The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1452 - 700: Calier’s Dark Plan (Part 4)
This model has played a significant role, not only reducing sacrifices but also greatly improving the quality of the Unawakened.
"Geoffrey."
Rod attempted to speak, calling his name.
The person in front of him struggled to open his eyes, saw Rod, and his clouded eyes suddenly filled with light.
"Ah, Lord Rod, it’s so good to see you."
Rod didn’t expect him to recognize him immediately and quickly asked, "Are you voluntary?"
Geoffrey’s eyes grew brighter: "Of course, Lord Rod, I dream of going to the battlefield and fighting monsters with you all."
"Why didn’t you go to the Fire Trial?"
Geoffrey’s expression darkened: "Failed, failed five times, my soul is too damp to ignite the fire, I am too old now to undergo the Fire Trial, only Calier can save me."
"But don’t you know you might become a monster?"
"Yes."
"Then why?"
"Because I want to kill monsters like you."
Geoffrey said softly.
"My father, my mother, my two brothers, one sister, my child, all died in the Black Tide two years ago, my village was destroyed."
"I love the village, I love everyone, every corner, every piece of land in the village, my biggest wish since childhood was to live forever with the villagers under the firelight, but they’re all dead."
"I only wanted to be an excellent miner like my father, but after the village’s destruction, I have a new ideal, a new wish, a new dream burning in my heart."
"I want to become a Transcendent, a Combatant."
"Even if I risk my life, even if I shed my blood and flesh, even if I bleed, I want to become one of them."
"I want to hunt monsters, I want to kill all those devils that devour people in the dark, I want to kill all the harmful vermin!"
At this moment, a researcher suddenly shouted:
"Great Priest, his measurements, his measurements are changing, the soul stability threshold is skyrocketing, 60, 70, 80, oh my, it’s still rising!" 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖
Everyone ran to him, watching the Spiritual Crystal emitting a peculiar light until it calmed down after a long time.
"99!"
Calier researcher marveled.
"This is the strongest soul resistance threshold I’ve seen this year, as long as he maintains this state, he can soon continue strengthening."
Great Priest Megan couldn’t hide her smile after checking all the values.
Rod, however, did not pay attention, in front of him, this poor man had long fallen into a deep coma.
After a while, he sighed heavily and turned to leave.
Hopefully, he can realize his dream.
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Afterward, Great Priest Megan took Rod to tour the Black Inheritors’ area.
Black Inheritors refer to those who acquire soul traits and the ability to control Spiritual Energy by devouring soul trait blocks.
The more soul traits they can devour, the stronger their power becomes, but equally, they face the risk of rejection and backlash.
The soul trait blocks provided by Rod are mostly used here.
The pathways of the Black Inheritors are relatively stable compared to the Unawakened, and the technology is very mature.
Calier’s current research direction is trying to gather more soul traits, quantify them, and thereby control Source Law, gaining stronger power.
Currently, they have achieved significant breakthroughs, the Black Inheritors can temporarily possess Source Power by taking special soul substances, but it can’t last long and has some damage to soul stability.
They are working to minimize these side effects.
Megan proudly introduced the strongest Black Inheritor in Calier’s secret forces to Rod.
A little chubby named Wawa.
Although he looked unimpressive, he mastered a precious soul trait — the soul trait of Shadow Sky Demon, which possesses terrifying might and only needs to take special shadow fragment potions to gain tremendous explosive power.
However, Wawa looked very timid, not even daring to say hello to Rod.
"You you you are the great Black Black Black Bucket!"
With one sentence, Rod’s goodwill dropped to negative.
"That’s me, maybe you can use another name."
Wawa said softly, "But I I I like Black Black Black Bucket..."
Rod felt he couldn’t continue the conversation, casually said a few words and left, the Black Inheritors’ area was relatively calm.
Finally, on the westernmost side of this base, Rod finally saw Brittania’s Annie.
She looked exactly as before, still with shoulder-length blonde hair, even the freckles on her face hadn’t changed.
But she seemed listless, sitting slouched in a huge Steel Throne.
When she saw Rod coming, she reluctantly perked up: "Brother Rod, you finally came, I am not in a good state now, but don’t worry, I’ll recover soon and gain stronger power, although I heard you’ve become very formidable, I’ll soon surpass you, one day, I will save this world."
After speaking, she closed her eyes, the Steel Throne roared with life, strong Spiritual Energy was injected into her body.
Great Priest Megan said proudly.
"She is still my only dual-path holder, the Steel Dragon’s seventh Unawakened, the Light Energy Aggregation’s Black Inheritor, her soul still maintains terrifying stability, but her advancement speed has slowed down."
"Therefore, I need the Sun Knight’s body, this corpse possesses unimaginable decay and curse, yet maintains balance under healing, the rotten flesh is a perfect Commander body, and still holds the Sun Knight’s terrifying might, it’s a super healing I’ve dreamed of for twenty years, once fused into her body, Annie will surely break her limits, becoming Calier’s only combat power equal to Monarch Level."
"You can’t imagine, her current pure physical strength surpasses King Level Monsters, once she advances further, no monster can breach her defense, her Light Energy Aggregation will unleash unimaginable might, just like your Spiritual Power Cannon."
Rod took a deep breath, asked: "What help do you need?"
Great Priest Megan flashed a wild smile: "I need a Pure Star Source Potion."
At this moment, the Book of the Future suddenly shouted: "Master, Master, my inspiration has been triggered again, the sound of bells swayed in my ears, I saw a white shadow, ah, it’s dragon bones, the dragon bones you obtained earlier have a role to play now."
Almost immediately, Rod understood what the Book of the Future was predicting.
"Alright, I got it, also, I have something for you."
He casually drew the Dream Ritual on the ground and transmitted the dragon bone.
"This is the dragon bone, it has significant effect in enhancing Annie."
Megan’s eyes widened, staring at the huge dragon bone before her speechless.
Rod said gravely: "Make good use of it, I hope to see an Annie who can fight alongside me."
At this moment, Megan only wished to kneel at Rod’s feet, kiss his shoes, his thighs, he had never believed so strongly that Calier would rise, darkness would submit beneath humanity’s feet.
Afterward, Megan almost fawningly told Rod everything else.
Including Calier’s original origin without exception.
It was not originally initiated by Royal City, but a research find discovered by Royal City in a distant ruin, known as the "Calier’s Dark Plan," utilizing fusion of humans with monsters in darkness to create powerful warriors, experimented in an unknown distant era, most of its results have been lost, failed products transformed into stronger monsters hiding in the Black Fog.
After Trolian’s Great Fault, the ruins’ location had been lost, relevant materials mostly missing, the entire plan sunk in the passage of time, leaving little information.
Megan told him, judging from existing information, the Dark Plan far exceeded Calier’s Non-human Voice, Stone City’s underground laboratory was built because part of this plan’s remaining materials were found, "Calier’s Non-human Voice" was named accordingly.
If more clues about "Calier’s Dark Plan" can be found, his research will make a significant leap forward, Calier will sooner control darkness, thereby controlling Black Fog, achieving ultimate victory.
Rod nodded, keeping this in mind.
But in his heart, he did not quite believe Megan’s assumption, only supporting it out of trust in Heigao’er.
Hopefully, I am right.
