Path of light

Chapter 74 75. Blessing

July in Castletown,

When the rainy season comes, all the plants in the city become lush and green, and the morning sunlight shines into the streets from among the trees, turning into bunches.

Roy was supposed to be on duty at the temple this weekend, but today he had to come to the arena in the upper city.

It had rained just before dawn, and now the sky was clearing, but there were still water stains everywhere on the stone floor.

Roy sat in the long carriage, holding a very heavy large suitcase in his arms, and watched quietly as the long carriage entered the upper city.

The upper town of Castletown is where the Silver Moon elves live.

The Lower City is the residential area for mixed-blood elves.

There is a very obvious dividing line between the two urban areas, which is a cliff surrounding the mountainside. The height of the narrow cliff is less than ten meters. The top of the cliff was built by the Silver Moon elves into a strip of stone road. Going up this stone road is the upper town of Castletown.

There is actually a stone road built under the cliff, but this road is a bit rugged and more like a narrow lane.

There are five streets between the lower city and the upper city that open up this rock wall and connect the upper and lower cities together. These five streets are the most prosperous commercial streets in Castletown.

At the intersection of the street and the stone cliff, the elven architects designed a huge arched stone bridge with gentle steps on both sides.

There are stone sculptures of the Silver Moon Elf heroes erected on both sides of the arched stone bridge. A field of flowers will be planted under each stone sculpture, and the outermost periphery is surrounded by a low wall of shrubs...

The cliff is now covered with vines. If you don't walk into the city and just look at the hillside from the sea, you won't be able to see this cliff at all.

There is a big difference in the architecture between the upper and lower districts of Castletown. Many buildings in the lower district are small townhouses made of stone. These small townhouses are built against the mountains. They are also different from what the mountains look like. It will change.

Of course, these small townhouses are not all made of stone. The stones are stacked up to two floors at most, and there is a wooden structure above.

There are many small townhouses in Xiacheng District, and they are built in an orderly manner.

When we get to the seaside area, almost all the buildings there are wooden houses...

The Roy family's house is a small wooden building with a base only two feet high made of stones.

After entering the upper city area, you will find that the buildings in the lower city area seem to have suddenly disappeared.

Here...almost all the houses where the Silver Moon elves live are tree houses.

The Silver Moon Elves built their homes on some big trees. These big trees are not arranged in an orderly manner on the hillside. Even the stone roads in the upper city are winding. Gardens and lawns can be seen everywhere, and the streets are not far apart. There is a fountain at the entrance.

Of course, this is just the residential area for ordinary Silver Moon elves in the upper city, and does not include the elf academy, library, opera house, art exhibition hall, etc.

The Elf Academy is located in the center of Castletown, but on a hillside beyond the cliff.

From here, walk up the avenue and you can reach the top of the mountain. There is not only a huge stone sculpture of the Silver Moon Elf, but also the Tree of Life in Castletown City, where the Castletown Elf Elders Council is located. on the tree...

There are also various unions on this street. The Mercenary Union, the Adventurer Union, and the Magic Union are the largest. Of course, there are also some Magic Herb Associations, Jewelry Associations, Mining Unions, Leather Craftsmen Associations, Metallurgical Blacksmiths' Homes, etc.

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In fact, the architectural style in the Elf Academy is all in the treehouse style, and at least three teaching buildings are carved out of ancient trees, with lush branches and leaves on the roofs.

The houses where the elven nobles live are not actually castles like human nobles, or manors surrounded by walls.

Silver Moon Elf nobles like to build their homes on some large ancient trees. Claire's house has a tall ancient tree...

The Arena in Castletown City is at least a few kilometers away from the Elf Academy, and it is already on the edge of the city.

Roy, Jasper, and Abbott got off the carriage and discovered that from the outside, this huge arena looked like tree roots as big as a football field. They should have been left behind by a dead Tree of Life. tree stump.

Now the roots of this tree have begun to petrify, and the outside is covered with ivy.

The elf craftsmen built a long and narrow staircase along the roots of the trees outside. There was a huge wooden door at the end, and two elf guards stood on both sides of the door.

As you walk inside, you will enter a passage dug into the roots of a tree.

Jasper and Abbot were wearing the robes of a trainee priest and followed Roy who was carrying a large suitcase. The three of them walked to the gate and were trying to figure out how to talk to the two guards so that they could let them in.

I heard that there is a ticket fee for the arena, but the entrance here looks deserted, and it feels a bit depressed no matter how you look at it.

"Roy, Jasper, Abbott, come in quickly."

Claire wears a set of exquisite leather armor and wears an ironwood dagger on her waist. The leather surface of the leather armor has some very gorgeous dark patterns. Even the buttons are gold and silver. Wearing this leather suit After A, Claire's aura of femininity was much less.

He ran from the passage to the door, beckoning Roy, Jasper, and Abbot to hurry in.

"Claire, do you need a ticket here?"

Jasper looked around and found that there was no one else at all...

Claire walked up to Roy and saw that he was actually carrying a huge suitcase, and there was a log shield and a one-handed mallet hanging outside the suitcase. She patted her forehead speechlessly.

Then he said to Jasper:

"Don't you all know that the Council of Elders canceled the profitable events in the arena three years ago? Since then, this place has become no different from some ancient ruins."

"Only the nobles like to come here to resolve some disputes. When there are some things that cannot be argued about, everyone will come here to resolve them. Gradually it becomes a habit..."

Claire patted the suitcase on Roy's body, led the three of them into the pure wooden passage, and said:

"Roy, yesterday I told my sister the battle plan. She agreed with our battle plan, but she did not recommend that you wear chain mail. She thinks this heavy armor is too heavy for you. In fact, the leather There is also a heavy leather armor set inside the armor, that one is a little lighter than the chain mail armor, do you want to try it?"

Roy shook his head and said to Claire: "Just wear this suit. I have been practicing in it for many days and I am somewhat used to it..."

"Okay, it's your opinion!" Claire agreed readily without any hesitation.

The passage is not too stuffy, but it has a rotten smell.

Maybe it's because it's very humid everywhere during the rainy season, and some mushrooms actually grow in some humid places.

I don’t know how many times these wooden steps have been stepped on. Many of them are low in the middle and high on both sides, and are very badly worn.

Only the surrounding walls can be seen painted.

Jasper couldn't help but ask:

"Why don't I see anyone else? Roy, didn't you say that there are many students from the junior martial arts training class coming to watch the battle?"

Claire walked in front and turned to respond: "They all go through another audience passage. Our passage is the entrance passage for the gladiators. Steve and Adams enter from the opposite entrance."

Abt said: "I said...why are the steps outside so narrow..."

This passage was only less than forty meters, and the four of them quickly reached the end. Through the arch, they could see the bright light outside, as if they had entered a stadium.

The huge circular tree stump was actually empty in the middle, so the elves carved a stand around the tree stump, and the empty center of the tree happened to be the arena.

There is a gap of at least eight meters between the arena below and the stands above. A group of elf students from the junior martial arts training class were sitting in the stands. Everyone was chatting together when they saw Claire and Roy appearing in the stands. On this side, everyone waved to the two of them.

There are other spectators around the stands, and the elves gathered on Claire's side are Claire's relatives and friends.

Roy spotted Miss Belle Claire in the crowd at a glance. She was surrounded by a group of young elves and seemed to be chatting about some interesting topic.

Opposite are Steve and Adams, and there seem to be more relatives and friends in the stands on their side...

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Walking into the stands of the Arena, the sun was a bit dazzling...

Roy was still thinking about... what High Priest Reed said to him in the temple in the morning:

"Roy, do you know how many blessings there are in divine arts?"

High Priest Reed stood under the statue in the main hall and asked Roy.

Roy raised his head and glanced at the Statue of Liberty, then replied:

"I know the blessing of power, I have learned this!"

High Priest Reed walked towards him and said:

"In the kingdom of the gods, the Goddess of Liberty is not the only one who controls the power of the Holy Light, but only angels control the blessing power of the Holy Light, and these blessings are what the goddess learned from the archangels. .”

"It is said that the goddess has learned a total of eight blessing powers, but in fact there are only four that I know of, and I have only learned three of them so far, which are: the asylum created by the Archangel Imperius of Courage Blessings, blessings of strength created by the Archangel Tyrael of Justice, blessings of wisdom created by the Archangel Malthael of Wisdom.”

Roy didn't expect that there were so many kinds of blessings, and he didn't expect that the Holy Light was not unique to the Statue of Liberty...

At this time, I heard High Priest Reed continue to say:

"Roy, you have to remember that each priest can only choose one archangel to stand behind him in battle, so this priest can only give his companions a blessing power."

"Now that you have learned the blessing of strength, before you fight this time, I will give you... the blessing of protection from the Archangel Imperius of Courage."

Before Roy could react, the divine pattern in front of High Priest Reed shattered instantly, and then a shield appeared on Roy's chest and slowly integrated into his body.