the last king of darkness

Chapter 77 Knowledge is Power
This is a standard school-style building, with a strict and symmetrical gate, an academic shape, badges with historical and classical precipitation and excavation elements, and members of the school with exploration, curiosity and thirst for knowledge written on their faces.

Rhodes showed the letter of introduction, and the gatekeeper immediately invited him in.

There is a salon-style hall facing you when you enter the door. Every round table is filled with books, blueprints, and all kinds of strange tools. People wearing school-style robes sit in front of the round tables in twos and threes, talking gently or intensely.

They were gentle and courteous, but sometimes they were wild and unruly, sharp and mean, and they used pretentious written artistic vocabulary, which made Rhodes, who was still a bumpkin, unable to understand a few words.

The gatekeeper shouted: "Professor Binns, Professor Binns, the collaborators of the college are here, you can go."

A gray-haired old man stood up. He was not tall, with wrinkled face, but he was in good spirits. He was dressed in capable overalls, and he was more than just a scholar who could give lectures.

"Yeyi, Molly, let's go."

A tall young man and a red-haired woman stood up and followed the old man.

"Are you a collaborator of the academy?" The old man looked at Rhodes.

Rhodes handed over the letter of introduction from Chief Dean Theodore with both hands: "Yes, Professor Binns."

The old man nodded after reading it.

"lets go."

"Wait." The tall young man said loudly, "What level of combatant are you? What's your psychic level?"

"Uh, I'm a Combatant Reserve, Psionic Level 2."

The tall young man's face darkened as soon as he heard it, and he asked loudly, "Didn't it come to be gilded again?"

The red-haired woman gave him a gentle tug: "Ye Yi, stop talking."

"Why can't you say it?" The tall young man yanked his sleeves open, "Why should we treat our place as a garbage dump? We don't waste energy planning when we prepare for an operation? Don't waste materials? Why bring an incompetent waste to increase Our burden?"

Rhodes coughed: "Well, I am a special student."

This is an explanation that has been tried and tested. The special students of Jinworth have a kind of magic in the hearts of many people, even beyond the combat level and psionic level.

Although Rhodes didn't understand how it came about, and he hadn't communicated with other special students, it didn't prevent him from taking advantage of it.

Sure enough, the tall young man's expression improved a bit, but he was still somewhat dissatisfied.

"You are too young. Unearthing history is something that needs to be settled. What function do you have? It's best not to drag me back too much."

Does intelligent sounding, heating, and vibration count?
Rhodes complained silently, and explained normally: "I have very high spiritual vision, and my handjob skills are very strong, fast and accurate, and there are no mistakes."

The tall young man nodded, with a little satisfaction in his expression:
"What's your tactical style? What position are you used to playing? There are only two of us fighters, and you'd better have more functions."

Rhodes carefully recalled the various tactical positions, and carefully selected a few back rows.

"Reconnaissance from the rear, assistance from the rear, and fire support from the rear."

"My style is steady, cautious, prudent, and never aggressive."

Nightwing's Delight +1
Uh, it seems that you like this kind of teammate very much.

"very good."

Nightwing nodded in satisfaction.

"This is exactly what an excellent ashes digger team must have. If you perform well in this operation, maybe there will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

"Let's go."

Professor Binns said two words briefly, and stepped out of the gate first.

Ye Yi yelled: "The seventh operation Vulcano begins!" Then he went out.

The red-haired girl came to Rhodes' side and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, sorry, the professor has always been taciturn, and Ye Yi has a more violent personality, but they are not malicious, please don't take it to heart."

After she finished speaking, she bowed deeply to Rhodes, her collar fell down, and her snow-white neck and thin collarbone were particularly conspicuous.

Hmm... I'll forgive you for being so sincere.

It would be more sincere if the clothes inside were not worn. It is said that the activity of psionic energy will be higher when excited, and the handjob speed will be faster.

Well, it should be nonsense... Rhodes ended his unreliable speculation, thinking that if their efficiency is too low, they will live alone in the sewer after the mission is over.

Anyway, there is a whistle sent by the chief dean, can't you run away if you can't beat it?

It will be great when I can make such a powerful item. There are too few items on the stone platform at present... I have to find a way to find more formulas.

Rhodes was thinking chaotically, while constantly filling or drawing bullets from the spirit gun.

This is practice. Under regular shooting, he will only use real silver bullets. If the monster is very strong, he will immediately replace it with spirit-sealed bullets.

Otherwise, with his super fast handjob speed, the twenty Fengling bullets would have disappeared in an instant.

He is still far from being free of bullets, not even real silver bullets can be free.

Hey.

I wish I had money.

What a pity, why am I so short of money no matter where I am?Can't you give me the status of a prince or princess?

Cranky, the ash digger team embarked on the journey.

Along the way, the tall young man Ye Yi kept talking, Professor Binns didn't say a word, and the red-haired girl Molly occasionally responded.

Unmarked cars walked inwards along the inner city. There were far fewer people on the road today, but there were still quite a lot of hearses passing by, not only four-wheeled carriages, but also large iron carts, gorgeous cars, Rhodes even In one corner, saw a group of people loading a tram-like thing.

"You...have a tram?" Rhodes blurted out.

Ye Yi said disdainfully: "It's another strange thing made by the Industrial Machinery Research Institute. They always spend money on things that don't matter. Why don't we allocate more budget money to us, and the history of the excavated royal city is less reliable than the ones they made. It's a hundred times stronger!"

"Uh, the Mechanical Engineering Research Institute seems to have a little research on science...and aren't the crystal balls and detection devices they make very useful?"

Ye Yi sneered: "At present, all the detection devices for psionic energy and soul characteristics are repaired from the relics brought back from the ruins and relics. They don't even understand the principle, and they can't make them at all."

"And what steam, electric power, heat power, levers they have studied so far, what is the use? Did they kill a monster? Create a rare weapon? Or train a high-level combatant? The most ridiculous What's more, they are still extremely confident, and a mentally retarded man even said that if he gave him a stick and a fulcrum, he could pry the mountain of ashes... Why didn't he just pry the earth open? Release all the devils in the abyss?"

Ye Yi seemed to be very prejudiced against the Engineering Research Institute, and his language was full of irony.

"Let me tell you, there is nothing more reliable than history in this world. There is endless knowledge hidden in history. History will not lie. From it, we can witness the rise and fall of kingdoms, the birth and death of civilizations, and the struggle of human beings. With hard work, we can sum up countless experiences, unearth the truth of darkness, the secrets of the black mist, and find the way to the ultimate light."

He opened his arms and said loudly:

"The embers of history have temperature. They can warm our cold bodies, resist the invasion of black mist, and guide us in the direction of progress."

"The Supreme Council's appropriation to us should add another 50 silver claims!"

The red-haired girl Molly whispered, "Yeyi, our funding is already very high. There are many schools that are larger than us, but their funding is not as large as ours."

Ye Yi snorted coldly: "Isn't that what it should be? We are so good and produce so many results every year..."

Suddenly, the unmarked car stopped.

Ye Yi stretched out his head to see that the hearse in front of him had been crowded into a ball, and immediately cursed angrily.

"A group of idiots! The Department of Psychic Traffic Management is out of order again! After spending so much money every year, the wayfinding function has problems every three days! The controller's pig brains will burn out in the morning rush hour, right?"

Rhodes was surprised: "There is also a morning peak in Wangcheng?"

Ye Yi glanced at him: "Your tone is very strange, what do you mean there is also a morning peak? Are all special students like this? You are so well maintained in the college's greenhouse that you don't even know the lives of the residents, no What do they eat when they go to work in factories, workshops, and mines? What do we use? If they don’t take a hearse, why don’t they walk over? It’s not a fire day, what should we do if we encounter danger on the road?”

"Isn't there a floating hearse?"

Ye Yi sneered and said, "You're really a typical academic. The floating hearse costs ten silver cables for one person. Who can afford it for ordinary residents? Only the green leather car with ten tickets for one silver cable is their only choice."

Not long after, the hearse started moving again.

At this time, an extended hearse rushed forward.

Ye Yi cursed: "Are you rushing to reincarnate?"

Stop talking, it's really unlucky.

During the last part of the journey, Ye Yi has been denouncing all kinds of unreasonable phenomena in the royal city, and he has a proper image of an angry young man.

But Professor Binns didn't say a word, and Molly sometimes whispered comfort, but it aroused Ye Yi's anger even more.

He directly pointed the finger at the seven families in the royal city who called themselves "The Chosen People of Fire", and denounced them as rotten parasites and cancerous tumors on the kingdom. Presented to the Ash Digger School as a budget.

Rhodes listened silently, Ye Yi is indeed worthy of being an educated young man who knows a lot.

From his words, Rhodes roughly understood that the system of the Trorian Kingdom was a royal system with the Supreme Council as the core.

The king is a leader elected by the senior elders, and his status is only extended to the king's spouse, not to his children.

In other words, there are no princes and princesses.

A similar status is the Candidate for King.

The only legal church in Trorian, the Holy Church, is mainly responsible for appeasing the people, treating the sick and wounded, praying and offering sacrifices publicly, and does not involve political power.

That is to say, kingship completely overwhelmed theocracy.

This is a very rare phenomenon.

In this kind of environment, when there is a clear object of worship, religion should be completely ruled, but the Trorian Kingdom has a significantly more open and inclusive advanced thinking, except for the clear prohibition on things related to fire , no other religious activities, and residents are not even allowed to worship, pray, preach and other religious activities.

However, due to its long history, there are still some powerful families in the royal city, the upper-class nobles known as "chosen people of fire", who occupy more resources. Although the new king has been weakening and restricting them since he took office, night Yi still thinks Wang is too soft-hearted.

Amidst the endless complaints, Molly leaned into Rhode's ear and whispered: "Don't worry, Yeyi just thinks we can do better. Twenty years ago, the farthest settlement from Wangcheng was only three hundred miles away. The outer city is full of dark and misty haunted areas, and even the combatants can't get enough to eat. Clean water is the most precious resource. I never thought about turning a handle to get hot water. Wang has already done it Good enough, he's the man I admire the most."

Rhodes nodded: "I know, if there is no hope, he probably wouldn't complain here."

Molly covered her mouth and smiled lightly: "Ye Yi always felt that if he was the king, he would have led everyone to defeat the indescribable horror in the black mist, and shine the light of fire to the other side of Ghost Lake."

The two laughed together.

Just like that, amidst the high-pitched chatter and whispering, the horseless cart stopped.

After getting off the car, Rhodes found that they came to the foot of a huge mountain range, towering gray rocks rose up like a giant wall connecting the sky and the earth.

Rhodes was surprised: "Where is this?"

Ye Yi was dissatisfied and said, "Did you sleep every day in class? This is the Dead Ember Mountain Range, and the King City was built on its back. The upper city is on the mountainside, and the plains to the north and east of it are the Red Earth Plains." , our main territory."

"Aren't we going to the sewer?"

Ye Yi said disdainfully: "The sewers in the outer city are mostly renovated, expanded or newly dug. What we are going to is the oldest original sewer built by giants."

"Is it dangerous?"

"Of course there is danger! There are many unknown places that no one has ever been to! Who knows what is there! Let me tell you, you must listen to my arrangements after you go in. I have a lot of experience..."

While chattering, Ye Yi removed a well cover and put up bright yellow signs around it.

Afterwards, the four of them climbed down the long iron ladder and entered the inner city sewer.

After that, Ye Yi's words were obviously much less, and Professor Binns took over the leadership of the team, and he led the direction.

"This way."

"Go from here."

Along the way, Rhodes finally understood why Professor Binns, who was just an ordinary person, respected him so much.

Sure enough, knowledge is power.

(End of this chapter)