the last king of darkness

Chapter 16 Ghost

isn't it?
Rhodes expression was a little stiff.

Are you reliable?

You won't cheat me, will you?
But Lauren just laughed a few times before getting out of the car, and took out a strange weapon from her arms.

It has a long barrel and a heavy stock, and looks a lot like a classical firecracker, but it has no trigger and no powder holes visible.

"It's called the Raven. It is a limited number of crow-style spirit guns produced by the Seamans Factory in 1301. It has a large caliber of 12 mm, is gas-operated, and has a rotary automatic lock. It weighs 7.1 kilograms. It uses real silver bullets. The effective range is 110 yards. The maximum The spiritual power is 40 moments, and the bullet exit level is 31."

He stuffed the gun into Rhode's hand.

"The favorite of my youth, now I give it to you. Its power is very good. It is the best for self-protection when you are weak. There are still seven bullets in the chamber, and you can refill it yourself after you use it up. "

Rhodes took the "Raven" and held it in his hand to examine it carefully. This gun gave him the greatest feeling of harmony and unity. From the muzzle to the end of the gun, it was a complete hook. There were a lot of complicated patterns engraved on the gun body. But without compromising its streamlines.

It's just, how can I shoot without a trigger?

Rhodes looked at Lauren with questioning eyes.

Lauren smiled and said: "Hold the stock of the gun in your hand, concentrate the spiritual energy in the palm of your hand, and pour it into the gun. When the spiritual pressure column is full, it will open..."

boom!
Loud gunshots resounded through the quiet neighborhood.

A small water tower standing in the middle of the street was hit. The high-speed real silver bullet penetrated one side of the water tower and released energy on the other side, blasting a big hole in the back of the water tower.

The clear water splashed down, and the muddy streets became even muddier.

There was no one on the block, but in the simple houses around, many figures appeared by the windows, as if they were looking for the source of the abnormal noise on the block.

Lauren smiled and said, "Notify the First District Office of the Outer City, the maintenance cost and the damage caused will be charged to your account, don't expect me to pay, I just teach you how to use it, I didn't tell you to shoot. "

Rhode's hand was numb from the huge recoil of the spirit spear, and he was also numb when he heard this.

"It still needs to be compensated... But I was just not careful... Aren't we investigating a case? Can't this be considered a loss of official business?"

Lauren's helpless smile widened: "If I write it up as a reimbursement item, Molly will kill me. This can't be regarded as an official loss, it's just an accident caused by personal negligence, and it cannot be reimbursed."

Rhodes was not very happy.

He suffered a huge blow before the matter started. He only had 42 silver wires in his pocket, and he planned to save up to buy some items.

"Don't worry too much about it, it's just a small thing."

Lauren snapped her fingers, and the horseless carriage automatically reversed along the route it came from.

"The important thing is to investigate."

Lauren walked quickly forward.

Rhode's heart trembled, and he quickly followed his pace.

The block was full of mud, and the shoes and pants of the two were soon covered with specks of mud.

This place is completely different from the college. The lights in the college are endless, and the rows of street lamps can't be seen at a glance. Every building is covered with all kinds of lights, as well as shiny murals, hanging decorations, stone statues, and even Trees, grass, vines and other plants.

The bright light illuminates every corner of the college, like a classic, elegant and artistic city that never sleeps.

Its view is perfect if you don't look up.

But here, everything is different.

The thick black fog is just above the head, and you can see it without looking up.

The dirty streets are lined with dilapidated houses, without any layout, crowded together in disorder.

Every house has a lamp, which is either hung on the door or locked in the iron grille outside the window. Most of the lamps are old and dim, and they are in the same shape as the exquisite, elegant lamps made of brass and crystal in the college. sharp contrast.

Shadows are everywhere here, filthy things are everywhere, and the stench mixed with fermented retting acid rushes straight into the nose, making people sick.

This place is not only incomparable to the college, but also like hell compared to the environment outside the Uther Medical Center.

Rhodes held his breath, feeling as if something was shattered in his heart, as if he had seen the real side of the city.

And Lauren looked calm, turning a blind eye to everything around her, as if she had long been used to it.

After a while, Rhode couldn't help asking, "Mr. Lauren, is this a slum?"

Lauren replied flatly: "No, this is King Trorian City, Lower City, Outer City, First District, Firehammer Street."

There seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in his words, which was difficult for people without certain experience to detect, but Rhodes was keenly aware of it.

He couldn't help asking: "Aren't we closely united around the holy fire, with the king at the core, and united as one, working together to protect our homeland?"

Lauren sneered and said, "If it's what we preach all the year round, why is there a doomsday sect whose goal is to extinguish the holy flame and destroy mankind?"

He turned around suddenly, looked at Rhodes with a little complicated gray eyes, and his tone returned to indifference.

"I really underestimated you, Rhodes."

Without waiting for an answer, he continued.

"The royal city is divided into the upper city and the lower city, and the lower city is divided into the inner city and the outer city. The holy fire is in the king's district of the upper city, and the first district of the outer city is the farthest from it. There is only a little bit of power radiated here, we can't light up here like the academy district, we don't have so much extra light, and we can't light up so many spiritual lamps."

It really is a resource issue.

Rhodes thought for a while, and changed the question: "What is a spiritual lamp?"

Lauren unhurriedly explained:
"The afterglow is the light from the guardian fire, which can dispel the black mist in a small area. The spirit lamp is a specially made lantern that can project the radiance of the afterglow in its customized space. Of course, it cannot Too far away."

"It's our most-used item. Every house has a lamp, especially in the outer suburbs."

"Will the lamp with peripheral light stay on forever?" He asked curiously.

"Needs phlogiston."

"What the hell is phlogiston?"

"Add it to the fire to maintain the burning raw material. The higher the strength of the guardian fire, the higher the level of phlogiston required, and the lowest level of phlogiston in Yu Guang can last forever, which is the most acceptable to the people of the royal city Yes—they can last a month's twilight at a modest cost."

"But……"

The block was very long and getting darker. Rhodes suddenly found that some lights had gone out, and the room was filled with darkness.

"A light went out."

Lauren suddenly quickened her pace, and Rhodes had to trot to keep up.
"Some are abandoned houses, some have died."

Rhodes asked in surprise: "Aren't you going to take it back?"

Lauren kept her gaze fixed on the street: "There's no need."

Rhodes hesitated for a moment, and he saw a black shadow passing by in an abandoned wooden house.

"But, there seems to be a ghost inside..."

There was a loud bang.

Something exploded in front of him, and black debris splashed in all directions, but none of them approached Rhodes.

Lauren stared at the figure on an abandoned warehouse, and slowly raised the iron rod in front of Rhodes, her tone still calm and soothing.

"Ghost, no one is scary."

(End of this chapter)