The Last Dark King

Latest website: The closer you get to the castle, the thicker the black fog becomes. The deep and ominous fog seems to seep out from the deepest part of the world, with a hellish heaviness and coldness, blocking everyone's sight.

Here, anyone's sight distance is compressed to within 20 yards.

Except Rhodes.

His absolute vision can see 400 yards away, dozens of times beyond them.

Is this an absolute psychic?

Jon marveled inwardly.

My psychic vision is also 80, which means I have high psychic vision. Why is my sight distance only 20 yards?

At the same time, they were also thankful that Rhodes had stood up, otherwise they might not even be able to approach the castle.

"100 yards to go."

Rhodes said: "Should we enter through the gap in the castle? The original route is very unsafe. There are three soul-thirsty demons wandering there."

Jon was silent for a few seconds. The original route was spliced ​​together by scholars from the royal city based on historical data and information, but they could not possibly know the distribution of the monsters.

Soul-thirsting demons are very troublesome monsters. Their desire for souls will be contagious like a plague, and will soon alert all nearby monsters. The Silent Bell will not have much effect.

"Change the route." Jon said, "Choose the route you feel is safest."

Rhodes hesitated: "Is this good?"

Jon said: "Go to the castle first, and then find a new route after entering the castle."

"good."

The team continued to move forward, and soon bypassed the monsters outside the castle and stepped into the huge gap.

As soon as he took the first step in, Rhodes felt a chill rising on his back, as if some unknown entity was watching him.

The same is true for Jon and others.

The petite Misor whispered: "I feel the breath of curse. This is a cursed area."

Hall said in a hoarse voice: "Don't worry about those messy illusions. In many cases, they are just our mental illusions, the confusion caused by the pressure of darkness and the erosion of black fog. As long as we overcome them, take big steps." Go behind the scenes and kill all sources, and we will find that victory is actually easy.”

Jon nodded slightly: "What Hall said makes sense. Mental state and psychological factors are one of the major factors in our attrition. Monsters don't make us afraid, they just make us afraid."

Although Rhodes has not experienced the feeling they mentioned, he can imagine that situation. If he does not have dreams and fights in such an environment, it will be difficult for his mental state to get better.

Lilivi said softly: "I'm not afraid, Lord Theodore will protect me."

Jon frowned slightly, but didn't say much. He just said, "Let's go to the center of the castle first, and then find a way down."

Rhodes led the team and continued to move forward.

The gap was quite large, and the interior was filled with remains of corpses and rubble. The section was rough and uneven, and it looked like it had been hit by a meteorite.

Jon seemed to have guessed Rhode's thoughts and said: "It is rumored that this is the trace of the battle between the Kingdom of Stars and the Soul-Eating King. Their star priest summoned meteors from the void, which broke the castle's spiritual defense and severely damaged the Soul-Eating King. King, then seal it."

Rhodes asked: "Don't they have the ability to destroy it?"

Jon shook his head: "That shouldn't be the case. The Starry Kingdom in its heyday was very powerful. It was originally established by the legendary King of the Stars. Due to the blessing of the stars, each king lived an extremely long life, and was protected by the strongest for a long time. , the emerging forces in the kingdom bloomed like green grass after the spring rain, and one after another Herrschers stepped into the forefront of the times. "

"During their most powerful period, they single-handedly drove the Black Mist out of the Dead Land Continent and expanded to the Gray Earth Continent."

Rhodes frowned. To the north of the Dead Ember Mountains was the Dead Land Continent. In his mind, it was a land submerged in endless darkness.

To the south of the Dead Ember Mountains is the Ashland Continent, which is the area where Trorian is located.

"That means……"

Jon nodded: "All the traces of the Starry Kingdom that we see today are relics from their expansion period, including Star City, Star Town, Black Forest, etc."

Rhodes' heart sank. Trorian only occupies a very small corner of the Gray Earth Continent, but he has such a powerful power.

How strong should a country that occupies an entire continent and has the ability to attack another continent be?

"How were they destroyed?"

Jon shook his head: "This is also what we want to know most. The Royal City has been looking for the cause of the fall of the Starry Kingdom. There are dozens of schools, societies, and hundreds of scholars involved, but so far, we have not found the exact reason. reason."

Rhodes asked the Book of Knowledge in his mind: "Do you know?"

The Book of Knowledge gave a negative answer: "In my last memory, there is the impression of the existence of the Starry Kingdom, but there is no memory of its destruction. When the dream was shattered, the Starry Kingdom should not have declined."

"Can you know the reason?"

"No, this is not knowledge, it is beyond my limit."

"Is it okay to use [God's Sense]?"

"It's best not to use it." The Book of Knowledge warned: "[God's Sense] has its limits. With your current position, there is a high probability that you will only get a vague prompt, and you may not get anything. The answer is, we only have the last 35 points of divinity left."

Rhodes sighed and could only keep his doubts in his mind and continue walking forward.

Soon, they arrived at the center of the castle along the gap.

It was a huge deep pit, and the meteorite seemed to have smashed through the ground and into the ground.

Rhodes looked down, and saw a pitch-black area below, with no bottom visible at a glance, like a crack leading straight into an abyss.

Jon asked, "Can you see anything?"

Rhodes shook his head: "There is some kind of powerful isolation blocking my spiritual vision. I feel that the place below is not a normal space."

Jon took out the white sealing rune from his arms, closed his eyes, and held it against his chest.

A white light rose from the runes and began to rotate, like jumping notes.

After a few seconds, the note points straight down.

Jon opened his eyes, put the white rune in his arms, and said in a deep voice: "Meredith's seal has been sensed. The seal of the Starry Kingdom is below. Let's go down directly."

Misol's petite face looked a little hesitant, and he asked softly: "Are we going to go on like this?"

Jon nodded: "Yes."

"But……"

"There is no but." Hall interrupted her mercilessly and said in a hoarse voice: "Darkness is not scary. What brings us terror is the spiritual unknown. You can't see it, so you are afraid, but maybe underneath There is nothing, we can find the seal by attaching it, complete the task, and return to the station smoothly. Many things are actually not as complicated as imagined."

Jon said solemnly: "This is the only way. We don't have any more reconnaissance methods, and we can't tolerate delay. I'll go first."

After saying that, Jon jumped into the darkness.

Lilivi closed her eyes, sensed for a moment, and said happily: "Jon is fine, let's go down."

She took a step forward and murmured: "Lord Theodore, protect me." She jumped lightly and jumped down.

Hall immediately jumped down, followed closely by Rhodes, and Misor could only jump down after him.

The moment he crossed the entrance of the cave, Rhodes felt as if he had entered another space. The coldness on his back suddenly increased. The chill seemed to penetrate through his chest and reach into his soul. The lantern around his waist went out with a pop, and black mist hit his face. When I came, I could only see red figures.

With a click, Rhodes landed. He looked up and saw that Jon and others were nearby. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and had time to look around.

This seemed to be a man-made basement, surrounded by bricks and stones rather than weathered corpses.

There was a hint of joy in Jon's voice: "This is a long brick forged by the power of the stars. It must have been built by the Kingdom of Stars. This must be the place where the Soul Eater King is sealed. We just need to find the main hall."

He had a lot of experience exploring ruins and knew that he could not rely on violence to destroy it. He quickly followed the traces and found the gate.

"here."

Jon stretched out his hand and drew back the moment it touched the door.

"Corrosion, curse, pollution, the power of the Soul Eater King has desecrated the seal, and the door is also part of the seal. We must find the main seal as soon as possible... Rhodes, we can only rely on you here."

Rhodes took a step forward and looked at the decayed door in front of him. It was made entirely of bricks and stones. It was difficult to tell that it was a door without looking carefully.

"what should I do?"

"Put your hand on it, try to communicate with it with your spirit, and push it away." Jon said: "This is the safest method, but this process will produce huge pollution and erosion, so you have to be careful."

Rhodes nodded and put his hand on the door. In an instant, his humanity dropped crazily, and countless distracting thoughts and murmurs appeared in his mind. He did not hesitate and drank a flower of humanity.

The next moment, the world became quiet.

Rhodes closed his eyes, opened his soul, and tried to communicate with his spirit. In an instant, more pollution and corruption poured towards him, but under the influence of the Flower of Humanity, Rhodes was not affected at all.

Click!

With a soft sound, the door suddenly fell apart, the masonry collapsed, and black floc fell all over the floor and flew away.

Jon stepped out of the door first: "Let's go."

Lilivi came to Rhodes and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

Rhodes raised his hands and said with a smile, "It's okay."

Lilivi suddenly smiled: "That's great, it must be Lord Theodore's blessing."

Rhodes was worried and just smiled without replying.

Outside the room is a long corridor that winds downwards. With every step you take, the cold feeling becomes heavier.

"We are approaching the Lord's Seal," Jon said.

The chill in Rhodes' heart became deeper and deeper. He always maintained strong vigilance, but the eyes of the soul could not see very far. This strange long brick of stars could block his sight. The only thing that reassured him was that he could Feel free to contact Dreamland.

At the end of the corridor is an ancient church, which has not been damaged. The emblem of the Kingdom of Stars can be vaguely seen.

Jon said: "This is the Cathedral of the Stars. Any large building in the Stars must build a cathedral. According to their customs, we will soon reach the main hall of this underground complex. Maybe we will be able to complete it soon." Mission accomplished.”

But the next moment, Rhodes was heard shouting urgently: "Above!"

boom!

A huge black object fell.

Jon reacted extremely quickly, and immediately rang the Bell of Silence, and completed the psychic transformation in an instant, but the monster was faster, and two black tentacles stabbed at the most delicate looking Mythoor in the team like lightning. .

Jon didn't react in time, he only heard two hisses and his tentacles bounced away from the air.

Hall clenched his hands into fists, and his whole body was filled with spiritual energy.

"The Seal of the Sky." He said calmly, "Accelerator."

boom!

Jon's whole body was ignited with fire, and he flew up to fight the monster.

This is a huge flea-like monster with dozens of straw-like tentacles under its huge abdomen. Its psychic energy fluctuations are very powerful, but it is still suppressed by Jon's power.

Lilivi flicked her fingertips, and a beam of chaotic flame flew away and touched the monster.

Although it was only a moment, the monster suddenly started to go crazy, charging and beating wildly. Jon held it firmly, and Hall opened the seal of the sky. This power can change the space and seal the "passage" attribute in the space, thus rejecting the influence of matter. pass.

With his current level of characteristics and psychic power, he can maintain the size of a wall.

The monster could neither knock Jon away nor destroy the seal of the sky. The fire of chaos burned deeper and deeper like gangrene in the bones. After reaching a certain limit, it suddenly broke out and burned the monster to ashes in an instant.

Jon flew down.

"This is the Soul-Eating Demon." He said: "Like the Soul-Devouring Demon, it is a monster born under the influence of the characteristics of the Soul-Eating King."

"There's something wrong with the intensity of its soul," Hall said.

"curse."

Misol said suddenly.

"I smelled a curse, something rising, like the sea level."

The next moment, Rhodes felt his body sink, as if he was carrying a large bag of ice water, but this feeling quickly disappeared.

"It's the curse of the Soul-Eating King!"

Jon said, with no particular fluctuation in his tone.

"The seal of the stars is almost gone, Mythoor, lift the curse."

Mishor stretched out his hands, aura shining on his fingertips.

"Eh? Where's your curse, Rod?"

Rod said: "Purified."

Misol was surprised: "Does your soul also have the ability to resist curses?"

Turn around to the others, touch their souls, and the curse is lifted.

Jon said: "The situation is not good. We need to act as soon as possible. This way."

Outside the church is a hall, which seems to be part of a huge building, with a huge door at the end.

"The Sealed Place is behind the door." Jon said firmly.

Rhodes felt happy and reached out to push the door open, but what he didn't expect was that the door was so heavy that he couldn't push it at all.

Jon said in a deep voice: "Psychic power is not enough, let's take another path."

Misol asked softly: "Is there no other way?"

Jon shook his head: "No, the sealed door is driven by spirit. Absolute spiritual energy is the only driving force. Temporary strengthening and explosion are useless. Judging from the scale of this door, the absolute spiritual energy intensity it requires is between two Lilivi and I may not be able to push it for more than a thousand moments, and we can't withstand such powerful corrosion."

Hall asked: "Can it be destroyed?"

Jon shook his head: "Of course this won't work. The specially treated star bricks are very hard and difficult to destroy. Moreover, they are part of the seal. Violent destruction may lead to more unpredictable results."

Everyone could only walk in another direction. Jon had rich experience in exploring underground ruins and was very familiar with the architectural style of the Kingdom of Stars. The white seal could also guide the direction, and he quickly found another path.

After passing through several smaller sealed gates, they were attacked again.

This time it was a soul-eating demon and a soul-thirsting demon.

For this team, they are not particularly difficult to deal with, but in such a thick black mist, everyone's power is suppressed, and the monster's power is greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the Curse of the Soul Eater King is released regularly.

Although Mysol will be lifted as quickly as possible, it still has a great negative impact on their combat effectiveness.

After eliminating the third attacking monster, they came to a hall again.

At the end of the hall was another giant door, smaller than the last one but larger than most.

Jon's face suddenly darkened: "Oh no, this sealed door requires at least 10,000 absolute psychic powers."

Rhodes' heart sank, he tried it, and sure enough, it didn't move at all.

At this time, everyone except Rhodes had consumed more than half of their spiritual energy, and even though Jon used the Silent Bell many times, the disturbance they caused still inevitably alerted the monsters.

Although the spiritual vision was isolated and invisible, the perception was still very clear. Many monsters were rushing towards them in this underground building complex.

Jon glanced into the distance and said, "We can't go around again."

Before Rhodes could ask, Jon pressed his hands on the door. The spiritual light was shining. The powerful spirit gradually pushed the door open with spiritual energy. However, the super-strong pollution spread in Jon's soul in an instant, and he His hands had turned a deadly black color and quickly spread to his body.

boom!

Within a few seconds, Jon pushed open the door, but he also fell to the ground, his body turned black, and his soul was seriously contaminated.

"You can go."

Jon said, his tone still calm.

"The rest of the battle will be fought by Hall. Remember, as long as you give Lilivi enough time, she can be burned to ashes."

"Rhode, I leave the seal to you for safekeeping. Use it if you don't know the direction. It has a weak connection with the star seal and can guide the direction. There should be no such big seal door in the future."

Rhodes was slightly shocked and asked, "What about you? What should you do?"

Jon said: "Don't worry, I will return to the protective fire that resonates with me, and the royal city will try its best to save my life."

Before he finished speaking, he turned into a ball of flame and flew away.

Large masses of black could be seen in the flames, as if they were contaminated.

"Let's go." Lilivi said softly: "We are almost there. I can feel the cold and terrifying malice pulsing beneath the ground, but Lord Theodore will protect us. I have already prayed to him."

After saying this, she made another prayer gesture.

"We will win. Humanity is invincible."

Rhodes' mind was a little confused. As soon as Jon left, the team suddenly became much weaker, and the panic that had been suppressed for a long time suddenly boiled up in his heart.

However, Rhodes showed no expression on the surface and said calmly: "Go this way."

He took over Jon's position and began to lead the team forward. He did not have Jon's rich experience, understanding of the ruins and knowledge of the Starry Kingdom, but he had the book of knowledge.

These intellectual questions are exactly what the Book of Knowledge wants. It can obtain answers at a relatively low cost, and some of them it even knows itself.

So, guided by the inferences from the Book of Knowledge and the white runes, the team was on the right track again.

But what's worse is that they are encountering more and more attacks, and the thirsty soul demons are constantly coming to them from all directions.

After Jon left, Rhodes realized how troublesome this monster was. It moved as fast as a lizard, attacked unexpectedly, and was very powerful, whether it was a thrust of its tongue or a flick of its tail.

If Rhodes doesn't use psychic transformation, psychic defense will be unstoppable.

Hall must step forward with him to hold off the monster.

Lilivi's Chaos Fire is still the main output. As long as a monster gets even a little bit of it, there will only be one ending left.

Although it is a pity that these souls were not harvested, completing the mission is the most important thing.

After a short period of cooperation, the team became smooth again. The thirsty soul demons came and died one by one, and they walked forward without encountering the big sealed door again.

Misol said softly: "I feel that we are very close, and the curse of the Soul Eater King is becoming more and more frequent."

Hall said hoarsely: "I didn't expect our cooperation to be so good. Brother Rhodes, I really underestimate you."

"This is all under Lord Theodore's protection."

Lilivi showed that strange smile again.

"You must not forget Lord Theodore."

Rhodes glanced at her: "Of course not, no one will forget him."

"I knew it was like this." Lilivi said happily: "I want to pray to Lord Theodore for you. He will give us strength and wisdom to solve all difficulties."

She made another prayer gesture, and Rhodes suppressed his uneasiness and turned his head.

But the next second, he suddenly turned around. Isn't the gesture that Liliwei painted in prayer exactly the same as 51?

A chill filled her whole body in an instant, and Rhodes suddenly remembered that every time she prayed before, she used this gesture.

Lilivi looked at Rhodes, her face was full of ulcers at some point, but she still had a smile on her face and asked as before.

"What's the matter, little Rod?"