The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1671 - 782: Gate of Truth (First Update) _2
Horus paused for a moment and continued speaking.
"Apart from the scale of combat power, the existence of top warriors is also very important. They are the pillars of the legion, the core of the battle clusters. Without you, the warriors’ power cannot be assembled. The result would be being devoured by the Black Fog."
"The refining of the Three Elements required by the Ascension Ceremony has been fully launched. Troli needs to consume enormous amounts of materials every day just to obtain a few pieces of Light Stone, Pure Star Source, and Pure Star Marrow."
"This is also why we insist on expansion as a primary reason."
"Without resources, there is nothing. Troli cannot rise, and mankind cannot revive."
The Monarch said solemnly, "Rod, Horus, Kai, you are the pinnacle of Troli’s power. You need to become stronger so that you can resist possible invasions by Ancient Gods."
Rod hesitated and said, "But Troli’s fate can no longer bear more True Kings, unless we find humans like Kai who don’t need to bear the Life of Man."
Kai laughed and said, "I believe there are many such people in Troli."
But Horus did not think so.
"Kai, we can’t rely on luck. The kingdom’s destiny cannot rely on gambling. The best way is to find more Divine Source Materials and obtain Soul-holding through the Fusion Ceremony while making Troli stronger to enhance human destiny, so we can produce more True Kings."
The Monarch nodded slightly, "Another purpose of expansion is to find more Divine Source Materials. The Investigation Legion is making every effort to search the relics where they might exist."
Horus continued, "If we can’t find them, we must do our best to perform more Ascension Ceremonies to produce more powerful Monarchs and Great Monarchs. They are also close to being top warriors, not much weaker than our current state. Of course, I think the most important thing is the Monarch’s power."
The Monarch said calmly, "My enhancement requires stronger Holy Fire, and the Holy Fire currently has three Holy Fire Seeds, at the mid-point of the Third Stage, not yet reaching the limit. But the Fire Kindling and Fuel Element used to strengthen the Holy Fire have been ineffective."
Horus said, "According to the prophecy of the White Tower, the Holy Fire needs higher-level Fire Kindling and Fuel Element. But we do not know how to create them or what materials they require... Perhaps we can find clues related to them in the relics of the Fire Epoch."
Rod felt it was very difficult because, according to speculation, generally only one Holy Fire Seed exists in the Holy Fire during the Fire Epoch. They will not need higher-level Fire Kindling, but it’s not necessarily the case. What was the actual state of the Human Kingdom during the Fire Epoch? No one can say for sure.
"In any case, there are still many things we need to do."
The Monarch said:
"And resources are everything to us."
"Soon, Troli will expand in four directions. This expansion won’t have the favorable conditions of the past; it will be relatively slow. We must concentrate all combat power as much as possible to gain more resources. Only then can Troli stand firm, like a reef, forever in the dark ocean."
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In the days that followed, Troli’s main force gradually returned to the Royal City and began expanding in the other three directions.
Meanwhile, the expansion in the west did not stop either. There are still some very valuable resources around Saint Reel.
The defensive pressure in the occupied areas increased sharply, and Rod felt the pressure but was also glad to see it because it would earn him more Divinity.
Troli needs more resources, and he needs more Divinity.
The Book of Knowledge had already scheduled the next giant star to ignite.
[Light Deviation].
It needs 1 Divine Soul, 7 Root Origins, 700 Soul Firewood, 700 Soul Flowers.
Soul Firewood is equivalent to 7000 Divinity.
Rod currently has over 6000 Divinity, seemingly not too far off, but the consumption of Divinity is multifaceted. The awakening of the Giant Star might consume about 2100 Divinity.
Thus calculated, the Divinity gap is quite large.
More importantly, he has not yet broken through the Soul limitation to awaken the 21st Star.
All his Stars have completed awakening, except for [Glutton] and [Eye of Divine], which have not been quantified.
To this day, he still hasn’t found their Source Materials [Undying Divine Light] and [Contaminated Essence].
This made Rod somewhat melancholy, but no matter what, gaining more Divinity is an immutable direction.
This is also Rod’s natural advantage. Whenever he is confused, he can look toward the direction of Divinity because it not only enhances the Dream Realm but also strengthens mankind.
According to the calculations in the Book of Knowledge, he needs at least 20,000 Divinity to ensure the ignition and awakening of the scheduled two Giant Stars to step into the next Domain.
Therefore, the most important thing now is to find a way to get more Divinity.
And with his extraordinary wisdom, Rod quickly found the thing that could get him the most Divinity in this complex situation—
Strengthening the defensive capabilities of the occupied areas.
How to strengthen?
Rod turned his gaze toward the Mechanical Research Institute.
Undoubtedly, improving the defensive capabilities of the outposts, the best method is new weaponry.
And Rod has a skill that can help them.
The Star Soul ability of [Truth], [Gate of Truth].
[Gate of Truth]: Open the gate of truth and pursue the mysteries of knowledge.
Simply put, this ability opens a new space where people’s wisdom will be enhanced, inspiration will trigger frequently, and most importantly, the knowledge researched in this space will be permanently recorded there.
In other words, within [Gate of Truth], there may be knowledge from predecessors!
Once this was understood, Rod knew it was the ultimate Hall that all scholars in the Royal City dream of.
Of course, the Book of Knowledge told Rod not to hope for this, as there may be nothing in [Gate of Truth].
And indeed, when Rod opened [Gate of Truth], the space was a void Half-Spirit Realm, empty with nothing.
But the researchers from the Mechanical Research Institute still flocked here, and the bald Master shouted, "I’m alive! I’m finally alive! My wisdom is surging! My dried-up inspiration has moved again! Hahahaha wooooohooooo!"
Crazy laughter turned into bitter crying, and many were like this, laughing and crying while they began their research.
Soon, several key issues that troubled them were solved, and new achievements came forth like shoots after a rain.
Under Rod’s strong request, the spiritual power technology for outpost defense achieved breakthrough first. New spiritual power cannons and high-spec spiritual power railguns were quickly invented. They were very powerful, inheriting all the advantages of the past and abandoning all shortcomings, especially the latter, its power able to deal with most monsters below King Level.
There was also the new spiritual power generator; it can provide extremely strong spiritual power defense, enough for an outpost to withstand a regular Monster Tide for a day without falling.
These new weapons were mass-produced at unimaginable speed and quickly equipped into the outposts in the occupied areas, greatly relieving the pressure on defense.
More strength was invested in expansion, and all strong warriors joined the battle.
Rod was no exception.
Troli took another solid step forward.
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The White Tower.
Iyeta stood alone at the top of the tower. The power of prophecy had already settled, the boiling souls had calmed, and he looked up at the sky, but he did not use the power of Source Law, only using his naked sight to gaze at the night sky hidden behind layers of black fog.
Prophets are an independent system within Troli, not relying on spiritual energy, only needing to sign a contract with the White Tower. Through continuous prophecy, they can master greater power.
Iyeta is the most talented prophet in Troli for a thousand years.
He also became the new Master of the White Tower in Troli after his mentor sacrificed himself for the Source Prophecy.
"Unease."
He murmured.
"I feel unease, an unprecedented unease."
