the last king of darkness

Chapter 295 The King of Thieves
The huge explosion flattened the entire palace, and the black fire that soared into the sky burned the area into coke, and the strong pollution left on the ground made it impossible to approach.

Rhodes was still surprised why the show was so real, but soon discovered that not only several people were killed in the palace, but even Horus was injured.

He immediately realized that this was not a script directed and acted by himself, but a real attack.

The upper city immediately entered a state of emergency. Countless high-ranking guards rushed out from every corner, and a large number of fire priests fell from the sky. Their fiery red robes quickly became the main color of the upper city. The huge holy fire priests The field quickly closed, and the fire guards were full inside and outside the sacrificial field.

The air became tense, and there was no one in the streets except the guards, but Rhodes could still walk freely.

He came to the ruins of the palace unimpeded, and saw the king on the square on the east side.

Many high-level personnel in Wangcheng are also here.

To Rhode's surprise, the murderer seemed to have been caught, and a large number of judges escorted a few ragged people to kneel on the square.

They looked dazed, and their hands and feet were all wearing shiny psychic shackles.

Horus lay beside him in a bad state, with black flames wrapped around his right arm that could not be extinguished.

He was delirious and his soul was being burned by the black fire. Several fire priests sent him to the healing church.

Figures continued to fall from the sky or emerge from the air, gathering around the king.

As soon as Rhodes came over, First Elder Amando's stern gaze swept over.

"Rhodes, what's going on here? As the captain of the Hand of the King, how do you perform your duties? How can the core hinterland like the palace be attacked? How can you become the banner of the royal city with your ability?"

Before Rhodes could speak, the chief adjudicator Manolo Bana spoke.

"Your Excellency Armando, after all, Rhodes is young and inexperienced. It is normal for him to make mistakes. As long as important matters are not entrusted to him, I don't think there will be any major problems."

As soon as the words fell, the people around Wang frowned.

This sounds like an excuse for Rhodes, but it is actually demeaning.

As a high-level member of Wangcheng, not entrusting him with "important matters" is no different from being marginalized, it is simply insulting.

Tarynas, one of the three chief executive officers, also said: "This attack is indeed very hidden. The doomsday cultists actually used Sigles' Queen's Secret Charm. It is not surprising that Rhodes did not discover this in time. Fortunately, Your Excellency Manolobana has the ability to detect souls, and he failed to let these doomsday believers escape."

Armando's tone became even more gloomy.

"This is not an excuse. As the captain of the Hand of the King, he should be able to guard against all accidents. A Queen's Secret Charm can hide it from him. What about the even more mysterious Book of Fate? The captain of the Hand of the King can't even guard the palace. It's a joke!"

Manolo Bana flashed a grim smile, but it was fleeting, and he spoke with sincerity.

"Your Excellency Armando, don't be angry, I believe this is just a mistake... Lord Rhode's new hero of Trorian, there is definitely something that can attract people's attention."

Armando said coldly: "What is a mistake? This time the mistake is the palace, and the next mistake is the holy fire sacrificial field? When the Doomsday Cultist brings black water to put out the fire, will he also make a mistake?"

Listening to their words, Rhodes frowned.

The explosion was so weird, but the murderer was caught by his old enemy Manolo Bana, and the two men tried their best to discredit him here, which made him wonder if there was something tricky about this matter?
He glanced at Wang.

Wang shook his head calmly, signaling him not to speak.

Sure enough, after the First Elder vented his anger, he stopped mentioning this matter and only arranged for the aftermath.

And asked Manolo Bana to immediately use a special interrogation to directly cut open the souls of doomsday believers to obtain information, and must find out all the details and motives of the attack.

The king didn't speak until everyone had left.

"It seems that the situation is more serious than we imagined. Some opponents are blatantly colluding with the doomsday believers."

The First Defense Chief Lin was also a participant in the Torch Project, and one of Wang's stalwarts. He smoked a cigarette and said slowly:
"There must be a problem with this. We are planning to attack the palace to create an excuse. The doomsday cultists really came to attack the palace, but they were caught. In this way, the excuse is useless. You can't search anyone unconditionally .”

Rhodes sneered and said, "That Manolobana and Talinas must be one of the participants. If we only use a surprise attack to capture the two of them, we will definitely be able to find evidence, and maybe we can follow the clues to find out the evidence. Everyone on the line can figure it out."

Wang shook his head slightly.

"Not necessarily. Doomsday believers are the best at creating rifts between us. They have grievances with you. They will suppress you if they have the opportunity, but it doesn't mean that he is a Doomsday believer. If you blindly treat them as Doomsday believers, It will only make the true doomsday believers laugh."

Dalin explained.

"The investigation on Manolobana lasted for three rounds. Except for some minor incidents, there was no evidence of his connection with the Doomsday Cultists. Chief Executive Tallinas lost 140 million silver because he participated in the gambling game about you. Suo, so it's normal for them to have a grudge against you."

Rhodes frowned.

Tarynas didn't know for sure, but there must be something wrong with the iron mask Manolobana. He always felt that this guy was targeting him all the time, and he didn't know why.

Rhodes expressed his doubts again.

Dalin was silent for a moment.

"Maybe."

He said uncertainly.

"Because of the faction, Manolobana has always been very close to Jon, and your relationship with Qingyu is extraordinary. He just wants to attack Qingyu's power."

Rhodes frowned and said, "Can't you change the king election system? Doesn't this intensify the internal fighting?"

Dalin laughed and shook his head.

"Little Rhodes, this is the inheritance of Trorian for thousands of years. The king is the heart of Trorian. The quality of the king is more important than anything else. After a great king takes office, these losses and rifts can be made up for. .”

"And the stable elders can also ensure the stability of Trorian's basic board, and there will be no big tear due to the king's struggle."

A bishop said: "The great first-generation hero Trorian considered everything when he designed the top-level system of the royal city. Later generations just made it more perfect on this basis."

Rhodes sighed: "Didn't you confirm that Jon is the next king? Why continue?"

Dalin glanced at Wang, who nodded slightly.

Dalin looked solemn, took a few puffs of cigarettes, and said slowly: "Nothing is certain, maybe the situation will change in the future, and it is not impossible for Miss Qingyu to continue to be king. After all, she has someone like you Wang Fu, according to the ancient inheritance, you can assist her in governing."

Rhode's face darkened.

"I don't want to be one of the two thousand husbands."

Wang said lightly: "We will talk about this matter later. The problem now is that we have fallen into a disadvantage, and similar tricks are no longer effective. Otherwise, you, the captain, will be forced to resign."

Dalin said with a gloomy face.

"I'm particularly suspicious that there are ghosts inside us. Otherwise, why would they have chosen the palace? Why did they only move one day earlier?"

"not only."

Another bishop also said.

"I checked the traces at the scene. With our defenses, only Sigles' Queen's Charm is not enough to sneak in with a black fire bomb."

Rhodes asked: "Is it the influence of the Book of Fate?"

He explained the mysterious man who appeared after being attacked by the three justices last time. In the conversation with him, the mysterious man not only mentioned the "Book of Fate", but also called him "Son of Destiny". specific meaning.

After listening, Wang sighed slightly.

"The Book of Destiny is a semi-divine artifact, made of source material and divinity. We went to the ancient city of Sagus three times at great risk, but we didn't find it, but we didn't expect it to be stolen by the Doomsday Cultist. past."

Rhodes suddenly heard the word "divinity", and he was shocked, and couldn't help asking: "What is the use of this book?"

"The main function of the Book of Fate is to predict the future destiny and turn it into a real destiny."

There was a rare regret in Wang's expression.

"All its subsidiary characteristics are evolved from this main characteristic. Those doomsday cultists will only use its subsidiary characteristics, but dismiss its true ability."

Rhodes was surprised: "Why? If the Book of Fate is so powerful, wouldn't it be enough for them to just rewrite the future they want?"

Wang shook his head slightly.

"The more causes and effects are involved in the predetermined fate, the greater the spiritual power required."

"Following the trend and going downstream to change your destiny is the most labor-saving way."

"For example, when we fight powerful monsters, we can lock in our complete victory without casualties. As long as we have a great possibility to do this, then this will inevitably happen."

Rhodes understood instantly.

"No wonder, it can only play a real role in our hands, and it may avoid many accidents."

Dalin said in a deep voice: "The Destined Child may be some kind of prophecy made by the Doomsday Cultists, but it is not important. Your Excellency Theodore has confirmed that there is no problem with your soul. There is no need for more in-depth inspections and prophecies. Now Resources are still tight and there is no need to waste them."

Wang sighed lightly.

"I doubt that the Book of Fate played a role in it. This may be the fate they arranged, but it is not necessarily true. Both Manolobana and Talinas have their own suspicious aspects, and the doomsday cannot be completely ruled out. Suspicions of Christians."

Dalin asked, "Wang, what should we do now?"

Wang replied: "If you can't do it clearly, then you can only do it in the dark. If you can't do it in the dark, you can only do it in the hard way."

Dalin said sadly: "However, in this case, we will lose a lot. The progress of preparing for the war is already lower than the ideal progress. Our inventory is much less than expected. Some factories have decayed, and it is impossible to complete the turn... ..."

He babbled a lot, but the king just turned around and looked at the holy fire sacrifice ground in the distance.

"They must be uprooted."

He said categorically.

"No matter what the cost."

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Not so good.

Although it is said to be dark, there is no specific regulation.

The plan to remove the pests was forced to stall and got stuck at this node.

Rhodes was in a very depressed mood.

After the palace bombing, the once-quiet opponents gradually became active again, and they tried every means to target Rhodes and hinder any of his actions.

And the progress of Wangcheng's preparations has also declined visibly to the naked eye.

These guys are like pebbles in the mechanical structure. Although they are not fatal, they will reduce the efficiency of the machine, increase the wear and tear of the machine, and greatly advance the time for it to be scrapped.

Of course, no one dared to oppose them openly, so Wang did not make a move for the time being.

He was calmly waiting for the opportunity. Once someone showed his weakness, Wang's counterattack would come like thunder.

Although Rhodes knew this very well intellectually, he couldn't accept it emotionally, and just wanted to get rid of the dross immediately.

But reason prevented him from doing so.

Because this will further slow down the progress of Wangcheng's preparations.

So Rhodes was very depressed.

You can only spend more time in the dream.

On this day, Rhodes inspected the dreamland as usual, carefully inspected every side of the obelisk, and cleaned up the items in the storage.

The stone platform is still busy, and the flying sticks and pots are constantly ravaging the materials, preparing to make the next [Flesh Puppet].

Everything worked as planned without any issues.

Rhodes felt that there was nothing to do for the first time.

He seemed to have suddenly withdrawn from a certain extremely busy state, and he became a little confused.

He was walking aimlessly in the dreamland, and accidentally stepped on the book of knowledge that had just eaten and was lying on the ground with its pages spread out to digest food.

The Book of Knowledge was so angry that it jumped up and slapped Rhodes wildly.

Rhodes let it fight for a while without fighting back, and when he was about to walk away silently, he was suddenly stopped by the book again.

Several large characters of doubt appeared on its pages.

"Why don't you fuck me?"

Rhodes replied: "Not interested."

The book of knowledge trembled for a while, and wrote another line.

"What's wrong with you? Of course, I don't care about you. A villainous master like you, I wish you would die soon. I just want to record your state and use it to deal with your animal state in the future."

Rhodes was speechless: "Book, can you speak more directly? This is very awkward."

The Book of Knowledge wrote three words in the largest bold font:
"I like!"

"Okay." Rhode sighed, and casually talked about the difficulties he encountered now.

That knew that the book made an awkward movement after listening to it. It lay obliquely on the ground and wrote in italics.

"That's it?"

Rhodes felt that he was being squinted, and said angrily, "What do you mean?"

The book of knowledge turned the page and quickly wrote a large line.

"I have never seen such a stupid master like you. The master of dreams can be trapped by a small problem between human beings in the material world. It is simply unprecedented and unheard of. You have completely embarrassed me..."

chap!
Rhodes inserted a middle finger directly into its book.

"Speak well to me, if you fart, let it go, if you don't fart, get out."

The book suddenly withered, honestly wrote.

"You have the book of the past, you can see the past by injecting spiritual power, and you can record it with the reflection crystal. As long as you have enough spiritual power, any secret will not be a secret to you."

Rhode suddenly realized.

He almost forgot that he still has the Book of the Past, which has been useless for a long time.

At that time, with his weak psychic power, he could only see the events of the past three or four days.

Now, Rhodes is no longer what it used to be, and his psychic power is dozens of times stronger than in the past, and he can definitely see the farther past.

Then, can you still hide those dirty things from me?

Am I afraid that there is no evidence?

Hahaha!
Rhodes laughed three times, and when he was about to leave the dreamland, he suddenly remembered something.

He has no right to search now, and the Book of the Past can only see the past of his location.

It's impossible to talk about those dirty things on the street, right?

How can I get in?
Numerous methods emerged in Rhodes' mind, but none of them felt particularly reliable.

While thinking, Rhodes suddenly saw the crystal wall on the soul altar.

Among the crystal clear crystals, most of the gray souls had been sacrificed by him, leaving only one.

He stayed for a long time.

[Soul of Thieves King Mitus]

(End of this chapter)