The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 228 - 167 The First Defense Chief_2

Chapter 228: Chapter 167 The First Defense Chief_2

He even wanted to track the Spirit Crow Messenger to find her, but this awful behavior ended in shameful failure.

During the long search, the Spirit Crow becomes something like a wave, entering the Spirit Realm, until it finds the recipient and collapses back into a bird to deliver the message.

No wonder the letters from Spirit Crow Messengers are specially made—truly magical inventions... and they’re so cheap too, a hundred silver coins each, available in bulk and various styles, with no limitations.

Sigh.

Never receiving a response, Rod had no choice but to prepare to return to the secret base.

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Upper City.

Royal District.

The Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground is undoubtedly the heart of the Royal District, with the highest defense level in the Trolian Kingdom.

To its direct north is the Military War Department, which oversees all war affairs and is sometimes referred to simply as the headquarters.

Due to the unique structure of the Trolian Kingdom, the country is divided into dozens of defense and battle zones.

Each defense or battle zone has a branch of the Military War Department responsible for its defense or warfare.

The theoretical highest commander of a branch is the Guardian, but the Guardian also serves as the highest commander of the defense or battle zone.

The one actually in charge of the main day-to-day operations of the Military War Department is the Defense Chief.

Each Military War Department has a Chief of Defense and dozens of defense chiefs of various levels, and the Chief of Defense manages the defense affairs of that region through the Defense Department established there.

The structure at the headquarters of the Military War Department is the same.

The highest commander is the King, but the one in charge of all war affairs for the Trolian humans is the First Defense Chief.

Jolevi Dalin.

Since the end of the Bright Festival and the arrival of the new year, this First Defense Chief, burdened with the weight of humanity, has not had a single good night’s sleep.

The persistent bad weather usually presages even greater disasters.

Indeed, less than half a month into the new year, the Investigation Legion discovered traces of the Black Tide.

After losing dozens of investigation teams, the Investigation Legion finally confirmed this news.

Since then, the entire kingdom has been in total mobilization for war, with even students still at the academy being forced to enter the battlefield prematurely, joining in the defense of the Royal City.

A select few outstanding students even arrived directly at the front lines to participate in combat.

In order to ensure that the achievements of building Star City were not ruined, the interior of the kingdom was almost emptied, with a massive backlog of affairs and threats left unattended, and pleas for help flying toward the headquarters like snowflakes. Dalin exhausted every bit of military force he could muster to its limit.

As the First Defense Chief, he even began to pay attention to the movement of individual combatants, and personally inquired into matters as mundane as cleaning the sewers.

In these dark days, the only piece of good news was the sudden appearance of a Master Drain Cleaner in the Royal City who, in the span of just over ten days, single-handedly cleared more than two hundred sewer tasks, eliminating many potential dangers and instabilities, preventing many possible mishaps.

It was because of this that going to the toilet became the only moment Dalin felt at ease.

He even grew fond of the sensation, if only there weren’t so little of it to do.

Dalin really wanted to contact this hero to further tap into his capabilities, but since he was a Hunter, by the rules of the Hunter Group, if he did not wish to reveal his real name, one should not inquire further.

Perhaps he was some high-ranking combatant.

Dalin thought.

Using this method as a form of relaxation to ease the pressure in his mind was, of course, completely justifiable.

In the prolonged fighting, everyone was under great pressure; learning how to release it properly was a good way to maintain the health of one’s soul.

Dalin really wanted to promote this technique and invite the master to share his insights, both to relieve the heavily burdened high-ranking combatants and to eliminate hidden threats to the Royal City.

But who could he be?

Dalin had looked over all high-ranking combatants and felt it wasn’t likely.

Yet this was just a minor issue; with no leads found, he quickly put it out of his mind.

Today, as soon as he stepped into the headquarters hall, Dalin felt a tremor of fear as if some horrible event was about to happen.

His intuition was always accurate.

Dalin immediately cast his eyes toward his combat order list, which cataloged all the combative forces in the Royal City.

At a glance, there were the City Defense Legion, Conquest Legion, Investigation Legion, Night Watchers Legion, Knight Order, Holy Church’s Combat Cult, Calier’s secret troops, and the Hunter Group.

Even including Jinworth Academy and the Holy Fire Sacrificial Ground defenders who were never used before.

Yet Dalin, having looked over the lists innumerable times, knew their potential had been exhausted, and any further squeezing would harvest little, only to damage the foundation of the Royal City.

Dalin shifted his gaze to the last section, where Jinworth’s secret branch existed as the only source with considerable potential left.

He had to admit, some elders’ strategy was correct—this newly established Battle Group had taken a lot of pressure off him and still had more potential to explore.

But placing these students with immense potential on the most dangerous battlefields?

Though they could grow through combat, battles that far exceeded their limits could destroy them.

The loss of any one of them would be a loss for the future of humanity.

The last incident with the Doomsday believers dealt him a heavy blow, and Dalin was still feeling the aftershocks, while also fully supporting their continued digging into Gregor’s remnants. For some reason, however, this matter faced considerable resistance; many elders believed that a large-scale internal investigation should not be initiated at this time, as it would make the internal situation even more unstable.