The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 405 - 278: Companion

Chapter 405: Chapter 278: Companion

Four days after the attack, the investigative team had returned to the Royal City with all the evidence.

They would assist Archbishop Horus in uncovering more conspirators.

Star Town never faced any more crises, and everything developed smoothly.

The Mahara merchants exerted their utmost effort to help, and the number of giant carriages heading to Star Town increased daily. Star Town’s main population had already exceeded eight hundred thousand. The original town could no longer accommodate so many people, and Star Town was rapidly expanding west and east, expected to connect with Ghost Spirit Lake and the Underground City within the coming months.

Thanks to the efforts of the Life Sect, Ghost Spirit Lake had become vibrant with life, with over sixty thousand farmers and fishermen engaging in agriculture and aquaculture there. The food they produced not only supplied Star Town but was also sold back to the Royal City.

The Underground City to the east had become an important transfer and buffer zone for Star Town.

The Underground City, reaching more than six hundred yards deep, could accommodate at least three hundred thousand people and had no drawbacks except for the inconvenience it posed to ordinary travelers.

The core resources of Star Town—the True Silver Vein and Sun Crystal Vein—had also reached full saturation, bringing a smile to everyone’s face with their daily output.

If there was to be a complaint, it would be the overwhelming number of combatants who wanted to transfer to Star Town.

After hearing about their exploits, whether they were warriors from the legions or students from the academies, everyone wanted to come to Star Town to be an officially designated combatant.

But the Defense Department of Star Town already had five thousand official guards and Guardians.

This was already an excess allocation. If it weren’t on the Dark Frontier, such a number would not be allowed at all.

Within Trolian, a town typically only had up to a hundred combatants.

Even in the inner and outer circles of defense, it would not exceed a thousand.

Star Town’s allocation was already saturated, and Rod’s Black Battle Group only had slots for one hundred people.

Molly, as his assistant, strictly controlled these slots.

Currently, she was the only one in the Battle Group.

Rod wasn’t too concerned, for whoever he wanted to join in the future was just a matter of saying the word. These were all his future subordinates; he had to choose those who worked best with him.

Mephit was one of them.

During this time, through Rod’s persistent efforts, Mephit had finally been convinced to make items for him for free.

He immediately dumped a huge pile of raw materials on her.

There were so many that they had to build a special warehouse.

Mahara, to ingratiate himself with Rod, had hauled in tons of materials.

Even with Mephit’s efficiency working day and night, it would take over a hundred years to finish them all.

Rod initially wanted to find a few more people to help, as Dream Creations were extremely powerful, far surpassing the ordinary creations from the Royal City.

But the issue was that the raw materials for Dream Creations were not ordinary materials; they were extremely rare and taboo materials, and only a handful of master craftsmen in the Royal City knew how to make them. They were all very busy and could not possibly come specifically to make materials for Rod.

Conversely, Mephit being so young yet already comparable to a master craftsman was very rare.

However, there were some unpleasant rumors about this matter; it was said that Mephit, for the sake of this skill, had murdered the rare crafting master Shi Po and was using this technology in the stone house to undertake illegal business with Hunters for huge profits.

Of course, Rod didn’t believe this.

Mephit wasn’t a scheming woman. In their interactions, Rod could feel she was very lonely and greatly feared loneliness. She often wanted to join in the laughter and liveliness outside but feared getting hurt and had to remain in her shell, studying Spirituality materials, Elements, and their transformations under spiritual conditions.

This was one of her few joys.

In fact, Mephit did not like Rod’s somewhat frivolous nature, but she cherished this rare friendship. Although she knew his motives were mostly utilitarian, isn’t that what a partnership was about?

Moreover, he was sincere, kind, and did not regard her differently or even cared whether she was beautiful, ugly, or plain. He always seized any opportunity to take advantage.

At times, Mephit even indulged him a bit, after all, he was so unique and genuine, unlike other men who would instantly turn their backs and loathe her upon knowing her true nature.

Thus, even though Mephit knew all his actions had a strong utilitarian purpose, she still agreed to his requests.

In this way, the two of them established a wonderful trust.

It was not a pure mutual use but mutual aid between friends.

This made Rod very happy.

Mephit was the partner he had set his sights on from the first moment, but wooing her turned out to be very challenging. Mephit’s identity was too complex, carried too many taboos, and it had taken him tremendous effort to finally win her over.

With this, he had finally gained his first true partner, who would bring unprecedented changes for him.

He was very much looking forward to it.

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Since the day he had killed the three Chief Judges, the whole situation had opened up.

The Royal City’s attitude towards him had made a big turn; not only did they specifically dispatch numerous Judgers to guard Star Town to prevent adversaries from causing further disruption, but they also sent personnel to secure the routes and ensure the transportation of materials.