When Rhodes and Anne returned to Deep Rock, it was already three days later.

I have to say that the healing ability of Rod's bloodline is indeed very powerful, he was still full of terrible wounds when he just came out of the ruins, and he was already half better when he slept the next day. By the third day, it was completely fine, so Rhodes didn't delay any longer, and hurried to go on the road with Anne and returned to Deep Rock City, of course, on the way, he didn't forget to warn Anne not to talk about it. The attack they encountered after the Black Pine Ruins was still a mystery to Rhodes, and he was sure that it was not only himself who was unlucky, because after leaving the ruins, Rhodes also risked his life to go to the main gate of the ruins again, but the mercenaries who blocked him before were now gone, although their bodies were not found, but Rhodes still detected their fate from the traces left there——— these mercenaries were obviously attacked like himself, but unfortunately, It seems that they did not have their own good luck.

But Rhodes himself wasn't sure if he survived because of luck.

During the recuperation period, Rod also took this opportunity to check the arcane ball, because of the help of the system, he easily identified the purpose of this arcane ball——— simply put, it can reproduce the memories in the holder's brain, and can create a space to materialize these memories, and everyone in the space will be eliminated The difference in equipment level will be forced to be reduced to the same level, and training in this space can quickly improve the mastery level of skills is very proficient. Obviously, this is supposed to be a tool used for training in ancient times. However, this function is quite useful for Rhodes, originally the reason why he went to the Black Pine Ruins was to build a training ground to train others after completing the stronghold mission, so as to ensure that their strength can improve enough to cope with the festival competition in two months, and now with the help of the Orb of Mysteries, it will be twice the result with half the effort, which is obviously a good thing for Rhodes.

Although he still had a lot of doubts about them, after returning to Deep Rock City, Rhodes immediately left them behind.

"Commander?"

Seeing Rod's figure, Shanna immediately stepped forward, looked Rhodes and Anne up and down in some surprise, and then smiled at them with a welcoming smile.

"Welcome back, Captain, Miss Anne."

"I'm back, Shanna, and I've brought you some goodies."

Rhodes greeted the red-haired mercenary and nodded, then walked through the colony gate. It was noon at the moment, the courtyard was very quiet, there was no one except for those mercenaries who were patrolling, everything seemed very calm and peaceful, there were no problems.

"Was anything going on in the time I'm away?"

Rhodes asked Shanna as he walked forward. Hearing his question, the red-haired mercenary quickly became serious.

"There's no problem, Commander, everything is going well, the new mercenaries are adapting to the environment, but in my opinion they are all doing well. And they were also very satisfied with this place, and did not make any special comments, by the way, the thing that you proposed before leaving, the head of the regiment, has been completed, and the response is very good, and everyone likes it. ”

Before Rhodes left the mercenary group, in order to find something to do for these people, and in order to increase their cohesion towards the Starlight mercenary group, he once made a suggestion——— that is, about the mercenary group's badge. As we all know, each mercenary group has its own unique emblem to ensure that they can identify each other, and the Starlight Mercenary Group is no different, with its symbol being a four-pointed star encircled in an elliptical halo. However, Rhodes didn't just use this as a symbol, on the contrary, he made some changes to this symbol based on his experience in the game——— and ordinary mercenaries could only wear this kind of ordinary badge. However, those in the upper echelons of the mercenary group can allow them to change the mercenary group's badge to show their uniqueness. For example, Rod's badge adds a long sword with wings stretched in the center, while Anne's badge adds a shield behind the four-pointed star in the middle, Lijie's badge is to turn the ring part into a wrapping wing, and Marlene's badge is to add symbols representing the four elements of fengshui, fire and earth on the top, bottom, left and right. …,

According to Rod, as long as those ordinary mercenaries can work hard, it is possible to obtain a unique badge that is just like them, exclusive to themselves. Of course, not only that, but these unique badges are also responsible for certain magical abilities, which obviously stimulates the enthusiasm of many mercenaries to work, and after the release of this rule, Shanna often heard those mercenaries excitedly discussing what they should transform their badges into after gaining merit, and it is obvious that they are a little impatient.

Rod is very calm about such a reaction, although when he talks about it, some people don't understand it very well, but Rod knows very well what human beings will do for the sake of face. Let's take the game of Soul Continent as an example, there is a dungeon quest prop called "Soul Calling Bell", players can summon three ghost maids by their side once they use it, of course, they are different from summoning elves, they can't be used to attack enemies, at most they can only help players sort out items or find some hidden ore plants or something.

To put it bluntly, the use is actually not much, and the task is very long and complicated, it is difficult to complete without ten days and half a month, and there is no particularly good reward. However, there are quite a few players who are involved in it, and although it is said that due to the random characteristics, the ghost maids summoned by each player are different, but what are they wasting so much time and spending their energy on these cosmetic items that can only be summoned for an hour but need to be cooled down for three days?

It's not to take the three ghost maids in public, and then listen to those rookies look at them with curious and adoring eyes and ask, "What is this, where did you get it, it's amazing." It's not just the props, it's the same with life skills, and some people waste so much time working on life skills that don't make sense for their profession, and in the end it's just to be able to change the color of their armor or make a drawing on their cape. All of this is ultimately to attract the attention of others, and vanity is common to all races in all worlds. Not to mention the magic effects that come with them, which is a very cost-effective bonus.

In Shanna's introduction, Rhodes also learned that although there was no way to go out recently due to the ban, these mercenaries did not have nothing to do, and Marlene arranged for some of them to go to the edge of the Dusk Forest to hunt and gather magic plants, which were used to add raw materials to Labis's potion making, and at the same time, they could keep these mercenaries in combat and get some profits. And the three mercenary captains are also acquaintances, and it seems that Rhodes was very effective in giving these three people a disgrace when they first met, at least they didn't complain about it.

As he spoke, the group came to the door, and then Rod pushed it open and entered the hall, where he saw a dark figure running towards him.

“…… Rod.........! ”

Seeing Rod's figure, Christy smiled and ran down the stairs with her hands outstretched, and then threw herself into Rod's arms, and the corners of Rod's mouth were slightly upturned, and with a soft smile, he held the girl in his arms with a soft smile, and at the same time stroked her hair intimately. It seems that Christy has been doing well for a while, and it can be seen from her voice, which is already much stronger than before, and her ruddy complexion, that the girl's body has improved a lot.

“…… You're back, are you okay? It's okay. ”

"I'm fine, Christie."

Gently stroking the girl's long hair, looking at Christy, Rod couldn't help but smile and replied, I don't know what it is, only in front of Christy, Rod will instinctively get rid of his indifferent appearance on weekdays, and become no different from ordinary people. But it's a pity that only Christy can enjoy this kind of treatment.........

"Are you okay? Are you still used to living here? ”

"Hmm."

Christy nodded very hard, and she clasped her hands together and smiled very pleasantly.

"It's very comfortable here, the bed is soft, and there is a hot meal to eat, and my sisters are very nice to me......"

Christie's voice is very pleasant, so that the people around him can't help but feel happy, this girl seems to have an extraordinary charm, she can communicate her feelings to you very directly, anyone will be infected by the girl's joy and happiness emotion, showing a smile from the heart. But some people are clearly more than just smiling······

"Ahhh······h Anne is back, Christy! ”

Anne laughed and ran to the girl's side, and then took her into her arms.

"Anne came back with a gift, it's a very, very cute thing, it must be a good fit for you."

Looking at the two of them who were playing, Rhodes shrugged his shoulders, and then he looked ahead, only to see that there Marlene and Lijie were also walking this way.

"You're finally back, Mr. Rhodes, have you gained anything?"

"Absolutely."

Rhodes replied in the affirmative of Marlene's question, and then he gestured to the two.

"And I brought you back a very nice gift········· In a moment, you two and Anne will come to the basement to find me, and by the way, call Joey and Lando as well. ”

"Huh?"

Hearing Rod's answer, the two girls glanced at each other curiously, and no one knew what kind of medicine was buried in the gourd.

But they soon learned.