After listening to Rodney's words, I was stunned, and in a trance, the sick young man who was excitedly pulling me to worship at the door of the tool shop came to me again.

I'm even more sure that he hasn't changed.

So, he sneered twice, slapped his hand away, and said coldly: "If I say that I want your sister's life, will you give it or not?" ”

There was a dead silence in the hall, and I could feel the incredulous gaze coming from behind me, the angry gaze coming from the side, Eva's blankness, and Rodney's bewilderment.

The silence lasted for about half a minute, and Rodney looked distressed and said, "Xiao Yi, do you hate Eva?" ”

"I don't hate her."

"Then why do you have to take Eva's life?" He was puzzled.

"If you want to be stronger, you have to pay some price," I said coldly.

"An Xiaoyi, you ......" Jin Siqi was about to come over with a kitchen knife, but was stopped by Rodney.

Rodney sighed and leaned back on the couch with a distressed expression on his face.

He looked at his sister first, then again in confusion.

"Brother......" Eva slowly lowered her head, and after that, she suddenly raised her head, looked directly at me, and said, "An Xiaoyi, if I die, are you really willing to help my brother become stronger?" ”

"Of course, I do what I say, but—" I leaned back on the couch and said coldly, "you must be killed by your brother's own hands, and it doesn't count if you change anyone else, or if you do it yourself." ”

"An Xiaoyi, you are really too much!" This time, even Morris couldn't stand it.

However, Harold and Yuffie remained silent.

On the side, on the sofa, Rodney held his head in distress and muttered to himself: "Ah, ah, so distressed, on the one hand, my sister's life, on the other hand, revenge and strengthening, which one should I choose, ahh......hhh

I sat quietly where I was, with a nonchalant expression, waiting for his reply.

After a long time, Rodney suddenly raised his head with a crying expression: "Xiao Yi, can you add another option?" ”

"I can't."

"Hey," he sighed, "then that's the only way, let my sister kill me, and then you make them stronger, and give everything I deserve to my sister." ”

"No, don't, brother!" Eva exclaimed.

"Why?" I asked him.

"My sister has not been treated well by her family since she was a child, and if I die, someone will definitely bully her, and the position and power she grasps are all given to her, and with the assistance of Uncle Harold and Sister Jin Siqi, she will definitely live well."

Rodney looked sad and said, "It's just that I may not see her happy smile anymore." ”

"You don't hate me?" I stared into his eyes and said coldly.

"Don't hate" he smiled brightly: "Because you are my recognized friend." ”

After looking at each other for a few seconds, I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Forget it, let's skip the topic just now, and get down to business now." ”

"You're not going to take my life?" He wondered.

"You really want to die," I cut and said, "The question just now was just a joke with you, besides, didn't you entrust your sister to me, and the person entrusted to me, I will kill casually?" So where is my integrity? Where is the prestige? ”

I heard several people behind me breathe a sigh of relief.

"Okay, now let's get serious, don't interrupt" I said seriously, "I only want one thing." ”

"What?"

"Your loyalty," I said, pointing to Rodney, "I want you, be loyal to me." ”

"How can this work?" Jin Siqi blew up again, she stepped forward in a few steps, carrying a kitchen knife in her hand, murderous: "An Xiaoyi, you are too presumptuous, Rodney is the future city lord of Eri City, a descendant of legendary heroes, you let him be loyal to you?" ”

I ignored her, instead stared at Rodney and said, "Tell me, your reply." ”

"Yes, I don't have a problem at all," Rodney replied very crisply, without even the slightest hesitation.

"Rodney, you ......" Jin Siqi was stunned by Rodney's sudden reaction.

Rodney turned to her and apologized, "I'm sorry, Sister Jin Siqi, I'm not a qualified leader. ”

He said, lowering his head, and continued: "If it is to exchange your lives for the power I want and what I have lost, I really can't agree to it, but if it is for my life or my loyalty, I think I can accept it all. ”

"But, Rodney, your pledge of allegiance to him means that even if the power of Eri is recaptured in the future, you will be nothing more than a puppet for him to control Eri!" Jin Siqi pointed at me excitedly.

"I understand," Rodney said, "I also know the potential meaning of this, but if I don't borrow An Xiaoyi's strength, it will be difficult to fulfill my ambitions, and I may only be able to be a fugitive with a decent life for the rest of my life, and-"

He turned to me: "An Xiaoyi is my friend, I trust him and will not do anything to hurt me." ”

All eyes turned to me, and I didn't nod, shake my head, or answer him.

"So" Rodney got up, raised his right hand, bowed slightly at me, and said, "I, Rodney, hereby swear and decide to be loyal to An Xiaoyi, my friend, and listen to his orders for the rest of my life, and swear to the death." ”

Are you loyal to me in the name of your friend?

I exhaled: okay, it's all allegiance anyway, it's the same in either case.

I also stood up, shook his hand, and smiled, "I accept your allegiance." ”

In the hall, except for Rodney, everyone else had a bad face, and I understood what was going on, threatening my friends to pledge their allegiance to me under the banner of becoming stronger, which was indeed rude, but I couldn't help it, because I also had my own plans.

In the Zephyr Continent, once the oath of allegiance is spoken, it is like a believer who has faith and cannot change it for the rest of his life, otherwise, there will be bad luck.

Accepting Rodney's allegiance, I got up and left without any lingering, and I guess there is no second person in this villa to welcome me except Rodney.

But it doesn't matter, I'm not here in the Zephyr Continent to make friends, but to accomplish one goal after another, and now the nearest goal is to first improve the strength of Rodney and the Valiant Guild loyal to him.

After talking to Dewey, he asked for a large sum of gold coins, saying that he would use them as working capital, and Dewey agreed without saying a word.

It seems that a large amount of gold in my opinion, in Dewey's eyes, may not even be a fart.

It didn't take long for the gold coins to arrive, and I, together with the staff of the Dasai City Adventurer Base, carried several boxes full of gold coins to the door of the small villa and knocked on Rodney's door again.