the last king of darkness

Chapter 436 Brilliant and ending

A terrifying howl came from the mouth of the corpse, and its body suddenly convulsed, twisting to the limit, as if an invisible big hand was twisting its corpse.

A few seconds later, there was a bang, and the corpse burst open.

Black rot was scattered, and fragments and powder of corpses fell on the ground.

However, what accompanied this terrifying scene was a magnificent, brilliant and warm golden light.

Jessica's perception is the keenest, and when her soul moves, she immediately perceives its essence.

"This is a blessing..."

Rhodes felt a grand and warm breath seeping into his soul, restoring spiritual energy and eliminating damage.

Sauron exclaimed: "What a powerful blessing."

He was bathed in the golden light, the wounds on his body healed quickly, his spiritual energy was filled again, even the filth was removed, and the pollution and erosion he received were all purified.

"My wounds, my soul, are all healed, my God... I have never seen such a powerful blessing power."

Rhode shook his palm, and the light of psionic energy in his palm flashed, and the surprise in his heart far exceeded theirs.

His weakness is lifted!

You must know that the weakness of [Giant Power] is not just a negative state, but a damage to the core of the soul.

This kind of damage is extremely deep, and it is difficult to repair. You can only wait for the soul to recover slowly.

So far, except for Mithor, the second-level combatant who fought with him in the Castle of the Devourer King, who used his soul transfer to bear it for him once, and he used death to relieve a weak state, the weakness of [Giant Power] has never been suppressed. Healed, is to wait for the passage of time to restore itself.

And this blessing was the first time he could cure his weakness.

"What... is this? Why is there a blessing hidden in the corpse?"

No one can answer.

Sauron knelt down to examine the wreckage, but found no clues other than the dissipating corruption.

Jessica looked around. The cave didn't look like it was formed naturally, nor did it look like it was dug artificially. Instead, it was a cavity blasted open by a powerful attack.

She looked at the remaining writing on the ground.

This is the star language commonly used in the Starry Kingdom. The handwriting is scrawled and stained with blood, like the whine of a mental breakdown before death.

Especially the last question.

The traces of different shades left on the rock seem to be able to see his trembling fingers and the great hesitation in his heart.

What's going on here?
This is what they most want to know now.

Rhodes asked about the Book of Knowledge and the puppet in his mind, and got an answer that he didn't know.

The Book of Knowledge said: "My soul has not fully recovered, and my memory is blank when the dream is shattered. However, the shattering of the dream must be before the destruction of the Starry Kingdom. I don't have any traces of the Starry Kingdom in my memory."

The doll also shook its head, indicating that it was only proficient in matters related to combat.

Rhodes turned his gaze to Asa, who was still furious and refused to answer all questions.

But when Rhodes recalled the punishment of piercing the most vulnerable part of the soul with the needle of spirit, Asa immediately spoke.

"How do I know what happened thousands of years ago? But according to common sense, such a powerful blessing can only be related to the Starry Queen."

Rhodes suddenly realized that after 500 years, there is still such a powerful blessing, besides the king of the Starry Kingdom, it is difficult to have other existence, right?

Then, this corpse may be the head of the Fighting Star Knights. After the defeat, he was ashamed and hid here to die of despair?

At this time, the Book of Knowledge suddenly said: "Master, if you really want to know about him, you can try to use his remains and traces as a psychic medium, and use the Book of the Past to summon a past image similar to him."

Rhodes was surprised: "Is this also possible?"

"Yes." The Book of Knowledge replied: "This is one of the functions of the Book of the Past, but it requires a certain spiritual price."

Dreamland's recent inventory of spirituality is running out, Rhodes frowned and said, "How much spirituality do you need?"

"It has something to do with the strength of the psychic medium and the distance of time."

Rhodes hesitated for a moment. He hadn't used the Book of the Past for a long time. When he needed it, he would take it out and use it.

The soul touches the book of the past, presses both hands on the remaining words, the pages of the book start to turn rapidly, and the spirituality of the dream is diminishing.

Sauron saw his strange behavior at a glance, and suddenly remembered the ability he used when he found the evidence of the betrayal of those human residues in the royal city, stopped Jessica who was going forward, and said: "Rhode is trying to see the past." .”

Jessica was surprised: "Little Rhodes...how come there are so many functions?"

Sauron smiled faintly: "At the beginning, I also had such doubts, but later I thought about it. Some people are destined to be different."

Jessica nodded with a smile.

"I hope he can follow in my footsteps in the future."

Sauron looked at her and asked softly, "Are you almost there?"

Jessica nodded slightly.

"But your psionic ability?"

"It's going to explode."

They stopped talking and looked at Rhodes quietly.

At this moment, the book of the past stopped flipping, but Rhodes' eyes were pitch-black, without any pictures.

The voice of the book of knowledge came from the ear.

"The psychic medium is not complete, and the book of the past has not been fully restored. I can't see the picture, but only hear the sound."

Rhodes was slightly regretful, he thought he could see the battle between the strong human beings and the black mist 1500 years ago.

But it's okay to have a voice, at least he can know what's going on here.

After an unknown amount of time, a voice finally came from the darkness.

It was a tidy cheer, very slight at first, and then rapidly increased until it was deafening.

The huge cheers were accompanied by neat drumbeats and melodious music, and Rhodes quickly understood that this was in the square surrounded by celebrating crowds.

After a while, the cheers stopped, and a passionate and high-spirited voice sounded.

"Your Majesty the Queen, the Wedge of Wind is fully charged, and the Fighting Star Knights are ready to go. With the glory of the stars, I will win the victory that belongs to human beings. During this trip, I will definitely break through the black mist and kill the horrible creations. , taking a crucial step to ignite the initial fire for the Starry Kingdom."

The voice paused for a moment, then sounded again.

"May the eternal stars shine on the earth, and mankind will be reborn and prosper."

The sound gradually disappeared, and after a few seconds, the sound of horseshoes gradually became clearer.

Judging from the scale of the sound, this is an entire army of knights, with at least a thousand people.

The sound of the hooves was heavy and heavy, with a large distance between them. Rhode estimated that the horse's hooves could leap dozens of yards in one step. The speed was very fast, at least half of Annabe's.

"victory."

A majestic male voice sounded, followed by a shocking answer.

"The Fighting Star Knights are invincible!"

The sound gradually faded away, but when it reappeared, it was loud cheers again. Although it was a little messy, the enthusiasm did not diminish.

The majestic male voice kept shouting: "Please return to your residence, the crisis in the northern city has not yet been resolved, and there are still a few high-level chaos demons who have escaped our pursuit."

But the cheers did not decrease, but became louder and louder, and the footsteps of countless people could be vaguely heard.

The male voice shouted again: "No, the Fighting Star Knights cannot directly accept people. Your enthusiasm is understandable, but you must pass the review of the highest star council to join the group!"

"We only achieved 36 consecutive victories and killed 61 dark and terrifying creations. The claims of [-] consecutive victories and tens of thousands of monsters are rumors!"

"No, no, I don't want to sleep with you, we are all noble citizens of the stars, I... uh, ma'am, you are so beautiful."

The sound gradually faded, and when it reappeared, Rhodes heard the whistling sound of psychic energy, and a very surprised voice.

"What? Mang Xing's defense line was broken?"

"Her Majesty ordered the Fighting Star Knights to return to defense and guard the northeast of the Royal City to resist the terrifying creations coming from the direction of Huishan."

The voice faded again.

After a while, the man's voice appeared again.

"Brothers, Starry Sky City in Tasnia is in a hurry. Countless strange existences have flooded behind Godoin Mountain. We must eliminate the threat ahead as soon as possible, return to Starry Sky City, and protect Her Majesty the Queen."

A tidy shout sounded.

"victory!"

"The Fighting Star Knights are invincible!"

"Come on!"

"For Her Majesty! For the glory of the stars!"

"Humanity must win!"

Then, Rhodes heard the weirdest sound he had ever heard in his life.

It was a long humming sound, low, like thunder under a dark cloud, sharp, like the friction of frosted glass, frantic, like the most chaotic collection of noises.

The sound was suddenly interrupted, and Rhodes couldn't hear anything.

This time it was silent for a long time, and when Rhodes almost suspected that it was over, it appeared again.

There was a quick gasp, accompanied by the sound of coughing up blood.

"It's over, it's over...we're over."

"Everyone is dead."

His voice was low and dark, and he no longer had the high-spirited breath he had before, as if he had been pulled from his spine, taking away all his confidence.

"Unspeakable terror, a blow that tore the earth apart and destroyed us."

"The invincible Fighting Star Knights, the Fighting Star Knights who have killed countless monsters, the invincible Fighting Star Knights...the whole army was wiped out."

"All the hard work, struggle, hard work, heart-piercing training, all the sweat, tears and blood shed, all the sacred glory guarded by it is like paper."

"Starry Sky City... Starry Sky City is over."

"Are we struggling in vain after all? Is all the prosperity just foam on the sea?"

His tone was full of despair, too thick to melt away.

"Humans, can human beings be saved?"

The sound faded to intermittent gasps and coughs, and a small rustle that sounded like fingers running across rocky ground.

Soon, these voices disappeared, leaving only absolute silence.

After an unknown amount of time, he withdrew from the state of the Book of the Past.

Backtracking is over.

Rhode's mood couldn't be calm for a while. From these few short sentences, he seemed to have seen the magnificent life of this Knight Commander. Most of his life was brilliant, but the ending was very tragic.

The Knights that he had condensed all his life, the Knights that he was proud of, were destroyed in an instant.

This scar of death was indeed caused by an extremely powerful monster.

It destroyed the Fighting Star Knights with one blow, and left this terrifying canyon on the ground. The leader of the Knights probably had some means of saving his life to avoid being killed on the spot.

But it didn't last too long, and he died of serious injuries.

An extremely elite battle group just disappeared.

There are only two lines of writing on the rocky ground, which prove that they have left traces.

Rhodes stood up and told Sauron and Jessica briefly what he heard.

Sauron stroked his chin and pondered: "According to the documents we obtained before, the Starry Kingdom's Fighting Star Knights is one of their most powerful main knights, and Fighting Star is one of the main sequence stars they worship. One, using it as a title is enough to prove how important this knight order is."

Rhodes thought for a moment, and asked, "Teacher, how does the Fighting Star Knights compare with our Knights?"

Sauron glared at him.

"Boy, although the Starry Kingdom is at the end of the third era, it is the era of fire after all. Humans still have a place on this land. The inheritance is relatively complete. The fire is far brighter than ours. The extremely rare materials that have been cut off still exist, how can we compare with them?"

"Then what should we do if this monster that tore the earth apart with one blow and destroyed the Fighting Star Knights appears within Trorian's range?" Rhodes finally asked the key question.

"Fight."

Soren replied naturally.

"Then go to fight. Even if the whole army is wiped out, we have worked hard. What should we regret? What should we do?"

Rhode was startled, and said with a smile, "Mr. Sauron, you are beyond my expectation. I always thought you were a scum who peeped at the girl's bath and made a video."

"Shut up!" Sauron said angrily, "I am righteous, how could I be that kind of person?"

The three of them laughed, and the gloomy and dull breath dissipated a little.

Jessica coughed and asked, "Mr. Sauron, how strong is a monster that can split the ground with a single sword?"

Sauron shook his head: "I don't know."

Afterwards, Rhodes collected the corpses, burned them to ashes with spiritual energy, and sprinkled them on his last words, which was regarded as the last sacrifice.

"Let's go."

The three walked out of the cave, only to realize that the hole was more like a hard knock.

The knight leader from thousands of years ago may have some kind of life-saving means to prevent him from being killed in one blow, but the powerful impact knocked him into the air and knocked him out of the cave.

The power is so great that it is simply unimaginable.

When Rhodes and the others stood in the canyon again, their impressions were different.

Such a huge rift actually came from a blow from a powerful existence.

The three of them carefully observed the cliffs and ground of the rift, and found more traces.

Sauron's last trace of doubt was also dispelled: "Look, the strong corrosion left on the cliff has not dissipated after 500 years. The pollution on that monster is unimaginable. Fortunately, it was 500 years ago. monster."

Jessica said: "It's possible that the monster destroyed Starry Sky City."

Sauron nodded: "It's possible, but not necessarily."

Rhodes suddenly asked: "Where are the corpses of those knights? Why are only the leaders left?"

Sauron frowned slightly.

"Crushed to pieces?"

Jessica shook her head.

"We didn't even see the fragments."

Rhodes suddenly became alert and exchanged glances with Sauron: "Undead monster!"

"Where will it be?"

Rhodes saw the black water flowing across the ground at a glance.

After the corpses in the cave disappeared, the black water changed direction and gathered farther away.

He suddenly thought: "Black water is originally a highly polluted thing, and it will instinctively gather to more intensely polluted places, just like water flowing to low-lying places."

No wonder Asa said to walk in the direction where the black water converged.

Rhode briefly explained his thoughts to Sauron and Jessica.

Sauron sighed: "As expected of you, your mind is spinning really fast. The royal city has a canopy to block the rain, and there is no serious pollution near the royal city. We didn't notice this phenomenon."

The three of them walked in the direction of the black water flowing.

"Rhode, I feel that you are already a qualified guardian."

"Yes." Jessica smiled and said, "Your intelligence is really amazing."

Rhodes nodded: "You are right, I have always been proud of my smart brain."

Even though he said that, he felt a little uneasy in his heart. Suddenly, a thought floated over.

Where black water gathers is where pollution gathers?

That corpse was so polluted, why didn't it turn into a monster?

The scars of death created by indescribable terrifying monsters left behind a strong smell of pollution. What does it have to do with the Soul Eater born here?
And that artifact, the Wind Wedge, where did it go?
Countless questions gathered in his mind, making it difficult for Rhodes to figure it out for a while.

At this moment, Sauron in front suddenly stopped.

"here!"

He pointed to a huge black pit, into which black water was scrambling to flow, even forming a whirlpool.

Rhodes turned his gaze and stared at the black pit.

Suddenly, a giant hand broke through the ground.

(End of this chapter)