Two days later, Rhodes finally sent Lando to call the three Cavos brothers to his study, and although the three men returned early in the morning with their men, Rhodes never gave them any orders, which made the three of them a little uneasy. And now that they had received Rhodes' orders, they quickly arrived.

When they walked into the room, the three of them saw Rhodes sitting at his desk, writing and drawing, and he didn't know what Lu Dao was doing. Next to him was Christy, who was holding a book and reading quietly, and when she saw the three of them enter the room, Christy hurriedly put down the book in her hand and stood up and saluted the three. And Kavos, Obertan and Driter also rushed to respond. But in the face of their actions, Rod did not raise his head, as if he did not notice them walking in. This made the three former mercenary captains a little embarrassed, and they looked at each other, not knowing what to do. The atmosphere became a little awkward for a while, and after greeting the three of them, Christy sat back in her chair with her book in her arms and distanced herself from the three of them again.

But fortunately, this time Rod finally raised his head.

"Sit down."

He gestured to the three of them, and they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Rod's movements, and then sat down in the chairs in front of Rod.

"What did I tell you to do?"

"Fortunately, Commander."

Among the three, Kavus immediately took over, although he still talked so much, but there was already a faint sense of flattery between the lines. Rhodes had hung them out for so many days, and the three of them had fully understood their current position and status, so in order to redeem the price they had paid for their previous reckless behavior, the current Kavus did not mind lowering his profile.

"As you ordered, we have collected quite a few magical plants, and the specific list is ......... here."

said. Kavos took out a piece of paper and handed it over, but Rod didn't look at it and put it aside. It's obvious. He doesn't care about such trifles.

"Now that you're back, let's get down to business."

Hearing this, Cavos and the others immediately sat up straight, they were not stupid. With the lifting of the ban on the mercenary association, the mercenary groups have begun to take on tasks. And Starlight, which was originally a series of events in the past, not only did not suffer losses, but gradually grew, and there was no reason why he should not take on the task. So will they play a role in this? There was actually no spectrum in the hearts of Kavos and the others, before they joined Starlight. They also thought that the addition of themselves and their subordinates would make Starlight stronger. This should be a strong combination. But Rhodes told them with the facts that this is not a union, but an annexation, and since you have joined my mercenary group, you are my subordinates, and you have no other preferential treatment. If you change those young and vigorous guys. Maybe I can't help but want to tear my face and share it with Rhodes. But for Kavos, Obertan and Dritte. They have long passed that age, and their years of life as mercenaries have taught them how to keep a calm mind in the face of such twists and turns. It's not terrible to make mistakes, as long as you recognize your mistakes, you have the opportunity to correct them, and what is terrible is to make mistakes again and again, and the last mistake is to the end, which is the most important thing.

After setting their minds right, Cavos and others realized that perhaps they were not the best choice for Rod. If you think about it, since Rhodes can take on high-level tasks with an uneven number of people, and he can also succeed perfectly, this has already proved his strength. And now the people around him have been following Rhodes for a while, whether in terms of tacit understanding or trust, they can't compete with each other, in parallel, if his mercenary group also has a group of companions who cooperate tacitly and complete the task without the slightest problem, then do you still think those newcomers are important? ..., and because of this, everyone is no longer entangled in this issue, on the contrary, when their subordinates are dissatisfied or even complain about Rod's neglect of them, they have to stand up and appease these mercenaries, after all, Rod has unmistakably told them his attitude, who will be idiotic enough to confront him is the most unwise choice.

And now, hearing that Rod has finally started to get to the point, the three of them are also excited, which shows that Rod has accepted them, and this is the most important thing.

Rod didn't know the mood and thoughts of the three brothers, and he didn't care.

"Two days ago, I received a commission from the Mercenary Guild from a church, and I'm sure you've heard a little about it."

Soon after Rhodes left the Mercenary Society, the news of his bet with Barney had spread throughout Deep Rock City, and Rhodes certainly knew who did it for what, but he didn't care. The grasshoppers after the autumn can't bounce for a few days anyway, so there's no problem with them.

"I called you here today, it is for this matter, in a few days, we will leave for the Black Stone Abyss, so I called you here to be prepared, when the time comes, we will go out on a mission together, so I hope that during this time, you can strengthen your strength——— from today, the training ground is officially open to you, if you have nothing to do, I hope you can show a clear attitude." Kavos. ”

"Yes, Commander, what are your orders?"

Hearing Rod's shout, Cavos quickly stood up.

"These people............ Including your two brothers, you are in charge, and it is also your responsibility if something happens, and when the time comes, I will divide your team into two teams, which are responsible for guarding and attacking, and you can think about what to do yourself, and I hope you don't disappoint me. ”

"Yes, Commander, I promise there will be no problems."

Hearing Rod's words, Kavos's heart really relaxed, if Rod let them still follow the orders of one of his subordinates to act, then it means that Rod still didn't really take these mercenaries to heart. And now, he is willing to put himself in charge of these mercenaries, which can be regarded as a disguised recognition of their status, and next, whether they can stabilize their position depends on their own efforts.

"Good."

Hearing Kavos's answer, Rhodes nodded, then he reached out and gestured to the side.

"But with your current state, I'm really worried about whether you'll be able to complete your mission. Therefore I have prepared something for you ——— reward for the fulfillment of my commands. ”

Following the direction of Rod's finger, the three brothers soon found two large wooden boxes in the corner of the study. They look plain. And it's not obtrusive. This made the three brothers a little puzzled, and they looked at each other, wondering what Rod had prepared for them, but they still followed Rhodes' order and stepped forward to open the wooden box. And when they saw what was inside, almost everyone gasped.

In these two wooden boxes. It was filled with all sorts of sophisticated weapons and equipment, including armor, leather armor, and helmets. There are also long swords. Bow and crossbow and some shields. The gear looks very clean and sparkles as if it were new. If it weren't for the fact that the size and style of these weapons and equipment were not very uniform, Kavus would even think that this could not be something that the young man in front of him had taken from some of the quartermaster depots.

Not only that, but judging from the faint magical glow shining inside, there are even a few magic weapons in it!

Holy Soul willing, I'm not dreaming!

Cavos quietly pinched his thigh. Then he shuddered and took out one of the daggers, and he slowly turned the blade of the knife. Soon an inconspicuous green glow flickered from above, and it was clear that this was the characteristic of magic weapons. Not only was Cavos surprised, but even Obertan and Dritter couldn't help but change their faces slightly, they lowered their heads one after another, looked at the equipment of this wooden box in surprise, and then looked up at Rhodes in disbelief, their eyes full of amazement and surprise. With so much sophisticated equipment and weapons, and even the product of magic, how did Rhodes get his hands on these things?

If Anne was here, she would have been able to answer the mercenaries' questions——— as they had brought back from the Black Pines Ruins.

Although Rhodes was attacked inexplicably at the end of his adventure at the ruins, he did not give up searching for the loot at his disposal. The so-called "since you have been poisoned, then simply lick the plate", for Rod, since the other party can easily beat himself to a serious injury, it is only a matter of seconds to kill him casually, and the other party did not do so, which means that he has no intention of killing himself. Rather than choose to flee for the sake of this irresistible danger, it is better to simply stay and slowly collect the spoils, I have spent so much time here, I can't go back empty-handed.

So Rhodes instructed Anne to take off all the weapons and equipment from those mercenaries and stuff them into his space bag, not only that, but when he left the ruins, he also found a lot of magic equipment from the goblin corpses that he didn't rummage through because he was in a hurry when he was fighting——— anyway, this is also a low-level copy, and there is always some equipment.

The only regret is that Anne doesn't seem to have the "hand of a god" like Marlene, all she can touch is relatively ordinary equipment, and those rare and rare equipment are not even left in the battle that were destroyed in battle............

Of course, for Rhodes, who is almost level 20 and is about to advance, these magic weapons with characteristics such as "sharpness", "toxin +1" and "bleeding" are all obsolete goods that can no longer keep up with their requirements, and if you look at it from the player's point of view, these equipment are meaningless except to sell them in the store for a few bucks. However, for the mercenaries, such a weapon is already beyond the reach of their dreams. Not to mention that the mercenary group of the three people including Kavos was disbanded because of the "economic crisis", and the mercenaries under them did not have any particularly good equipment, and now many of them were wearing shabby, repaired armor, and holding some very ordinary or even old weapons with some gaps and blades. Even so, they all treat these things like treasures.

And now, they can actually have such good equipment! It's like a dream, is it true?

"Thank you for the reward, Captain!"

Kavus shuddered, and then he straightened up and gave Rod a deep salute, as did Obertan and Drit.

"I promise you won't be disappointed!

"You don't have to thank me."

Rod waved his hand. He didn't actually take these things to heart, but the equipment of the diamond mercenary group is really good, maybe they have the name of the nouveau riche so they also have the behavior of the nouveau riche, although the equipment taken from those mercenaries has not reached the level of magic equipment, but it can also be seen that it is very sophisticated and high-grade - and for these things that can be used to improve the strength of his mercenary group, Rod naturally laughed without hesitation.

"I said it. This is your reward for gathering magical plants for so many days in the Twilight Forest. Naturally, you have to get paid accordingly, don't you? ”

Although Rod's tone is very understatement. But Kavos would never think so, those magic plants were only worth a few dollars, he knew very well in his heart, except that some places were a little dangerous and difficult to pick, even if these magic plants were sold, they would not be enough to buy a magic dagger! ..., but Kavos hadn't had time to react. Rhodes threw another heavy bomb, knocking the three men unconscious.

"That's right. Be prepared for your men to go to Labis to pick up the potions, five flasks of fire and healing potions each, I hope you will remember. These are reserved for your own use. I don't want to see anyone sell them, you know?

Magic potion!?

Is this, is this true?

Kavus was dazed, barely hearing what Rhodes was saying, and of course he had heard from Shanna and the others about how Rhodes had given them magic potions. But Kavus had been a little skeptical, but now he was almost completely at a loss for what to do............ I have led the mercenary group to work hard for so many years. I've never heard of anything like it. What mercenary group would give out so much magical equipment and potions to their subordinates? With the Holy Soul on top, I'm afraid even those large mercenary guilds can't do it!

"Answer?"

Rod's inquiry brought Cavers back to his senses. He nodded, almost subconsciously.

"Yes, no problem, Commander, I assure you, nothing will go wrong!"

It wasn't until now that the three of them really found that joining Starlight was definitely the right choice.

Soon, the three of them left with two wooden boxes, and the study was quiet again. Rod sighed, shook his head, and leaned back in his chair. And at this time, a pair of small hands held a steaming teacup and placed it in front of Rod.

“… Rod...... Tired? ”

"There are some."

Looking at Christie, who was looking at him worriedly, Rod showed a soft smile, he reached out and gently stroked Christie's hair. Christie, on the other hand, squinted her eyes happily like a kitten, and when she smiled, Rod felt very relaxed.

Is this a brother and sister?

Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help but be a little distracted, his sister has been living in the hospital, and has never stayed by his side like Christie, Rod can't tell the difference between brother and sister always being together and ordinary men and women all the time, speaking of which, his friends in high school used to be like this, the brother and sister will always be inseparable together, and Rod is very curious about what they are, but they will not be bored at all. At that time, his friend did not give a reasonable answer to Rod's inquiry, but Rod didn't care.

Unlike Rod, the siblings look alike, but they are still within the normal range. But the funny thing is that their names are pronounced the same, and on many occasions, Rhodes has also made fun of the two of them.

Yulian, Yulian, what an interesting name.

Recalling the past, Rod couldn't help but chuckle, and at this moment, a strange word suddenly appeared in his ear.

“lai,ya,beiramiterhafura。”

"Christie?"

Rod turned his head and saw the scene of Christie covering her mouth in some surprise, and the girl shook her head a little uneasily in the face of Rod's puzzled gaze.

"I, I don't know............ Rod......... Occasionally, these words pop up on its own, and I don't know what that means............ Did I say something bad? ”

"Don't worry, Christie."

Hearing Christie's somewhat uneasy defense, Rod shook his head, he naturally remembered that when he asked the old village chief, the other party had said that Christie sometimes suddenly said something that others couldn't understand, and now it seems that this is the case.

"Don't worry, Christie, you didn't say anything bad, don't worry, it's not your problem."

Rod comforted Christie softly, and hearing him speak, Christie's originally nervous expression gradually relaxed, revealing a soft smile again.

But..................

That's the abyssal language.

Rod patted Christie's head, not saying much on the surface, but deep down he had some doubts.

Abyssal language, the language spoken by the devils from the depths of hell. In the Dragon Soul Continent's superficial realm, apart from devil believers and mages, the only people who know this language are their natural enemies, the church. However, Christie obviously did not learn the language, and not only that, according to the information obtained in Gaoya Village before, Christie did not receive any education, but she could speak and write, and even the books in Rod's room, she could read them. Although there are some esoteric things that are incomprehensible to girls, Christie still has no problem if they just read it.

This is indeed a strange thing for a girl who has never been educated.

And what made Rod even more concerned was what Christie said just now, which translates to "beware of the sleeping nightmare of the abyss".

How did she know about this?