the last king of darkness

Chapter 269 May the holy fire and money protect us forever
When Churchill returned to the hotel where the team stayed, Elder Palos was already waiting for him at the door.

"How?" he asked coldly.

Churchell smiled and said: "Your Excellency Palos, Rhodes is very, very stubborn. It took me a lot of effort to persuade him to have a talk. You must not force yourself tomorrow, and you must remember to let him go. Otherwise, I will push you back, and you will not be able to explain it when you go back."

Palos snorted: "A brat, how can there be so much shit?"

Churchel said seriously: "Your Excellency, he is not an ordinary person. In such a short period of time, Fanxing Town has worked together. His prestige has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is not only the legacy of Lord Theodore. It's here."

"You can't simply think that he is just a lucky guy. If you don't handle it well, this matter will definitely cause a lot of trouble. As the head of the former army, you certainly don't want to lose your security at the end of the day, right?"

Palos snorted, turned and returned to the room without answering.

Churchill took a sip secretly from behind, thinking that I must cooperate with little Rhodes to squeeze out all your shit tomorrow.

the next day.

Everyone came to Ghost Lake tacitly as if nothing had happened.

There is no longer any content related to the word "ghost" here.

The light of the guardian fire sprinkled the entire area, the towering holy white tree brought the breath of life, the fertile land was full of farmers who were farming, the priests of life were praying under the holy white tree, and there were some people like Common small animals such as nine-headed dogs and ten-tailed cats.

The clear water of the lake reflects the light of the fire, and a few small boats float on the lake. If you ignore the cleaners on the shore who are salvaging the corpses and debris at the bottom of the lake, the whole scene is quite poetic.

The Sun Crystal Lode is at the foot of a hill on the west side.

The entrance is quite magnificently built, and the starry kingdom's starry emblem is printed on the mine gate, indicating that it has been silent for 500 years.

But there's nothing stale about it, it looks like it was working yesterday.

According to the inference of historians and archaeologists, this mine was covered by the Starry Kingdom with a special spiritual barrier as early as 600 years ago, and they changed the fields of the material world and the spiritual world in a limited way. Domain, so that this vein is actually in a superimposed state of the material world and the spiritual world.

If it is not released, it is absolutely impossible to find out.

And if Rhodes hadn't mastered the control of the spirit world, it would be impossible to find this mine.

When introducing the details of the mine, Molly quietly added a lot of private goods to show Rhode's role in this matter.

Palos said nothing with a cold face.

However, when they finished inspecting the vein, his expression became a little tense.

The state of preservation of this mineral vein is quite good. The former Starry Kingdom loved it very much, and the mining of the mineral vein was as careful as archaeology.

The entire mine has not suffered any irreversible damage, the wells are neat and orderly, and the mine pits are scattered and well-defined. It doesn't look like a mine at all, just like an exquisite underground city.

You know, mining the sun crystal veins is a very troublesome thing.

Due to the powerful power contained, once the solar crystal is separated from the ore body, it will become very unstable, deterioration, pollution, explosion, and energy leakage are all very prone to accidents.

The exploration, stripping, and excavation of the entire vein must be very cautious.

Although half of this vein has been mined, the legacy of the Starry Kingdom can greatly reduce their early energy.

It is no exaggeration to say that the mine itself is priceless.

Palos coughed, and said kindly: "Your Excellency Rhodes, your achievements will be firmly remembered by the Royal City. We will definitely satisfy any request you have."

Rhodes smiled and said: "Really? That's great. It just so happens that the First Elder, His Excellency Armando, has worked so hard for Wangcheng for so many years, and it's time for him to take a break. I have made such great achievements, so let me be the First Elder." location."

The wrinkles on Palos' entire face were crowded together.

He has a typical long face, with a protruding chin and crooked wrinkles, making it look like the whole face is crooked.

"Smelly...Your Excellency Rhodes, please don't joke, my words are sincere..."

Rhodes smiled unabated.

"My words are also very sincere. You see, the real silver mine veins provide one-fifth of the real silver output for Wangcheng. The sun crystal mine veins are even more cherished. Look again, how prosperous this prosperous Fanxing Town is. The large living space has already accommodated several 10 people for the royal city, which has greatly relieved the pressure on the royal city and made an indelible contribution to mankind."

"And I, who have made such great achievements, can't I become the first elder?"

The wrinkles on his face could no longer suppress the bulging veins under his skin. Palos was about to curse, but Churchill poked his ass from behind and whispered.

"Calm down, Elder Palos, think about what I said yesterday."

Palos took a deep breath and forced himself to show a kind expression.

"Your Excellency Rhodes, the first elder must be an old man who is highly respected, senior, popular, and able to convince the public. Your Excellency Amando fully meets the above conditions, so he was elected as the first elder. You are still young... ..."

Rhodes asked curiously: "Is there an age requirement for the First Elder?"

Molly immediately replied: "There are no relevant regulations in Wangcheng."

Palos's eyes flashed with anger, but he still suppressed his tone and said: "Lord Rhodes, please forgive me for not agreeing to this request. We can't do it. You can change other requests."

Rhodes said lightly: "Your Excellency, you just said that you can meet my request, but you can't agree to it when you turn your head around. I really can't trust a person who doesn't talk like that. I'd better let Wangcheng find someone else."

Palos said angrily: "Don't show shame! Your king has been locked up in the Holy Fire Sacrifice for more than a month, and he still doesn't know when he will come out. Now the elders have the final say in the Supreme Council, so I will give it to you." So what if it is forcibly confiscated? This is the rule of Wangcheng, do you want to rebel?"

Churchell also said aside: "Brother Rhodes, what Elder Palos said is absolutely right. If you keep procrastinating, it will be difficult for His Majesty to come out."

Palos' complexion suddenly darkened, thinking that this reckless man really has no brains, and it was a mistake to choose him to accompany him.

He coughed and his tone slowed down.

"Your Excellency Rhodes, I can understand your feelings, but the rules of the royal city are unshakable. Not long after the Kuroshio has passed, Trorian has just recovered a little vitality. At this time, everyone should work together and work hard to bring our kingdom back to life." build stronger."

"For the sake of the overall situation, we can each take a step back. If you want to be promoted, we can co-opt you as an alternate elder. In the future, when you have enough qualifications, it is not impossible to be elected as the first elder."

Rhodes saw Churchill blinking his eyes wildly behind him, and one hand kept grabbing and lowering it, like adding weights to a balance.

He immediately understood, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency Palos, from the first elder to the alternate elder, this has shrunk too much. I need other compensation."

Palos let out a sigh of relief, as long as he is willing to negotiate conditions, he said with a smile: "You said, as long as we can do it, we will try our best."

But what he didn't expect was that after agreeing to this, he fell into the pit.

In the next period of time, Rhodes opened his mouth more than a lion, and he wanted to swallow the entire royal city.

The only thing that made Palos tolerate it was that he didn't ask for money directly, but just asked for various resources, permissions, preferential status, etc.

Rhodes also followed the attitude of asking for a lot of money and paying back the money, and he hit two shots first if he had a date or not.

I didn't expect it to be all done.

It seems that the Sun Crystal Vein holds more weight in Wangcheng's mind than imagined.

Rhodes suppressed the joy in his heart, and said: "If you don't give it to the high-level combatants, I can't force it, but my teammate Mephis was forced back by you, and he hasn't released it yet. Isn't that a bit too much?" share?"

Palos hesitated for a moment.

He had heard about Mephis. It seemed that there was something wrong with the encapsulation curse on her body. The leader of the Taboo Armed Forces asked Wangcheng to execute her many times, but he never approved it.

This matter is very troublesome. The taboo armed forces in charge of the Silver Pledge have a high status and are also very dangerous.

However, they happen to be within the jurisdiction of the elders.

What is difficult for others is just an order for them.

Palos nodded and said: "Okay! I will ask the Taboo Armed Forces to release them as soon as possible."

Rhode rolled his eyes and said, "I want 10% of the output of the Sun Crystal Vein."

Palos couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted angrily: "Little brat! Don't go too far!"

Churchill hurriedly stabbed his ass from behind, and whispered: "Elder Palos, calm down, calm down!"

Palos slapped his hand away: "I calm down your mother..."

Churchill pretended to be very anxious and said: "Elder Palos, don't forget that you took the oath of fire to guarantee that you can take it back, so you snatched this job. If you are impulsive, I will also be unlucky."

Palos was furious, and roared: "Are you an idiot? Is your brain full of muscles? Doesn't your powerful soul bring you a little bit of wisdom?"

"I chose you to accompany me, it's a 1000-year bloodbath!"

He turned around abruptly, and the yellow orange eyeballs stared at Rhodes viciously.

"Okay, you win, I agree, but this is the last request, if you want to make a new one, it will be separated!"

Seeing Churchill giving a thumbs up, Rhode immediately understood, grabbed his hand, and said with a smile, "Elder Palos, happy cooperation."

Palos' face was so gloomy that he almost dripped water.

Such a huge price has far exceeded his expectations.

But that's the end of the matter, and that's all there is to it.

He originally wanted to use intimidation to force Rhodes to offer the mine lode with both hands, so as to do things beautifully.

But Rhodes' character and strength far exceeded his imagination, intimidation didn't work at all, and there was a pig teammate who was holding him back.

It was thanks to his superior wisdom, strategizing, and extraordinary bearing that he was able to negotiate this negotiation.

If anyone else comes, this negotiation will not be possible.

In short, no matter what, at least the matter was done, and it was a great achievement for him to go back.

As for the price, he doesn't have to pay.

The most is to be gossiping, so what?
After thinking about it, Palos actually felt that this was not bad, he smiled again, and signed various contracts with Rhodes with a happy face.

He even introduced his granddaughter to him. Although she failed to become a fire holder, she is very beautiful. She has fair skin, beautiful long legs, big breasts and buttocks. If Rhodes has If you are interested, you can try it.

Rhodes was afraid of twists and turns, so he didn't have the nerve to refuse. He just said that he could add a spirit crow messenger to chat first.

Palos agreed immediately.

His granddaughter, an ordinary person, is his biggest heart problem, and an excellent seed like Rhodes is not something ordinary people can meet. Although they have different positions, it should be no problem to borrow a seed.

In this way, Palos led the negotiating team to a triumphant return.

But after returning to Wangcheng, the elders were very dissatisfied with his achievements.

An elder asked, "Palos, isn't your condition too high?"

Palos snorted coldly: "You don't understand at all, that kid has condensed into a powerful force in Fanxing Town, and he is ambitiously preparing to create a new human kingdom, and use it to replace Wangcheng as the new king. , I tried my best to reverse this unfavorable situation and eliminate a catastrophe for human beings, in comparison, what is this price?"

The elders looked at him suspiciously.

Palos was not afraid at all, and bragged about Rhodes' deeds, demonstrating from all aspects how powerful he is, how terrifying his talent is, how scheming, how despicable and shameless, it is not he who sacrificed her granddaughter's innocence If you go out, this matter may not be possible.

Although the elders are somewhat skeptical, looking at Trorian's history, aren't those super geniuses who shine like morning stars all like this?

Either have superhuman intelligence, or superhuman talent, or superhuman ability, or all three.

Not to mention those mythical inhumans in history, even in the current Wangcheng, isn't there a supernova who is many times better than him?
In the end, the elders still recognized the contract and gave Elder Palos a great credit, and because of his selfless dedication, the elders also gave him some special compensation.

And the guardian Churchel was said to be worthless by the elders, like a mentally retarded person who only knows how to say nothing. It was only because of him that he remained calm in the face of danger and calmed down the audience that he won the game.

Therefore, he didn't catch a hair, and was sent back to his defense zone.

In this way, the matter came to an end perfectly.

The group of elders paid a certain price, successfully avoided the big pit promised by Wang Zhi, and obtained the ownership of the Sun Crystal Lode.

And Rhodes reaped a lot of money, not only obtained a lot of resource tilt and authority status, but also got the position of an alternate elder, these are things that money can't buy.

It will help Rhodes gain more divinity.

Elder Palos made great contributions, got a lot of compensation, and arranged a future for his granddaughter, which can be said to be a lot of money.

Guardian Churchel successfully helped Rhodes take a big step forward, which he was happy to see.

Everyone was happy and got what they wanted.

As for who lost, only God knows.

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at the same time.

In the black mist outside Fanxing Town.

Three flushed figures gathered around everything again.

Their faces were so gloomy that they were almost blacker than the black mist.

Leville said in a deep voice: "Things are already very bad. If this continues, opponents will have no place to stand."

Amory said: "Time is running out. Our recovery period is very short. The Temple of Fire will summon us back soon. This is the last chance."

Karama said: "Is the thing sent by Master Manolobana really effective? That kid won't have any tricks that he doesn't know about?"

Levi shook his head.

"Impossible. The disaster we caused this time is equivalent to a small black tide. It is absolutely impossible for Fanxing Town to hold on."

Amory smiled and said: "We have thoroughly studied that kid's methods. He can't deal with the group of Aries demons at all. Fanxing Town will definitely be destroyed."

Kramer let out a long sigh:
"For this plan, we have lost everything, and if it doesn't work out, we're finished."

Levi patted him on the shoulder with a smile.

"Don't worry, it will definitely succeed this time."

"We will launch an attack when the guardian is far away."

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Silver oath.

Taboo armed.

The leader slammed the table and shouted angrily: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Mephis will never let her go without completing the seal."

Opposite him are other high-ranking members of the Forbidden Armed Forces.

"Leader." One person persuaded: "This is the third time the Supreme Council has urged us."

"They said if we don't let people go, we're going to cut our budget."

The leader shouted angrily: "Don't they know? Mephis is the prophesied Son of Destruction, and if he is released without a seal, big things will happen."

Everyone glanced at each other, and one of them said in a low voice: "The elder said, that's your business. They allocate so much money every year, and they can't even seal a son of prophecy who doesn't know the truth. I don't know what is the use of so many resources. .”

The leader said angrily: "Is there no one to support us? I will report to the First Elder, His Excellency Amondo."

The man swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said softly, "This is what the first elder meant."

The leader was silent for a few seconds, then sat down slumped, and murmured, "Why is this?"

"They say Fanxing Town lacks high-level combatants," said one person.

"Can't someone else be sent?"

"No, there are no free seats in the Temple of Fire, everyone is in their own sequence of actions."

The leader was silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Use spiritual energy to seal her, and limit her spiritual energy level to below seven, I hope there will be no problems."

The man immediately showed a smile, bowed and said: "Yes, sir!"

He left in a hurry with everyone.

There was only the leader left in the hall.

Sitting on the Black Iron Throne, he fell into a long thought.

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Uptown.

In a magnificent hall.

A large group of gorgeously dressed people sat around a huge table.

Sitting in the first place was a super fat man whose facial features were covered by the fat all over his body. His fat hands were covered with big colorful rings, and he was clapping his palms vigorously to make everyone quiet.

"Big merchants."

Contrary to his bloated figure, his voice was loud and clear, instantly overwhelming the audience.

"You already know the situation. Fanxing Town is a high-end salary investment target. It has almost no risks. If we can reach a deeper cooperation agreement with them, maybe one day in the future, we will be able to stand proudly with mortal resources. Above the royal city."

A loud sound resounded through the hall, and the giant merchants shouted: "I agree!"

"This is the best opportunity!"

"Raise! Raise!"

"I'm hooked on that little guy! He's a genius!"

"Yes, although compared with other super geniuses, his talent is not outstanding, but his thinking pattern has surpassed this era!"

"Lord Mehara, please."

The super fat man smiled and said: "Very well, since you all agree, I will set off soon and go to Fanxing Town to discuss in-depth cooperation with our little hero in person."

He raised a fat hand high and shouted.

"Fire never dies! Money lasts forever!"

All the giants shouted in unison.

"May the flame and money protect us forever!"

(End of this chapter)