The Last King of Darkness

The Last King of Darkness Chapter 267 The Palace of Fire

However, things did not develop as Rhodes imagined.

The vibrations caused by the crystal vein of the sun were far beyond his expectations.

Wang Cheng did not remain silent about his series of victories and gains as before, but immediately sent a heavyweight team to Fanxing Town on the same day.

The leader of the team is the guardian Churcher, the elder Palos, and the members include the director of the logistics resources department of the royal city, senior prospectors, the head of the expedition legion, and several senior affairs officials of the royal city.

The team found Rhodes as soon as they arrived at Fanxing Town.

As soon as Rhodes saw this battle, he knew that something was wrong.

Sure enough, the elder Palos clearly told him that the crystal lode of the sun could not be used as his private trophy and must be taken over by the royal city.

Rhodes face sank suddenly: "Why?"

"Because this is the most important strategic resource of King City, its mining and distribution must be planned by King City in a unified manner."

"However, before the expedition, we clearly agreed that the autonomy of all the spoils belongs to me. You also said at the time that this was to verify whether the actions of expedition and development could bring positive benefits to human beings, and used this as an excuse. I have reduced my establishment, reduced my supplies, and even the money for my expedition was borrowed from the giant Mehara merchant!"

Elder Palos' expression did not change.

"This is your own business, and it has nothing to do with the strategy of the king's city. It is Trorian's consistent rule to recover the crystal lode of the sun."

Rhodes frowned and said, "Your Excellency Elder, Wang Cheng should be more reasonable, right?"

"There are so many of us who have sacrificed our lives and hard-earned resources, and you just took them away? Do I need money to support such a large family? Everyone's salaries, distribution materials, medicines, and food don't need money. yes?"

Elder Palos said coldly, "It's none of my business."

Rhode was angry, waved his hand and said, "If you want to say this, then the sun crystal ore vein is none of your business."

Elder Palos narrowed his eyes: "What do you want to do? I warn you, you are violating the order of the royal city."

Rhode sneered: "It's obviously that you violated the first, the land I occupied is mine, and the resources I exploited are also mine. This is the agreement between the king and the elders. If you break the agreement, you are despising the king. I want to ask you, do you have any unscrupulous intentions towards the king who guards the sacred flame?"

Elder Palos never expected that Rhode would not even buy the elder's account. The reason why Wangcheng sent so many people was to suppress him and let him obediently offer the mineral veins, but he didn't expect this guy to be even more than he imagined. Prickly.

"Bloody boy."

Elder Palos also had a hint of coldness in his tone.

"Do you think your success is yours? Without the support of Wangcheng, can you borrow money? Can you buy so many supplies? Will so many outstanding warriors here follow your orders?"

"You have to know that with just one word from me, you will become a bare-bones commander."

"You can try it," said Rhodes.

Elder Palos clearly showed blue veins on his forehead, and said sternly: "Molly, call all the people with positions in Fanxing Town."

Molly stood behind Rhodes, looking indifferent, as if she hadn't heard.

Elder Palos said angrily: "Molly! Don't forget that your job is the senior dispatcher of the War Department!"

Molly's bright eyes looked at the air, and there was no expression on her delicate face, as if he didn't exist.

Palos' face flushed red, but Rhodes said, "Molly, go."

Molly just turned and left the hall.

After a while, all the people above the squad leader level in Fanxing Town gathered in the hall.

Palos strengthened his voice with psionic energy and announced loudly: "Rhod was dismissed for violating the order of the royal city, the Internal Affairs Tribunal and the Tribunal will immediately punish him, all of you will return to the royal city immediately, and the offenders will share the same crime with him! "

As soon as the voice fell, the whole crowd suddenly exploded!

"What did you say?"

"Where is the liar? Lord Rhodes is a new star of Trorian, how can he be convicted?"

"Master Rhodes has opened up such a large territory and expanded such a large living space, and it is impossible for Wangcheng to dismiss him."

"Don't talk nonsense with him, he must be a doomsday believer, trying to destroy the fruits of our victory!"

"Yes, he is a doomsday believer!"

"Quick, watchman! Go and catch him!"

"Catch Doomsday Cultists!"

"There are Doomsday Cultists attacking Star Town!"

Although Palos kept declaring that he was an elder and presented various evidences, no one listened to him. Under the excitement of the crowd, if Rhodes hadn't come forward to stop him, he might have started a fight.

In the end, Rhodes used this as a misunderstanding, the reason why this person was talking nonsense here with a huge bag in his head, made everyone disperse indignantly.

Palos blushed for a while, and left the hall without a word.

Rhodes turned his head and smiled: "Nice job, Molly, otherwise this guy would think we're soft persimmons."

Molly said seriously: "He won't give up, this is the bottom line of Wangcheng, they can't compromise."

Rhode's temper turned cold: "If you don't compromise, you have to compromise. I calculated that even if the true silver mine is fully operational, the daily output will only be 15 million silver cables, and our net profit is only about 800,000. , the weekly income is only 5.6 million silver wire."

"And our spending for a week has already exceeded 20 million, and it will continue to rise sharply in the future. The sun crystal lode must not be allowed."

Molly said: "We can bring this expenditure down."

Rhodes snorted: "Why should I descend?"

Molly said no more.

Although this is extremely unreasonable, she has already made up her mind that Rhodes' will is her will.

In this way, Rhodes and the Wangcheng team reached a stalemate.

He originally planned to boil people away, make it a fait accompli, and pay a little price, and Wang Cheng might recognize it while pinching his nose.

But by night, Guardian Churchill found him alone.

Churchill once worked as a teacher in the secret branch, and participated in the Battle of Suocheng and the Battle of the Serpent in the Abyss. He had several encounters with Rhodes and had a good impression of him.

"Little Rhodes, you can't do it so hard."

Churchill is a burly, strong man, always shirtless, revealing his muscular muscles and abs.

He was carrying his weapons on his back - a sledgehammer and a great axe, they were dark and unremarkable, but Rhode knew that Churchill had used them to block the flesh and blood swords thousands of times their size. Suppressed the abyss serpent.

"The sun crystal is the lifeline of the king's city, and it can never be controlled by private individuals. This will make him qualified to threaten the king's city. If his will is different from that of the king's city, it will cause a tear within us."

Rhode frowned: "How is this possible? This is just a resource."

Churchill smiled.

The flesh on his face was crowded together, looking a little hideous, but his eyes were very gentle.

"Little Rhodes, you haven't become a high-level combatant yet. There are some things you don't know. This is not an unnecessary worry. It has happened in history."

Rhode scratched the back of his head, feeling a little unbelievable.

Churchill continued: "You should know that, except for the first-level psionic power upgrade ceremony, you must use the sun crystal."

"You can imagine that everyone is looking forward to improving their spiritual power, but there are not so many sun crystals in the royal city. They need to line up for several months or even years to get the sun crystals for the ceremony. In time, they can't cultivate, can't improve their spiritual energy, and even cause various discomforts because their spiritual energy exceeds the limit of their soul for a long time."

"If at this time, there is a person who can give you the solar crystals immediately, and even guarantee that you will have enough solar crystals in the future, what will you do?"

Rhodes fell silent.

His psionic level was skipped, and he had only gone through two psionic escalation ceremonies in total, and only once required sun crystals, so he didn't really feel this pain point.

But the second time, he did wait for a while because of the sun crystal, and it was because the expedition was imminent that he could give priority to jumping in the queue to hold the psionic power upgrade ceremony.

If it is a normal level-by-level promotion, then such a long wait is really very painful.

If you think about it this way, if someone masters this resource, then there will naturally be a lot of people around him. If things go on like this, it is not impossible to develop a power that can split the king's city.

However, it would be extremely unwilling to let him hand it over like this.

Churcher smiled and said: "Little Rhodes, don't be so rigid, you can put forward conditions, don't forget, you are a genius among geniuses, there are only ten new stars in Wangcheng every year, and you have already reserved one of them. , such a future human pillar, Wang Cheng is also very concerned about, and the achievements you have created so far have far exceeded the limit of a newcomer, you are fully qualified to negotiate with Wang Cheng."

Rhode was silent for a moment and asked, "What will happen if I insist on not dating?"

Churcher's expression became serious: "Why do you think the royal city sent a guardian to participate in such internal affairs? High-level combatants are very valuable strength, unless they are in the recovery period or promotion period, they will not free time."

Rhodes sighed, "Okay, I see, Mr. Churcher."

Churchill patted him kindly on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, little Rhodes, things will be far better than you think, remember one thing, ask Wang Cheng what you need most, but don't ask for money directly."

Luo Qi asked: "Why?" He was about to ask for a billion silver cords to suppress the shock.

Churcher leaned in and whispered, "Because the royal city is also very poor."

Rhodes almost laughed, financially tight, understandable, why are you so quiet?

Churcher added: "Tomorrow, you can rest assured to contradict Palos elder, I will assist you by the side, trust me, he will compromise."

Rhode was grateful and said sincerely, "Thank you, Teacher Churcher."

Churcher hammered his chest hard, made a Dongdong sound, and laughed boldly.

"No thanks, little Rhodes, after reading your deeds, even I can't help my blood boil, with a team of 100 people, away from the royal city, deep into the darkness, overcoming thorns, beheading monsters, lighting fires, and recovering human beings The former land, in this short period of time, has created such a prosperous and prosperous settlement."

"Believe me, there is no one who is not excited about your deeds, and there is no one who is not excited about human beings standing on this land with their heads held high. We have been suppressed for too long, and we are trembling with every step we take, afraid of provoking Moved an unknown terror, causing unimaginable disaster for Trorian."

Churchell's sullen face showed a look of fascination.

"Do you know how suffocated we are in order to survive? Do you know how many things we have done against our conscience and belief in order to survive? It is difficult to compare survival and dignity, but there is no doubt that every aspiring human being, They all want to live with dignity on this land, and they all want to walk with their heads held high in the sun, just like the Era of Fire countless years ago."

"And you, a newcomer who has just stepped into the ranks of fire fighters, has achieved this, such a high-pitched song has been a dream in our hearts for many years, just watching your deeds makes our hearts surge, can't Self, every time we fight **** in the boundless darkness, reading your deeds becomes our spiritual food."

He patted Rhodes on the shoulder hard, and there was a hidden pride in his laughter.

"If I were thirty years younger, I would really like to do it with you."

Rhode's eyes lit up, and he quickly said, "Mr. Churcher, it's too late now."

Churcher smiled and shook his head: "Little Rhodes, you don't know what the real royal city is like, you haven't entered the field of high-level combatants, you are not a strong person, you can't get in touch with the real dark and cruel world, your It is impossible to have a guardian on the territory."

Rhode scratched his head and said tentatively, "I have money..."

Churcher laughed and said, "It's not about money. Besides, your territory is quite special, so you must get a weekly salary, and the guardian's weekly salary... um, it should be more than one million for reference, right?"

Rhodes' eyes almost popped out: "One million?"

Churcher smiled and said: "It's just an estimate. At our stage, money is no longer important, and Wangcheng will not give us so much money. The important thing is resources."

Rhodes asked curiously, "You are at this stage?"

Churchill nodded slightly.

"Yes, we are at this stage."

"You know, 9-7 combatants are low-level combatants, 6-4 combatants are mid-level combatants, also known as quasi-high-level combatants, and 3-1 combatants are high-level combatants."

"When you are a high-level combatant, your soul is already very strong, and your growth at this time is close to transformation."

"Among them, the second-level combatants are called inhumans, which means that they have broken away from the rut of human beings and become inhuman powerhouses."

"Tier 1 combatants call it transcendent, which means that you have surpassed ordinary mortals and entered the threshold of God."

"The special-level combatants are the Herrscher. They have raised their own characteristics to the highest level, completed the quantification, overlapped their own soul with the law, and controlled the power of the law with the will of man, that is, obtained..."

Lord and Churchell said in unison.

"source."

Churchell admired: "It seems you know a lot."

Rhode smiled. Both the king and the book of knowledge had told him the relevant knowledge, otherwise he would never have known such a profound underlying concept.

Churcher continued: "The power controlled by non-human combatants is very powerful, and our souls have to undergo many dangerous mutations to control them, and to maintain such a state, we need to consume many special materials and potions. , behind every high-level combatant, there is a complete set of production procedures, which requires a pharmacy master, a production master, the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, the Jinworth Society, the Mancis Factory, the Byron Alchemy and Pharmacy Institute, and the St. the existence of the church."

"Only a powerful royal city can support so many high-level combatants."

"Although it is a bit rotten, even though it is sometimes not so fair, and although it also has some maggot-like guys mixed in, I still hope that a complete and powerful royal city exists."

"Because only in this way, can we fight the darkness better and protect more people to live happily."

Churchill's bell-like eyes stared at Rhodes.

"Do you know what I mean?"

Although his words were ordinary, the sense of boundless majesty implied in them shocked Rhodes, he nodded vigorously and said seriously.

"I understand."

Churchill patted him **** the back, making a loud thud.

"Little Rhodes, hurry up and become strong, become a strong man as soon as possible, we can't wait to fight side by side with you."

Rodqi said, "Didn't we fight together before?"

Churcher shook his head: "That's a special mission. If you don't enter the Palace of Fire, you won't see the true side of Trorian, and you won't be able to fight with us."

"The Palace of Fire...what is it?"

"The combat department, which is composed entirely of strong men, is the top-level existence in the military department. You will know when you enter the ranks of high-level combatants."

"Okay, I'm leaving, lest Palos elders suspect that I colluded with you, Little Rhodes, you must do your best, we are all waiting for you in the Palace of Fire, Trorian needs your strength, Humanity needs your strength, and together we will be able to take down those disgusting monsters!"

Suddenly, Rhodes felt a surge of emotions, and said loudly: "I will, you wait!"

Churchell was equally enthusiastic, and laughed: "Okay, very good, it's really exciting!"

He smacked his chest a few times, turned and strode away.

But the smell of boiling in the air did not dissipate for a long time. +Bookmark+