The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 403 - 276 Book of Destiny_2

Chapter 403: Chapter 276 Book of Destiny_2

But in the Administration Hall of Star Town, everyone wore a solemn expression.

Although they had once again achieved a comprehensive victory, and apart from one warrior who dislocated his arm from exerting too much force, there were no injuries, Rod’s statement about the situation made everyone realize the seriousness of the matters at hand.

The omnipresent Aries Demons, the three Chief Judges who orchestrated all the conspiracies, and behind the three Chief Judges, there was even a puppet master.

Just hearing about the crisis they had faced made it hard for everyone to breathe.

If it had not been for Rod’s completely unexpected tactics, as well as Mephit’s strength exceeding all expectations, they might have perished on the spot, and everything in Star Town would have turned to dust.

All their hard-earned achievements would have come to naught.

The ten Chief Judges of the Royal City are hereditary from Giant bloodline families, and the Chief Judges themselves are all Third Level Combatants. Their Giant Decrees can alter the rules within a certain range, creating favorable conditions for allies or putting monsters at a disadvantage, playing a pivotal role in high-rank battles.

And becoming a Chief Judge, using the Royal City Decree to judge criminals, is the only path to enhancing one’s Characteristics.

Hence, the Giant families have a monopoly on this position.

Yet out of the ten hereditary Chief Judges, there were three who rebelled against Troli. If Rod hadn’t been there, the expedition team would have been annihilated long ago.

Molly immediately sent this information back to the Royal City in the most urgent manner possible.

The moment it arrived, it caused a huge uproar within the Supreme Council.

Although the Elder Council tended towards conservatism, this was merely a matter of stance; they believed that blind expansion might bring a heavier burden to Troli and lead to an even more uncertain fate for humankind.

However, the actions of the three Chief Judges were outright undermining the foundation of humanity.

This was intolerable.

The Elder Council dispatched a high-level investigation team with the highest efficiency and immediately turned the internal review operation from a small-scale covert investigation into a large-scale, public full-scale inquiry.

The investigation team was composed of members from the Internal Affairs Court, the Royal City Court, and the White Tower. They arrived at Star Town with utmost haste and launched a Spiritual Energy retrospection with the help of the White Tower’s Prophets and Observers, and conducted autopsies on the corpses of Amoli and Krama as well as the fragmented remains of Levill.

The efficiency of the investigation team was unprecedented; in just a few clock hours, they had essentially reconstructed the facts of the event and confirmed that the three Chief Judges were indeed the culprits behind all the crises encountered by Star Town and the expedition team.

They used their rotation breaks to escape from the Royal City with Decrees, utilizing various dangerous spiritual substances to guide extremely hazardous monsters to attack Star Town, with the intent of annihilating the expedition team and extinguishing the Flame of Star Town.

The autopsy results also came out quickly.

Amoli and Krama had died from a special attack that directly destroyed their souls, but the spirituality residue left in their bodies revealed that their souls had undergone some sort of covert alteration.

This proved there indeed was someone pulling the strings behind the scenes.

And in Levill’s fragmented remains, such traces were especially significant.

Clearly, he was the main figure among the three and the primary person being manipulated.

At this point, Rod’s account was fully substantiated.

Of course, the many experienced investigators keenly noticed that many of his words were not entirely true.

He always used the Dean’s last Soul Ripple and the all-accommodating "black food bucket" to explain certain unreasonable battles, and the three Chief Judges looked like fools being completely outwitted by him.

The entire event was solved single-handedly by him, with the others playing only a minuscule role.

Of course, Rod wasn’t deliberately taking all the credit, the main reason was to conceal Mephit’s extraordinary power, lest the Silver Oath come to capture someone again and he’d lose a valuable partner.

If it hadn’t been for those people causing trouble, he would have already cleared the Isone Ruins to the west and the Black Water Swamp to the north, unifying the entire surrounding area of Star Town.

The members of the investigation team didn’t pry too much into this, as it was not closely related to the main subject of their investigation.

After drawing preliminary conclusions, they immediately sent the news back to the Royal City.

This unprecedentedly serious event caused a shock within the Supreme Council.

And all information regarding the puppet master behind the scenes further caused extreme vigilance in the Royal City.

Sagus Ancient City, known as the City of a Thousand Gods, is a Giant City that has existed since the Epoch of Gods. Its ruins are filled with fallen Divine Envoys, making it utterly impenetrable.

For Doomsday believers to obtain an artifact of such formidable power from there was truly beyond their wildest imaginations.

This was the second time they had obtained information about the Book of Destiny Death.

The first time was indeed from the mouth of the Black Priest Misael, but that time did not trigger much alert because then the Book of Destiny Death had only altered the trajectory of a major district’s governor, posing no significant threat to the foundation of the Royal City.

But this time it was different, the Chief Judge had come close to the upper echelons of the Royal City, and the damage that Third-Level Combatants could cause was unimaginable.

If they went any further, the consequences would be something the Royal City could not bear.

The First Elder Amendo personally issued the order, with Archbishop Horus leading as the Chief Investigator, and the Holy Church, General Court, and Internal Affairs Court carried out the highest-intensity sweep of the Royal City’s internals.

They had to identify all allies of the Chief Judge, weed out Doomsday believers and destructive elements that had exceeded the limits within their ranks.

Meanwhile, Judgment Chief Lucian was ordered to fully dig out the Doomsday believers, with the aim to eliminate the Polluter Sect in the shortest time possible and to seize the Book of Destiny Death.

Additionally, the Elder Council dispatched a large number of Judgers to reside in Star Town to guard against any further sabotage by Doomsday believers or opponents to future decisions about the Royal City.

Even though it appeared to be maintaining a decision-making environment, everyone knew that the Royal City’s inclination was gradually leaning towards expansion.

The first step of the Holy Fire Plan had been a success, and everyone was immensely excited.

Only Mephit was extremely despondent.

Ever since that day, Mephit had been silent, always hiding in a corner by herself or locking herself in her room, not communicating with anyone other than Rod.

Rod did not know why, but as long as she was willing to talk to him, he had ways to coax happiness out of her.

The first approach was to cater to her preferences.

After spending some time together, Rod had discovered that Mephit was in need of money, and money was precisely what he had in abundance.

Mahara’s Envoys were at his doorstep every day eager to lend him money, employing every trick from the seduction playbook to achieve their intent; had it not been for Molly’s strong intervention, Rod could be entertained every night with music and revelry.

Since Mephit needed money, he would bury her with it, of course, not as a charity—that would appear demeaning.

Rod came up with an idea and paid Mephit’s salary for the next thousand weeks in advance, declaring that she was his for the next thousand weeks and had to obey all his orders.

Mephit neither agreed nor declined, quietly accepting the money.

Ha-ha, the power of money truly was peerless.

Of course, money alone wasn’t sufficient, so every time Rod visited her, he brought her favorite foods like the marigold plum wine, lemon cake, ivyfruit jam, piling them up in her room.

In a nutshell, whatever Mephit needed or liked, Rod provided.

The second method was relentless pestering.

With Rod’s current status, he could act shamelessly without anyone being able to save face for him.

No matter how Mephit rejected him, he could force his way into her room, and if it weren’t for the fact that joining her in sleep or bath would earn him a beating, Rod could stick to her side sixteen clock hours a day.

As the saying goes, to take somebody’s food is to soften their heart; after a while, Mephit no longer tried to reject his advances, just occasionally pushing back to prevent him from acting too excessively.

If there were a progress bar for wooing her, Mephit’s would probably be at 80%.

Rod laughed joyfully, certain that with a combination of tactics, any woman’s defenses would crumble.

Ha-ha.

I truly am a Casanova.

As long as I can keep this powerful ally tethered to my side, what threat would "unspeakable nightmares" or "unavoidable destiny" pose?

Wouldn’t the perilous ruins of Isone, Black Water Swamp, just be a walk in the park?

What would three more Chief Judges matter?

Is there anything left in Star Town to fear?

When the stars twinkle and the divinity arrives, what could stop me from pursuing a blissful paradise life?

Rod was filled with boundless joy and brimming with energy, but he failed to notice that his overly attentive behavior towards Mephit had aroused discontent among some.