bonfire, put the dried meat strips in their hands into the fire to roast, and then cut off a small piece with a dagger, put it into their mouths while it was slightly hot and chewed it hard, and then drank some water and swallowed it into their stomachs.

These humans did this, and Roy and Leah stood aside and watched.

They saw Roy and Leah standing nearby. A human reached out and handed Roy a dried meat strip. Roy quickly waved his hand and refused:

"Thank you, I only eat fruits and fish."

Leah reached out and took a piece of dried meat without even saying "thank you". She put it to her mouth and took a bite.

It was the first time Roy saw Leah eating meat. He asked in confusion:

"Aren't you a half-elf? Why do you eat meat?"

Liya put the dried meat under her nose and sniffed it hard. She said: "I am a half-elf like you, but my elf features are more obvious. Besides, who said that half-elfs can't eat meat? In the dark land, if I don't eat these things, what else can I eat? This is the dried meat of the snake-necked iguana. The meat is very good, and there is not much dark air on it."

"..."

Roy didn't know what to say. In fact, he occasionally wanted to eat barbecue, but his living habits in recent years and his friends around him gradually gave up this idea.

The person sitting next to the campfire heard the two people talking in Elvish and asked in a stiff Elvish:

"You are not human?"

Liya explained for Roy: "He is a half-elf who grew up in the Elf Kingdom and is used to the life of an elf."

The man seemed to smell a different smell on Roy and asked in surprise: "Are you a priest?"

Roy could understand the Elvish he spoke, nodded, and stretched out his hand. A ball of holy light immediately appeared in his palm, and the light ball looked very soft.

Several humans looked at Roy at the same time, and their eyes revealed a hint of intimacy.

The man quickly stopped Roy and said to him:

"Don't waste the power of holy light here, use it a little less, "

Then he kindly pulled Roy and Leah to the campfire, and everyone made way for them to sit down.

"So, you came from the Elf Continent? We have also met the priests from the Elf Continent, and they..."

The people sitting next to the campfire immediately reminded: "Tanaraso, why are you talking to these two children about this!"

The man hurriedly explained: "They came from the Elf Continent, and he is also a priest."

But he no longer mentioned the Elf Continent priests.

Leah also learned from these people, roasting the dried meat on the fire, and then cutting off a piece and putting it in her mouth to chew hard.

"I heard from the people in the demon hunting camp that your demon hunting group is called the Knights Templar?" Roy asked curiously

"This is our original name, but there is actually a number behind it, but it is not used now." The man explained with a little bitterness on his face.

The other people sitting around the campfire also seemed a little unnatural, and the atmosphere instantly became dull.

Neither side continued to communicate on this topic.

They treated their Leah with dried meat strips, and Roy took out some preserved fruits. This preserved fruit pickled with honey and maple syrup is delicious and easy to carry, but it is not as famous as elf cookies.

Elf cookies are the marching rations that elves always have on the battlefield. Eating one meal can last at least a week without eating, which is very magical.

These people may not have eaten sweets for a long time. Even if each person only got a small piece as small as an apricot, they licked it on their lips and put it in their arms with great cherishment, refusing to eat another bite.

"This is really good stuff. I haven't tasted this sweet taste for a long time." The man smiled and thanked Roy.

Roy and him were chatting casually about unimportant things when they saw a group of people carrying stretchers coming in from outside the camp. Everyone gathered around the campfire and sat down.

"Send them all back to the demon hunting camp?"

The man asked the human warrior who had just sat down.

Roy had seen the human warrior when he left the demon hunting camp. He saw them carrying a stretcher into the camp.

The human warrior looked very tired, sat down on the sand and said:

"Well, those people were too seriously injured, and we couldn't save them. What else can we do except carry them back..."

"If you ask me, we shouldn't save them. Their group is not strong enough, and they still take risks. If something unexpected happens, they still ask us to rescue them. Tang En's heart is completely black. If the hunting is successful, he will make a fortune. If it fails, he will abandon the injured. Why should we help him?"

Someone immediately reminded:

"Hey, hey, hey, just complain a few words. Don't you see that there are guests?"

At this time, Magister Elaud had finished discussing things in the tent and was personally sent out by Captain Jeroin.

Magister Elaud took Roy and Leah away from the 'Knights Templar' camp.