the last king of darkness

Chapter 359 The Prince of the North

The words of Aphrodite puppet shocked Rhodes a lot, and made him realize the reality more thoroughly.

This world has completely fallen into darkness and is falling at an accelerated rate. The black mist has eroded all time and space it can reach, and countless powerful creatures have been reduced to monsters.

The surviving humans huddled beside the fire, shivering in the howling wind and the boundless darkness, while the shadows of strange monsters loomed in the hazy place where the fire and black mist met.

What's more frightening is that within the human race there are some lunatics trying to put out the fire and throw themselves into the embrace of darkness.

And Rhodes clearly knew that there was something more terrifying than this - the holy flame that supported the existence of human beings was on the verge of collapse.

Once the flame is extinguished, the consequences are unimaginable.

We must do our best to assist the king to realize the holy fire plan and seize the seed of the holy fire in Star City in Tasnia.

Rhodes thought.

The more effort he exerts, the greater the positive impact he and the dream have on human beings, and the more divinity the dream acquires.

Divinity is the most important resource of dreams.

But Rhodes has always had some doubts about this point.

"Why can you gain divinity by helping humans?"

The puppet Aphrodite replied calmly: "Among the endless chaos and disorder, only the entropy of intelligent beings is decreasing, and the degree of order is increasing. Like the phosphorus fire rising from the dark sea, it maintains the existence and continuation of the world. , the dream is the source of order, and it can gain power from the reduction of entropy, this is divinity."

"Similarly, we can also gain strength from the orderly activities of low-entropy bodies, which is human nature."

Rhodes suddenly understood, and asked again: "Why can humanity be obtained directly, but divinity must wait until the stars shine?"

Aphrodite puppet said calmly: "Divinity is a very powerful resource. Obtaining divinity requires the use of the power of the stars. Only when the stars are shining, the stars will not be obscured by the black mist."

The stars it talks about are not the stars in the dream world, but the stars in the extremely high spiritual world.

They are aggregates of infinitely great spirits, possessing unimaginable mystical powers.

The activities of the stars not only directly determine the date and calendar of human beings, but also greatly affect the daily activities of human beings.

Rhodes asked: "Is there a connection between the stars in the dream and them?"

The puppet Afro shook his head: "There is no direct connection, I am missing this part of the memory."

"Isn't your soul whole too?"

"Yes, after the dream was shattered, we were all severely impacted, our souls were shattered, and our memories were shattered."

Rhodes asked curiously: "You once said that you want to get back to your original selves, isn't your current form your original form?"

The puppet Aphrodite replied calmly: "Of course not, I am not a puppet, and the book of knowledge is not a book."

"Then what are you?"

"I'm sorry, master, the memory loss is too much, I can't remember."

"How can it be recovered?"

"We need to retrieve the fragments, restore the soul, and some divinity."

Rhodes nodded, understanding a little why the Book of Knowledge cares so much about the development of dreams and the acquisition of divinity.

The doll looked at him with yellowed and lifeless eyes, and said in a still calm tone: "Master, can you share some divinity with us in the future?"

Rhodes said casually: "Of course."

The puppet didn't say any more, and then it explained to Rhodes how to use dreams more deeply.

To put it simply, after the dream has gained energy, it has "lived". Rhodes can directly use the soul and will to interact with the dream, directly realize the corresponding functions, and obtain the corresponding information.

Rhodes tried it, and sure enough, many things didn't even need to be moved, and there was a feeling that the dream merged with him.

Later, the puppet told him that he had to reach the tenth level of psionic power as soon as possible.

Nightmare is a truly powerful dark existence, even with the suppression of dreams, it is very difficult to deal with.

Only when one reaches the tenth level of psionic ability can one begin to leave the realm of mortals.

And as the dream activity intensifies, the invasion will become stronger and stronger, and many ancient dark beings will be awakened, and the master must seize the time to grow.

Rhodes frowned, feeling a little heavy. Although his psychic power had skyrocketed, it should not be in the category of tenth-level psychic power.

The pressure is still great.

The puppet said: "If the dream has divinity, we can use the divine blade or the star core to strike the spiritual world to deal an effective blow to the invading monsters, and the situation will be better."

Rhode's heart sank, but he didn't regret it. Helping the king kill Latopep, the master of nightmares, was the right thing to do.

As long as he resists this wave, his benefits will be the greatest.

It is also the greatest help to mankind.

"I see." He nodded.

The puppet continued: "Dreams themselves can also produce divinity. When the energy of the source flows through the dream, it is an improvement in order. On average, every 5 sources of energy can gain 1 point of divinity a week."

Rhodes frowned and said, "We only have 9 sources of energy now, isn't that still only 1 point?"

"Yes."

"One o'clock a week, which is too little."

The puppet said calmly: "When there are many stars in the dream, the income of divinity will be considerable."

Rhodes sighed: "Well, I hope this day will come sooner."

Walking out of the House of God, he picked up the remaining two pieces of soul firewood under the obelisk and put them in the storage.

"By the way, Afro, do you know how it came from?"

Rhode briefly told what happened.

Unexpectedly, the puppet immediately answered his question: "This is a relic of the previous dream master."

Rhodes was surprised: "The last term?"

"Yes, the previous owner of the dream was Fanhua on Rin'an, Prince Hegeol of the North."

"The semi-artifact star balance is a miraculous creation he created in his dreams."

"After Hegeol's defeat, the dream was shattered, and the items in the storage space of the House of God were also scattered on the ground."

"The Starry Kingdom may have obtained this semi-artifact, and formed the Starry Knights from it until it was destroyed."

"The balance of the stars is a creation of dreams, with a breath of dreams. After being corrupted, it still maintains a certain degree of spirituality. It collects firewood for the soul that also has the breath of dreams."

The puppet paused, then continued.

"Master, such a battle is extremely dangerous. It is not something that can be encountered under normal circumstances. There must be some hidden existence that has affected the development of things. Please be careful."

Rhodes frowned tightly, and didn't notice the words behind the puppet. The name "Flowers on the Rin' Bank, Prince Hegeol of the North" made him feel very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

After thinking hard for a while, Rhodes couldn't find a clue.

He raised his head and saw the dark red star in the dream night sky.

It was like a red eye staring at him with a strange attraction.

[Darkness Devourer], this is his first star and his core ability, plundering souls and devouring darkness.

Without it, Rhodes wouldn't be what he is now.

it?
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in Rhodes' mind.

He remembered.

Isn't that "Prince Hegeol of the North" the nigger he met in his first dream?
It was beating the obelisk crazily at that time, causing its head to continue to suffer severe pain, and when Rhodes fell into a dream, it rushed up as soon as it saw itself, full of hatred, eager to kill him.

In the end, it was killed by the blade of divinity, and Rhodes directly obtained its soul.

Afterwards, it flew into the obelisk's soul surface by itself, submerged into the [Darkness Devourer], and directly ignited it.

No wonder!
No wonder [The Devourer of Darkness] is different from other stars. It does not need soul fuel, and it is a complete body when it comes up, but the soul strength it provides is pitifully small.

This must be the reason for the soul of "Hegeol, Prince of the North".

However, if he was the previous owner of the dream, why did he become like that?And why would he attack the obelisk he had desperately guarded, and even be full of hatred for himself, the new dream master?

There is no other explanation than corruption and loss of sanity.

But according to Rhodes' current experience, humanity is very easy to obtain, and as long as there is humanity, it is impossible to be eroded.

The most important thing is that in the mouth of the book of knowledge, every master of the dream is a strong man of the times and a hero of mankind.

Even if his humanity was exhausted and he turned into a monster, he should have instantly killed himself, who was still an ordinary person at the time, why was there still room for struggle?

There was a heavy chill in Rhodes' heart.

Sure enough, the puppet gave an explanation that he expected.

Hegeol was devastated and his dream was shattered. Although he was resurrected by the Stone of Resurrection, the dream was gone and everything was over.

But his remnant soul was unwilling to admit defeat, and gathered in the broken and dead dreamland, waiting for its rebirth.

However, the thousand years of waiting resulted in the arrival of another dream master. Hegeol's remnant soul exhausted its strength over the long years, it went mad, completely blackened and fell into darkness.

It also brought Rhodes his first fire.

The essence of the remnant soul has not been lost, it devoured its own soul and ignited the [Darkness Devourer], and all this began.

After listening to the puppet's words, Rhodes felt very heavy.

The fate of the previous dream master was so tragic that it was hard for him not to think of himself.

Rhodes asked softly, "How did he die?"

The puppet replied briefly: "Defend the city and die."

"... what city?"

"Flowers on the shore, Belgril, the northern stronghold."

"What's that place?"

"His royal city, his capital, his holy fire, the northern gateway of mankind."

Rhode's mood became heavier, and he asked a question that he already knew the answer to: "What happened to human beings after he died?"

The puppet replied calmly: "Destroyed."

"Then?"

"We have no memory."

"Why do you know so much? The Book of Knowledge doesn't?"

"Our souls have different degrees of incompleteness, and the Book of Knowledge is good at knowledge. It doesn't have any special advantages when it comes to non-knowledge issues."

Rhodes let out a long breath and decided to end this heavy topic.

"Afro, why do you also call the Armed Forces of the Gods a dream?"

The puppet replied calmly: "It is our duty to follow the master's will."

"Ok."

Rhodes sighed.

Let's take one step at a time, maybe I absorb their failure experience, so I can avoid repeating the same mistakes?

However, when Rhodes asked about the details of the incident, the puppet couldn't tell - its memory was also very incomplete.

Rhodes didn't ask any more, but silently thought that he must find more dream fragments as soon as possible.

Before leaving, Rhodes glanced at the numbers on the obelisk:

Soul Strength: 672200
Soul Stars: 8
Humanity: 2151 million

Divinity: 1
Spiritless Souls: 0.61 billion

-

Rhodes, who returned to the material world, was in a heavy mood. After barely sleeping for a night, he came to the Psionic Laboratory on the west side of the Temple of Fire.

Here, he obtained a new psionic report.

Tester: Rod
Psionic Level: 9
Maximum psionic strength: 1345 kk
Maximum psionic output: 261 kilocuts
Average spiritual pressure: 84 kk
Estimated total psionic power: 20 rails

-

This is a very eye-catching report. Miss Mina, who was in charge of testing him, was surprised and delighted. She couldn't help but give him a full-body examination, and found an even bigger surprise.

"You lit a new fire?"

"You already have eight sparks!"

Rhodes laughed dryly: "It's okay, I'm too weak..."

Mina rolled her eyes: "You're still weak, so don't I have to die?"

Rhodes smiled and said, "Why? Isn't sister Mina's most precious thing is knowledge and the will to pursue the truth? For you, psionic power is just a convenient tool for your research."

"That's right!"

Mina proudly crossed her hips, pushing up her beige knitted sweater so high that she nearly bumped into Rhodes.

"My wisdom is my most precious thing. I will definitely find the truth of the world, develop unprecedented powerful weapons, destroy all monsters, save the world, and become the savior of mankind, hahahahaha!"

Rhodes laughed a few times.

After learning of the tragic situation of the previous dream master, he never dared to say such words as saving the world easily.

The researcher at the side glanced at her, and muttered: "A woman with big breasts and no brains, where does she get wisdom? No one likes you, the most precious thing is probably your first..."

Snapped!
Mina knocked him to the ground with a backhand, glaring: "What did you say?"

The researcher covered his cheeks, looked at the furious Mina in disbelief, and immediately faltered: "I'm sorry, big sister, I was wrong..."

Mina said angrily: "Get out, get out, what's the first time, I don't know how many men I have experienced, if I didn't devote myself to the truth, the children would have had a mess, how could I get you to gossip behind my back?"

The researcher hides his face and walks away.

Still angry, Mina grabbed Rhodes and said, "Go, sleep with my old lady, and let you see my rich skills."

Rhodes hurriedly said: "Sister Mina, don't be angry, that person is jealous of you, you are so attractive, which man is not fascinated by you, who do you want to sleep with, who would say no? It's just It’s just devoting yourself to the truth and having no time to do it yourself.”

Humanity +50.

Mina said joyfully, "You're so right! I'm not busy saving the world, how could I be single...cough cough cough."

Rhodes said with a smile: "Sister Mina, I have finished writing my book. These are all the knowledge I have so far. Please take it back and share it with your teacher and other college students. I hope you can learn more from it. the truth, find more new strengths, and make efforts for the survival and continuation of mankind."

Mina immediately forgot what happened just now, and took the thick stack of books that Rhodes handed over.

Open a book at random, it is full of knowledge she dreamed of.

She asked in disbelief: "So much? You have mastered so much knowledge?"

Rhodes said with a smile: "That's right, this is all figured out by my genius brain in countless days and nights."

Mina read several books in a row, and the logical and rigorous knowledge system made her deeply anxious.

After just a few glances, she was already intoxicated, and her heart was filled with great joy, making her unable to wait for a moment, and she just wanted to share this knowledge with her teacher immediately.

Humanity +611
"Great! This is nothing short of a miracle. You are a genius! I believe more and more that you can save us. My first child must be born with you."

A gust of fragrant wind came, and Mina gave Rhodes a hug.

"Little Rhodes, I'm leaving first, let's talk later!"

(End of this chapter)