the last king of darkness

Chapter 549 The Battle of Lake of Ashes

Rhodes opened his eyes suddenly, and what he saw was a white ceiling with decorative copper lamps.

The silence oppressed the eardrums, and the dim light showed that it was still night.

"This is... a dream?"

Rhodes lifted the quilt and found that his whole body was soaked, his heart was beating fast, and the sound of blood was hitting the eardrums.

"No, this is not a dream."

A strong sense of exhaustion and loss of strength came from the depths of the soul, and no dream could be so real.

With a thought, Rhode's soul soared into the air, and he returned to the dream in an instant.

The slightly gray mist slowly flows in the silence, the quantized stars are shining in the night sky, and the "Darkness Devourer" in the middle is shining like a red eye.

The buildings of the dreamland stood in the night and the mist, unchanged as before.

Everything is exactly the same as what I saw before, except that there is no dense fog to cover everything later, and Rhodes can also sense the dream, and can freely manipulate it and get feedback.

After Rhodes confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the dream, he took two steps towards the House of God and saw the tombstone.

When the cyan monument came into view, Rhodes' pupils shrank suddenly.

On the stone tablet, his name was burning like a fire, and the words Rhodes of Trorian were extremely dazzling.

The scratches on the top did not disappear as seen in the dream, but the name of Hegeol emerged under the scratches, the font was gray and black, without any luster, as if it had been dead for a long time.

"Does this... mean that he is completely dead?"

Rhodes still felt horrified when he recalled the horrible corpse.

Hegeol was obviously dead, yet he was able to crawl out of the grave.

The way he died tragically made Rhodes, who was used to seeing horrible scenes, feel a little chilled.

"His wailing before his death said that this was a thousand-year plan... Could it be that he wants to use his corpse to revive his soul?"

Rhodes frowned. From what he learned, Hegeol was at least a hero, and he was trying his best to help the Starry Kingdom even in the stage of serious injuries when the dream was shattered.

Although there are factors for obtaining divinity, it is hard to imagine that he would do such a thing.

It didn't look like a person at all, more like a twisted monster.

Amon's voice is very soft!

A name suddenly appeared in Rhodes' mind.

That hideous and distorted appearance really looks like an ancient evil thought.

And Hegeol, didn't he die under his conspiracy?

An idea suddenly appeared in Rhodes' mind.

Could it be that when Amon killed Hegeol, he expected that the dream would revive after many years, so he left some kind of backhand in his remnant body?

Until the right time suddenly appeared, trying to replace my existence, thus completely extinguishing the hope of human recovery.

The more Rhodes thought about it, the more he felt that this was a possibility.

Hegeol's corpse attack was entirely spiritual, a confrontation within his soul.

Unable to borrow any power, he could only fight the invaders hand to hand, and finally defeated the enemy by will.

If he hadn't mastered the skills of hand-to-hand combat, if his will was not so strong, would his spirit have collapsed, and his soul would have changed hands?

"That's right, it should be like this!"

Rhodes was certain of this fact.

"Fortunately, I remembered my lofty ideals and unyielding beliefs, and crushed the enemy with steely will!"

"Hahaha, as expected of me."

Afterwards, Rhodes carefully inspected the tombstone, and unexpectedly found a large group of black ashes under the tombstone.

"Well, is this the remains of Amon?"

"Is he dead already?"

Rhodes carefully collected the ashes and put them in the storage of the dream.

This is a space with constant time, and the things stored in it will never deteriorate.

Most importantly, Dreamland usually identifies the stored items and informs Rhodes of its detailed functions and related information.

Rhodes was not disappointed this time either.

A line of pure white text appeared in front of my eyes.

"Crystalized Ashes of Pure Evil"

No explanation, no description, just this single line.

Rhodes thought: "We can only wait for the Book of Knowledge to wake up, I hope it can be useful."

"I don't know if Amon is dead or not?"

Rhodes thought about it, and when he came to the back of the tombstone, he saw words on the back of the tombstone unexpectedly.

It was a name written in navy blue characters.

The first one in line is Molly.

Then Annabelle, Kassan.

Memphis's name is only slightly outlined on it, which is very inconspicuous.

There are also some smaller outlines, which can't be seen at all unless you look carefully.

Rhodes understood in an instant that this was the "apostle" of the dream!
To put it simply, they are Rhode's avatars. Everything they do is equal to Rhode's doing, so they can gain divinity.

But before, Rhodes was quite sure that there was no one behind the tombstone.

"Destroying evil thoughts, can dream buildings gain new abilities?"

Rhodes felt unbelievable, but his thinking has been turning very fast.

"No, it's not right. It may be that Hegeol's polluted remnant soul interfered and blocked these abilities. After killing it, it will be unlocked naturally."

The logic chain is very clear, and this is also the most likely guess.

There are many unanswered questions, but none of them matter,
Rhodes touched these names lightly, and the cold touch came from his fingertips, allowing him to clearly feel the state of each dream apostle.

"Well, there is such a function?"

"Hahaha, it will be much more convenient in the future!"

"I want to step up and expand the team. If there are more dream apostles, will I still encounter the problem of lack of divinity?"

"Well, I don't know if there are any functions that have been unlocked?"

Rhodes turned around in the dream a few times, and unfortunately found that there seemed to be no new changes except for the tombstone.

While scratching his head, he suddenly heard someone calling him outside.

"Rod! Get up, Rhode!"

With a thought, Rhode left the dream in an instant and returned to the bed.

Opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was the vigorous Annabe, and Kashan standing pretty behind her.

"Get up for me!"

Annabelle said, poking her waist.

"Time is running out! Slacker!"

Rhodes glanced at the clock on the wall, and an hour had passed in the morning.

It's not long before the assembly time.

Rhode jumped up in an instant, grabbed the robe and put it on.

"go!"

With a flash of purple light, a very strong and heavily armored horse galloped out.

"Hahaha! Rhodes, have you seen my new form?"

Annabelle's silvery laughter echoed in the training ground.

"My characteristic level has finally improved, I have reached seven!"

"This is my new awakened state, I feel like I'm almost invincible!"

Rhodes jumped on the horse and dragged Kashan up: "Don't just blow it, try it."

"it is good!"

Annabe stepped on the horse's hooves, her whole body shone with purple light, and a faint purple smoke surrounded her body. The centaur seemed to ride the clouds and fog, dragging Rhodes and Kashan directly from the inner city to the outer city.

This speed made Rhodes dumbfounded. Even now, he couldn't keep up with Annabe.

What's more, Annabelle is still a fourth-level combatant at this moment, and she will be out of psionic energy.

"I can fly!"

Annabelle smiled very happily.

"Rod, Xingyuan is really amazing, can I still drink it?"

Rhodes smiled and said, "With me here, it's fine."

In front of him, Kashan hesitated to speak several times, but in the end she bit her lip and asked softly, "What about me?"

Rhodes touched her little head, and said softly: "Of course, my eldest lady, why don't you have it?"

Kashan was relieved at this moment, but she quickly came back to her senses and slapped Rhode's hand off: "Don't touch your head! I won't grow taller!"

"Nonsense, my Kashan is so tall, why would she worry about her height?"

Kashan's entire face turned red, but from her burning cheeks, Rhodes read the anger, he wisely stopped teasing, sat on the horseback obediently, and stopped moving.

The centaur soon arrived at the large square in front of the sacred fire sacrificial ground, where all the high-ranking combatants who were about to depart gathered.

The battle lineup dispatched this time is even more luxurious than that in the battle of Starry Sky City.

Olivia, Alan, Rovia, Geraba, Misha, Dark Moon Princess, Alehan, seven super fighters.

Twenty guardians including Rhodes, Night Breeze, and Churchell, and more than 160 first-level combatants or similar first-level combatants, plus more than 300 second-level combatants and third-level combatants.

That's the whole power of this expedition.

The reason why Wangcheng was able to mobilize such a huge amount of power, in addition to the peace of defense in various places and the stability of the astrology, is another important reason that the new type of psionic cannon has been mass-produced.

This is developed by the great scholar Amides and his disciple Mina through the improvement of the knowledge obtained in Starry Sky City.

It's no more powerful than the old psionic cannon, and its range is cut in half.

However, it costs only one-thirtieth of the old-fashioned psionic cannon to manufacture, and it costs only one-tenth to fire, but the damage it does is not much different.

This means that Wang Cheng can obtain spiritual cannons with at least ten times the firepower by spending the same resources.

If it can be installed on a large scale in major strongholds, especially the outermost castles and fortresses of the defense circle, it can greatly reduce the number of high-level combatants.

Wang keenly discovered its significance and value, and ordered the Industrial Machinery Research Institute to study its mass production method against all odds.

Master Bald did not fulfill his mission, and completed its mass production workshop in an extremely exquisite way.

When the new type of spiritual cannon starts mass production, the outermost castles and fortresses will be installed first.

Its effect did not disappoint. The fluctuation of spiritual energy when hundreds of cannons fired in salvo was earth-shattering. Monsters below the super-level super-level could not approach at all. Only monsters above the fourth level of super-level could break through the psychic cannon. Array.

But this has greatly reduced the pressure on defense, allowing Wangcheng to mobilize more forces to complete a battle.

Just like it is now.

One after another, the floating carriages landed, and the combatants got on the carriages amidst cheers, and flew towards the direction of the Fortress of Courage.

This is another important characteristic of Trorian's strengthening. Originally, there were only a small number of long-distance floating psionic carriages, but now there are dozens of times more.

However, with so many high-level fighters, the number of floating carriages is still not enough.

Archbishop Horus stepped out and said loudly, "Part of the fighters, please get ready to walk."

The crowd suddenly sighed, no one wants to travel long distances in the dark, which consumes both energy and physical strength.

Horus said in a deep voice: "Everyone, there is no way..."

At this moment, Rhodes suddenly shouted: "Your Excellency, Archbishop, what is the difference?"

Horus was silent for a moment, then replied: "About 50 people."

Rhodes smiled slightly: "No problem, Annabelle."

Annabelle understood immediately, soared into the air, clasped her hands, and pulled up a big flatbed truck—it was parked in a corner and was used to transport supplies.

Rhodes jumped up, and with a wave of his hand, Cassan and Mephis also jumped up.

"50 people, more than enough!"

There was a shocking cry from the crowd.

Horus looked up at the floating carriage, with a shocked expression on his withered face.

"Annabe? She actually grew up?"

Horus' expression became complicated, but he still waved his hand.

"let's go."

Before the words were finished, many people had already jumped up, and the flatbed cart was quickly filled.

"set off!"

Rhodes shouted vigorously.

Annabe neighed, stepped into the void, and headed straight for the Fortress of Courage.

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Fortress of Courage is the stronghold of this battle, it is located in the southwest corner of the outermost layer of the Trorian defense circle.

Going further southwest, you will find Lake of Ashes and Old Fort.

The goal of Wangcheng is to clean up and occupy these two areas, so as to occupy the super-large solar crystal vein behind.

At the battle meeting, the speaker becomes Olivia.

She talked eloquently, and clearly analyzed the pros and cons of how to do everything.

Everyone looked serious and listened to her words quietly.

Although the force they dispatched this time is strong, it is still different from the battle of Starry Sky City.

The key goal of the Battle of Starry Sky City is to kill the Queen of Stars and take back the Seed of the Holy Fire. They don't need to clean up the entire city, they just need to kill specific monsters.

In this battle, they had to completely clean up Ashes Lake and the old fort and use it as a new stronghold.

Combat missions are quite heavy.

But Rhodes wasn't worried at all, just in time to practice his new combat skills and harvest souls by the way.

(End of this chapter)