The Last King Of Darkness
Chapter 720 - 411 True Success_2

Chapter 720: Chapter 411 True Success_2

Elsewhere, the Internal Affairs Court commenced an unprecedented massive hunt.

Judgment Chief Lucian, despite being cursed for initiating purges during the war, forcefully arrested all Doomsday believers and those colluding with them and threw them into prison.

He told the Supreme Council that the Doomsday believers were like corruption in the flesh, and the sooner they were excised, the quicker the recovery; otherwise, once the corruption spread, humanity would clearly see the price paid, which would grow exponentially.

The Elders had differing opinions, but First Elder Amendo supported Lucian’s approach.

In fact, it was proven that purging the inner rot had not affected the stability of Trolian overall. On the contrary, it accelerated the circulation and efficiency of its operations.

The Royal City was finally able to ease its mind. With Great Sect Leader Asa and the Book of Destiny threat eliminated, there was no longer the need to worry about influences other than the battle itself, and they could finally focus all their attention on the campaign and not be wary of their own people.

However, the current state of the war was not good.

The battle of Storm Pass encountered unexpected difficulties. Fire Son Luo Weiya, leading the core legion, hit the Wall of Giants—a wall made of countless Giant corpses eroded by the endless Black Fog over time, turning them into terrifying twisted beings.

Thousands of Giant Undead clashed violently with the core legion, and the situation took an unanticipated turn. The Royal City had already sent reinforcements numerous times.

However, due to the core legion’s structure, additional help was doomed to be of little effect. The Large Resonance Plate, hailed as a man-made Divine Artifact, had a carrying capacity limit of one core legion’s combat power; more strength couldn’t be integrated into it.

Supported by the Resonance Plate, warriors received strong Spiritual Energy protection, and their own Spiritual Power was also significantly boosted. As long as Fire Son stood firm, the core legion would not suffer any casualties.

Under such circumstances, even an ordinary Sixth Level Combatant could exhibit power close to that of a Fourth Level Combatant. Thus, the core legion’s overall combat capability was unimaginable, and some scattered support couldn’t play much of a role. The Royal City used them more for completing miscellaneous tasks that the core legion couldn’t conveniently handle.

The Large Resonance Plate had its range limitations; the core legion was like a giant warship, mighty yet heavy and cumbersome, difficult to turn around.

Additionally, there were weak points behind and to the sides of the Resonance Plate. If a powerful monster attacked from behind, it could cause significant damage to the Resonance Plate and even lead to a collapse of the Spiritual Power Series, resulting in resonance disorder and array destruction.

Therefore, whenever the core legion was formed, the Kingdom would assign another part of its high-end combat power to protect its rear and assist in battle.

This was why the western and southwestern frontlines were established.

After Guardian Lily cleansed the Soul Devouring King’s castle, the pressure on the western front diminished significantly. When the Book of Destiny and Asa were destroyed, hardly any monsters appeared.

After much consideration, the Royal City decided to dispatch all the forces from the western front to the Storm Pass battlefield and have the southwestern front take over the western front.

At the same time, the Royal City drew more forces from across the regions to supplement the Storm Pass battlefield. Although they didn’t have many trivial tasks to do and their role was minimal, this battle was crucial—it almost determined the fate of the Royal City, Trolian, and humanity’s future. They had to seize even the slightest bit of force.

Following the King’s suggestion, the Royal City even broke tradition and, despite having a Large Resonance Plate on the battlefield, consecutively deployed several Big Spirit Lamps. Ultra-elite combat clusters joined the front lines, directly participating in the battle.

Yet even so, the situation remained grim.

Below Storm Pass, a dormant power beyond imagination stirred. The clan of Giant King Omir, the ancient builder of Trolian Royal City, awakened from the underground to join the battle.

The White Tower’s grand eye observed a peculiar Sealing. After urgent research by the Royal City’s scholars and Masters, they believed it to be possibly Giant King Omir’s coffin.

Those Giant clansmen might have been guardians sworn to protect their King, but they were corroded by the Black Fog during their long slumber and transformed into Giant monsters. It was only their lingering rationality and mission that directed the monsters’ instincts to eliminate any living being approaching the coffin.

The battle reached a critical phase.

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After the sewer battle, Rod was exhausted in both body and spirit, his Spiritual Energy depleted, feeling unwell and irritable, so he returned to his house in the Upper City for half a day’s rest.

It is worth mentioning that Rod fulfilled his promise; the Hunter pub’s manager Ado had resigned from her job and moved in here—honestly, he had already forgotten about this matter, but it turned out that Ado and Mephit were good friends, and she got in touch with him through her.

Rod, with the philosophy of saving anyone he could, let her move in and offered her a generous weekly salary of 600 silver coins with a promise of future increases.

Ado moved into this dream mansion with great joy, even relocated her water-spraying lilies, and thus began her blissful life of solitude in the mansion bathed in the glow of the Big Spirit Lamp—Rod was hardly ever home, and this opulent house in the most bustling district of the Upper City, lit by the Big Spirit Lamp, was hers alone to inhabit.

Since she moved in, this was Rod’s first time returning to the house.

Ado was overjoyed and had planned to use all her skills to entertain Rod but, unfortunately, as soon as he arrived, he fell into bed and into a deep sleep.