The Last King of Darkness

Until they arrived at their destination, Karamon still refused to communicate with them.

The other two also had limited knowledge, only saying that Donna was the daughter of a wealthy businessman.
She provided Karamon with the sun crystal he lacked during his fourth-level spiritual energy advancement ceremony, helping him successfully pass the graduation trial and become an official combat personnel.
They met each other and quickly fell in love.

When Karamon was ready to spend the rest of his life with her, she kicked him out.

Although the information was limited, it was clearly not matching up with Governor Alexis.

Rode subtly asked if they had seen the governor of the second district of the outer city.
All three said they hadn ’t, except for Karamon, who muttered that he seemed like a bearded man, but he couldn ’t remember for sure.

Things seemed a bit strange, so Rode decided to ask Karamon about his girlfriend after the patrol was over.
By then, he should have calmed down.

The top priority now was to kill monsters and obtain their souls.

The four began patrolling along the same route as yesterday.
Their pace was neither fast nor slow, according to Raisin, it was the most standard speed according to the textbook.
They completed one patrol in half an hour, with faster steps at the beginning and end, and slower in the middle.
According to statistics, this type of patrol had the highest rescue rate.

Their luck was good today.
As soon as the patrol began, they encountered three groups of gray-grade monsters in a row.
The number was very large, at least two hundred.

Rode fired ten shots and obtained 51 ”dust-like souls, ” making Raisin exclaim, ”We ’re rich. ”

Eg reminded them, ”These flying ash-like monsters disappear as soon as they appear.
It ’s not worth using consumables to attack them. ”

Rode also realized that gray-grade monsters were indeed very weak.
As Mole had said in class, their soul waveform was like a straight line, very flat, and almost no spiritual energy flashes could be seen.

But true silver was a very precious spiritual material.
Any material that could react with spiritual energy was called a spiritual material, and they had various uses, making them the most important resource for humans.

True silver with a purity of more than 30% was a controlled substance and not allowed for free trade.

A true silver bullet contained less than one-tenth of a gram of true silver and cost as much as seven silver sows.
It was not cost-effective to use it to eliminate some easily cleaned dust.Rode only had 55 bullets in total, and after firing ten shots, he only had 45 left.
Tonight was different, as the number of visible demons had increased, perhaps due to what Scarface had called the ”Dark Moon Night. ”

The long night was endless, and with only 45 bullets left, Rode knew it wouldn ’t be enough.
If he kept using his pistol like this every night, even if he sold himself as a meat slave to Kassan, he wouldn ’t be able to afford it.

After paying off his debts and buying new bullets, he only had 300 silver left in his pocket.
If he didn ’t save some money, the 1,000 silver that Kassan had borrowed from him would be gone in an instant.

Rode pushed a slider on the gun ’s butt after a moment of thought.

With a click, ”Raven ” switched to the strong attack mode, and the charging time of the spiritual gun extended to six seconds, requiring 150 spiritual power instead of 40.
However, the spiritual power contained in the true silver bullets doubled, making them much more powerful.

The key was to save bullets.

This was taught to him by Big Sister Mina, who had taught him many functions of ”Raven, ” but Lauren seemed to think he didn ’t need them and didn ’t tell him.

As soon as they saw this action, all three of them turned their heads in surprise.

”Rode, can you use a heavy gun? ”

”Can your spiritual power handle it? I tried it when I was at level one, and I could only fire three shots before I collapsed. ”

Rode felt a bit bewildered.
”Didn ’t I fire dozens of shots yesterday? Even if the required spiritual power has quadrupled, firing seven or eight shots shouldn ’t be a problem, right? ”

Karamon laughed.
”Rode, I always forget that you ’re only a one-year student. ”

Aeg seriously explained, ”Spiritual power isn ’t a reservoir.
Our souls aren ’t filled with spiritual power.
The way we use spiritual power is like squeezing water from a sponge.
You know what a sponge is, right? It ’s a specialty of Qianhu Town.
If it ’s soaked with water, no matter how hard you squeeze, there will always be a little bit left. ”

Raisin laughed.
”To put it simply, in Old Blind Mole ’s words, spiritual power is like our strength.
If you use it sparingly, you can use it for a long time.
If you carry a heavy load and use it at high intensity, you ’ll quickly collapse. ”

”Our estimated total amount of spiritual power is a very rough value with a lot of fluctuation and no real reference value. ”

This explanation quickly made Rode understand, but it also made him a bit hard to understand.
He had tried a heavy gun before and had no problem firing ten shots.
At the time, Mina even praised him for his endurance, and Rode thought it was just kind encouragement.

”Maybe I have an extraordinary talent? ”

Rode thought to himself curiously, ”What is generally used as a reference for the strength of spiritual power? ”Raisin said, ”The most important indicator is the spiritual energy level, followed by the conventional spiritual energy intensity.
There are also many more detailed indicators, but spiritual energy is influenced by many factors, so these indicators only have general reference value and are only useful when measuring single spiritual energy reactions and monsters. ”

Aig laughed, ”Just like what Old Blind said, your spiritual energy is like your chest, there ’s always something there when you squeeze it. ”

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The three burst into laughter.

This also made Rode completely understand the relationship between soul and spiritual energy.

”I didn ’t expect to learn more knowledge here. ”

Rode was moved and quickly repeated what Old Blind Mole said in class during the day, hoping to hear deeper content.

Being a good teacher is simply an instinct engraved in human genes, especially for Karamon.
He particularly wanted to redeem himself in front of Rode, so he spoke in great detail.

”Old Blind was too brief in his lectures.
He underestimated you all. ”

Karamon sharply evaluated this teacher who left a deep impression on many students.

”Besides the main level, monsters also have different ranks.
Just looking at the soul waveform is not accurate.
We also need to comprehensively consider the spiritual energy level, the monster ’s attributes, type, and ability to accurately judge its approximate strength. ”

Karamon explained in detail to Rode how to distinguish and judge the strength of monsters, how to formulate tactics against them, and even advanced content on how to allocate personnel and arrange positions.

Aig licked his grass potato jam with added honey and occasionally interjected.

Raisin was fighting alone in front of a group of shadow black dogs.
He frequently turned his back to the most enemies and used his sword and shield to guard against attacks.

”Have you guys finished chatting? ”

The more monsters he killed, the more frustrated Raisin became, as his attack power was lacking.