the last king of darkness

Chapter 202 Expectations
Although I didn't understand what they meant, the feeling of shock still came to my face.

Tommen felt the invisible momentum contained in it, swallowed back the sarcasm, and couldn't help asking: "What do you mean?"

Rhodes smiled, and simply changed the story behind these two sentences into a background they could understand.

Unexpectedly, he actually harvested two "flowers of human nature" because of this.

Does this work too?
"Flower of Human Nature" is a very precious material, which is generally difficult to obtain.

If I just talk about it casually, can it move people?
But Tommen refused to admit it.

"Bah, stop deceiving children with nonsense stories."

"I don't believe it at all."

"I'm here to make money, you don't need to beat me up."

Rhodes smiled and didn't say much.

Dmitry explained the Kuroshio and the meaning of this operation to Rhodes in more objective language.

Under his narration, Rhodes understood everything.

As Tommen said, the black tide in the dark world is like a huge wave on the dark sea, and what Trorian bears is just the aftermath of its edge.

The cause of the Kuroshio is unknown, and its research has always been one of the important subjects of the Trorian Kingdom.

The existing main theories are divided into "monster power change theory", "spirit world change theory", "migration theory" and "civil war theory".

But regardless of the theory, it is admitted that Trorian is protected by the unique terrain and will not face the Kuroshio head-on.

But this time, things have changed.

Part of the front of the Kuroshio turned around and rushed towards Trorian who was hiding in the corner of the Ember Mountains.

The investigation legion and the White Tower simultaneously issued the highest level of warning to Wangcheng.

Wangcheng immediately summoned Liszt, the leader of the investigation army, Meredith, the master of the White Tower, Iyeta the Great Prophet, and Theodore, the chief dean, to discuss countermeasures.

Through a series of actions such as investigation, prophecy, stargazing, and exploration of the spirit world, they determined that detonating enough decaying substances at a specific time and at a specific location can trigger a regional chain reaction, causing some to rush to a special place. Lorian's Kuroshio tide turned.

So does the plan.

Originally the last person in the team was Theodore's spell guard, but for some reason it was replaced by Rhodes.

The plan has also been postponed, and the time will appear so tight.

"but."

Dmitry said:

"Our operation is much smoother than expected. The two nodes are on both sides of the eternal seal. We still have four hours, which is enough to complete the task."

Tommen snorted coldly: "Don't think too beautifully, you will definitely encounter accidents then."

No one answered.

For some reason, it wasn't particularly offensive when he said it.

Soon, the three of them passed through the Land of Eternity and reached the first node.

This is a huge depression, and the bottom is full of broken holes.

Dmitry rang the Bell of Silence again to mask the psychic fluctuations of Tommen's use of traits.

Tommen sat down cross-legged and pressed his hands to the ground, strong psychic waves emanating from him.

The air twisted, and a moment later, with a loud bang, a metal cylinder at least as high as a five-story building fell in front of Tommen.

The scene was shocking, Rhodes looked up at the metal cylinder.

This Tommen really has two brushes.

But he looked tired at the moment, and it seemed that moving such a large object was also very difficult for him.

Dmitry tried to carry him on his back, but was refused.

"I can go."

Tommen staggered to his feet, but fell again.

Dmitry picked him up and ran out quickly.

"Don't we need to open it?" Rhodes asked.

"Need not."

Dmitry said calmly: "The metal cannot resist the influence of so much decay, and the monster will quickly tear it apart."

Tommen scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, run!"

The black mist began to roll, showing something ominous.

A low whistling sound could be heard faintly in the distance, and an uneasy breath floated in the air.

Dmitry held Rhodes, soared into the air, and flew towards the second node.

For unknown reasons, the black mist in this area became very light, and Rhodes' line of sight was greatly extended.

He turned his head and looked, and in the distance of infinite darkness, there was a ray of deeper darkness rushing towards them, just like a tsunami about to rise in the depths of the sea.

Suddenly, Dmitry slammed down.

Above the head, a huge black shadow passed by, its speed was so fast that Rhodes didn't foresee it at all.

Immediately afterwards, more black shadows passed by, all flying towards the first node.

Dmitry quickly landed on the edge of the Land of Eternity and chose to travel on foot.

But the ground was not peaceful, and the wandering monsters became active and aggressive.

Dmitri's invisibility was dispelled by some unknown influence, and he had to cast it repeatedly, finally attracting the attention of an acid monster.

It was a disastrous battle.

The acid monster's sudden attack prevented Dmitri from using the Bell of Silence in time, and they tried to escape directly, but the change attracted more acid monsters, and a strange bird fell from the sky.

Their speed is very fast, no matter how Dmitry and Rhodes run, they can't get rid of them.

"We separate."

Dmitry said briefly, threw Tommen and the astrolabe on Rhodes, turned and ran in another direction.

He constantly activates the spark ability, and the invisibility appears and disappears on him, constantly flashing, attracting a large number of monsters to follow him.

"Sure enough, something marked him."

Tommen murmured.

"When we flew over the eternal land, we were cursed by something."

Rhodes looked at the direction he was going away.

The psychic light began to flicker, proving that he was overtaken and had to fight.

And the sound of battle attracts more monsters, leaving their path open.

"Dmitry..."

Rhodes asked hesitantly.

"Can you survive?"

Tomman sneered and said, "Of course he can survive. He is known as the undefeated Iron Forge City. Although he only has six fires, he has already become a fourth-level combatant. He has superb combat skills, quick thinking, changeable tactics, and self-protection ability." He is extremely strong, and he has survived even more dangerous situations, you thought it was you, a brat who hasn't been baked yet?"

Rhodes felt something dripping onto his back, soaking it coolly.

"You...were crying?"

"Fuck your ass." Tommen scolded angrily, "I'm an iron-blooded man, I won't cry even if I die, and besides, I already knew that the mission would fail and everyone would die, so why cry?"

Rhodes was silent for a moment, and replied: "We will not die."

"Stop dreaming, we are doomed, the mission cannot be successful... Here, the direction is off by one degree."

Tommen held the astrolabe and pointed the way.

Rhodes ran as fast as he could.

But the good times didn't last long, and soon, they encountered a group of spike demons.

This is an abyss monster, which proves that there is an abyss rift nearby, but this is not their task, and such a far rift has no effect on the royal city.

Rhodes tried to get rid of them, but the spike demon not only far surpassed him, but also flashed short distance.

Rhodes could only stop and fight them.

But it was only when they fought against each other that they knew how difficult these spiked demons were slaughtered by Mephis like a pig. The large number of wooden puppets he summoned were easily torn apart, and his spirit spear couldn't hit them at all.

To make matters worse, the sequelae of [Awakening] seemed to be reaching their limit.

There was a huge sense of tearing in the soul, and dizziness came one after another.

no?Is the mission really going to fail?
Rhodes was very regretful. He actually had a lot of hole cards, but he didn't have time to use them.
No, it's impossible.

I'm sure there's something else.

Rhodes changed direction and rushed out of the encirclement.

Riot's psychic energy hit his feet like a battering ram, propelling his figure away from the demon at an extremely fast speed.

But with a few explosions, the spike demon flashed to his vicinity, and the huge spike on his right hand stabbed at him.

Rhodes turned around and sideways, dodging the attack again.

Suddenly, there was a gust of wind from behind.

Rhodes didn't have time to dodge, so he could only open his spiritual defense, turned around and raised his hand to take a blow, and flew far away with his strength.

There was a dull pain in the arm, and the spiritual defense failed to completely block the attack, and the long nail cut a big hole in the arm, dripping with blood.

However, the pain woke Rhode's brain up.

He remembered, he had one more item.

The chief dean's whistle!

Although Phantom is not strong, it has a high combat IQ, which may be useful.

Rhodes immediately took out the whistle from the dream and blew hard.

Suddenly, his psionic energy poured into the whistle like a tide, and Rhodes activated [Awakening] twice in a row to satisfy the powerful suction.

Invisible spiritual energy fluctuations spread in the air, and after a long time, the phantom of the headmaster descended again.

It glanced at Rhodes, and there seemed to be blame in its eyes, and then it swung its staff and smashed the dog's head of a spiked demon that suddenly appeared.

With a big jump, he jumped into the crowd of demons.

Not only was the phantom not torn apart, but it was like the god of war descending.

The staff flew up and down, and the demon's dog heads burst.

"This... how did it become so strong?"

Rhodes hesitated for a moment, then suddenly understood.

"The headmaster did it again? He strengthened the whistle..."

The aftermath of the battle has attracted a large number of monsters, which is a good opportunity to hurry

Rhodes immediately turned around and ran wildly.

He could already see the second node directly, just 10 yards away, a high mountain of rubble.

Victory is at hand.

But at this moment, Rhodes felt a heat on his back, and a large amount of blood flowed down his neck.

Shocked, Rhode immediately put Tommen down, only to see two huge penetrating wounds on his chest and abdomen.

Tommen was as white as paper, and his lower lip had been bitten off with clenched teeth.

With such a serious injury, Rhodes just didn't hear him cry out in pain.

"Hug, sorry..."

He spat out a mouthful of blood, and the flesh foam swirled in the blood.

"The mission...really failed."

Rhodes felt like his heart had fallen into thorns, and the intense pain distorted his voice: "Why don't you shout?"

Tommen's eyes dimmed.

"I...I'm afraid of disturbing you, I think...be patient until the end, maybe it's still possible, but...but..."

"I'm sorry, I can't hold it anymore..."

He cried, and the tears fell in big drops, mixed with the blood, and soaked the ground faster.

"We... we failed again..."

Suddenly, Rhodes said: "No."

"We didn't fail."

Tommen looked at him with something strange in his eyes, like expectation and disbelief.

He said softly: "My spirit is dissipating, I'm going to die soon... There is no rot, the mission is doomed to fail..."

"Move now."

"60 tons of rot, you can't take it away."

"I can take it away, I have space to store it."

For a moment, there seemed to be a flash of lightning in Tommen's eyes: "Really...really?"

"Ah."

Tommen didn't ask again, perhaps out of strength, perhaps afraid of a negative answer.

Psionic energy rose above him, and waves in the air became apparent.

But his breath quickly weakened, and his body was bleeding profusely.

The battle in the distance became more intense, and the phantom of the headmaster was surrounded by countless monsters, but it still slaughtered all the monsters that approached like a god of war.

The strong aftermath of the battle covered up the spiritual fluctuations here, so that they were not disturbed.

Tens of seconds later, with a loud noise, the huge steel cylinder fell beside Rhodes.

Tommen was speechless and could only look at him with hopeful eyes.

Rhodes came to the side of the cylinder, cut his palm with the method the chief dean told him, and drew a huge lightning pattern on the cylinder with blood, which was exactly the same as his gesture.

Then, with a pinch gesture, focus on the entire cylinder.

Close your eyes and feel it in your mind.

The next moment, I felt light, as if something had been pulled away from my body.

Rhodes opened his eyes, the cylinder had disappeared, and in his mind, a huge object was quietly laying flat in the dream.

It has a lightning bolt symbol on it, and it's shining brightly.

This is a ritual token, and in this way, only one item can be sent into or out of the dream.

"Success!"

Rhodes turned his head with a smile.

"As I said, with me here, the mission will not fail."

But Tommen's eyes were glazed, and he was not breathing.

His spirit has dissipated, but what remains on his face is a smile.

Flower of Humanity +1
Rhodes turned silently and rushed to the node.

The phantom disappeared, and the monsters were rushing towards him.

Rhodes desperately used [Awakening], and the strong spiritual energy surged in his body like crazy, disappeared in an instant, and reappeared in an instant.

His speed reached an unprecedented height, and the violent psionic power pushed his body to rush away like lightning, and even the flashing spike demon couldn't catch up with him.

It took him only 10 seconds to cover the 30-yard distance.

The moment Rhodes stepped on the top of the mountain, his body was about to collapse, and no matter how much he used [Awakening], the terrifying aura in the void would not be delayed by half a step.

but.

I have succeeded.

Rhodes smiled triumphantly, gestured, and the 60-ton cylinder hit the node heavily.

The moment it appeared, the breath of the entire space changed.

Countless monsters rushed here, and the spike demon arrived first, piercing his chest.

At the same time, [Awakening]'s huge backlash also erupted in his body.

Rhode's eyes went dark, and he finally lost consciousness.

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Empire.

Everyone involved in the program was very nervous.

The investigation legion, the White Tower, and the Observatory are all paying attention to the movements in the west all the time.

Orders shuttled back and forth in the hall, delivering every tiny bit of news.

(End of this chapter)