At this moment, Marlene's face is already cold, since she was born, she has never been treated like this, as a rare magic genius in the family, whether it is her parents, clansmen, or even the teachers of the magic academy have always been polite to her, and she is also very proud, more confident, she is not like that group of waste, she grew up in a drunken gold fan, she got carried away, and her eyes were empty. She has always kept her family motto in mind and has never slackened off.

Regarding Rod's request, Marlene thinks that although the first one is a bit difficult for a strong man, she can still accept it. However, the second request he made was completely unacceptable to Marlene!

Marlene has always been very confident in her own strength, she has received the most formal magical education since she was six years old, and it has been ten years, and she has now lived up to the expectations of breaking through the limitations of the outer ring and entering the realm of the middle ring. Although Marlene has not made much progress since stepping into the field of Central, she is not worried, as her mentor said, what she lacks now is not knowledge, but practical experience. And in terms of the comprehension of spells, she has been able to not have much of a gap with her mentor.

And now, Rod's words are simply a naked denial of her efforts in the past ten years!

This is something that Marlene can't accept anyway.

"Mr. Rhodes, I can understand the first condition, but I can't accept the second condition!"

Marlene raised her head proudly and looked straight at Rod, not wavering at all. Feeling her gaze, Rod raised his eyebrows, but said nothing.

On the contrary, the old Hank on the side prayed in his heart, talk about the collapse, talk about the collapse, talk about the collapse, and if the talk collapses, there will be no trouble.........

"For what?"

"Because you don't know my strength!"

Marlene said this is indeed justified, the first time he met the other party, it was impossible for him to see his strength, and she had already heard from Old Hank that this young man should be a swordsman and not a mage, if it was a mage, then for the sake of everyone's face still in the same industry, it would be nothing for you to point fingers. But you're a swordsman with a knife and a gun to command the mage in battle? Do you really understand the situation?

Marlene gritted her teeth, she really wanted to jump up and point at Rod's nose and scold, but in the end, the good family education still made the girl have to calm down, after all, the other party did not show a bad look, if she lost her temper on her side, then it would not have a good impact on the reputation of the Shania family, after all, after being a family, her words and deeds are not just about considering her own personal influence.

In the face of Marlene's rebuttal, Rod stood up, this action made Old Hank's heart happy, thinking that this stubborn little guy couldn't bear to be ready to drive people away, thank God, little guy, you better scold hard, if you can make this eldest lady angry and go home directly from Deep Rock City, then it would be great......... Thinking of this, Old Hank also stood up cooperatively, intending to be a peacemaker before the two quarreled——— but Rod's next sentence immediately made Old Hank almost vomit blood.

"So, let's give it a try."

"No problem!"

Marlene was also simply, as soon as she heard this, she immediately stood up and nodded in agreement, no one noticed that the old Hank next to him was black and purple, purple and black at the moment, and he didn't know what color he was going to become.

Just then, a voice came from the side of the stairs.

"Mr. Rhodes, breakfast is ready, you are ........."

Lijie looked at the two people in the hall curiously as she walked down the stairs, she glanced at Old Hank in some surprise, and then subconsciously moved her gaze to Marlene. And at the moment of seeing each other, Lijie suddenly stopped and stood in place.

"Are you...... Marlene? ”

"Lijie!"

Marlene followed the prestige, and after seeing Lijie standing by the stairs, her originally serious and cold face immediately thawed, and the cloudy and sunny smiled like sunshine.

"Lijie! Is it Lijie? I didn't expect to see you here! Where have you been all these years? I've been looking for you, but I can't find you. How are you in Deep Rock? You okay? ”

The girl, who was quite steady just now, finally showed the cheerfulness and liveliness that was originally in line with her age, Marlene trotted all the way to Lijie's side, holding her hands excitedly and shaking uncontrollably. In the face of Marlene's enthusiasm, Lijie's expression was a little embarrassed, and she even peeked at Rod a few times, as if she was worried about something. …,

The two of them know each other?

Taking the scene in front of him into his eyes, Rod felt a little surprised. Frankly speaking, although he himself feels very mysterious, there are actually a lot of unknown factor X in Lijie's body, the blood of a half-angel, and those things that only nobles will understand, and now she actually knows Marlene. Shania?

Judging from this eldest lady's attitude towards people, Lijie should not be that kind of subordinate or servant, otherwise Marlene would never be so enthusiastic about her.

What is she?

"I'm fine, Marlene."

Sensing Rod's somewhat playful gaze, Lijie panicked in her heart, she hurriedly let go of her hand, and deliberately changed the topic at the same time.

"How did you come here? You're not ......... in the Golden City."

"I've already stepped into the realm of Central, and in order to allow me to go further, my mentor asked me to travel and accumulate more combat experience. Yesterday I heard that there was a shortage of people here, so I came over to see if I had a chance......... What about you? Lijie? Why are you here? ”

"I ...... I've been here ever since. Lijie's voice was small, as if she was afraid of being heard by Rhodes, but she quickly looked up and looked at Marlene worriedly.

"Have you really decided that you want to join the mercenary group? Marlene, this is not a game, our mission is very dangerous......"

"I've decided, I'm going to join."

At this time, Marlene had already thrown the unhappiness between herself and Rod just now, in her opinion, she had finally met her past friend again, how could she let her go? But at this moment, Rhodes poured cold water on the spot for the overexcited young lady.

"Don't be so hasty to decide, Miss Marlene, I don't think you have passed my test yet."

Hearing Rod's words, Marlene's face was slightly gloomy, and she returned to her serious and arrogant appearance just now, and turned to look at Rod.

"Of course, I won't run away, because I also want to see how strong you are."

"No problem."

Rhodes had never been a procrastinator, and Marlene was clearly a resolute man, and after reaching an agreement, neither of them wasted any words, and soon they were out in the garden——— and until this time, Lijie had not figured out what was going on.

"I'm not going to show mercy."

Taking off the cloak outside, Marlene said in a low voice. At this time, she turned back into the Marlene who was a member of the Shania family, instead of the cheerful, lively girl in front of Lijie.

A luxurious purple robe sets off the girl's delicate figure, the pattern of the collar and cuffs is embellished with the glory of the family, and the girl holds a short staff inlaid with rubies in her hand, which looks so serious. At this moment, Marlene stood quietly on the ground not far from Rhodes, lowering her eyes and looking at the ground.

Elemental Mage, the seventh floor of the Central Ring, belongs to the early fifteenth level according to the player's level.........

With just one glance, Rod pierced her bottom from the equipment on Marlene's body, the ruby is a fire attribute, and Marlene's robe has several protective arrays, which shows that the holder of the robe has completely given up active defense, from this point of view, coupled with the first impression of this eldest lady, Rod has almost guessed her fighting style.

As the former first guild leader, Rhodes has had a lot of PK with people, so he is very familiar with this aspect. Not to mention that compared with the player's casual matching, the NPC's matching of equipment is quite fixed, so for Rod, the girl in front of him has almost been completely seen through by him.

But contrary to Rod's confidence, Marlene has a bit of a mouse pulling a turtle at the moment, and she has nowhere to eat.

Because Rhodes standing in front of her didn't make any movements, he didn't hold a sword, he didn't pose anything, he just stood there quietly, relaxed as if he was not fighting, but as if he was waiting for someone.

This made Marlene a little embarrassed, she hadn't fought before, but such a child's play......... But the eldest lady is the eldest lady after all, although she can't tell what the hell Rhodes is doing, but she quickly changed her mind and stopped thinking about it, no matter what conspiracy the other party wants to do, as long as I fight according to my ideas, then I will definitely win! …,

Thinking of this, Marlene made up her mind.

“Migcl！” (Flame)

With a high chant, the girl took a half step forward and raised the staff in her hand. A bright red, scorching firelight erupted from it, flying straight towards Rhodes. For a moment, the surrounding air began to heat up, and even a little fire flashed on the ground. The weeds are ignited and quickly disappear as if the burning process is completely ignored.

The raging flames engulfed Rhodes' figure in an instant, and the two onlookers were all exclaimed. Unlike them, Marlene's heart sank at the moment, and she could clearly feel that she had not been able to hit the target! She missed!

But genius is genius after all.

The moment she realized that something was wrong, Marlene immediately clenched her staff, and then slammed it to the ground.

“Jir！” (Storm)

A violent whirlwind spun and spread out from the girl's feet, and the sharp air condensed into a Dao Wind Blade, making a slight sound. Not only that, but in this violent whirlwind, bits of ice dust also appeared from time to time, adding a few icy breaths.

A daughter is a daughter.

Looking at Marlene's performance, Rhodes couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, mages are the strongest profession in the game, but now in reality, they are still so powerful. Although strictly speaking, Marlene is only five levels higher than Rhodes, but looking at her current lethality——— she can't compare to two Rhodes.

There used to be a saying among players that when a mage PK, he doesn't even need to look at where the enemy is, as long as he puts all his skills through, even if he dies, at least he can pull it back.

This shows how powerful and terrifying the mage profession is.

But for Rod, while Marlene has performed well, she is not invulnerable. And the most obvious thing is that she doesn't actually know what she is doing now. In fact, at the same time as Marlene attacked, Rhodes had already activated the shadow flash to the dead corner behind her, quietly lurking there. Marlene reacted quickly at the first time, she quickly gave up the attack and released the Storm Guardian to avoid being attacked by the opponent, but ——— if she couldn't find the source of the threat quickly, blindly defending passively would only have the opposite effect.

Rod flipped his right hand, and then he flicked forward.