the last king of darkness

Chapter 523 Highlighting the Battle of Destiny

Under the thick black fog, Rhodes looked around and saw a huge black shadow standing on the boundless wilderness.

Everyone fell silent. Even though it was not the first time for some people to come to this ancient city, they were still overwhelmed by its depth and terror.

The guardian Night Breeze murmured: "It would be great if we could move this ancient city back, our strength will definitely be able to go up a few steps in no time!"

Rigel asked harshly, "Why don't we occupy it, just like Starry Sky City?"

"idiot!"

Night Breeze scolded.

"Star City is only [-] yards away from Trorian, and it can be reached directly by crossing the Storm Gate and the Necromancer Passage. It can be regarded as an outer city like the North City. We can easily provide material combat power."

"The city of Sagus is [-] yards away from the king's city, and it is almost at the edge of the gray soil continent. With such a long distance, I ask you how to support it? What is the cost of one support? How to transport the logistics supplies? What is the cost of one transport?" How many?"

Rigel said dissatisfiedly: "Don't we have a magical black rice bucket?"

This absurd sentence actually made Night Breeze shut up, and his flickering eyes turned to Rhodes, as if asking him if he could do it.

Rhodes covered his face and said sullenly: "Don't look, I can't do it, and, can you call me by my name?"

Night Breeze asked in surprise: "Why? Although this title is a bit weird and funny, it is also your imprint. Remembering it will help you maintain your true heart in the terrifying darkness and prevent you from becoming insane."

Riegel smiled and said, "That's right, I like the title people call me the most, Ankama's iron man, it makes people happy to hear it."

"Yes." Vito echoed, "I like a simple title like 'White Smoke'."

Rhodes felt his heart hurt even more. If my name was half as normal as yours, it wouldn't hurt so much.

He didn't want to talk about this topic any more, so he turned his head and asked, "Your Excellency Olivia, I heard that this is your third visit to Sakus City."

Olivia replied indifferently: "Yes, no one in the royal city is more familiar with this ancient city than me. The only pity is that I was not there when the Book of Fate was stolen."

"pity."

Professor Binns on the side said regretfully.

"If it is not taken away by the doomsday cultists and destroyed, we may be able to research a way to make a real artifact."

Rhodes asked curiously: "What's the difference between a true artifact and an artifact?"

Professor Binns answered briefly: "The real artifacts are made by gods, their power involves the fundamental source, and the energy potential is extremely high, while the artifact-like artifacts are imitations made by humans, although in some cases the superficial On the surface, it seems that the power and performance are similar, but its core essential power usually only reaches the conventional source law, and does not even use the power of the source law."

"The same is true for the semi-divine artifact. It is an unfinished artifact. From the structure, it is easy to tell whether it is made by gods or humans."

Professor Barrett said excitedly: "Your Excellency Rhodes, there may be a method for making the Book of Fate in Sargus City. If you can obtain it, the production technology of the Royal City will be improved to a higher level."

Rhodes touched the corner of his mouth: "Why do you feel that technology depends on archaeology?"

Professor Binns pushed his glasses, and said in a flat tone: "Human civilization has been interrupted by disasters. We can only see the glory of the past from the few words left in the ruins. We are the survivors of the disaster. It's normal to look for something useful in the ashes of the past."

Professor Barrett smiled and said: "Of course, we are not standing still, we are also researching technology, new golems, new constructs, all of which have never been seen before, your little lover Mina , What a genius in this area.”

"Cough cough cough."

Rhodes interrupted him with a series of coughing sounds.

"Mr. Amides is indeed a genius in this area. I admire his pursuit of knowledge and truth very much. Maybe one day, he can really open the door to truth..."

The smile on Professor Barrett's face grew wider.

"Your Excellency Rhodes, you have a deep understanding of Amides... Then, what do you think as the founder of this road?"

Rhodes replied cautiously: "I don't know. The future is full of fog, and every path is possible. Only by constantly trying can we find the way to finally save the world."

Professor Barrett held Rhode's hand.

"It seems that we have another like-minded comrade in arms."

Professor Binns glanced at them and said lightly: "I always believe that history is the most important thing. Only by figuring out what happened in the past can we move towards the future."

Olivia said politely: "Professor Binns is right. The main goal of our trip is the wreckage of the God of Destiny. resources, explore its secrets."

Her cold eyes swept across the audience.

"This is one of the most important ways in which Trorian has grown and why you are here."

"This time, we cleaned up the ancient city as much as possible."

She raised her right hand high.

"For Trorian!"

Everyone answered in unison.

"Human beings live forever."

"set off!"

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The team came out of the canyon between the two huge barren mountains and came to this boundless wilderness.

Rhodes looked back, and the high mountains and canyons stretched to places he couldn't see.

They flew all the way without leaving the mountains and valleys.

This should be what they call the special route.

Otherwise, Trorian would never be able to find the ancient city of Sagus.

8 yards, already surpassed the limit of Trorian's exploration.

In such a dark place, the black mist is extremely thick.

The strong pollution breath rushed towards his face, making Rhodes feel a little uncomfortable.

The team's lanterns are all in the hands of the bishop. This is a specially made spiritual lamp. The light inside is not an afterglow but an afterglow. The power of the fire radiates and envelopes the team, but the powerful black mist compresses the scope of the fire. When you reach the edge of the team, if you are not careful, you will touch it.

Rhode felt it for a while, and saw that humanity was declining rapidly, and his fingers were already black. If he looked carefully, he could see boiling black bugs beating on his fingertips.

"They're approaching the level of black water."

Rhodes' tone was very dignified. Black water is second only to the derivative of the black mist of the source. It has strong pollution and erosion capabilities, and is the most harmful to fire.

After searching for a while, I saw the condensed black water.

Olivia said in a deep voice: "This is a place [-] yards away from the royal city, which belongs to the deepest part of the dark world. According to our practice, as a whole, the farther away from the royal city, the thicker the black mist will be. high."

Rhodes asked in surprise: "Is this the reason for the influence of the holy fire?"

Olivia glanced at him.

"Of course, apart from the holy flame, what else can affect the black mist?"

Professor Binns said: "Fire and black mist are like light and shadow. The stronger the light, the lighter the shadow. The closer to the holy fire, the weaker the black mist. The farther away from the holy fire, the stronger the black mist. This should be easy to understand. "

Rhode nodded slightly: "I want to ask, is there a limit to its range of influence?"

Olivia replied briefly: "For now, we haven't discovered the limit."

Rhode said in disbelief: "That is to say, the range of influence of the holy fire is at least [-] yards... It was like this before the holy fire was not strengthened, and the range must be greater after strengthening."

Professor Binns said softly: "Little Rhodes, in the dark world, the black mist is like a boundless sea, and the holy fire is like a bottomless vortex. When you get close to its sea level, it will become lower."

Rhodes frowned and said, "Then we are the center of the vortex."

"Yes."

Professor Barrett replied.

"The moment the holy flame was lit, we were the center of the vortex. Those who surrendered and retreated were complete rubbish. No matter how we tried to hide, it was useless."

Olivia sighed lightly: "Little Rhodes, I originally planned to tell you this after you returned to the Royal City."

Rhodes looked at her: "What do you mean?"

Olivia's expression became serious.

"Now that you're aware of it, I'll keep it short, it's mostly about Special Forces duties."

"You already know that the range of the holy fire is huge, so you can guess that monsters within this range may be startled by the breath of the fire and rush towards its source."

"This is an unconscious action. The monster will approach it while wandering. It has no meaning in itself, it is just an instinct."

"You should know that the most serious problem facing Trorian is actually the invasion of king-level monsters."

"A battle aimed at killing king-level monsters is called a king-killing battle, but with our strength, king-killing battles cannot be carried out frequently."

"Resisting king-level monsters and preventing king-level monsters from getting close to Trorian is the main duty of super fighters."

"Our combat locations are usually very far away, such as the Giant's Tower, the Dragon Tomb, and the Great Dragon Wall. Because we are too deep into the darkness, we often fight alone without assistance or support."

"But this is the mission of the super combat force, and it is also the reason for our detached status."

Olivia looked at Rhodes.

"Although you have become a child of fire, having a position does not mean having power. You still have a long way to go if you want to take on this responsibility."

Rhodes clenched his fists: "I know! The moment I fight side by side with you and share the responsibility of protecting Trorian, hurry up and let me go one step further! I can't wait!"

Olivia didn't reply, but the shining moonlight echoed in her eyes, which seemed to be overflowing with anticipation.

She led the team down from the mountains and came to the front of Sagus City.

From the front, this ancient city is very large and ancient, standing in the darkness, full of eerie and terrifying atmosphere.

"Go in from here."

Olivia pointed to a section of the collapsed city wall not far away.

"According to last experience, there should be no monsters in this area. We can repair it in it, and then officially start searching and exploring."

Rhodes asked: "What are the monsters in the ancient city?"

Professor Binns replied: "It's mainly greedy and weird fallen angels, and some black mist symbiotes. In theory, it shouldn't be as difficult as it was a few times before."

Olivia said in a deep voice, "Remember, you can't escape my sight at any time."

She glanced at the sky covered by thick black mist, and showed a faint smile.

"Today is the full moon, and it's time for you to take a look at the true strength of the pure brilliance, the moon knight Olivia."

"Let's go."

She walked in first.

Rhodes and Lucian followed closely behind, and Memphis followed him. The three of them crossed the collapsed city wall and came to the interior of the ancient city.

The internal structure of Sagus City is very neat. Although the houses are severely damaged, it can be seen that its layout was quite rigorous. The dilapidated roads are close to the residential buildings and spread straight to the depths.

There were many damaged statues on both sides, and Rhodes quickly recognized one of them as the ancient god of rebirth of flesh and blood, Heragatos.

"That is the nameless god, there is no information related to him."

Professor Binns pointed to the statue and said.

"That is the ancient god of destiny. Under the destruction of despair, he dismembered himself here, hoping to provide strength for those who came after him, but unfortunately, only a small part of his remnant body and soul were scattered outside, and the rest , has been stored in the ancient city."

"Based on this, we infer that it is the city of gods in the second era, and the gods it enshrines are the nameless god and the god of destiny."

When Rhodes was about to speak, Lucian suddenly came up and whispered in his ear.

"I found the suspect."

(End of this chapter)