the last king of darkness

Chapter 427 Guardian (please ask for a small ticket)
With a loud roar, the bronze door was pushed open.

A solemn and solemn semi-circular hall appeared in front of me, surrounded by stepped steps with many bronze seats on the steps.

And in the direction due east, under the huge sacred fire emblem, a huge bronze statue cuts off the steps.

He holds a sword in one hand and a shield in the other. He has a resolute face and a firm expression. He carries a strange vessel on his back. He raises his head slightly, as if looking into the distance.

It was their original hero, Trorian.

Under his statue, Rhodes was surprised to find that there were many people in the hall, and they seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.

"follow me."

Armando stepped forward, and the three of them followed behind him, walking to the center of the Guardian Hall.

There is a huge symbol on the ground in the middle, a flaming shield and a flaming long sword interlaced.

Churchell said softly: "This is the symbol of the Guardian."

Armando glared at him.

"Go back to your seat."

Churchill shrugged and turned back to his seat.

Qingyu gave Rhodes an encouraging look, and then left. Her seat was the first on the second step on the left.

Rhode noticed that many of the seats on the steps were empty, and some were even covered with thick dust.

Armando opened his hands, psychic light shone on him, and his voice had never been so clear as at this moment.

"The Guardian Enthronement Ceremony begins."

Two figures came from the corner, stood beside Rhodes, and stood side by side with him.

Rhodes was surprised to find that they turned out to be Taro the Great Sword and Jessica "Undefeated".

"You have also been promoted to Guardian?"

Taylor showed a smile full of light: "Yes, Brother Rhodes, in fact, I have already been promoted to the first-level combatant, but because the Temple of Fire lacks materials for the enthronement ceremony, I have waited until now."

Rhodes was surprised: "Materials? Need materials for the enthronement ceremony?"

Taylor said with a smile: "Of course it is necessary. The guardian ceremony is not just an honorary cutscene, but a major blessing ceremony. Only after the crown imprint of the crown fire can we truly become guardians."

"And the imprint of the crown bestowing fire requires activating the statue of Trorian and igniting the fire of Trorian's soul. This is not an easy task, and it needs to consume a lot of precious materials."

The undefeated Jessica said kindly to Rhodes: "If you hadn't been promoted, I think we will have to wait for a while."

Rhodes took a look at her. Jessica has long black hair, an oval face, fair skin, and slender eyes that are slightly raised. She has a strange sense of seduction and looks arrogant, but her attitude is very kind. .

Rhodes remembered that she was a member of the "Spiritual Girls Group" and one of Annabe's older sisters.

Their characteristics are "magic release", and the state after release is their "awakening state", which is also their fighting state.

Jessica's "awakened state" is a huge multi-armed snake demon, several hundred yards high, six arms holding six giant swords, sweeping away, like a windmill on the battlefield, the efficiency of killing monsters is overwhelming .

At the Fortress of Courage back then, she was the one who withstood a battlefield by herself, killing the corpses of the strange ghosts all over the field, and still couldn't pass the cordon.

Rhodes was impressed by her.

"Sister Jessica, you still look so beautiful." Rhodes offered to extend his hand.

Jessica smiled and briefly shook hands with him.

"Little Rhodes, the speed at which you grow is really surprising. In the secret branch, you were obviously so weak, but in a blink of an eye, you were already shoulder to shoulder with me."

Taylor said with a smile: "Brother Rhodes, there are very few people whose growth rate can be compared with the spiritual girls who have the characteristic of 'Magic Liberation', and even fewer surpass them. In their eyes, they are all catching up with others, and few Being chased from behind."

"Did you know? I have been in the second-level combatant for half a year. Half a year ago, Jessica was only a fourth-level combatant. After half a year, her strength is almost catching up with me."

Jessica glanced at him, and her tone became proud: "Tayro, what do you mean by catching up with you? When did you become stronger than me?"

Taylor held the big sword behind his back: "Why, Jessica, do you want to fight? At least for now, you are not my opponent."

"Quiet."

Armando shouted, the white light on his body was gradually getting stronger, gradually merging with Trorian's statue.

At this time, the bishop of the Heroes Church came from under the statue.

His whole body was burning with intense flames, but his beard, hair, and clothing remained intact in the flames.

"New stars of Trorian!"

He came in front of the three of them.

"You have gone through untold hardships and arrived at the Hall of Guardians of Glory. From now on, you are the sword in the dark, the guards on the high wall, the flames against the black mist, the light of the long night and the dawn, and the horn of victory. , the strong shield of the kingdom, and the hope of the people."

The white light on Armando's body faded away, while the light on Trorian's statue flourished.

A strong white light illuminates the Hall of the Guardians.

Rhodes noticed that everyone in the seat stood up, and they also shone with dazzling white light.

The bishop came to Jessica.

"May the flames gather like moths by your light."

Jessica bowed slightly: "May the inheritance continue and the torch be passed on forever."

The bishop stretched out his finger and lightly touched Jessica's forehead.

For a moment, countless white lights fell on Jessica's body, and a bright flame descended from the zenith and landed on her neck.

On the collar of her robe, a triple flame mark appeared.

The bishop nodded in satisfaction and came to Taylor.

"May the light shine on you and me forever!"

Tai Luo bowed and said loudly: "May the fire last forever, and may the heroes live forever."

White light and flames fell on him, and the triple flame mark also appeared on his neckline.

The bishop looked approvingly, came to Rhodes, looked him up and down, and said with a smile: "You are the candidate I didn't expect, congratulations, black idiot Rhodes."

Rhodes mouth twitched, and said dryly, "Thank you."

The bishop looked serious.

"May the holy fire protect you forever."

Rhodes followed suit, bowed and said, "Human beings will never perish, the flames will never go out, and the dawn will surely come."

The Bishop held out his hand and tapped it lightly.

Fire and light fell, and a triple flame symbol appeared on Rhodes' collar.

The bishop said with satisfaction: "The ceremony is completed. Now, you are all the guardians of Trorian. You shoulder the hope and glory of people, the inheritance and glory of fire. I hope you can keep your heart, strengthen your will, and lead Man finds eternal light."

The three replied in unison: "We will fulfill our mission."

The light on Trorian's statue gradually dissipated, and the flames on the bishop's body also fell, and the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became much more relaxed.

The bishop came up, patted their shoulders, and praised: "Not bad, not bad, wonderful young man and young girl, seeing the birth of the young guardian is like seeing the sunrise, my heart is filled with light. "

Armando came up with a rare smile on his face.

"You are all Trorian's precious strength, I hope you can show your due strength in the next battle of Starry Sky City."

His expression turned serious.

"Now, let me briefly explain the guardian's duties and powers."

"In a war in a region, the guardian is usually the highest-ranking commander, who can decide the strategy and tactics of the war, as well as the mobilization and distribution of personnel."

"If necessary, you can even forcibly recruit combatants below the first level, interrupt their missions, and let them obey your orders. However, after the war is over, you will also be questioned by the royal city."

Taylor and Jessica both looked solemn, they seemed to have known it for a long time, only Rhodes still didn't know.

From this point of view, the guardian's power is really great.

He thought to himself.

What can I do with this power?

For a while, Rhodes hadn't thought of the answer yet.

Armando continued: "In terms of the order of battle, the Military War Department has the right to advise you, but you can refuse to implement it. Only the first defense chief Lin, the seven sons of fire, the four knight commanders, and king."

He paused and added.

"But on the battlefield of Starry Sky City, there is no combat force below the first level of combatants. Therefore, at some point, you need to learn to cooperate with each other."

Rhodes patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Lord First Elder, I am the best at cooperating. No one is better at cooperating than me. Both Lord Alan and I agreed to cooperate. He and I are simply the best partners. Killing indiscriminately in the ancient Hall of Valor, the evil monsters were routed."

Armando glanced at him.

"Boy, you'd better be humble, anyone who cooperates with Alan is like that."

Rhodes laughed dryly, and changed the subject: "What is Lord Alan doing now?"

Amando replied briefly: "He has more important tasks, which is not what you need to know. Now, I will tell you how to use the mark of the flame crown."

"Press your hands on the mark, input psionic energy, and use your soul to sense it, and you will be able to see the nearby flame signs and get in touch with them."

Rhodes did as he said, and sure enough, he saw other flame marks in the spiritual world.

They are all triple stacked, representing the Guardian's mark,

Rhodes roughly counted, there were only about a dozen of them.

Armando continued.

"The second way to use it is to input more psychic energy and then write information, this psychic energy will turn into a spirit crow messenger and fly to the Temple of Fire. Please note that this has certain risks, and the temple may not be able to accept to your request for help."

"The third way to use it is to press your finger on the symbol and lightly touch it with your soul, and you will get the blessing of fire, which can restore your spiritual energy, temporarily increase your strength, and resist a fatal attack."

Armando paused for a moment, his expression became gloomy.

"The fourth way to use it is to use only the soul to connect with it, touch the symbol at the bottom, and be compatible with it, the fire will spread in your soul and burn you to ashes, which is used when you are desperate and dying , can prevent you from being eroded into a monster, and at the same time, it will do its best to send out your coordinate information, we will find your ashes, send it into the embrace of the fire, and return to the holy fire."

Everyone fell silent, and Rhodes thought of Lilivia unknowingly.

Is this how she died?

Exhausted all his strength, killed the most monsters, and finally touched the crown of fire and turned into ashes.

Rhodes became depressed, and he tried his best to get rid of this negative emotion.

As long as I am strong enough, this kind of thing will never happen again.

he thought.

For a moment, Armando's hoarse voice broke the silence.

"Now, let's go meet the other guardians. You need to understand Trorian's top-level combat power."

He led the three of them towards the bronze seat on the steps.

Rhodes counted, there were 52 seats in total, and asked, "Your Excellency Armando, we have 52 guardians in total?"

Armando's expression became gloomy.

"In the peak period, we had a total of 52 guardians. That was many, many years ago. Now, with the newly promoted you, we have a total of 33."

He raised his withered fingers and pointed to the three bottom seats.

"That's your seat."

On the bronze bench, the flames flashed, and the names of the three of them appeared on the back of the chair.

Rhodes was relieved to find that only his name was engraved on his seat without a prefix.

"of course."

Armando added.

"The situation is special now. There are only about half of the guardians present, but it is enough to activate the statue of St. Trorian."

Rhodes wanted to inquire about Trorian's information in the dream.

But it is a pity that neither the Book of Knowledge nor Asa knows more.

Thinking that the Book of Knowledge didn't know much about the Starry Kingdom, Rhode roughly deduced that the shattering of the dream should be before the Starry Kingdom appeared.

While thinking about it, Amando came to a seat and bowed slightly: "Good day, Your Excellency Qingyu."

Qingyu stood up, the triple flame symbol was extremely conspicuous on the blue and white robe.

"Good day, Your Excellency the First Elder."

Armando gave her an appreciative look.

"Tell me a little about yourself."

Qingyu stretched out her hand generously: "Nice to meet you all, I am Qingyu the guardian, my characteristic is 'Eternal Burning Fire', and the characteristic level is nine, I am good at all tactical positions, and the best is the post support. "

The three shook hands with her one by one, and Qing Yu smiled and said, "Have I completed my mission? Your Excellency Amondo."

Armando nodded slightly.

"The promotion ceremony is over, you can go back."

Qingyu smiled faintly: "I'm leaving, Rhodes, Jessica, Taylor, I hope to meet you on the battlefield of Starry Sky City."

She turned around, turned into a phantom, and then disappeared.

Armando walked to the next seat and said, "This is Churchill, a guy with a brain full of muscles."

Churchill dissatisfied: "What does it mean to have a brain full of muscles, Rhodes, tell him my story full of wisdom."

Rhodes said with a smile: "Master Churchill has always been very shrewd."

Churchel said loudly: "Brother, you are so right... Well, I am Churchill the Guardian, my soul attribute is 'Power of God', the attribute level is eighth, and the tactical position I am good at is the front position and striker."

Armando ignored him and continued to the next one.

This is a soft and weak girl who doesn't seem to have any lethality.

But since she can sit here, it shows that her strength is extraordinary.

"Feixue of Vanilla Village, one of the most dazzling new stars, was promoted half a year ago as a guardian with extraordinary strength."

Feixue from Vanilla Village smiled slightly and stretched out her tender little hand.

"Hello, I'm Feixue from Vanilla Village. I'm Feixue who is known as the streamer. My soul attribute is 'Aura of Concentrating Light'. The attribute level is nine. I'm good at all tactical positions, but my favorite is the front position."

She looked at Rhodes, her eyes sparkled slightly.

"Well, if it's in bed, I like to be on top."

(End of this chapter)