The Last King Of Darkness

Rod asked in surprise, "Why? I remember the Holy White Tree relies on the light of fire to grow, doesn't it? Hasn't the Holy Fire become stronger?"

Horus answered gravely, "The Holy Fire has indeed strengthened significantly, but the nourishment for the Holy White Tree is decreasing, mainly due to the lack of Soul Residue, which is the waste left after destroying souls. We need to capture complete monster souls and then destroy them. Now that Trolian's territory has doubled, we don't have the manpower to do this anymore."

Rod's heart stirred, waste after destroying souls?

Isn't that Soul Residue?

He took out a piece from the Dream Realm: "Is this it, Archbishop?"

Horus glanced at it and asked with slight surprise, "Yes, where did you get it?"

Rod immediately smiled, "I have a lot."

During this period, he sacrificed countless strong souls, accumulating almost a million pieces of Soul Residue, so much that even the gluttons refused to eat them.

After thinking for a bit, he waved his hand and fetched ten thousand pieces, piling them here.

"I'll give you this much first, come find me for more later."

Horus's squinty eyes had never been so wide before, as if a dead wood had come to life.

"Oh my, this, so much? Enough for the Holy White Tree for two weeks, no, if we ration it, three weeks!"

This small mountain of Soul Residue instantly drew the eyes of countless priests, their exclamations echoed continuously.

"Ahhh, so much, so much nourishment!"

"Wow wow wow, this requires at least a hundred strong monster souls!"

"It's the Archbishop! Brought by the Archbishop!"

"Long live Horus!"

Countless priests rushed over excitedly, jumping around the pile of Soul Residue.

"How can you just leave it lying around? Do you spend all day just eating shit?"

"Quick, quick, bring the Red Stone box for storage!"

"Oh oh oh, my treasure, my treasure."

Rod glanced at these priests acting like mad people, whispered: "Uh, Archbishop, are they okay?"

Horus was dumbfounded for quite a while, suddenly shouted: "What are you doing standing around? Hurry up and pack them away!"

"Careful! Be careful! If even one grain is missing, I'll eat your intestines raw!"

Rod stared blankly at the Archbishop who joined the mad crowd, worried whether he had taken out too much at once.

Though this was less than one percent of his inventory, to them, it seemed like a very considerable fortune.

After a long while, this pile of Soul Residue was finally properly stored away.

Rod noticed golden words appearing again on Star Square.

Divinity +6

This works too?

Rod was instantly amazed, a useless ten thousand pieces of Soul Residue, and it yielded 6 points of Divinity.

Then with my million pieces of Soul Residue, wouldn't that be 600 points?

But he quickly realized, this was probably because the Holy White Tree was severely lacking in nourishment. If he took more out, there might be no Divinity gained.

Only after they use them up, giving more, would he gain Divinity.

Thinking of this, Rod immediately said, "Feel free to use these Soul Residue, best to use them up within a week... I have a lot more."

A priest impatiently retorted, "Who are you, do you know how precious this stuff is?"

Rod scratched his head; is there really someone here who doesn't recognize him?

But the priest soon noticed the crown insignia on Rod's collar, his eyes went wide instantly.

"Child of Fire? Are you the Child of Fire? Why don't I know you?"

Horus came over, calmly said, "He's the newly appointed one."

The priest suddenly realized: "Are you the Black Bucket?"

Rod replied with a gloomy face, "I am Rod."

The priest's whole body shook, suddenly fell to his knees before Rod, smashing his forehead on the ground, bowing to him.

"Ahhh, so you're the Black Bucket Lord! Your legendary story has spread throughout the botanical garden, I didn't expect you've been promoted to Child of Fire, hahaha, we are saved, the Royal City is saved, Trolian is saved! Who says humans don't have a true King? He is about to descend!"

Horus calmly said, "You may leave now, try to follow his instructions on the use of nourishment."

The priest jumped three feet: "Yes, Archbishop, Black Bucket Lord, I'm leaving, before I go, I want to confirm something."

Rod frowned and said, "What is it?"

"They say you are the cleanest and greenest Strong, growing just by eating excrement, when you become the legendary King, all humanity will no longer have filth..."

Seeing Rod's increasingly dark face, Horus waved his hand, "Stop talking, go quickly."

The priest could only leave regretfully.

But he soon became excited again, running while shouting, "Black Bucket is here! Black Bucket is visiting the botanical garden!" Causing a commotion.

But at this moment Rod had already left with Horus.

After arriving behind the Holy White Tree, Horus asked, "Rod, how much Soul Residue do you have in your bucket?"

Rod looked at him speechlessly, finally remembered that in the official narrative he has a space ability, and his storage space is said to be a bucket.

Too lazy to argue, he casually said, "A lot more."

"Where did this come from?"

"Picked up in Starry Sky City."

Horus asked no more, the two continued to walk back.

Upper City is built halfway up the Dead Ash Mountain Range, with the high cliff wall of the Dead Ash Mountain Range at the very back.

But below the cliff wall, there is a deep cave.