the last king of darkness

Chapter 82 The King of Sewers

For the next few days, Rhodes spent time in the sewer.

He made a special trip to Iron Cross Street in the outer city and found a tavern here to stay.

In Wangcheng, every block will have at least one square, a tavern, and a church as a place for public gatherings.

The tavern is the only place that provides lodging.

This tavern is near the Department of Defense in the Iron Cross District, and its defense chief with a scarred face is an acquaintance of Rhodes.

He has a very good impression of Rhodes, and Rhodes' plan is to find various opportunities to hunt monsters with him.

In addition, he is familiar with the sewers in the Iron Cross district, and it is also very far away from the sewers in the inner city, those terrifying spider swarms will not come here.

Scarface welcomed Rhodes' arrival very much, and was also very resentful of what happened to Rhodes.

After finishing the Plague Demon's hunting mission, he specially handed over a reward report, but not only did the expected reward not come, but he was severely criticized and punished instead.

The Internal Affairs Tribunal believed that he had violated military laws and was dereliction of duty by arbitrarily hiring people who were not qualified to fight to participate in dangerous hunting missions.

The Wangcheng Army War Department had no choice but to give him a verbal warning and cancel the extra reward.

Scarface and his buddy Case exploded with rage.

The two rushed into the war department, overturned the tables, and almost hit the adjudicator who came to the war meeting.

But even so, it does not change the fait accompli.

Defense Minister Musso promised to give them an explanation and let them go back first.

Scarface could only go back to the Iron Cross District Defense Department indignantly.

The recent defense tasks are very heavy. Although the students assigned to him by the Military Warfare Department are all students staying at school, the defense is still stretched. He has dispatched nine times in a row, but there are still [-] students who are seriously injured. recoverable damages.

Scarface slapped reports from important people hundreds of times, but there was no response.

There is no place in Wangcheng that is not short of people.

Many defenders, guards, and fire guards have gone to support the front line. The main defense force of Wangcheng now is the tens of thousands of students and teachers from Jinworth College.

As the weather worsened, monsters became more active, and the pressure on defense rose sharply. News of teachers and students' casualties came from all over the place. Doomsday believers also began to move around, poisoning, extinguishing lights, and turning off fires.

In the Iron Cross neighborhood, the sewers were disturbed for some reason, and monsters continued to spread upwards from the depths, eventually forcing the Defense Department of the Outer City to form an elite battle group to clean up the sewers.

It is precisely because of this action that there is a follow-up mission of hunting the plague demon.

The only thing to be thankful for is that there was no danger at all, and no personnel or residents died.

Afterwards, according to the joint investigation of the Jinworth Society and the Ash Digger School, it was believed that some kind of deep spiritual disturbance appeared in the sewer, disturbing the balance in the dark depths, causing the originally stable monster group to change and be squeezed Monsters that come out can only move to new places.

This led to a large number of monsters coming to the upper floor.

As for why such a disturbance in the spiritual world occurs, scholars have no conclusions, and can only think that it is some kind of accidental event.

Although the elite battle group has cleaned up a large part of the sewer area, the disturbance of the balance has not ended, and some sporadic monsters still appear.

Scholars believe that the disturbance may last for one to two months before finding a new balance and calming down again.

Because of this, the defense of the sewer has also become a heavy burden, which weighs on Da Scarface, causing him to be devastated.

At this time, Rhodes' arrival made him seem to see the legendary angel.

Scarface laughed so hard that the scar on his face was about to split open, he couldn't wait to hug him and kiss him fiercely.

Of course, Rhodes refused.

He told Scarface that he had become a secret combatant (reserve) of special students, obtained combat qualifications, and could participate in defense operations.

But the big scar face didn't care at all.

Even if Rhodes has nothing, he is determined to pay attention to accepting him.

What do a few punishments count, compared to the lives of the soldiers and the safety of the residents?
So what if you lose your job?I can hunt monsters just like I went to the hunter group.

Therefore, he listed the defense of all the sewers as an open task, and hired the free fighter Rhodes to complete it.

In this way, every time you complete one item, you can accumulate merit and honor for Rhodes, which will be of great benefit to Rhodes to improve his combat level, select high-level personnel titles, obtain rare resources, etc. in the future.

He originally wanted to assign some combat personnel to Rhodes, but the manpower in the Iron Cross District was too tight. Anyone who had a little combat ability ran to fight. All logistics, medical treatment, supplies, chores, clerical work, etc. are borne by ordinary people.

In the entire defense department, there is only one fighter with a scarred face. He is the last trump card. When any patrol member encounters a problem that even the watchman cannot solve, he will appear.

This is the last hope for frontline personnel in distress.

He can only sit in the Defense Department, and he cannot go there.

However, to his great surprise, after a few days, Rhodes actually handed in all the tasks of the sewers in Iron Cross Street, and provided a large amount of ashes, monster ashes, and task images as evidence as required.

Scarface was so shocked that the scar on his face was about to fall off.

According to the mission description and the detection of Ashes, this too young combatant not only eliminated a large number of unlevel monsters, but also eliminated high-level and mid-level monsters.

You must know that the combat power of mid-level monsters has already taken shape. If the attributes are incompatible, even eighth-level combatants may not be able to deal with them.

And he's still in reserve!
No wonder the sewers have been quiet for the past few days.

The scarred face thought it was good luck, but it turned out that someone was carrying a heavy load.

And Rhodes explained this by revealing his special student badge.

Scarface believed it, and even gritted his teeth and gave him all his salary when he asked if there would be any monetary reward.

This is a task within the system and rarely paid.

But the scarred face doesn't matter, his soul has been fixed, there is no hope of promotion, he is ugly, he has no wife, what's the use of asking for money?

To guard this neighborhood, to protect his fellow warriors, and to see a new hope rise for humanity, is his greatest wish.

The young man in front of me is so young and outstanding, and he will definitely become a rising star in the future, bringing new hope to all those who are still fighting in the dark.

What is money to help him?
of course.

Rhodes didn't know this.

After visiting the sewers for the past few days, he is really poor.

His way of fighting is to throw money, whether it is real silver bullets, spirit sealing bullets, lightning stones, or potions, they all need money.

The unlevel monsters are okay, they can be dealt with with real silver bullets or lightning stones, and at most one "soul crit" will be added.

To become a level monster, you must use the spirit-sealing bullet. Rhodes almost died in the end because he wanted to save money.

And the spirit sealing bullet is too expensive.

For every ten spirit-sealing bullets, ten real silver bullets, one portion of humanity, three portions of spirituality, and one gram of starlight ruby ​​powder are needed.

One real silver bullet is seven silver cords, and the star ruby ​​powder is three hundred silver cords per gram.

Not counting humanity and spirituality, the average price is 37 silver cords, which is seven silver cords more expensive than Leishi.

The whole thing is a swallowing gold beast.

After a few days of fighting, Rhodes had exhausted all his material reserves, spent the last piece of silver on him, and almost had no money to pay for the room. Fortunately, the proprietress of the tavern saw that he was handsome and sweet, and agreed to delay for two days. pay.

After handing in the task, Scarface gave him nine hundred silver ropes.

It literally saved lives.

He immediately bought two grams of Xinghui ruby ​​powder, thirty real silver bullets, and some necessary supplies, and paid off the money he owed.

For some reason, when Rhodes paid back the money, the proprietress looked quite disappointed.

Rhodes didn't care either, returned to the house, and entered the dreamland.

Although he consumed a lot, he gained a lot during this period.

Rhodes lightly touched the soul side of the obelisk, and his message appeared at the top.

Soul Strength: 117
Soul Stars: 2
Humanity: 472
Divinity: 45
Spiritless Soul: 6322
Possessed souls: [Soul of Mad Sinner] 36, [Soul of Foul Corpse] 37, [Soul of Maggot Man] 22, [Soul of Corpse Fly] [-], [Soul of Necromancer Hound] [-], [Deformation Demon] Spider Soul] Five.

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All soul dust and soul fragments were all sacrificed by him, and he obtained a large amount of soulless soul and spirituality.

"Spirituality" is also a very important material. It is the composition of the spirit, also known as the blood of the spirit. It has very magical functions, but it is extremely perishable and can only be stored in the "storage place" under the stone platform.

Due to the sacrifice of too many soul fragments, Rhodes has no shortage of "spirituality" materials.

After making twenty spirit-sealing bullets again, there were still thirty unused in the storage.

Then, it's time to witness the harvest.

Rhodes came to the obelisk, and with a thought, he injected the spiritless soul into [Bitter Blue].

A large amount of black condensate fell into the flames of the stars, the blue flames burned violently, and the intensity of the stars rose rapidly.

87
88
89
……

98
99.
The numbers are stuck here, and the flames of the stars are shaking violently, as if they have encountered a big obstacle.

Rhodes knew that this was a bottleneck, and at this time, he had to work hard to break through the restrictions.

So he poured more force, and the number of Soulless Soul fell straight down like crazy, and the dark cloud-like congealed substance poured into the stars, and the fire of the stars trembled wildly, finally at the number of Soulless Soul. It burst into bloom when it fell below four digits.

For a moment, the entire soul surface was illuminated by blue light, and the light of [Broken Blue] flourished, and finally crossed that line, the intensity reached 100, and the potential changed from "blazing fire" to " Golden Fire".

The rays of light ebbed like water and were retracted into the stars.

In the night sky, the blue light of [Bitter Blue] is shining, condensed and clear, and it is the brightest star.

Rhodes fixed his eyes and saw that the text on the blue star had become:
【Broken Blue】

[Status: Overrun Burning]

[Star Power: Resurgence of the High Spirit]

[Injection: Complete Soul]

【Quantified: not available】

[Position: Golden Fire]

[Strength: [-]]

[Description: I will bloom like heaven and never fade with the passage of time. 】

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Almost all text has changed.

What Rhodes cares most about is the [star energy] item, which has become [the recovery of the high spirit].

During the battle during this period, he clearly felt the limitations of his spiritual energy. He used "Soul Crit" ten times in a row at most, and he felt that his spiritual energy was close to exhaustion, and he had to rest for a period of time before continuing to fight.

Not only does this greatly affect his effectiveness, it is also dangerous.

Monsters don't have any chivalry, and they will fight you after you have fully recovered your spiritual energy.

Frequent use of soul red crystals to restore psionic energy is also unaffordable.

If he can recover faster, Rhodes' efficiency will be greatly improved.

It depends on the effect of [Higher Spirit Recovery].

The second is [Position], for the understanding of this item, Rhodes thinks that it roughly means personality, the higher the personality, the stronger the stars naturally.

Now only one step away from reaching the final "Eternal Flame", Rhodes is looking forward to it.

Soulless Soul only has 981 left and consumes 5341.

Rhodes did some calculations in his mind, and it wasn't a waste. He spent a total of about 5800 spiritless souls before and after to raise the status of [Bitter Blue] from "Blazing Fire" to "Golden Fire".

Now, [Injection] has become [Complete Soul], which means that he can't use "Spiritless Soul", and can only invest a complete soul to strengthen the stars.

Rhodes thought for a moment, and put 37 [souls of filthy corpses] into it.

These are puny souls, corroded by corpses and filth, quite common in the sewers.

The light of the blue star became slightly brighter, and the intensity changed from 110 to [-].

There is very little improvement, and I don't know where its limit is?

Rhodes thought for a while, but did not continue to vote.

The existing souls should not be enough to advance to the last level.

Rhodes let out a breath.

In short, he has become stronger, his soul strength has reached 140, and his recovery ability has also been strengthened. The only bad news is that he found that the human nature that needs to be added every day has changed from one to three.

This consumption is a bit large, and human nature should also pay attention to obtaining it.

Rhodes pinched out the lightning symbol and returned to the material world, intending to continue looking for Scarface and get more sewer quests.

Now, he has fully mastered the method of fighting in the sewer, and knows how to use his advantage to kill monsters in the sewer.

And after obtaining the map provided by Professor Binns, Rhodes will not get lost at all.

The map of the sewers of the Royal City made by the Ash Diggers School is extremely detailed. They not only divided it into countless areas systematically, but also marked the degree of danger and its historical origin for each area.

Professor Binns was very grateful to Rhodes for his contribution, and gave him the most complete and refined internal version of the school.

There are two full boxes, one genuine and one backup.

Rhodes had to try his best to tear the backup map into small pieces, transport them into the dreamland bit by bit and stick them together.

In this way, no matter where he is, he has a map available.

In short.

For Rhodes, the sewers in the Iron Cross neighborhood are like a back garden. If food is moved into the dreamland, he can live in the sewers.

This is his home field.

Humph.

I am the king of the sewers.

Leave the filth of the sewer to me.

Residents of Wangcheng, you can rest assured that there will be no monsters rushing up from the pipes.

Because of me, the scavenger of the sewers, Rhodes the Devourer of Darkness.

Hahahaha.

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Iron Cross neighborhood.

sewer.

Shenshui Bay.

A group of sneaky figures gathered on the stone platform, the sewage bay below was filled with stench, and everyone covered their noses.

A voice with a thick nasal voice asked:

"The information won't be wrong anymore, right? Is he really performing the cleanup mission around here alone?"

(End of this chapter)