High Priest Reed's tone slowed down a little, and then he said:
"There will always be places in this world where the sun cannot shine. We are not only the spreaders of faith, but also the guardians of faith. We must use holy light to dispel all darkness..."
He stared into Roy's eyes until Roy nodded repeatedly before letting him sit back down.
At this time...
What attracted Roy's attention was not the words of High Priest Reed, but Roy's right hand lying flat on the table.
A ball of holy light with a pointed top and a rounded bottom emerged from his palm, which looked like a seed of light.
This ball of light was as big as an egg, which was dozens of times larger than the Fire Insect-like light shown to High Priest Reed a few days ago.
Roy discovered that the seed-shaped light group in his palm actually stretched out an invisible tentacle. It was completely colorless and transparent, like an octopus foot. It twisted continuously and quickly touched the holy light particles floating around. absorbed in.
Roy could sense its existence extremely clearly, and he wanted to seabed the swaying seaweed growing at the roots of the seed of light, swaying constantly.
The tentacles seem to have inexplicable magnetic force. As long as the holy light particles wandering in the vicinity, they will be captured immediately, and then pulled back to the vicinity of the seeds of light, allowing them to blend into it...
This set of movements was coherent and extremely offensive. The holy light particles floating near Roy's palm were integrated into the light ball in his palm in a short time.
This was completely different from what Priest Reed described, and Roy was a little stunned.
As for the ball of light in Roy's hand, which was like a seed, of course High Priest Reed could clearly see it...
"You must be praying very hard at home, otherwise the light ball would be impossible to grow so fast. It looks pretty good. In fact, you can follow the method I taught you and integrate it into your body..." Priest Reed said to Roy. Praise.
Roy stared wide-eyed, and did not move away the light ball in his palm, but let the invisible tentacles swallow up the surrounding holy light particles.
"Teacher, is there a way to gather holy light without praying?"
High Priest Reed explained to Roy very gently:
"In fact, there are countless holy light particles floating around us. These holy light particles will be attracted by the Holy Light Power accumulated in our bodies. When they are close enough to the body, these holy light particles will be inhaled into the body, but this kind of The effect of the natural form of gathering Holy Light Power is too weak. Normally, we have to rely on prayer and the power given back to us by God to condense the Holy Light."
Just as High Priest Reed said, some of the holy light particles floating around his body almost landed on his clothes before they disappeared little by little and merged into his body.
But he didn't seem to know that Roy could clearly see the holy light particles around him.
"Teacher, will the holy light accumulated in our body occasionally extend a tentacle to catch those holy light particles floating around the body?"
"This won't happen..."
High Priest Reed answered with absolute certainty.
Just when he said these words, the light ball in Roy's hand swallowed up more than a dozen holy light particles around him. Roy could clearly see that the light seed in his hand became slightly larger. The seed was about to grow. To take the shape of a sprout.
Roy listened to High Priest Reed's answer and saw the ball of light in his hand, and immediately fell into confused thoughts about who was the truth.
"..."
Grand Priest Reed saw Roy sitting in a chair in a daze, and thought that what he had just said might have hit the trainee priest, and he was thinking about how to save this young trainee priest for the temple...
Look at the holy light ball in Roy's hand already as big as an egg...
Such a big ball of holy light is enough to condense the simplest divine technique, so he said to Roy:
"The Illumination Spell is the simplest entry level divine technique."
Seeing that he had successfully attracted Roy's attention, he continued:
"This divine technique has the power to dispel darkness and has a slight healing effect. Do you want to learn it now?"
"Want to learn."
Roy said.
Of course he wants to learn. Roy is still very curious about the magic and divine techniques in this fantasy world.
High Priest Reed stood up and pulled out a book from the bookshelf behind him. The book was not very thick. It looked like a copper box. The book cover was a copper plate with a delicate pattern. Not only did it have The lock catch and the delicate hinge on the other side.
Unlock the buckle and open the book casually. There are only a few thick parchment pages inside.
The first page is a prayer, and below it is a pattern composed of several sacred symbols. There are many leading lines drawn next to this pattern, and each leading line is an annotation.
High Priest Reed flipped to the back, and the next few pages contained more detailed annotations.
After seeing this, he nodded with satisfaction: "This book contains detailed annotations on Illumination Spell. You can read it carefully and ask me if there is anything you don't understand."
"Okay, teacher!"
Roy moved the somewhat bulky copper box in front of him, and did not immediately look towards the pages of the divine technique drawn inside. Instead, he raised his head and continued to ask High Priest Reed:
"Teacher, the trainee priest will become a priest in the future, so what is above the priest?"
High Priest Reed replied without hesitation:
"Priests have mastered powerful divine techniques. After receiving divine enlightenment, they can become high priests. High priest is not only a professional title in the temple, but also marks the level of clergy."
Roy asked curiously: "What about the great priests?"
High Priest Reed narrowed his eyes and thought about it for a moment before saying:
"According to my teacher's description, when the soul is integrated with the shadow of Goddess, the body becomes homogeneous with the holy light, and then waits until the Holy Light Power reaches a certain critical point before the great priest can advance."
"I can't describe it in detail because I haven't reached that level..."
"Actually, there are two ways to go beyond the great priest, namely priest and combat priest."
Roy had no interest in priests. He didn't want to be that Ascetic wearing a tattered divine robe, so he asked:
"Teacher, can you talk to me about Battle Priest?"
High Priest Reed asked him: "Do you want to become a battle priest?"
Roy actually simply didn't think about it that much, but at this time he could only admit it by oneself nodding.
High Priest Reed then said:
"The series of divine techniques practiced by combat priests are essentially different from those of priests. Priests focus on healing power, while the divine techniques of combat priests are some divine techniques with blessing effects. They can strengthen themselves and can also Strengthen the companions around you, including strength, speed, endurance, weapons and armor, etc."
"So a battle priest must not only have a firm belief, but also a strong body. Otherwise, if his physique is weak, even if he is blessed with Divine Power, he will only become the enemy's spoíls of war on the battlefield."
Roy understood this time. The so-called combat priest requires martial skill and divine technique Dual Cultivation.
"What about the battle priest?"
"After being promoted, a combat priest will become a presiding judge, and a priest will become a bishop after being promoted. It is said that a bishop with a powerful divine technique can master the 'Great Resurrection Technique', but my teacher has not mentioned to me how to be promoted specifically..."
After High Priest Reed explained it to Roy, he asked Roy to learn the 'Glimmer Illumination Spell' in the room.
And he walked out holding the geography atlas, and soon the voice of Priest Theodore could be heard in the corridor outside.
Roy was sitting in the study room, carefully reading the annotations in the book while holding the holy light ball in his other hand. The invisible tentacle was in an area as large as the round table, continuously catching those holy light particles and letting him The holy light seeds in my hand become more solid.
The process of learning divine technique is extremely boring. I obviously don't understand the meaning of those symbols, but I still have to memorize them...
Not only do you have to memorize it, but you also have to learn how to draw it by hand. There are also very strict requirements on how to use each stroke and how to connect it with the prayer.
The process is very tedious.
Fortunately, Roy was full of curiosity about divine technique and studied it carefully all afternoon.
When he first started, Roy even drew the symbols crookedly.
But this level of learning is not difficult for Roy, who has attended various cram schools since he was a child, learned English for exams, and taught himself Japanese for hobby.
The symbols were too ugly to draw, so Roy dipped his fingers in water and practiced on the round table.
That prayer was a bit convoluted, so he recited it loudly in the study room. Anyway, this was the introductory divine technique for trainee priests, and there was no need to keep it secret...
During this period, High Priest Reed came over twice more. The first time was to correct Roy's speed and rhythm in reciting prayers. It was not that the faster and more fluently the chanting was, the better.
The second time High Priest Reed came here was to correct Roy's mistakes in drawing the sacred symbols.
I have to say that this is the benefit of having a teacher, even a small trainee priest.
He can promptly correct various mistakes during practice and point out a shortcut...
At the beginning, Roy couldn't perform this simple divine technique anyway.
Later, Roy would cast it five or six times before he could successfully cast it once.
It only took Roy one afternoon to learn the 'Illumination Spell', and most of this time was spent on condensing holy light.
Seeing a faint bright light appear above his head, it was like a big light bulb turned on above his head. Roy felt that his whole person was not very good. However, as his mind turned, the faint light above his head appeared. He floated freely within five meters around his body.
Wherever you look, this shimmering light slowly drifts past.
Roy felt that he no longer needed to carry a lantern when walking at night.
This is really convenient if you are catching the sea at night.
I still have to carry the lantern in my hand, but this shimmering light can actually float on its own, which is not bad...
It's a pity that it's not magic. Roy actually hopes that he can control a ball of Fireball.
Throw it out, then explode...
The afternoon passed quickly.
By the time he left the temple, Roy could barely cast the 'Illumination Spell'.
(End of chapter)