The sharp blade pierced through the heavy fur of the vampire bat without any pause, and the torn flesh flew out in the air, and the pitch-black bat struggled frantically, flapping its wings around it, instinctively wanting to escape. But soon, a blazing flame roared from the blade of the sword, turning the bat into black charcoal in an instant.

"This is the last one?"

Looking at the mercenary who had drawn his sword from the bat that had turned to black ash, Rhodes asked in a low voice, and hearing his inquiry, everyone looked at each other, and then nodded. Although there were many of these vampire bats, the crowd did not stop there, on the contrary, under the leadership of Rod, they did not retreat, but advanced, relying on the cover of Marlene and Lijie all the way to the depths of the cave. And those vampire bats were rushing and killing for a while, and seeing that these prey were too difficult, they finally left at this moment.

And when everyone was relieved, they realized that what was in front of them was no longer the cave just now, on the contrary, what was displayed in front of everyone was a tunnel that had accumulated dust for a long time, although the heavy dust and cobwebs covered the entire space, but under the light of magic, everyone could clearly see the neat high platform, round stone pillars and broken statues in front of them——— from which it can be seen that this place is absolutely impossible to be a natural thing.

Rhodes raised his head and stared at the passage in front of him, but after seeing the broken cobwebs, his face suddenly changed slightly, and then he gestured without looking back, and seeing Rhodes' gesture, Marlene immediately squeezed it with his backhand, extinguishing the magic light suspended beside her, and then everyone immediately scattered, hiding behind the remains of the ruins.

Darkness and silence reigned over the space, and everyone remained silent, motionless. Soon, there was a sound of footsteps in the originally quiet tunnel, and along with the footsteps, there were firelights and several swaying figures. Soon. As the firelight re-illuminated the space in front of them, several barbarian figures appeared at the end of the tunnel, raising torches and looking at them suspiciously and warily. Look around.

"What's going on? Did you find anything? ”

"No, it looks no different here than usual——— why are those bats so fierce?"

"Is there a mouse?"

"No kidding."

The barbarians seemed to be very afraid of the vampire bats, and with the help of the firelight, Rhodes saw them cautiously poking their heads out of the tunnel, but they didn't dare to step out of here, which made him frown. In fact, when he saw the torn cobwebs on the crossing, Rhodes sensed that someone might have passed by before. Now it looks like it's exactly what I expected. The barbarians have also discovered this secret passage, but luckily, it seems that these people don't seem to care much about this place and are not very guarded, otherwise it might become even more troublesome.

Thinking of this, Rhodes poked his head out of the gap and cautiously looked in the direction of the firelight. I saw that in the direction of the tunnel entrance, there were a total of five barbarians standing, and they were holding torches. Standing in two columns in the middle of the tunnel, the leader was holding a torch and waving it in front of him, while behind him, the other four barbarians were watching everything in front of him somewhat carelessly.

"What the hell, where's that pesky bunch of vampire bats? I used to remember that with a wave of it, the guys would fly out on their own. Why didn't you even see a ghost today? ”

"Did the bats run away? Haluha, if that's the case, that's great news for us............ Do you want us to go and see what's going on? ”

Hearing this, Rod couldn't help but reach out and hold down the hilt of the sword. And not far behind him. The rest of the men were ready, weapons in hand, staring at the barbarians in front of them, and as soon as they came out of the tunnel, they would immediately attack. And under their gaze, the barbarian with the torch hesitated for a moment. Then he stepped out of his right foot, ............,

"Forget it."

And at this moment, a barbarian in the back pressed his shoulder.

"Maybe those brutes are looking for food, but let's not leave this tunnel, you forgot how that idiot died before? Holy Spirits are on top, what if we are halfway through and the group of beasts comes back? I don't want to be a dry corpse! ”

Hearing this, the barbarian who had planned to go out to check on the previous one with the torch also hesitated, and after the last, he retracted his steps.

I'm going to go!

Looking at this scene in front of him, Rod gritted his teeth, it seems that this group of bastards really doesn't plan to come out, so ............ Thinking of this, Rod sighed, and then he lowered his head and whispered an order to the ring.

"Marlene, Lijie, do it!"

“Nessay！”

As soon as Rod's words fell, an inaudible spell sounded from the corner, and with this incantation, Lijie also suddenly rolled on the ground, and then appeared in front of the barbarians.

Seeing a young girl suddenly appear in front of them, these barbarians were surprised, their eyes widened, their mouths widened, and they looked at Lijie with an incredible expression, and at the same time stretched out their hands to shout something, but the strange thing was that the whole tunnel was silent, and they couldn't even hear the slightest sound. These barbarians are acting as if they were performing a pantomime.

And at this moment, Li Jie stretched out her right hand, and the void slashed towards the ground, and with her movements, soon, a golden barrier appeared out of thin air behind the barbarians, blocking their way.

Soon, the barbarians sensed that something was wrong, and two of them immediately turned around and slammed the golden barrier, but their attacks were useless, and after seeing this scene, the remaining three immediately turned around, shouted something, and pounced on Lijie.

In the face of those barbarians who rushed towards her, Li Jie took two steps back with a calm face, and then a golden barrier immediately wrapped the girl's body, and at this time, those barbarians had already raised the machetes in their hands and rushed in front of Li Jie. However, the blade in their hands did not cut down.

Rhodes appeared behind the three barbarians like a ghost, and then with a flash of red light, soon two barbarians fell to the ground, and the last barbarian was also pressed to the ground by the mercenary on the other side, wiping his neck cleanly, and seeing his companion being killed, the remaining two barbarians were even more terrified. But before they could do anything more, they felt a cold light flash in front of them, and then a throwing knife and an ice pick plunged into their foreheads and chests. Then the two barbarians leaned against the golden protective barrier and slowly collapsed to the ground, no longer making a sound.

Rhodes lifted his spirits and stared nervously into the depths of the tunnel, relieved when he was sure nothing unusual was happening there, and raised his right hand aloft. Gestured.

Seeing his gesture, Marlene stood up from behind, and then she whispered a few words, and as the magic symbol in the center of the girl's palm shattered and split, the tunnel that was originally quiet and could not hear the slightest sound was re-injected with a new breath. And at this time, Li Jie also breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out her right hand, very quickly. The golden barrier that had been clogged up in the passage disappeared in an instant.

"Good job."

Rod put away his sword and nodded at the two of them, feeling Rode's eyes. Lijie couldn't help but smile slightly, and Marlene had a blush on her face, and then lowered her head a little confused.

At this time, several other mercenaries had also gathered, and one of the middle-aged mercenaries pulled out a flying knife from the barbarian's forehead, wiped the blood on it, and then retracted the leather sheath, and then asked with some concern. …,

"My lord, what should I do next? Looks like this tunnel isn't that safe. ”

"Keep going."

Faced with the mercenary's inquiry, Rod made a gesture without the slightest hesitation. Then he drew his sword, glanced at the two corpses, and frowned slightly. It seems that this fortress is even more dilapidated than he thought when it falls, originally in the game, this secret passage is very secretive, even himself. It was also after buying some high-level players of this guild that he learned the secret of this secret passage, but now it seems that this place has been different from before, and the back and forth patrols of those barbarians who dare to stab here are enough to show that this is no longer the secret passage like before.

Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help frowning, he glanced at the mercenaries beside him, and then selected two people from them.

"Marlene, you apply a stealth spell to them, I want you to go to the fork in the road ahead to see the situation, remember, don't rush in, report anything immediately, understand?"

"Yes, sir."

Hearing Rod's order, the two mercenaries immediately restrained their expressions and nodded to Rod, and then they stood in front of Marlene, waiting for the eldest lady to cast a spell, but to Rod's surprise, facing the two people standing in front of him, Marlene seemed to be completely unaware, she still lowered her head and stared at the barbarian corpse pierced by an ice pick not far away, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.

"Marlene?"

"Huh?"

Hearing Rod's voice, Marlene was stunned for a moment, and then she reacted and raised her head a little embarrassed.

"What's the matter? Mr. Rhodes? ”

"Unleash a stealth spell on them, I need someone to go to the front and see what's going on."

Originally, Rod planned to follow himself, but looking at Marlene's current strange situation, he was a little relieved, originally Marlene was the most reassuring and trustworthy of all the members, but now Marlene has become the most worrying object. Frankly speaking, if it weren't for the fact that he really needed the help of the mage this time, Rhodes would not have chosen to bring Marlene to join him in the battle and hand over Annie to the command of Seven Love. Although it is said that in front of the seven loves, Anne is also well-behaved. But Rhodes knew very well that neither of them was a fuel-efficient lamp, and Anne was willing to listen to Marlene largely because Marlene was angry and very serious, which scared Anne. But Anne Ken's words to the words of Seven Lovers are more like two like-minded guys gathering together to sympathize with each other. So this time let Seven Love replace Marin to be responsible for the frontal suppression of the fortress, Rod is really a little worried, he is not worried about the usual Seven Love, he is afraid that the guy will be troublesome if he musters up energy, and as soon as Seven Love mentions it, then Anne Shizhi will also follow the madness, if it really becomes like that——— thinking of this, Rod can't help but feel a little stomach pain.........

At this time, Marlene, who had come to her senses, had quickly cast a stealth spell on the two mercenaries, and then the two mercenaries turned around and left quickly, they moved quickly, lightly and without making a single sound, and quickly disappeared into the tunnel.

Watch the two leave. Rod nodded in satisfaction. Frankly speaking, there are some things that I really don't know if I don't know the truth, and I am shocked when I check them. If it weren't for the Starlight Guild's recruitment this time, Rhodes wouldn't know that he would be among those idle mercenaries. There are so many elite-level professionals. Among the more than 300 mercenaries recruited by the Starlight Mercenary Group this time, almost two-thirds of them were idle mercenaries, but less than 100 of those in the mercenary group could pass the assessment.

From this, it can be seen how much influence a mercenary guild has on a region, and in terms of the number of these elite professionals, the Pafield region is no less than other places. However, because the mercenary guild here is really uncompetitive, it cannot obtain a stable status and prestige. This also leads to many people preferring to live alone or in a mercenary team rather than go to those mercenary groups that have no future and hope. …,

It wasn't until Rhodes' Starlight Guild was born that these professionals saw hope and motivation, and they abandoned their original lives——— otherwise, it was really difficult to say whether Rhodes could recruit so many elite professionals.

Thinking of this, Rod gathered his thoughts, he glanced around, and then nodded to the remaining three.

"You guys check around. Let's see what's going on out there, Lijie, I'll leave it to you. ”

"Ahh It's good. ”

Hearing Rod's order, Li Jie hurriedly responded, but the two mercenaries behind her squeezed their eyes at each other, revealing a smile of "everything is in plain sight", these mercenaries are all experienced elites, naturally good at human feelings, plus their days in the guild are not short, they have long understood the relationship between Rod and several women around him, and now when they hear Rod's order, they are also very conscious not to be "light bulbs". The pretentious soon came to the other side and began to check the situation outside.

And after seeing everyone leave, Rod walked to Marlene's side, and at this moment Marlene also noticed that her behavior was a little abnormal, and in the face of Rode, the girl lowered her head a little uneasily. Biting his lip, he didn't know what to say.

"You've been very abnormal lately, Marlene."

Rod stared at Marlene's face, and then said, he is not a fool, Marlene's recent series of abnormal actions Rod has seen it, he can be sure that Marlene has something to hide from herself, and she seems to be a little afraid to face herself. This is not a normal thing for this proud young lady. But why did Marlene dare not face herself? Did she do anything wrong?

Rhodes didn't have the slightest clue about it——— and rightfully so.

"This............ I'm sorry, Lord Rhodes, but I was a little distracted. ”

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Marlene's face turned red, to be honest, not only Rod, but even Marlene herself felt that she was getting more and more strange, as if just now, after seeing the barbarian who was stabbed to death by an ice pick, I don't know what to do, Marlene suddenly had such a strange thought in her heart——— Mr. Rhodes will not see himself as a cruel and murderous woman, will he hate himself because of this?

In the past, Marlene would not have such thoughts, not to mention that the status of the barbarians was not as good as that of civilians, at the beginning of Gaoya Village, in the face of those civilians who dared to speak out against her, Marlene had no psychological pressure to clean up as she should, but now seeing the corpse of this barbarian, the girl couldn't help but start worrying about her image in Rhodes's heart.

This is also extremely confusing for Marlene, she herself can't figure out why she has such thoughts and thoughts, but Marlene herself knows that this idea is too boring and weak, so in the face of Rod's inquiry, she doesn't know how to answer for a while.

"I know, but you've been acting strangely lately."

Rod shook his head, and then he looked around, it wasn't a good place to talk, and the timing was not right.

"If you have any troubles, you can tell me. Of course, if it's not right for you to tell me, you can also go to Lijie and them, but I hope that no matter what, don't be alone and distressed, and know that we are all there for you, and if you have any problems that need to be solved, we will be happy to help. Also, we're going to have a very fierce battle coming up, and whatever you have in mind, I hope you can hold it down and wait until it's over, understand? ”

“…………………”

Hearing Rod's words, Marlene's eyes flashed a few hints of reassurance, joy and some shame, and then, the girl reached out, pressed her chest, closed her eyes, and took a long breath, and then, she opened her eyes again, raised her head——— and looked at Rhodes as always.

"Okay, Mr. Rhodes, I see, don't worry, I promise it won't happen again."

"Good."

Seeing Marlene's expression, Rod nodded reassuringly, although he didn't know what kind of thoughts Marlene had in his heart, but at least at this time, standing in front of him was the same Marlene as usual, which was enough for Rode.

And at this time, suddenly, Rod turned his head, and soon, with the air in front of him shaking, and then a panting figure of a mercenary appeared in front of Rode.

"Regiment, regimental commander, I think you'd better go over and see for yourself, there's something very strange ahead." (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )