"What do you want to do, sir?"

The woman who was grabbed by Rod's wrist did not change color in the slightest, but still asked with a leisurely smile, and Rod, who heard her answer, suddenly narrowed his eyes, and the strength in his hand immediately increased a little.

"Oh......... You also know that I am a gentleman. ”

"It's ......... Of course, sir. ”

Once Rod gets serious, his strength is not something that anyone can bear, the face of the woman who was grabbed by Rode's wrist changed slightly, and then she still replied with a smile in pain, not only that, but she also deliberately leaned her body forward to Rode, and then chuckled and straightened her chest. The white and plump chest protrudes through the gap in the collar, bringing a kind of rough temptation. However, in this, Rhodes found another focus worthy of his attention - that is, wearing a silver tooth necklace on the woman's chest.

"I just want to take a good look at this young lady, and she loves her, doesn't she?"

As she spoke, the woman withdrew her hand from Rod's hand, and she looked at Christy again, but this time she did not try to step forward recklessly, on the contrary, the woman quickly withdrew a few steps back, and looked at Rhodes with dissatisfaction. She seemed very angry at his behavior, but soon she shrugged her shoulders and chuckled.

"Don't be so nervous, sir, I'm just an ordinary woman, is it rude for you to treat a lady like this? But it looks like I'm too abrupt, so...... I'm leaving. ”

With that, the woman smiled and nodded to Christy, before turning to leave. Rod looked thoughtfully at the woman's back, then lowered his head and looked at the note in his hand.

“… Rod......? ”

Christy's voice rang in Rod's ears, and she looked up at Rhodes in confusion. Hearing her call, Rhodes didn't say anything more, but put the note in his arms, and then looked at Christy with a soft smile.

"Is there any other place you want to go? Christy? ”

When Rod returned to the stronghold with Christy, it was late in the evening.

For both Rod and Christie, it was a rare respite for them. Christy spends most of her time recuperating and rarely goes out, only taking a walk in the colony's garden. And Rhodes has to spend most of his time building mercenary groups and tasks, and rarely has such leisure time to go shopping, so both of them have a rare fun, but compared to the excited Christie, Rhodes seems to be more tired After all, for men, shopping is definitely not their hobby. But for women, the hobby of shopping seems to be completely ingrained in their soul and blood, even in Christie.

However, in order to prevent the girl from getting sick, after returning to the stronghold, Rod asked Christy to rest, although Christy was still in good spirits, but her body really couldn't support such a long period of exercise, so although she was a little unwilling, the girl could only choose to go back to the room to rest. After returning Christy to his room, Rhodes did not go to rest, but instead went to the lounge on the first floor, intending to relax

After a whole day of shopping, Christy was physically exhausted, while Rhodes was mentally exhausted, even if he looked like a woman again, and had several girlfriends, he still couldn't understand where women's great enthusiasm for shopping came from, and it made sense to come and go on the street, just looking at it and not buying. On the other hand, since you don't buy it, why do you want to go shopping?

Rhodes could not find the answer to this question at all. ..., however, when Rod walked into the lounge, he unexpectedly ran into someone.

"Yo, boy."

Old Walker sat at the table by the window when he saw Rhodes walk in and waved his hand at him.

"You're back?"

"I'm back."

Rhodes glanced around, this was originally the entertainment room of the old mansion of the nobles, but now there are no entertainment props here, only a few wine barrels are placed in the corner, next to them are clean copper wine glasses, now there is no one in the lounge, most of the mercenaries have not returned, because the ban has not been lifted, the current Starlight mercenary group is not completely good operation, only after the ban is lifted, can we see what kind of level the current mercenary group can have.

“…··· I really didn't expect that there were so many people in the mercenary group now. ”

Old Walker took a sip of the wine in the glass, looked out the window and said with emotion.

"I think at the beginning, when you kid and Lijie invited me together, I thought that you mercenary group wouldn't last long, three people? Hey......... Boy, do you know the truth? At that time, a lot of guys were laughing at you, saying that you were delusional, not to mention them, and I thought so too. I came here just to see how you failed, but alas, you let me down........."

At this point, Old Walker paused, then scooped up his glass again.

"Boy, what do you want to do? I've been a mercenary all my life, I've seen everyone, people like you generally have their own goals and plans, and I'm sure you didn't set up this mercenary group just to make a living and seek adventure. If that's all there is to it, do you need to do it? ”

In the face of old Walker's inquiry, Rod did not give an answer, he just shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture with an expressionless face.

"Of course I have my plans, old fellow."

The so-called coming and not being rude, since old Walker opened his mouth and closed his mouth and called himself "boy", then Rhodes didn't mind calling him "old guy", otherwise his words would be heard by others, where would he put his majesty as the head of the regiment?

"You just have to watch obediently, anyway, you're so old, it's hard to change, isn't it?"

"Sharp teeth."

Hearing Rod's reply, Old Walker snorted coldly, and then he shook his wine glass, and the expression on his face suddenly became much more serious.

"But······ No matter what you have to do, you have to be mentally prepared, not everyone will be with you, your ambition may only be a burden and a problem for them......... Hopefully you'll remember that, mercenary...... Sometimes it's just a mercenary after all. ”

At this, Old Walker's face was a little gloomy, he lowered his head, shook his head and sighed, then stood up and walked towards the wine bowl by the wall. Rod, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the somewhat old figure, and did not answer.

"I used to have that time, too."

As he poured the wine, Old Walker said with his head bowed.

"I was in high spirits, I thought I could do anything, and I longed to be stronger with my companions, and we would be more famous, richer, and forever recited like the heroes of the bards...... We used to think so, but that's not the case. Not everyone is interested in the future I depict, they don't care about money, fame, and they don't want to risk their lives to go deep into the passages that connect hell and the world to guard goodness and peace, and they choose to retreat in the face of the threat and shadow of death. They are unwilling to fight the demons and undead in the cold and dark underground, and eventually die in obscurity. Instead, he chose to scoop up the money and return to his hometown and live a comfortable life. I used to think I had been betrayed, but now it looks ridiculous that I was at that time...······" …,

Saying this, the old man smiled bitterly, but his voice was full of bitterness.

In the face of the old man's words, Rhodes also fell silent. He had never thought about it before, but now, the words of old Walker had forced Rod to think about it from another aspect.

That is the future of the mercenary group.

If all goes well, then after the Midsummer Festival, Rhodes' mercenary group will be upgraded to the Mercenary Guild, which is almost one of the biggest dreams of mercenaries in their lives.

Now both Lijie and Anne are working hard for this dream, but what about after the successful upgrade? Did they become a mercenary guild and just continue to mess around?

Of course, Rhodes was unwilling, the Mercenary Guild was not the end for him, but the basis for the real beginning, and in the end his goal was to obtain a territory to run a force strong enough to resist the Land of Light and the Land of Night, and prepare for the next war. Rod used to think that it was not difficult, after all, he had already had an experience once, and he couldn't lose another time. But Old Walker's reminders and advice made Rhodes find himself overlooking one thing——— and that is that he subconsciously confuses players with natives.

It's impossible for players to get bored with this kind of problem, and they must be extremely excited when they hear about new missions, new dungeons, and new teams. If it was learned that they could own a territory of their own, it would be a demoralization of the successors. Because this is the purpose of players to play the game, they are eager to have their own territory, their own power, their own equipment, their own organization, and even the conquest of the world, this kind of power is invincible for players, but for the aborigines, it has its limits——— after all, unlike players, they only have one life, and they do not have the characteristics of players who can come back after they die. Because of this, they value their lives more than those illusory things.

Old Walker's history Rod knows a lot, but what he knows is an ordinary situation, originally Rhodes thought that Old Walker was depressed after that injury, but now listening to him, he found that Old Walker may have been disheartened with his companion before that injury.

He is a companion who scoops justice and glory to motivate himself, but it sounds like these illusory things don't work out. And Rhodes is planning to scoop up equipment and power to lure those mercenaries, so will his approach be successful?

It's as if you and your companions have swept through a bandit camp and gained enough wealth for your lifetime, and then you get the news that there is a dragon nearby with legendary weapons and equipment, and if you can kill it, everyone will be heroes of the kingdom.

So how do you choose?

If it's a player, there must be no direct promise.

But from the perspective of the Indigenous peoples, do they really want to challenge that kind of suicidal goal? Although Rhodes knew very well that once the war broke out, no one could escape, and those mercenaries would not be in the same situation as old Walker, for their own survival, they could only persevere, but after they won the victory, would they continue to choose to fight? Or do you want to go to a peaceful place with a rich bounty? No one can say for sure, although Rhodes knew that the flames of this war would burn every corner of the continent in the future, but now he said this kind of thing to no one to believe. It seems that most of the people in Deepstone City are still living in peace, and they have no idea that the Land of Light is about to go to war with the Night Country, and that the Night Country will make the Principality of Moon the first target. Peace is like a soap bubble, beautiful and fragile, which can be completely destroyed with a little effort, and they would rather live in this soap bubble than come out and face reality. …,

"Thank you for your advice, old fellow."

Rod stood up, and he realized that he might have to rethink the question.

"You're welcome, little one, I'm just talking about it anyway. Anyway, that's all I can say, it's your business whether you like to listen or not, I'm old, how can I care so much, I don't know how many days this old life can live, and I've done enough things to worry about. ”

After another glass of wine, old Walker seemed to regain his composure, he wiped the corners of his mouth, and then replied with a smile. Then he looked at the figure of Rhodes walking towards the door with some confusion.

"What? It's so late, do you still want to go out? ”

"I'm going to go to the Brilliant Stars, please let them know after Marlene and the others finish training, you don't need to wait for me tonight."

"Brilliant Star?"

Hearing Rod's answer, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then showed a sly smile.

"Hey, hey, you kid finally can't help it? The girls there are very upright, I said, man, how can you not go there to be chic? It's the best place in Deep Rock. There are so many beautiful girls around you every day, and it's a shame that you can endure it until now, don't worry, boy, I'll cover up for you, if Xiao Lijie asks them, I'll say you go and do something very important! ”

Hearing Old Walker's joke, Rhodes shook his head, but he didn't say anything more.

And in fact, as the elder Walker said, he did have important things to do.