the last king of darkness

Chapter 386 The Spirit of Sin (Second Change)

Mushroom City is very huge, and the dark city walls can't be seen at a glance.

But there are no weapons on the city wall, no patrolling guards outside the city, only sentry towers.

This is a situation that only exists within Trorian.

When they entered Mushroom City, Rhodes discovered the strangeness of this city.

There are no buildings in the city, but mushroom trees of different sizes and heights—the thick mushroom roots grow like trees, and the layers of mushroom umbrellas are like balconies. The mushrooms have obviously been hardened, and the doors and windows have been chiseled and lanterns hung.

There are also ropes between the mushroom umbrellas, and some of them have clothes to dry.

Obviously, these mushroom trees are inhabited.

Rhodes looked at it at a glance, and the mushroom trees were stacked one after another, like a mushroom forest, and the lanterns were like glowing elves hanging on the trees.

Annabel said with great nostalgia: "This is the place where I grew up. These mushroom trees and the spiders on the trees are really kind."

Rhodes didn't speak.

The light in the Mushroom Forest is gloomy, somewhat gloomy.

It was hard for him to imagine what it would be like to live here for a long time.

Annabe seemed to be back home, she ran wildly on various paths, and soon came to an even bigger umbrella-shaped mushroom.

"This is the Defense Department of Mushroom City. All matters related to the defense of Mushroom City will be handled here."

As soon as the voice fell, the people inside rushed out.

"Who's where?"

"Whose soul can be so dazzling?"

Annabe changed back to human form with a bang, and said with a smile, "Uncle Lear, Aunt Pala, you are all here!"

An old man and an old woman shouted at the same time, "Annabe!"

Rhodes asked, "Who are they?"

Annabelle replied, "The governor and chief of defense of Mushroom City."

She turned her head and shouted: "Uncle Lear, Aunt Pala, this is Rhodes, a high-ranking combatant, our supporter."

The old man and the aunt smiled at the same time. Just looking at his palace robe and the flame marks on his collar, they knew that he was a warrior of the palace, a high-level combatant supporting Mushroom City.

The crowd suddenly boiled up and rushed up one after another.

"You are the famous Rhodes?"

"My God, I finally met the real person!"

"Sure enough, she is as young as the legend says!"

"Can I touch it?"

Rhodes smiled and said directly: "Time is running out, tell me where the monster is."

As soon as these words were said, everyone's faces darkened.

The old man and the aunt looked at each other and asked, "Annabe, is there anyone else?"

Annabelle replied: "No, Rhodes is the only supporter."

Everyone fell silent all of a sudden, you look at me and I look at you.

In the end, the old man said, "Annabe, Your Excellency Rhodes, is there a misunderstanding in the palace? This is a sinful spirit. It is very powerful and has the attributes of the spirit world. According to the usual practice, at least one high-level battle is required." Only an elite combat group composed of personnel, or three second-level combatants, can fight it."

The aunt said: "Little Rhodes doesn't seem to have completed the tenth-level psionic promotion ceremony, and he is not yet a second-level combatant. It is impossible to fight the spirit of sin."

Rhodes smiled slightly: "Please trust the judgment of the hall."

Annabelle also said: "Uncle Lear, Aunt Pala, Rhodes... he is very strong."

Everyone glanced at each other without speaking.

The old man sighed: "Well, since it is the palace's choice, we can only believe it."

He lit a lantern and waved.

"Come with me."

Along the way, the old man briefly introduced the whole story.

In fact, it is also very simple. Last night, about three hours ago, in their core plantation area, there was an unprecedented surge of spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy monitoring station was overloaded and burned down on the spot.

Afterwards, a huge black evil spirit emerged from midair, and the strong spiritual impact of the flash burst destroyed a large area of ​​planting.

Fortunately, the evil spirit returned to the spirit world after wandering for a while.

Annabelle blinked: "The matter doesn't seem to be very serious, maybe the monster has already escaped."

Rhodes frowned and said, "Then the matter is serious."

Annabelle looked at him in surprise: "Why?"

Consul Lille sighed: "Your Excellency Rhodes is right. As expected of a high-level combatant, he understood the core of the matter so quickly."

Aunt Pala showed a gratified smile: "Now I believe why the palace only sent you alone. Annabelle, you should learn more from others. Your sisters are all people who are about to become pillars of mankind."

Annabelle wrinkled her nose: "Why?"

Lear explained: "The spirit of sin has left a mark here. It will come back sooner or later. If it doesn't go far, we can still wait for it. What if it goes far? Is there a special team stationed here? ?”

Aunt Pala sighed: "The current situation in Wangcheng is not going well, it is impossible to have so many idle combat power."

Everyone fell silent for a while, and even Rhodes felt a sense of crisis.

The monster wouldn't really run away, could it?
After walking for a while, everyone came to the real area of ​​Mushroom City - the planting area.

At a glance, there are endless mushroom trees here. Different from the surrounding buildings, they are only about two to three people tall. There are red, green, blue and gray in different colors. They look very fresh and crisp, full of The vitality of plants.

Some workers take care of the mushroom trees in the woods, trim the edges of the mushrooms, clean the cobwebs on the mushroom trees, and cut down the rotten mushroom trees.

There are also some workers who are harvesting mushrooms from mushroom trees, and they have filled baskets with mushrooms of various colors.

This scene, not to mention how strange.

Rhodes was almost stunned, but Lear and the others turned a blind eye and went straight across the mushroom forest to another planting area.

"That's where the spirit of sin attacked. Fortunately, we evacuated in time and there were no casualties, but a large area of ​​the mushroom tree was destroyed."

Rhode looked at it, and the entire mushroom forest seemed to be hit by a hurricane. The ground was covered with broken wood chips and mushrooms, and at least tens of thousands of mushroom trees were destroyed.

Everyone's faces were distorted. For the people in Mushroom City, planting mushroom trees is their mission, and mushrooms are their life. Seeing the destruction of the mushroom trees they carefully maintained, their hearts are bleeding.

This time the loss was too great.

"There."

Lear resisted the distress and pointed to the west.

"It's the mark left by the monster in the spirit world."

Rhodes looked along his finger, and saw a scorched black mark on the ground, like an ugly scar.

Annabelle asked softly, "Can it be cleared?"

Uncle Lille shook his head slightly: "No, this is the imprint of the soul. The spirit of sin has already remembered it, and it is useless to clear it."

At this moment, several guards escorted a dejected guy over.

Lear said angrily: "He is the culprit that caused this disaster!"

Rhode looked at him in surprise: "You... aren't you Frank from Mushroom City?"

This is a teammate who fought on the Trident River before, and once killed the queen with Rhodes.

No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a doomsday cultist.

Annabe covered her mouth and said in surprise, "Uncle Lear, how did he attract the monster? Is he a doomsday cultist?"

Lear said angrily, "Ask him yourself."

Frank raised his head, his long face was pale and guilty, and he said weakly, "I'm sorry, all of this is my fault, it's the spirit of sin that I accidentally attracted."

Rhodes glanced at the guards behind him, more angry and dissatisfied than vigilant and defensive. Obviously, this should be an accident, not an attack by Doomsday Cultists.

"How did you attract it?" Rhodes asked curiously.

Frank said dejectedly: "You should know my characteristics, right? It can change the nature of matter to a certain extent, and the ability to fight directly is not very strong. My inorganic vines can't even trap a second after the worm. On the Jihe battlefield, I was a useless waste, and you were the glorious savior."

"My innate talent is not very strong. Reaching the ninth level of psychic power seems to be the limit. Look... you have already reached the tenth level of psychic power. You were clearly only at the eighth level before. If this continues, when will I be able to save this world? "

A watchman said angrily: "You still want to save the world?"

Frank sighed: "Who doesn't want to save the world? Who doesn't want to see the blue and clean world in the book? I used to be a genius, but I found out that there are many geniuses in the Temple of Fire, and I'm just one of the less conspicuous ones." one."

"I'm not willing to admit defeat, but my combat strength on the frontal battlefield is really limited. I can't have the destructive power of Brother Rhodes. After killing the insects with one shot, half of the insect swarm will be blown up."

"So, I thought, is there something else I can do?"

"I've thought about it. Food is a necessity for human existence. If I use my characteristics to produce a large amount of food, will it help human beings go further?"

Rhode's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Your idea is very good."

Frank smiled weakly: "Thank you."

Uncle Lear said angrily: "Your Excellency Rhodes, don't be fooled by his nonsense, why don't you listen to what he did first?"

Rhodes looked at him curiously.

Frank sighed and said, "I've been thinking that making canned mushrooms at Sigway Food Factory is very troublesome and requires a lot of manpower and material resources. It would be great if canned mushrooms could grow directly on mushroom trees."

puff!
Rhodes almost spit out.

Canned mushrooms growing on mushroom trees?
Is this something normal people can think of?
Frank continued: "I also think that the brewing process of mushroom wine is very cumbersome and takes up a lot of workers' time. It would be great if mushroom wine could be brewed directly from mushroom trees."

Uncle Lear said angrily: "Then, this guy started his evil ritual in the mushroom forest! How did I give birth to you bastard?"

While talking, Uncle Lear was mad at O'Frank.

The latter was beaten silently, not daring to move.

Rhodes was even more shocked. You guys are actually a family.

I don't know how long it took before Rhodes intervened: "Here, Frank, have you succeeded?"

Frank sighed: "Half the success, my changes are too limited, and I can't violate the fundamental nature of matter, so I added some spirit world substances to the mushroom tree, and changed the nature of spirit world substances so that they can fusion between.

Mama Pala sighed, "You unlucky boy, you have no idea what you've done."

Rhodes asked curiously, "What did you do?"

"He created a tree of the spirit world, and it was this tree that attracted the spirit of sin, the most dangerous evil spirit wandering in the spirit world. It is a monster formed by the condensation and corruption of human evil thoughts, I am very interested in everything that is beyond the scope of common sense."

Frank didn't know how many times he sighed: "I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Lear shouted angrily: "Is it still useful to say sorry now? The White Tower has just received news that the spirit of sin has moved away from this area and cannot be observed. What should we do now? Tell me!"

Frank's face was ashen, and he could not speak.

Lille walked back and forth angrily: "This year's food is not enough, Mushroom City can no longer be affected! We have lost our goal, and we don't know when it will come back! Tell me, what should we do? In this way In times of crisis, should we send an elite team to guard here?"

The scolding sounded endlessly, and Frank's complexion became more and more gray.

Rhodes looked around, walked to the mark left by the spirit of sin, rubbed a little on his finger, sensed it with his soul, and said suddenly.

"Don't worry, I have a solution."

(End of this chapter)