The Last Dark King

Latest website: The lower body of the giant insect is worm-shaped, and the upper body is a giant with a withered face, bulging eyeballs, dirty green skin, and black hyperplastic sarcomas all over its body.

Its arrival makes everyone very nervous.

Rhodes was already ready to use the [Psychic Quintet], but the giant insect did not approach the sword pass. After wandering in the distance for a moment, it suddenly inserted its hands into its abdomen.

Along with a large stream of dirty green pus, the giant insect pulled out two huge bone-white swords and slashed wildly at the monsters around it.

The enraged monster fought back.

Everyone watched in stunned silence as the monsters outside Jianguan fought into a ball.

The giant insect is like a god of war, intercepting more than 80% of the black tide. It kills wantonly in the tide of monsters, and it seems to have a wonderful sense of pleasure.

Steel Hand shouted ecstatically: "This is the supreme will of the Holy Fire helping us!"

Moore said: "Let the soldiers recover quickly. The damaged areas of the fortress need to be repaired. The longer it takes, the greater our hope. If an accident occurs to the reinforcement team and there is no information at Jianguan, Liguang Fortress will notice it sooner or later."

These words were universally recognized, and the steel hand shouted loudly: "Brothers, get busy!"

Although Rhodes was a little regretful, at least his safety was guaranteed.

The giant insects were fighting non-stop outside the sword pass, but they showed no signs of weakening at all. Instead, they became stronger as they fought, which made everyone feel relieved but also a little worried.

But overall, they still hope that the giant insects can continue to be killed.

Even if they have to face a very strong monster in the future and they use all their methods, there is still a chance.

At least it's better than dying slowly from endless shocks.

However, when Rhodes woke up the next day, he found that the giant insect was missing.

One thousand eight hundred yards away from the sword pass, the giant insect that resisted the black tide like a reef disappeared.

The tide rushed towards Jianguan without any hindrance.

The soldiers only repaired for one day before they had to return to combat status.

The battle became even more fierce. Rhodes tried to use [Psychic Quintet] many times, but was stopped by Steel Hand.

He told Rhodes that using the psychic cannon now only stopped the black tide for a moment.

More and stronger monsters coming from behind will put more pressure on the sword pass.

The best way now is to use the stacking effect, let the psionic generator withstand the pressure, and let the fire kill the monsters.

Rhodes was anxious, but he could only follow his advice.

Black crystals are the main energy of the psychic generator. Rhodes provided one hundred crystals, plus the forty crystals in stock, for a total of one hundred and forty crystals.

Now there are only a few dozen left.

Material supplies have been interrupted for a long time.

But fortunately, the psychic energy generator can directly input psychic energy, but the efficiency is much lower than that of the black crystal.

During this period, Mina and the warrior took turns inputting psychic energy into the psychic energy generator, otherwise they wouldn't be able to survive until now.

Rod came to help them at Steel Hand's request, and his long-lasting psychic energy greatly relieved their stress, causing Mina to let out a long breath.

The Steel Hands used closed-door tactics, abandoning the city walls and only guarding the interior of the fortress.

Finally the pressure was reduced to an acceptable level.

But soon, Gangshou received accusations from Liguang Fortress, asking him why he wanted to "disable" Jianguan. What qualifications did he have to make the decision to "disable" Jianguan?

He was asked to immediately restore the defense status of Jianguan and stop all monsters.

The steel hand was surprised and couldn't believe that the first reply from Liguang Fortress, which had been receiving no news, was actually an accusation, without mentioning a word about reinforcements.

He immediately wrote a long reply, detailing the recent events and the helplessness and necessity of his decision.

But as before, he received no reply.

The fourteenth day.

The psionic generator could no longer withstand it, and Mina fainted in the basement due to excessive use of psionic energy.

Maul was forced to rekindle the Guardian Fire.

The burst of fire cleared away all nearby monsters, but the range of the fire was subsequently reduced to a hundred yards.

It can only cover the fortress.

Day 15.

Maul once again inspired the Guardian Fire to deal with a powerful group of wights.

The range of the fire was reduced to 60 yards.

About a third of the fortress was outside the range of the fire.

The soldiers retreated all the way from the upper level of the fort to the inside of the fort.

Maul and Steelhand knew that the sword pass could no longer be defended. According to Trorian's military regulations, they could evacuate.

Steelhand quickly made all preparations and once again sent letters to Liguang Fortress, Giant Fortress, and all the strongholds in the rear.

In order to ensure that the message was delivered, Steel Hand specially dispatched two warriors to deliver the message to the rear stronghold and the migrating team.

Moore is preparing to change the guardian fire from the landing state to the off-the-ground state.

This will consume a lot of the power of the Guardian Fire.

But Rhodes provided him with a lot of phlogiston, so there was no need to worry too much about this.

What needs to be worried is that once the guardian fire leaves the ground, the loss of power will be accelerated, and the ability to suppress monsters will be greatly reduced.

How to evacuate safely is a question they need to think about.

Day 16.

The psychic generator finally reached its limit, and the tree-shaped red crystals shattered and scattered all over the floor.

The Jianguan Fortress collapsed in response, with more than half of it collapsed.

But Steeler had the foresight to gather all personnel in the underground emergency escape passage.

Maul reloaded the guardian fire into the copper lamp, but its light was far less than the first hundred yards when it came out of the royal city.

It was less than twenty yards, which was about sixty paces in a radius.

There were more than a hundred soldiers and support staff, and they had to be squeezed into such a small area.

The steel hand tried his best to keep the soldiers standing outside the circle, and let the logistics personnel and the wounded inside the circle, and move forward along the escape channel.

The soldiers were in low spirits, many of them sobbed, and the students were also very confused.

After guarding the sword pass for so long, it was lost like this?

Steel Hand wanted to say some comforting words to encourage morale, but before he could speak, he heard Rhodes say loudly:

"Don't be sad, everyone, we did not fail, we won!"

"Jiangguan is indeed lost, but we are still alive. We may not be able to make a comeback and rebuild Jiangguan in the future. This is called saving people and losing land, but both people and land will survive."

"If the sword is closed but we die, what's the difference between it and losing it? This is called losing the land and losing people, and losing both people and land."

This sounds very reasonable, and no one thought that they could think in this direction.

Many people suddenly felt much better.

At this time, I heard Rhodes say again: "We are not running away. We have tried our best and fought until the last moment. At this time, making a strategic shift is the wisest choice."

"With time, we may not be able to become stronger, and a new fire bearer may not appear. Maybe he just happens to be the savior?"

"We can keep it useful so that we can kill more monsters in the future. This is called a spark that can start a prairie fire."

At this moment, something hot seemed to rise up in the eyes of the steel hand. Many people burst into tears and many others laughed.

And among the crying and laughter, someone suddenly shouted:

"Burn my body and sweep away the darkness."

The neat shouts echoed in the escape tunnel.

A support worker cried: "Mom, I want to ignite the fire in my soul. I want to be a fighter."

The steel hand couldn't help but sigh: "I really didn't realize that fair and tender Rhodes has the demeanor of a legion commander. I wish I had been born thirty years earlier. I really want to be a soldier under you."

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Moll rubbed his chin, thinking about what would happen after returning.

The flames of war were reignited in the students' eyes, and they secretly thought that they must train harder and become stronger as soon as possible after returning.

The three Raistlins rushed forward and hugged Rhodes.

Raistlin's face flushed: "Rhodes, I didn't expect you to be such a wise person!"

Aige slammed his knee: "Why didn't I think of it! Why didn't I think of it!"

Caramon hugged him and cried: "Oh, oh, oh, I don't want a girlfriend anymore, I want to train!"

"OK OK!"

Rhodes pushed Caramon away in disgust, this guy always smeared his nose on him.

"Don't be too happy. We still have to find a way to go back. Where is the end of this passage?"

The steel hand said with a smile: "It is safer on the east side of the Death Mountain Mountains, near the Everglades."

Rhodes was relieved, as long as it was safe.

All his supplies were exhausted, not a single true silver bullet or thunder stone was left, and the last seven spirit-sealing bullets were left in the spirit gun.

All the summons were used up, leaving only the last two wooden puppets and the phantom whistle.

Now that Rhodes has little fighting power, it is important to return to the royal city as soon as possible.

His strength has increased dramatically this time, and it's time to digest it firmly.

If he can master more combat skills, his combat effectiveness will leap to another level.

While Rhodes was thinking, he followed Steel Hand out of the escape route.