For a moment, Dalin felt as if the person standing in front of him was not a newborn star, but a human king.
That strong confidence infected him like a miracle, allowing his thinking to transcend cold reason at this moment.
"Okay."
Dalin agreed immediately, and with a flash of light on his fingertips, his spiritual energy had already conveyed his will to the soul core of the palace.
An invisible wave spread, and the human hero Trorian, who single-handedly created the royal city and lit the sacred fire at the beginning of the Dark Age, responded to his will.
The core made of Trorian's soul exuded powerful power, and the flame symbol on Rhodes' collar suddenly burned. The blessing from the first human hero in the Dark Age enveloped his body, and the slight glow of fiery red light represented
He has entered the first order of battle, and the corresponding information has been spread to the entire organizational system.
This is the unique method of operation of the Fire Temple.
Trorian has long since died, but he is still protecting the human bloodline passed down because of him in another way.
His spirit has long since dissipated, but his will remains.
Dalin said lightly: "Go ahead, everything has been arranged for you. I hope you won't disappoint me."
Rhodes made a fist with one hand and pressed it in front of his heart: "My body is immortal, and my fire will be passed on forever."
Turned around and left the hall.
Dalin looked at his retreating figure from afar, with an inexplicable spiritual light shining in his eyes.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely irrational choice and a combat arrangement that violates basic tactical principles. The crisis in Star City is only suitable for dispatching first-level combatants. If there are no first-level combatants in the available battle order, it will be necessary.
Dispatch a battle group consisting of secondary combatants.
There is absolutely no reason to send a third-level combatant who has not yet completed the advancement to support alone.
If Rhodes fails, or causes more serious consequences, he, as the first defense minister, will go to a military court.
But Dalin still issued this order without hesitation.
He believed in Rhodes, believed in miracles and hope, and believed that Rhodes would bring miracles and hope as before.
That young boy has transformed.
That's right.
Dalin clenched his fists.
The current situation is not optimistic. The moment when the stars shine is their last chance.
The Holy Fire Plan must not fail.
And he put all his last chips on Rhodes.
It's all up to you.
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Outside the palace.
Flying platform.
Rhodes rarely obtained a separate psychic floating carriage, and the palace envoy drove it for him personally.
The City of Stars is still outside Trorian's territory, and you cannot fly freely over the dark world. You must follow a specific path.
Under the respectful eyes of the envoys, Rhodes got into the carriage alone.
Accompanied by powerful psychic energy, the carriage flew through the air.
Target, City of Stars!
Rhodes had heard of this ancient city for a long time. Long before the arrival of the Black Tide, the human legions occupied this city.
While the Kuroshio lasted, Trorian allocated one-third of its combat power to maintain its occupation. This was one of the reasons why the Kuroshio caused heavy losses to mankind.
But now, the Black Tide has long ended, and Troli Security is expanding westward. Star City, far outside the Trolian territory, is still in a stalemate, and has not played its strategic role as a fulcrum for mankind to march into the dark world.<
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The expansion war was so unsatisfactory, and Star City has not been able to complete its planned strategic intentions, which is also a large part of the reason.
Lockhart, the commander of the Legion in charge of occupying Star City, was under tremendous pressure.
If it weren't for Wang's insistence, he would have been replaced long ago.
Although the war was unfavorable, the Royal City always remained calm and continued to send prophets, investigators, and tower observers to the Star City to investigate.
The real reason why the City of Stars has never been able to become a human stronghold is that there is a terrifying darkness hidden deep underground. The fire of protection cannot take root in the City of Stars, and powerful dark creations are constantly emerging from the underground, causing harm to humans on the surface.
Huge destruction.
The soldiers of Star City dug thousands of yards of deep pits underground, but failed to find the source of the darkness. Instead, as they dug deeper, more powerful and weird monsters emerged, and the battle was endless.
The results of the investigation are also very strange. The psychic exploration did not find anything of value, but the prophecy showed that there is a terrible disaster hidden under the Star City.
After several days of discussion, everyone agreed that there is a dark and twisted vision hidden under the Star City.
The person who can best deal with the existence of dark and twisted visions is the candidate for the king who holds the "Eternal Fire".
However, even after all the hard work of sending Qingyu there, the fundamental problem could not be solved.
Along the way, the special envoy explained in detail the current status of Star City.
Rhodes listened quietly, without saying a word, and the leaked spiritual light continued to flash around him.
In the dream, the book of knowledge that was also listening danced, its pages flapped, and it ran around the Star Square.
"Hahaha, okay! Great! I'm not wrong at all! Star City is indeed the best choice, 50 points of divinity! I am confident that I can win it within a day!"
But the puppet said on the side: "Not necessarily, the book of knowledge, the information so far shows that the City of Stars is not an ordinary dark twisted vision, or even a twisted vision, but some kind of more powerful darkness, you
What you said is too one-sided."
The Book of Knowledge angrily said: "Fart, you are nakedly jealous! You just see that my weight in the master's heart has increased, so you slander me like this! Your character is too low, master, we should let this waste go quickly
Go to sleep and waste the energy of dreams, I can help you enough by myself!"
Rhodes laughed and said: "Shu, don't let anger affect your wisdom. Our first task is to get more divinity, make your master stronger, and restore the dream faster, so that you can restore your original appearance earlier.
."
"That's right!"
shouted the Book of Knowledge.
"I have locked the location of the dream fragments in the Kingdom of Light. We can get there in just six days!"
Rhodes complimented casually: "As expected of you, Book of Knowledge."
All the pages of the Book of Knowledge boiled up: "Yes, the master said nothing! My wisdom and beauty will exist forever, and no one's slander can damage it at all, hum!"
It pointed the book at the puppet and closed it with a bang, giving it a rather arrogant feeling.
The puppet's expression never changed, and he said calmly: "Book of Knowledge, you must pay attention to collecting all information so that you can use your characteristics when necessary. The more you know, the less the cost will be. If you
It’s best if you can directly find the answer to the problem.”
The Book of Knowledge writes: "Bah! I still need you to teach me? I don't know my characteristics?"
Rhodes said: "That's right. You should collect as much information as possible and observe the environment around me through dreams at any time."
The Book of Knowledge slapped itself: "Don't worry, Master, please call me the King of Information Collection! No knowledge can escape my collection!"
Rhodes smiled and said: "Very good, then let us ignite the fire of victory and sound the clarion call for human counterattack!"
The book of knowledge and the doll replied in unison: "Yes, master!"
A powerful wave of heat surged into Rhode's heart, rushing through his soul, making him feel hot all over.
He can't wait to go to Star City to show off his talents.
The powerful power gave him strong confidence, and those 165 points of divinity were the confidence for him to dare to challenge this impossible task.
He firmly believes that no matter what crisis the Star City encounters, he can destroy it.
The floating psychic carriage passed silently through the black fog, and Rhodes looked through the window.
The black fog outside the window was lighter, like the mist in the early morning. He could see far away at a glance.
When the stars shine, the power of the black mist is suppressed.
However, the further you look, the more and deeper the dark world you see.
Everything you see is black mist, and the majestic and infinite dark world makes people feel even more depressed and frightened.
But now, Rhodes' faith has been strengthened and he is no longer afraid.
No matter how big the darkness is, so what? I gradually eat away at it.
So what if there are too many monsters? I will defeat them one by one.
I am the Devourer of Darkness!
As long as the soul is immortal, I will eat all of you sooner or later!
The corners of Rhodes' mouth raised slightly, revealing a smile.
That’s right!
When mankind is in crisis, I will lead the charge and tear apart the last darkness before dawn.
Humanity will never perish, and the fire will be passed on.
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The speed of the floating psychic carriage was very fast. About two hours later, Rhodes arrived at the City of Stars.
The City of Stars has not changed much from the last time I saw it. This ancient city is in a state of fragmentation and destruction. There are collapsed buildings and cracked walls everywhere. Most of the soldiers stationed there live in temporary buildings.<
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The only exception is the church that stands among a large set of ruins.
This is the Starry Cathedral built by the Starry Kingdom. Due to some special reasons, it is still standing 1,500 years after the fall of the Star City. It is now used as a combat command center by Legion Commander Lockhart. p>
The news that the Royal City has sent new supporters has already arrived in the City of Stars. As soon as Rhodes got out of the car, the second defense commander, deputy army commander Zhang Bo, and first commander Heman came to greet them.
"Brother Rhodes, I have finally seen you again since we said goodbye on the Trident River."
Herman came up with a big hug, but the next second he noticed something strange.
"Have you advanced to the tenth level of psychic power?"
Rhodes chin slightly.
Heman said in shock: "No wonder Your Excellency Dalin dared to send you here. When I saw the transfer order, I thought I was dreaming... But you haven't completed the psychic upgrade ceremony yet!"
Zhang Bai on the side also had a relationship with Rhodes. His face was full of surprise and he couldn't help but look him up and down.
"Why don't you complete the spiritual energy upgrade ceremony before coming back? Now that you can't fully control your spiritual energy, your combat power will be lost."
Before Rhodes could reply, Herman thought he had guessed the answer and held Rhodes' hand with emotion on his face.
"The matter is urgent, and you came to support me without even doing the psychic upgrade ceremony. I'm really touched! In this way, after the crisis is resolved, I will let my wife stay with you for one night."
Heman's wife is a famous spiritual fire wielder. Her soul attribute is the ejection of flesh bullets. In order to maximize the power of the attribute, she eats ham and gains weight like crazy. Her figure looks like she is at least five years old.
Weighing a hundred kilograms, his thumb is thicker than Rod's arm.
Rhodes laughed and said: "Sir Herman, isn't it bad for your wife to hear this? Let's discuss the current situation first. The crisis in Star City must be resolved as soon as possible."
Herman said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we will talk as we walk."
The three of them walked around the ruined city.
Herman first said: "Legion Commander Lockhart and Guardian Qingyu are both dealing with the upward spreading black fog underground. Most of our soldiers are also fighting there. Those on the surface are resting and injured and are receiving treatment.
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Zhang Bai said: "We discovered a much larger underground city underground than on the ground. According to the report of the Survey Corps, its time span is at least three eras, with mixed styles, old and new, and the black mist comes from a huge part of the underground city.
It spreads from the deep pit."
Rhodes frowned slightly: "Why does the black mist spread upward from the ground?"
Zhang Bo replied: "Generally, this situation is because a strong black fog has gathered underground, or the geology has changed due to some special reasons. This is an extremely ominous sign, because you don't know what happened in ancient times.
Something exists inside, and its only solution is to dig it out completely and eliminate all dark existences."
Herman continued: "The problem arises here. The pit is getting bigger and bigger, and the deeper it is, the black mist that comes out is getting thicker and thicker, the erosion is getting stronger, and more and more monsters are swarming out of it.
The stronger they are, we tried our best to stop them in the underground city, but now we can no longer support them."
"If we never find its source and the situation continues to deteriorate, Wangcheng may implement the worst plan."
Herman's tone was heavy, and Zhang Bai's face was also very gloomy.
"Abandon the Star City."
Rhode's frown deepened. If he was forced to abandon Star City, the losses would be huge. The Holy Fire Project would immediately die. All the investment for so long was in vain, and so many warriors who died because of it would all become
A meaningless death.
This kind of thing must never happen.
"Book of Knowledge." Rhodes asked in his mind: "Have you discovered anything?"
In the dream, the book of knowledge was entangled with its pages, appearing very distressed: "More than half of this knowledge is missing. My characteristics cannot capture the knowledge that I already possess but am missing due to the fragmentation of my soul."
The doll also said: "Most of my soul is missing, and there is no information about it in the only remaining part.
Rhodes nodded slightly and said in a deep voice: "Take me to the dungeon."
The Book of Knowledge hesitated for a moment and then said: "Master, this is not due to lack of information. It is because my soul has not recovered. No matter how much information I give, it will be useless."
Rhodes shook his head: "It's not to collect information."
The Book of Knowledge said in surprise: "If we don't collect information, then what are we going to do?"
A flash of light flashed in the puppet's eyes, as if it noticed something, but it said nothing.