The Last Dark King

Looking at the words he wrote on the paper, Rhodes felt an inexplicable fear, as if it foreshadowed some huge omen.

The words with dark red dots lived up to expectations, confirming his conjecture.

He also had to complain about the inspector’s translation.

How did you translate "Dark Devourer" into "Black Rice Bucket"?

But what makes people even more confused is the ambiguous text under "Dark Devourer".

Maybe it's a translation problem.

Rhodes thought.

I put this together based on pure conjecture, so there must be something wrong.

It seems that I will spend a lot of energy on linguistics in the future.

Rhodes felt very sad when he thought that he would have to learn this ancient language that was twisted like an earthworm for a long time.

What worried him even more was the passage on the obelisk.

What does "invasion" mean?

What does "The Nightmare Arrives" mean?

Rhodes feels very bad. The old troubles have not been eliminated, are new troubles coming?

I can only go to Dreamland to take a look.

Making up his mind, Rhodes quickly finished washing and went to bed.

His exhausted spirit made him fall asleep as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Bang bang bang!

"Open the door!"

Bang bang bang!

"Rod, open the door for me, or I will break down your door!"

When Rhodes opened his eyes from his deep sleep, he saw the ceiling of the dormitory and heard the banging of the door and Cassian's shouting.

He shook his head and finally came to his senses.

Didn't I go to Dreamland?

Is this the second day? Did I just take a nap?

Rhodes looked at his hands.

Is there any special reason for this? Or is it just that I'm not entering a deep state of tranquility?

Maybe I need that gesture…

boom!

There was a loud bang.

The door fell down with a crash.

Kashan rushed in like a furious lioness.

"Why don't you open the door? You're going to be late soon, you know?"

Rhodes was unhappy that his train of thought was interrupted and decided to get rid of this annoying girl first:

"I'm waiting for you."

"wait for me?"

"Well, wait until you break through my defenses and enter my world."

Wow.

The onlookers outside the door made unexplained noises.

Wayne whistled excitedly.

The sleepy green-haired man suddenly woke up: "Huh? The team leader is going on maternity leave?"

Cassie's entire face looked cooked, but that only made her look angrier.

"Hurry up and go to class with me. If you lose one point in the ten groups, I will eat you!"

——

Kingworth College has a credit system, which includes not only individual credits but also departmental credits.

Credits not only represent honors, but also provide rewards.

Along the way, Kashan was crazily rambling about the use of credits, and sternly warned Rhodes that their first priority now was to study and train to become a qualified combatant, and having children would be a matter later.

Rhodes didn't listen to a word, and there was only worry and faint anxiety in his heart.

The classes in the morning were "Sacred Fire", "The Art of Numbers and Combat Applications", and "Humanity's Last Hope: The Establishment and Continuation of Trorian".

They are all cultural classes.

"Sacred Fire" tells the story of how a strange flame called "Guardian Fire" protects humans.

The teacher of this class is a young and beautiful female priest. Her priest's robe is like a dancing flame. It is not only bright, but also somewhat transparent, which greatly improves the efficiency of all students' listening to the class.

She vividly illustrates the symbiotic relationship between fire and humans.

Humans must survive within the scope of the fire, otherwise the black mist will corrode the soul and turn people into monsters.

The guardian fire also requires phlogiston and firewood made by humans to continue burning and become more powerful.

In the Trorian Kingdom, the core of every human settlement is the fire-protecting sacrificial site. The size of the guardian fire directly determines the size of the settlement.

The guardian fire is very precious and cannot be moved at will, and the range of the fire is usually limited.

And what happens when humans are forced to travel in the dark?

People separated the "remaining fire" and "remaining light" from the protective fire and put them into lamps, which can be used under limited conditions to light up the environment and disperse the dark fog.

The power of the residual fire is relatively strong, and it consumes a lot of the guardian fire, so it is not used much.

The afterglow is a necessity, hanging in front of every house. Anyone leaving the royal city must hang a lamp with the afterglow around his waist.

Rhodes listened attentively at first, but then she began to talk at length about the sacredness of fire, using a lot of religious terms that he didn't understand.

His attention was focused on the priestess herself.

Well, the flexibility is good.

"The Art of Mathematics and Combat Applications" is much more boring. It talks about how to apply mathematics in combat.

To Rhodes, this class was no different from a mental retardation. They all asked questions like "There are a hundred monsters, ten come every hour, and twenty humans are eliminated every hour. How long will it take to eliminate them all?" .

The lecturer was also a middle-aged man with glasses, and he didn't have any pee spots.

"Mankind's Last Hope: The Creation and Continuation of Trorian" is a history lesson.

It tells the great story of how the human hero Trollian transported the last flame of the Holy Fire to the Royal City when the Dark Age came, thus lighting the Holy Fire.

The teacher giving the lecture was an old man, and his dry voice could turn any exciting story into something even more incombustible than Boruto.

Most of the students were drowsy.

Only Rhodes was listening carefully to the lecture, trying to figure out the differences and meanings of the concepts of Trolian Royal City, Trolian Kingdom, and Trolian Humanity.

It's a pity that despite Rhodes' best efforts, there are still many things he doesn't understand.

After finally waiting until the end, I received a notice that I had to go to the department for a meeting in the afternoon.

Rhodes couldn't stand it any longer, so he took advantage of his lunch break to find a quiet corner to sit down.

Close your eyes, take deep breaths continuously, and calm down your mind.

His thumbs crossed together to make a lightning-like gesture.

The next moment, the soul soared into the sky, and its vision was obscured by mist, making it blurry.

After a few seconds, Rhodes opened his eyes.

He was already standing in this dream world filled with endless fog.

Looking over, the obelisk was directly in front of him.

And the black altar stood quietly not far behind.

Rhodes walked quickly to the obelisk and touched the surface of the obelisk. The deep night sky and the light spots all over the sky appeared again, and the dark red in the middle remained the same as before.

When he focused his gaze upwards, the exact same text appeared again.

But this time, Rhodes already knew its general meaning.

After reading it for a while, he confirmed that there were no errors or omissions in the fonts he had written down. The rest was just a matter of translation quality.

"I wonder if other light spots can really ignite? I always feel like they are some kind of light and shadow effect."

Rhodes thought.

He put down his hand and touched the left and right sides of the obelisk again. There was still a accumulation of black and gold, like the indicator of some kind of thermometer.

Finally, there is the back of the stele.

When Rhodes touched it, the blood-red text appeared on the tablet again, flickering slightly, showing a strange urgency.

However, one character in it is different from yesterday!

Rhodes' pupils shrank, and a terrifying guess arose in his heart.

Judging from the position of the characters.

Three rounds of sunset turned into two rounds?

Is this a countdown to the invasion?

Is it something like an ultimatum?

Rhodes felt a chill in his heart.

Could it be that that dark shadow is coming back again?

If it breaks the obelisk, will I die?

While he was thinking, his body suddenly tightened, as if he was caught by something, and then a strong feeling of falling appeared, and everything in front of him became blurry.

When he came to his senses, he was still sitting where he was, in a corner of the common room.

His first good friend here, Wayne, was taking his hands off him, with two boxes of food in front of him.

"What are you doing? Didn't you hear me calling you?"

Wayne's tone was slightly dissatisfied.

"I brought you something to eat. I managed to get it with great difficulty. Fried blue flowers with jam, vines, and greens. Believe me, it's very delicious."

Rhodes glanced at the lump of blue, green and green that looked like vomit, and almost cried out.

What kind of dark cuisine is this? Can humans eat it?

Wayne didn't know what Rod was thinking. He picked up the vomit without any hindrance and began to shovel it into his mouth.

"I heard that we are going to choose classes in the afternoon. Rod, do you have any classes you want to choose?"

he asked vaguely, the vomit making a squelching sound in his mouth.

The green-haired man also sat down next to them with a box of vomit.

"I heard that the teacher of Ancient Chinese is a great beauty. Maybe my soul is destined to be with her."

Wayne looked at him with contempt: "You know beauty, our task now is to study! Exercise! Become a qualified combatant!"

The green-haired man snorted dissatisfiedly: "Why does your tone sound like that woman? Is this disease contagious? Rod, go and let her take maternity leave! I can't stand it anymore after you keep nagging her."

Do you think I'm a stallion?

Rhodes' thoughts that he finally started were interrupted again. He forced himself to calm down and tried to concentrate again.

But after such a break, my thoughts couldn't be connected, and they were always very confused. The blood-red variant text kept flashing in my mind, as if it foreshadowed an extremely unknown future.

The short lunch break ended quickly, and the team leader Kashan came to the common room with great momentum and urged them to go to the meeting.

In just a few days, she even had a younger brother following her.

They also talked about studying hard and working hard, and together with the team leader, they urged everyone to get up.

The green-haired man whined: "Rhode, go take her in quickly. How many days have it been? I don't even dare to think about the future."

Kashan glanced over sternly and said sternly: "Zales, what are you talking about?"

The green-haired man lowered his head like a wilted rooster and did not dare to speak.

Kashan glanced around and said sternly: "The meeting in the afternoon is very important. If anyone doesn't go, I will..."

Ka-

The door to the common room was pushed open.

A tall man wearing a gray robe walked in. He had curly black hair, looked to be in his forties, and had a pair of very obvious gray eyes.

He gestured slightly to Cassian.

"Dear Miss Team Leader, I need to take away one of your students. Please forgive me, but he can't go to the afternoon meeting."

He raised his hand and showed a cyan badge engraved with scales, swords and flames.

"I'm Lauren, Inspector General of the House of Internal Affairs."