Chapter 318: The Snake Hidden in the Shadows
Mobis felt like he had a headache.
After he lost his personal battle with Starlight, there were already many people who were dissatisfied with him, although there were many voices out there who defended Heavenly Sword and despised Starlight's victory. But these voices do not help to stabilize the position of Mobis, the heavenly sword does not represent the poor masses in the south like the wings of self-defeat, but the upper rich class, and because of this, the pressure on Mobis after losing is also very great, and many rich merchants and nobles in the south have sent people to express their dissatisfaction with themselves openly or implicitly. These are all funders of the Heavenly Sword Guild, and in their opinion, no matter how the Heavenly Sword lost, it lost anyway. He spent so many days supporting the Heavenly Sword Guild, but it wasn't for him to be insulted and ridiculed in front of those northern Yankees, not to mention that Starlight was just a mercenary group that had only been established for half a year, and Heavenly Sword could even lose this kind of thing, what else could they not do?
Mobis had even vaguely heard rumors that they might even revoke their funding if their performance in team battles didn't satisfy these funders, or
Find someone who can make Heavenly Sword not be eliminated by a damn mercenary group in the first round to be the leader.
This is the sadness of the mercenary guild, they are huge, but they need to be maintained with money, and the mercenary guild that has lost its autonomy is to some extent regarded as the private army of some interest groups, although various countries have deliberately limited the number of mercenary guilds in order to prevent this trend, but this has become the weakness of the mercenary guild
The number of people limited by the rules is far less than the number that the Mercenary Guild can use to maintain its power range. This forces the Mercenary Guild to be unable to support itself, and thus must rely on external forces and capital, which in turn lacks sufficient autonomy and independence. The leader of a powerful mercenary guild like Mobis is no exception, no matter how strong his personal strength is, he is worthless in front of money. Mercenary guilds like the Four Great Guilds, which have been rooted in the region for many years, have long been fused with those powerful waters, just like vines climbing on the trunk of a tree, and they are inseparable from them at all.
This is also the sad thing about the Mercenary Guild, and it is also the reason why Rhodes tried his best to avoid falling into it himself
He didn't want to live like this.
It's very depressing to obey people's orders, but isn't it even more depressing to obey people with strong strength?
But it's not this thing that Mobis has a headache at the moment, although the current situation is not very good for him, but Mobis thinks that it is not difficult to survive this crisis with his leadership and influence in the guild. As long as the next team battle can be won, then it will not be a problem......... for their own team, Mobis is still very confident.
What gave him a headache was one
Carodi is gone.
Although this uncle is usually very arrogant, but he still keeps his promises, Mobis does not know what Karodi is doing here, as Rhodes guessed, he is only ordered by those southern nobles and wealthy merchants to accept this master from the Council of Light to his own mercenary group to carry out a "secret mission". As for what this mission is, Mobis is not qualified to ask.
Although in terms of strength, Mobis is even stronger than Carodi.
It's really uncomfortable to whisper in front of someone who is weaker than you. However, both sides can be regarded as "three chapters of the law." "Mobis doesn't care about Carodi, and Carody doesn't care what he wants to do the rest of the time except when he shows up during the game. …,
But now, it's time for the team battle to begin, and Carodi hasn't even appeared yet?
He couldn't have said something had happened.
Thinking of this, Mobis couldn't help but feel uneasy, he was born a southern nobleman, and naturally knew very well the relationship between those nobles and rich businessmen in the south and the Council of the Kingdom of Light, this Carodi was sent by the council, in case something really happened to him 11 ......., thinking of this, Mobis couldn't help but shudder, he didn't know what Carodi was here for, but it was certainly not an easy thing, in fact, Mobis didn't want to accept this trouble. But as I said before, a mercenary guild that is even subject to the economic lifeline of people, even if your president is a legendary-level god, you can only bow your head obediently in front of the money.........
So Mobis had been worried about what was going on with Carody, and now, the team battle was about to begin, and they were supposed to leave for the arena, but they didn't see Carody, which made Mobis very uneasy and worried. You must know that the other party is a secret agent of the country of light, and now the Golden City is engaged in midsummer tea again......... Damn it, those pot-bellied bastards who don't know anything but eating, sleeping, and playing have shoved people to me and left, and I'm all in trouble. If Carodi had fallen into the hands of that damned tyrant of Lydia, would she and her men have made it out of the Golden City alive?
As soon as he thought of this, Mobis shuddered, and he suddenly felt that he didn't have much time left to go to the red-leaved maple forest to admire the fallen leaves...............
"Yes, President!!"
Just when Mobis was restless, Goran gasped and ran into the room, which made the old Mobis suddenly startled, and hurriedly stood up and held the hilt of the sword at his waist at the same time, and watched out the window vigilantly
Damn, is the old man's hunch really so accurate? That little girl sent someone to the door?
But soon, Mobis noticed that although Goran's expression was a little surprised, he was not afraid or uneasy at all, but stood there looking at him with a puzzled gaze, which made Mobis also realize that his performance was really a little weird, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, and sat down again.
"What's wrong? What happened? Isn't it necessary for you to prepare for a team battle when you are so flustered? ”
"That's what I'm here for, Captain."
Goran wiped a handful of sweat beads from his face, and looked at Mobis with a slightly incredulous expression.
"That's right, I just got the news from the arena that this battle doesn't need to be compared. Because Starlight ......... Abstained! ”
"Abstaining?"
Hearing this, Mobis's eyes widened in surprise and he stared at Golan in disbelief, and after a moment, he frowned.
"What you say is true? The reason? There's a reason why they're out of the game. ”
"This ........., I did ask, but according to them, it seems that there were people on Starlight's side who were injured after yesterday's individual fight, and they didn't have enough people to participate in the game today, so they ......... and abstained."
"That's right........."
Hearing Golan's words, Mobis lowered his head.
What Golan said is not unreasonable, everyone saw Anne's injury yesterday, but according to the rules, shouldn't the Starlight Mercenary Group have alternate members? Although the shield warrior girl was injured, wasn't the alternate prepared for this? As for the others? Rod aside, where did Qilian and Marlene look a little injured?
What the hell is Starlight doing?
For a while, even the scheming Mobis was a little confused about what Starlight was doing, and at the Midsummer Festival, abstaining would be laughed at, wouldn't they be worried about what trouble their actions would bring them? After all, in the world of mercenaries, whether you can fight or not is a matter of strength, but whether you dare to fight or not is a matter of guts. The former can be understood, but the latter is ridiculed, and Starlight's reason for making this decision ............ "Is it really just because someone got hurt?" Still is..................
Wait a minute.
Thinking of this, Mobis was suddenly shocked.
Carody didn't come back, and Starlight abstained..."Could it be that Carody went for Starlight?"
You can go to ......"... Starlight is just a small mercenary group, so how can they be worth it for Carody to come all the way from the Land of Light to deal with them?
Mobis couldn't figure it out, but at this moment he was not as nervous as before, but even so, Mobis still raised his head, looked at Golan, and then gave an order.
"Go, you go and investigate, why did Starlight give up the group battle, the better!"
"Yes, sir."
Although it was unknown what Morbis had given this order for, Goran nodded and turned to leave. Looking at Golan's departing back, Mobis let out a long sigh and then leaned back in his chair, only to feel that he was really tired and helpless.
What's going on with this starlight one by one?
Mobis is not alone.
"Mr. Rod, what is this for?"
At this moment, in the station, Marlene also frowned in confusion and asked the same question to Rod.
"Even if we don't have the strength, I think we can at least give it a try.................."
"No, Marlene, it's not a matter of strength."
Rod waved his hand, interrupting Marlene's speech, which made Marlene's eyes widen in surprise and stare at Rhodes, not understanding what he meant.
"First of all, our strength is really not sufficient, we have only prepared for individual battles, but we have not prepared for team battles, in this case we will only laugh at the rush to play. Secondly......... I don't want you to spend your energy in this inconsequential team fight, you know, our final opponent is very strong, and I don't want any surprises until then. Nothing is more important and a priority for us than winning the individual competition, so I chose to give up the team battle. ”
Saying this, Rod held out a finger. I don't know if it's an illusion, Ma Linjue suddenly saw a very pleasant smile in those dark eyes.
"What's more, Sister Marlene, don't forget that we still have companions, if we finish eating food alone, it won't be conducive to stability and unity."
"You can go to ..............."
Marlene wasn't a fool, Rhodes only needed a light reminder, and she immediately understood the reason, but .........
"Mr. Rod, do you have so much faith in them? It's not that I'm worried, in case they fail your expectations...
"You're wrong again, Marlene."
But this time, Marlene was interrupted by Rhodes before he could finish his words, and he waved his hand again and shrugged his shoulders casually.
"I don't have faith in them, I have faith in myself.................. You'll soon see what I mean. ”。 )
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