The Last Dark King

It's that golden light!

Rhodes suddenly became excited.

There's help!

He was just about to rush over and grab the sharp blade of light and stab the monster to death like last time.

The golden light dissipated.

But the monster that was torn in half turned around and took a step towards him.

boom.

The ground seemed to be shaking, half of the monster's body was dragging on the ground, and half was standing upright. Only the lower body was still stuck together.

Black sticky substance flowed down from the section of the body, and two glowing red eyes stared at him from two wide angles.

Not dead yet!

The chill exploded in his soul in an instant, and Rhodes tightened his grip on the gun, almost instinctively activating his spiritual energy.

The spiritual pressure meter shot into the sky, and the muzzle of the gun flashed with spiritual light.

boom!

The white line shot out instantly hit the side of the monster's body. The real silver bullet fired at high speed penetrated into the pure black sticky substance filling the body, releasing its energy and exploding the large black substance. Fly out.

The black monster staggered a step, but quickly stood firm and still moved towards him.

Bang bang bang bang bang!

Rhodes fired five shots in an instant, emptying the bullets.

All five white lines penetrated the cross-section of its body. The silver light of the explosion of real silver bullets flashed one after another, and the black sticky matter scattered in all directions, like a naughty child throwing firecrackers into a cesspool that had been settled for ten thousand years. Old shit.

Click.

Rhodes removed the gun shell at the speed of light and loaded seven more real silver bullets into it in an instant.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

Seven shots were fired almost instantly, and seven real silver bullets accurately hit the monster's wound.

Rhodes's spirit was unprecedentedly concentrated, and spiritual energy was continuously generated in the soul like breathing, just like muscles releasing power, it was an instinct.

Click.

The seven real silver bullets were loaded again.

Seven gunshots rang out again.

Rhodes felt that his whole body was burning, his soul was restless, and his spiritual energy was surging.

"Raven" started to get hot and couldn't bear his crazy infusion.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

After another seven gunshots, the monster finally fell. When its huge body fell to the ground, its contents were almost blown out.

A strange whine sounded in the air, as if something had left.

The monster's corpse began to evaporate, countless black dust rose into the sky, and the sticky substances scattered on the ground also began to decompose.

Black flying dust instantly covered the sky and the earth, covering his eyes.

But Rhodes clearly saw a huge black line composed of countless black dust sinking into his body.

Immediately, on the black altar, a black fire larger than all the previous flames appeared.

After a while, the black dust disappeared and scattered in the air.

The dream returned to its original state, all traces of the existence of monsters had disappeared, and the black mist in the distance had also dissipated. The gray and quiet mist flowed slowly, without any waves, infinitely far away, as if until the end of time.

Everything was so peaceful, as if the invasion had never come.

But his excited and tired spirit, the hot pistol, and the real silver bullet still in his hand reminded him that this was not an illusion.

finally!

it is finally over!

I finally survived.

I survived another crisis.

Rhodes let out a long breath. The moment he relaxed, exhaustion surged up like a tide. He just wanted to fall down and fall asleep.

But that was impossible, he still had a lot to do.

Rhodes raised his head and cast his gaze on the black fire, which was about half the size of a fist.

[The soul of twisted demonic flesh]

[The soul from the dark side of the twisted demonic flesh]

[Black blood wraps corpses and dead souls. This is the spiritual essence that fell off from a greater existence, a monster formed by floating in the river of eternal death for countless years. 】

Rhodes frowned.

This soul seems to be related to something extraordinary.

He wrote down every word carefully, planning to go back and study it carefully.

After listening carefully to the soul for another half second, it turned out to be countless noisy and maddening murmurs mixed together.

Rhodes immediately stopped listening, thinking that he would never listen again unless it was a human soul.

He jumped off the altar and came to the obelisk, finding that it did not heal as quickly as last time.

There are cracks all over the blue-gray surface of the monument, and huge claw marks can be seen everywhere. Some tiny green fly ash is gathering towards the stone monument from the air, slowly filling in the gaps.

Very slowly.

There was a constant pain deep in his mind, but the intensity was much less than it was at the beginning.

Sure enough, my spirit has been bound to it.

Maybe, it is my soul.

Rhodes stretched out his hand and gently touched its surface.

The deep night sky once again appeared on the monument, and countless light spots once again appeared on the pure black background.

So, this is actually the inside of my soul?

Rhodes guessed.

And everything outside belongs to me?

However, why are the words and information on the property presented in the way I can best understand?

But the light spots inside the soul are completely unfamiliar with strange words?

There is no answer to this question yet.

Rhodes could only sink it into his heart and look forward to learning the truth one day in the future.

Moving his eyes, Rhodes saw the dark red "Dark Devourer" in the center and the light blue light spot near it.

"Dark Devourer" cannot add any more souls.

I could only plunge into the light blue light.

Rhodes focused his eyes on the light spot.

The light faded, and the black hole appeared again.

Six dust-like flames floated in it, which were the six souls he invested last time.

Rhodes' spirit was connected to the altar, and with a thought, the black fire flew into the obelisk.

A group of black meteors immediately appeared in the night sky and followed Rhodes' gaze into the black hole.

In an instant, the entire black hole burned, and the seven souls turned into burning flames, lighting up the star.

The light spot became stable from an illusory and uncertain state, and the light blue light gradually became darker and dyed with a touch of cyan.

Now, two stars shine in the night sky.

In their light, other stars are almost invisible.

A line of text emerged from it.

【Bright Blue】

[Status: Weak burning, about to extinguish]

[Star Energy: Spiritual Resurrection]

[Injection: unknown]

【unknown】

【unknown】

Rhodes didn't recognize many of the words on this light spot, and many of the descriptions were different.

What concerned him the most were the words "burning weakly and about to be extinguished".

The one on "Dark Devourer" is "Eternal Burning".

why is that? Did I just light it and it's about to go out?

Is it because the soul is not enough?

Rhodes guessed in his mind.

He could already feel the changes this star had brought to him.

The mental fatigue is obviously reducing, the throbbing nerves are calming down, and even the recovery speed of the obelisk seems to be a little faster.

It seems that its function is to restore and heal, but I don’t know the specific scope.

Let’s quickly figure out what the following lines of text mean.

Rhodes put down his hand, and the dark night sky disappeared, revealing a blue-grey monument full of cracks.

"Well...we still need to find a way to restore the obelisk. Otherwise, what if there is another invasion and it breaks at a touch?"

Rhodes came to the left side of the obelisk again and touched the surface of the obelisk lightly.

A pure black color emerges from the surface of the monument, then settles, stopping at about half its height.

No different than before.

However, the right side of the obelisk has changed.

In the past, the gold color on the monument was only about one-third of the way, but now not even one-tenth is gone, leaving only a thin layer.

For a moment, Rhodes thought of the golden light that saved him twice in a row.

"It comes from here? Is it some kind of life-saving amulet? Appears to save me in times of crisis? Has it been used up now?"

This is very bad news.

Rhodes had some bad associations.

He came to the last side of the obelisk, and the moment he touched it lightly, blood once again snaked down from the top of the obelisk, forming many blood-red words.

Although I didn't recognize them, they looked much more normal this time. They no longer had the alarm-like structure and no flashing.

Rhodes relaxed a little, wrote down the font, and left the dreamland.

The crisis is temporarily over.

After a period of time, the life finally calmed down temporarily.

The atmosphere of Jinworth College is actually very good. Here, Rhodes can feel the efforts that Wang Cheng has put into it everywhere. The college's facilities are all available, and the teachers are all talented and talented.

Any of the bad things I encountered on campus have never happened here.

Most of the students' basic needs and supplies are contracted by the college, so even students with the lowest salary can still get by.

Of course, if you want to think better, you still need money.

However, the college has a special salary promotion examination, which can be promoted from level nine to special level.

The salary scale at the time of admission is not so much a kind of differential treatment, but rather an incentive for poor students, establishing an atmosphere and belief that hard work will be rewarded.

If it weren't for the trouble, Rhodes would really like to live here forever.

But it's a pity that he can't experience a stable life now. He has a lot to do.

First of all, you must study very hard.

Knowledge was now not only power but life to him.

He needs to understand this world, this kingdom, and this royal city more completely and deeply, so that he can make targeted strategies and survive better.

Then train very hard.

A battle with the invading monster revealed his true colors.

He has no strength at all and doesn't know how to fight. He will be killed instantly when he comes on stage.

The life-saving golden light has been used up. If there is another invasion, he can only rely on himself.

Finally, he has to find a way to make money.

His weekly salary of forty-two silver cords was completely insufficient for him. He couldn't even afford bullets, let alone training and combat supplies.

The gap is quite large.

In this way, during the day, Rhodes went to class, and at night, he studied Common Language and Ancient Language by himself. Before going to bed, he went to Dreamland to think about the philosophy of life.

Occasionally, the day passed like this, with Wayne and the green-haired Zales to kill each other, who were gradually becoming best friends.

It can be considered fulfilling.

The only one who is more annoying is Cassian.

She has become more and more like a sister of ten groups. She bosses around the group and says the same thing, but no one dares to get angry or speak out.

But to be fair, she was just urging everyone to study and complete the training on time and to the right amount. However, her attitude was rather arrogant, her methods a bit rough, and she was not very good at speaking.

Rhodes actually understands this very well.

Learning and growing is very painful, but falling freely is much easier and more joyful.

Of course, if it is just for your own future, you don’t have to push too hard. All roads lead to Rome, and a bright future is not the only one.

But if this involves the future survival of the family, country, and race, it wouldn’t be a problem for Kashan to press harder like this.

Therefore, Rhodes and Kashan are on the same side on this issue.

There was even a quote to encourage the miserable Wayne and the green hair:

"Cry more in peacetime and bleed less in war."

This easy-to-understand statement spread quickly and won great favor from Cassian, and Rhodes's attitude of studying hard also made her very satisfied.

Because of this, he became one of the few people in the group who was not criticized by Kashan.

As time went by, Rhodes became familiar with the students in the ten groups. They were friendly, full of youthful vitality and vigorous hope, which made people feel like spring breeze.

The only thing that bothered Rhodes was that as they got acquainted, this girl Kashan completely regarded his dormitory as her own home.

He would often run in without knocking and work or study in his dormitory. He would also leave a lot of things he didn't usually use and would come in to pick them up from time to time or simply ask him to send them over.

If it weren't for the fact that she helped him pay the water tower bill on Firehammer Street, he would definitely change the door lock.

But these are just small things after all.

Rhodes studied hard and trained hard not because he had self-control, but because he would die if he didn't do so.

But the peaceful days did not last long.

On the fourth day after the investigation, the Internal Affairs Adjudication Office once again asked him to answer specified questions at a specified time and place.

This time, Inspector Laurent was not the only one, but also accompanied by many guys wearing black clothes.

Their questioning was unceremonious and they completely treated Rhodes as a prisoner.

Although Rhodes eventually got away with amnesia and various excuses, this gave him a great sense of crisis.

The second thing was that he discovered that his second star was really going out.

Its light is getting darker and darker, and it is somewhat transparent.

Rhodes was panicked. How could the stars that were finally lit be extinguished?

However, where can he go to plunder souls at this moment?

We can't let him go on a killing spree in the academy, right?

Not to mention whether he is willing or not, even if he is crazy, the academy, which is tight on the outside and tight on the inside, with various secret defense forces, will arrest him immediately.

what to do?