Although he knew that he would go to participate in the Dragon Soul Sacred Scripture, Rhodes was not excited, and he was not in a hurry to do so anyway, and for Rhodes, the most important thing at the moment was not the invitation of the Radiant Dragon, nor the Pafield Front, but the second five-star mission in the Cranmer region, the Frozen Lake. As long as this task can be completed, then it can be said that Rod's guild will be safe and sound for the next year, and not only that, but Rod also thought of another person......... I wonder if he remembers the promise he made to himself at the Midsummer Festival - well, let's hope he will keep the promise.

The Kranmer region is located in the bitter cold of the northwest, although it is not a poor mountain and bad water, but it is definitely not fertile, and most of the people here grow some hardy crops, not only because of the geography of Kranmer, but also because of the frozen lakes in this area. It is rumored that this frozen lake has been covered in a thick layer of ice for hundreds of years and has never melted, and there is a similar phenomenon not only in this lake, but in the entire Cranmer region. Fortunately in the hot summer, once the winter moon arrives, the Cranmer area, whether it is a river or a well, will be completely covered with ice, and at that time, people can only break the ice and take it home and melt it for use.

This strange and unusual state of affairs naturally attracted many people to investigate, but most of them did not find the cause, until a mage accidentally discovered a huge elemental creature hidden under the lake of Cranmer, which solved the mystery of the Cranmer region. But as for how to deal with this monster. People have never been able to find a way, the only thing they know is that the place where this monster lives is where the water source of the entire Cranmer region is located, so its power will increase exponentially every winter, and it will weaken to the lowest in summer——— which is why Rod chose to do it at this time, after all, it is still early autumn, and if you wait for a while, the power of the ice demon will increase significantly, but it will be a trouble.

But there's more to the Cranmer region than just frozen lakes.

When I got out of the carriage, a biting cold wind blew in front of me. This made Rod frown, it was obviously noon at the moment, the hottest time of the day, in other places at this time is extremely hot, people would rather rest in the shade of the trees than go out, but the Cranmer area is cold and biting, as if it has entered early winter. But it wasn't the weird weather that made Rhodes frown. It was the scene he saw after he stepped out of the carriage.

In the entire Cranmer region, the closest town to the Frozen Lake is Greentree Town in front of you. Because of this, Rod asked Lijie to bring the mercenaries here to prepare, but when the carriage came to the edge of Greentree Town, Rhodes found that his mercenaries were actually camped in a clearing outside the town, and they were sitting in a circle there at the moment, and they didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about. This made Rhodes a little surprised, there are not no taverns and inns in the town, how boring are his subordinates to choose to sleep in the open?

However, when Rod approached, he realized that something seemed to be wrong, and he saw a faint sound of quarrels in the crowd. Anne could even be seen waving her adamantite shield angrily, shouting something there.

“………… I'm really angry, these people are simply unreasonable! Ignore them, when the head of the regiment comes, we will go directly, and we are not afraid that they will not ............" As she said this, Anne turned her head and saw Rod. Suddenly there was a little joy on her face, and then she raised her right hand high and waved it vigorously at Rod.

"Ah, Captain. You're finally here! Tell Lijie about them, those people are so annoying! ”

Hearing Anne's words, Rhodes raised his eyebrows, only to realize that there were several strangers in the crowd besides his own mercenaries, who seemed to be arguing with them about something. These people were not mercenaries, and judging by their clothing, they seemed to be residents of the town, which made Rhodes feel a little unhappy. Although Rhodes has not set any strict rules for his team, he does not want to see his men clashing with these ordinary civilians. Except for the boring ones, no one likes to compete with NPCs. And the reason why Rhodes was able to make Starlight the number one guild in the game was naturally not just because he and his subordinates were decisive in killing. Although there are endless battles with other guilds, for those ordinary players, Starlight will generally give convenience, and leveling up or anything has never cleared the field or chased people. This is also the reason why Starlight can always exist in the game, after all, the foundation of the game is still the majority of ordinary players, and not everyone will be branded as a guild immediately after entering the game. If Rhodes is overbearing and oppressive, even if he opens the plug-in of the entire server, I'm afraid there will only be a way to get out of the way.

But what makes him strange is that maybe some of the mercenaries under his command misbehave, but Anne and Lijie are very good people, although Annie has a hot personality, she rarely gets into trouble with these ordinary people, and Lijie doesn't need to say much. If this is the ploy of the cunning fox of Seven Love, Rod still has some ideas, but now, Seven Love is not here?

Although he was suspicious, Rhodes still glanced at the people next to him, then looked at Lijie and asked.

"What's going on?"

Seeing Rod's arrival, Lijie's face also showed a relieved expression, and then she quickly explained what happened to Rod.

It turned out that after bringing the mercenaries to Greentree Town, Lijie originally planned to rest here according to Rod's instructions, and then wait for Rod's arrival to prepare for the mission. But these mercenaries are also boring after all, so they divide them by two, and the residents of the town also know their intentions, of course, this is not a big deal in Lijie's opinion. The Frozen Lake mission is a name in the Mercenary Association, and they are here to help the people here, not to steal chickens and dogs. So I didn't take it to heart.

But what happened next was beyond Lijie's expectations, after learning about the mercenary's intention, these townspeople not only did not welcome them, but asked them to leave, although Lijie had explained several times that they came here to complete the mission of the Mercenary Association, and this task was originally proposed by the residents of the Cranmer area, but now they took the task and came here, but they did not expect that the publisher of the mission would not welcome them, which really caught Lijie a little off guard.

However, the townsfolk did not seem to intend to listen to Lijie's explanation, and the two sides even came close to clash at one point. In order to avoid chaos, Lijie left the town on her own initiative, but they did not leave there, but camped nearby and waited for Rod's arrival before continuing to act.

However, they did not expect that these townspeople were also unrelenting, and only two days later, someone came again to force them to leave here, and claimed that they were not welcome mercenaries in the Cranmer area. When they heard this, everyone was immediately a little annoyed, and it makes sense for you to say that you don't welcome us in your town, and now everyone has left the town. You're trying to drive us away? The mercenary was originally aggressive, and it was only reluctantly pacified by Lijie before. What's more, they worked hard to come here, but they were driven away by the other party before they could get hot, which was already angry. Seeing that these residents still have to make an inch, they naturally can't help but collide. At this time, these residents also spoke ill of each other, and Anne was not happy to hear this, she was already young and had a straightforward personality. Hearing that these people were still talking bad about Lijie, she was naturally extremely angry, and fortunately, Anne knew that these people couldn't be frightened, otherwise she would have thrown the heavy pure gold shield in front of the other party by now.

And this kind of thing?

Hearing Lijie's helpless narration, Rod also frowned, when he gave the order, he didn't know that there was such a troublesome thing in Ludao Green Tree Town, no wonder. Players are not aborigines, they don't need to find any shelter to live here, most of them are usually guilds to receive tasks, and then the head of the group leads a group of people to tidy up. Then go directly to the quest dungeon, activate the boss, and it's over. After all, it costs money to stay in the game.,Although the Dragon Soul Continent is a rare virtual real game.,But it doesn't mean that it's exactly the same as reality.,Ordinary players who spend money to stay or something won't do it.。

After listening to Lijie's narration, Rod turned his head and looked at the people on the other side, judging from the clothes on their bodies, these people should be the mayor and the magistrate here, of course, compared with the group of mercenaries under Rod who are almost about to advance, these people have no power to resist at all, and it can be seen from their pale faces that these people are under a lot of pressure in the face of the adamantite heavy shield that Anne can't help wielding, but even so, it is strange that these people are still holding their necks here and are unwilling to retreat.

Thinking of this, Rhodes waved Anne to stop, and then he walked up to the townspeople, looked up at them, and then asked.

"I want to hear your reasons, everyone, we in the Starlight Guild have come here on a mission issued by the Mercenary Guild, and there is nothing wrong with what we have done, if you want to drive us away, I hope to get a satisfactory answer. Otherwise, even if we eventually leave, we will report the matter to the Society, and at that point, I think you will have to explain it to the Lord of the Cranmer region with the Association. ”

Hearing Rod's words, these townspeople couldn't help but change their faces slightly, after all, they are all honest townspeople, and they are already scared to walk when they see a city lord on weekdays, and now Rhodes told them that if they hinder themselves from completing the task, then they must explain this matter to the lord, and hindering the mercenaries from completing the task has even plagued the troubles of the people in the Cranmer area for many years, which is untenable no matter where it is.

Thinking of this, several of the older townsfolk had begun to hesitate a little at this time, but one of the younger ones, who was younger, stood up angrily, glared at Rhodes angrily, and shouted with his fist at the same time.

"Mayor Town, Lord Magistrate, what are you talking about with these mercenaries, so many mercenaries have been here for so many years, and which one has succeeded? Aren't they all turning and running away in disgrace, and aren't all of us suffering? No matter what this time, we must not let them continue like this! Anyway, aren't these people going to lose after the worst? At that time, it will be us who will be unlucky, and they will let them sue if they want to! Even if we sue the lord, we are not afraid! ”

"You bastard, you're just shitting, how can we lose!!"

"That's it, you don't know our strength at all, just talking nonsense here, are you deliberately cursing us?!"

Hearing this young man's words, the mercenaries around him were not happy. Most of the mercenaries were not highly educated and were very superstitious. Hearing this young man so sure in front of them that they were going to lose, these people immediately became annoyed———Is this cursing them to their faces?!

Not to mention that these mercenaries have been following Rhodes for a long time, and under Rhodes' leadership, they have never failed, and because of this, they are full of confidence in Rhodes. But now, this little kid who doesn't have any hair dares to question their president, it's a self-defeating end!

In the face of his passionate subordinates, Rod didn't speak, he just waved his hand, and seeing Rode's movements, the mercenaries who were pointing at these townspeople and scolding angrily just now immediately closed their mouths, which also surprised the older people very much, when they saw Rod at first, they didn't take this young man to heart. And now looking at Rod's action, he was able to completely shut up so many mercenaries around him, and they realized for the first time that Rod's status in this mercenary guild was extraordinary.

And it was only at this time that the old man among the townspeople let out a long sigh, then stood up and looked at Rod helplessly.

"I'm sorry, sir, we really don't want to do this, but after all these years, we just can't take it anymore."

Then, he said with a somewhat gloomy expression.

ps: I accidentally ate spoiled yogurt this morning and vomited...... Fortunately, it didn't leak, what the hell, obviously this yogurt is not expired, how can it be more than expired......... It's been a bad morning, and today's update is a little late...... Anyway, it's really hard to write updates during the day.........

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