the last king of darkness

Chapter 268 Palace of Fire
However, things didn't develop as Rhodes imagined.

The vibration caused by the sun crystal vein far exceeded his expectations.

Wang Cheng did not remain silent about his series of victories and gains as before, but immediately sent a heavyweight team to Fanxing Town on the same day.

The team was led by the guardian Churchill and the elder Palos. The members included the director of the logistics and resources department of the royal city, senior exploration personnel, the head of the expedition legion, and several senior affairs officials of the royal city.

The team found Rhodes as soon as they arrived in Fanxing Town.

Rhodes knew something was wrong when he saw the situation.

Sure enough, the elder Palos told him clearly that the Sun Crystal Vein could not be his private spoils and had to be taken over by Wang Cheng.

Rhodes face suddenly sank: "Why?"

"Because this is the most important strategic resource in Wangcheng, its mining and distribution must be planned uniformly by Wangcheng."

"However, we clearly agreed before the expedition that the autonomy of all spoils belongs to me. At that time, you also said that this was to verify whether the actions of conquest and development can bring positive benefits to mankind, and used this as an excuse My staff has been reduced, my supplies have been reduced, and even the money for my expedition is borrowed from the giant merchants of Mahalla!"

Elder Palos' expression remained unchanged.

"This is your own business, and has nothing to do with the strategy of the royal city. It is Trorian's consistent rule to take back the sun crystal veins."

Rhodes frowned and said, "Your Excellency, Wang Cheng must be reasonable, right?"

"With so many of us, you just took away the resources that we put our lives and work so hard into? Don't I need money to raise such a big family? Everyone's salary, distribution supplies, medicine, and food don't cost money. Yeah?"

Elder Palos said coldly: "It's none of my business."

Rhodes was angry, and he waved his hand and said, "If you want to say that, the Sun Crystal Vein is none of your business."

Elder Palos narrowed his eyes: "What do you want to do? I warn you, you are violating the order of the royal city."

Rhodes sneered and said: "It is obvious that you violated it first. The land I occupied is mine, and the resources I mined are also mine. This is an agreement between the king and the elders. If you break the agreement, you are despising the king. I will I want to ask you, do you have any evil plans against the king who guards the holy fire?"

The elder Palos never expected that Rhodes would not even buy the elder's account. The reason why Wangcheng sent so many people was to suppress him and let him obediently offer the mine veins, but he did not expect that this guy was more powerful than he imagined. prickly head.

"Bloody boy."

There was also a hint of coldness in the elder Palos' tone.

"Do you think your success is yours? Without Wangcheng's support, can you borrow money? Can you buy so many supplies? So many excellent fighters here will obey your orders?"

"You have to know, I just need to say one word, and you will become a bare-bones commander."

Rhodes said lightly: "You can try."

Veins clearly appeared on the forehead of the elder Palos, and he said sharply: "Molly, call all the people with positions in Fanxing Town."

Molly stood behind Rhodes with an indifferent expression, as if she hadn't heard.

Elder Palos said angrily: "Molly! Don't forget that your job is the senior dispatcher of the Military War Department!"

Molly's bright eyes looked at the air, and there was no expression on her delicate face, as if he didn't exist.

Palos blushed, but Rhodes said, "Molly, go."

Molly turned and left the hall.

After a while, all the people above the team leader level in Fanxing Town gathered in the hall.

Palos strengthened his voice with psychic power, and announced loudly: "Rhode was dismissed from his post because he violated the order of the king's city. The Internal Affairs Tribunal and the Tribunal will punish him immediately. All of you will return to the king's city immediately. Anyone who violates the law will be guilty of the same crime as him! "

As soon as the voice fell, the whole crowd immediately exploded!

"What did you say?"

"Where did the liar come from? Lord Rhodes is a new star in Trorian, how could he be punished?"

"Lord Rhodes has opened up such a large territory and expanded such a large living space, it is absolutely impossible for Wang Cheng to relieve him of his position."

"Don't talk nonsense with him, he must be a doomsday cultist, trying to destroy our victory!"

"Yes, he is a doomsday cultist!"

"Quick, watchman! Go and arrest him!"

"Catch the Doomsday Cultists!"

"There are doomsday cultists coming to attack Fanxing Town!"

Although Palos kept declaring that he was an elder and showing all kinds of evidence, no one listened to them. Under the excitement, if Rhodes hadn't come forward to stop them, they might have started fighting.

In the end, Rhodes used the reason that it was a misunderstanding, that this person was talking nonsense because he had a huge bag in his head, and the crowd dispersed indignantly.

Palos blushed and turned blue, and left the hall without saying a word.

Rhodes turned his head and said with a smile: "Nice job, Molly, otherwise this guy would think we are soft persimmons."

Molly said seriously: "He won't give up, this is Wangcheng's bottom line, they can't compromise."

Rhode's temper turned cold: "If you don't compromise, you have to compromise. I calculated that even if the true silver mine is fully operational, the daily output is only 500 million silver cables, and our net profit is only about 80. Weekly The income is only 560 million silver ropes."

"And our weekly expenditure has already exceeded 2000 million, and it will rise sharply in the future. The sun crystal veins must not let it go."

"We can bring that down," Molly said.

Rhode snorted: "Why should I surrender?"

Molly said no more.

Although this is extremely unreasonable, she has already made up her mind that Rhodes' will is her will.

In this way, Rhodes and Wangcheng's team came to a stalemate.

He originally planned to boil people away, create a fait accompli, and pay a little price, Wang Cheng might just hold his nose and admit it.

But at night, the Keeper Churchel found him alone.

Churchel used to be a teacher in the secret branch, and participated in the Battle of Leso City and the Battle of the Abyssal Serpent. He had several encounters with Rhodes and had a good impression of him.

"Little Rhodes, you can't work hard like this."

Churchell was a burly man, always shirtless, exposing his muscles and abs.

He carried his weapons on his back - a sledgehammer and a big axe. They were dark and ugly, but Rhodes knew that Churchill had used them to block a giant sword of flesh and blood that was thousands of times their size. Suppressed the abyss serpent.

"The sun crystal is the lifeblood of the Wangcheng, and it is absolutely impossible to be controlled by a private person. This will make him eligible to threaten the Wangcheng. If his will is different from the Wangcheng's, it will cause us to tear apart."

Rhodes frowned: "How is this possible? It's just a resource."

Churchill smiled.

The flesh on his face was crowded together, making him look a little ferocious, but his eyes were very gentle.

"Little Rhodes, you haven't become a high-level combatant yet. There are some things you don't know. This is not an unnecessary worry. It has happened in history."

Rhodes scratched the back of his head, feeling a little unbelievable.

Churchill continued: "You should know that, except for the initial level of psionic promotion ceremony, you must use the sun crystal."

"You can imagine that everyone is looking forward to improving their spiritual power, but there are not so many sun crystals in the royal city. They need to line up for months or even years to get the sun crystals for the ceremony. During this period During the period of time, they cannot cultivate, cannot improve their spiritual energy, and may even cause various discomforts because their spiritual energy exceeds the limit of their souls for a long time."

"If at this time, there is someone who can immediately give you the sun crystals you have obtained, and even guarantee that you will have enough sun crystals in the future, what will you do?"

Rhode fell silent.

His psychic power level was skipped, and he only went through two psychic power-up ceremonies in total, and only one required sun crystallization, so he didn't really feel this pain point.

But the second time he did wait for a while because of the sun crystallization, and it was because of the imminent expedition that he was able to jump in the line first to hold the psionic upgrade ceremony.

If it is a normal level-by-level promotion, then such a long wait is indeed very painful.

Thinking about it this way, if someone has mastered this resource, many people will naturally gather around him. If things go on like this, it is not impossible to develop a force that can split the royal city.

However, it would be extremely unwilling to let him hand it over like this.

Churchill smiled and said: "Little Rhodes, don't be so rigid in your thinking. You can ask for conditions. Don't forget, you are a genius among geniuses. There are only ten new stars in Wangcheng every year, and you have already reserved one of them." , Wang Cheng is also very concerned about such future human pillars, and the achievements you have created so far have far exceeded the limit of a newcomer, you are fully qualified to negotiate terms with Wang Cheng."

Rhodes was silent for a moment, and asked, "What will happen if I insist on not paying?"

Churchill's expression became serious: "Why do you think Wangcheng specially sent a guardian to participate in such internal affairs? High-level combatants are very valuable power, unless they are in the recovery or promotion period, otherwise they will not I have free time."

Rhodes sighed: "Okay, I understand, Teacher Churchill."

Churchill patted him on the shoulder kindly.

"Don't worry, little Rhodes, things will be far better than you imagined. Remember, ask Wang Cheng what you need most, but don't ask for money directly."

Rhodes asked strangely: "Why?" He was planning to ask for a billion silver rope first.

Churchel approached and whispered, "Because Wangcheng is also very poor."

Rhodes almost laughed out loud. Finances are tight, understandable, why are you so quiet?
Churchel said again: "Tomorrow you can rest assured to confront Elder Palos, I will assist you by the side, believe me, he will compromise."

Rhodes was grateful in his heart, and said sincerely: "Thank you, Teacher Churchill."

Churchill hammered his chest hard, making a thumping sound, and laughed boldly.

"You're welcome, little Rhodes. After reading your deeds, even I can't help but feel excited. With a team of 100 people, stay away from the king's city, go deep into the darkness, break through the thorns, kill monsters, ignite the fire, and regain the human race. In this short period of time, such a prosperous and prosperous settlement has been created."

"Believe me, there is no one who is not excited by your deeds, and no one who is not excited by the fact that human beings stand on this land with their heads held high. We have been suppressed for too long, and we are trembling every step we take, fearing to offend you. An unknown terrifying existence was activated, causing unimaginable disasters for Trorian."

Churchill's fleshy face showed fascination.

"Do you know how aggrieved we are in order to survive? Do you know how many things we have done against our conscience and belief in order to survive? It is difficult to compare which is more important, survival or dignity, but there is no doubt that every ambitious human being, They all want to live in this land with dignity, and they all want to walk in the sun with their heads held high, just like the Age of Fire countless years ago."

"And you, a newcomer who has just stepped into the ranks of fire holders, has achieved this. Such a triumphant advancement has been a dream in our hearts for many years. Just looking at your deeds makes our hearts surge. Whenever we In the moment of bloody battle in the boundless darkness, reading your deeds has become our spiritual food."

He patted Rhodes on the shoulder hard.

"If I were 30 years younger, I'd really like to fuck with you."

Rhode's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Mr. Churchill, it's too late now."

Churchill shook his head with a smile: "Little Rhodes, you don't know what the real royal city is like. You haven't stepped into the realm of high-level combatants, and you are not yet a strong one. You can't get in touch with the real dark and cruel world. Your It is impossible to have a guardian on the territory."

Rhodes scratched his head and tentatively said, "I'm rich..."

Churchill laughed and said, "It's not about money. Besides, your territory is quite special, so you must get a weekly salary, and the guardian's weekly salary... Well, for reference, it should be more than 100 million, right?"

Rhodes' eyeballs almost popped out: "100 million?"

Churchill smiled and said: "It's just an estimate. At our stage, money is no longer important, and Wangcheng will not give us so much money. The important thing is resources."

Rhodes asked curiously: "Your stage?"

Churchill nodded slightly.

"Yes, we are at this stage."

"You know, 9-7 level combatants are low-level combatants, 6-4 level combatants are intermediate-level combatants, also known as quasi-high-level combatants, and 3-1 level combatants are high-level combatants."

"When you reach a high-level combatant, your soul is already very strong. The growth at this time is almost metamorphosis."

"Among them, level 2 combatants call them non-human, which means that they have broken away from the stereotype of human beings and become strong non-human beings."

"Level 1 combatants call it extraordinary, which means that you have surpassed ordinary mortals and stepped into the threshold of gods."

"The special-level combatants are law-orderers. They have raised their own characteristics to the highest level, completed quantification, overlapped their own souls with laws, and controlled the power of laws with human will, that is, they have obtained..."

Rhodes and Churchell said in unison.

"source."

Churchill praised: "It seems that you know a lot."

Rhodes smiled. Both the king and the Book of Knowledge had told him relevant knowledge, otherwise he would never have known such a profound underlying concept.

Churchel continued: "The power controlled by non-human combatants is very powerful, and our souls can only be controlled after many dangerous mutations, and to maintain this state, we need to consume a lot of special materials and potions , Behind every high-level combatant, there is a complete set of production procedures, which require a master of pharmacy, a master of production, a tool research institute, a Jinworth society, a mansis workshop, a Byron alchemy and pharmaceutical factory, and a holy the presence of the church."

"Only a powerful royal city can support so many high-level fighters."

"Even though it's a bit rotten, even though it's sometimes unfair, and even though there are some maggot-like guys in it, I still hope that a complete and powerful royal city exists."

"Because only in this way can we fight the darkness better and protect more people to live happily."

Churchill looked at Rhodes with piercing eyes like copper bells.

"Do you know what I mean?"

Rhodes nodded.

"I understand."

Churchill patted him hard on the back, making a loud bang.

"Little Rhodes, hurry up and become a high-level combatant, we can't wait to fight side by side with you."

Rhodes asked: "Haven't we fought together before?"

Churchill shook his head: "That's a special mission. If you don't enter the Temple of Fire, you won't see Trorian's true side, and you won't be able to fight with us."

"The Palace of Fire...what is it?"

"The combat department, which is composed entirely of strong men, is the highest-level existence within the military combat department. You will know it when you step into the ranks of high-level combatants."

"Okay, I'm leaving, lest Elder Palos suspect that I'm in collusion with you, little Rhodes, you must work hard, we are all waiting for you in the Temple of Fire, Trorian needs your strength, we join forces Together, we can definitely kill all the monsters!"

Suddenly, Rhodes felt a surge of emotion, and said loudly: "I will, you just wait!"

Churchell laughed loudly and said, "Okay, that's great!" He hammered his chest several times, turned around and strode away.

But the boiling breath in the air did not dissipate for a long time.

(End of this chapter)