the last king of darkness

Chapter 225
Pushing open the door of the Holy Fire Sacrifice, a beautiful blonde woman came out head-on.

She glanced at Rhodes arrogantly, and said indifferently: "Who are you? Why don't you kneel down when you see me?"

cough!
Horus coughed behind him.

The blond girl glanced at him, snorted coldly, and left with her head held high.

Rhodes felt a little strange, but he didn't care too much.

Entering the sacrificial place, the king was sitting on his throne, pale, looking very tired and weak.

But seeing Rhodes coming, he smiled again.

"Little Rhodes, you are here...you should have met Lilith, she is my lover, don't worry, she has always been so arrogant."

Horus nodded: "Be vain."

Rhodes blinked, seeing Wang's weak appearance, he couldn't help but have bad associations.

no?I didn't expect you to be this kind of king. Is it appropriate to do this kind of thing in the holy fire sacrificial ground?

If I had come earlier, wouldn't I have seen an indescribable scene?
Suddenly, another question came to mind, and he couldn't help asking: "Where's the queen? Why haven't I seen her? Is your harem very big?"

Horus' face sank, and he shouted, "Rhodes, shut up..."

"Don't get excited, Xiao Hehe."

Wang showed a calm smile and said softly.

"My wife died in battle ten years ago. Lilith is my only lover. She sacrificed a lot and covered up many things for me. If she offends you, please forgive her."

Horus' face was gloomy, obviously this was not a glorious thing.

"Little Rhodes, you are now the Hand of the King, and you have all the positions required to take up the position in Fanxing Town. Right now, you should go to perform the task of opening up the human territory."

Rhodes couldn't help showing a smile, he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Wang's expression became serious.

"This is a very important mission, and its outcome will directly affect the Torch Project."

"However, the resistance to the implementation of the plan is much greater than expected."

"The long battle has made everyone very tired, and the soldiers have a strong desire to cultivate their health and well-being. Opponents and moths in the royal city have used this to unite and try to overturn the implementation of the new law in order to protect their interests. "

"Therefore, the difficulties you will encounter will be much greater than you imagined."

Rhodes couldn't help asking: "At such a critical moment of human survival, why are there such people?"

Horus said in a deep voice: "There is no way. Trorian has existed for more than 1300 years. The two mass extinctions were 900 and 400 years ago. The Royal City has not faced darkness for at least 300 years."

"These people have been lying in a relatively comfortable environment for too long, and gradually degenerate into maggots full of fat."

"They don't think that the royal city will be destroyed. At most, they will lose some territories and die."

"As long as they hide inside the high walls of Los, there is no danger."

"So, what they are thinking about is to grab more benefits, gain a higher status, and live a more luxurious life. There are 5000 million people gathered in the royal city alone, and there are at least 1000 million black households. They can be cut off completely. Take their flesh and soul to feed yourself."

This was the first time Rhodes had heard of such a thing.

Wangcheng is an extremely huge city. The area of ​​the lower city alone exceeds [-] square yards, accounting for nearly one-tenth of the area of ​​the entire Trorian Kingdom. It is not surprising that so many people can gather in the underground river purified by the holy white tree.

The strange thing is, how do they feed themselves by cutting off their flesh and soul?

Seeing Rhodes' puzzled gaze, Horus explained, "Does Hongjing know?"

Rhodes nodded, soul red crystal is a common recovery material.

"Does the living spirit know?"

Rhodes nodded, he could obtain this material by sacrificing human souls to make wooden puppets.

For a while, he was in short supply and bought a lot from the medicine woman (Mephis).

Ask for a few silver, very cheap.

Horus said in a deep voice: "The reason why the soul red crystal has a recovery effect is because it has the activity of life in it. They mash the flesh and blood of living people and the original crystal and mix them together, and then use secret methods to get them at a very low cost. The price is made into red crystal."

"Fresh souls can be separated by a psionic cracker to filter out a large amount of living spirituality."

"They set up flesh and blood mills, buy poor people for 300 silver ropes or less, make them into red crystals and living spirits, and then resell them to lawless people in the market to make huge profits."

"They even hired poor people to work for them at the Flesh Mill. Not only did these people have to work for more than ten hours a day, their weekly salary was only 20 silver claims, and they also had to deduct food and accommodation expenses."

"Many people went mad in such harsh and bloody conditions, and they threw the mad people into the mill."

A strong chill mixed with nausea and vomiting rushed to my heart, and Rhodes asked angrily: "Why do you keep this kind of person?"

Horus said in a deep voice: "There are many people who don't think so. They think it's a fair deal. Those who can't survive turn into resources to dedicate themselves to the cause of the king's city, and get silver ropes to keep their families alive. It's the best of both worlds." things."

Rhodes said angrily: "Fart, this is massacre. If the last home of human beings is a home that eats people, then what is the difference between us and monsters?"

Wang smiled and said, "There is a difference. The monster eats it as soon as it is picked up. We have to cook it carefully, dress appropriately, and behave elegantly. We also need to pray for the dead before the meal to show our mercy and kindness."

There was a cold and strong murderous look in his smile.

"Little Rhodes, you may be a little disappointed, Qingyu will not inherit my throne, and Jon will be my next successor."

Horus said anxiously: "King, how can you tell him this?"

Wang laughed and said: "Why can't you say it? Little Rhodes is the same as us, he won't say it, Jon will still be the expectation of the maggots, they gather under his banner, but they don't know that they have been exposed."

"When he takes office, none of these people will be able to escape, and they will also establish a strong prestige for him."

Rhodes wanted to understand many things at once, but he couldn't accept it. He asked in a deep voice, "Why don't you kill them now?"

Horus replied: "As long as the candidates for the king are not confirmed, they must work hard for us, and the rules and ideas set by the king cannot be easily violated."

"Of course, things like the Flesh Mill are beyond our tolerance, and the king has already ordered it to be banned."

"Because of this, the torch plan has encountered stronger opposition, and they believe that the expansion has affected their interests."

After a moment of silence, Rhodes asked, "Why don't you make the plan of the holy fire public? Except for the doomsday believers, no one wants to see the holy fire go out, right?"

Horus frowned and said, "Rhods, don't inquire about things you shouldn't ask, you are not an official member of the Holy Fire Project."

Wang shook his head and said, "Xiao Hehe, it's time to put your guard down."

"But, Wang..."

"It's okay, we can tell him about the torch plan."

Wang turned his head, golden flames burning in his pupils.

"Little Rhodes, do you know what a source is?"

Rhodes shook his head.

He has heard it many times, and he also knows that the stars need to have the soul of [source] to ignite, but he doesn't know what it is.

"The source is the law of the beginning, the fundamental law of the operation of all things, the world was born because of this, and it continues because of it."

"It was differentiated from the primordial chaos. The light part formed the source law, sank to the bottom of the world to form the law, and the heavy part formed the source matter, scattered all over the world."

"The eternal fog that Alan gave you, the darkness of the abyss you obtained by destroying the abyss rift, and the blood of Guros obtained by killing the abyss serpent are all source matter."

Rhode's heart trembled.

The king knew these things.

But he didn't seem to know that these were used to quantify the [Dark Devourer], and he never asked him about it.

"The ocean of void formed by the law of the source is the sea of ​​the source."

"It is a concept that permeates the space. Whenever a soul is formed, it will obtain a part of its projection."

"That's the trait."

"It's just that some people have obtained a relatively complete law, and they have become a series of spiritual fires, with corresponding soul characteristics."

"Some people have obtained the Law of Fragmentation and Mixture, and they become the Spark Sequence, possessing the fire seed."

"Therefore, every spark is a characteristic of fragmentation."

"There are also some people whose souls are too fragile to activate the law. They are ordinary people."

Wang paused and continued.

"Please note that what we obtain is the projection, which is the trajectory formed by the soul according to the shape of the law, not the law itself."

"However, through continuous efforts, we can bring this projection closer to its origin."

"This is the level of soul characteristics."

"The Engineering Research Institute uses the image of a flower to represent that every time you have a flower, you are one point closer to your source law. When you have nine flowers, that is, nine levels, you are infinitely closer to your original source. "

"This is the limit of ordinary people."

"If it breaks through to level ten, the projection will coincide with the source, and quantification will begin."

"When it is completed, you will have this source law, controlling a part of the world's laws."

Wang's words were like a thunderbolt, splitting the deepest fog in Rhode's mind instantly.

It turns out that this is "quantified"!
The stars are my characteristics, upgrading is to get closer to the source, and "quantified" is to replace the source and control the laws of the world!

No wonder, no wonder!
Rhodes thought of many things in an instant.

"But it's a pity that Theodore is the only one who has accomplished this feat."

"With him gone, we lost that power permanently."

Rhode asked anxiously: "What about the Spark sequence? Can the Spark sequence be quantified?"

Wang shook his head slightly.

"Currently only Spirit Fire can do this."

"Xinghuo can only awaken more laws in the soul and ignite more fire seeds through various means."

Horus also said: "Most of the combatants in the Starfire sequence mainly focus on physical combat, and rarely rely on their characteristics, because their characteristics of fire are complicated and weak, and they are far inferior to spirit fire. But you are the only exception. You The properties of the fire are unbelievably strong, and they are almost the same as the properties of the soul, which makes me very disturbed."

Rhodes was stunned: "Why?"

Horus said: "Generally speaking, only one soul characteristic can be possessed. People with two soul characteristics are very rare, and their souls are also very unstable, and they are extremely easy to lose control. Once the soul loses control, the psionic energy will backfire. With very few exceptions, the body will blacken and eventually go mad, becoming a lunatic or a monster."

Rhode couldn't help asking: "What about the three characteristics?"

Horus' face darkened.

"People with three soul characteristics in history, all fell into darkness in the end, and became the terrifying king of darkness."

Suddenly, he showed suspicion.

"Did you know Memphis? What did she tell you?"

Rhodes hesitated for a moment, and said: "She said that you think she is the Son of Destruction in the prophecy, but I don't quite believe it. I have already made an appointment, and the first partner of this expedition is her."

Horus's parched face was cracked like dead wood.

"What did you say?"

He growled, spraying Rhodes with saliva.

"I will never allow it! How can you two get mixed up? The most dangerous taboo in the Silver Oath is never allowed to leave my sight..."

Wang comforted: "Don't get excited, Xiao Hehe, why don't we dance first."

Horus turned his face away and roared in the same tone: "Idro! Make me look like a king!"

Wang coughed and sat up straight.

The flaming royal robe flew from the holy flame and draped over him, making him look a lot more majestic.

He continued.

"After the quantification is completed, you will have a [source]."

Rhodes asked: "What about the monster?"

"Except for the corrupted creatures, other monsters are born from the polluted law of origin."

Horus said: "According to the different laws of origin, they are divided into five categories, monsters, ghosts, born ones, cursed ones, strange demons, plus fallen people, polluted people, and corpses made of corrupted corpses." Ghosts, there are eight categories in total.”

"Monsters are different from humans. Monsters cannot improve their characteristics, so they cannot obtain resources."

"In addition to being carried by themselves, they can only be obtained by devouring other souls or source matter."

Horus looked serious.

"Rhode, you must pay attention, any monster with a source is very dangerous, the more you have, the more dangerous it is."

Rhodes hurriedly asked, "How should I judge?"

Horus said in a deep voice: "Your spiritual vision can see that the monster's soul has dark ripples, and those in the state of no light, or the state of the black domain, all have a source."

"Especially monsters above the strong level, you must pay attention."

Rhodes nodded slightly.

The strong level is a very powerful monster, and it is not at the same level as the previous gray level, unlevel, successful level, and fierce level.

Both the abyssal serpent and the corrupted dragon are powerful monsters.

"Considering your lack of experience, I appointed Molly as your assistant."

"She is the best dispatcher in the Military War Department and can assist you in accomplishing many things."

"Not only that, Molly also has a very firm belief and is willing to sacrifice everything for the fire. Such a woman is an excellent partner..."

Wang coughed, interrupting Horus' untimely lecture.

"Back to the topic, the source law is almost infinite and contains countless rules, so our characteristics are also different."

"But when it comes down to it, it's all contained within 107 domains."

"And among them, the three domains known as the pillars of the world are time, space, and activity."

"These are the three laws of the beginning of origin. They were originally a whole, but now they are broken and scattered in the sea of ​​origin."

Wang paused, and finally got to the point.

"And the fire of protection is rooted in the sea of ​​origin and exists above these three pillar domains."

"The stronger the Guardian Fire, the more sources it needs, otherwise its power and source will be lost."

"As for the extremely powerful holy fire, due to the large amount of phlogiston and firewood we added, its power has far exceeded its source. The structure of the firewood is collapsing, and the holy fire has become capricious and unstable. It can only rely on my strength maintain."

"There are only two solutions, to obtain another seed of the Holy Fire."

Wang looked at Rhodes seriously, and said word by word.

"Narrowing the scope of the flame, forfeiting the lives of 3000 million people in the outer city."

An unspeakable silence enveloped the holy fire sacrificial field.

It took Rhodes a long time to come back to his senses, and he lost his voice and said:

"You mean, the elders of the Supreme Council will choose the second option?"

(End of this chapter)