"Looks like I'm too late?"

Riding on the tall warhorse, Battle stretched out his hand and touched his chin, and looked at Rod who was sitting on the ground not far from him with a smile, and in the face of his inquiry, Rod just rolled his eyes angrily and didn't say anything more. Of course, he can read the depression in Battle's eyes, but he is too lazy to pay attention to this muscular guy now, and now Rhodes is really so tired that he can't stand up, so naturally he is not in the mood to worry about anything with this guy Battle——— I have to say that the timing of Battle's arrival is really coincidental, Rhodes They only killed the necromancer only five or six minutes later, this guy rode all the way with his rock chopping sword on his back.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I know that the rescuers always appear after the protagonist fights the boss."

Rod glared at Battle coldly, and then complained. Battle was slightly stunned when he heard this, as if he didn't understand it, but he didn't have time to figure out what Rhodes meant, because at this time Paris had already come to Battle and began to whisper to him about the situation.

Looking at Paris who was concentrating on the report and Bartel who got off the horse with a serious face, Rod couldn't help but think of Marlene who was far away in the Land of Atonement, and he didn't know what the eldest lady was doing now......... What is the situation of the fortress in the days when he left, although logically speaking, there should not be any major problems with the canary helping by his side, but Rhodes is still a little worried.

"Commander, what are you thinking?"

At this time, Anne also came to Rod's side and sat on the ground. Then she stretched her hands high and stretched hard, then turned her head curiously to look at Rod, and then asked.

"You don't need to ask, you know that the master must be thinking about women. I just don't know which one he thinks. ”

Until this time, Seven Love also came over from the other side leisurely, Grandi and Natasha had already handed over to Battle to deal with, anyway, their commission was just to send them to the Purple Lily Guild, and now the president of the Purple Lily Guild himself is here. Naturally, there is no need for them to do anything more, and then Rhodes and the others can get rid of the trouble and concentrate on their own quest tasks.

"Huh?"

However, hearing the words of the Seven Loves, Anne's eyes widened with some curiosity.

"Anne is also a woman, but there are two women around the head of the regiment, why do you have to think about women?"

"Eating from the bowl and thinking about the pot. Men are like that. ”

In the face of Anne's inquiry, Seven Love wagged her tail proudly, and then raised a finger, revealing a playful smile, and faced her action. Rod shrugged his shoulders and did not take the initiative to go up to meet the fight, he knew very well that opening his mouth at such a time would only lead to self-immolation, so he simply kept silent and did not hear what he was doing.

And at this very time. Battle and Paris and the others also came to Rhodes and heard the words of Seven Love. Battle laughed.

"Miss Qilian is right, but I think men, I'd rather be strangled to death than starved to death, look at the little body of your leader, hehe, if you don't eat a little more. I'm afraid he won't be able to hold on. With that, Battle touched his chin again. smiled proudly at Rod, and in the face of this muscular man's provocation, Rod only glared at him coldly, and then stood up and decisively niped this low-level quarrel in the bud. Seeing his expression, Battle also restrained the smile on his face and began to become serious.

"I've heard Paris and those two imps tell me what happened, and I heard that you really killed an undead legion? That's a big deal, but isn't it............ Hey, hey, I'm going to have big trouble with the garrison this time, and I'm going to let a necromantic legion mess around here, hey, I don't think those bastards have much future. ”

It's obviously a matter on his own turf, but Battle's expression is relaxed, but this is normal. Although the Mercenary Guild is responsible for managing and restraining the mercenary groups in their territory and dealing with some troubles, the relationship between almost every mercenary guild and the official is not very good. Of course, this kind of relationship is not bad because of the hostility between the two sides, after all, in the big picture, the lords still expect to be able to maintain the peace and tranquility of their territory, so they have no prejudices about the mercenary guild.

But when it comes to the lower level, then it's very troublesome. Regardless of the location, the relationship between the mercenary guild and the local garrison is not good. It's no wonder that the Mercenary Guild is a civic organization, and their first task is to deal with civilian commissions and troubles. However, the garrison is an official organization, and although it is their job to maintain law and order in the territory, for the garrison, their highest priority is to prevent unrest in the territory and ensure the stability and peace of the general level, as well as to protect the lives of those nobles and officials.

And because of this, the garrison is not as prestigious as the mercenary guild among the people, although the high-ranking officials that the garrison has spent a lot of effort to protect will also have a great impact and changes on the people once they are harmed, but these influences and changes are too high-level for ordinary people to feel at all. Therefore, they naturally complained a lot about the garrison that only protected the high-level people but put the people behind. For the people, they prefer those who can help them deal with the magical beasts that are raging in the fields, and other things that are close to them and can be seen and touched. Therefore, the mercenary guild is very popular among the people, but the garrison force exists as a villain most of the time. Because of this, there are also conflicts between the local garrison and the mercenary guild from time to time, of course, considering the face above, a full-scale war is definitely impossible. But it is common to find an excuse to put on small shoes for the other party and taunt them.

Because of this, the relationship between the Mercenary Guild and the local garrison is not good, not to mention that the Mercenary Guild's mission is only to maintain the local mercenary group, not to protect the peace and stability of the entire region. So for Battle, even if there is really a legion of necromantic creatures lurking in this area, it has nothing to do with his guild. On the contrary, the unlucky garrison will definitely be punished for this. Not to mention that there are also generals involved in betraying the Duchy of Moon.

"That's something you need to deal with."

Rhodes clearly had little interest in that.

"What are you going to do next?"

"You don't need to worry about this, little Rod."

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Battle smiled and waved his hand.

"My men will arrive later, and I'll send those two imps and you to the City of Eagles when the time comes, right......... I heard you're planning to head to the ruins of the Custer Plateau? ”

Said here. Battle paused, then looked at Rhodes thoughtfully.

"Why, you can't sit still so soon? What about your subordinates? Miss Marlene and a few other people didn't see a shadow, it couldn't be just the three of you to go to the ruins of the Custer Plateau, hey. Not for me to say, little Rod. That place is really not so easy to mix, we Purple Lily haven't been there before, but we almost can't come back, I advise you to be careful. ”

"You don't have to worry about that, Lord Battle."

At this time, Seven Lovers took over the conversation with a smile.

"We're just going to explore the way this time. It's not going to go too deep, so you don't need to worry too much. ”

"I'm not going to bother with your business, Miss Seven Love."

Hearing Qilian's answer, Battellha smiled and waved his hand, but quickly. He retracted his smile again, a serious expression on his face.

"But since you're going to the City of Eagles, I'd better remind you here first, the City of Eagles isn't peaceful recently, no, it should be said that this place hasn't been peaceful lately. So you have to be careful, of course, everyone is also a peer. I'll make it easy for you if there's anything, but be careful not to get caught by those guys, or you'll be in real trouble. ”

"The guys?"

Hearing this, Rod frowned slightly, and he could hear that there was some jealousy in Battle's tone, which was not common. You must know that this place can be regarded as half of the territory of the Purple Lily Guild, and Battle is the president of the Purple Lily Guild. In addition, he is not the kind of person who is delicate——— if he changes to Victor, it is normal to be so cautious. But for this swaggering Purple Lily Guild leader, there are really few people who can give him a headache.

"Actually, it's not a big deal."

Perhaps sensing that his tone was a little weak, Battle reverted to his usual tough attitude the next moment, but then he looked at Rhodes with some dissatisfaction.

"It's just a group of southerners who made up something, and speaking of which, this matter has something to do with you."

"And me?"

Hearing this, Rhodes was even more confused, but Battle obviously didn't plan to sell Guanzi, so he quickly continued.

"You should know that thanks to your guild, the group of idiots in the Wings of Liberty have been completely disbanded."

"Of course I know this."

In the face of Battle's inquiry, Rhodes only nodded, the Wings of Freedom is really a big loss this time, although after the investigation after the most investigation, it was confirmed that most of the mercenaries did not have a direct connection with the devil, but according to the laws of the Duchy of Moon, in the end, the Wings of Freedom was forcibly disbanded, not only that, as a country ruled by angels, the punishment for anything related to the devil is very severe, not to mention that this time the Wings of Freedom still hit the muzzle of Lydia's gun, so the Grand Duke decisively waved his pen, Implement a joint sitting system, requiring an investigation of all mercenary groups in the Southern Harbor area to ensure that there will be no more remnants of the devil, and because of this, in the past two years, there is no need to elect a new mercenary guild in Southern Harbor——— they must first conduct a self-examination, and then accept the inspection of the War Angel Legion, until the innocence of all mercenary groups in the Southern Harbor is confirmed.

This is not a simple job, there are more than twenty mercenary groups in the southern harbor, each of which has to be self-censored, and then subject to the review of the War Angel Legion, plus the establishment of a new mercenary guild in this area for two consecutive years, it is obvious that Lydia is taking this opportunity to wash away the hearts and forces of the people condensed by the Wings of Freedom, although the leaders of Lawson and Waltz are dead, but the Wings of Freedom are still there, if they are allowed to develop, it will not be long. A new wing of freedom will be resurrected. But now, with such an excuse to fight the devil, Lydia stuck this opening, and at the same time cut off one of the reformers' arms, which also made the reformers unspeakable. After all, even civilians will not like the devil card in the Continent of Light, no matter how black and white they can reverse, they can't pinch their noses and say to the people, "In fact, the devil is not as harmful as you think......... then they are really looking for death."

But with the loss of the Mercenary Guild, they lost the last helper to incite the people, and as mentioned earlier, most of the representatives of the reformists were new aristocrats and merchants. No matter what era or country, class contradictions are indispensable. If the well-dressed merchants and aristocrats had come forward to stir up the people, the people would not have agreed. But if you let the mercenaries who are from the same background as the people come, then it will be easy. But now, this path has been blocked by Lydia, plus Lawson is also dead. It is not so easy for the reformers to stir up any storms.

But now listening to Battle, these guys are a bit of a resurgence again?

"Her Royal Highness Lydia has done a good job, those reformist dogs are now finished, but it seems that you still don't know what to do. The group of guys got tangled together again and formed a Free Liberation Mercenary Alliance......... Hey, on the surface, it's an extraordinary time, and the major mercenary groups in the southern harbor should work together, so such an alliance organization was formed, but it's all the retarded minds of that group of idiots Freedom Wings! ”

Said here. Battle threw a hateful punch in the air.

"What a mistake you made when you didn't kill all those guys in the first place!"

"And then? This alliance of free mercenaries shouldn't be stupid enough to run into your territory and cause trouble. ”

Hearing Battle's words, Rhodes finally understood what this Free Mercenary Alliance was, and it seemed that those Freedom Wings guys really shouldn't be dead. In order to gather strength, such an alliance was formed, but this should have nothing to do with the north.

"Trouble? They don't have the guts. ”

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Battle snorted coldly, but then he frowned.

"But these guys came to us to pull people!"

"Pull people?"

Hearing this sentence from Battle's mouth, Rod was really surprised. Battle glanced at him. Pouted, he continued.

"Look at your expression. Little Rhodes, you think this is just a replacement for the Wings of Freedom, hey, that's not the case. According to that group of bastards, this free mercenary alliance is not limited to geography and number of people, as long as you want to participate in the mercenary group, you can sign up! And it is also promised that every mercenary group that joins this alliance can get a lot of money! ”

Hearing this, Rod's complexion also changed slightly. He immediately understood what was wrong, but Anne didn't seem to understand, she looked at Rod, then at Battle, who gritted her teeth, and then asked.

"But but, didn't Archduke Lydia say that those mercenary groups were likely to have something to do with the devil? So who else dares to be with them? Aren't they afraid of accidents? ”

"Hey, it's not as simple as you think, little Annie."

Battle reached out and patted Anne on the head. And Rod also nodded slightly, indeed, on the surface, what Annie said is right, although this free mercenary liberation alliance is said to have no geographical restrictions on the surface, but looking at what kind of goods were in this alliance at the beginning of its establishment, everyone knows what this liberation alliance is. But even so what? People are diverse, and the mercenary groups are the same, just like the previous "Immortal Mission Incident" in the Pafield area, the major mercenary groups suffered heavy losses and needed time to recuperate, but just a few cranes were dragging them alive and wanted to let everyone die together and would rather be the lackeys of the Emerald Tears. Anyway, even if those mercenary groups don't have an accident, they have no future, so it's better to sell their self-esteem in exchange for some benefits. Not to mention that the so-called law does not blame the public, even if it was a mercenary group that was originally timid, as soon as they saw such a companion, their courage naturally became fat.

"I've already said hello to the mercenary groups below me, but I can't care if I don't join the alliance. But be careful, little Rod. I heard that the number one target of the Freedom Alliance is you, although those guys can't find trouble with me on my territory, but be careful, if they know that you have come to my territory, they may find you trouble. ”

"I see."

Hearing this, Rod nodded, he understood what Battle was trying to say. Obviously, this Free Mercenary Liberation Alliance has extended to the Purple Lily Guild's eyelids, and it is very likely that it has absorbed some mercenary groups that can do anything for money as a boost. If at this time, let them know that they have come to the City of Eagles, then they are likely to make trouble for those mercenary groups. At that time, once the two sides clash, Rod's identity as the guild leader in the Parfield region is already sensitive, and Battle, as the president of the Purple Lily Guild, is naturally impossible to ignore the mercenary conflict within his jurisdiction, and when the time comes, if that group of people instigates it in secret, it will not be difficult to cause the Purple Lily Guild to have a confrontation or even hostility to Starlight, and for them, there is no loss.

Thinking of this, Rod couldn't help but glance at Battle, it seems that this guy is not as brainless as the player said, he will say this to himself in private, obviously he already has this worry. After all, Starlight is not like Cole's Eagle and Purple Lily, the two sides have worked together for so many years, and everyone is familiar with each other. It's not easy for you to provoke conflicts between them. But Starlight has just been born, and everyone is very unfamiliar, and strangeness is easy to bring doubts and doubts, not to mention that once the other party is too strong on his own turf, then naturally he will not be happy in his heart. Thinking about it from another perspective, if Battle went to Rod's territory to have a big fight with a mercenary group, then Rod would definitely not feel comfortable in his heart.

Thinking of this, Rod's face was also much more serious.

"Thank you for the reminder, Mr. Battle, we will find a way to avoid this state of affairs............ At least, it won't embarrass you. ”

"That's fine, little Rod."

Hearing Rod's answer, Battle also nodded in satisfaction, and then he grinned, reached out, and patted Rod on the shoulder.

"Come on! Little Rod, don't forget our bet! I'm waiting to see you wear women's clothes! ”

"You're not going to have that chance."

If someone else said this, then Rod would probably have turned his face a long time ago, but in the face of the guy in front of him, Rod can only respond coldly now, anyway, he also knows that Battle is this character, and he can't change it, but ............ Hey, he's not that easy to bully, and when he wins the bet, at that time, he has to educate Battle well, so that this guy knows what to say and what not to say.

Thinking of this, a strange smile also appeared on the corner of Rod's mouth.