The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 375 - 264: Giant Rot Walker

Chapter 375: Chapter 264: Giant Rot Walker

Although Rod was personally distressed, everyone in Star Town was quite happy.

Beneath the glow of the fire, there was a bustling scene everywhere.

People were desperately renovating old houses, building new ones, repairing roads, refurbishing facilities, and erecting street lamps, ensuring the land was illuminated day and night.

On this unprotected land on the Dark Frontier, the only source of security was the glow of the fire.

Having hunted a large number of monsters, the town had amassed a countless amount of monster ashes, thus, Star Town had an ample supply of Fuel Element.

Moreover, these were not ordinary monster ashes but those from monsters of Fierce Level or higher, making the Fuel Element made from them particularly high-grade.

Therefore, the fires of Star Town were exceedingly bright.

Every day, countless people visited the Guardian Fire Sacrificial Ground to pray that their Guardian Fire would continue to shine brightly forever.

Another source of safety was the ever-visible Defenders and Guardians patrolling every street at all times.

The orderly arrangement and environment of the town also brought comfort to its inhabitants.

Now, the administrative and defense systems of Star Town were quite complete.

Molly demonstrated her superb work capacity by handling all affairs meticulously.

Her assistants, Vivian and Velas, were also very astute and capable, sharing a great deal of her responsibilities.

Jon also continuously provided Star Town with necessary resources, such as Spiritual Power Generators within the defense fortifications, heavy crossbows mounted on city walls, and Spirit Light Energy Cannons.

These were supplies that the Mahara merchants could not provide.

Another assistant from a King Candidate spent her days in leisure, neither training nor working.

She claimed to be storing up energy, as "Little Rod" was too vigorous and demanded too much; she needed to prepare more.

This wolf-like rhetoric placed a burden on Rod that someone his age should not have had to bear.

Qingyu did not provide materials, but sent specialized Spiritual Medicine for Arlo and instructed Rod in a letter to take good care of her.

Rod was very frustrated, although Arlo was very useful, she was not what he really wanted.

As a professional support personnel, she was suited for too high a tier of combat, and Rod needed someone like Theodore, who could strike a monster nearly dead in one hit and then be neatly finished off by him.

Of course, that was impossible.

Indeed, since the "Giant Battle," all Spell Talent holders in the Royal City had ceased.

Theodore’s Spell Guards were annihilated in Laisuo City, and he himself turned into a statue in the Dream Realm.

There were no longer any masters capable of proficiently using all 107 types of spells in the Royal City.

The tradition of Spellcasters is very special; becoming a Spell Master requires an enormous amount of experience, and a good teacher is indispensable.

The complete eradication of Spell Masters delivered a severe blow to the spell system of the Royal City.

The remaining Spellcasters were all from a new generation, and they could currently only rediscover this system by referring to notes and books.

Otherwise, given the interaction between Rod and Theodore, he would likely have received support from several Spell Masters.

Lacking high-ranking combatants, they had to make up for it with numbers.

In this period, especially after occupying Ghost Spirit Lake, Velas had already recruited more than five thousand combatants, the vast majority of whom were low-ranking.

To enhance their combat effectiveness, Rod, apart from frantically purchasing various potions, also established a weapon and equipment workshop in Star Town, planning to utilize local resources to forge a set of True Silver armor and weapons for everyone.

For this purpose, he hired several weapon and forge masters, striving to ensure these standard equipment reached a rare quality.

Trolian typically measured the power of weapons and equipment by their rarity.

"Rare" was not really rare; "Unique" was not really unique.

It is worth mentioning that the cloak-wearing monster’s Star Longsword was identified as "Extremely Rare" rank, and is currently lying in Rod’s Dream Realm, still unused.

Additionally, researchers have also discovered useful powerful items from the relics collected from Star Town.

Mina was working hard with researchers from the Royal City to restore it.

The historians who arrived with them were simultaneously berating Rod for not knowing how to protect relics while searching for ancient clues on every street and alley of Star Town.

On another note, the planting operation at Ghost Spirit Lake had also begun.

The bald Life Priest said that the land was very fertile and had traditionally been a land teeming with life, with animal remains buried beneath it spanning thousands of years; he had applied to the Cult to stay here long-term to conduct his Life Seed experiments.

Honestly, Rod was somewhat tempted to send him away.

But his experiment did not affect the farmers’ cultivation; instead, it even helped the farmers with water irrigation.

Moreover, they also took care of the Holy White Tree, even finding a plot of spiritually infused land where they planted flowers and herbs which could later be transformed into various Spiritual Potions.

There were many benefits, and crucially, it was all free of charge.

So Rod decided to tolerate it.

Star Town’s current expenses were extremely huge, while the output was very little.

Five hundred million silver coins were used up in less than a month.

The True Silver Mine under Star Town was being urgently repaired, with three hundred thousand miners working day and night, and a large number of combatants swiftly eliminating the crystal monsters in the mine; progress could not be expedited any further.

However, the much-anticipated Sun Crystal Mine had not been found.

Rod had sought many professional prospectors, all of whom indicated that there were no minerals under Ghost Spirit Lake.

But the Book of Knowledge had once mentioned that there was a Sun Crystal Vein under Ghost Spirit Lake, and it was impossible for it to deceive.

They could only wait a few more days.

Rod sighed and once again returned to the Dream Realm.

There were no significant changes in the Dream Realm, the Obelisk still flashed red light, indicating that he was still in danger of invasion.

The Book of Knowledge lay spread on the ground digesting—it had just consumed two hundred portions of Spirituality, and was having a bit of indigestion.

The Evil Ghost Stone Tank had grown larger, and looking inside from the mouth of the tank, it was filled with flesh; a corrupt ghost was feasting on it, with intense spiritual power emanating from within the tank, driving the growth of the tank’s body.

Not far from the tank was a wriggling mass of flesh, the Evil Ghost Egg, whose color had turned from light yellow to an ominous deep red, indicating that it was transforming into an Eternal Evil Ghost.

Rod gave a faint smile and with a crack of his knife, he cut off another piece of flesh, and returned in front of the stone platform to create a Flesh Puppet.

This thing had strong combat capabilities, and could even form Puppet Giants, making it a top-notch combat item.

The only drawback was that "living flesh" was too scarce, and production was too slow.

Afterward, Rod went to look at his soul on the Soul Altar.

Inside the crystal wall were hazy all monster souls; at a glance, there were nearly a thousand.

These were his gains over this period of time.

He now knew that Fierce Level monsters were "Strong Souls," while only Strong Level monsters were "Very Strong Souls."

What about the "Great Soul"?

Rod scratched his head, feeling that creatures possessing a "Great Soul" were not entities he could currently contend with.

"Spirit Elegy" might not be able to level up for a while.

Alas.

Currently, the strongest soul in the crystal wall was that of the "Unclean Ghost Spirit" with four Sources.

The Corrupted Hydra had been consumed by the stone tank, leaving no soul.

Rod still used "Lord Theodore’s final Soul Ripple" to explain this ability.

He still needed to hurry and ignite a new Star, otherwise, always explaining it this way was not a solution.

Rod thought.

He could only wait for the book to recover.

Just as he was about to massage the book to help with digestion, he suddenly heard someone calling him from outside the Dream Realm.

Now, Rod’s mastery of the Dream Realm had far exceeded initially; many problems were no longer issues for him.

He immediately returned to the material world and opened his eyes to ask, "What’s wrong?"

In front of him was a reconnaissance officer, a member of a team specially dispatched by the Investigation Legion, responsible for monitoring distant threats.

With an anxious expression, he said, "Lord Rod, it’s bad! A Giant Corrupted Walker is charging towards us."

"Oh."

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Outside Star Town.

Seeing that vast ocean of corrupt stench, Levill and two others could not help but smile.

The Giant Corrupted Walker was not a very strong monster, only just stepped into the Strong Level, not even reaching Primary Rank.

But it had one characteristic, which was that it was incredibly polluting, always surrounded by a thick air of corruption.

The black viscous fog, like a vast ocean of pollution, moved with the monster, and everything within three thousand steps would be strongly polluted.

"Hahaha, let’s see how they use their human sea tactics now!"

"Low-rank combatants will be infected as soon as they go in."

"Victories gained by opportunism cannot last, he will be exposed soon!"

"We’ve definitely won!"

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