the last king of darkness

Chapter 71 Ashes
Black fly ash steamed from the monster's remains.

Not only the wreckage, but also its derivatives, scattered pus, and poisonous mist, all turned into black ash.

The entire space was covered by rising black ash.

These are the shattered black souls of monsters born from the black mist, their shattered remains falling back into the void.

But Rogers didn't see that a huge black line sank into Rhode's body.

The great joy did not go to his head, he shouted: "Save people, save people quickly! Keep their spirits, the Healing Order will restore them."

But the only ones who could move in the whole field were him and Rhodes.

And Rhodes is a layman, who doesn't know medicine and treatment methods.

He could only go into battle by himself, and let Rhodes deliver the medicine potions.

The task was successful, and the severe pain in his mind did not hinder his good mood.

It's just psionic overuse, but it could also be a tainted soul.

Be careful when you are under the mental attack of such a powerful monster.

I have to go to the Church of the Soul to see it later.

Let's hope it doesn't cost too much.

During the treatment, Rogers discovered that this young, fully clairvoyant, future rising star, and most valuable person in this battle lacked common sense.

His judgment of the wounded's condition was completely superficial, acting like a core of stone and wood, not at all like the legendary complete clairvoyant.

For example, he was very worried about soldiers with broken legs and arms, fearing that they would become disabled in the future. He didn't worry about Eve, who seemed to have no trauma, thinking that she would be fine after a night of sleep.

"Rhode, your way of judging is wrong."

Rogers said seriously that he was happy to see any promising future strongman of human beings.

Can help him become stronger faster, he is happier.

"To judge whether a person's injury is serious or not, it depends on whether his spirit is stable or not damaged."

"As long as the spirit is good, the Healing Order can treat all his problems. If the spirit is damaged, things will be more troublesome."

Rhodes remembered his experience in the sewer last time, and nodded in agreement. He didn't know what happened to Raistlin, Iger, and Caramon, so he wanted to visit them when he had time.

The battle wasn't long, but it was very dangerous. The Plague Demon's strange ability left a deep impression on him. Even though he was seriously injured and attacked by surprise, he was almost wiped out.

If it was a complete Plague Demon, how powerful would it be?
Rhodes couldn't stop the joy in his heart.

The complete soul of such a strong monster should be a powerful soul, right?
"Soul Firewood" should be able to be manufactured, right?
In order to promote the stars, he has waited for a long, long time.

The day is finally here.

What made him even more gratified was that no one in the hunting team died.

Only three people were dying, and five people were seriously injured, but they all survived under Rogers' handling.

However, the conditions of the shield warrior and Eve were very unstable. The former was seriously injured, his jaw was shattered, his arms were broken, and his chest collapsed, which had already endangered his soul. The latter's spiritual energy was exhausted, overused, and his soul was extremely weak.

It needs to be stabilized for a while before it can be carried out.

Rogers swallowed another soul red crystal, lit the orange fire, and said, "Rhode, go to the place where the plague demon died to see if there are any ashes of the monster."

"Monster ashes?"

Rhodes knew that this was the embers left after the monster's death. It contained a certain amount of soul power and could be collected and transported back to the royal city. It was a very important material.

Embers left by too weak monsters dissipate quickly, and powerful monsters sometimes leave clumped embers with special characteristics.

Since Wang Cheng was always fighting monsters in the black mist, monster ashes were not uncommon. Rhodes could even directly buy many common monster ashes at a relatively cheap price.

But he had never seen such a strong monster ashes.

Of course, not all monsters leave ashes, Rhodes only saw one monster drop a piece with his own eyes.

Will this one be available?

Full of anticipation, Rhode ran over quickly.

Where the plague demon died, only thick embers remained. Its huge body seemed to be burned by a raging fire, its soul turned into fly ash, and its body turned into ashes.

After nearly a month of hard study, Rhodes is no longer a rookie.

He knew that those that would not be blown away by the wind were the ashes of monsters with a certain amount of soul power, while the ashes without any power would be scattered with the wind.

Rhodes pumped his lung capacity and blew wildly, making dust everywhere, but he didn't mind, and soon found a mass of congealed ash, which looked like a swaddling baby, but there was no baby inside, only a ball of umbilical cord.

The image is a bit scary.

But Rhodes didn't care, he held it up carefully, and the palm of his hand could even feel the residual heat from above.

For a moment, he wanted to take the ashes of this extraordinary monster as his own, but when he thought of his teammates risking their lives to stop the monster for him, this idea faded away again.

Anyway, in the current production, there is no clear requirement for the ashes of monsters, and the ashes of any monster will do.

Although it can be used to make "soul ashes" and summon the plague demon to fight for him, but only once.

Moreover, the soul of the Plague Demon needs to be used to make firewood for the soul, so it is impossible to use it and the ashes of the Plague Demon to make its summons.

Thinking of this, Rhodes shouted:
"I found it! The ashes of the Plague Demon's monster."

Rogers held the tiny orange flame in both hands, and was carefully treating the shield warrior and Eve. He replied without turning his head:
"Put it in the urn, this is our spoil, and it can be distributed when we go back."

An urn is a box made of redstone, which can prevent the power of the ashes from being lost or contaminated.

Rhode didn't bring this thing with him, but he found it on Case——

This guy turned into a Hulk just now, and his clothes were all torn, including his underpants. They were very eye-catching, but Rhodes also saw the red box tied around his waist at a glance.

After putting the plague demon's ashes in, Rhodes asked, "What are we doing now?"

"I still need half a quarter of an hour. Take a look around and see if you can find anything else. This place was chosen by the Plague Demon as its lair. Maybe there is something special about it."

Rhodes glanced at the deep, ink-like darkness, hesitating a little: "I won't meet any ghosts, will I?"

After listening to Rogers, he was angry and funny:

"Aren't you a complete clairvoyant? Why do you ask such a question? For some reason, you always give me a very contradictory feeling, like a child driving a big hearse, and I don't get used to it."

Rhodes scratched his head, he really didn't fully adapt to his identity and the power he possessed.

Rogers slowed down, and said, "Don't worry, there is generally no threat near powerful monsters."

It makes sense.

Rhodes began to investigate nearby with confidence.

He walked for a moment, imitating Holmes picking up a lump of dirt from the ground.

It looked decayed, sparse and not sticky at all.

Under the soil are cyan stones, which are relatively flat, unlike natural creations. There are pitted corrosion marks on the stones, which look very old.

It looks like an abandoned cistern, but it's also ridiculously deep.

Rhode couldn't help asking: "Captain, is this the bottom of the sewer?"

"How is it possible? This is the surface layer. There are countless terrifying things silent in the bottom layer, and we cannot go there."

Rhodes clicked his tongue: "Why is there such a deep place under the king's city? Why is the sewer built like this? It's like an underground city."

"I don't know either. Your question may be very interesting to the Ash Diggers School."

"Ash digger school?"

"It is someone who specializes in researching and discovering the history of the royal city."

Rhodes was a little strange: "Don't you all know the history of the royal city?"

"This is where you are strange." Rogers laughed: "What do you mean by 'you'?"

Rhode's heart tightened, and he accidentally said the wrong thing, but fortunately he didn't care, and said calmly.

"We really don't know about the royal city. There are too many secrets in this city. It is said that it was built by giants in the age of gods. It was not ruled by humans until the age of fire. When the human hero Trorian placed the holy fire Here, the Trorian King City was established, and it was an even later era."

"The inheritance of history has been lost too much in a long time. All previous catastrophes have destroyed civilization. We can only discover some truths from the remaining records. The Ash Diggers School is a group of people dedicated to this matter .”

"It is said that there are surviving records showing that the underground of Wangcheng is very deep, even connected to the abyss. Of course, I personally don't believe it. I would rather think that the giant's shit is too big, so they had to build this bottomless underground system, it’s just that too much time has passed, and the black mist turned some giant shit into monsters, which hindered us from further exploring the underground of the king’s city.”

The last sentence made both of them laugh, and it also made Rhode's chill and confusion when he glimpsed the huge darkness in his heart a lot less.

The two chatted casually and soon became familiar with each other.

Rhodes soon learned that Rogers was a Jinworth student in the 1313th class, and was expelled for killing his teammate by mistake in an accident.

Although his soul characteristics are very good, integrating functions such as medical treatment, purification, dispersal, and strengthening, all legions refused to join him, and the recruiting officer even told him directly that they did not need soldiers who were difficult to hand over their backs.

He can only join the hunter group to become a hunter.

But because his soul characteristics are not suitable for this profession, he is only a second-level hunter so far.

Eve was an orphan he adopted during a mission. Her parents were brutally killed as sacrifices by the Doomsday Cultists because they refused to cooperate.

What is even more unfortunate is that after Eve was lucky enough to join the academy, she was also expelled from Jinworth Academy due to an unforgivable mistake.

This incident hit her very hard. In three years, she hardly laughed much.

Rogers thinks the only way to make her laugh is to find her a good husband, and he thinks Rod is a good fit, and starts bragging about how good Eve is.

Rhodes could only turn a deaf ear and walk further away.

He remembered that the Plague Demon was lying in a tomb at the beginning, and maybe he could find something there.

Soon, Rhodes found the tomb.

It is in the very center of the area and has been blown to pieces, but the remaining remains show that the tomb is very large.

Rhodes looked at it with his head, and it was empty, with nothing in it.

Just as he shrank back, his heart suddenly missed half a beat.

A strong sense of palpitation came, something in the tomb was attracting him!
And this feeling is very familiar to him!

This... is this a fragment of a dream?

But I didn't see the pattern of lightning?There are no cult rituals here either.

The feeling of calling is getting stronger and stronger, just like that day.

Rhode couldn't help but jumped down, and the moment his feet landed, he felt a familiar burning sensation, as if something hot had been inserted into his body.

The eyes went dark, and several static pictures appeared in front of them:

In the bottomless darkness, a huge tomb lay quietly in the center.

One after another, unidentified objects come and go.

Until a yellow-green shadow flew into the grave.

The screen disappears, and the strange feeling fades away.

Rhodes came back to his senses, the information revealed in the picture this time is very simple, there are a lot of unknown monsters coming in and out of this tomb, and the Plague Demon is the last one.

Rogers' shout came from a distance: "Rod, where have you been?"

Rhodes didn't answer, he raised his right hand, and the lantern at his waist illuminated the back of his hand.

On the back of the hand, black lines staggered up and down, forming a huge pupil.

The eye pattern has appeared again!

It's exactly the same as what I saw when the redstone village migration team was destroyed!
How is this going?

Are there two altars?
Countless guesses echoed in his mind, so he didn't answer Rogers' call immediately.

After dozens of seconds.

"What are you doing here?"

Rogers appeared above the graves, orange fireballs floating overhead, illuminating them.

"Why didn't you answer my question?"

Rhodes was awakened from contemplation, forced to put away his thoughts, and smiled awkwardly; "I was too focused, I thought I could find something here."

Rogers turned pale, and said unhappily: "Your abnormality is very dangerous! Sudden silence and strange behavior are signs of infection and corruption. In a tense situation, you may be infected. direct attack."

"However, our operation this time is indeed very dangerous. I suggest that you go back to the Church of the Soul for a comprehensive and in-depth examination. The abnormality of the soul is the most dangerous. Early detection and early treatment, once the corrosion deepens, you can only eat red balls gone."

Rhodes felt creepy, and Rogers' words reminded him of the trialer during the trial of fire.

He shook off this thought abruptly, not to think about the scene when the poor man's ashes were put into the red box.

"Are they stable?"

Rhodes asked.

"Can we go?"

Rogers nodded: "It's stable, let's go back quickly, without Eve, I really can't stay in this stinky place for a second, so Eve is the most perfect woman, even shit is fragrant of……"

Brother, stop talking!
(End of this chapter)