the last king of darkness

Chapter 298 The Unyielding Human

The unprecedented comprehensive cleansing of Shangcheng District is undoubtedly the most concerned event in Wangcheng during this period.

Every day in the streets and alleys of the entire Wangcheng, there are discussions about who was arrested, who was convicted, and who was sentenced to death.

Silver Cross Street, located at the East Gate of the Great City, has become the busiest street in the royal city. It is crowded with people every day. At night, countless people gather here, looking forward to it.

They all came to see the former high-ranking figures in the royal city be sentenced to black death.

The convicted men were kept in solid black iron prison wagons, covered with silver shackles.

The prison cart would be pulled out of the city gate at night, placed in the black mist without any protection, and pulled back again at the next night.

At this time, these smooth-skinned, oily guys have turned into monsters with black bodies, red eyes, distorted faces, and various deformed limbs or pustules.

Then the executioners beheaded them.

Their bodies turned to black ash like monsters, and there were also some shapeless lumps in the falling ash.

They looked wet and sticky, like a dissected tumor.

This is the ashes of an undifferentiated monster.

They were brutally eroded into monsters, many changes were strange and shapeless, and strong pollution remained in the ashes, which were worthless.

The executioner chops it up with a big knife, burns it to ashes with fire, and rushes it into the sewer, which is considered to have completed the entire black execution.

In all fairness, Rhodes felt it was cruel.

But the onlookers didn't think so. They clapped and applauded, celebrating the eradication of another human cancer.

In fact, apart from the king and others, those who desire the Trorian kingdom to be strong forever are the commoners.

Only a powerful human country can protect low-level civilians like them in this dark world.

Therefore, they also hate those sinners who are in high positions and enjoy countless resources, but are destroying the foundation of human beings.

Watching these people being executed is one of the things they can feel the most hope and light in this endless darkness.

It can also deal a great blow to the living soil of doomsday believers.

Seeing these good people walking around in the black mist and turning into such an ugly appearance, few people believe their nonsense such as "living with the black mist" and "evolving into a new species adapted to the black mist" .

And this is also a powerful deterrent to those big and small people in the royal city.

No one is not disappointed at the end of breaking the bottom line.

As the punishment progressed, the mood in Wangcheng improved at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Over the past few decades, the smoldering atmosphere of corruption in the huge royal city was quickly cleared up, and the trend of thought that had just risen, which was dominated by seclusion, extravagance and pleasure, was instantly dispelled.

Rhodes knew that for this kind of society, the ethos of the upper class would greatly affect the atmosphere of the lower class.

Now, after the source of the atmosphere in the upper layer is cleaned up, the atmosphere in the lower layer will be greatly improved.

The Trorian King City, which has existed for thousands of years, once again glowed with new vitality, just like a dead tree in spring and an old tree blooming.

In such a new atmosphere, everyone was full of energy and worked hard, a large amount of combat materials were gathered, and the major factories started working at full capacity, and the efficiency was several times higher than before.

Non-essential production was stopped and all preparations were made for the upcoming war.

Everyone feels extremely fulfilled and happy.

Even Rhodes liked Yan Kai after First Elder Armando handed over the power of executioner to him.

Black death penalty or something, it's great!

The only slight fly in the ointment is that a small number of people were released due to insufficient evidence.

There is no way to do this. The Book of the Past is not omnipotent. Some historical images have been erased and cannot be traced back.

However, because they were implicated in it, they were investigated extremely severely.

The original position was suspended, and the family property was swept away by Rhodes.

Speaking of this, Rhodes is the happiest.

After he took out those picture crystals, it goes without saying that he must have done the theft.

But no one mentioned this matter, everyone in Wangcheng tacitly understood it.

After the trial, the confiscators acquiesced that the stolen items did not exist, and the theft case was directly sealed up.

These properties naturally belonged to Rhodes.

The huge amount made him directly reach the point where he was not interested in money, and the money bag was directly given to Molly, so he no longer needed to touch money.

Molly suddenly got such a big surprise, even her serious face of ten thousand years was almost tense.

With such a large amount of money, Fanxing Town can develop faster, and Molly is determined to make it the central town of Trorian in the west.

The key to achieving this is the joint invention of Rhodes and the Industrial Machinery Research Institute - the spiritual elevator.

Molly took inspiration from the dungeon pattern.

If they have a spiritual elevator, they can build higher houses.

The same area can accommodate dozens or even hundreds of times as many people.

In this way, Fanxing Town can accommodate more people.

This is also what the entire Trorian desires most - sending the population to Fanxing Town has become a panacea for the major consuls to solve all problems.

Of course, the cost of doing so is very high, and only Fanxing Town can afford it at present.

Therefore, this sum of money is simply a puddle of clear water poured into the hottest desert, making Molly feel comfortable all over, and what happened in Wangcheng spread to Fanxing Town, which made her feel like a fire in her heart. burning.

Of course, this cannot be seen from the outside.

Molly's exquisite face has always been serious, and every clerk in the affairs hall is dedicated to her work, and she dare not breathe.

If you want to see another side of her, you have to wait for Rhodes to come.

Not only Molly, but for high-level personnel such as Armando, Horus, and Dalin, the recent changes made them overjoyed. The atmosphere of the entire royal city seemed to return to more than ten years ago. The familiar feeling made them So nostalgic and so excited.

The preparations for the war suddenly entered the fast lane, and it would not be long before they could officially expand westward.

The torch plan is also in full swing.

All plan participants are preparing for the battle with the Tasnian Starry Sky City, which was once also named the City of Fire King.

This will be a battle that will determine the fate of human beings for the safety of Troy.

Must succeed, cannot fail.

Everyone is very busy, but Rhodes has nothing to do.

After the clean-up, the Internal Affairs Tribunal and the Tribunal took over the defense work in the upper city, and he, the captain of the Hand of the King, has nothing to do.

Everything in Fanxing Town is taken care of by Molly, and he is no longer needed.

The dreamland is safe for the time being, and the hunting operation needs to wait until the book of knowledge restores the soul.

It is either overeating every day, or sleeping soundly, like a pig.

And Rhodes now has almost nothing to do except meditation and training, and occasional executions.

The masters who tutored him praised his perfect coordination of body and soul, almost no need for additional fine-tuning, just wait for the natural growth of psychic power, and after breaking through level 9, he can officially become a third-level combatant and officially enter Troy The ranks of the strong.

But the problem is that Rhodes' spiritual energy cannot grow naturally.

Either strengthen the stars, or ignite new stars.

There is no third way.

But [Star Shuttle] needs three great souls to enter the perfect state, and the other stars are already full, and unless they are "quantified", they will not grow any more.

In the days without fighting, he cannot become stronger.

The soul obtained through execution is too weak.

In terms of strength alone, human souls are far inferior to monster souls.

It is of little use to him, the only usage is to destroy and burn.

But these guys live in the royal city all the year round, and their combat effectiveness is generally not strong. Unless they have a special soul like the king of thieves, they are useless.

Rhodes couldn't stand it any longer and wanted to find Wang.

But he is very busy now. He is either in the holy fire sacrificial ground or in the highest council all day long, discussing various matters with senior figures such as elders, defense chiefs, and legion chiefs.

Sometimes it will disappear, and it is said that it went to the Temple of Fire to meet with the top combat power of Trorian.

Rhodes searched several times but couldn't find anyone, so he had to go to Horus.

But the latter had no idea of ​​letting him fight at all.

"Rhodes, the battle in Fanxing Town lasted for nearly five months. According to the usual practice, you need to recuperate for two months before you can completely eliminate the pollution in your soul and the hidden dangers in your body."

Rhodes was depressed.

For ordinary fighters, contacting, fighting, and killing monsters will pollute their souls, especially if they are active under the black mist for a long time, the erosion of their souls will intensify.

Sometimes, although the surface is purified, in the depths, there is still hidden corruption that is not easy to detect.

Once the pollution touches the core layer of the soul, it is irreversible, and what awaits him is death or deterioration.

Therefore, the purification of the soul is a long-term job. Soldiers who have been fighting outside for a long time must return to the royal city and accept the baptism of their souls under the shroud of the holy fire.

This is a rule that has been passed down for thousands of years, in exchange for the lessons of countless blood and tears.

But Rhodes is not a normal person.

All pollution and corruption will be offset by human nature, even if he rushes into the black mist without any protection, he will be fine.

And after going through a series of events, his current humanity has exceeded a million, and he is not afraid of any pollution at all.

But no matter what he explained, Horus didn't believe it.

Even if the soul masters praised his soul as pure as crystal, they couldn't reassure him.

Much decay is simply not detectable.

The current Rhodes is simply the most precious treasure to him, the son of God bestowed to them by the legendary God of Light and Fire, and there can be no accidents.

The rules must be followed strictly.

Rhodes had worn out the leather, but Horus didn't agree, and even used the nuns to divert his attention.

Although reluctant, Rhodes reluctantly agreed to accept this second team that belonged to him.

I was a little excited when I thought that all the nuns and sisters in this regiment were under his care.

But this time, he was fooled by Horus.

The main church of the Holy Church is in the southernmost part of the upper city.

In the sacred atmosphere full of flame signs and colorful glass, a group of people came out of the side hall and came to Rhodes.

The leader is as tall as three Rhodes, as wide as two Rhodes, his forearms are thicker than Rhodes' whole body, his square face is full of twisted muscles, and his steel-like thick thighs are almost as thick as he is. To break the black thread.

"Lord Rhodes, Sister Frankie has an audience."

Rhode's entire face was about to split open.

Is this a nun?
That majestic muscle, resolute face, bushy beard, a macho man who is more fierce than Schwarzenegger, actually calls himself a nun?

It’s okay to call yourself a nun, you still wear a nun’s dress and a nun’s hat.

The most disgusting thing is that he is still wearing black silk, which is full of muscular elephant legs, and the black silk is almost bursting.

Simply blind!
Then came the more blind.

A group of tall and thick nuns, dressed in nuns' attire and with black silk elephant legs, walked towards him, lined up, half kneeling on the ground, and said loudly.

"Healing Order, No.19 Sisters, meet Lord Rhodes!"

Seriously, Rhodes almost threw up.

At first he suspected that Horus was messing with him on purpose, but soon he remembered.

As the Healing Order, which undertakes most of the medical tasks in Wangcheng, the condition for becoming its core member—the Healing Sisters is to ignite the soul characteristic "Mingguang".

The "Clarity" trait is a universal trait with no bloodline, soul, or gender requirements.

In other words, there are men and women who are awakened.

However, according to the ancient rules of the Healing Order, regardless of gender, they are collectively referred to as nuns.

This led to the emergence of male nuns.

They wear the same clothes and do the same jobs as the nuns, and no one sees anything wrong.

For Trorian has always been like this.

Horus is undoubtedly an old-fashioned old man. He doesn't understand the real needs of young people at all, so he came up with such a blind thing.

Rhodes covered his face and didn't want to speak for the time being.

Sister Frankie and the others still don't know Rhode's inner activities, and they are still in the excitement of seeing the legendary supernova, waiting for the hero's lecture.

After a moment of silence, Rhodes sighed in his heart, put down his hands, and squeezed out a smiling face.

"Nice to meet you, Frankie. You are much bigger than you imagined. I heard that the bigger the person, the stronger the healing ability. You must be the strongest healer, right?"

Frankie's face was full of joy, and he patted his chest and said: "Of course! I am one of the 32 central healers. Although they don't believe me, I know I am the best, and you are the only one who sees This person! He really is a legendary superhero! Following you, we will definitely be able to exert [-]% of our strength."

He turned around and shouted loudly.

"Brothers, are you?"

The nuns replied in unison: "Yes, Captain Frankie!"

The voice was loud and full of masculinity, shaking the dust off the roof.

Rhodes sighed in his heart, but he still cheered up and chatted with them. After a while, he got along with them and called them brothers.

After officially becoming the leader of the nuns, the first thing Rhodes did was to ask them all to change their costumes, especially the blind black silk, into macho suits.

This is finally more pleasing to the eye.

The second thing is to get them back to work in the Order of Healing in new attire.

There is no war yet, so he won't be able to use them for the time being.

Frankie returned happily with his brothers, looking forward to the day of fighting side by side with Lord Rhodes.

And Rhodes was so angry that his liver hurt, and he went back to Horus to settle the score.

This guy really didn't understand what Rhodes was dissatisfied with, and Rhodes was embarrassed to speak out his old lewd remarks, and only asked Horus to arrange a combat mission for him.

But Horus still didn't have this plan, he took a detailed itinerary plan in Rhodes' hands.

"You still have a lot to do. In the next period of time, you have to complete everything on the schedule."

Rhode looked down and saw all the dates of visiting various institutions and departments in the royal city.

The plan was quite detailed, and even included the appointment time with Jinworth Society, the great scholar Amides and others.

"Isn't it?"

Rhodes asked with a bitter face.

"Can't you let me take part in a few hunting missions? My big stick is already hungry and thirsty. I feel uncomfortable if I don't kill monsters for a day."

Horus said solemnly: "No! You will not only be a combatant in the future, but will also take on heavy responsibilities in the royal city. If you don't know the various institutions of the royal city in advance and have a clear understanding of them, how can you be competent in the future? Position?"

Rhodes sighed: "I just want to kill monsters, can't I?"

"no!"

Horus' expression was unprecedentedly severe.

"A person's power is always limited, and the collective power is far greater than you imagined. You must use it well to have a chance of final victory."

Rhodes had a bitter face. He didn't like these troublesome things very much, but he had to admit that Horus' words were correct to a certain extent.

"brat."

Horus' tone softened.

"I understand your feelings, but you have to know that killing blindly is not enough. I used to be like you, and I only wanted to kill all the darkness in this world with all my blood."

"But then it became clear to me that it was impossible."

"So I hoped that an omnipotent god would descend, bring us light, and completely dispel the darkness."

"And when I learned about history, I found that in this endless history, there has never been such a thing."

"So, after that, I knew that everything can only rely on us, rely on our hands, blood, courage and wisdom, the inheritance of firewood, the continuation of civilization, nothing better than this."

Horus patted Rhodes' shoulder lightly.

"Do you know what is the most precious thing in you?"

Rhodes shook his head slightly.

"It's not your strength, it's not those grotesque abilities, and it's not your potential."

Rhodes asked strangely: "What is that?"

Horus smiled.

"It's you who gave us hope."

"With hope, there is the possibility of miracles."

"You will know in the future what kind of giant we are facing."

"But I firmly believe that we will win in the end, because..."

Horus's dry smile flashed his pride.

"Since ancient times, we have been human beings who never surrender."

(End of this chapter)