Promotion

  High Priest Reed pushed the door open and walked into the study room. Jasper and Abbott obediently and honestly sat on the chairs, clasping their hands and praying silently.

  High Priest Reed glanced at the two of them, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes.

  He walked to Roy and sat down in front of him. He pinched the corners of his eyes that felt a little astringent and then said to Roy who was practicing the 'Blessing of Power' divine rune:

  "Roy, how are you doing with this divine technique?"

  Roy sat up straight and replied with some regret:

  "I haven't learned it yet, that divine rune is a bit difficult..."

  Seeing that Roy hadn't learned the 'Blessing of Strength' yet, High Priest Reed didn't feel surprised and just said:

  "Practice more and you'll be fine once you become proficient. It took me nearly a week to copy before I could draw the divine rune accurately and completely. Later, when I recited prayers, I still made mistakes. When I learned this kind of divine technique Don't be too impatient, just take your time."

  Roy shook his sore wrist and asked High Priest Reed:

  "Teacher, have you been to Green Empire?"

  High Priest Reed laughed, and replied with some nostalgia: "Of course, that is my hometown, but Castletown is a small stop on my life journey."

  Roy actually wanted to ask what life was like over there in the Green Empire.

  After all, the soul in this body is human, and somehow yearns for human life.

  But before he could ask, he heard Priest Addison say in the corridor:

  "High Priest Reed, there are two elf guards outside who want to see you."

  High Priest Reed immediately replied:

  "Okay, I'll be right away."

  He stood up from the round table, stopped after thinking for a while, and reminded Roy, who was working hard to learn divine rune:

  "Only with strong enough holy light power can you learn higher level divine techniques. All divine techniques are based on prayer. Roy, you have to memorize the prayers so that Goddess can feel your Only by being pious will you gain more Holy Light Power."

  "Got it, teacher." Roy said.

  High Priest Reed pushed open the door of the study room and left in a hurry.

  When the door of the wooden house closed dullly again, Jasper and Abbott, who had their hands clasped together, opened their eyes again and let out a sigh of relief.

  After High Priest Reed left, they felt much more relaxed.

  Seeing Roy trying to recite prayers, Jasper complained to Roy in a low voice: "Even if I pray all day long, I can't gather much holy light..."

  Abt, who was sitting next to him, suddenly collapsed, put his pointed chin on the table, and said feebly:

  "Yeah, I feel like Goddess has completely forgotten this elf continent, or maybe she has too many believers for her to take care of. In short, I haven't felt that kind of holy feeling after praying for at least two months. It feels like taking a light bath."

  The blond hair on his head was naturally curly. At this time, he raised his upper eyelids and looked towards Roy beside him, and asked him:

  "Roy, when you were praying recently, have you ever felt... that kind of... a beam of holy light shining down from the top of your head, covering your whole body, that kind of feeling that the whole body seems to become translucent under the holy light? Countless holy lights washing the soul in your body?"

  Roy shook his head and asked in surprise: "Do you still feel this way after reciting the prayer?"

  Jasper said: "It doesn't happen very often. In the past, there would always be one or two times a month. Every time I bathed in holy light, the Holy Light Power in my body would become extremely full. If I happened to be on the verge of promotion at this time, , this holy light will break through the shackles and help us advance successfully..."

  "breakthrough?"

  Roy didn't expect that after becoming a trainee priest, he didn't just need to learn divine techniques. The most important thing was to condense Holy Light Power for breakthrough.

  "Yes, just like us trainee priests, there are ten levels." Jasper said as it should be by rights.

  "Every time you break through, the Holy Light Power in your body will increase by leaps and bounds, and the feeling will be very clear. After reaching Level 10, if the Holy Light Power reaches that critical value, you can become a real priest. Of course The temple will also hold a simple ceremony."

  Then Abt said:

  "In the past, as long as you were willing to recite prayers diligently, you would gather enough Holy Light Power. It was only a matter of time to be promoted from a trainee priest to a priest."

  He paused, and then said:

  "It's more troublesome now. I can no longer feel the feeling of bathing in holy light when I pray."

  Jasper said helplessly:

  "Yeah, I've been stuck at Level 8 for more than two months, and I don't see any hope of advancing."

  "Roy, have you not been bathed in holy light since you felt the holy light?"

  Roy nodded.

  "Then you don't even need to take the test. You are still a Level 1 trainee priest."

  Jasper patted Roy's shoulder in comfort.

  "But Roy has already learned the 'Glimmer Illumination Spell'!" Abbot didn't agree with Jasper's point of view.

  Jasper solemnly vowed:

  "This can only mean that he has very innate talent, but it does not represent his level. That's why High Priest Reed asked him to recite more prayers."

  Abt casually turned over the sacred prayer in front of him and said feebly: "But what's the use? Anyway, I have no confidence at all."

  Jasper put his hand around his neck and reminded him: "As a devout trainee priest of Liberty Goddess Temple, Abt, you will be whipped if you say such things."

  Abbot spread his hands and said a little rogue: "So... I never said that!"

  It was obvious that Jasper and Abbot had a good relationship.

  With the explanations from the two of them, Roy finally understood the purpose of High Priest Reed's earnest instructions. He probably felt that he was obsessed with divine technique and did not calm down and pray sincerely, which was putting the cart before the horse.

  Then he put down the 'Blessing of Strength' and began to learn to recite those complicated and lengthy prayers.

  After just a few tries, Roy found out that it was exactly what Jasper said.

  My prayers seemed to be of no use. The holy light particles around my body showed no sign of gathering at all.

  The holy light seeds in the body are still going their own way, using the invisible arm to pick up the surrounding holy light particles, but the light seed seems to have sprouted a bud. Roy suddenly found that the light group was much more dazzling than yesterday. .

  The rays of light in that holy light seed seemed to be flowing slowly, like the thick fog rolling by the Dane River in the early morning.

  As the tentacles continued to suck the holy light particles into the light seeds, the brightness of the light seeds in Roy's body began to surge, and even burst out through Roy's body.

  An extremely warm rays of light spread throughout the body, and the warmth flowed through the body like an empty water bottle.

  Roy could clearly feel that the internal injuries on his body that had not been completely recovered were slowly dissipating under the illumination of these holy lights.

  The light seed stretched out another invisible tentacle in the dazzling holy light. Now there are actually two tentacles dancing non-stop. If they touch the holy light particles floating around Roy's body, they will be sucked in. In the seeds of light.

  The rays of light erupted from the seeds of light in the body had not completely dissipated. When Roy opened his eyes, Jasper next to him grabbed Roy's arm and asked loudly:

  "Roy, how did you do that?"

  "What am I talking about? Roy is very innately talented as a priest. It seems that Goddess has not completely forgotten this place. She only forgot the two of us..."

  Before Abt could finish speaking, a hand covered his mouth.

  "Don't talk nonsense, Goddess is on top..."

  Jasper's complexion slightly changed, scolding Abbot.

  Abbot blocked Jasper's big hand and said to Roy:

  "Roy, congratulations on your successful promotion to...Level 2 trainee priest."

  Roy sat in his chair, not knowing what to do.

  Abt saw Roy's confused face and knew that he was a beginner who didn't know much about anything, so he said to him:

  "As someone who has experienced this, in this case, I suggest you get used to it and feel the subtle changes in your body. These holy lights will not only improve your physique, but the most important thing is to enhance your spirit strength. It allows you to enter the state faster when praying. Overall, your body becomes stronger..."

  Roy stood up from his seat.

  Stretch out your right hand, palm up.

  As he concentrated his thoughts, a dazzling ball of light appeared in his hand. Although the flame was only as big as an apple, it was far more dazzling than what Roy had condensed before.

  "So this is what it feels like to advance..."

  Roy tried to draw the divine rune of 'Blessing of Power' with the Holy Light Power in his hand. Probably because the holy light is particularly rich, this time it was much smoother than before.

  I spent the afternoon in the study room like this.

  Roy's successful promotion also completely rekindled the confidence of Jasper and Abbot, and they recited the prayers very seriously...

  …

  On the way home, Roy was thinking about going to elf Academy tomorrow.

  elf Noble Steve will definitely not be willing to accept the beating. He might lead others to block him in the street tomorrow.

  Roy is no fool.

  Of course he knew that in Castletown, a Silvermoon Elf noble would not care too much about the life and death of a half-elf with no background.

  This is why he heard about the grievances between Claire and Steve and tried every means to bring Claire in.

  With him here, at least the other party won't do too much.

  Otherwise, as a half-elf, Ping would be stuck in an alley, and he would most likely be shot to death like an elf thief, or his hands and feet would be broken secretly.

  Now the opponent's bottom line has been tested.

  Perhaps because of Claire's presence, the young elves were also very measured in their attacks. At least they were not ruthless during the group fight.

  After thinking about it, Roy decided to practice the disassembly moves learned in the primary level martial arts training class at night.

  Maybe it can be used tomorrow...

  "Roy, you seem to have turned gray..."

  Neighbor's brat Katie Weiner was riding on the wall of her house, taunted towards Roy on the street.

  Roy bent down and picked up a stone from the street. He was so frightened that Brat slipped off the wall and hid in the rose bushes beside him.

  (End of chapter)