In this world, there is something that cannot be changed no matter how much you improve your strength, how much equipment you find, or how powerful an existence you befriend, it will always follow you, as if it is your most faithful companion, no matter whether it is prosperous or rich or poor and depraved, it will never abandon and have no complaints. That's .........

Black Hand Aura.

As three of the most powerful players in the Dragon Soul Continent game, Rod, Canary, and Little Bubblegum are the most powerful in every way——— including their Black Hand aura. The canary's black hand aura is the strongest, and he can't even open anything except money when he forcibly opens the boss, and the black hand aura of the little bubblegum is second, and he can't open anything except the whiteboard equipment, and as for Rod, after he is not reconciled, the equipment he opens is either broken or completely out of specification. This is why so far, basically none of the equipment in Rod's hands has been opened by him, either by Marlene, or by Rhodes himself, or simply by the task reward and the must-drop prop equipment that exists in the first place and will not be erased by the aura of the black hand. A long time ago, Rhodes had given up on the "unrealistic" idea of touching corpses to get the equipment he wanted.

Man............ While gaining great strength, some of the most important things are also lost.........

The chill faded, the breath of spring filled the forest, the originally dry branches once again produced fresh green shoots, and the bright green grass tried to break through the soil covered by snow and fallen leaves on the ground, and stretched out its body to re-manifest its existence in this world.

"I'm still working hard..............."

Rod walked leisurely on the mountain road, looking up at the clouds in the sky from time to time, and then lowered his head and sighed. By his side, except for Anne, who was as always "where the head of the regiment is, I will be there". There was also a girl wrapped in white holy robes, wearing a wide triangular hat and holding a tin staff taller than herself, and slowly followed behind Rod.

It is not unreasonable for Rhodes to sigh like this, the matter of igniting the fire needs to be prepared, but after the armistice agreement between the Night Nation and the Continent of Light is signed, it means that the biggest threat at present is temporarily lifted. For a while, Rhodes actually became an idler. Although as a lord, he should care about the internal affairs of his territory, but after handing over the internal affairs to Marlene, handing over the intelligence to Qilian, and handing over the military to Bilan's heart, Rhodes can be said to be idle, eating, sleeping, and eating all day long, occasionally rolling the sheets with Anne and Lijie, and Rod finally understands why so many nobles in ancient times liked to do such incorruptible and shameful things. After all, in this kind of society where the information civilization is not developed, there is no network to communicate, there is no game to pass the time, and only the popular entertainment such as rolling sheets can be carried out anytime and anywhere and obtain both physical and spiritual satisfaction.

Of course, the others were not so idle, according to Rod's instructions, Marfa, Joey. Lando, Saul, and John follow Rod's enrichment after returning to the realm. Pick an elite that can adapt to the internal environment of the Chaos Lands and assemble it to prepare for the journey to light the fire. If they didn't know what to do before, after experiencing the horrors of the Chaos Lands firsthand, they already knew quite well what they should do. According to Rod's orders, Soth plans to conduct unified training after these elites are selected, and Rod expects to be able to use the strange training skills of the War Tactics. If the elite group under his command can break through the limits of mortals, he must at least rise to the level of forty levels. All of this was thought out by Rhodes in advance, so naturally he didn't have to care.

But it's not okay to always fall like this, Rhodes is still the essence of the player in his bones, fighting monsters. Leveling up, farming dungeons, and adventuring are the lives he expects. In the year he has been in this world, Rhodes has been living a stressful life almost all the time, and now, when he is finally able to temporarily let go of his burdens and enjoy a leisurely life, Rhodes is unable to idle. Even if it's an otaku, it's because of the company of the Internet and the second dimension at home, and if you don't believe in the power outage, try it for half a month, and those otaku will definitely collapse completely.

Although the otaku who has crossed in the novel can still soar in the world of magic, but for Rod, who is a summoning swordsman, he never thought about changing jobs or anything. And the current summoning swordsman is far more than an ordinary mage in many ways, and as a library that can walk, his knowledge is no less than that of those old mages who are immersed in the ocean of knowledge all day long, although it is said that the sea of learning is endless, but after all, there is still its limit.

And what made Rod even more depressed was that after he handed the bell to Christie, Christie immediately "liked the new and hated the old", and forgot about himself directly, according to the canary, now every day Christie in addition to meditation, most of the time is spent on taking care of the bell, not only will she choose clothes to wear, but also teach her various etiquette——— you must know that the current bell can't even use the tableware, and she eats completely with two hands. Perhaps this rare and fulfilling life made Christie temporarily "forget" Rod next to him, and he didn't know what he was doing, Rod felt sad inexplicably............

But luckily, after a week of idleness, and when he was bored enough to start thinking about whether he should take a few guards to the township or something, Rhodes finally found something to do to lift his spirits. According to the joint investigation of Canary and Labis, it was confirmed that the Mystery Core brought back by Rhodes did not really become garbage, and it was still possible to repair it. And, as Rhodes had expected, the Berchems did have the knowledge to research and create the core of the mysteries. It's just that ingredient............ It's a little bit more difficult.

That's one of the reasons why Rhodes came here.

"How far is it from the Demon Abyss, Commander............"

Anne yawned, as if she hadn't woken up, and stumbled after Rod, but even so, the girl was still very light to avoid the branches and exposed stones at her feet. And beside her, the girl with a tin staff walked through the crevices like a nimble bird. Not even the hard thorns around her could cut through the girl's wide robe.

"Right there."

Rhodes stopped and looked down the hillside, only to see that not far from the bottom of the mountain, there was a huge pitch-black gap, and a huge crack stretched down against the hillside, looking hundreds of meters wide. Looking down from the mountain, it looks like a demon's mouth opening when it grinning. There is no living creature in sight around this crevice, not even a human gathering place.

This is the most unknown frontier of the Duchy of Moon, and the Demon Abyss ——— is also a rare place in the entire continent to connect to the Demon Lands.

The former Dragon Soul Continent was a perfect shelter that divided chaos and formed order. However, in the early days of the long battle, the guardian order was also defeated, and not only the existence of the Land of Chaos appeared due to the shattering of the sky, but also the shattering and fragmentation of the earth. Thus along with the bottomless abyss of demons. This is one of the connecting points, and although on the surface, this is just an ordinary abyss, but Rhodes knows very well what lies underneath. It's a place where even the forces of order can't be completely sealed, and it's considered the most difficult place for players to dungeon before the start of the second chapter.

This brush experience depends on it...............

The flames burned brightly, crackling in the dimly lit underground caverns. The old general slowly walked up to the high platform and looked at the bright red magma river in front of him with a serious gaze. The smell of sulfur and the tiresome heat came to his face, and even the old man's gray beard couldn't help curling and shrinking for a moment, but the old general didn't seem to care about the heat in front of him at all, but turned his head sideways.

"How's it going?"

"Today, the brothers have repelled the attack of five waves of demons, and according to the response from the rear, it will not be long before they send reinforcements. I think at that point, we can relax a little bit. ”

"It's just because the damn bones are rolling away."

Hearing his cronies' answers, the old man snorted coldly, he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. There was a palpable displeasure and anger in his voice. As the legion leader of the Duchy of Moon stationed in the Demon Abyss, he certainly knew the situation on the ground of the Dao, and he obviously had the most powerful army in the entire Duchy of Moon except for the War Angels, but he had to stop here because he had to worry about these demons, and he couldn't leave. The inability to step on the ground with the others and kill the undead who dared to invade his country and slaughter and maim his people made the old general even angrier. Although the undead army had also come to the Demon Abyss before, they did not even take half a step forward, but wandered around the border for a while before leaving immediately. Hmph, how could the old general not know what those bastards didn't dare to deal with himself. They are the last barrier of the demon seal stationed here, and if the undead army invades and defeats them, then the seal against the bottomless abyss will immediately lose its effect, and at that time, there will be an endless number of demons pouring out of it. But then again, if it weren't for the fact that the exit of the demonic abyss was against his own land, the old general would have wanted to see what kind of changes would be brought when the endless army of demons entered the realm covered in darkness.

And at this time, the old man's ears came from the words of his cronies who were a little hesitant.

"This............ General, why don't we consider the statue of the Holy Maiden? ”

"Uh-huh....................."

Hearing the question of his cronies, the old general did not answer immediately, but snorted sullenly and fell into deep thought.

Statue of the Holy Maiden. I heard that this thing was made by a lord somewhere on the ground to fight against the skeletons of the Night Nation, and it worked well. To tell the truth, after receiving the report from the ground, the old general was indeed a little moved, according to the information he received, the holy maiden seemed to have a strong power to maintain order. Merely......... The old generals also have their own considerations, and in any case, they are also a secret here. Even in the Principality of Moon, not many people knew that there was such a legion stationed in this demonic abyss that made people smell and change their colors. Therefore, he could not directly ask for a purchase from the other lords and legion commanders like other lords and legion commanders. And what made the old general even more puzzled was that this was not something owned by the royal family of the Duke of Moon, did he really want to submit a report to His Royal Highness Lydia and ask for the purchase of the statue of the Holy Maiden? This is not a matter of money, in order to maintain this seal, the money that the royal family spends here every year is calculated in the amount of 100 million, but as the commander of the army here, it is absolutely impossible for him to abuse the trust given by the royal family and squander the money at will, especially now that the country is in a war...............

"Knock knock!!"

With a flurry of footsteps, a herald rushed onto the platform panting.

"Report to my lord, I, I just got the news that I found traces of wandering underground demons in the rear!" (To be continued......)