Rhodes suddenly opened his eyes and saw a white ceiling with decorative copper lamps.
The silence oppressed the eardrums, and the dim light showed that it was still night.
"Is this... a dream?"
Rhodes opened the quilt and found that his whole body was soaked, his heart was beating rapidly, and the sound of blood hit his eardrums.
"No, this is not a dream."
A strong sense of exhaustion and exhaustion comes from the depths of the soul. No dream can be so real.
As soon as Rhodes thought, his soul rose into the sky and returned to the dreamland instantly.
The slightly gray mist flows slowly in the silence, and the quantified stars shine in the night sky. The "Dark Devourer" in the center shines brightly, like a red eye.
The building in the dreamland stands in the night and mist, as always, unchanged.
Everything is exactly the same as what I saw before, except that there is no thick fog that obscures everything later. Rhodes can also sense the dream and can freely manipulate it and get feedback.
After Rhodes confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the dream, he took two steps towards the House of God and saw the tombstone.
When the cyan monument came into view, Rhodes' pupils shrank suddenly.
I saw that on the stone tablet, his name was burning like a fire, and the words Rod of Trolian were extremely dazzling.
The scratches on the top did not disappear as seen in the dream, but Heige Or's name appeared under the scratches. The font was gray and black, without any luster, as if he had been dead for a long time.
"Does this...do you mean he is completely dead?"
Rhodes still felt horrified when he recalled the horrific corpse.
Hegeor was clearly dead, but he was still able to crawl out of the grave.
The sight of his tragic death made Rhodes, who was accustomed to seeing horrific scenes, feel a little chilly.
"His wailing voice before his death said that this was the plan for thousands of years... Could it be that he wanted to use the corpse to resurrect the soul?"
Rhodes frowned. From the deeds he learned, Hegeor was at least a heroic figure. Even when his dream was shattered and he was seriously injured, he was still trying his best to help the Kingdom of Stars.
Although there are factors to obtain divinity, it is difficult to imagine that he would do such a thing.
It didn't look like a person at all, more like a twisted monster.
Amon's voice is very soft!
A name suddenly appeared in Rhodes' mind.
That ferocious and twisted appearance is indeed like an ancient evil thought.
And didn’t Hegeol die under his conspiracy?
An idea suddenly appeared in Rhode's mind.
Could it be that when Amon killed Hegeor, he expected that the dream would revive many years later, and therefore left some kind of back-up plan in his remnant soul?
Until the right time suddenly appeared, trying to replace my existence, thus completely extinguishing the hope of human recovery.
The more Rhodes thought about it, the more he thought it was possible.
Hegeor's corpse attack was entirely on a spiritual level, a confrontation within his soul.
Unable to borrow any power, he could only fight hand-to-hand with the invaders, and finally defeated the enemy by relying on his will.
If he did not master the skills of hand-to-hand combat, if his will was not so strong, would his spirit collapse, be occupied by a dove, and change his soul?
"Yes, it should be like this!"
Rhodes was certain of this fact.
"Fortunately, I remembered my lofty ideals and unyielding faith, and used my iron will to crush the enemy!"
"Hahaha, as expected of me."
Later, Rhodes carefully inspected the tombstone and unexpectedly found a large group of black ashes under the tombstone.
"Well, is this the remains of Amon?"
"Is he dead?"
Rhodes carefully collected the ashes and put them into the storage room of Dreamland.
This is a space with constant time, and the things stored in it will never deteriorate.
The most important thing is that Dreamland usually identifies the stored items and informs Rhodes of its detailed functions and related information.
This time, Rhodes was not disappointed.
A line of pure white text appeared before my eyes.
"The crystallized ashes of pure evil"
There is no explanation, no description, just this lonely line.
Rhodes thought: "I can only wait for the Book of Knowledge to wake up, hoping that it will be of some use."
"I wonder if Amon is dead?"
Rhodes thought about it and came to the back of the tombstone, and unexpectedly saw words on the back of the tombstone.
That's the name written in navy blue letters.
The first one in line is Molly.
Followed by Annabeth and Cassian.
There is only a little outline of Mavis's name on it, which is very inconspicuous.
There are also some smaller outlines that cannot be seen without looking carefully.
Rhodes understood instantly that this was the "apostle" of the dream!
To put it simply, they are Rhodes' clones. Everything they do is equivalent to being done by Rhodes, so they can obtain divinity.
But before, Rhodes was very sure that there was no one behind the tombstone.
"Destroy evil thoughts, can dream buildings gain new abilities?"
Rhodes felt unbelievable, but his mind always moved very quickly.
"No, that's not right. It may be that Hegeor's contaminated remnant soul interfered and blocked these abilities. After killing it, it was naturally unlocked."
The logical chain is very clear, and this is also the most likely guess.
Although there are still many unanswered questions, they are not important.
Rhodes touched these names lightly, and a cold touch came from his fingertips, allowing him to clearly feel the status of each Dream Apostle.
"Well, does this kind of function exist?"
"Hahaha, this will be much more convenient in the future!"
"I will step up my efforts to expand my team. If I can have more Dream Apostles, will I still encounter the problem of lack of divinity?"
"Hmm, I wonder if any functions have been unlocked?"
Rhodes walked around in the dream a few times, and regretfully found that except for the tombstones, there seemed to be no new changes.
As he was scratching his head, he suddenly heard someone calling him outside.
"Rod! Get up, Rod!"
As soon as Rhodes thought, he left the dream and returned to bed.
When I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the energetic Annabell, and Kashan standing pretty behind her.
"Get up quickly!"
Annabeth said with her hands on her waist.
"Time is running out! Lazy guy!"
Rhodes glanced at the clock on the wall and saw that one hour had passed in the morning.
It’s not long until the time to gather.
Rhodes instantly jumped up, grabbed his robe and put it on.
"Let's go!"
There was a flash of purple light, and an extremely strong horse, covered in heavy armor, galloped out.
"Hahaha! Rhodes, have you seen my new form?"
Annabelle's silvery laughter echoed in the training ground.
"My characteristic level has finally improved, I have reached level seven!"
"This is my new awakening state, I feel like I am almost invincible!"
Rhodes jumped on the horse and dragged Cassian up: "Don't just blow, try it."
"Okay!"
Annabell stepped on the horse's hoof, her whole body shone with purple light, and a faint purple smoke surrounded her body. The centaur was like a cloud riding on the mist, dragging Rhodes and Cassian directly from the inner city to the outer city.
This speed made Rhodes stunned. Even now, he can't catch up with Annabeth.
What's more, Annabei is still a fourth-level combatant at the moment, and she can actually use psychic powers.
"I can fly!"
Annabelle smiled very happily.
"Rhode, Xingyuan is so amazing, can I still drink it?"
Rhodes smiled and said: "As long as I'm here, it's okay."
In front of her, Kashan hesitated several times, but finally bit her lip and asked softly: "What about me?"
Rhodes touched her little head and said softly: "Of course, my eldest lady, how could you not have it?"
Kashan was relieved, but she quickly came to her senses and slapped Rhodes' hand away: "Don't touch your head! I can't grow taller!"
"Nonsense, my Cassandra is so tall, why would she worry about height?"
Kashan's whole face turned red, but from her burning cheeks, Rhodes could read the anger. He wisely stopped teasing, sat on the horse honestly, and stopped moving his hands or feet.
The centaur soon arrived at the large square in front of the Holy Fire Sacrifice, where all high-level combatants who were about to set out gathered here.
The battle lineup dispatched this time was even more luxurious than the one during the Battle of Star City.
Olivia, Alan, Rovia, Jeraba, Misha, Dark Moon Princess, Aleihan, seven special combatants.
Twenty guardians including Rhodes, Night Breeze, and Churchill, as well as more than 160 first-level combatants or similar first-level combatants, plus more than 300 second-level combatants and third-level combatants
People.
This is the full strength of this expedition.
The reason why the Royal City can mobilize such a huge force is not only the peace of defense in various places and the stability of the stars, but also another important reason is that the new type of psychic cannon has been mass-produced.
This was developed by the great scholar Amides and his disciple Mina through the improvement of the knowledge gained in Star City.
Its power is no more powerful than the old psychic cannon, and its range is half as short.
However, its manufacturing cost is only one-thirtieth of the old psychic cannon, and its firing cost is only one-tenth, but the damage caused is not much different.
This means that by spending the same resources, the royal city can obtain a psychic cannon with at least ten times the firepower.
If it can be deployed on a large scale in major strongholds, especially the outermost castles and fortresses of the defense circle, it can significantly reduce the number of high-level combatants.
Wang keenly discovered its significance and value, and ordered the Industrial Machinery Research Institute to fully study its mass production methods.
Bald Master also lived up to his mission and completed his mass production factory in an extremely sophisticated way.
When the new psychic cannon begins mass production, the first to be installed are the castles and fortresses on the outermost layer of the defense circle.
Its effect did not disappoint. The psychic energy fluctuations when hundreds of cannons fired were earth-shattering. Monsters below the strong and super levels could not get close at all. Only monsters above the fourth level of super level could possibly break through the psychic cannon.
Array.
But this has greatly reduced the pressure on defense, allowing Wangcheng to mobilize more forces to complete a battle.
Just like it is now.
One floating carriage after another landed, and the combatants got on the carriage with cheers and flew towards the Fortress of Courage.
This is another important feature that makes Trorian stronger. Originally there were only a small number of long-range floating psychic carriages, but now there are dozens of times more.
However, with so many high-level combatants, the number of floating carriages is still not enough.
Archbishop Horus came out and said loudly: "Some combatants, please prepare to walk."
There was a sudden sigh among the crowd. No one was willing to walk long distances in the dark, which not only consumes energy but also consumes physical strength.
Horus said in a deep voice: "Everyone, there is no way..."
At this moment, Rhodes suddenly shouted: "Your Excellency, Archbishop, what is the difference?"
Horus was silent for a moment and replied: "About fifty people."
Rhodes smiled slightly: "No problem, Annabeth."
Annabeth immediately understood, soared into the air, held her hands, and pulled up a large flatbed truck - it was parked in the corner and was used to transport supplies.
Rhodes jumped up and waved his hand, and Cassian and Mavis also jumped up.
"Fifty people are more than enough!"
Shocking shouts came from the crowd.
Horus looked up at the floating carriage that had just arrived, with a look of shock on his withered face.
"Annabelle? She actually grew up?"
Horus' expression became complicated, but he still waved his hand.
"Come on."
Before he finished speaking, many people jumped on, and the flatbed truck was quickly filled.
"Let's go!"
Rhodes shouted enthusiastically.
Annabei neighed, stepped on the void, and ran straight towards the Fortress of Courage.
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Fortress of Courage is the stronghold of this battle, located in the southwest corner of the outermost layer of the Trorian defensive circle.
Walking further southwest is Ash Lake and the Old Fort.
The goal of the Royal City is to clear and occupy these two areas, thereby occupying the super-large solar crystal veins behind.
At the battle meeting, the speaker became Olivia.
She talks eloquently and clearly analyzes the pros and cons of each step.
Everyone looked serious and listened to her words quietly.
Although the force they dispatched this time was strong, it was still different from the battle of Star City.
The key goal of the Star City battle is to kill the Queen of Stars and recapture the Holy Fire Seed. They do not need to clean up the entire city, they only need to kill specific monsters.
In this battle, they must completely clean up Ash Lake and the Old Fort and use them as new strongholds.
The combat mission is quite heavy.
But Rhodes wasn't worried at all. It was just a good time to practice his new combat skills and harvest souls at the same time.