the last king of darkness

For a moment, Rhodes almost thought that he was going to become the king of poop swallowers like Asa. Fortunately, he quickly understood Xing Neng's description.

The function of [Gluttony] is very clear, it swallows ashes and then generates specific substances.

The "ashes" here refer to monster ashes.

After the monster is killed, the foundation of its existence collapses, and the black mist is infinite, returning to the void, becoming an invisible and qualityless existence again. The remaining power in the monster's body condenses into the monster's ashes, which is the purest life energy. Generally, It is used to make potions and phlogiston, but the rest of the useless residue will be turned into ashes. This is the ashes that the [Glutton] will devour.

“Isn’t this recycling waste?”

Rhodes raised his brows and looked at the more detailed information fed back by [Glutton] in his soul.

There is a list of transformation products of [Gluttony], but there is only one substance in it - "Core of Ashes".

"Ashes core? What is the use of this thing?"

Rhodes turned his attention to the Book of Knowledge.

The latter shrugged its pages: "Maybe after you create it, you can understand its use. [Glutton] is a star that directly touches your inspiration. Its special creation will definitely have a great effect on you." ."

Rhodes nodded slightly, he was not worried about this.

As long as the star is lit, it will surely play its role at the right time.

What he cares more about is the dreamland and Trorian's future path. The great expansion has begun. According to previous experience, human beings' big moves will inevitably trigger even bigger moves in the Black Mist.

The last time the Blood God War ended due to unknown reasons, will it happen again this time?

The pollution of the starry sky has arrived, and the great terror in the prophecy of the source is approaching. The other two fire civilizations that survived the Dark Age have not yet been found. There is no doubt that mankind has reached the crossroads of destiny. Why is it so turbulent? The waves and storms firmly held the rudder, allowing Trorian's big ship to sail steadily on this boundless sea of ​​darkness until the end of light was the question he needed to think about most now.

Currently, no one has an answer to this question.

But Rhodes knows very well that no matter what approach or path, strength is the basis of everything. He must become stronger, and Trolian must also become stronger.

Just like the previous Dream Lord Hegeor said, he must have more and more powerful partners.

Fortunately, these two problems are almost equal to one problem for Rhodes.

Whenever Rhodes thinks about this, he feels that the creator of the dream (if he exists) has already seen through everything.

"Book."

Rhodes asked in a deep voice.

"Do you have any thoughts on the choice of the last giant star Chen?"

The Book of Knowledge mused: "Among the three giant stars, whether it is [Burning Destiny], [Deflection of Light], or [Destruction Ball], the improvement for the master is very huge, but their needs are different, [ "Deflection of Light" has the highest demand, requiring 7 copies of the root source and 7000 divinity, and "Destruction Ball" has the least demand, requiring only 2 copies of the root source and 3000 divinity."

"If we have enough resources, we can ignite the [Deflection of Light], so that subsequent quantification and awakening will be relatively easy. If the resources are insufficient or the situation is urgent, we can ignite the [Destruction Ball]. If the master can obtain a lot of divinity , just ignite [Burning Destiny], it is quite special and requires 5 copies of the root source and 12500 divinity.”

Rhodes nodded. Soul, source, and divinity are the three major factors that restrict his growth.

And each of these items will be obtained in Trolian's expansion.

Especially divinity.

"It seems that this great expansion is the key to my obtaining divinity."

Rhodes pondered for a moment and then asked: "Book, which area should I go to next in the dream?"

The Book of Knowledge suddenly became very sad: "I don't know why, the dream world will now plunder the deep power of the high-level spiritual world. It is very dangerous for us to go to any area."

"Can I stay at the junction for a long time? Until I become stronger and gather the fragments of the dream together, a complete dream should not be afraid of this kind of disturbance."

The Book of Knowledge shook his head decisively and said: "No, Master, staying at the junction for a long time will make the junction dangerous, especially our invasion, which will come in more than ten days. By then, if we are still at the junction, It will make the junction smell like a dream. Once this happens, we will not only face threats from a high-level spiritual world area."

Rhodes's face became solemn. It seemed that the matter of retrieving the dream fragments would be put on the agenda as soon as possible - he originally wanted to wait until Horus was promoted to the true king before going to the place pointed by the "Celestial Sphere Bell" That ancient city.

However, judging from the current situation, it should be earlier.

"I understand, Shu, it's up to you to take control of this matter."

The Book of Knowledge slapped its chest: "Master, please rest assured that I will definitely enter the next area at the right time. Although it is dangerous, it is also an opportunity for us."

The Book of the Future also shouted: "I will try my best to use my power to help the master avoid danger."

A smile appeared on Rhode's face. At some point, the slippery and useless Book of the Future became reassuring.

"Okay, Wei Guang Asa, I'll leave it to you regarding matters of fate and prophecy... I think you've finished digesting the energy of fate last time. Come on, this is a new one. I hope you can master all the trajectories of fate as soon as possible. , to become the destined king of destiny.”

The Book of the Future was so excited after these words that it laughed so hard that the pages of the book almost fell apart. It tremblingly stepped forward to take the Book of Destiny from its owner, and shouted excitedly: "Yes, yes, that's right, I He is the future King of Destiny! Hahahahaha! I want to control all destiny. I will protect the master’s future, and I will write the future of the destruction of the black mist, hahahaha!”

Amid laughter, the Book of the Future jumped into the bookshelf and began a new round of digestion.

Rhodes also left the dreamland. He still had many things to do.

The first thing to do is to recover all the inheritance contained in the pope's last words.

The sudden increase in the strength of Horus completely proves the importance of the Ascension Ceremony. The more important factor is the remnant soul of the Holy King, but it is also because of the Ascension Ceremony that the power of the remnant soul is released. Otherwise, Horus alone would Digestion, I don’t know what year or month it has been.

Conducting ascension rituals for more people is the best way to improve the combat power of Trorian's top leaders.

The legacies in the pope's last words are all material resources related to the Ascension Ceremony. Recovering these legacies as soon as possible can quickly increase the combat power of a Botelorian and pave the way for the smooth progress of the great expansion.

Rhodes also had a vague sense of crisis in his heart. It was very vague and he was not sure where it came from. But he also knew that strength is the ballast stone that can withstand all winds and waves. As long as Trorian becomes stronger, no matter what kind of crisis , can survive.

The essence of great expansion is to obtain more resources.

If that plan can be completed, Trorian will suddenly become a powerful civilization comparable to that of the Age of Fire.This may be the opportunity for a turning point in the fate of mankind, which has hit rock bottom since the advent of the Dark Age.

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The beginning of the Great Expansion Campaign plunged Trollian into a violent boil. Both the top experts and ordinary civilians had a sense of mission that they were about to personally start a new era.

Everyone is working hard, even the workers in the food factories, the miners in the mines, and the apprentices in the alchemy and pharmaceutical factories are no exception.

They extremely hope that every material produced in their hands can be delivered to the hands of the frontline soldiers, and contribute their part to this step that determines Trorian's fate.

The busiest position belongs to the Military War Department.

Such a large war mobilization involves very complicated matters, and the most complicated of them is the mobilization of logistics materials.

Whether it is combat supplies or medical supplies, they are indispensable in large-scale battles, and they are not only fighting, but also occupying the cleared areas, which involves even more matters.

As soon as the war began, First Defense Chief Chang Lin discovered a huge problem.

The medicine is not enough.

Psychic potions, healing potions, and purification potions, these are three essential materials in large-scale battles and are indispensable.

However, Trorian's current combat power has expanded too rapidly. The total number of registered combatants exceeds 200 million, of which about 160 million are formal combatants. The number of high-level combatants above the third level exceeds 20 million. With 5000 people and a rapid increase of [-] people per day, the Fire Palace has long been overcrowded. For this reason, Wangcheng specially raised the threshold to the level of first-level combatants, but it is still overcrowded.

At one time, the total number of first-level combatants in Trolian did not exceed 500, and the high-level combatants among the first-level combatants such as the Guardians were only more than 30 people.

But now, this number has skyrocketed by more than 20 times.

The number of first-level combatants has exceeded the 1 mark, and more than 3% of them are fire bearers. The ratio of spiritual fire sequence to spark fire sequence is 1:10, while before it was about 1:[-]. The main reason for this is It was the arrival of Percival that gave the Spark Sequence a standardized and correct system, allowing a large number of Spark Sequence combatants to be promoted.

Although the system of the Spiritual Fire Sequence has been standardized, its original system is not as chaotic as the Spark Sequence. The potential of most people has been developed to a certain extent. The arrival of Percival has released those suppressed Spark Sequences to a greater extent. Warrior potential.

But it is not the Spark sequence that has improved the most, but Kalil's Unawakened Ones and Black Spirit Bearers. With the efforts of High Priest Megan, its proportion among combatants has jumped from insignificant to negligible. Soared to [-]%.

Of course, Rhodes also played a big role in this. Without the soul materials he provided, no matter how wise the high priest Megan was, she would be unable to make a meal without rice.

In addition, some new faces have appeared in the expanding army, such as the taboo-armed White Spirit Bearers and the war equipment from the Industrial Machinery Research Institute.

They also started from scratch and experienced tremendous development.

It is such a large and complex army that makes logistics extremely difficult.

There are ways to solve other supplies, such as accelerating mining, using inventory, and the Knights of the Sun and Knights of the Moon who are constantly sending supplies back from the land of Saint Rey.

But there was nothing the potion could do.

Because most of them are refined from spiritual plants, they have a short shelf life and cannot be stored for a long time.

The cultivation of spiritual plants not only requires special land, but also special water sources and a strong breath of life. The Great Sage White Tree only has one, and the Royal City Botanical Garden is already at full capacity, and the Little Sage White Tree cannot provide it. Such a rich breath of life, and the spiritual change of the soil cannot be formed in a moment, but needs to be infiltrated over many years.

Although Rhodes provided a large amount of soul residue to revive the Great Saint White Tree, and the production of various pharmaceutical raw materials increased dramatically, it still lagged far behind Trollian's surge in combat power, so that there was now a huge vacancy.

This problem made Dalin scratch his head. Without enough medicine, casualties and corruption would soar to unacceptable levels.

After thinking twice, he had no choice but to find Horus, hoping to postpone the start of the great expansion.

At this time, Horus was in the main church of the Holy Church. He was using bright light to treat the elders who had been forced to take a back seat due to severe corruption of their souls.

All the elders of the Supreme Council and all the masters in the Hall of Fire are gathered here.

The first one to complete the treatment was the first elder Armando. He was once the top powerhouse in Trolian at a certain period. Because his soul was severely corrupted, he was forced to retire from the battlefield and become an elder.

Now, he looks like he has been reborn, the wrinkles on his face have relaxed, and his darkened soul has become clear.

"Ah, after so many years, I can finally return to the battlefield."

Armando's cloudy eyes were filled with tears. This was something that could only be imagined in dreams, but now it could come true.

The elders and masters were also very excited and kept talking about the blessing of fire.

Rhodes was also here and said with a smile: "In this way, our high-level power has increased. Dalin, you must prepare more potions for him. The soul that has just been purified needs to be protected."

Dalin's heart suddenly sank. He hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth, and finally told the problem about the potion.

For a moment, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured on everyone's heads. Everyone turned their heads and looked at him, and their gazes pierced him like countless sharp knives.

Armando asked in a deep voice: "You mean, because there is not enough medicine, you want to postpone the expansion war?"

Dalin nodded bravely and explained: "Otherwise, we will suffer high casualties. Fighting outside the range of fire, many soldiers will be severely corrupted and cannot be treated. Even if the archbishop is about to be promoted to true king , and it’s impossible to be by everyone’s side all the time.”

Armando frowned: "Then how many days do you plan to delay?"

Dalin had calmed down at this moment and said in a deep voice: "Delay until we have enough potions. We can't use the bones of soldiers to expand. I can't eat resources with blood."

Everyone's expressions darkened at this moment.

Dalin's words couldn't be more correct. Expansion is for the sake of strength, but the foundation of Trolian is people. If people die, what's the use of resources?

However, if the quantity of medicines he just mentioned is followed, Trolian may not be able to start the war within a year.

The great expansion has not begun yet, is it coming to an end?

At this moment, Rhodes suddenly spoke.

"No, I have a solution."