The Last Dark King

Latest website: Before departure, Rhodes went to the Holy Church.

But alas, the Archbishop was not there.

The priests of the Holy Church told him that Lord Horus was already preparing to receive the soul of the Holy King.

Percival believes that this is very likely to allow the Archbishop of the Holy Church to cross two levels in one step - as long as the bright light source of the Holy King can accept the Archbishop's soul, a special quantification can be completed.

Its difficulty is extremely low, because Horus no longer needs to trace his origins to the Sea of ​​Origin, but only needs to trace his origins to the remnant soul of the Holy King.

This powerful source will be "quantified" in his soul and become the authority he controls.

After inheriting the legacy of the Holy King, Horus directly stepped into the king level and became the only "King of Bright Light".

But the key to the problem is that Horus must be recognized by the Holy King, the Remnant Soul, otherwise the prerequisites for all this will not exist.

In order to do this, Horus made a special trip to the bottom of the pure blue lake under the holy white tree.

He needed to clarify his mind in an absolutely quiet environment and understand the remnant soul of the Holy King.

——

After hearing the news, Rhodes was surprised, happy, and a little disappointed.

No wonder I haven't seen Horus during this period. It turns out that he went to retreat.

That remnant soul is the greatest legacy of the Holy King. Needless to say, he is powerful. Horus only inherited a small part of it, which is enough to be powerful.

But in this case, Horus's strength would skyrocket, and it would be impossible for him to force the Archbishop to change his name.

Rhodes sighed.

never mind.

There is no rush.

If that doesn't work, it would be a good thing to let the name of the black rice bucket resound throughout the world.

Afterwards, Rhodes went to the Industrial Machinery Research Institute and the Big Library.

I exchanged information about the giant with the bald master and the great scholars. After getting a new pair of tactical goggles and forcing the bald master to change "Fan Tong No. 46" to "Ares No. 46", I went there. front.

Trorian's current expansion is hindered by several major areas.

The Deadwood Forest in the West, the Land of Withering, Cape Wrath, and the Trembling Land are all areas where powerful king-level monsters are silent.

There are countless powerful monsters in the violent swamps, bone mountains, and ghost cliffs in the east.

The expansion in the south is hindered by the Banshee Tower, the Mortuary, and the Bay of Dead Swords.

All Trorian's high-level combatants were deployed on these battlefields.

Middle and low-level combatants are responsible for guarding the interior and occupying the captured land.

Currently, the number of high-level combatants in Trolian has exceeded 30,000, and the number is still growing by hundreds every day. The Palace of Fire is crowded with people every day.

But with so many people scattered throughout the battle, they suddenly became stretched thin.

Special combatants are even more lacking.

Currently, the Royal City classifies all warriors who have reached the level of Herrscher as special-level combatants, but only the strongest among them can have the title of "Son of Fire" or "Knight Commander".

After the remnants of Saint Reyl joined, the number of special combatants increased to 29. However, the number of truly top-notch warriors was only in single digits.

The former third saint of Saint Rey and the current candidate for the fourth king, Ifra, the former great shepherd and current archbishop Percival, the first knight Alan, plus the knight of the moon Ori Via.

Only these four people have the qualifications to launch a king-killing war and hunt king-level monsters alone.

The expansion war is basically hindered by king-level monsters.

Monsters below the king level are not difficult to deal with. Trorian is already very skilled in group combat, and supplies are far more abundant than before. Coupled with the skyrocketing number of extraordinary beings, forbidden weapons, and Kalil's secret troops, the fighting The burden is much smaller than before.

More importantly, the morale of the soldiers is also much higher than before.

The dawn of human rejuvenation is right in front of us. It is much better than fighting a long and endless battle in endless darkness.

In a desperate environment, what people fear most is that there is no hope. He does not know how long such terror will last, whether such a battle is meaningful, and whether victory can be achieved in the end.

Once these thoughts occur, the human soul will become fragile, even darken, and eventually fall into madness and turn into a monster.

This kind of thing has happened many times in Trolian's long history. Wang has spent a lot of effort to change this, and there have been some results.

But what finally killed "it" completely was Trorian's own strength.

When the human kingdom becomes stronger, people will naturally have hope in their hearts, and they will know that everything they do is not meaningless, and the darkness of the soul will naturally not occur.

It is precisely because of this that although the expansion war was difficult, the attrition was very small.

In the past, countless warriors would return to the Holy Fire in every war, but now this situation is rare. There are far more medicines, better medical resources, and more doctors than before, further reducing unnecessary attrition. .

However, although everything is changing for the better, at the level of cutting-edge combat power, Trorian is more pressing than before.

According to the principles of combat, there must be at least one special combatant in each area.

If a king-killing war is launched, at least three to four special combatants and dozens of first-level combatants will be dispatched.

This is still less.

In the expansion war, the king-level monsters they faced were much more difficult to deal with than the invading monsters.

These king-level monsters have been entrenched in their respective territories for thousands of years. Their characteristics and pollution have profoundly changed these areas, making it much more difficult to attack them than normal.

What's more troublesome is that under the long-term influence, many quasi-king-level monsters will be born.

The so-called quasi-king-level monsters are monsters that possess the souls of king-level monsters but do not have the source of control. They have already reached the standards of king-level monsters, but they are suppressed by the "leader" and unable to take the final step.

But as soon as the king-level monster as the leader dies, a quasi-king-level monster will immediately inherit its source of strength and break through the suppression to become a new king-level monster.

There is some weird connection between these quasi-king-level monsters and their leader, more like some kind of spare container.

As long as there are king-level monsters that have existed in an area for more than a thousand years, this system will gradually form.

Therefore, just killing king-level monsters is useless.

They must defeat this "monster kingdom" from the front before they can occupy this land.

This is the fundamental reason why the expansion war is so slow. They have entered the real battle against the dark world.

Trolian had never fought such a war before, and the rare war of expansion was actually just to regain the land that Trolian had originally lost.

It's not like now, when it's about seizing the territory of the dark world that once belonged to humans but now belongs to monsters.

Difficulties are to be expected.

Wangcheng is already prepared to take only one direction. If Dalongcheng wins, it will be a huge victory.

But Rhodes didn't intend to settle for just this small victory.

Only children make choices.

I want them all!

——

On the night of the capture of Dalong City, Rhodes came to the Dead Wood Forest.

This was the worst-hit area in the west. Aleihan, the First Son of Fire who was in charge of the Dead Wood Forest, was seriously injured and had to return to the royal city to recuperate. Qingyu came to take over with a new force, but there was not much improvement.

This has become the slowest area in the royal city, seriously slowing down the pace of expansion.

Therefore, he was chosen as the first target by Rhodes.

The frontline fortress of Deadwood Forest is at the very edge of the battle line. As soon as Rhodes arrived here, he received an extremely warm welcome.

Every soldier rushed forward, wanting to have close contact with Rhodes, even if they just touched him.

If Qingyu hadn't arrived in time, Rhodes' integrity might have been compromised.

"Why don't you get rid of them?"

After returning to the upper conference room, Qingyu opened his big shining eyes and looked at him curiously.

"With your prestige and ability, you can do this."

Rhodes scratched his head, but before he could answer, he heard A Luo say loudly: "Miss, Rhodes is a pervert. I saw it. He was touched by so many people, and he was still smiling and waving to people. There are many people there. It’s a man!”

Bai Lang stared at him with sharp eyes: "No, I noticed that they are all men."

Rhode's face turned slightly red. He was certainly not a pervert, but the moment he was surrounded, his humanity surged crazily. Every time he waved, every smile, even every handshake, every time he was touched, There is a flower of humanity in the account.

In just a few dozen seconds, he harvested more than ten flowers of humanity.

How could he bear to give up such a good thing?

If Qingyu hadn't come, Rhodes felt that he could have persisted for one more night.

Of course, he didn't mean to blame her. This kind of thing can't be done for too long, otherwise the income will drop. After all, people are not human machines without emotions. No one will be moved all the time, right?

But in this short period of time, Rhodes harvested more than 10 million human natures and 26 flowers of human nature.

Haha, these 26 people who touched the depths of their souls are so awesome!

10 million humans are not bad, if necessary, they can be condensed into a flower of humanity.

However, Rhode was angry when he thought about this. Crushing the flower of humanity can only give you 1,000 points of humanity, but condensing it costs 10 million.

This price difference is as high as 10,000 times, which is so bad that it is so bad for my grandma. No wonder the Book of Knowledge repeatedly warned him not to crush the flower of humanity, otherwise he will lose his blood.

"Well..."

Facing the questions from Qingyu and the others, Rhodes coughed and came up with an explanation.

"Condolences to the frontline soldiers, of course we must be one with them."

Qingyu blinked and suddenly leaned into his ear and said, "If you like this type, I can change into a male in the future."

Rhodes was shocked: "What did you say?"

"Don't worry." Qingyu smiled and said: "It's just a change in appearance. This is the ability of the characteristic 'changer'. It can change the appearance of the body and gain stronger combat capabilities, so that the Herrscher's perfect body can bear this burden. , there will be no side effects.”

Rhodes was stunned for a long time before he understood what she meant, and immediately refused: "No, no! I don't want it! I'm a normal man, I don't have that kind of hobby."

Qingyu blinked, as if he didn't completely believe his words.

"Don't worry, little Rhodes, I won't say it everywhere. Moreover, the final pregnancy is also done by me. This is the best blessing of fire. I will use this opportunity to step into the king-level realm."

Rhodes looked at her in shock, and suddenly remembered this trivial knowledge. The Fire Bearer's pregnancy is actually a blessing of fire, which will greatly enhance the various abilities of the mother's body, and use pregnancy to push her power to a higher level. A common method used by some high-level female combatants.

However, only the first time has the greatest effect. Each subsequent time will weaken this effect. After three times, it becomes an ordinary strengthening blessing.

Moon Knight Olivia has done this before, so strictly speaking, she is a young woman, not a girl.

Of course, Rhodes didn't mind.

"Qingyu, are you going to advance to the king level so soon?"

If he remembered correctly, it only took a few months for Qingyu to step into the ranks of Herrschers, and he did so with his help.

Qingyu smiled and said: "Yes, I just took a pure star source potion, and now, I feel like I have been reborn!"

She opened her hands, and the surging soul breath rushed towards her face. Even if she did not have any spiritual power, her beating heart was still telling the story of her master's vigorous power.

Rhodes clearly felt the vitality contained in her soul, and her power was indeed growing rapidly.

White Wolf said with joy on his face: "Your Excellency Percival told us that we all have the qualifications of a king, but the previous environment was too poor, which caused our growth to be slow. If the supply was sufficient, Miss would have become a king-level powerhouse!" "

A Luo also smiled: "Pure Star Source Potion is the most powerful elixir in human history. It has completely stimulated the young lady's potential and made up for her previous shortcomings."

Rhodes was surprised and delighted. The promotion of the Chosen of Fire is the most worthy of celebration. It represents the hope and future of a human kingdom. The more and more powerful the Chosen of Fire are, the more stable and stable the human kingdom will be. can continue its prosperity.

He slapped his chest and said loudly: "I know, I will help you at the critical moment. If you need it, please come to me at any time. For the revival of mankind and the strength of Trorian, I will not hesitate."

Qingyu smiled and said: "Thank you, little Rhodes."

A Luo sighed: "It's so shameless."

White Wolf was very satisfied: "As expected of Lord Rhodes, the children of you and Miss Qingyu will definitely be powerful warriors. An excellent seed like yours must not go astray. Man and man cannot give birth to each other." For children, even using the 'changer' trait won't work."

Rhodes frowned slightly: "How did you master such evil characteristics?"

Qingyu said seriously: "Little Rhodes, this trait is not evil at all. It is an ability that our candidates for the king must master. The big library has completely recorded all the details of this trait. As long as we study it carefully, we will learn about it in about four You can master it within a week.”

Rhodes was surprised: "Why do you do this?"

"Because it can help us have a more perfect body faster and is of great benefit to our growth."

"Ah? Doesn't this mean that you, Jon, Starsong, and even the king have mastered this ability?"

Qingyu blinked, feeling strange about Rhodes' exaggerated reaction: "Yeah, what's wrong?"

Rhodes' whole face wrinkled together. There is no doubt that this ability is simply too evil. It can not only change the appearance, but also temporarily change the gender. According to the general situation, if the owner of this characteristic reaches the level of Herrscher , even king level, then isn’t he a man or a woman, a shemale or a pervert?

Fortunately, the Chosen of Fire can only imitate, and the effect is not as good as the original owner.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to imagine the female King, the female Jon, and the male Qingyu and Starsong.

What a nightmare.

but.

If it's only used within a certain range, that's not bad.

Rhodes coughed and shook off his random thoughts.

"Qingyu, tell me about the situation in the Deadwood Forest. The expansion cannot be slower."

Qingyu's expression became serious and he said in a deep voice: "The monsters in the dead wood are mainly nightmare giants. They are derivatives of giants and inherit the characteristics of giants. They are very difficult to kill and will also pollute the spirit of warriors. The most troublesome thing that makes the battle unsustainable is that the king-level monster entrenched in the dead forest is a very ancient monster. It has been here for countless thousands of years, and there are hundreds of quasi-king-level nightmares gathered around it. Giants, and countless powerful and super-level nightmare ghosts.”

White Wolf said slowly: "Our battle is very difficult. We must first kill the nightmare ghosts, then kill all the nightmare giants, and finally kill their leader. But until now, there are still a large number of nightmare ghosts entrenched. In the dead wood forest, not even one of the nightmare giants was killed."

A'luo held Rhodes' hand and looked at him without blinking: "Brother Rhodes, you must have a way, right? You have taken down the Great Dragon City, and the Dead Wood Forest is not a problem at all, right? ?”

A Luo is a few years older than Rhodes. She used to call him Little Rhodes, but now she calls him Big Brother instead.

There is no doubt that these words hit Rhode's heart. At this moment, he felt so happy in his heart that he naturally did not flinch when faced with the beauty's soft words of entreaty.

"certainly."

Rhodes waved his hand.

“It’s all wrapped up in me.”

A Luo burst into laughter and immediately rushed over: "Yeah, I knew you could do it. From now on, no matter in the conference room, at the sacred fire sacrificial site, in the kitchen, in the toilet, or in bed, you will always be my big brother!"

The soft touch stirred Rhode's nerves, and nothing made him happier than this moment: "Not only the deadwood forest, but also Trorian's expansion problem, I can solve it."

"Then you are my father!"

This stimulation was too much, and Bai Lang pulled A Luo off.

Qingyu stepped forward and asked softly: "Little Rhodes, what are you going to do?"

"Tell me the location of the king-level monster, and I'll go alone."

"This won't work. The decapitation operation is invalid. Those quasi-king-level monsters were born because of it and have a special connection with it. When the king-level monster is killed, its power source will be immediately transferred to one of the quasi-king-level monsters. The body is like its container.”

Rhodes smiled and said: "I know, I just kill them all, isn't that enough?"

Qingyu looked at Rhodes, with fire shining in his eyes.

After a long time, she said softly: "Okay, if you can do it, I will also call you big brother."

Under the golden firelight, a thin blush appeared on the blue-feathered and white jade-like cheeks, like rouge dotted on mutton fat.

For the first time, Rhodes felt Qingyu's charm.

hiss.

It seems good.

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The Deadwood Forest is a large area to the west of Trolian, covering an area of ​​more than 10,000 square meters, and it blocks the only way from the Royal City to the Dragon City.

If the Deadwood Forest cannot be taken, it will never be possible to formally incorporate the Great Dragon City into Trorian's territory.

The support team going to Dalong City took a long detour.

Now, Rhodes is going to change this situation.

Before setting off, he took a nap in the rocking chair in Dreamland to regain some energy.

Then he took another breath of destiny.

That wisp of white energy sank directly into his soul and dissipated.

Rhodes didn't feel any changes and didn't know if it was really effective.

"never mind."

Rhodes didn't pay attention, and as soon as the time for the portal passed, he flew directly into the depths of the dead wood forest.

After flying over a large area of ​​dead trees, Rhodes finally saw the monster's lair deep in the dead forest.

It was a bird's nest-shaped building, covering an area of ​​more than 5,000 yards. The nest was filled with graves made of mud and dead wood, and it was filled with nightmare giants whose whole bodies were festering.

At a glance, Rhodes easily judged them as powerful super-level monsters, but he soon discovered that their souls were different.

It is the same deep soul rhythm as a king-level monster. It has the same soul as a king-level monster, but it does not have a strong source.

It looks very similar to an ultra-limited monster that only has a "god's soul" but no fundamental source.

Perhaps, it is a king-level over-limit monster, a special form of monster formed around the king-level monster.

Based on this calculation, will there be such quasi-god-level monsters around the "Ancient God"?

If so, then he wouldn't have to risk hunting those slave gods.

Unfortunately, the Book of Knowledge answered his question.

Similar monsters will also appear around the ancient gods, but they are called divine evils and will never leave the ancient gods. They are the servants of the gods. Hunting the evil creatures is equivalent to hunting the ancient gods.

The best way to obtain [Soul of God] is to kill those demigods.

It seems that this road will not work.

Rhodes could only give up the idea with regret.

But luckily, the Nightmare Giant was indeed of the giant lineage, and the Book of Knowledge saw its weaknesses.

Rhode's mind moved, and he vaguely had an idea.

Sure enough, when he came to the deepest part of the lair, he immediately saw a giant over 500 meters tall lying in the largest tomb.

It was none other than the King of Giants.

Rhodes immediately took out the tactical goggles: "Bald Master, look at it, do you recognize it?"

Only a few seconds later, the shocked voice of the bald master came from the tactical eyepiece.

"It's it, it's it! Ultar, the Twilight Giant! One of the twelve giant kings!"

"Lord, you found it! Now, only Omer, the man who built the royal city, is left in the King of Giants. He must have hidden secrets about the battle in the Giant King's Court and the ancestor of the giants..."

Rhodes put the tactical goggles back casually. He didn't want irrelevant people to watch the next battle.

call!

Rhodes took a deep breath, put his hands together, and the torrent of destruction swept away.

In just an instant, [Psychic Duo] woke up all the nightmare giants.

Of course, Rhodes did not use [Psychic Duo] to kill the giants, but just to wake them up. This aura of destruction monster was very afraid of them.

Boom boom boom!

The nightmare giants all stood up from their graves, roared astonishingly, and charged towards Rhodes.

Rhodes' hand deflected, and [Psychic Duo] hit the Twilight Giant, awakening the leader of the king-level monster.

"Hahaha! Your doom is coming!"

Rhodes fell directly into the center of the monster group from the air.

"King Rhodes, suppress this world! Go!"

brush!

The portal opens.

Golden fire burst out, and the infinitely huge flaming sword drowned everything.

"Little Rod."

The king's voice came from the portal.

"It's really on time."

Rhodes said happily: "It all depends on you, King!"

"let's go!"

——

When the portal closed, the entire lair had been burned to ashes, and all the powerful nightmare giants were reduced to flying ashes.

Only the twilight giant Ultar is still fighting hard.

But it has also reached the point where the lamp has run out of oil. There are huge scars all over its body. Golden flames are burning in its scars, like gangrene attached to the bones. It cannot be extinguished no matter how hard it is, and thick black smoke is billowing up.

It let out a desolate roar, and a spiritual explosion resounded in Rhodes' soul.

But it has no effect. He has already eaten five flowers of humanity, and all soul pollution and mental distortion are ineffective against him.

The red giant struck one blow after another, and even the powerful king-level Twilight Giant could not withstand the "divine blow" of 2.95 million kilometres of spiritual energy.

Soon, when Rhodes hit another powerful punch, the Twilight Giant could no longer hold on and fell to the ground, with a big hole in his soul.

Rhodes immediately dismissed the red God of War and flew up.

Soul blast!

Bang!

The Twilight Giant was torn apart, and its huge body collapsed like a ball of soft mud.

The fire spread quickly, engulfing it and sending thick black smoke into the sky.

The leader monster of the Dead Wood Forest died.

After losing the king-level monster, the pollution gathered here quickly began to dissipate, and the concentration of the black mist plummeted.

Rhodes knew that it would not be long before the pollution levels in the dead wood forest returned to normal.

And without the support of the leader monster, the nightmare ghost does not pose much of a threat and will soon be cleared out by Qingyu's army.

At this point, victory in the Battle of Dead Wood Forest was only a matter of time.

Eleven of the legendary twelve giant kings have died at the hands of Rhodes.

"Hmph, it's so weak. Who said the King of Giants is strong? I easily killed it with only half a step to the king level. It seems that it was nothing more than this in the ancient era."

Rhodes took out the ashes of the Twilight Giant from the ashes and was surprised to find that it was the same size as the ashes of the Deep Sea Giant King.

A lot of potions can be made in the royal city again.

"Hahaha, I am indeed the savior of this world's destiny. I can kill any ancient god with just a wave of my hand."

"With me, Rhodes, there will be heaven!"

——

News of the victory quickly spread throughout the Deadwood front, and the legendary Rhodes once again created a legendary miracle.

At this moment, the name of the black rice bucket echoed between heaven and earth, and Rhodes surprisingly didn't even care, because he found that his humanity and the flower of humanity were accelerating and skyrocketing.

Even in order to maintain this surge, he personally joined the team and worked with them to clean up the remaining nightmare ghosts.

This behavior greatly stimulated many warriors. The great Rhodes was willing to fight side by side with them. This was simply a supreme honor and a glorious story worthy of being told to their descendants many years later.

In the excitement of the crowd, Rhodes gained more flowers of humanity.

Now, he finally discovered that the higher the level of combatants, the higher the probability of obtaining the Flower of Humanity.

This is because they have experienced more darkness and despair than ordinary people, know that those things are miraculous, and understand the preciousness of the hope that Rhodes brings.

Although middle and low-level combatants and civilians also know it, they do not have such a deep understanding after all. Therefore, the proportion of being moved from the depths of their souls is much smaller than that of high-level combatants.

After discovering this, Rhodes no longer had to worry about not having enough flowers of humanity.

This was as surprising to Rhodes as getting a large wave of divinity.

I didn’t expect that a trip to the dead wood forest would yield such a harvest.

Suddenly, he realized that this might be the effect of the "Qi of Destiny".

Many things happened in a single thought, and he made the right choice unconsciously.

Of course, Rhodes can't be sure at this time, it's just a guess.

But soon, he no longer had any doubts.

While clearing out the nightmare ghosts with the soldiers, Rhodes deliberately led a separate team in order to speed up the process.

This team went deep into the dead woodland.

Then, Rhodes sensed a fragment of the dream underground.