In the temple study.

Trainee Priest Abt sat at the round table, his hands clenched in front of his chest, and prayed silently with his eyes closed.

Probably because Roy's successful promotion to Rank 2 Cadet Priest yesterday gave Abt some more hope, so he prayed and became more religious.

Jasper guards the door, and it's just him and Roy in the room.

Roy sat next to Abt with two books on magic in front of him, one for 'Blessing of Strength' and the other for 'Secondary Healing'.

Now he has found the door of the 'Blessing of Strength'.

At noon, he successfully painted two 'Blessings of Strength'.

Although the latter time directly led to the failure of the divine technique because of the unskilled relationship of prayer.

But for Roy, he had clearly memorized what it felt like to draw the crest.

Yes, this realization is the most precious.

Generally speaking, the symbols and prayers in the magic books can be recorded clearly and unmistakably, but the priests cannot clearly describe the mystical feeling in the drawing process.

All Roy lacked now was proficiency in reciting prayers.

Roy recited the prayer of the 'Blessing of Strength' repeatedly.

Abt reminded him that he should spend more time praying every day, otherwise the Light Condensation Express would be slower and slower in the future.

Roy nodded in agreement.

It was just two magic books on the round table, but it clearly showed that his mind at the moment was completely intoxicated with learning divine arts.

'Blessing of Strength' and 'Secondary Healing' are two of the most practical techniques for trainee priests.

But at present, Roy is only a second-level probationary priest, and learning these two divine arts, which require a lot of the power of holy light, is far less practical than concentrating on praying and condensing the power of holy light.

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In fact, Grand Priest Reed has also found that Roy prefers to specialize in divine arts in the past few days, and has little interest in prayer.

He rarely saw Roy praying, and every time he came to the study, he saw him concentrating on learning divine arts, which also made Grand Priest Reed faintly worried.

For a priest, the light obtained through prayer is the basis of all divine magic, which is nothing more than flowers on a tree.

If you don't accumulate enough Holy Light power, even if you master even the most advanced divine arts, it will be useless.

Archpriest Reed was worried that Roy was obsessed with magic and neglected to be a trainee priest, and what he needed most now was to gather the light in prayer.

"Roy, don't spend too much time on studying divine arts, the gathering light you need most right now."

Every time he saw Roy, Grand Priest Reed would always give him a word of advice, regardless of whether he did what he said or not.

"Teacher, why can't I feel the light every time I pray?"

Roy asked this question, which Jasper and Abt had been wanting to ask lately, but had never dared to ask.

Grand Priest Reed's eyes darkened, his voice became a little heavy, and he whispered:

"That's because the goddess is currently too far away from us, since entering the dark place, the goddess's holy glow has been obscured by the dark mist, and the holy glow has been unable to shine on the elven continent at present, and it is precisely because of this that when we have been praying recently, we can rarely feel the presence of the holy radiance."

"That's why we need to pray with a more devout heart, and the power of our faith will be the greatest beacon in the vast darkness, and I firmly believe that one day the Goddess's radiance will penetrate the endless darkness and shine to every corner of this continent, and as long as we are ready, the radiance will eventually come......"

Roy didn't expect it to be like this.

Jasper and Abt always shouted that they couldn't get the power of the Holy Light recently, because the Goddess's Divine Light could no longer extend to the Elven Continent......

Abt was even more dumbfounded, sitting there muttering:

"It turns out that the rumors outside are actually true."

Then he said to the High Priest:

"Grand Priest Reed, I heard that the situation in this divine war is not very optimistic, and the dark forces on the other side are very strong."

Grand Priest Reed shook his head slightly:

"There is no basis for these rumors, the above matters are of concern to the Bishop, and we just have to wait and pray."

Speaking of this, Grand Priest Reed wanted to say some words of encouragement, so he patted the two of them on the shoulder and said, "Actually, the Holy Radiance of the goddess will not be completely unshone here, it should only be a little weak...... It's so faint that it's hard for us to perceive, otherwise Roy wouldn't have made it to the cut in just another week. ”

"The first time I saw Roy, the light in his hand was only so big......"

Grand Priest Reed put his thumb and forefinger together and made a random gesture, like a heart.

"And now! Roy, release your Light for Abt to see. ”

Roy hurriedly condensed a seed-shaped ball of light in the palm of his hand.

In the soft light, the seed of light raised its head stubbornly like a big question mark......

……

Seeing the light cluster in Roy's palm, Grand Priest Reed nodded.

For Roy's efforts, Grand Priest Reed still approves of it.

The first time I saw Roy, the light in his palm was as faint as the size of a firebug.

In less than a week, Roy's power of light had grown to the size of an apple, and it was clear that this light was a testament to Roy's efforts.

Abt obviously agreed with Archpriest Reed's statement, and kept nodding.

The light cluster in the palm of his hand kept getting smaller, and when the last flame of light also dissipated in the palm of his hand, Roy asked again euphemistically:

"Teacher, can this cloud of holy light in our bodies capture the particles of holy light scattered around us by itself?"

In fact, Roy mentioned this two days ago...... But the answer was no.

Now he brought it up again, thinking that the description last time was not accurate, and this time he wanted to confirm it again.

"The holy light in our body is not a spirit body, how can it actively absorb the scattered particles of holy light around us!" Grand Priest Reed frowned, and immediately gave Roy a negative answer.

He felt that Roy had just become a trainee priest, and there were many things he didn't understand, and it was normal to fall into this unreasonable fantasy......

In the opinion of Grand Priest Reed, he also has to guide Roy carefully:

"You're wondering why you can't get the light when you pray, but you can feel the change in the light in your body, aren't you?"

Roy nodded immediately.

"That's because the holy light in your body is too weak, and you can easily feel the slightest change." Archpriest Reed said.

He paused, then said:

"Normally, the power of the Holy Light in our bodies will naturally increase, entirely because there are some Holy Light particles around us that we can't see, and these Holy Light particles will be integrated into our bodies because of the Holy Light affinity."

"Of course, this doesn't mean that when there are more particles of holy light around us, or when we are riding in a carriage, the particles of holy light that our bodies come into contact with will increase, and these particles of holy light will be able to integrate into our bodies faster."

"Only sincere prayer will bring into the body the radiance of the goddess shining on this continent......"

"Roy, you are just a trainee priest who has just come into contact with the Holy Light and Divine Arts, so at this time, when you encounter a problem that you can't understand, you will become extremely confused, this situation is normal, you can usually use prayer to strengthen your heart......"

Listening to the teachings of Grand Priest Reed, Roy suddenly fell into a kind of self-doubt at this time:

Could it be that the two invisible tentacles I feel are nothing more than the embodiment of the affinity of the Light? ’

'That's how it should be......'

So Roy began to pray together in the study with Abt.

It wasn't until he was about to leave the temple that he flipped through the book on 'Secondary Healing'.

When I thought of Steve's group of Silver Moon Elves in the Elven Academy, I felt that if I could master the 'Secondary Healing Technique' earlier, at least I wouldn't have to waste those precious Life Tree sap......

Even if these life numbers were provided by Claire, they couldn't always be used that way.

However, before leaving the study, Roy still tried the 'Blessing of Strength', and as the complete divine pattern appeared on the round table, as soon as Roy's prayer fell, the divine pattern turned into countless fine sand, condensed into a fist that exuded a divine aura, and slowly merged into Roy's body.

Abt, who was about to stand up next to him, widened his eyes and dropped the thick 'Sacred Prayer' in his hand on the table with a clatter.

……

In the evening, the sky was overcast, and countless dark clouds were piled up on the sea.

Seeing that a heavy rain is coming, the sea breeze is blowing with rich water vapor.

Roy changed out of the midshipman's robe in the break room, put on the still damp suit, and prepared to run home before the heavy rain came.

Probably hit by Roy, Abt ran back to the room in a bit of frustration and locked himself in the room.

Jasper was in the gatehouse at the entrance of the temple, and when he saw Roy coming out of it, he hurriedly opened the side door for him.

"It's going to rain, run a few steps!" Jasper said to Roy.

The wind was a little strong, and layers of spray surged on the sea surface, hitting the black reef, shattering in an instant, turning into countless foam......

Roy walked briskly down the street, and the fig trees on the side of the road were swaying violently by a gust of wind, and the stall owners gathered away the goods placed outside the shop, and the small stall owners hurried home.

There were almost no people on the docks, and even the fish market was deserted......

Roy saw Ms. Gillian appear at the end of Brown Street pushing a flatbed.

Walking to the corner of the street, probably knowing that heavy rain was coming, the nightblade leopard tethered to the door of the pharmacy retracted into the cabin, only half of its nose exposed.

When he saw Roy, he habitually let out a low roar.

Roy stopped and glanced defiantly at the Nightblade Leopard before running briskly towards his home.

The raindrops of beans crackled and fell, instantly wetting the ground, and as more and more raindrops fell, the sound of the rain finally became one.