The Last King of Darkness

Mephis's eyes turned dark and he asked softly, "You guessed it?"

Rhodes smiled: "I guessed it."

"When did you find out?"

"Well, it was yesterday, when I heard that the ashes of the dragon can be used to make phlogiston."

Mephis asked softly, "Just because of this sentence?"

"No, I had doubts before, but I didn't think about it."

"But when Athos said that the ashes of the dragon can be used to make phlogiston, I suddenly remembered that you asked the foreman for a puppet stone when we were on a mission together last time."

"I checked it later. The main purpose of the puppet stone is to make puppet wood, and at that time, it happened when I bought puppet wood from Yao Po."

Rhodes smiled happily.

"And this time, it happened to be when I bought the black fire phlogiston from the medicine woman. If the coincidence happened continuously, there must be a fact hidden behind it."

"Besides, the attitude of the medicine woman is so strange, it really makes people not think of anything."

Mephis was silent.

Rhode stretched out his hand again and smiled: "I said, I hope you can be my companion because your characteristics are very suitable for me."

"Do you know? I will soon become the hand of the king, take office in Fanxing Town, ignite the fire of human civilization in the dark world, and open up a new living space for human beings. I value your ability, so I invite you to join me. team."

"As for going to bed or something, that's not the point. Your concept of a man is too extreme. Not everyone is an old man, and not everyone just thinks about that kind of thing all day long, and I'm so handsome and handsome. , suave, graceful, charismatic, noble and glamorous, high-quality human men, even more so.”

Mephis was silent for a long time before he said: "You can use your spiritual vision to see, this is not a disguise, I did not deceive you with hallucinations."

Rhodes turned on his spiritual vision.

In the sight of Soul Eye, her soul was gray, like countless restless strings. It was very strange. There were dozens of layers of white silver rings on her spirit body like a collar, and several huge nicks were made by It ran through her soul from top to bottom.

But there is really no trace of camouflage.

Rhode asked curiously, "Then what's going on?"

"The Curse of Withering, it turned my body into this from the inside out."

"Can the curse be lifted?"

Mephis replied softly: "No, just like the curse that caused ominous misfortune, the curse of withering, and the other eleven curses, are just constraints that exist to bind me."

"I can only suppress them, but I can't lift them, but the imprint of the curse in my soul is getting deeper and deeper, and I will eventually be swallowed by them and become a complete monster."

She opened her hands, showing her shriveled, twisted body.

"like this."

But Rhode was not afraid. Instead, he took a step forward, embraced her with open arms, and said softly, "Please believe me, I am willing to do everything possible to help you, I will respect your choice, give you fair treatment, and give you fair treatment. You see it as a partner, not a tool."

The body in his arms was cold and stiff, like a dead tree.

Time passed in silence, and after an unknown amount of time, a cold light rose up on her body, and Mephis put back the necklace and changed back to its original appearance.

"Okay, I promise you."

"Great, I knew you would agree."

"But I have a few requests... Can you let me go first? Also, can you not touch your hands down?"

"Sorry, sorry, I'm afraid some parts of you haven't changed back..."

Mephis looked at him with a smirk and withdrew his hand silently, and suddenly agreed with some regrets.

However, if he was a seasoned hunter, he would not have acted so childishly.

It's more of a sincere and casual response.

"I knew it."

Mephis sighed and continued.

"I am a taboo. I belong to the Silver Oath Supervision and Containment Department. I belong to the taboo armed forces. The authority to mobilize me is very high. I don't know if you can do this with your status and position."

Rhode said with a smile: "Don't worry, as long as I pass the battle rating, I can become the hand of the king."

Mephis looked at him and said, "The hand of the king is just a rank. Its actual power depends on its specific duties. I am one of the strongest taboos. You must get the permission of the First Defense Minister."

"no problem."

Rhode agreed immediately, not surprised by the word "strongest".

Mephis's freezing ability is too strong, and even a monster as strong as the Corrupted Dragon can be frozen and unable to walk.

In the battle to recover Laisuocheng, Wangcheng only sent her to reinforce.

This proves from the side that Mephis's strength is far more than what she has shown.

Because of this, Rhodes always persevered in inviting her to join the team.

"I am entrusted by the king, and shoulder the mission of rekindling the fire of civilization and reviving the glory of mankind. Your Excellency Dalin is also very familiar with me. This kind of trivial matter, I can just say it."

Mephis looked at him suspiciously, and Rhode supported his smile, showing confidence and slowness.

After a moment of silence, Mephis continued: "I don't participate in the distribution of spoils, salaries, and resources generated by the development, but the items I request should be given to me first."

Rhodes didn't quite understand the process in this regard, but it didn't prevent him from agreeing.

"it is good."

"Finally, my salary is very high, you have to give me a weekly salary of 8,000 silver cables."

"What good?"

Rhodes almost bit his tongue.

His current weekly salary is only 600. Although he does not live on a fixed salary, is this too high for you?

My total income is not as high as yours.

"This... why do you want so much money?"

Mephis looked at him calmly and said softly, "My family needs money, and this is the lowest price. If you don't have it, please forgive me for not being able to agree."

Rhode hesitated for a few seconds, then said dejectedly, "Okay... Well, I promise, but I also have a request."

"Say."

"From now on, whenever you need to address me on any occasion, you have to call me Big Brother Rhodes instead."

Mephis looked at him blankly.

Rhodes also looked at her very strongly.

Silence passed between the two.

When Rhodes was hesitating whether to forget it, he just listened to her answer.

"it is good."

Rhodes immediately smiled and said, "Call and listen."

Mephis closed his lips tightly, without the intention of speaking, and there was a warning chill in his silver-white eyes.

"Okay, okay, forget it."

Rhodes raised his hands in surrender.

"Then we are all accomplices now. When making items between accomplices, we cannot accept money."

Mephis said indifferently: "You have to pay for the materials. In addition, I will not refund the money from the day before yesterday."

"It's a little unreasonable."

Rhodes said unhappily: "You lied to me by concealing your identity and made me say so many shameful things. How much should you pay for mental damage?"

Mephis said blankly, "I didn't hide my identity."

"Then why didn't you tell me you were Mephis."

"You didn't ask."

"puff!"

Mephis stood a little further away in disgust.

Rhode glared at her: "I gave you a thousand silver cords the day before yesterday, and asked you to say good things to me in front of you, did you say it?"

"said."

"When did you say it?"

"Now."

Memphis said to himself, "Rod is a good man."

Grass!

Rhode covered his face, this wave of blood loss, inexplicably ate a good person card.

"Where's Big Brother?"

Mephis closed his lips tightly and didn't mean to speak.

"All right."

Rhodes sighed.

"Mephis, we are accomplices now, can you tell you why you are treated like that? Also, why are you bound by the silver oath?"

Mephis's expression became indifferent, but the depths of his eyes were dark.

"Do you know the White Tower?"

Rhodes nodded.

The White Pagoda is an agency that predicts disasters, and is also responsible for observing the celestial phases and formulating calendars.

"Yin Yeta, the great prophet of the White Tower, is a rare strong prophecy. His spirit is connected to the spiritual world. His perception is unparalleled, and he can obtain future enlightenment from the void."

"His prophecy has never been wrong, and Wangcheng has avoided many disasters."

"In a certain solar festival, the sun in the sky was suddenly obscured by shadows and turned into a black sun, leaving only a round of burning golden rings. Yin Yeta's inspiration was touched and made an unprecedentedly clear prediction."

"I, the son of destruction, will destroy the royal city, extinguish the holy fire, and end this world."

A chill spread from behind Rhodes, making him horrified.

And Mephis was always expressionless, as if he was talking about someone else's business.

"Yin Yeta's previous prophecy was uncertain. This time the prophecy was too clear and very abnormal. After the end of the dark day, Yin Yeta denied that he made this prophecy, believing that it was an illusion that his followers had drunk too much."

"There were some differences within the royal city because of this, but many people demanded that I be executed directly to avoid future troubles."

"Only Wang firmly opposes it. He said that unless there is direct evidence that I am in uncontrollable danger, I shouldn't kill an innocent person like this. If you can kill someone with just an ambiguous sentence, then Wangcheng is no longer human. Home, but a city of terror."

"Yin Yeta believes that the soul of the follower should be carefully examined to rule out whether he has been affected by unknown influences."

"But the follower died unexpectedly in an accident, and this matter has completely become a mystery."

Rhodes asked, "What happened after that?"

Mephis said softly: "I was closely monitored at first, and gradually relaxed after a long period of no abnormality. Some people believe that this may be a conspiracy of the Doomsday believers to try to create an atmosphere of panic."

"Until I have the trial of fire."

"I am a spirit fire sequence, and I should have only one soul characteristic, but I have three."

"Ice, mental interference, dark soul."

"All are forbidden soul properties."

"This is something that has never happened in history, so the voice of killing me is making a comeback."

"But Wang still objected. He believed that this could not prove that the prophecy was true. If there are only three characteristics, there is a precedent."

"His final end was just a madness out of control, turning into a mad living corpse, and is still bound by the silver oath."

"According to this precedent, I can become a taboo. As long as I am bound by the silver oath, the power of monsters can also be used by humans. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

"But they underestimated my abilities."

Mephis's eyes darkened and he skipped a lot of content, obviously unwilling to mention it again.

"I caused a great disaster and killed many, many people, and a large number of them were kind to me, speaking up for me, seeing me as a family, a friend, a partner."

"But they all died, and the people who were closer to me got the more tragic deaths."

"Under the king's order, Yin Yeta summoned all the masters of souls and curses, and engraved thirteen soul curses on me to encapsulate my other two dangerous characteristics, and bound the ice characteristics to reduce the possibility of psychic out-of-control sex."

"As long as the silver oath activates the curse in turn, I can always maintain a normal state."

"But it's not without its side effects. The curse will continue to erode my soul, eventually turning me into an unidentified monster."

"The date isn't too far away."

"This is my destiny."

Mephis looked at Rhodes, silver-white eyes flickering in the dim light.

She said softly: "So, I have no long-term value. The side effects of the curse may also bring you danger. If you go back on it now, it's too late."

But Rhode just held her hand and said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I've never believed in a given destiny."

"Your future, leave it to me, I will break your shackles and create a new path of destiny with my own hands."

"This world is ours after all, I want this fire to illuminate the earth, I want this fog and clouds to dissipate, I want all monsters to be turned to ashes, I want human beings to walk proudly between heaven and earth, I want to see everyone smile."

"including you."

The silence lasted a long time.

Until Mephis speaks.

"Don't touch it."