CH 140

The melodious sound of bells rang throughout the royal city, as the churches in various places celebrated the opening of the Holy Fire.

At this moment, this ancient city finally revealed its weightiness.

Amidst the continuous tolling of the bells, Rode arrived at the entrance of Kimberly Academy. The academy was bustling with people, and everywhere there were students running and cheering, as if they were celebrating a grand festival.

The priest put Rode down and said, "The king has ordered that if you encounter any unsolvable problems, you can come to the royal district to find us."

Rode exclaimed happily, "Will you help me? Then lend me a hundred thousand silver coins first..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the two priests had already flown away.

Well, borrowing money was indeed not an option.

Rode touched his nose and realized that he had to find a way to earn money on his own.

His inventory was almost depleted after the journey through the Sword Pass. The huge amount of money he had received as a reward was now reduced to only six thousand.

His personal salary and supplies had all been cut off, and he had to get money, otherwise his combat power would be greatly reduced.

He also needed to quickly buy twenty red gems to find a way to communicate with Greygrove's soul. Only then could he dig out more clues from him and eliminate those human pests.

In addition, there were many other things to do, such as obtaining the "Flower of Humanity" to make the Resurrection Stone, mastering the correct use of the stars, finding a language expert to learn ancient languages, hunting monster souls that could satisfy the requirement of "Just Execution" from the system, mastering combat skills, compensating for his own weaknesses, and hunting down the Doomsday Cultists, and so on.

While contemplating, Rode walked towards the entrance of the academy. Suddenly, he saw a large group of familiar figures standing at the gate. Raisin, Karamon, Annabel, and the chubby boy, all his comrades who had fought together in the Sword Pass, were here.

It seemed like they had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Rode, they burst into cheers and ran towards him.

"Rode, are you alright?"

"Did you really kill that bastard?"

"How did you do it? I want to hear it from you!"

"That guy deserved to die, why were you still sentenced?"

Amidst their chatter, Rode learned that ever since they found out that he had killed Greygrove in court, they had been constantly petitioning outside the court. Almost all the survivors from the Sword Pass had gathered here, and they even had conflicts with the court guards.

Fortunately, news of his guilty release quickly spread, and everyone decided to come and welcome him.

The Sword Pass incident had caused great psychological trauma to everyone. Countless brothers and comrades had died, and the mastermind behind it all might have escaped punishment. Many people were so angry that they couldn't even eat.

When they heard that Rode had killed Greygrove in court, almost no one dared to believe it. It was too unbelievable. How could there be a murder in the court hall? Greygrove was so powerful, how could he be killed by Rode in one strike?

Until this moment, when they heard the true story from Rode's mouth, they truly believed it.

In that instant, some cried out in sorrow, some laughed wildly, and some cried and laughed at the same time. Even the guards couldn't help but come out to drive away the madmen blocking the gate.

No one paid attention to him, everyone was venting their emotions. The shadow brought by the giant judge was too great, and no one could accept being attacked by a traitor after escaping from danger. The scene of him slaughtering his comrades was like an unforgettable nightmare.

Only when they heard of his death did this nightmare show signs of dissipating.

While celebrating, Rode couldn't believe what he saw in his eyes.

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Countless people's joy +3292

Humanity +329

Flower of Humanity +2

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Humanity's hope increased.

Divinity +1

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The golden and red words intertwined, stimulating Rode's eyes.

Just now, he was thinking about how to obtain the core material "Flower of Humanity" for a series of important items, and unexpectedly, he got it.

And there were two!

What surprised Rode even more was the golden words below—

He actually obtained divinity.

The greatest use of divinity was to create the "Soul Firewood" and protect him during invasion crises.

This was something he originally thought was impossible to achieve in the near future, because the Book of Knowledge had told him that the way to obtain divinity was: "Increase the possibility of inheriting the civilization's flame and prevent the civilization from sliding into the dark abyss."

Any of the explanations seemed far away from him, but now he had obtained it. Although it was only one point, it also indicated a possibility—even a slight improvement could lead to obtaining divinity.

Rode's heart burned with excitement.

He didn't expect killing Greygrove to have such benefits. This guy was truly a super tumor of humanity.

This choice was really the right one.

Haha, kill them all!

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During this brief reunion with his comrades, Rode talked the most about the moment he killed Greygrove.

Whenever he mentioned how he tore Greygrove's soul thread with his hand, the eyes of the Sword Pass warriors would shine as if they had witnessed the scene themselves.

And when he detailed the public execution of Greygrove, the audience in the courtroom showed shocked expressions and incoherent words, followed by a burst of laughter from the crowd.

At this point, there was no longer any sadness, only endless joy.

The surging humanity almost overwhelmed Rode's vision, and if it weren't for the people from the royal city coming to stop them, Rode could have talked until nightfall, and they would still be willing to listen.

This story, which was so thrilling and swept away the gloom, would never tire them even if they heard it a hundred times, a thousand times, or ten thousand times.

However, the royal city temporarily did not plan to make Greygrove's situation public. Except for a limited number of people who were informed, it was not allowed to be spread. Therefore, when they discovered that Rode was almost giving a public speech on the main road, priests from the royal district immediately came to stop him.

After being forced to write a pledge not to disclose the information, the priests returned to the royal district under Rode's onslaught of borrowing money.Their comrades returned to their homes with smiles and satisfaction. After experiencing this brutal war, they all had a long vacation and could rest in the royal city.

Although the speech was stopped halfway, Rode was confident that he would not lack humanity for a long time in the future - although he never really lacked it, it reduced the terrible experience of being forced to brush up on humanity at unnecessary moments.

The students returned with him to Kimberly's secret branch base.

Annabel told them that the losses from this sword gate reinforcement mission were heavy. Three teachers and instructors were all killed in action, and six students died. Although this was due to uncontrollable accidents, the head of the secret branch, Dean Vila, and the black-robed Callel still decided to learn from this and intensify the special training for the students.

After saying these words, she left, taking everyone with her, leaving only Raisin and Aeg staring at him with twinkling eyes.

"Rode, do you remember the matter of us reporting the iron mask Manolobana?"

Rode nodded.

"That guy has been subjected to limited prohibitions, but recently he seems likely to be acquitted."

Rode frowned, "What are you trying to do?"

Aeg looked up at Rode's chin, revealing a smile that was three parts cold, three parts indifferent, and four parts charming:

"I used white smoke to spy and found that he is involved with several chief justices, including Greygrove. These guys must be in cahoots, Rode, do you want to bring them down all at once?"