The Last King Of Darkness-Chapter 1604 - 578: Development
The meeting concluded in a heated atmosphere, everyone filled with expectations for their future.
They believed that as long as they trained hard, improved desperately, fought fearlessly, and kept going like this, a bright and fiery tomorrow would arrive.
Even experienced and prudent individuals like Horus and Bossivale thought so. Once they received the specific ritual specifications, they began preparing with all their might.
The demands of the Ascension Ceremony were very clear: 2 parts of Light Stone, 2 parts of Pure Star Marrow, 2 parts of Pure Star Source, 1 part of Divine Stone, and possibly the ritual foundation materials, True Silver, and Spiritual Crystal.
For Trolian now, foundational spiritual materials like True Silver and Spiritual Crystal were not an issue; the key lay in those four rarest resources.
The Divine Stone, being the most precious and unmanufacturable (to them), was the responsibility of Rod, who would go to the relics left by the Pope to unearth humanity’s heritage.
The remaining three rare resources were their responsibility.
After careful research, Bossivale and Horus quickly figured out how to construct the Light Stone Refining Array.
This is a massive spiritual energy ritual, utilizing infinite Spiritual Crystals, reflecting and amplifying spiritual energy, stacking immense spiritual pressure towards the center, integrating the essence of the Sun Stone into everything to form the Light Stone.
"One Light Stone Refining Array requires 175 tons of True Silver, 5000 parts of high-purity Spiritual Crystal, and 1000 pieces of high-quality Sun Stone. Depending on the capability of the Refining Array’s host, 3 to 5 Light Stones can be condensed."
Horus calculated the required materials with the fastest speed, emphasizing that the Light Stone Refining Array must be hosted by the King of Bright Light.
His Bright Light ability is key to extracting the essence of the Sun Stone.
Bossivale said gravely, "The material demands are high, and your pressure is great, Archbishop."
Horus smiled slightly, his dry face cracking like tree bark: "I have no problem; I have absolute confidence in my Bright Light ability. After the Blood God War, my comprehension of Bright Light has ascended to another level; now, I am truly the King of Bright Light."
But the logistics resource heads, Hullen and Feng, turned pale.
"Lords, may I ask, is the Light Stone Refining Array not a one-time ritual? Its ritual foundation can be reused, right?"
Horus rebuked, "What are you thinking? How could a Refining Array be reused? The immense pressure would destroy the materials carrying the array. You don’t think Light Stone is a common element, do you? Perhaps it’s not even worthy of being called an element, just an ordinary spiritual material?"
The two resource managers were tongue-tied, knowing that a rare and precious spiritual material like Light Stone was definitely worthy of being called an "element." The Archbishop was reprimanding them for their ignorance.
"But—" 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
Hullen said with a mournful expression.
"Archbishop, one Refining Array requires so many materials..."
Horus widened his eyes, looking somewhat angry: "What are you saying? This is a vital matter concerning humanity’s future. No matter the cost, it must be supplied, at all costs!"
Bossivale coughed and said, "Although the Light Stone Refining Array is indeed costly, with Trolian’s current resource production, it should be sufficient."
Hullen shrank his neck and whispered, "Archbishop, one Refining Array isn’t an issue, but it needs to be used multiple times. Consuming so many materials but only producing 3 to 5 Light Stones is too high a cost!"
Horus was clearly infuriated by Hullen’s chilling words, but Bossivale quickly spoke before the Archbishop could get angry: "Tell us, how high is the cost?"
Hullen immediately perked up, counting on his fingers.
"Lords, you see, one Refining Array requires 175 tons of True Silver, 5000 parts of high-purity Spiritual Crystal, and 1000 pieces of high-quality Sun Stone. Eventually, it only produces 3 to 5 Light Stones. Even if Lord Horus’s capability is extraordinary, producing 5 each time on average, for every Light Stone, we need 35 tons of True Silver, 1000 parts of high-purity Spiritual Crystal, and 200 pieces of high-quality Sun Stone."
"And according to your description, the first round of Ascension Ceremony needs 2 Light Stones, the second round four, and so on. At most, seven rounds, by the seventh round, 128 Light Stones are needed. Including the previous six rounds, that’s 254 Light Stones, requiring 8890 tons of True Silver, 250,000 parts of high-purity Spiritual Crystal, and 50,000 pieces of high-quality Sun Stone to complete the entire set of Ascension Ceremonies."
"Currently, Trolian’s monthly production of True Silver is 50 billion parts, approximately 0.5 grams each, meaning the monthly production is only 2500 tons. We need the total production from three and a half months to gather enough."
The red-haired Feng continued: "The key is that various projects in Trolian currently need True Silver, with monthly consumption exceeding 2000 tons. If we let it go unchecked, even 5000 tons would be used up. So, there is still a shortage in our resources, and it’s substantial. In this situation, completing the Ascension Ceremony projects would require halting all other projects, but that would significantly impact Trolian’s normal operations."
Hullen added, "Not only that, but high-purity Spiritual Crystal is also a very precious resource. On average, each ton of Spiritual Crystal ore produces only 5 parts of high-purity Spiritual Crystal, meaning we need to mine 50,000 tons of Spiritual Crystal to gather 250,000 parts of high-purity Spiritual Crystal. As for high-quality Sun Stone, that’s the most severe issue; on average, only 11 of 1000 Sun Stones are of high quality."
