The Last King Of Darkness

Horus paused, pulling his thoughts away from that tragic past.

"Through studying this period of history, we discovered that the Initial Fire is nowhere to be found, while countless Holy Fires and Guardian Fires suddenly appeared, scattered across the land."

"It is rumored that during the peak of the Fire Epoch, the light of the fire stretched across the heavens and the earth, shining all the way to the other side of the Endless Sea."

"So, don't we have reason to infer that so many Holy Fires and Guardian Fires all originated from the Initial Fire?"

Rod's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked, "So, does that mean the Initial Fire was extinguished?"

Horus gently shook his head.

"We don't know what happened at the end of the Second Epoch that caused the almost victorious divine beings to fall, but we can boldly assume that under the powerful force of the Initial Fire, the armies of humans and gods were nearing total victory."

"A sudden downfall is unimaginable unless... some massive turning point occurred."

Rod furrowed his brow.

"Are you saying the Doomsday believers?"

Horus replied solemnly, one word at a time:

"Yes, but at that time they probably weren't yet called the Doomsday believers, perhaps they were the embodiment of the Ancient Evil Thought."

"They found ways to extinguish the Initial Fire."

"Rod, you should know how troublesome it is to lose the protection of fire when fighting against the Black Fog."

Rod nodded; he knew this very well, without the protection of fire, humans couldn't withstand the Black Fog for long.

Even he was no exception.

Horus continued, "Suppose, at this time, the human and god alliance was engaged in a final battle against the ultimate power of the Black Fog, and the Doomsday believers extinguished the Initial Fire from behind, what do you think would happen?"

Rod felt a chill in his heart and replied in a deep voice, "The entire army would be annihilated!"

Horus looked at him with a heavy gaze.

"You're right, after the fire went out, the Black Fog became unstoppable, spreading madly over the land, and the world was consumed in darkness in a very short time."

"Perhaps this is why it's so difficult for us to find relics of that era's history, civilization was nearly wiped out, and nothing could be preserved."

Rod's heart sank, instinctively arguing, "But if that's the case, how did humans survive after the gods fell? How did they create the prosperous and powerful Fire Epoch?"

Horus replied calmly, "That is the secret we need to uncover, everything I just said is speculation and conjecture, without concrete evidence, it remains just a guess."

"But it is the best explanation for the existence of the Fire Epoch, the Initial Fire scattered and became the Holy Fires of various Fire King Cities, its fragments became the Guardian Fires, although the power of fire was greatly weakened, humans still created a glorious Epoch."

Suddenly, Rod realized what Horus was suggesting.

"Are you saying that if we collect all the Holy Fire Seeds, we can rekindle the Initial Fire in Trolian Royal City and achieve such complete victory again?"

He paused, cautiously adding a sentence.

"As long as we carefully protect the Initial Fire and avoid repeating the same mistakes, can we achieve ultimate victory?"

Horus's face twitched as if a mole were burrowing in the withered wood.

"Rod, although you sometimes seem a bit like an unthinking child, at critical moments, your mind always works quickly."

Rod's face darkened, "Archbishop, that's prejudice, I have always been the heir of wisdom."

The King laughed, "Little Rod, you're too shameless, no one would praise themselves like that except an idiot."

Rod's face flushed red with embarrassment, "That's not right, you can't say that, King, in such darkness, confidence is more valuable than gold, it's my confidence that leads everyone to ultimate victory."

The King laughed even more joyfully, "True to yourself, I didn't misjudge you."

Horus said thoughtfully, "Little Rod, qualities like yours are really rare, I'm increasingly believing in Luo Weiya's theory."

He paused for a moment before continuing.

"If a True King emerges among us, then we very likely can gather all the Holy Fire Seeds back to Trolian."

"And this was impossible in the flourishing era of fire, because no Fire King City would put out its own Holy Fire, and thus they couldn't discover this secret."

"Conversely, in the fading darkness of the Dark Epoch, it might actually be achievable."

Horus looked at Rod with burning eyes, the expectation in his gaze was unmistakable.

"This is why I say a True King can save us, save Trolian, save humanity."

"No existence is stronger than he."

The King said softly.

"In ancient prophecies, when the long-desired King appears, darkness will end."

"And the True King is the King we long for."

"In a way, this prophecy finally has an explanation."

Unconsciously, Rod had clenched his fists, feeling his blood rushing and his heart pounding fiercely.

This was a feeling of fervor.

Suppressing his excitement, he asked.

"King, Archbishop, can we find other Fire King Cities?"

The King nodded slightly.

"We can."

"Of course, we must first find the other three Fire King Cities from the Dark Epoch, whether or not they have already fallen."

"Afterward, we will find the Royal City that perished in the Fire Epoch, that will be the true challenge."

Horus said, "The powerful Human Kingdom of the Fire Epoch is far beyond our comparison, even the Starry Kingdom cannot compare, their Fire King Cities will certainly be more dangerous than Starry Sky City."

"As long as we can collect all the Holy Fire Seeds, we will be able to ignite the Holy Fire, tear through the Black Fog, and bring back a bright world."

The King sighed, "In our desperate situation, a unique hope has appeared, perhaps it really is the fate of fire, hoping the path of the True King is not completely severed."

"Certainly."

The King changed the topic.

"For now, aside from me, no one else can glimpse that legendary domain."

"Trolian still needs more power, our development remains the most important, only a strong Trolian can produce the legendary True King."

Rod asked, "King, what is currently restricting our development?"

The King answered, "Resources, technology, power."

"Little Rod, you should know that if resources were sufficient, we wouldn't have only a few geniuses among us."

"What most lack is actually just resources, geniuses have the ability to better utilize resources, like you, Little Rod, consuming almost no resources, yet producing results like a legendary cow, eating grass and producing milk."

Rod's face turned black, couldn't you use a different example?

Horus continued, "We need more resources, more combat power, our current territory has greatly limited our development, we must quickly eliminate the King Level Monsters eyeing Trolian and gain more development space."

The King's expression became solemn.

"But eliminating those King Level Monsters requires a large amount of combat power."

"In other words, our essence is a lack of combat power."