Path of light

Chapter 602 603. Roy’s decision

Sitting in the tent, Roy expressed his concerns frankly.

After all, he is the commander of the garrison stationed at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp.

During the rotation period, if one is reported for leaving the station without authorization, one will inevitably be sent to a military court.

"If you don't have such concerns, are you willing to follow us into the Isnes camp deep in the dark land?"

Byron Thor asked Roy with a smile.

"If the Golfito Military Department agrees, I can accompany you to Esnes!" Roy said seriously.

In fact, Roy said this after some consideration. After all, he owed Byron Thor a favor before, and he also wanted to go to the Isnes camp to inquire about the High Priest Reed.

So Byron Thor invited Roy to go to the Esnes Expeditionary Force camp, and Roy was still willing to go.

The only trouble is that as the leader of the mine guard regiment, he cannot leave the Dark Portal Expeditionary Force camp without permission.

There was a lamp hanging at the entrance of the tent. The wick was a ball of sacred light, exuding a soft sacred atmosphere.

Byron Thor, who was sitting opposite Roy, narrowed his eyes slightly. With his keen insight, he discovered that Roy was not lying, and there was a trace of appreciation for Roy in his eyes.

The group of second-level experts around Byron Thor all entered the Dark Land with the mercenary group, and later left the Dark Land for various reasons.

They themselves are extremely outstanding second-turn strong men. Except for strong men like Byron Thor who cannot get out of the shadows of the battlefield in the dark land and live a semi-hidden life, other second-turn strong men are on the Elf Continent. All have various identities.

After hearing that the priests of the Temple of Liberty in Golfito abandoned the Dark Portal and embarked on an expedition to the Dark Land, and that the Elf Continent Magic Guild was preparing to seal the Dark Portal, everyone got together.

In order to enter the dark place this time, everyone also used a lot of the relationships they had accumulated in daily life, and even brought the great swordsman Alvin into the team.

Alvin the Great Swordsman is currently serving as a swordsmanship instructor in the Silver Moon Elf Royal Family. He was once the swordsmanship teacher of Princess Ophelia and has a high reputation among the kings of Buenos.

This time, it was at the request of Great Swordsman Alvin that Commander Gabrielleth allowed their team to pass through the Dark Portal and enter the Dark Land.

"Leave this matter to me. I will find a way to convince Commander Gabrielle to give you a holiday."

Byron Thor said to Roy.

"If that's the case, I'm willing to go to the Isnes Expeditionary Force camp with you." Roy said cheerfully.

Seeing that Roy agreed, Byron Thor left Roy's tent.

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"Boss, in fact, the depths of the Dark Land are still very dangerous. I think it is enough for us to operate near the Dark Door. There is really no need to go into the depths of the Dark Land..."

Captain Timothy sat outside the tent and reminded Roy.

"I know it can be dangerous to enter the Dark Place, especially for a priest like me."

Roy opened the tent curtain, reached out and took off the lantern that exuded a sacred shimmer, and held it in his hand.

It was daytime in the Dark Land, and darkness fell outside the camp.

Dark creatures will run around in the darkness at this time, and occasionally make some weird howling sounds that make people feel upset.

Roy re-directed a ball of sacred light from his fingertips and injected it into the lantern, and walked side by side to a mage tower with Captain Timothy. Checking these mage towers every day was the most important task of the garrison.

"Did you know? The divine arts I mastered were taught to me by a great priest of the Temple of Liberty. At that time, he did not ask me to believe in the Statue of Liberty, but only taught me some simple divine arts. Later he left We left Castletown and went to Golfito alone, and we kept in touch."

Roy said:

"My teacher may be in a certain camp right now. I want to know about him and see how he is doing..."

At this time, Roy saw a magician standing inside the magic tower, checking the runes on the magic center. Usually these magicians didn't even bother to take a second look at the sixteen magic towers, but now they were taking Looking carefully with a magnifying glass.

Check out the Magister of the Magic Tower, Roy happens to be familiar with it.

"Mr. Elaud, are you checking the operation of the magic tower?" Roy took the initiative to say hello.

"Oh, Captain Roy."

Magister Elaud straightened up and glanced at Roy. He originally planned to continue working, but suddenly thought of something, so he asked Roy:

"Have these sixteen magic towers been operating stably in recent times?"

"It's always been like this." Roy replied, and walked around in the magic tower.

The magic center is wrapped by a light blue shield, and the magic glow inside is constantly extracted from the central magic circle and merges into the magic beam on the top of the magic tower.

Lord Magister Ellaud pondered for a moment and then asked:

"Do I need to consume magic crystals every day?"

Roy pointed to the gem base next to him. There were three gem grooves on it. At this moment, most of the magic crystal in the grooves had burned away, and the remaining part had also broken into thin pieces.

"Yes! We will fill in new magic crystals every day after the magic crystals break into pieces." Roy said.

"These sixteen magic towers are related to the safety of the Dark Portal and the expeditionary camp. You must pay more attention when patrolling every day."

Before continuing to work, Master Elaud gave Roy a special reminder.

"Yes, we will patrol seriously, Master Elaud."

Roy replied.

...

This group of second-level strongmen did not rush to Isness, but stayed in the expeditionary camp and began to slowly adapt to the environment of the Dark Land.

The Dark Land gave Roy the feeling of being next to the desert. There were many earth ridges here like waves of sand dunes, and occasionally there were Gobi deserts full of gravel. There was no water source in the Dark Land, and there was rarely wind. It was like an extremely huge closed space.

The strong dark atmosphere made it impossible for any animal or plant to survive here.

The demon hunters and priests were able to hunt dark creatures in the Dark Land because they all carried magic scrolls or magic rune cloths of the "Water Gathering Technique", and the food was more diverse, such as elf biscuits, muffins, cheese, dried meat, etc. These foods were almost all brought to the Dark Land from other continents.

In fact, Roy also saw a tomato plant growing in a small flowerpot in Old Pike's tent in the Wanderer Camp. Although it only had four leaves, there was actually a thumb-sized fruit hanging at the first fork of the tomato vine.

I didn't expect Byron Thor to solve this problem so quickly.

The next afternoon, Roy was still at the holy water pool in the Dark Gate Expeditionary Camp, instructing the half-blood elf warriors to learn the "Purification Technique", when he saw a herald walking out of the Dark Gate.

"Captain Roy, Commander Gabreth asks you to go to the main hall of the Statue of Liberty."

The herald stood on the high platform of the Dark Gate, holding a scroll in his hand, and shouted to Roy from a distance.

Roy stood up and replied to the herald:

"I'll go see the commander right away."

Every time he passed through the Dark Gate and felt the space cracks in the vortex of the Dark Gate, Roy could see some golden time and space countercurrents in the void along some of the cracks.

The Statue of Liberty was still filled with a sacred atmosphere.

Every time he walked through the temple, Roy could clearly feel the warm holy light passing through his body and dispelling all the dark aura...

However, although the entire temple was filled with a holy aura, this aura could not nourish the sacred tree in Roy's body, which made Roy feel a little strange.

Walking into the main hall, the empty hall lacked some of the hustle and bustle of the past, and those Silver Moon Elf officers were not there.

Captain Gabreth sat on the only chair on the high platform of the main hall. On the back of the chair was an angel holding the Holy Grail of Wisdom in both hands. Sitting on the chair, Captain Gabreth felt like he was embraced by the angel.

If a bishop sat there, he might feel a sense of solemnity.

But Commander Gabreth was a Silver Moon Elf, and it felt a bit out of place sitting on that chair...

Commander Gabreth stopped when he saw Roy walk to the stage. He rested his elbows on the armrests of the chair, clenched his fists and rested his chin on them. He looked at Roy quietly and asked him casually:

"Great Swordsman Alvin wants to lend you out and let you accompany their adventure group into the depths of the dark land. Roy, I want to know what you think?"

Roy glanced at Commander Gabreth, then lowered his head and said, "I will follow the arrangements of the military."

Commander Gabreth felt a little proud, so he said:

"The Mine Guards have just taken over the garrison mission of the Dark Gate. I hope there will be no accidents at the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp."

When he said these words, he was still sitting on the chair with his upper body leaning forward, looking quite condescending.

Roy looked up and glanced at Commander Gabreth again.

"Commander, I will arrange the garrison mission of the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp... I plan to let Deputy Commander Timothy temporarily take charge of the management of the mine guards for the next period of time..."

Roy said this, and almost all the sounds in the main hall disappeared instantly.

Commander Gabreth's eyes suddenly became sharp,

"So you plan to go to Isnes with them?"

Roy looked up again and said innocently: "Commander, I said I will follow the arrangements of the military."

Commander Gabreth stroked his swollen head with one hand, his face suddenly darkened, and his voice changed from high to low:

"Commander Roy, now I order you to accompany Lord Alvin to Isnes Expeditionary Force camp, and return to Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp immediately after completing the mission."

Roy immediately stood up and saluted Commander Gabreth:

"Yes, Commander!"

After saying this, Roy turned around and strode out of the main hall.

Captain Gabreth was left alone in the main hall.

Although he hoped that Roy would reject the invitation of the Great Swordsman Alvin according to his own ideas, Roy obviously did not think so.

Perhaps from the moment he left the mine guards alone in the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp, he had already pushed the young half-elf captain to the opposite side of him...

Last time when he was in the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp, facing those half-elf warriors, he had already felt that those half-elf warriors would not listen to his orders at all. Now, although this young half-elf leader kept saying that he would obey the military's arrangements, he actually never followed his instructions.

Captain Gabreth threw the account book in his hand hard on the marble floor, and the pages made a harsh rustling sound...

...

In the marching tent of the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp, all the senior officers of the mine guards gathered here.

The light in the tent was a little dim, and everyone sat around a long table. The atmosphere was a little serious, and there was no smile on the faces of the eleven captains.

They listened quietly to the last task that Roy assigned before departure. It was often that the officer would only agree dully when Roy mentioned someone...

Before holding this meeting, Roy announced that he would go to Isness with the adventure group in the camp.

The senior officers could not stop what had been decided.

Roy finally told everyone that Captain Timothy would temporarily be in charge of the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp management.

This was something that everyone had expected, and there was nothing surprising about it.

After arranging matters at the expeditionary camp, these senior officers left the tent one after another, and only Captain Timothy stayed.

Roy poured a cup of fruit tea for Captain Timothy, and then poured himself a cup. The two sat opposite each other at the conference table. Roy pondered for a moment before saying:

"After all, the size of the nearby wanderer camp is limited. The dark magic beast materials that have been accumulated in the camp for a long time are now in our hands. I guess the camp has run out of stock, so I want to go out from here and visit other camps."

"And you can't go too far. This time I followed the adventure group of Alvin the Great Swordsman to Isness. Maybe I can meet a few wild camps."

"Since we have come to the Dark Gate Expeditionary Force camp, wouldn't it be a waste of time if we don't bring back some local specialties?"

Hearing Roy say this, Captain Timothy wanted to stuff his mouth...

"So you are going to leave this place to me?"

Captain Timothy couldn't help but complain.

Roy took a sip of lemon tea and assured, "I won't keep you waiting too long. I'm just going to the Isnes Expeditionary Camp to take a look. I won't go any further once I get to Isnes. I'll be back soon..."

The two were talking in the marching tent when Captain Malthus strode in from outside and sat directly opposite Roy. He put his hands on the table, his brows almost twisted together, and angrily shouted at Roy:

"Captain Roy, are you crazy? How far is the Isnes Expeditionary Camp from the Dark Portal?"

"..."

Roy didn't say anything...

Captain Malthus continued to say to Roy:

"The Isnes Expeditionary Camp is the second expeditionary camp established by the Statue of Liberty Expeditionary Force in the Dark Land. Although it is the closest to the Dark Portal Expeditionary Camp, Expeditionary Force Camp, but in fact the distance between the two camps is about the same as that between Castletown and Partington Island. "

"Usually, you take a sailboat from Pagisto to Partington Island, which takes about a whole night to arrive, but this time you need to walk the whole way, you have to walk for at least three to four weeks, and they will definitely not turn back immediately after arriving at Isnes, and you promised Captain Gabreth that you will return immediately after arriving at the Isnes Expeditionary Force Camp. I would like to ask how you will return to the Dark Gate from Isnes alone at that time? "

"Have you ever thought about these?"

Roy looked at the emotional Captain Malthus, smiled and said:

"Actually, I have some plans, Captain Malthus. "