After leaving Shenxi Village, everyone finally embarked on the most difficult journey, since they had learned from the parasite that the other party had gathered all the barbarians, then Rhodes' original plan was useless, and then, they only needed to go directly through the forest path, enter the Misty Mountains, and then reach the place where the fortress was located, and deal with the group of devils. But things in this world are always easier said than done, and it is not so easy to solve this group of devils.

And the road ahead is gradually starting to become bumpy.

The forest trail refers to a post road in the distant forest before heading to the Misty Mountains, many years ago, this road was used to connect the fortress with other places and connections, but now after so many years, this road has long been abandoned, and if it were not for some wild beasts, smuggling merchants and bandits, I am afraid that this road would be no longer a shadow now. But even so, the road is still not easy.

Although they had been on the road for a whole day, the mercenaries did not feel tired at all, on the contrary, their faces were relaxed, and they even whispered something behind them with a little smile.

For the actions of his bastard subordinates, Rod can only pretend to turn a blind eye now, he really shouldn't have let Lijie save that hillbilly in the first place——— it's really damned, if time can be turned back, Rod really wants to stab him to death with a sword. But unfortunately, time does not turn back, and now Rhodes has no way to change this matter, so he simply pretends that he has not heard anything and continues to move forward.

The sky gradually darkened, not because of the passage of time, in fact, if we strictly calculated the time, it was only afternoon, but now the sky above everyone's heads was already dark, and even the light of the sun was obscured by darkness.

This is also a very strange phenomenon in the Dragon Soul Continent. Although in a place protected by the dragon spirit, the rising and setting of the sun is no different from usual. However, these border areas protected by dragon souls may be due to the influence of the power of order beginning to weaken, causing the time, climate, and even everything here to start to deviate from the normal track. It's just that in the area protected by the dragon soul, these effects are limited after all, and now they are only manifested in climate and time. And when you leave the Land of Order, that's where the real danger lies.

This is another reason why Rhodes chose this place, he hopes that his subordinates can get used to living in such a chaotic place as soon as possible, after all, Rhodes' ultimate goal is to go to the Land of Chaos to awaken the dragon soul to gain his own territory. If your subordinates can't adapt to the chaos in the lands, they'll be in trouble when they set out for the lands of chaos in the future.

Just as the crowd was halfway up the hill along the almost abandoned road, Rhodes suddenly stopped. He then raised his arm and motioned for the group to stop, and then Rhodes stretched out his right hand and put the ring on the middle finger of his right hand to his mouth as he looked at the jungle in front of him, which was already covered by a pitch-black curtain. asked in a low voice.

"Joey, how's it going?"

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Joey, who was hunkering forward, stopped, first looked around him warily, and then pressed the earring on his right ear——— which was the guild emblem improved by Labis, after the Midsummer Festival victory. Rhodes used a considerable portion of the prize money to buy very precious and rare alchemy materials, and gave it to Labis to use to make various props and devices. After Labis's modification, the current guild emblem now has an ability similar to an alchemy hook. Of course, they don't have the ability to produce any set abilities and auras, but they have the flexibility to add and change the functions they hold. Long-distance communication is one of them, which is a two-way communication through the resonance of the magic array on the various guild emblems, and after such a transformation. Rhodes' team is becoming more and more like the team of players he leads in the game. …,

After making sure there was no danger around, Joey breathed a sigh of relief. Then he replied.

"Boss, this place is really weird, just now we have met four teams of barbarians, those guys seem to be patrolling around here, walking back and forth, the brothers have almost been discovered by them several times, fortunately, now we are in."

"Report their numbers, their exact directions, where are you now?"

"On the right side of the Misty Mountains......... It's still a little far from the fortress you mentioned, but it's already faintly visible. The place looked very heavily guarded, and we were only searching the periphery for the time being, and we didn't go inside. These barbarians are in teams of ten, there are five groups in total, and each team has a black-robed bald head like the one you saw before. They patrol about every hour. It doesn't seem to have been reported to anyone else. ”

"I know the way, you stay put, I will bring someone to join you."

After hearing Joey's report, Rhodes nodded in satisfaction, and then he turned his head to look at his subordinates behind him.

"I know you're a little tired, but now is not the time to rest."

He looked at the mercenaries in front of him, gritted his teeth, and glared fiercely at Anne, who was hiding behind Marlene and still had a smile on her face. This was the last thing Rhodes wanted to think about, and after the damn hillbilly said something that he shouldn't have said at all, Anne laughed as if she had been poked in some laugh, and as a result, even the mercenaries couldn't stop laughing, causing Rod to not even get angry. And what made Rod even more depressed was that after this incident, his originally carefully created image showed signs of collapse, and those mercenaries were originally very respectful when they saw him, but now these guys are not as respectful as before. Even the spirit master girls around Li Jie were the same, originally they didn't even dare to say more when they saw themselves, but now not only did they take the initiative to say hello to themselves, but they even gathered together to look at themselves and secretly bite their ears——— without eavesdropping on Rhodes, they also knew what these women were talking about in private. And what made him even more depressed was that Lijie, who was originally the most obedient, not only didn't care about teaching her subordinates, but even went along with them.........

That damn bastard!

Rhodes wasn't interested in portraying himself as approachable, and damn it, he even wanted to think about whether he should wear a mask or something.

"We're ready to do it."

Thinking of this, Rod sighed helplessly, and then he put on a new face. Speak.

Night falls.

Although it was still afternoon, it was already dark in the forest, and when Rod led his men to meet Joey and the others at the predetermined place, the whole sky had completely darkened, and only the distant fires shone in the darkness, showing their existence.

There it is.

Looking at the huge black shadow in the distance, Rhodes sank into the ruins, it was the ruins of the fortress he remembered, but the completeness of the ruins of the fortress was still beyond Rhode's expectations. It's no wonder, after all, it wasn't Rhodes who chose this area in the first place. It's a different player. Because at that time, the Duchy of Moon had not yet been destroyed, and Rhodes was still a casual player, and he had no interest in such things as joining a guild. And at that time. One player guild chose the land and eventually built the stronghold.

And the reason why Rhodes remembers this vividly is also very simple, that is, after he occupied the Land of Chaos, he was surprised to find that the fortress of this player guild was actually established in the throat of his territory, not only that. The other party also used this as a reliance, and harassed Rod's starlight for three days, and the unbearable Rhodes was naturally not a person waiting to be killed, and in the end, the first war between the players' guilds broke out between the two sides in this land, and the result was that Rhodes won the control of the fortress by an overwhelming margin. At the same time, the player guild was completely driven out of the area. …,

It is precisely because of this experience in the game world that Rod attaches great importance to this fortress, and for Rode. This is also an excellent location, as long as he can control this area, then when he enters the Chaos Land again in the future, he does not need to run 108,000 miles to go deep into it like in the game, and it takes a lot of manpower and material resources to get everything done.

In other words. This fortress is Rhodes' frontline position, and it is also the place where he needs to operate the most at the moment.

"Boss. What's next? ”

Hiding by Rod's side, Joey looked at the fortress in the distance with some excitement and nervousness, before Rod arrived, according to Rod's instructions, Joey had already conducted a certain degree of reconnaissance on this fortress, but the result made him a little frustrated, although I heard Rod say that this fortress was in disrepair, but in fact it seems that at least the periphery of this fortress is still very intact, although there are some broken places, but it is not a problem for those barbarians. Joey and his companions even tried to infiltrate it several times, but they all failed, and most of these barbarians were concentrated on the outskirts of the fortress, and although these people seemed careless, their senses were very sharp and difficult to deal with. And in the face of such a situation, Joey didn't know what to do. After all, there are more than 300 people on the other side, and there are only 30 people on his side, and the fortress is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so it is really a bit of a headache to do if the number of people on his side does not have the upper hand.

"Why don't you let Miss Seven Love or Miss Marlene throw a few spells?"

"What a joke."

Hearing Joey's suggestion, Rod glared at him coldly, this fortress will be his own in the future, if it is broken by a spell by Seven Love or Marlene, it will be himself who will repair it in the end. He wouldn't do this kind of idiotic thing, and besides, he had a better way for Rod.

Thinking of this, Rhodes turned his head and made a gesture to the mercenaries behind him, and seeing Rhodes' gesture, those mercenaries immediately gathered their minds and looked at their head seriously.

"I'm going to break you up and divide you into three groups, and we'll keep in touch at all times and attack from three directions."

At this point, Rod paused for a moment, and then he gestured.

"Lijie, you and Marlene, and Kaffa, Ralph, Snooker, we're in a group. The second team consists of Joey and his men plus snooker and Crane. The third team is led by Marfa............" Saying this, Rod nodded to a middle-aged mercenary standing not far from him.

"You take Anna, Kars and the others, and touch down the ravine on the left, where there is a sewer pipe leading to the fortress, but I think it's no longer in use, and through that ravine, you will enter the fortress. Then I want you to go to the first level. Joey, you take your men to the right, the cliff, from the trail above to the second level of the fortress, go down from above——— remember, be careful, don't attract anyone's attention. Lando, you lead the Ranger to occupy the high ground and cover Joey and them, after Joey and them enter the hall. You can lead your men in an attack on them and distract them——— as for Annie, I want you to protect the others here. Remember, don't act rashly. After seeing my signal, I want you to lead the rest of the rest of the people to storm the fortress head-on and push the guys back, but don't get too far from here. ”

Said here. Rhodes reached out and gestured.

"From now on, I'm going first, ten minutes after I'm leaving, Joey is moving, fifteen minutes after Joey is leaving. Operation Marfa. Remember, if you run into any problems, report them to me as soon as possible. Do you understand? ”…,

"Yes, Captain!"

"Good."

Hearing everyone's answers, Rhodes nodded.

"Very well, let's go."

As an elite who can be selected by Rhodes, these mercenaries have shown superhuman qualities at this time. Although Rod's grouping was disrupted, it benefited from his training. Now these twenty-five mercenaries are very familiar with each other and tacit understanding, although some people do cooperate better with each other, but at least they will not be unfamiliar with others. And Rhodes didn't care about these little things, and after giving the order, he quickly left quietly with his subordinates.

But what Lijie and Marlene didn't expect was that Rhodes did not go to the vicinity of the fortress as they thought, on the contrary, after leaving the others, Rhodes took the rest of the mercenaries in a big circle, and then came to a dark cave and quietly touched it.

"What kind of place is this? Mr. Rhodes? ”

Walking into the cave, at the signal of Rod, Marlene summoned a small ball of light to illuminate the path in front of him, and with the help of the light of magic, Marlene looked at the cave in front of him with some curiosity, but in Marlene's opinion, this cave seemed to be no different from those ordinary caves, the stalactites hanging upside down at the top of the cave, and the ground full of cold stagnant water, no matter how you look at it, this is just an ordinary and ordinary cave.

"It's a secret passage to the fortress, a long time ago the builders of the fortress built a passage underground to ensure that they could leave the fortress in times of crisis, but now we use it the same............ Marlene, I hope you can be light-hearted and don't use too powerful spells, or we'll all have to explain this. ”

At this, Rod paused for a moment, and then lowered his eyes slightly.

"And it's not as safe as you think."

"Huh?"

Hearing Rod's words, everyone was stunned, and at this moment, they suddenly heard a slight noise from the darkness.

At first glance, the sound sounded like a series of meaningless noises, but soon, they grew louder and closer. At this time, the mercenaries had already picked up their weapons and watched around vigilantly, while Marlene and Lijie also leaned together, casting magic shields to avoid possible attacks.

And at this moment, suddenly, a group of huge black shadows appeared from the magic light.

"It's a vampire bat!"

Seeing this black shadow, the mercenary who knew the goods immediately shouted, and at this time, Rhodes finally made a move.

Facing the overwhelming vampire bats in front of him, the bright red long sword in Rhodes' hand exploded in the darkness like a shining thunderbolt, and for a while, several straight sword lights were woven and intertwined into a large net, flying towards the black pressure bat swarm, and soon, one after another screams started, just in the blink of an eye, dozens of bats fell to the ground and turned into corpses.

But that didn't stop the massive bats from attacking, they still let out that dizzying cry, and at the same time spread out quickly, dodging Rod's attack, and re-attacking the mercenaries from both sides.

I have to say that these vampire bats are indeed tough, their bodies are more than a meter long, sharp teeth and paralyzing venom are the best skills of vampire bats, what they are best at is to use their venom to paralyze their prey first, and then swarm up and suck the blood of each other. If it is an ordinary mercenary, it will be at a loss to encounter these vampire bats, but fortunately, under the training of Rod, these mercenaries are naturally not comparable to ordinary people.

In the face of the attack of the vampire bats, Marlene gave a soft drink, and soon, a burning wall of fire was quickly erected, isolating them from the vampire bats, and at this time, those mercenaries were also ready, they brandished their long swords, and launched a fierce attack on the prey in front of them. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )