Chapter 67: Free Choice
After that, everything seemed to be back to normal.
Sonia took the investigation team to conduct an official investigation of the fortress of the Land of Atonement, and Anke naturally followed along, of course, at this moment, Sonia had already no private mission to try to find evidence of the collusion between Rhodes and the undead, but completely according to the superficial reason, to investigate the battle and battlefield of the undead legion, without Sonia and others deliberately finding fault, then things naturally went much smoother, and after ten days, the country of light investigation team completed the task, and then left the Land of Atonement.
"Is that good? Rod? β
Standing on the mage's tower, the canary looked at the investigation team that had turned the foot of the mountain in the distance and disappeared, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Rhodes beside him with a somewhat playful and playful smile. As Rod's "old friend", Canary naturally knows what Rhodes has done to Sonia these days, in fact, the collar that fixes the effect of the illusion potion is still made by Canary himself.........
"Didn't you just get that young lady and let her go like this?"
"She's not mine yet, Canary."
In the face of the canary's inquiry, Rod shrugged his shoulders and looked indifferent.
"I gave her a little test to make her own choice, and if she wanted to, then she would voluntarily surrender to me. If she doesn't mean that, then let her go. Saying this, Rod pursed his lips with a look of indifference. I'm not afraid even if she tells Locks and the Council of Light about it, it would be great if they dared to come to the door, and I'm worried that I won't have a chance to find a reason to kill them. β
Canary didn't react much to Rod's second half of speaking, as a player, she and Rhodes have always been hostile to the Land of Light. According to the reputation level, their reputation level of the Land of Light is hostile, and it is the kind that cannot be brushed back. However, the first half of Rod's sentence aroused the canary's small interest.
"A test? What test? β
"That's ..............."
Saying this, Rhodes suddenly rolled his eyes, and then he lowered his head. Whispered something in the canary's ear. Hearing Rod's answer, the canary's face first showed a surprised and surprised expression, and then it became complicated and weird. After Rod finished speaking, the canary looked at the man in front of him with a somewhat wry smile.
"Sure enough, that's your style, Rod. I have to say, you're so bad. Is it all these boring things that you learned in college? β
"Of course not. I'm just doing a little research out of personal interest, and you're not right, Canary. β
Hearing the canary's words, Rod shrugged his shoulders and put on a very innocent appearance.
"I just gave her the opportunity to choose, you see, you have to leave a line in everything, it's always bad to do it, isn't it? It should be said. I just opened the door to the New World for Miss Sonya, and showed her the scenery. As for whether or not to enter this new world, then it is up to her to decide. β
Saying this, Rod narrowed his eyes and flashed a smug smile.
"Look, canary, I respect the choice of free will. Isn't it? β
"You're going to lie to those little girls."
Hearing Rod's answer, the canary rolled her eyes helplessly.
"How long do you think I've been with you? Rod? But then again, what if you make a mistake? β
"It's all a free-willed choice, let her go."
Rod shrugged his shoulders in the face of the canary's inquiry. It looks like it doesn't matter. Then he turned around and walked in the direction of the stairs. "After all, it doesn't matter to us anymore, does it? Canary, we have more important things to do, the game in our leisure time, after all, is just a game. β
"yes..............."
The Canary sighed softly as Rhodes' figure vanished, and then she turned her head to look at the sky in the distance, sheltered by the Dragon Spirit of Light. Games, after all, are just games. And now, they have more important things. As for the eldest lady who was played bad by Rhodes......... Thinking of this, the canary involuntarily glanced at the mountain road that surrounded him in the distance, and at this moment, the figure of the envoy group had completely disappeared and disappeared.
Let her go, she is not the first woman to be played bad by Rhodes anyway.
As Rhodes said, although Sonya is a pawn for him to enter the realm of light, no one knows whether this pawn can work immediately. Therefore, for Rod, there are still many very important things to do at the moment, and as for Sonya's side, it is best to succeed and it doesn't matter if she fails. For Rhodes, there are more important things to do.
That is the "business deal" about the statue of the Holy Maiden.
The Shania family is really rich in the world, and in less than four or five days, they immediately prepared three floating merchant ships of the largest tonnage for Rhodes, and these floating merchant ships are also very different from what Rhodes has seen before, they have a hard shell and a large space, and even have a Mithril circle used to unfold a protective magic enchantment to protect the merchant ship and a crossbow bolt launcher that can fire continuously. Compared to the floating boat on the silver scales that Rod had ridden when he first came here, it was the difference between a giant oil tanker and a small fishing boat. It seems that the Shania family has indeed spared no effort in this regard, and even took out the three best merchant ships in the interior, plus a total price of nearly 15 million gold coins and magic crystals, which shows how amazing the wealth of the Shania family is, and how huge their power is.
However, instead of immediately building three statues of the Holy Maiden for them, Rhodes called them a haland and asked them to wait for a while. Although the time is indeed very tight at the moment, Rhodes is not willing to let his secrets be exposed, although there are already many people in the fortress who know that his lord is powerful and can build high-rise buildings in the blink of an eye. But in the eyes of outsiders, this is still too unrealistic after all. Who would believe that such a thing could happen unless they saw it with their own eyes? And if they knew that such an unreasonable thing existed in this world, what would they think? Those high-level aristocrats are not uneducated old men like mercenaries and villagers. In the face of such a thing, it is absolutely impossible to sigh like those low-level people, "The lord is so powerful, so powerful, so omnipotent" and so on.
So during this time, Rod was "educating" Sonya on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was also using this to pass the time and delay time. He wasn't worried that the other party would lose his combat effectiveness because of this, after all, except for the Land of Atonement, the other fronts had not held out for so long without the statue of the Holy Maiden. Although it is said that with the deepening of the war, losses are inevitable, but they will not collapse. So Rod wasn't worried about delaying too long and causing any problems.
And now, with the departure of Sonya, Rod's "stalling time" strategy can be regarded as a complete end. However, this does not mean that Rod will let it go, although Seven Love swears to him. What is made with the construction system can be used anywhere. Because the materials they consume are real, so are the creations that are also real. But to be on the safe side, Rhodes still plans to go out and see for himself what the situation is. lest something go wrong, it will be a big problem. Out of Marlene's trust in Rod, the Shania family paid all the money in one go, without a single delay. If the Holy Maiden is out of Rod's force, it will become a broken stone. Then Rod's face will be embarrassed.
However, Rhodes did not travel alone.
A bitter cold wind whistled by. Collide on an invisible magical barrier, parting in both directions. Rhodes stood at the bow of the ship, staring ahead, and under the dense wind element, he could clearly see the light blue cold wind tide diverging down the sides of the bow like a current, flowing backwards along the huge hull. It's dusk. The earth had sunk into the edge of darkness, and only from the sky could you see the last trace of the sunset shining on the clouds, emitting a golden, warm light.
"We're almost in the Dragon Canyon. Rod. β
Marlene's voice sounded from behind Rod, and hearing her speak, Rhodes turned his head to look at Marlene and nodded.
"What about the statue of the Holy Maiden?"
"Everything is fine, no problems."
"Uh-huh..............."
Hearing Marlene's answer, Rod's heart relaxed a lot, he lowered his head again, looked at the system panel in front of him, and saw that the status icon of the holy girl statue in front of him could be clearly seen on it, and everything was normal. It seems that there is nothing wrong with the words of Seven Love. However, Rod was not reassured, after all, no matter what, until it is actually used and confirmed that there is no problem, Rod still can't take it lightly. And at this moment, suddenly, another voice sounded from behind Rod.
"Commanderββ!"
With the sound of the call, Anne rushed from behind and pounced on Rod like a kitten. hugged him tightly, and at the same time, the girl let out a low hum affectionately, while rubbing Rod's face with her cheeks.
"What are you and Sister Marlene doing here? Anne is so bored, when will I be able to get to the place, is it okay for the head of the regiment to come and play with Anne. β
"Annie, now is not the time to joke."
Seeing Annie, Marlene sighed helplessly, this time Rhodes traveled to bring Marlene and Anne with him, in addition to the two of them, Ann is also responsible for the same company, as the agent who is now responsible for business under Marlene, she naturally has to follow the work of "acceptance" and "verification". As for the others, they stayed in the fortress, anyway, there were canaries and little bubblegum, plus the Seven Loves, the undead army would come again, and there would be no good fruit to eat for a while. And for the sake of safety, Rhodes even handed over half of the control of the fortress to Canary to manage, so that even if she was no longer there, she would be able to activate the magic turret and the statue of the Holy Maiden without being defeated. And even if there is any accident, Rhodes and the others can directly teleport back to the fortress through the key to "return to the city", and there is no need to worry about delaying things at all.
"Woo..............."
Hearing Marlene's words, Anne pursed her lips a little unconvinced, and then let go of Rod, while complaining with some dissatisfaction.
"Sister Marlene is really, obviously she had so much fun with the head of the regiment last night, but now she doesn't allow Anne to play, and she doesn't let Anne play with her, it's really stingy."
"You .................."
Hearing Anne's words, Marlene's face suddenly blushed, Anne's personality was different from Marlene and Lijie. In fact, instead of minding Marlene's relationship with Lijie and Rod, Anne is always eager to participate in one of them. This is a headache for the other two, after all, Marlene and Lijie are childhood sweethearts who grew up together since childhood. So to some extent, they can accept the deepest side of each other, and although Anne has a good relationship with the two, this is another thing from life in bed............... But it's clear that Anne has a completely different view on this.
And at this time, the floating boat passed through the clouds, began to lower its altitude, and flew in the direction of Longteng Canyon, and after passing through the clouds, Anne, who was lying on the railing, screamed "Huh", and then, the girl stretched out her hand and pointed forward.
"Captain, Sister Marlene, look! It looks like there's a fight, huh? β
"Huh?"
"Huh?"
Hearing Anne's words, the two also hurried to the bow of the boat and looked towards the place where Anne was pointing. Although it was far away, Rhodes, as a legendary-level swordsman, and Marlene, as a Central mage, naturally had a way to see everything that was happening in the distance, and sure enough, they soon saw that on the ground in the distance, a large number of undead creatures were attacking the fortress defense line below. It can be clearly seen from the air that the fortress defense line at this moment is already a little dangerous, although it has not yet reached the level of collapse of the whole line, but watching those undead creatures rushing up the city wall one after another, Rode, who has long been familiar with the battle of the undead army, naturally understands that today, I am afraid that there will be a difficult battle here.
If they don't show up.
It seems that it is really the right time to come by yourself.
Thinking of this, Rod raised his eyebrows slightly, and a smug smile flashed in his eyes. Then, he looked at Marlene next to him.
"Marlene, get ready to move the statue of the Holy Maiden out of the warehouse."
"Now?"
Hearing Rod's order, Marlene couldn't help but be stunned.
"But Rod, we haven't reached our destination yet, and the statue of the Holy Maiden hasn't found a suitable place yet............"
"There's nothing to worry about."
Hearing Marlene's inquiry, Rhodes chuckled, and then he turned his head to look at the undead army below.
"We attack directly from the air."
Then, Rod spoke. (To be continued......)