Mirror

Almost every semester, some unruly students need to come to the arena to resolve conflicts between them, Instructor Nora has long been accustomed to.

As long as she can ensure that neither party will be disabled or die accidentally, a little injury is not a big deal...

Getting injured is something every elf will inevitably experience during their growth.

As long as you drink some Tree of Life Sap, your injuries will heal quickly.

Steve's right cheek was badly bruised from the impact with the Wooden Shield, his cheekbone was swollen, and he could barely open his right eye.

He sat somewhat disheveled on the bench, his pride completely gone. The bloody hole on his leg was treated with ointment and then tightly bandaged several times. It was well bandaged, and although there was occasional blood seeping out, it was only a small stain.

Steve drank a cup of Tree of Life Sap but refused Abbott's treatment.

The reason given is that as a follower of the Moon God Temple, it is impossible for him to accept the divine healing from the Goddess of Freedom Temple.

The duel ended, and neither party had made any bets or promises.

Therefore, Steve left the arena soon afterward.

Because Steve and Adams were too confident, they hadn't prepared a stretcher when they arrived. So Steve sat in a chair and waited for a while until his friend brought a stretcher before hurriedly leaving.

In the stands, Klayr was surrounded by a group of friends, and she seemed particularly happy, probably because she had heard her sister Belle Klayr's praise.

Students from the Elementary Martial Arts training class also gradually came over.

Everyone offered their congratulations to Klayr, hoping to strengthen their connection through the exchange.

Klayr and Roy were usually just two nobodys in class, and few people paid them any attention. If it weren't for the news that they had a duel with Steve and Adams, some students wouldn't even have noticed that there was a Half-Elf in the class...

Roy put the Chain Mail back into the large leather trunk and then returned it to Klayr.

Klayr looked at the large leather trunk, pulled Roy aside, and whispered to him, "Roy, if you like heavy armor, you can keep it..."

Roy casually waved his hand in response:

"Take it back. I don't want my first set of heavy armor to come from a friend's gift. I'll have one custom-made for myself in the future."

Seeing Roy's resolute gaze, Klayr reluctantly stuffed the heavy suitcase into her waist pouch, muttering to herself with a hint of helplessness:

"Okay, as long as you don't regret it..."

Seeing that Roy actually returned the entire Chain Mail set to Klayr and refused the gift, she was shocked.

Belle was a little surprised.

In her eyes, many humans are quite greedy, and their eyes reveal desires that are hard to hide.

The young Half-Elf before her looked exactly like a human, yet there was no greed in his eyes, which truly made her look at him differently...

She walked up to her brother Wagner Klayr, straightened his leather armor collar, and smiled at him, saying, "I really didn't expect... you actually won! Your tactics were executed well! Congratulations, Wagner. On the battlefield, your friends will be trustworthy partners too!"

"Of course, I've always had a good eye!" Klayr said proudly.

However, Klayr was then pulled away by a group of friends, all of whom wanted to get to know Roy.

Belle Klayr stood on the edge of the stands...

She also has her own circle of friends.

Several friends who had accompanied her to the arena to watch the duel huddled around her and said, "I can't believe Steve and Adams lost. Klayr really pulled off a comeback in this duel... Her friend must be a Novice Priest..."

Belle noticed her friend was hesitant in his speech, so she looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What are you trying to say?"

"Belle, aren't you going to form Adventure Group? I think it would be good to recruit an Novice Priest into the Adventure Group." Her friend whispered a reminder: "If we recruit your brother, it's probably only a matter of time before that Novice Priest joins our Adventure Group."

Belle Klayr hadn't expected her friend to mention this. She was planning to form an Adventure Group, but she wanted to form one composed of Silver Moon Elf Adventure Group, as this was the only way to pass the application for the Moon God Temple Divine Envoy.

If Adventure Group contains Half-Elf -Half-Elf elf, the Moon God Temple will absolutely not allow the Divine Envoy to join.

Belle Klayr frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Let's wait a bit longer. They haven't even graduated from Elementary Martial Arts yet!"

After saying goodbye to Klayr, Roy left the arena with Jasper and Abbott.

They usually live near the port and rarely come to the Upper District.

There are many shops on the main street of Castleton City. As it is a port city, the shops also have many imported goods, so all kinds of products fill the shop windows.

Jasper and Abbott buy some Flash Powder at a Magic Shop.

Dark Moon Ranger usually like to use this; it creates a flash of light when thrown, allowing them to hide in the shadows. However, for Priest Dark Moon Ranger, it's actually quite useless...

Its only use is to make divine spells more dazzling.

Recently, Jasper and Abbott have both received some commissioned tasks, which are basically dirty work like purifying vengeful spirits.

They wanted to make the purification ritual look more beautiful, so they used Flash Powder.

However, this item isn't cheap in the Magic Shop...

Passing by a bakery, Roy smelled the rich aroma of wheat and went in to buy a breadstick.

Jasper also bought some soft leather, a roll of cloth, and a wooden box of nails from a shop along the street. As he came out of the shop, he said to Roy, "Recently, Abbott and I have been investigating how many ghosts are in the ship's hold. There aren't many ghosts hiding in the Ship Building. We've cleansed them up almost completely in the last few days."

"There are quite a few dead souls in the Oar Room below deck, but we haven't taken any action yet. We'll wait until our holy light power recovers a bit before trying to purify them."

"It's rare that we have some free time this afternoon, so why don't we give it another try...?" Roy said.

"I've made an appointment with the Boss of the carpentry workshop. We're going to the workshop to transport the repaired doors and windows back." Jasper looked at the sun overhead and said, "Let's try to reinstall the doors and windows this afternoon, so that even if it rains again, we won't have to worry about the Ship Building getting damp."

The three walked and talked about their work plan for the afternoon. Due to Roy's left shoulder injury, the main labor force would still be Jasper and Abbott.

Jasper was very concerned about repairing the Black Pearl, and even used some of his savings for it. Judging from how he turned the large hole in the bottom of the ship into a door, he clearly had no intention of letting the ship go to sea.

The three went to the carpenter's workshop on Brown Street and borrowed a flatbed cart from the Boss to transport the repaired doors and windows to the Black Pearl on the west side of the dock.

In such hot weather, the scorching sun baked the stone pavement until it was burning hot, and even every breath felt like inhaling a ball of fire.

Unfortunately, there was no sea breeze at all. The three of them finally managed to carry the repaired doors and windows from the edge of the beach to the shade of the Black Pearl, and then sat on a few rocks and refused to move.

"The tide is coming in soon, we need to quickly hoist these doors and windows onto the deck, we can't let them stay submerged in seawater..."

Fortunately, the cantilever crane on the ship was not removed and remained on the side of the ship.

To put it simply, this thing is a fixed pulley installed on a wooden support arm. The rope is led into the groove of the fixed pulley, and Roy hangs the prepared rope on the hook below. Jasper and Abbott work together to pull these doors and windows onto the bow deck, which doesn't take much effort.

By the time they finished these tasks, the tide had risen to the edge of the Black Pearl.

Jasper began to become somewhat distracted, glancing every now and then at the reef not far away, where the water was deeper.

Although Roy had some minor injuries, Jasper and Abbott did the work of installing doors and windows, and he just followed behind them as a helper.

Roy followed the two into the Ship Building and immediately cast Glimmer Illumination Spell to condense a ball of Divine Light. This would ensure that any approaching spirits would be immediately revealed in the holy light.

There were traces of battle everywhere at the entrance to the Ship Building, but the bloodstains had been cleaned up.

It's unclear whether the bloodstains were washed away by the rain or cleaned by Jasper and Abbott themselves.

There are two rooms on the left side of the first floor of the Ship Building, and a kitchen and storage room on the right side. The corridor next to the kitchen has stairs leading to the second floor, as well as stairs leading to the cabins below the deck.

The two rooms on the left side of the first floor have two separate wooden doors on the deck.

The first wooden door that Jasper and Abbott installed was in the first room on the left.

In addition to a beautifully crafted carved wooden bed, the room also features a bronze wardrobe, table, chairs, and bookshelves.

A torn bed sheet lay crumpled on the wooden floor, along with a broken bottle, a blood-stained notebook, and Quill Pen with its feathers clipped...

One of the closet doors was open, and inside were some women's long dresses and capes. These clothes were made of high-quality fabrics, and there were bloodstained fingerprints on the closet door.

Walking up to the wardrobe, you can still smell a very faint perfume scent on the clothes.

The wooden planks on the bed were stained with large patches of blood, and there were even traces of the body being dragged away.

All the books on the bookshelf had been moved, and even the things on the desk had been completely emptied, with two empty drawers lying under the desk.

A bronze Bronze Mirror with exquisite openwork patterns hangs on the wall.

Roy walked over and stood in front of the Bronze Mirror, where his handsome face was clearly reflected...

A flash of lightning struck my mind.

Roy finally remembered that when he saw Priest Anderson talking to himself in front of the mirror in the temple storeroom, he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

then...

He stood at the warehouse door and didn't see Priest Anderson's reflection in the mirror at all!