the last king of darkness

Chapter 492

Rhodes immediately bowed back.

"Hello, Your Excellency Amides, I am not yet a great Son of Fire, please just call me by my name."

Amides is a highly respected university student in the royal city. He used his knowledge to solve many problems for Trorian. He had a lot of contact with Rhodes, and he always respected him very much.

Amides smiled and said: "Your Excellency Rhodes, your achievements are so dazzling, it inspires those of us who are deeply in the dark, and the knowledge you give us inspires us a lot. De even included a steam engine based on your theory in his latest golem construct."

Rhodes almost spit out a mouthful of water.

"Steam engine? What's the use of that thing?"

Mina answered first: "It's an excellent power core. I heat the water vapor to create high pressure, and then use the hydraulic cantilever to provide a thrust of more than 10 tons, which is much easier to use than the psionic core."

"10 tons?"

Rhodes was really shocked.

Is this what a steam engine can do?What exactly have you changed?I just provided some general knowledge.

"Yup!"

Mina proudly puffed out her chest, and the towering beige knit gown almost pushed him up.

Apparently she had a share of the credit for this monstrous steam engine.

"I use star marrow to make a steam boiler, using solar crystals as the heating source, real silver as the piston, and star ruby ​​solution as the lubricant. As long as you provide enough spiritual energy to raise the temperature of the boiler to a high enough level, then see The seemingly weak and harmless steam can support a 10-ton golem construct."

"It's amazing, we never thought of it this way, it's a miraculous idea!"

Rhodes looked at her speechlessly. Normally, a steam engine with such a high thrust would face countless problems. It is impossible for the piston, pot body, crank, and seal to withstand such a high pressure and high temperature.

However, she solves this problem with rare spiritual materials.

It was an avenue he had never thought of.

"easy to use?"

Mina's face was full of joy and pride: "It's so easy to use! It consumes much less spiritual energy than a purely spiritual structure, and the strength of a purely mechanical structure has increased by at least [-]%, and it also saves a lot of precious spiritual energy." Energy materials!"

"This is an epoch-making invention! According to the evaluation of the Industrial Machinery Research Institute, the combat effectiveness of this golem construct is already close to that of a high-level combatant, but it is not very flexible, and the combat method is single, requiring human assistance."

She chattered a lot until she was interrupted by her teacher.

"Well, Mina, although the Type 59 golem construct is very good, it still faces the problems of high cost and excessive consumption. It still needs a lot of improvement before it can be mass-produced. We came to Starry Sky City The main purpose is not for it."

Mina said dissatisfiedly: "Teacher, it is also one of our secondary goals. There may be some ancient technologies left in the Starry Sky City, which may have some effect on the improvement of the 59th golem construct. We may be able to Get some inspiration from it."

She turned her head and looked at Rhodes with twinkling eyes.

"I firmly believe that this is the way to save mankind. The flesh and blood body is too fragile. Only machinery and steel can defeat the terrifying monsters and usher in the dawn of fire."

The meaning in her eyes couldn't be more clear.

Rhodes didn't quite agree with her belief, but seeing her beige knitted gown that was about to touch his face, he could only say against his will, "That's right, Sister Mina."

"yeah!"

Mina pounced on him on the spot and hugged him tightly.

"I knew little Rhodes would agree with me! We are like-minded people!"

Rhodes scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed: "Yes, yes, it is very big and soft... Uh, I mean our path is correct, that, the teacher is still watching."

Mina could only reluctantly let him go and stand aside.

Amides glanced at them with meaningful eyes, and said as if nothing happened: "Your Excellency Rhodes, your knowledge has brought us a lot of changes and shaped our understanding of the world." a system."

"With this system, our research is no longer scattered, and our exploration is no longer blind. Therefore, many scholars believe that you are the reincarnation of the omniscient god... Due to your extremely dazzling achievements, they are quite sure of this guess."

Rhodes laughed dryly, his conscience made him unable to accept honors that did not belong to him, and explained: "No, no, I just have superhuman wisdom, not the reincarnation of some god."

Amides smiled slightly and continued: "You have brought shocking changes to countless scholars in Wangcheng. Through your system, we have made great progress and produced many new inventions. I believe that in the near future In the future, they will definitely bring us unexpected surprises."

Rhodes was extremely happy in his heart. The fruit he planted at the beginning finally took root and sprouted, which will definitely bring him a steady stream of divinity.

"Your Excellency Amides, are you here to find out about Starry Sky City?"

Amides nodded slightly.

"Your Excellency Rhodes, you once told us that part of your knowledge was acquired in Starry Sky City, so we came this time to hope to find more knowledge in Starry Sky City and further improve this system."

Rhodes scratched his head a little. Of course he made up that sentence, but he didn't know how to explain it.

However, he changed his mind, Starry Sky City, as the royal city of a powerful human kingdom, might there really be some lost ancient technology?

Aren't those weird creations in the Mechanical Research Institute all obtained from the ruins?

Although it has little to do with his system, it is somewhat useful to humans.

"Okay." Rhodes agreed, "If you need any help, come to me directly."

Amides nodded slightly: "I will. In terms of exploring the ruins, there is no more suitable team member than you. A powerful combatant, who understands knowledge, is good at ancient languages, and can travel smoothly in the dark and narrow sewers. It's impeccable."

Rhodes nodded and turned his gaze to his side.

The polite scholar came up and bowed deeply to Rhodes.

"Hello, Your Excellency the Son of Fire in the future, I have heard about you for a long time. I am Barrett Wen, professor of history. Professor Binns and I represent Wangcheng, Jinworth Society, Ash Diggers School, Element History Research Association, Black Fog Analysis Tracing Society, come to Starry Sky City to explore the lost history and find the truth buried in the ashes of time."

Rhode glanced at the huge team behind them, and several former acquaintances waved to him in the crowd.

Obviously, Wangcheng attaches great importance to the history of Starry Sky City. The Queen of Stars overturned many of the histories that they had held in the past in just a few paragraphs, and Wangcheng is still digesting the information brought.

"Hello, Professor Barrett."

Rhodes saluted politely.

"Hello, Professor Binns, long time no see."

Professor Binns said calmly: "Little Rhodes, long time no see, you have indeed become a pillar of mankind."

Rhodes smiled modestly: "That's right, I'm very talented, and when I grow up, I'm afraid of myself."

Professor Binns smiled faintly, and his cloudy eyes shone slightly, as if he had seen something rare.

"Little Rhodes, you know that history doesn't lie, the way of the past will guide us in the future, what the Queen of Stars told us gave us great surprises and hopes, but her words were too short, we urgently I want to further clear the fog and see more truths."

Amides added: "In addition to history and knowledge, powerful ancient items, rare materials or precious mineral deposits may be unearthed under the starry sky city. We may have many unexpected gains, which will have a great impact on the royal city. Great help."

Before Rhodes answered, the Book of Knowledge shouted in his mind: "Master, master, divinity! A lot of divinity!"

Rhode's heart trembled, and he immediately understood that their actions were valuable!

"I see. I will clean up Starry Sky City as soon as possible. If you have any places you want to explore, just tell me and I will give priority to cleaning them up."

Amides smiled, "I will."

After discussing for a while, Amides and others left. They still have a lot of preparations to do.

Mina winked at him secretly, giving him a look that was waiting for him at any time.

Rhodes didn't respond. He has a lot of things to do now, and he doesn't have time to entangle with his sister Mina.

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In the next few days, Rhodes was busy with the cleanup of the Starry Sky City, and only returned to the Holy Fire Sacrifice Field at a fixed time to inject the essence of the soul into the Wanxingyi.

In addition, he still needs to find time to learn the combat skills of superhumans.

Master Galen and other instructors have come to Starry Sky City, and the two hours before going to bed every day is his training time.

What he needs to learn includes further psychicization, psychic release, walking through the air, and domain control.

Psionicization can improve his psionic utilization rate, and psionic release can allow psionics to do more things, and it is the pre-requisite ability of the domain.

Walking in the air is flying, and you must learn to release psionic energy before you can use it.

The field is a key ability, and its main use is in the stage of the lawmaker.

These abilities are very deep psionic skills, and it usually takes at least several months to several years for a newly promoted transcendent (official first-level combatant) to fully control them.

And Rhodes relied on his fifth star [God's Sense], and his learning progress was fast. In the case of only two hours, he was also changing with each passing day, which shocked many masters except Galen.

It was the first time they had seen such a talented person, seeing him frantically grabbing knowledge and mastering new combat skills like a sponge absorbing water, all the masters eagerly hoped that they would have more time to teach Rhodes.

Of course, this is not possible.

Rhodes' time is quite tight, two hours is already one-eighth of a day, and it is impossible to squeeze out more time.

Moreover, due to the high consumption of spirituality in the soul, Rhodes feels exhausted, so he can't do more things like learning, otherwise the efficiency will be greatly reduced.

Cleaning up Starry Sky City is the most important thing.

Although Wangcheng sent many high-level combatants to Starry Sky City, most of them were third-level combatants. Chell and Gale.

And the monsters in Starry Sky City are all strong super-orders, generally above the second tier.

Level [-] fighters who want to fight monsters with level [-] psionic abilities need at least one battle group.

The third-level fighters who can be regarded as saviors in the inner area of ​​Trorian are just weak people in Starry Sky City.

In this case, Rhodes became the absolute main force.

Whether or not he exists on the battlefield is completely different.

Rhodes had to put a lot of energy into the battle, otherwise the cleanup of Starry Sky City would be too slow.

In the eyes of the third-level fighters, Rhodes is really radiant and extremely dazzling.

No matter where he goes, people will call his name: "black rice bucket" and worship him.

Many have his name tattooed on their armbands or on their backs, believing it will bring them good luck.

Someone even openly peddles his talisman — a small black bucket filled with food that hangs from a silver pendant.

Many warriors claim that this amulet is very effective, holding the amulet in times of trouble and praying to the black scumbag will give them boundless courage and help them overcome their enemies.

Rhodes chose to ignore all these things.

After all, these actions, in addition to gaining him a lot of humanity, occasionally contribute to him.

Anyway, he had already made up his mind, and when he gained power, he would change his title to handsome guy in black.

Hmph, when the time comes, pray to the great handsome guy in black!
Hahaha!
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In this way, Rhodes was learning and training while fighting.

His combat power has improved visible to the naked eye, rising to a higher level almost every day, which also makes more fighters worship him, thinking that he is the savior of mankind, and can create such a miracle.

However, even though Rhodes had exerted all his strength, the cleaning speed of Starry Sky City was still not ideal.

This is mainly because there are too many monsters in Starry Sky City.

Although the strange shadow drew a large amount of black mist before dying, a large number of monsters including the two kings disappeared without a trace, and there was not a single black mist symbiosis left.

But the burden on the existing combat power is still very heavy.

This is not the team that assembled more than half of Trorian's top-level combat power. Even if Wang Cheng is willing, it will be difficult to gather them again.

Rhodes didn't particularly care about it either, he knew the difficulties in the royal city, so he just fought and studied harder.

As his role grew, so did his divinity.

This turned out to be a good thing.

The book of knowledge is laughing so hard that the book is about to burst, counting the divinity that is about to be obtained every day.

The more divinity, the greater their winning rate.

And Rhodes didn't just work hard blindly. The Book of Knowledge told him that in the Black War Group, apart from Mephis, Annabelle, Cassan, and Molly had all become his "apostles".

The so-called "apostle" means that no matter what they do, it is equivalent to Rhodes doing it himself.

Therefore, making the most of their abilities will also bring Rhodes a lot of divinity.

Needless to say, Molly, under her management, this stronghold can be organized.

Annabelle was sent by him to transport supplies, transport the wounded, or deploy combat power.

During this period of time, she has become stronger again, and her speed in the centaur state is unmatched by anyone. She runs like a purple lightning, and no matter whether it is a person or an object, she can always be delivered in the shortest time.

Although Annabel was extremely dissatisfied with this, she still obeyed Rhodes' orders.

Kassan also recovered from her weakness, and a blow of super-powerful rage knocked herself straight to bed for nearly two months.

Under the prompt of Archbishop Horus, Rhodes already understood how to use her.

Her anger has a limit, and the burst of power cannot exceed a hundred times, otherwise it may cause soul tearing.

Generally between [-] times and [-] times, which is a safe interval.

A little more adventurous, you can go to fifty times or sixty times.

At this time, one punch can kill the monsters in the second gear and seriously injure the monsters in the third gear.

But with a punch, you have to rest for a long time.

A day, at most three punches can be punched, and no more.

Despite all the limitations, this is already a miracle.

You must know that Kashan is currently only a fourth-level combatant, and he has not even entered the field of high-level combatants, and he can kill monsters at the second level of strong super-levels.

For this, Rhodes was very pleased, and it was worthwhile for him to spend a huge amount of rare potions to raise her.

With the accumulation of huge resources, Kashan, who is of average qualifications, has also been promoted to a fourth-level combatant in a short period of time.

She doesn't practice anything, only practice that punch, all her fire, all her life, are only born for that punch.

As a result, the power of this punch was superimposed countless times, surpassing her limit.

Finally, on the battlefield of Starry Sky City, she showed her due brilliance and dedicated her most precious things to Rhodes.

power.

Only Mephis is a rebellious boy, Rhodes only let her use the freezing ability to assist, and don't need to do more.

However, the simple cleaning will not bring much divinity to Rhodes, the excavation after cleaning is the key point.

Although the Starry Sky City is large, there are not many areas that are really worth exploring.

They are usually concentrated in warehouses, churches, temples, colleges, sacrificial places, production workshops, and palaces.

According to the current cleaning speed, it will take a long time to wait.

Amides and the others were not in a hurry, but Rhodes was.

The invasion of the Soul Devourer King is imminent, and there are only a few days left for the stars to shine, so how can they dawdle here?
He found Mina, and after having an in-depth exchange with her all night long, he decided to form an exploration team to explore the Great Temple on the west side first.

The goal of the exploration team should not be too big, only Rhodes, Amides, Mina, Professor Binns and Professor Barrett, a total of 5 people.

Early the next morning, they set off from the predetermined route, bypassed the dangerous area, and led by Rhodes, they arrived at the Great Temple and the square in front of the Temple.

This is where the main star priest wanders.

On the other side of the Great Temple is the Starry Palace.

Their original goal was the imperial palace, but the investigative legion Liszt sent them a special message, telling them not to go to the imperial palace lightly, as there are still very powerful monsters inside.

The Starry Sky City Great Temple is the second choice destination.

The square in front of the temple is huge, but the entire ground has been broken, as if it has experienced fierce battles.

Professor Binns' expression became extremely serious. He stared at every broken trace on the surface of the temple, and said in a deep voice: "This is a crystal clot. The Kingdom of Stars is far richer than we imagined. They actually used such Precious materials to make floors."

Rhode thought about it and asked, "Can we pry them back? I have storage space."

Amides shook his head: "It's useless, the crystal clot is useless after it solidifies and shatters."

Rhodes sighed regretfully. If such a large piece of floor can be pried back, maybe he can get a lot of divinity.

But it's a pity that the crystal clot has been scrapped.

Mina pushed him lightly from behind, and asked in a low voice, "Is this the place where the main star priest you mentioned died?"

Rhodes shook his head: "No, we alarmed him, this is not our battle site."

Mina's eyes lit up: "Then, the traces here are traces of battles from 500 years ago?"

Rhodes pondered: "It's possible, but I don't know how the priest of the main star was corrupted. Maybe after the queen was eroded, the overflowing darkness corrupted him."

Professor Barrett said in a deep voice: "In any case, the battle here is very powerful, and we can't imagine it. Let's go in. There may be what we want in the temple."

There was nothing in the square, and the temple in the distance was sunk in the black mist, appearing huge and gloomy.

Everyone walked through the square and entered the temple.

A musty smell came over the face, the temple was dark and damp, with black rot hanging everywhere.

As soon as they stepped into the temple, a huge mass of fat fell from it.

It was scorched black, twisted and ferocious, with tiny eyeballs and sharp mouthparts all over the fat, thick black hair growing wantonly among the fat, looking extremely disgusting.

Professor Barrett immediately shouted: "Be careful, this is corrupted demon flesh, it is an extremely depraved monster, don't be touched."

Everyone retreated immediately, but Professor Barrett was nowhere to be seen.

Rhodes turned his head and saw that he had flown several hundred yards away, with a flash of spiritual light in his hands, he had already drawn a huge spiritual bow.

A powerful wave of spiritual energy came, and Rhodes was surprised: "Is he a first-level combatant?"

brush!
A powerful flying arrow of spiritual energy came through the air and hit the fat meat.

With a click, the psychic flying arrow snapped in two, without even scratching the fat skin.

"This power..." Rhodes was embarrassed to speak.

Mina came closer and whispered: "He was seriously injured, his soul was unstable, and the power of his arrows fluctuated greatly. Because of this, he was forced to withdraw from the front line, but he was unwilling to retire from now on, so he devoted himself to the field of scholars. She will shine brightly and become one of the most famous historians in the royal city."

"Don't get so close, I can't breathe."

Mina gave him a blank look: "It sounds like I'm wronged, I don't know who enjoyed the night."

"Didn't I talk to you about something serious? It's just a little bit out of control... Cough cough, leave this piece of fat to me."

Rhodes raised his hand, and the starlight immediately spun in his hand.

(End of this chapter)