The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 681 - 396: Return to the Battlefield

Chapter 681: Chapter 396: Return to the Battlefield

After such a long period of practice, Rod had gained a pretty clear understanding of how to acquire divinity.

Its core point was not about humans, but about oneself.

The positive impact you had on humans determined how much divinity you could acquire.

As powerful as the core legion was, even Rod, if he had joined, would have been just one among twenty non-human-level warriors.

Even if he had conquered Storm Pass, his role would have been minimal.

Thus, Rod decisively declined the invitation to join the core legion.

Dalin was quite regretful; the invitation had come from Luo Weiya, a Fire Son, but since Rod had declined, he had to choose another twenty second-level combatants.

The second choice was to become part of the auxiliary force that fought alongside the core legion.

Dalin told Rod that the core legion was like an unimaginably huge battleship—strong but very bulky, requiring some smaller, more agile escort ships to handle petty affairs for it.

The auxiliary combat team was there to do exactly that.

Undoubtedly, it wouldn’t gain much divinity.

Rod rejected this as well.

The third option was to guard the west and south sides of Storm Pass, ensuring that the core legion wouldn’t be attacked from the flanks while they assaulted Storm Pass.

This was a very dangerous and relatively important responsibility.

Rod decisively chose this task.

Dalin had originally planned this for the seasoned second-level combatants who were experienced and composed, and rarely made mistakes.

But Rod had privileges; everything he had done in the past had cast an inexplicable glow upon him.

Whether in the Fire Hall or the Military War Department, the Defense Chief and commanders trusted him deeply.

Dalin agreed with his choice and assigned him to the Third Station on the Western Front.

Rod appeared deep in thought with his eyes closed but actually, he had returned to the Dream Realm and arrived at Star Square.

Through the mist, he saw shining golden light, brighter than any other option.

That’s right!

Rod felt delighted.

This was the choice with relatively the most divinity.

However, for some reason, this time he couldn’t see the specific divinity.

"Book, what’s going on?" Rod asked.

The Book of Knowledge jumped down from the Obelisk, sprinted to the square, and said uncertainly after looking around for a moment, "Master, this should represent the uncertainties of the future, you may gain more divinity because of it."

Rod raised an eyebrow, "Book, are you sure?"

The Book of Knowledge flipped through its pages, the handwriting somewhat hesitant, but the expression certain.

"Yes, the significance of your task is variable, maybe some unexpected events will happen, making your task very critical, so the divinity you gain would increase."

"Could it also decrease?"

"Yes, if your guarding becomes meaningless, then you won’t gain much divinity."

Rod’s heart chilled, realizing some unease.

After the mobilization was complete, Rod sought out Dalin alone to express his concerns.

Dalin frowned, took a drag on his cigarette, and asked, "You mean, this battle might run into unexpected issues?"

Rod spoke gravely, "I have an intuition that something terrible might happen."

Dalin buried himself in smoke, remained silent for a long time before he spoke again, his voice a bit hoarse.

"I understand, I will report this to the Royal City and allocate more forces and resources to ensure victory."

Rod warned, "Be careful of the Doomsday believers, the ones in the sewers are currently being tracked by the White Tower and the Internal Affairs Court. If they don’t want to die immediately, they should be too busy to interfere, but other Doomsday Sects might take the opportunity to cause trouble."

Dalin nodded, "I understand, I’ll take precautions; they won’t be jumping around for long."

Rod said with a laugh, "Yes, as soon as the White Tower locates those who feast on filth, I will immediately obliterate them."

Dalin, knowing what Rod had gone through recently, couldn’t help but crack a smile, though it quickly faded.

With the great battle imminent, he really couldn’t bring himself to laugh.

Meanwhile, in his mind, the Book of Knowledge asked, "Master, are you sure this is the right course of action? If the human legions achieve victory without any turmoil, it might render your task insignificant."

Rod said indifferently, "Book, your soul hasn’t recovered yet, and your thinking isn’t comprehensive when it comes to things beyond your scope of knowledge."

"If the core legion is completely annihilated, my task would be meaningless too. Compared to that outcome, I’d rather they achieve a one-sided victory—at least, my advice will still get me some divinity."

"Even if it’s not much."

The Book of Knowledge fluttered its pages, appearing quite annoyed.

"I understand, you’re right... My broken soul is really troublesome, I need to hurry and get the Dream Fragments from the Light Country, or I’m becoming brain dead."

Rod replied, laughing, "Book, don’t say that, you were just disrupted by the Doomsday believers, it’s not your fault."

The Book of Knowledge grumpily wrote, "Once I get the next Soul Fragment, I’m definitely going to dig those guys out of the cesspit and devour them!"

Rod laughed and returned to the material world, then took his leave.

Dalin once again immersed himself in his myriad duties.

In the Dream Realm, the Book of Knowledge returned to the Obelisk, continuing to repair its cracks as a large amount of souls seeped from the surface and filled in.

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