the last king of darkness

Chapter 23 Opening
It's that golden light!
Rhodes suddenly became excited.

Saved!
He was just thinking about rushing over to hold the light blade and stabbing the monster to death like last time.

The golden light dissipated.

But the monster that was torn in two turned around and took a step towards him.

boom.

The ground seemed to be shaking, half of the monster's body was dragged on the ground, half of it stood upright, only the lower body was still stuck together.

Black goo flowed down from the section of the body, and two red eyes stared at him from two very large angles.

Not dead yet!
The chill exploded in the soul in an instant, and Rhodes squeezed the gun tightly, almost instinctively activating the psionic energy.

The spiritual pressure meter soared into the sky, and the muzzle of the gun flashed.

boom!
The white line that shot out instantly hit the side of the monster's body, and the high-speed real silver bullet penetrated into the pure black sticky substance that filled the body, releasing its energy, blasting the large black substance fly out.

The black monster staggered a step, but quickly stood firm, and still moved towards him.

Bang bang bang bang!
Rhodes fired five shots in an instant, emptying the bullet.

All five white lines penetrated into the cross-section of its body, the silver light of the explosion of the real silver bullet flickered one after another, and the black sticky matter scattered in all directions, like a child throwing a firecracker into a dung pit that had been deposited for 1 years. Old shit.

click.

Rhodes unloaded the gun casing at the speed of light, and filled it with seven real silver bullets in an instant.

Bang bang bang bang bang!
The seven shots sounded almost instantly, and the seven real silver bullets accurately hit the monster's wound.

Rhodes' mental concentration was unprecedented, and psionic energy was continuously produced in the soul like breathing, just like muscles releasing power, it was an instinct.

click.

The seven real silver bullets were filled again.

Seven shots were fired again.

Rhodes felt that his whole body was burning, his soul was restless, and his spiritual energy was surging.

"Raven" started to feel hot, unable to bear his crazy infusion.

Bang bang bang bang bang!
After another seven shots, the monster finally fell, its contents almost emptied as its huge body fell to the ground.

A strange whining sound resounded in the air, as if something had left.

The monster's corpse began to evaporate, countless black dust rose into the sky, and the sticky matter scattered on the ground also began to decompose.

Black flying dust covered the sky and the earth for a moment, covering his eyes.

But Rhodes clearly saw that a huge black line composed of countless black dust submerged into his body.

Immediately, on the black altar, a group of black flames larger than all previous flames appeared.

After a while, the black dust disappeared and scattered in the air.

The dream has returned to its original state, all traces of monsters have disappeared, and the black mist in the distance has also dissipated. The gray and quiet mist flows slowly, without any waves, infinitely far away, as if until the end of time.

Everything is so peaceful, as if the invasion never came.

But the excited and exhausted spirit, the hot pistol, and the real silver bullet still in his hand reminded him that all this was not an illusion.

at last!

it is finally over!
I finally survived.

I got through another crisis.

Rhodes let out a long breath, and the moment he relaxed, exhaustion surged up like a tide, and he just wanted to fall down and sleep on the spot.

But this is impossible, he still has many things to do.

Rhodes raised his head and cast his eyes on the black fire about half the size of a fist.

【The Soul of Twisted Demon Flesh】

[The soul from the dark side of a part of twisted demon flesh]

[The black blood wraps the corpses and dead souls. This is the spirit matter that has fallen off from a greater existence, and it is a monster formed by wandering in the river of eternal death for countless years. 】

Rhodes frowned.

This soul seems to be related to something terrible.

He carefully wrote down every word and planned to go back and study it carefully.

After listening carefully to the soul for another half a second, it was indeed a strange sound mixed with countless noisy and maddening whispers.

Rhodes immediately stopped listening, thinking that unless it was a human soul, he would never listen again.

He jumped off the altar and made his way to the obelisk, only to find that it hadn't healed as quickly as the previous time.

There are cracks all over the surface of the blue-gray stele, and huge claw marks can be seen everywhere. Some small blue fly ash is gathering from the air towards the stele, slowly filling the gaps.

Very slowly.

There was a constant pain in the depths of the spirit, but the intensity was much smaller than it was at the beginning.

Sure enough, my spirit was already bound to it.

Maybe it's my soul.

Rhodes reached out and touched its surface lightly.

The deep night sky once again appeared on the surface of the monument, and countless light spots once again appeared on this pure black background.

So, this is actually the inside of my soul?

Rhodes guessed.

And everything outside belongs to me?

However, why the text and information on all objects are presented in the way I can best understand.

And the light spots inside the soul are strange words that are completely unknown?
This question has no answer for now.

Rhodes can only sink it into the bottom of his heart, hoping to learn the truth one day in the future.

Moving his eyes, Rhodes saw the dark red "Darkness Devourer" in the center and the light blue light spot near it.

"Dark Devourer" cannot add any more souls.

I can only dive into the bluish dots.

Rhodes focused his gaze on the light spot.

The light faded, and the black hole appeared again.

Six dusty flames floated in it, the six souls he invested last time.

Rhodes' spirit was connected to the altar, and as soon as he thought about it, the ball of black fire flew into the obelisk.

Immediately, a group of black meteors appeared in the night sky, and followed Rhodes' gaze into the black hole.

In an instant, the entire black hole burned up, and the seven souls turned into burning flames, lighting up the star.

The light spot became stable from an illusory state, and the light blue light gradually became darker, stained with a touch of cyan.

Now, two stars are shining brightly in the night sky.

In their light, the other stars are barely visible.

A line of text emerges from it.

【Broken Blue】

[Status: Weak burning, about to go out]

[Star Power: Resurrection of the Spirit]

[Injection: Unknown]

【unknown】

【unknown】

Rhodes didn't recognize many words on this spot of light, and many descriptions were different.

What caught his attention the most was the words "weak burning, about to go out".

"Eternal Burn" on "Dark Devourer".

Why is that?I just lit it and is it about to go out?

Is it not enough soul?

Rhodes guessed in his heart.

He already felt the change that this star brought to him.

The mental exhaustion is obviously decreasing, the throbbing nerves are calming down, and even the recovery speed of the obelisk seems to be a little faster.

It seems that its function is to restore and heal, just don't know the specific category.

The following lines of text should quickly figure out what they mean.

Rhodes put down his hand, and the dark night sky disappeared, revealing the cracked gray monument.

"Well... we still need to find a way to restore the obelisk, otherwise, if there is another invasion, what if it breaks at the first touch?"

Rhodes came to the left side of the obelisk and touched the surface of the obelisk lightly.

A pure black color appeared from the surface of the monument, then settled down, and stopped at about half the height.

It's no different than before.

However, the right side of the obelisk has changed.

Before, the golden color on the surface of the stele stayed at about one-third of the position, but now it is not even one-tenth, leaving only a thin layer.

For a moment, Rhodes thought of the golden light that saved him twice in a row.

"Where did it come from? Some kind of life-saving talisman? Came to save me in a crisis? It's used up now?"

This is very bad news.

Rhodes had some bad associations.

He came to the last side of the obelisk, and the moment he touched the surface of the obelisk, blood snaked down from the top of the tower again, forming many blood-red words.

Although I didn't recognize them, they looked much normal this time, no longer an alarm-like structure, and they didn't flicker.

Rhodes relaxed a little, wrote down the font, and left the dream.

The crisis is temporarily over.

After a period of time, life finally calmed down temporarily.

The atmosphere of Kingworth College is actually very good. Here, Rhodes can feel Wang Cheng's dedication to it. The college has all the facilities, and the teachers are all talented and virtuous.

Any bad things that have happened on campus have never happened here.

Most of the basic needs and supplies of the students are contracted by the academy, and even the students with the lowest salary can get by.

Of course, if you want to be better, you still need money.

However, the college has a special salary increase exam, which can be promoted from the ninth level to the special level.

The salary level at the time of admission is not so much a kind of differential treatment, but rather an incentive for poor students, and an atmosphere and belief that efforts will be rewarded.

If it weren't for the troubles, Rhodes really wanted to live here forever.

But it's a pity that he can't experience a stable life now, and he has so many things to do.

First of all, you must study hard.

Knowledge is now not only power to him, but also life.

He needs a more comprehensive and deeper understanding of this world, this kingdom, and this royal city, so that he can make targeted strategies and survive better.

Then you have to train very hard.

The battle with the invading monster revealed his true colors.

He doesn't have any strength at all, and he doesn't know a little bit of fighting, so he will be instantly killed when he goes on the field.

The life-saving golden light has been used up, if there is another invasion, then he can only rely on himself.

In the end, he had to find a way to make money.

42 Yinsuo's weekly salary is not enough for him. He can't afford bullets alone, let alone buy training and combat supplies.

The notch is quite large.

In this way, during the day, Rhodes went to class, at night, he taught himself the common language and the ancient language, and before going to bed, he went to the dreamland and thought about the philosophy of life.

Occasionally dismiss Wayne and green-haired Zales, who are gradually developing into buddies, and the day goes by like this.

It can also be considered substantial.

The only more annoying one is Kashan.

She has become more and more like the first sister of the ten groups. In the group, she dictates and speaks one word, and no one dares to be angry or speak out.

But in all fairness, she is just urging everyone to study and complete the training on time and according to the amount, but her attitude is relatively arrogant, her methods are a bit rough, and she is not very good at talking.

Rhodes actually understands this very well.

Learning and growing is a very painful thing, but falling free is much easier and much more joyful.

Of course, if it's just for your own future, you don't have to push too hard. All roads lead to Rome, and a bright future is not the only direction.

But if there is a family, a country, and a future race that will survive and die, it would be fine for Kashan to be a little tighter.

So on this issue, Rhodes and Kashan are on one side.

There is even a famous quote to encourage the distressed Wayne and the green hair:
"Cry more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime."

This easy-to-understand sentence quickly spread, and gained Kashan's great favor, and Rhodes' attitude of studying hard also made her very satisfied.

Because of this, he also became one of the few people in the group who was not questioned by Kashan.

As time went by, Rhodes became acquainted with the students in the tenth group. Their friendly attitude, full of youthful vigor and vigorous hope, made people feel like a spring breeze.

The only thing that annoyed Rhodes was that, as they got to know each other, Kashan completely regarded his dormitory as her own home.

He often ran in without knocking on the door, worked or studied in his dormitory, and put a lot of things that he didn't usually use in his place, and came in to get them from time to time or simply asked him to send them over.

If it weren't for her helping him pay the water tower bill on Firehammer Street, he would definitely change the lock.

But these are small things after all.

Rhodes studied hard and trained hard not because he had self-control, but because he would die if he didn't.

But the peaceful days did not last long.

On the fourth day after the investigation ended, the Internal Affairs Tribunal once again asked him to explain the specified issues at a specified time and place.

This time, it wasn't just Inspector Lauren alone, but also accompanied by many guys in black clothes.

Their questioning was not polite, completely treating Rhodes as a prisoner.

Although in the end Rhodes got away with amnesia and various excuses, but this gave him a great sense of crisis.

The second thing is that he found that his second star was really going out.

Its light is getting dimmer and more transparent.

Rhodes panicked, how could the stars that were so hard to ignite be extinguished?

However, where will he go to plunder the soul at this moment?
You can't let him start a killing spree in the academy, can you?

Not to mention whether he is willing or not, even if he is crazy, the academy with all kinds of secret defense forces will arrest him immediately.

How to do?
(End of this chapter)