Conflict

Everyone present stood up and watched as the main culprits on the judgment platform, led by the Elven Guard, filed out of the arena through the passage below.

The important figures on the Arbitration Committee left through the passage above.

As he was leaving, Roy suddenly realized that he felt like he was being secretly watched, a feeling as if a cold, venomous snake had appeared behind him, making him break out in a cold sweat.

When he looked up, the person who had been staring at him had already looked away.

However, Roy's intuition told him that the person was wearing a black robe and standing among the Arbitration Committee.

Roy tried to hurry up and catch up, but was blocked by the elf in front of him. There were only four passages leading out of the courthouse, and Roy was at the very back, so it was impossible for him to catch up at this point.

"Roy, what are you looking at?"

Klayr, who was standing nearby, noticed Roy constantly looking up and asked him curiously.

Roy pointed to one of the high-ranking Arbitration Committee, dressed in a black robe, and asked Klayr, "Who is that person?"

Just then, the important figure in the black robe turned his head, revealing half of his profile, and Klayr recognized him immediately:

"Priest Sandike of the Moon God Temple. What's wrong?"

Roy was startled, never expecting that the black-robed elf would actually be a priest of the Moon God Temple.

"Nothing..."

Roy shrank back and replied with a single sentence.

Roy was certain that the hostile, icy gaze he had just received must have come from the eyes of this priest of the Moon God Temple.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that in the Magala Jungle, the Half-Elf had told him that when Pelius died, someone saw a priest of the Moon God Temple pass by the scene of his death.

However... no one suspected that the priest of the Moon God Temple would kill a Half-Elf.

Roy felt that this matter was getting more and more complicated.

However, on the other hand, the sailors who killed Jefferson were all captured, and the entire crew was severely punished. I wonder how Moira will feel when she hears this news.

Unfortunately, one magician, Benjamin, escaped capture, and the ship Golden Tangerine, is currently anchored outside Castleton Harbour.

Roy thought that the magician Benjamin, having lost his ship, would likely find it difficult to move around in the Elven World, so he was probably still active around Castleton City.

As Roy walked out of the courthouse, several Silver Moon Elf turned their gazes toward Roy, all showing him friendly looks.

As Roy walked out of the Silvermoon Elven Council of Elders's hall, he looked back at the enormous Tree of Life and could hardly believe that the Tree of Life Sap from this very Tree of Life would benefit the entire city of Silver Moon Elf.

Near Heroes Square in Castleton's Upper District, there are shops selling magical items.

Only the exorbitant profits from magical items could allow shop owners to pay the high rents for these shops.

Roy wanted to inquire about the cost of making the Petrification Lizard Heavy Leather Armor at the leatherwork shop. The best leatherwork shop was right there, next to a magic tailor shop. Through the clean shop window, Roy saw that there was a whole row of magic robes hanging inside.

Jasper told me that the magic tailor shop here can also make Priest robes.

These Priest robes can increase the casting speed of divine spells, and can also be used to cast mana conservation or mana flood...

Sure enough, there were some elves inside the shop choosing magic robes.

Roy was planning to have a set of leather armor custom-made, so he needed to choose a tannery. The tannery in front of him had a beautiful piece of Hedgehog Crystal Lion fur hanging on its signboard, so it seemed that the tannery's craftsmen were good at making this kind of Light Leather Armor.

The Silver Moon Elf do indeed prefer to wear various types of Light Leather Armor. If they want heavy armor, they will choose mithril. Therefore, the kind of Thick Leather Armor that Roy chose is something that ordinary small leather workshops cannot undertake, not to mention that the leather he prepared was high-grade leather from Petrification Lizard.

Roy lifted the curtain at the door and went inside, only to find that the leather shop smelled rather unpleasant.

"Welcome! This is Samp Leather Shop. How may I help you?"

An elf who was tapping the leather drying in the sun with a wooden stick at the entrance turned around and greeted Roy politely.

"Um, I'd like to have a set of Petrification Lizard -Thick Leather Armor custom-made, with..."

Before Roy could finish speaking, the Silver Moon Elf interrupted Roy, saying, "I'm sorry, we only accept custom orders for Light Leather Armor. If you want to customize Heavy Leather Armor, we can't serve you!"

Roy was surprised that the leather shop would refuse to accept the order for Thick Leather Armor.

With no other option, Roy could only try to find a second leatherworker in Heroes Square, but unfortunately, he couldn't find one even after wandering around the square.

During this time, Roy also went into a shop that only sold Magic Pouch. He asked about the price of the most ordinary Magic Belt, which also cost ten Magic Crystal Stone.

Roy currently has over a thousand Kole, but unless he sells the Petrification Lizard skin he has, he won't have enough to buy a Magic Pouch.

Seeing that Magic Pouch with the simplest pattern, Roy could only wait a while longer before he could afford it.

The salary from the Goddess of Freedom Temple allows Roy to save up three Magic Crystal Stone per month, meaning Roy would need to save for at least three months to afford a Magic Pouch.

During this time, Roy underwent some training in the Magala Jungle, which clearly gave him a profound understanding:

When you're out and about, having a Magic Pouch is so important!

Somewhat disappointed, Roy left the fanny pack store and realized that it was already past noon.

Roy did not take Long Carriage, but instead walked directly along a bustling street to the Lower District.

The Lower District of Castleton City is always much more lively than the Upper District. The Half-Elf living here have a very diverse diet, and the street stalls offer a wide variety of goods.

Roy stopped in front of a Breadfruit stall, wanting to pick Breadfruit out to take home.

Just as he squatted in front of the stall, Roy felt a carriage stop almost simultaneously behind him at the street. He had a slight thought, immediately put down the Breadfruit in his hand, and quickly walked forward.

Sure enough, the carriage behind quickly followed.

Roy realized he was being followed and immediately turned and disappeared into a narrow alleyway on the side of the street. He had shaken off Steve and his group of elves in this very area before.

The alleys in the Lower District are so narrow that carriages can hardly get through.

Moreover, there were often piles of debris on both sides of the street. Roy nimbly slipped into the alley and saw a carriage parked at the entrance, which made him feel rather smug.

Just when they thought they had easily shaken off the pursuers in the carriage, the carriage door at the alley entrance was pushed open, and an elf dressed in the robes of Moon Goddess priest stepped down and quickly chased after them into the alley.

Roy glanced back and saw that it was the Priest Sandike he had seen in the courtroom.

As Roy prepared to slip out of the alley, he discovered two priests from the Moon God Temple standing on the next street, looking around as if they were searching for someone.

Roy quickly moved closer to the wall, avoiding the watchful eyes of the two Moon God Temple priests patrolling the street corner.

The thought that if he were trapped in the alley, he probably wouldn't even have a chance to fight back.

I had no choice but to grit my teeth and hurry out of the alley...

After discovering Roy's whereabouts, the two priests of the Moon God Temple immediately gave Roy.

"He's there! Catch him!" one of the priests of the Moon God Temple shouted as he chased after him.

The Half-Elf on the street all turned to look at the two priests of the Moon God Temple who had caused such chaos in the market.

Roy didn't run; he just walked briskly along the long street.

The priests of the Moon God Temple quickly caught up with Roy. The two young priests pounced on Roy from both sides, trying to subdue Roy on the spot.

As Roy struggled, he was shoved hard by the priest of the Moon God Temple.

He fell to the ground in a sorry state, even tearing the sleeves of his clothes on the stone.

A group of Half-Elf gathered around to watch.

Roy was trapped in the crowd and tried to squeeze out and escape in the chaos, when he heard the young priest of the Moon God Temple shout, "Catch him... He is the heretic who is trying to disrupt the peace of the Elven World. We must take him back to the Moon God Temple."

The Half-Elf looked at Roy in surprise...

Among the crowd, a follower of the Goddess of Freedom Temple shouted, "He is Novice Priest of the Goddess of Freedom Temple, not a heretic. You must be mistaken. He is a Novice Priest!"

"Yes, I know him too. He's the Novice Priest who distributed the holy water to us!"

"Yes, yes! That's why you look so familiar..."

By this time, the streets were in complete chaos, and amidst the clamor and shouting, the Priest Sandike emerged from the alley behind the street.

"The High Priest has arrived..."

The two young priests seemed to have found their pillar of support and immediately looked at Priest Sandike with some helplessness.

Priest Sandike approached the two young priests with a grim face and asked, "What's going on?"

The two young priests immediately feigned seriousness and reported to Priest Sandike, "My lord, we have captured a heretic..."

The Half-Elf watching from all around shouted, "We've already said he's not a heretic, he's an apprentice priest of the Goddess of Freedom Temple!"

The two young priests immediately looked at Priest Sandike.

In fact, the arrest operation was led by the Priest Sandike.

However, these three priests of the Moon God Temple overlooked one thing: the Lower District was almost entirely inhabited by Half-Elf, and a considerable number of these Half-Elf had once been believers of the Goddess of Freedom Temple.

The Moon God Temple never accepts followers of Half-Elf, so these three priests have no supporters in the Lower District.

For a moment, the two young priests were unable to take Roy away.

After a brief standoff, the elves suddenly parted, and two Elf Ranger.

"The patrol officers are here..." a Half-Elf shouted.

The two Elf Ranger were also somewhat bewildered by the scene before them:

The priests of the Moon God Temple surrounded the Priest of the Goddess of Freedom Temple in the street... They happened to witness such a ridiculous and absurd thing.

The Elf Ranger looked at Roy and immediately recognized him as the Novice Priest beside High Priest Reed.

The Guard Squad Elf Ranger could only approach, forcing smiles as they said, "Priest Sandike, you must have mistaken him for someone else. He is Roy, Novice Priest of the Goddess of Freedom Temple. If you want to take Roy away, you will need to negotiate with Priest Reid of the Goddess of Freedom Temple."

Roy broke free from the grasp of the two Moon God Temple priests, stared at Priest Sandike, and said to him neither humbly nor arrogantly, "I will tell High Priest Reed everything about the injustice I suffered today."

The Priest Sandike stood amidst the elves, calmly watching Roy leave without uttering a word...