Combat readiness.

As soon as these four words were spoken, the people around them immediately became vigilant, and everyone hurriedly stood up and stretched out their hands to hold down their weapons, although they were also surprised and confused in their hearts about who they were going to fight, after all, after coming to this shelter, there was a group of refugees who were not covered in clothes, and there were no people who even held weapons and looked like guards, who were they going to fight?

"Huh?"

Rod didn't explain immediately, instead, he glanced around and soon saw the smashed flower. Seeing this flower, the corners of Rod's eyes twitched involuntarily.

"This is an idiot who sent the Phantom Flower, but it seems that your reaction is quite reliable, no one is stupid enough to be brainwashed by that thing."

"Uh....................."

"Hee-hee..............."

Hearing Rod's emotionless speech, Marlene's face turned red with embarrassment, while Anne next to her chuckled. The girl proudly raised her chest and looked up, looking like she was waiting for someone to praise. And Lijie looked at Marlene in surprise, and then looked at Annie, she also saw the scene just now, in fact, to be honest, Lijie was also a little unimpressed with Annie's reaction. The other party is just a child, and he doesn't have anything to do with the flower? Anne was really overreacting, but in order to maintain the harmony and stability of the team, Lijie hurriedly came out to advise. But after listening to Rod's words, Lijie was also surprised, she had never seen the Phantom Soul Flower, but she had heard of this plant. It is a rare plant that grows in the rare underground, and the most terrible thing is that it will attract prey through the fragrance of flowers, making them hallucinate, and eventually become the slave of the phantom flower, and completely become its food. But............ That boy didn't look like he's being manipulated at all?

Come to think of it. Lijie couldn't help but glance at Marlene secretly, but found that Marlene did not make any dissatisfaction with Annie's pride, on the contrary, she looked at the flower on the ground with a complicated expression, as a spellcaster, of course, she was also very aware of the characteristics of the phantom flower. And it's different from Lijie. She definitely didn't believe it was an accident, after all, Rhodes had reminded herself before entering the vault. But I ............

“………… That, Rod, did the negotiations fail? ”

Glancing at Anne with some shame, Marlene coughed awkwardly and couldn't help but change the subject. Anne didn't dwell too much on this, though, she just giggled and turned away, looking at Rhodes quietly and intently.

"It's not a failure. But it's not too successful, I don't think the other party told us the coordinates of the fire so easily. ”

Rod glanced at Marlene, of course he noticed that the expressions of his harem trio were a little unusual, but since he didn't want to talk about it, it wasn't a big deal. What's more, Marlene, Lijie and Anne are all mild-tempered and will not have too violent conflicts. If it had been Leo or Sonia, it would have been a different story. So Rod simply didn't notice what he was doing, and opened his mouth to answer.

Although afterwards in the state of being added by a sword. The old man was finally willing to give up the tricks and calmly (and this is definitely not ironic) to negotiate with Rod. However, as Rod expected, he was very opposed to Rod going to the place where the fire was, but Rod was not such a good person, he insisted that he must go, and showed unparalleled confidence in the old man. But it's clear that a strong man who can step into the realm of legends. Most of them are strong-willed people, so the old man will naturally not be so easily influenced by Rhodes, but Rhodes is the same, of course he can't give up the opportunity to get the information on the coordinates of the tinder, so the conversation between the two is completely parallel. The old man repeatedly emphasized the danger of lighting the fire and that he would never disclose the information about the coordinates of the fire to Rhodes. If he wanted to rob it, then he would rather take the entire shelter and bury it. However, Rhodes also said that he knew the danger of the Tinder and must obtain the coordinates of the Tinder, and would not hesitate to kill the entire Vault for this.

Both sides are smart people, and after talking in parallel for a while, they found that the contradictions were basically irreconcilable, so Rod temporarily took his leave and left, of course, before leaving, he was bored and promised a lot of benefits, so that the old man could think about it. The elder also nodded his head and said that he was willing to consider it, but both sides knew that this was just a delaying plan in order not to start immediately. However, the reason why they chose to suspend the tacit agreement between them is probably to see if the other party really intends to put the threat into action or just talk.

"For what?"

After listening to Rhodes talk about the situation inside, Lijie couldn't help frowning, and she couldn't understand it.

"Mr. Rhodes, I remember you once said that as long as you awaken the fire, then you can completely dispel the chaos in this chaotic land. By that time, won't these people be able to leave the shelter and live the life they want? What, then, are they unwilling to help us? ”

Li Jie couldn't understand how to change her words, if there was such a thing, she would definitely agree. Life in the shelter doesn't seem like a human being to live in Lijie's eyes! So, why would they give up, or even prevent themselves from doing so?

"Because it's going to be dangerous for them."

In response to Lijie's inquiry, Rod shrugged his shoulders and replied.

"As I told you before, the Vault is a place that people built a long time ago to escape the chaos by linking to the source of order of the Tinder. In other words, the reason why this group of people were able to live here like they are now and not die is because they have the power that the source of the Tinder Order is linked to, which is also the reason why I will ask these guys for the coordinates of the Tinder Path, because only they know the true location of the coordinates of the Tinder Path. ”

With this, Rhodes made a gesture.

"But chaos has a will, you have felt it, and as you walk in the land of chaos, they sense order and attack you. Chaos exists to disrupt order, just as the Light appears to destroy darkness, and it is not about whether they want to do it themselves, but they themselves will inevitably do it. ”

Hearing this, everyone nodded, they had fought with the Chaos Monsters many times before. I already understand the truth of what Rod said. But everyone is still puzzled, what does this have to do with those people's reluctance to help themselves?

"I'm sure you've heard the legend of the Chaos Lands, where after Chaos ravaged and engulfed the land, the Tinder fell silent, waiting for someone to reawaken it. And with the silence of the fire. The power of order that connects the shelter has also begun to weaken, and I don't know if the road is lucky or unlucky, the weakened power of order has escaped the detection of chaos, which is why they can still live here after hundreds of years. However, if we are going to light the fire, then when we enter the hiding place of the fire, the fire will awaken and the power of order connecting the various shelters will increase. ”

"Do you mean .....................?"

Hear here. Marlene's face suddenly turned white, as smart as her, and at this time she naturally understood the meaning of Rod's words.

"That's right, when we enter the fire and begin to awaken it, because of the relationship between the enhanced connections, the influence of these order guards who were originally able to survive under the chaos because of the weak power of order to the current sanctuary will be enhanced, and thus perceived by Chaos. At that point, chaos will come together. Launch an all-out assault and destroy these shelters. ”

“…………………”

This time, everyone fell silent, they also knew how powerful the Chaos Monsters were. He and the others were strong and strong, and they were all armed, and they all felt that those chaos monsters were not easy to deal with. But look at the people in this shelter, they can't even wear clothes, they are unarmed, once the monsters really come, will they have a way to deal with these monsters?

I don't have to think about it to get the answer.

"So. Rhodes, if we're going to light the fire, how long will it take? ”

Marlene frowned, as an heir from a noble background, of course she had learned to calculate coldly, but she rarely used it on weekdays.

"It depends on the situation, we don't know where the fire is. But I must tell you that the fire is usually hidden in the palaces or underground halls of the core cities of the region. These places have done a lot of complicated designs in order to protect the fire, we not only have to face their attacks, but also have to counteract the attacks of the chaos monsters outside..............." Speaking of this, Rhodes paused and roughly calculated the time for players in the game to break the Chaos Land dungeon, first of all, the Chaos Land itself is a large dungeon, and then entering the city where the Tinder is located is a medium-sized dungeon, and finally the Tinder Temple in the core area is composed of three to five small dungeons. Once the player decides to open the wasteland, it means that they will not be able to leave the Chaos Lands for the rest of the time, and they will only be able to carry out missions here and eventually win. As for the time it takes for most people............ Rod calculated a little, and then gave an answer. "Fifteen days at least."

“………………………”

Fifteen days, Marlene herself did not believe that these people in the shelter could hold out for nearly half a month, and it was no wonder that she now finally understood that the group of people in Weilu were reluctant to tell the location of the coordinates of the Rod Tinder, because if they didn't say it, although it was difficult, they could still survive. But if Rod had been told, they would probably not have lived for a few more days.

At this time, Marlene was also silent. If some people could be sacrificed in order to achieve their goals, then Marlene would do it. But if everyone is sacrificed to achieve the goal, it is a different matter. Although Rhodes didn't seem to have a good impression of these remnants, these people ......... After all, the weak are easily sympathetic.

"Squeak———"

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and then I saw the girl who had followed the elder before, walking out slowly. Her face was pale, and her hands were clenched together. Seeing Rod, the girl took a deep breath, and then she walked slowly in front of Rod.

"It's ............ Elder's ............ Answer..............."

The girl said, unfolding her palms closed. (To be continued......)