A cold night breeze blows.

Rhodes stood on the balcony on the second floor, quietly gazing at the beautiful scenery of Deep Rock City in front of him, at the edge of the pitch-black, huge mine, the light of the fire was strung together into a bright necklace, which looked so dazzling and charming in the dark sky. The sound of the wind, the sound of the water, and the noise in the distance formed a whole new world.

At this time, Rod felt very clearly that this was the world in which he existed.

"Da, da."

Crisp footsteps sounded, but Rhodes didn't look back. And the other party did not speak, but walked to Rod's side and looked at the scenery in front of him with him. After a while, Marlene's crisp and beautiful voice appeared in Rod's ears.

"I've heard about you from Lijie, thank you."

"I don't seem to have done anything worthy of your thanks."

Rod said without looking back.

"You saved Lijie, it's a very important thing for me."

Marlene reached out and straightened her long hair. She raised her head and looked at the back of the man in front of her with a complicated expression.

"She's my only friend, and I've only had her as a friend. If she's dead........." Marlene didn't say any more, but Rhodes understood what she meant.

"Do you know about the past of Lygyal?"

"If she's willing to say it, I think she'll tell me."

In the face of the girl's rhetorical question, Rod did not answer directly, but shrugged his shoulders and gave a vague answer. Hearing Rod's answer, Marlene didn't say anything more, she quietly looked at the back of the man in front of her, and gritted her teeth. Although Lijie told her that Rhodes was a very nice person to get along with, as far as Marlene's "personal experience" was concerned, she really couldn't see what was so easy about this beautiful woman-like guy.........

“………… I've decided, Mr. Rhodes. I will agree to your conditions, and I hope you will let me stay. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing Marlene's answer, Rhodes turned around.

"You've decided?"

"Yes."

Facing Rod's inquiring gaze, Marlene raised her head proudly, although she lost badly in the competition with Rod, but because of this, the girl also knew her shortcomings. Although she still doesn't believe that Rod can make any good suggestions and opinions about herself, since she can't do it, then she simply accepts other people's opinions.

And now that the decision has been made, there will be no backtracking, which is where Marlene's pride lies.

"Good."

As for the girl's transformation, Rod didn't say much, he just nodded slightly.

"Are your injuries healed?"

“………… All right. ”

At the mention of this incident, Marlene's originally calm expression changed slightly, and she immediately subconsciously pressed her wrist, the injury there was not serious, and there was no scar left after Lijie's treatment. But the blow of this injury to Marlene was very big, and even now that she thinks about it, she still feels a slight pain in her arm.

"You had a chance to beat me."

Rod's unexpected words made Marlene raise her head in surprise and look at him in surprise, not knowing why this man would suddenly say this.

"Your injuries are not serious, and if you can take the opportunity at that time and fight back against me, then even if you lose, it won't be so fast. But you gave up the opportunity to fight back because of a single injury that didn't kill you at all, and put yourself in an increasingly dangerous situation. ”

Hearing this, Marlene's face turned slightly red, and after that, she also recalled her battle with Rhodes several times, and Marlene did find that if she could keep calm, although she might not be able to defeat this eccentric young man, she could guarantee that she would not lose so badly, but she lost her calm after being injured, and she didn't know what to do, which led to the later fiasco. Indeed, as Rhodes said, a small injury on his arm is nothing, but because of this small injury, he almost lost his life.........

"I see what you mean, thank you, Mr. Rhodes."

"You're welcome, I'm just talking about it casually." …,

After saying this, Rod turned around again, and Marlene hesitated this time, and after a moment of silence, he asked in a low voice.

"Mr. Rhodes, I heard......... You are from the eastern mountains. ”

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"No......... I just wanted to ........."

The girl opened her mouth, but in the end, she still didn't say what she had in her heart.

"It's all right, then I'll take my leave, good night, Mr. Rhodes."

It shouldn't be possible, according to the information, that family has perished a long time ago.

Marlene shook her head, putting the thought behind her, and she lifted the hem of her skirt and saluted Rhodes before turning to leave.

And at this moment, suddenly a loud voice rose from the ground, startling the girl.

"Hey, that damn boy, where are you? I'm coming!! ”

Walking to the door, Rhodes soon saw old Walker standing there, the old man at this time had long since lost the laziness and decadence of the tavern a few days ago, and the dirty clothes on his body had been replaced by an old, but very clean leather armor, and the thick wooden longbow and quiver were leaned behind him, and the whole person looked very energetic——— except of course the stinky face that looked as if someone owed him money.

"I thought you wouldn't come, Mr. Walker."

Although the old Walker's face was clearly dissatisfied, Rhodes completely ignored it, walked up to the old man's side, swept him away, and nodded.

"Twenty minutes to go............ Well, welcome to my mercenary group, and from today, you are a full member of the mercenary group. ”

"Don't get too complacent, boy."

Hearing Rod's words, Old Walker replied with a cold snort.

"I want to see how failed you arrogant guy will be, hmph, at that time, I will laugh at you and let you, a stinky boy who doesn't know the height of the sky, experience for yourself how cruel reality is!"

"Only the weak will think that reality is cruel."

In the face of old Walker's provocation, Rod replied without paying attention at all, which also made the old man roll his eyes unhappily, and then he glanced at Marlene, who was standing at the door looking at him with obviously dissatisfied eyes, and pouted.

"Who is this chick? Your woman? It's not bad, but the face stinks a little bit........."

"You're .........!!"

Hearing this, Marlene immediately couldn't help it, originally because of Old Walker's loud voice, she had already classified the other party into the ranks of those rude and rude guys, and now hearing him dare to say such a thing, it was even more unbearable for the eldest lady from a noble background.

"It's rude, I ........."

"This is Marlene. Miss Shania, an old acquaintance of Lijie, has temporarily joined our mercenary group to act together. ”

However, it was clear that Rod did not intend to give Marlene a chance to vent his anger, and before Marlene could speak, he waved his hand and interrupted the other party's words. Then he stretched out his hand slightly and made an inviting gesture to the old man.

"Then Mr. Walker, it's getting late today, I'll prepare a room for you, get some rest, and we'll set off early tomorrow morning to go to the Pavel Cemetery."

"Of course, boy, you think I'm ............ Wait a minute!! ”

It was only after he had said half of his words that the old man realized the problem. He stared at Rhodes with wide eyes in surprise, then jumped up like a cat with its tail stepped on.

"Pavel cemetery? What the hell are we going to do in that place?! You took that damn mission? ”

"Of course."

In the face of Old Walker's questioning, Rod raised his eyebrows.

"What kind of nerves do you kid!! Actually take on such a task! Why didn't you tell me in the first place! ”

"It's simple, number one, I hadn't taken the task when we went to look for you. Second, even if we had taken it in the first place, you weren't a member of our mercenary group at that time, so I don't think it's necessary to tell you. ”

"You... You... You ............"

Old Walker pointed at Rhodes angrily, and even his hands trembled slightly with anger.

"You're actually playing with me, I'm not doing it!"

"Please."

In the face of the old man's roar and threat, Rhodes didn't even raise his eyelids, he knew that this old man was actually a shaking M, and if he didn't clean him up, he couldn't follow his orders at all, so he simply didn't be polite to him at the beginning, so that he would follow his instructions. What's more, even if the old man really left in anger, Rhodes didn't care, he already had a plan for at least two people to challenge the cemetery, and Marlene's addition was also a very powerful boost, in this case, old Walker would be free to come or not. …,

"It's not a strange thing for a shrunken-headed turtle to be untrustworthy."

"You...... You ............"

Hearing Rod's salty and untamed sarcasm, old Walker only felt his blood surge, and he almost fainted. At this moment, Marlene, who was standing at the door, chuckled lightly and looked at Rod with a hint of playfulness.

Because Rhodes always has a straight face, Marlene first felt that he should be the kind of person who was silent. But when she actually came into contact with him, the girl realized that this man had a lot of words, and ——— was sometimes quite hurtful. Although Rhodes was only a few years older than him, Marlene felt that standing in front of him, she was always a dwarf. She had never felt it in anyone her own age.

Maybe that person is the only exception?

After glaring at Rod for a moment, Old Walker finally gave up, he lowered his hand, and turned his head away.

"Well, boy, you win, I'm going to see how miserable you're going to die, and I'll go with you, but I'll say first, if I find something wrong, I'll turn around and leave! I'm old, but I don't want to put this old life in the hands of you, a reckless young imp! ”

"No problem."

Rod shrugged his shoulders at Old Walker's words.

"If you can do it, I have no problem."

What does he mean by that?

Hearing Rod's answer, Old Walker looked at the young man standing in front of him with some confusion and surprise, what did he mean by this?