the last king of darkness

Chapter 525 The Dream of Devouring Poop
It wasn't until Rhodes stepped into the firelight of the garrison that the anxious atmosphere eased.

The three bishops came up to him and used lanterns and anti-curse stones to test whether his soul was polluted or deformed.

This is a step only in extremely dangerous areas, to ensure that the worst does not happen.

Rhodes will not be polluted naturally, his soul shows absolute purity in the test.

Memphis was not tested, there is a strong curse in her soul, any test is inaccurate.

If it weren't for Rhodes' guarantee, such a person would absolutely not be able to enter the team.

After passing the test, Rhodes took off the lantern on his waist, and someone immediately took it to replenish the phlogiston, and someone handed him clean water and steaming food.

——In such an expedition, the importance of food and water is second only to lanterns and phlogiston.

Rhodes was indeed thirsty. He took a big sip of water and took a bite of freshly grilled steak. The smell of oily meat in his mouth made him instantly feel the meaning of life.

After two mouthfuls of steak, he ordered another and handed it to Memphis.

Then, under the expectant eyes of everyone, Rhodes told them that the combat mission was successful and the designated area had been cleaned up by him and Memphis.

There was a gleam of light in everyone's expressions.

The soldiers began to shout in unison again: "Black idiot!"

Even academics got involved.

This is one of the few good news among the countless bad news, so Rhodes didn't interrupt it, and he was able to reap a wave of humanity.

——Memphis' consumption made him pay a little more attention to this aspect.

Then there is a brief trimming.

Rhodes closed his eyes and lay down in the rocking chair in the dreamland. Dreamless sleep can greatly speed up the recovery of the soul.

And the No.12 star [Blood Deed Recovery] can greatly relieve physical fatigue, and the second star [Steaming Blue] can quickly restore spiritual energy. Under the combined effect of these three, Rhodes' recovery speed can be called inhuman .

In this expedition team, no one can recover faster than him.

Because of this, his combat efficiency surpassed anyone else, second only to Moonlight Knight Olivia.

It is worth mentioning that no matter how high-intensity Rhodes fights, Memphis can keep up.

Although most of the time she only uses freezing and consumes far less than Rhodes, she can be called a talent only in terms of being able to keep up with Rhodes.

During Rhodes' rest period, the others were not idle either.

Professor Binns and Professor Barrett organized another operation, leading half of the scholars and all the researchers, under the protection of dozens of high-level fighters, carrying various instruments, to explore the area cleared by Rhodes .

The survey and research of Sagus City are very important.

The birth of the black mist was in the second era. If we can figure out why the black mist appeared, we might be able to find a way to completely eliminate it.

Three hours later.

Rhodes opened his eyes, feeling refreshed, energetic, and full of spiritual energy.

"Very well, let's start the next step of cleaning."

Rhodes thought.

In front of the small mist disk in the center, there is a slightly shrunken Sakus City on it, divided into countless areas by Olivia with various colors.

Most of them are black or red, which is full of dangerous areas, the darker the more dangerous, the relatively safe areas are gray, and the cleaned areas are white.

His eyes shuttled between various areas.

Each area will be stared for a few seconds so that the square of stars will show the divinity that can be obtained by clearing it.

Rhodes will determine the value of this area according to the amount of divinity.

This function is so convenient that it can help him find areas with the most divinity and the least danger.

Such areas usually have a very large impact on them and should be cleared first.

As for those tough bones, leave them to Olivia.

Of course, the Star Plaza is not always invincible. Sometimes, it will not display specific numbers, but only use vague words such as "a lot", "more" and "very much" to indicate the weight of divinity.

Whenever this happens, Rhodes can only judge by intuition.

And now, it's time to use your "gut feeling".

Rhodes looked at the three "very many" in front of him and fell silent.

Each area is black to red, and marked with a special mark, showing that there are very powerful monsters here.

Olivia once told them not to try it lightly unless they gathered powerful forces.

Rhodes hesitated very much. Although he is very powerful now, he is not enough to walk sideways in the city of Sagus.

If you choose these three areas, you may encounter unsolvable problems.

But if you choose other options, you will be reluctant to bear the words "very much".

You know, before, the text Rhodes saw on it was only "a lot", at least after a part of the area in front of them was cleaned up, it became "very many".

Obviously, these three areas are the most important to them at present.

While hesitating, Night Breeze, Ligel, and Vito returned to the station by the light of the fire.

After being checked, Rigel couldn't help shouting; "We won! We wiped out all the monsters!"

There was another round of cheers, and here and there people shouted:

"iron Man!"

"White mist!"

"The Eye of Immortality! Kramer's Brain!"

Although Night Breeze didn't speak, the joy couldn't stop flowing from his face.

Now, every victory is very important, and the Night Breeze team is the only team behind Olivia and Rhodes.

Their cleaning efficiency is very close to Rhodes.

Night Breeze is the Fire Holder of the Starfire Sequence. He has eleven stars and holds a soul weapon called "Moonfall Bow". He is an excellent long-range attacker and battlefield controller.

Vito is a quasi-first-level combatant. With the characteristic of white smoke, he can turn into smoke, attack or control enemies, help or protect teammates, and is a very powerful battlefield controller.

Rigel is an official fighter, with the soul characteristic of "immortal body", very resistant to beatings, and an excellent front-line fighter.

Rhodes had cooperated with them before, and the battle was quite enjoyable.

In an instant, Rhodes decided to invite them to fight together to clean up the three areas.

Although doing so may reduce some divinity, it is the most beneficial method for the expedition team.

And Rhodes also believes that even if the divinity is less, it will not be lower than other areas.

Thoughts flashed by, Rhodes immediately stood up and acted.

Night Breeze was a little strange about Rhode's invitation, but he understood immediately after learning the location he was going to clean up.

"The church of God, the arena, and the cesspit, these three areas are indeed very dangerous."

Night Breeze murmured.

"But we have other areas to choose from."

"For example, the gate of God's Choice and God's Promenade. After we clean up these places, we can directly reach the tower in the center. According to the prophecy, all the remaining bodies and souls of the God of Destiny will be stored there."

Night Breeze's logic was very clear. He was known as "Karama's Brain" because of his meticulous thinking and fine judgment.

Vito nodded: "With the current progress, it is absolutely impossible for us to complete all the cleaning tasks before the black fog blocks the return route. The best choice is to prepare earlier and get the key fate materials. I think big brother That's right."

Riegel: "Me too."

Rhodes scratched his head, looked at the areas he mentioned, and found that not only were they not low in danger, but they also did not gain much divinity.

Obviously, this shows that these two areas are not that important to them.

As for why, Rhodes couldn't tell.

Just as he was hesitating whether to spend 10 divinity points to use [God Sense], Asa in his mind suddenly spoke.

"I see."

Rhodes frowned and said, "What do you know?"

In order to facilitate the search for Amon, Rhodes gave him permission to dream.

He can see everything he sees from Rhodes' perspective.

Asa said in a deep voice: "This star square is a magical creation with limited ability to see the future. It is far from being as simple as it seems on the surface. Ah, your dream is simply an unimaginable miracle creation. I even think it may surpass the throne of Yuantian God..."

Rhodes interrupted him: "Get to the point, don't waste my time."

Asa's soul swelled, and he looked very angry, but he didn't dare to show it to Rhodes, he just said sullenly.

"Under your logic, these three areas are not important, they are hard bones, hard to chew and useless."

"But from the perspective of Star Square, they are very important, and obviously there are some factors outside the norm that affect it."

Rhodes understood in an instant.

"You mean, Amon?"

Asa nodded.

"That's right, the ancient evil thought Amon, known as the evil spirit of the source."

"Generally speaking, the title represents his characteristics and essence. If there is 'source' in the title, it means that it is extremely powerful."

"Evil ghosts are a special kind of monsters. Their characteristic is that they are parasitic. They inject eggs into living souls, influence and control the behavior of souls through the development of eggs, and finally break out of the body and return to the original body, bringing rare nutrients. .”

"The evil spirit of the source shows that he is very good at similar abilities."

Rhode's heart trembled, and he instantly understood how Horus was recruited.

It's not that Wangcheng doesn't have a way to detect this control method, it's just that it's too biased, and monsters like ghosts haven't appeared around Trorian for a long, long time.

The last case of being parasitized by evil spirits was 30 years ago.

By now, most people have forgotten about it.

Could it be that this is also in Amon's calculation?

Rhodes thought to himself, looking at the tumbling ball of shit-yellow soul.

Obviously, Asa also thinks this way.

"If our guess is true, it obviously shows that Amon has a certain ability to influence monsters, at least it is a way to make monsters leave."

"Your Excellency Rhodes, you should know that the easiest way to destroy a human team is to activate the power hidden in the darkness."

Asa paused for a moment, then smiled sinisterly.

"You are a smart person, you should know what I want to say?"

Rhodes' face was extremely gloomy.

"I know that the reason why we can gain so much divinity by clearing these three areas is because they may pose a huge threat to us. If we move past them, Amon may control the monsters in them, backstab us."

"Because of this, it has a lot of uncertainty, and the numbers on Star Plaza are vague."

Asa laughed heartily, and soul bowed deeply to the obelisk.

"You are right. Your wisdom is indeed very profound. Amon, the evil spirit of the source, is likely to be able to influence the specific monsters in those three areas. Since there is no such situation in other areas, we can basically confirm this guess. is correct."

But Rhode's complexion did not improve due to compliments, but became more gloomy.

"Since you knew this earlier, why didn't you tell me?"

Asa replied calmly: "I just remembered it recently. You know, there are too many memories of ancient evil thoughts. Sometimes, I don't know where they are buried."

Rhodes touched his forehead, this explanation was so reasonable that he didn't particularly believe it.

But now is not the time to pursue this. The first thing Rhodes thought of was to check whether anyone in the team was controlled by the means of evil ghost parasitism.

There is a soul master in the team who is able to do this with the aid of psionic devices.

Rhodes did not hesitate and gave the order decisively.

The soul master didn't question it either, and began to test everyone one by one.

Afterwards, Rhodes told Night Breeze, Lucian and others what he knew from Asa.

Of course, things related to the dream were hidden, and it was all because of his intuition and amazing wisdom that he was able to discover this.

Lucian couldn't believe it.

If this is the case, then Amon doesn't have to do it himself, he can implement the plan by burying a few eggs in the team.

Fortunately, after testing, no one was parasitized.

There are also some people who are fighting outside, and they must be tested after they come back.

Rhode's heart calmed down a lot, and he reiterated his thoughts to Night Breeze and the others.

This time, Night Breeze agreed without hesitation.

"Brother Rhodes, I think what you said is very reasonable. Doomsday believers are a group of cowards. They will never come to the normal battlefield. It is their usual method to make trouble from behind."

Vito said: "Brother Rhodes' intuition is admired by the entire Temple of Fire and the Military War Department. I believe him."

Revere: "Me too."

Rhodes said with a smile: "Then let's set off quickly. Even if we can't find a real doomsday cultist, it's good to be able to complete the mission smoothly."

Night Breeze asked, "Brother Rhodes, which of these three areas should we choose?"

Rhodes hesitated for a moment, looked around, and was about to choose the arena when Asa suddenly yelled in his mind.

"Big cesspit!"

"Choose a big cesspit!"

Rhodes was taken aback: "Why?"

Asa explained: "It has the lowest straight-line distance from us, and it has the darkest color and is the most suspicious... The most important thing is that its area is facing the route we are going forward, and the danger of attacking from behind is the highest..."

Rhodes interrupted: "Stop lying to me. If you look at it this way, the location of the Diocese of God and the arena is no better than the big cesspit? Tell me, what do you think?"

Asa's soul swelled up even more, and its color was yellowish red.

"In the recent period of time, I have gradually digested the poop particles. I have a hunch that I will soon become the king of devouring poop with the identity of ancient evil thoughts, and there are poop essence particles that I want in the big cesspool."

Rhodes snorted coldly: "Why should I help you? This is something beyond our agreement, right?"

Asa was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed again.

"Great Lord Rhodes, with the power of the dream, you are definitely the one who will become a god."

"And beside the gods, how can there be no servants of the gods?"

"I don't know, are you willing to accept the King of Swallowing Poop as your servant and to be loyal to you?"

(End of this chapter)