The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1379 - 681: Just a Day in Heaven

Before departure, Rod went to the Holy Church.

Unfortunately, the Archbishop was not there.

The Priest of the Holy Church told him that Lord Horus was preparing to receive the Soul Body of the Holy King.

Bossivale believed that this could very likely allow the Archbishop of the Holy Church to leap two levels in one step—as long as the Bright Light Strong Source of the Holy King could accept the soul of the Archbishop, a special quantification could be completed.

Its difficulty is extremely low because Horus does not need to trace the Source back to the Sea of Source, only to the Residual Soul of the Holy King.

This Strong Source will be "quantified" in his soul, becoming the Authority he controls.

After inheriting the legacy of the Holy King, Horus directly steps into the Monarch Level, becoming the only "Bright Light" King.

But the key to the problem is that Horus must gain recognition from the Residual Soul of the Holy King; otherwise, all these premises do not exist.

To achieve this, Horus specifically went to the bottom of the Pure Blue Lake under the Holy White Tree.

He needed to clarify his mind in an absolutely quiet environment to comprehend the Residual Soul of the Holy King.

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Upon learning this news, Rod felt both surprised and pleased, yet somewhat slightly disappointed.

No wonder he hadn’t seen Horus lately; turns out he went into seclusion.

That Residual Soul is the greatest legacy of the Holy King, and its strength is indescribable. Horus only needs to inherit even a small part to be formidable.

But if that’s the case, with Horus’s rapidly increasing power, he wouldn’t have a chance to force the Archbishop to change his title.

Rod sighed.

Never mind.

No rush at this moment. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

If push comes to shove, it wouldn’t be too bad for "Black Food Bucket"’s reputation to resound through heaven and earth.

Afterward, Rod went to the Mechanical Research Institute and Great Book Library once more.

He exchanged information about giants with the bald Master and scholars, acquired a new set of tactical goggles, and after compelling the bald Master to change "Food Bucket-46" to "War God-46," he headed to the frontline.

Currently, Trolian’s expansion is hindered by several major regions.

The western Dead Wood Forest, Withered Land, Wind Fury Cape, and Shaking Land are areas where powerful King Level Monsters remain dormant.

The eastern Fierce Swamp, Bone Mountain, and Ghost Cliff harbor countless formidable monsters.

To the south, the expansion is obstructed by the Banshee Tower, Corpse Land, and Dead Sword Bay.

All of Trolian’s high-ranking combatants have been deployed to these battlefields.

The middle and low-ranking combatants are responsible for defending the interior and occupying the conquered lands.

Currently, the number of high-level combatants in Trolian exceeds 30,000 and continues to grow by hundreds daily; the Fire Hall is always packed with people.

However, so many scattered across the entire battlefront are stretched thin.

Special Level Combatants are even more scarce.

At present, the Royal City classifies all warriors who have reached the Commander level as Special Level Combatants, but only the strongest among them can obtain titles like "Fire Son" or "Knight Captain."

After the remaining members of Saint Reel joined, the number of Special Level Combatants rocketed to 29, but truly top-notch strong combatants only number in the single digits.

The former Saint Reel’s third Saintess, now the fourth King Candidate, Evela, the former Great Shepherd, now Grand Patriarch Bossivale, the First Knight Alan, and the Moon Knight Olivia.

Only these four have the qualification to initiate a King-slaying battle and hunt King Level monsters independently.

The resistance faced in the expansion war is fundamentally due to King Level Monsters.

Monsters below King Level are not difficult to deal with. Trolian’s cluster warfare is already very proficient, resource supplies are far more abundant than in the past, and coupled with the surge in Transcendents, Taboo Armaments, and Calier’s covert units, the burden of battle is much lighter than before.

More importantly, the morale of the warriors is much higher than before.

The dawn of human resurgence is in sight, which is far better than fighting an endless, unseen battle in perpetual darkness.

In a desperate environment, what people fear most is lack of hope, not knowing how long such terror will last, whether such battles have any meaning, or whether victory will ultimately be achieved.

Once such thoughts emerge, the human soul becomes fragile, potentially leading to Darkening, ultimately falling into madness and turning into monsters.

In Trolian’s long history, such events have occurred repeatedly, and the King once made great efforts to change this, with some success.

But ultimately, what "killed it" off completely was Trolian’s own strength.

When the Human Kingdom marches towards prosperity, people naturally harbor hope, knowing that all they do is not in vain, and the Darkening of souls naturally ceases to occur.

Because of this, although the expansion war is difficult, the casualties are few.

In previous major battles, countless warriors would return to the Holy Fire, but now such occurrences are rare. With far better-supplied potions, superior medical resources, and more physicians, unnecessary casualties are further reduced.

However, although everything is changing for the better, at the level of high-end combat power, Trolian is more pressed than ever.

According to the principle of combat, each region must have at least one Special Level Combatant stationed.

To initiate a King-slaying battle, at least three to four Special Level Combatants and dozens of First Level Combatants are required.