The aroma of black tea spreads through the luxuriously decorated rooms, but it doesn't change the cold atmosphere inside.

"Mr. Clay, I can't agree to your terms."

The middle-aged man put down the teacup and refused with a resolute expression.

"Now that the situation in the mine is very stable, we think that it is very unreasonable to raise the price significantly at this time, and as a member of the association, of course I have to think about the interests of the association, but in this regard, I really can't help. I hope you understand. ”

"Please don't get so excited, Mr. Keller."

Sitting on the soft sofa, the man in a wide and gorgeous robe showed a cold smile.

"A 30 percent increase in ore prices is a unanimous opinion of the association, and as a member of the association, you must abide by it."

"But it's not normal!"

Keller frowned.

"There is no shortage of ore now, and it is difficult for such a problem to occur in the future, we will raise the price without giving a good reason. And you, Mr. Clay, I have not been able to get a good reason so far, and you can't make me nod yes with a word of association's decision, at least, I want to know the reason for it. Moreover, raising the price without authorization, if this kind of thing makes the Golden City know........."

"That woman doesn't know what to do with us."

At the mention of Golden City, Clayter's face immediately became gloomy.

"Mr. Keller, as the vice president of the association, the reason why I personally brought you to the association to talk about this is because you hold eighty-five percent of the mining industry in Deep Rock City, but I want you to understand that these industries you control are actually nothing to the entire Parfield region."

"In any case, if you don't give a reasonable explanation, it's hard for me to accept such an offer from the association."

Keller stood up.

"If that's all there is to it, then I'm sorry, I don't think we need to talk any further."

With that, Keller nodded and turned to leave.

"Wait, Mr. Keller."

And at this moment, Clayte's face also sank.

"Since you don't agree to the association's request, then I can't do it, and in fact I don't want to do it, but......... At this point, you can't blame me for not giving face......"

"What do you want to do?"

Hearing this, Keller's face froze.

"If you reject the association's opinion, then the association will have to take back all the mines under your control to ensure that they can operate normally and stably."

"The association does not have this power!"

Keller slapped his palm on the table.

"The mines in Deep Rock City are the property of our Keller family, and they have nothing to do with the association, do you still want to rob them?!"

"Of course we're not going to rob it."

Clayter narrowed her small eyes and a smug smile appeared on her face.

"The Guild will pay for the Keller family's mines, five thousand gold coins......... What do you think of the price? ”

Five thousand?

When Keller heard this, he almost fainted without taking a breath. The Keller family owns four mines, and the total income is around hundreds of thousands. These bastards want to buy all the mines for five thousand gold? Don't even think about buying a pit! Are they lame or do they have other plans?

As the patriarch of a family, Keller naturally didn't think that all the people in the association were fools, he was silent for a moment, and then looked at the vice president of the association with a hint of doubt. Clay is not a fool, and he is a shrewd person who can sit in the position of vice president in the merchants' association. In fact, when he was summoned to the Guild's headquarters, Keller felt that something was wrong. Recently, the ore market has been stable, and there has been no turmoil in the surrounding countries, and it is definitely not a small matter to suddenly ask all the ore industry to raise prices by 30%. As a business family that has been working hard for so many years, Keller knows very well what the sudden price increase will bring to the entire surrounding market, not to mention the important commodity such as ore.

If someone else had said this, Keller would have heard it as a joke. He was sure that if the young lady of the Golden City found out about this, all the merchants would be unlucky. That young lady is not a good-hearted master, everyone has their own way of dying, but committing it in her hands is definitely the worst kind of death. …,

But now, the merchants' association is actually going to raise prices? Did they eat the gall of the ambitious leopard? Do you really think that young lady is not responsible for the public?

Thinking of this, Keller felt a chill down his spine, and he immediately remembered the massacre that shook the entire Duchy five years ago, just because the nobles united against his proposal, that young lady killed nearly a third of the nobles in the entire Duchy, and the ruthlessness of the will made Keller, a businessman like Keller who wanted money and not his life frightened. What's even more terrifying is that doing such a thing would definitely cause turmoil in the whole country, but what everyone didn't expect was that only two months after the massacre, everything was back on track again.

This is what merchants like Keller fear most, they are not afraid of encountering tyrannical kings, after all, even if the impulsive fool tries to be happy for a while, it is their own stupid impulse that is most unlucky. But this young lady is different, she is obviously ready for the future, and she is not afraid of any problems at all.

Now the Merchants' Association really thinks that it is powerful and wants to trouble that young lady?

Do they really think that the young lady will not do another massacre like five years ago, and then find some people to reorganize the chamber of commerce?

Where did these guys get their bear-hearted leopard gall?

Keller felt that things were getting more and more unusual, and he stared at Clayte, but did not speak.

Rather smiled, and then stood up.

"I hope Mr. Keller thinks about it when he gets home, I think you'll have another idea."

There must be a problem, there must be a problem!

Keller was silent for a moment in the face of Clayter's words, and then he decided to turn around and leave, first to return to the family, and then use all his strength to investigate what happened, and then it was not too late to reply. But where did this guy get so much confidence? Is he really sure, or is he bluffing, or does he have some hole cards?

Keller made up his mind and took his leave to leave, but as he reached the door, Clayter's voice sounded behind him again.

"I've heard that your daughter is very cute, and I've always wanted to see her, so please don't be weird."

Keller's hand in front of the door froze.

Branches on the moon.

In the dark of night, the carriage was quietly parked on the side of the road. Two dim oil lamps hanging in front of the trunk faintly illuminate the surrounding vegetation. Although the night is a little gloomy, within the scope of the Dragon Soul of Light, even in the dark night, there are dazzling bands of light, they condense and exude a soft brilliance, and the bright moon in the sky is complementary, but it is not a dark eye. Outside the car, the three guards who had followed Helen had already started their vigil spontaneously. The coachman lay beside the fire beside the car with a blanket of animal skin, and from time to time there were bursts of sounds.

At this moment in the carriage, the three people except Rhodes were ready to rest. Mace was well adapted to life in the carriage, rolled up a blanket and fell asleep. And Lijie was still a mercenary as always, leaning on the edge of the carriage, closing her eyes slightly, and not curling up like the other two, after all, if she encountered any unexpected situation, as a spirit master, she had to react immediately.

And Helen was tired after chatting all day, and at the moment she was leaning on the other side, hanging her head and closing her eyes, seeing that it was a matter of time before she fell asleep.

Rod didn't sleep, on the contrary, he was secretly sorting out his attributes. Before, it was too hasty to do these things, and now that he finally has free time, Rhodes has also begun to sort out his attribute values. After all, this is very necessary for him, and in the previous battle, Rhodes has also noticed that although this body is his own, the abilities contained in it are absolutely completely different from his previous self. You must know that in reality, he can't do any quick dodging and resisting movements.

The first is the amount of power, through the battles of these days, Rhodes found that his strength is higher than that of ordinary people in this world, according to the setting of the Dragon Soul Continent, the NPC power in this world is generally around 4~5, the strength of this value can be regarded as strong in ordinary people, and then up to 6~8 The amount of strength can pick up a heavy two-handed sword with one hand, which can already be regarded as a monster. And Rod's strength is also between 6~8, although he has not tried it with a two-handed sword, but judging from the previous battles, it should not be a problem. …,

As for the physique, Rhodes is the least worried, the ordinary human physique is 5~7, the elves are slightly lower, 4~6, the highest are dwarves and orcs, respectively 7~9 and 7~10, angels and demons are mostly between 15~20. Considering the extent of his injuries and how he felt when fighting all the way, Rod deduced that his constitution should be between 10~15. This is completely unsuitable for the physique that humans should have, after all, being able to jump around alive after being pounced on by the claws of the Void Dragon, no matter how you look at it, it is very abnormal.

As for dexterity, his speed is faster than that of ordinary people, but it is not as fast as an elf. Considering that the speed of the elves is 10~15, which is the highest attribute in the whole continent, then Rhodes' speed should be about 7~10 based on the 5~6 of ordinary people.

Will was originally the most difficult attribute to judge, but after the battle with the Phantom, Rhodes also had a basis for reference, recalling the resistance requirements for the Phantom's spiritual attack in the game materials, Rhodes's will attribute should be regarded as a narrow victory, just crossed the standard line between 8~9. This is higher than the average person, but it is about the same as the average strong-willed warrior, and it may be lower than those powerful NPCs, but considering that the stats will increase when you level up in the future, Rhodes doesn't have to worry so much.

As for the sensing attributes, it is the only difference from the game, in the game, in addition to enhancing the player's hearing to a certain extent, the improvement of the sensing attribute is to mark those dangerous existences as red dots in front of the eyes, and at the same time prompt at the bottom of the screen. But in reality, the sensing properties have completely changed. After Rod closed his eyes, he still "saw" everything around him, as if he had a pair of invisible black and white infrared cameras that could manipulate the distance at will and zoom in and out, staring at this world. In this regard, his induction is far higher than the standard of 3~4 of ordinary humans, but it is significantly smaller than the standard of 9~10 of elves, and if the previous silver wolf is calculated according to the elimination method, then it is probably at the level of about 6~7.

And in this way, Rod's attributes can be regarded as probably floating in his heart.

Force: 6~8.

Constitution: 10~15

Dexterity: 7~10

Will: 8~9

Induction: 6~7

On the whole, all attributes are higher than the default attributes of the original human character, and Rod asked himself that even if he took out the character in the game, he probably didn't have such a good initial attribute at level 10, because attributes and talents are the same, and they will be awakened after level 10, and they will start to grow with the level. For Rod, who is known as the online game library, he almost knows what race and what occupation is the initial attribute.

After sorting out his attributes, Rhodes found that his attributes were generally superior to those of humans, but in terms of individual attributes, he was slightly lower than other races. What made Rod even more puzzled was that even if he sorted out the attributes, there was no way to figure out what kind of blood was mixed in his body. In general, half-breed races will always inherit other common salient attributes. For example, in the case of Lijie, her other attributes may be similar to those of humans, but in terms of will, dexterity, and soul power, she is definitely at the level of angels. But his current improvement is too average, except for a slightly exaggerated physique, any other characteristics are obviously beyond human beings but have not reached the initial attribute level of other races. What made Rod even more secretly surprised was that this was still the attribute before the awakening, and if his bloodline really awakened, then these attributes would rise by at least half.

How can there be such a monster race in this world, and if there is, the player will not have to break the head long ago?

Rhodes is not without a few suspicions, such as the vampire species at night, especially when the full moon is full of attributes, and the full attribute increase is also quite perverted, not to mention the demons and angels. But they all have their own limitations, if you have the blood of these races, then there should be ups and downs and changes under the influence of the environment and day and night, but your attributes are very stable and there are no ups and downs.

What kind of pedigree is this?

Rod thought for a while, but still didn't come up with an answer, so he shook his head helplessly. In any case, this bloodline is very stable and there will be no ups and downs. Otherwise, if you are a half-angel or half-demon, and when the time comes, you will go to the wrong territory and your attributes will drop by half, then there will be nowhere to cry.

Thinking of this, Rhodes closed his eyes and planned to rest, but he had just closed his eyes, but his expression moved.

"Rustle!"

A faint sound from the grass, mixed with the night wind, reached his ears.