The shield whistled down.

Rod's figure flashed, and he could brush off Annie's attack, and his whole body was like a ghost that came out of the gap in the adamantite heavy shield, and before Annie could react, Rod's hand stretched back, and then grabbed Joey's arm that leaped from the side. Then, he turned around and threw Joey straight forward.

Seeing that Joey was about to collide with her own Adamantite Shield, Anne quickly retracted and retreated, trying to avoid this collision. But just as Anne stretched out her hands to catch Joey, Rhodes suddenly appeared from behind Joey, and he rolled over, leaping past Anne's body, and then rushed straight to Lijie behind the girl.

Facing the sudden appearance of Rod, Lijie was obviously a little surprised, but she still reacted quickly, with the slight movement of the girl's hands, and soon, two rays of light fell from the sky, but they did not shroud Rod's body. On the contrary, at the moment when Lijie reacted, Rhodes suddenly stretched out his toes and clicked a little on Annie's pure gold shield, and leaped up again, and because of this, two rays of light passed by him sideways, enveloping Annie's body.

"Li, Lijie!"

Anne, who was completely defenseless, was directly hit by two cursed spiritual spells, and her body became weak, and she sat backwards and fell directly to the ground. Seeing that her attack failed, Lijie was also stunned, but before she could make up for it, she saw a flower in front of her, and the next moment Rod's face appeared in front of Lijie's eyes. Then, a pain that was almost suffocating came from the girl's neck, which made Lijie's original spiritual skills disappear immediately, and she instinctively took two steps back and opened her mouth. And at this time, Rod had already punched Lijie in the lower abdomen.

"Oops!"

The heavy blow caused Lijie to fall to her knees in an instant. Seeing this scene, Marlene's face was also slightly gloomy, she hurriedly raised the staff in her hand and aimed at the pitch-black figure, but after seeing Lijie next to her, Marlene hesitated slightly, and it was at this moment that she lost her best opportunity to attack.

Marlene didn't even know when Rhodes came to her, she only felt Rod's slender fingers suddenly appear from her side like iron tongs, and then grabbed the girl's wrist, and quickly. Intense pain hit. Marlene could no longer hold the staff in her hand, her body went limp, and she fell to the ground, and the staff she was holding in her hand also fell to the ground at this moment.

"That's it."

Until this time. Rod let go of his hand and said with an expressionless face as always.

"Woo........."

But beside him, no one answered Rod's words, and Lando was knocked unconscious at the beginning, while Joey was still lying next to Anne, not recovering from the previous dizziness. As for Anne, because she was connected to two curses without paying attention, she now has no strength in her body, and can only wait for Lijie to lift the curse for herself.

But I looked at Lijie half-lying on the ground retching. It looks like I won't be able to get up for a while.

"You're not doing badly, but you're not doing well."

But Rod didn't care at all, after that warm-up game, he knew that these people must still be more or less complacent and proud in their hearts. Moreover, although the atmosphere of the warm-up match made them realize that they were not mentally prepared enough, it did not mean that their skills were truly invincible.

However, with the quality of the group of mercenaries in the warm-up game. That's all they can do, so Rhodes doesn't mind helping them figure out the flaws himself. …,

"Annie, your mastery of the Adamantite Heavy Shield is still a little flawed, the more forms the better, depending on the form, their structure, impact and speed are also different. Ordinary mercenaries can't find such gaps, but that doesn't mean your opponents can't find them either. ”

With these words, Rod turned to the others again.

"Lijie, your combat skills are not skilled enough, this tactic is very rhythmic, but you have to remember that you master the rhythm, don't let the rhythm master you. If the other person doesn't follow your pace, you have to come up with a way to solve the situation right away, instead of standing there and getting beaten. ”

"Yes............ Mr. Rhodes. ”

Hearing Rod's words, Lijie reluctantly stood up, gritted her teeth, and replied. Hearing her answer, Rod raised his eyebrows, and then he lowered his head and looked at Joey.

"Joey, your problem is that you're too impatient, too impatient. Remember, your opponent won't be stupid to show his flaws and let you play, thieves are all about killing with one hit, so you don't have to worry about how many times you can attack, before the opponent shows his flaws, you have to think clearly, this is an opportunity? Or a trap. ”

"Good ............ I, I know............ Captain ........."

Touching his head, Joey still felt that his eyes were full of stars, although Anne had adjusted the direction in time so that Joey did not really crash to death on the Adamantite Heavy Shield, but it was also unclear, and now being able to concentrate on replying is already the greatest persistence for Joey.

"Marlene."

And it wasn't until the last that Rod reached out and patted Marlene's shoulder, who was sitting next to him and rubbing his wrist.

"Preparation is a must for a mage before casting a spell, so you need to be careful with all opponents' arrangements for this. We all know that if a mage is not prepared to cast a spell, then it is not a threat. You have to be prepared for that. ”

"I'll think about it, Mr. Rhodes."

Rubbing her wrists, Marlene's expression was a little low. Although this time it was not 2, unlike the test when she first came to the mercenary group, she was beaten by Rhodes and almost couldn't even find the east, west, north and south. But for Marlene, her frustration was no less than that. After all, it took a little effort for Rhodes last time, but this time, he didn't even do anything special to react, just caught a small hesitation on his part——— at that time, if it weren't for Marlene's fear that Lijie would also be affected by magic, she could have hit Rhodes.

But it's too late to say anything.

"I hope you can remember that your opponents at the Midsummer Festival will not be weaker than me, and your current level, if you want to defeat them, you must give all your efforts, not to think about whether you can play beautifully, but to think about victory——— without victory, there is only defeat."

Of course, Rod still secretly changed his concept, in terms of level, the opponent at the Midsummer Festival is indeed not weaker than him. But if you really compare it in terms of skill proficiency, even an opponent who is ten levels higher than him is not too much of a threat to Rod. But it was naturally impossible for him to tell Marlene and the others such a thing, anyway, even if they listened to it, they wouldn't be able to understand it. It's better to exaggerate and let them be careful than to really have their tails up to the sky.

They are not qualified to underestimate the enemy.

At this moment, Starlight has temporarily stopped all actions, and among the people who applied to join the mercenary group before, forty lucky people have passed the level and joined the mercenary group. For the strength of these mercenaries, Rhodes is not worried. Because the places he had designated were the best places for each profession to hone their skills. So if it can come out from there according to his requirements, then at least there is no doubt about the strength. …,

Next, it's a matter of mentality.........

But that's not what Starlight is busy with right now, as a member of the Midsummer Festival Guild Battle, Rhodes has decided to take all the members to the Midsummer Festival to let them experience the atmosphere, and at the same time, try to integrate the newcomers into the team in the shortest possible time. Of course, this is also for the sake of strength, after all, people from other mercenary guilds will also participate, and if you don't bring a few people yourself, then you will be looked down upon.

As for the issue of food and accommodation, Rhodes is not worried, according to the rules, the mercenary guilds in the five regions will have associations that will arrange special locations to avoid any chaos in private. So he doesn't need to pay for this. Knowing that they could participate in the Midsummer Festival, everyone was enthusiastic, and now most of the mercenaries are packing up their shapes and preparing to hit the road.

Because of this, there were no other mercenaries in the underground training room except for Rhodes and others. Otherwise, let them see that the people they admire are actually placed on the ground with three or two clicks, and they really don't know how they will react.

"Knock knock."

And just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Rod glanced at the people who were slowly standing up, reminiscing about the people who had fought before, and then spoke, and soon, the door was slowly pushed open, and Christie's petite figure appeared in the doorway. A gentle smile appeared on the girl's face when she saw Rod, and she trotted all the way to Rod's side.

“……… Rod...... This is the mercenary guild people......... Letter to you. ”

"Mercenary Guild?"

Hearing Christie's words, Rod frowned, then he reached out and gently touched Christie's head, then took the letter in the girl's hand and opened it.

Then, Rod's eyes widened with some curiosity.

Change the location?

What's going on?

On the letter in Rod's hand, it was written in black and white that the location of this midsummer festival was temporarily changed to the Golden City for special reasons, and the date remained unchanged, and it was expected that the mercenary guilds would participate on time. Although the tone above is very official, Rhodes still has some meaning, because he remembers very well that in the game, the Midsummer Festival has always been held in Claisschild, and the location has not been changed at all. As for the Golden City............ That's even more unlikely! Not to mention, it actually said that the venue this time was in the Holy Arena?

How is this possible?

For the first time, Rhodes discovered that his memories had never been more in line with reality.

But at this time, suddenly, a system prompt appeared in front of him.

[Mercenary Group Construction System Prestige Quest Triggered - Peak of Glory] (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )