Holy Light

I thought it would be a long and tiring affair, since Captain Relf wasn't hiding in the Great Sea Ship Roy mentioned...

I didn't expect the battle to end so quickly.

Captain Relf and Madam Yidula had plundered Castleton Harbour many years earlier.

Both were the most wanted criminals in the Castleton Guard Squad, and even the Adventurers Guild had their portraits.

It was many years ago, so long ago that the parchment of those portraits had yellowed, some parts were even infested with insects, and the colors on the dyes had faded considerably. So long ago that many elves had even forgotten the crimes committed by the two pirates.

Instructor Nora, sword in hand, stared at Madam Yidula, who lay sprawled on the ground, her eyes revealing undisguised pity and disgust. Madam Yidula had just suffered greatly at sea...

Although Ms. Jillian was a small fishmonger, she was a better swimmer than Nora, and even the pirate Madam Yidula was ashamed of herself.

Madam Yidula used contortion to tightly entangle Roy in the sea, and just as he was about to suffocate, Ms. Jillian emerged from below like a giant shark, and in Madam Yidula's blind spot, used a fish-cutting knife to slash the tendon in Yudora's elbow.

Immediately, Madam Yidula felt a sharp pain in one hand and then lost all her strength.

Water splashed, a shadow appeared beside her, and then her other hand also lost its strength.

Ms. Jillian grabbed Madam Yidula's red hair, pulled her away from Roy, and then pushed Roy out of the water and swam toward the dock, completely ignoring Mrs. Yudora who was sinking to the bottom of the sea.

Ms. Yudora struggled to swim towards the surface, but her arms were too weak...

If Instructor Nora hadn't arrived in time, Madam Yidula would likely have drowned here.

Instructor Nora struggled to drag an adult elf through the seawater.

Unable to bear watching any longer, Ms. Jillian pushed Roy out of the water with one hand and grabbed Madam Yidula's red hair with the other, then quickly swam towards the dock by propelling herself with her legs...

After Ms. Jillian got ashore, she casually tossed Roy and Ms. Yudora onto the stone slabs of the dock. Without wasting a second, she hurried back to her stall, soaking wet, and while tying her long, wet hair into a bun behind her head, she yelled, "Who the hell stole my tuna? Are they tired of living?"

"..."

Madam Yidula lay on the ground, the bleeding from her elbow wound had stopped, but the wound was still splitting open and looked somewhat white.

Until two Elf Ranger stripped her clothes off and chained her up...

"Nora, are you alright?!"

The call of her companion brought Nora back to reality from her chaotic thoughts. Instructor Nora withdrew her gaze and turned to look at the disheveled Virgil. Gelu and Scarlett were in better condition, but Scarlett's face was a little pale, which should be a sign of her unprecedented depletion of magic power.

Seeing the concern on Instructor Nora's face, the Magician Scarlett smiled brightly and waved a bottle of Mana Potion in her hand.

"Don't worry about me, I still have this!"

Instructor Nora walked over to the group and said to the instructors:

"Alright, mission accomplished, let's go."

Instructor Virgil, standing to the side, reminded her, "What about Elinore? He hasn't come back yet!"

Instructor Nora said directly, "Send him a retreat signal."

"Oh."

Gelu, who was at the very back, quickly drew out a signal arrow, lit it, and shot it into the sky.

Then he quickly followed Instructor Nora was walking ahead.

Seeing that Instructor Nora was about to leave, Roy quickly stood up from the stone stool, ran to Instructor Nora's side, and bowed to the instructors to express his gratitude. "Instructor Nora, Instructor Gru, Instructor Virgil, and Magician Scarlett."

"No need to thank us, go thank Captain Simpson, he did the most work tonight..."

Instructor Nora patted Roy on the shoulder and said to him.

When they returned to the dock, Madam Yidula had already been taken away by the Elf Ranger.

The Elven Guard led over Captain Simpson's white horse...

Captain Simpson rode on horseback, and Roy quickly stepped forward to thank him:

"Thank you so much for tonight, Captain Simpson!"

"It was our responsibility to capture Relf. Thank you for providing us with the clues. If you encounter any trouble next time, feel free to come to the Second Brigade of the Ophelia Seventh Knights."

After Captain Simpson finished speaking, he waved to Roy and left with a squad of Elven Guard.

Roy searched for Ms. Jillian in the crowd, only to find that she had already run back to the fish stall.

There are so many elves at the Fish Market tonight, business is booming. Even the Half-Elf don't know if the protests will continue tomorrow, but life goes on, and if they don't buy some fish, they might go hungry tomorrow.

Although some unexpected things happened, once the incident calmed down, there were no more elves watching at the Shallow Water Pier.

Most of the elves who stayed behind were helping to rescue people at the docks.

High Priest Reed, along with Jasper and another person, were busy treating the injured Half-Elf fishermen at the dock.

The Gray Dwarf Relf killed more than a dozen Half-Elf fishermen on a medium-sized fishing boat. Their bodies were pulled up and laid out in a long row on the dock. All the dead Half-Elf were wrapped in linen.

Although elves can live up to eight hundred years, they also find it very difficult to reproduce.

Every elf's life is extremely precious, which is one of the reasons why elves have such a deep respect for life.

The Half-Elf elf hurriedly carried the injured fisherman to the dock.

If they encounter someone with severe injuries, they will loudly call for High Priest Reed...

In the eyes of the elves in the Lower District, High Priest Reed was much more reliable than the priests of the Moon God Temple.

Even if the priests of the Moon God Temple encounter injured Half-Elf while walking on the road, they are unlikely to stop to treat them.

But High Priest Reed could.

He would stop whenever he saw them and heal the injured elves.

Recently, no Holy Radiance has appeared at the Goddess of Freedom Temple. Many elven believers have not received a response from the Goddess when they prayed, so they have become disheartened and left the Goddess of Freedom Temple.

Now the Half-Elf saw High Priest Reed kneeling on one knee on the stone slab, carefully treating his injured companions. Although his face showed some fatigue, his eyes were exceptionally focused.

A beam of holy light descends, and injuries are healed.

Something seemed to have been touched deep within the hearts of these Half-Elf...

Yes!

Holy Radiance is something only Priest can access; they only need the help of the Priest in the temple.

In an instant, Half-Elf standing on the dock turned to look at High Priest Reed was silently healing the injured elf...

Roy also ran over and squatted down next to High Priest Reed to help.

He was soaking wet, with water still dripping from the cuffs of his robe and the hem of his trousers.

Two scratches were left on his face by Madam Yidula, and the lapel of the Novice Priest priest's robe was also torn.

However, this did not seem to affect his treatment of the injured elves. After the business at the dock was finished, the injured Half-Elf were carried home by their relatives and friends. The dock was empty, with only some water stains and bloodstains left.

High Priest Reed also led Roy and Jasper back to the temple.

When the three returned to the temple gate, they found Abbott still sitting obediently in the gatehouse outside the gate. A candle was lit in the gatehouse, and Abbott was sitting inside, hunched over, intently flipping through a picture book.

High Priest Reed strode over and knocked on the glass of the gatehouse window.

Abbott heard someone knocking on the window and looked up...

To his surprise, it was High Priest Reed standing outside the window. He was startled and quickly used Holy Prayer to cover the map on the table before running out of the gatehouse to open the door for High Priest Reed.

High Priest Reed clearly saw Abbott examining the map, but said nothing, only nodding to Abbott. He then instructed:

"Abbott, you should go to sleep early too. You don't need to stay here all night."

"Yes, High Priest."

Abbott responded honestly.

After High Priest Reed entered the temple, Abbott greeted Roy but still refused to speak to Jasper.

Roy returned to the dressing room in the temple's backyard, changed into his usual clothes, and threw his wet Novice Priest robe into a wooden tub.

He planned to wash the Novice Priest's robe, otherwise he wouldn't have any clothes to wear to the temple tomorrow.

Roy carried the wooden basin to the well in the backyard, drew a bucket of water from the well, and poured it into the basin.

Jasper also brought a large basin of clothes to the well. His way of washing clothes was a little different from Roy's. After filling the wooden basin with water, he rolled up his trousers and jumped into the large wooden basin, stomping on the clothes with his feet.

Roy squatted by the wooden tub, constantly rubbing his robe with his hands.

They each washed their own.

At that moment, Roy heard Jasper say:

"Roy, I've made up my mind. I'm determined to go to the Dark Land to pursue my faith. I hope I can find the Holy Radiance Dark Land this time. Since you and Abbott don't want to go to the Dark Land, then stay here. The Lower District of Castleton also needs the temple to have Priest staying there."

Roy smiled but didn't say anything. He certainly didn't say that since the temple had been abolished, how could there still be Priest...?

After washing the clothes, hang the robe on the clothesline to dry.

Roy tidied up the wooden tub, then greeted Jasper by the well before heading towards the temple's main entrance.

Abbott waited at the gate until he saw Roy come out of the temple, then he poked his head out from the gatehouse and called out to Roy.

"Roy!"

"What's wrong, Abbott?"

Roy stood next to the gatekeeper and asked Abbott.

He thought Abbott wanted to ask: What happened tonight?! Abbott didn't know that the three of them went out that night to the port to arrest Captain Relf and Madam Yidula.

Abbott hesitated for a moment, but still said to Roy:

"I have a favor to ask of you..."