Out of the chaos, when everyone once again stepped on the solid, flat ground, looking at the blue sky and the dazzling sunlight in front of them, and the green that was gradually emerging on the hillside, everyone's first reaction was not excitement, nor excitement, but ............

"Woo............!!"

Holding his head, as if his head had been smothered, Lando and the others lay on the ground like this, while Rhodes folded his hands and leaned quietly next to the pillar of order, looking with interest at the pain of his poor subordinates when they once again cut off the connection with order and returned to the cage that guarded the origin of this continent. It's just that he's no better off himself. Just look at Rod's uncertain eyes to understand that his current situation is not at all difficult.

But as the commander of a team, how could he possibly show his embarrassed appearance.

Like Rod, the girl standing next to him was the girl who was wrapped in a black robe not far from him, which was Rhodes' reward, that is, the "tinder coordinates" given to him by the elders of the shelter, which was the tinder coordinates. In fact, Rhodes already understood very well, the old man didn't know what method Lu Dao used, and sealed the order connection channel that was supposed to be used to connect the central crystal and the door stone to provide energy in this girl's body, but the biggest advantage in this way is that the shelter will not weaken the power barrier of order provided, and this girl can therefore sense the location of the real fire. So from this level, there is indeed nothing wrong with the fact that she is the coordinates of the tinder.

And although the elder did not explain it directly, Rhodes was sure that the connection channel of the power of order was sealed on this girl's body was not a matter of one or two days, combined with the strong strength that the girl would definitely not have at this age, it was very likely that she was sealed when she was born. And whether her strength is born so she is qualified to become the seal of the channel of the power of order, or because she is sealed the channel of the power of order, she has such a power, that is the question of chicken and egg and chicken.

But the girl doesn't have a name.

According to the old man. From the moment she was sealed away by the forces of order, the girl's original name had completely vanished. But of course, it is impossible for Rhodes and others to shout "Hey, who is that" to this girl, so it is necessary to give the girl a name, and the most positive of them is the seven loves, from "Sister Misaka" to "Asuna" or something, there are seventy or eighty names in a mess. In the end, Rhodes couldn't see it, and directly interrupted the cunning fire elemental lord's prank idea, and gave the girl a simple name.

"Suzu."

Rod turned his head and glanced at the silent girl who followed him.

"How's the body? Are you okay? ”

“………………………”

Suzu didn't speak, but nodded slightly, and then didn't say anything more. The child was quiet, and the expression on his face rarely changed, and in Rod's memory, except for the painful expression he showed when he was counterattacked for the first time. The rest of the time, she was almost the same as herself, she looked calm and indifferent, and she never spoke, but Rod knew that she was different from the girls around her. Although on the surface, she is the same taciturn type as Greyhill and Madarath, but in fact Greyhill and Madarath are similar to Rod, although they don't usually seem to like to talk much. But the expressiveness is still very strong. Although the two elf girls didn't say a word, they had one expression. One action can show your own thoughts. But this girl is different, she looks like a real doll. Rod didn't even know what she thought about what she was going through.

The vault is finished.

The hub crystal contaminated by chaos is at least the hub crystal, just like the virus contaminated operating system jumps a lot of naked chat virus pop-ups, it is also an operating system, but if the system is completely destroyed, deleted, and even the motherboard core is smashed. Then this computer will be useless. The old man refused Rod's invitation to take him with him, and instead chose to self-destruct with the Vault, and the three remnants of the Vault who had led Rhodes into the Vault stayed behind as the old man's bodyguards to see what they looked like. Obviously, he didn't want to live in the outside world, but would rather die here.

Suzu didn't seem to have any opinion about the destruction of the shelter where she grew up, and the death of those who raised her, she just quietly watched the destruction of the shelter, and then turned around and followed Rhodes——— to be honest, if she wasn't really human, Rhodes would have thought that he was like exchanging control of the robot with a businessman in a science fiction movie.

But I have to admit that her strength is very strong.

From Seven Loves, Rhodes had learned that this girl's frontal combat ability was not ordinarily strong, and her regular attribute should be airborne, at least that's what was shown on the pieces of flesh that had been cut into pieces. has a strong strength, but deep down is extremely pure, just like the poor murderers who Rhodes have seen in novels and movies who have been brainwashed and raised to have a tragic fate since childhood——— considering the environment of the shelter, those murderers really lived in heaven when they were children, no matter how terrible things they encountered when they were children, they were definitely not as terrifying as growing up in a shelter eroded by chaos.

But being able to grow up in that kind of place and still maintain a pure heart is probably also related to the power of order sealed in her, so although the girl seems to be difficult to get along with on the surface, in fact, it is not only people like Marlene and Lijie and Anne who are very motherly towards her, but even calm people like Lando and Thor always greet her with a smile. Human beings are the people of order, and although they come from different orders, it is obvious that the bell with the power channel of order in the body is more likely to attract the attention and favor of the order life.

It's just that Rod has already guessed that the common sense of this girl's life is likely to be zero at all.........

It's also a headache.

After finally recovering their strength, the group finally returned to the fortress of the Land of Atonement.

On the surface, the Land of Atonement Fortress was as peaceful as before, but when they re-entered the gate, many of them had a "post-catastrophe" expression. It's no wonder, although Rhodes plans to take them to the Land of Chaos this time to familiarize themselves with the environment inside, and this mission can be considered a successful completion. But the shattered, chaotic rules of the Land of Chaos also left a deep impression on everyone's hearts, and it was definitely not an impression of developing on the good side. Therefore, after seeing the world realm that had returned to normal in front of them again, many people even burst into tears for a while.

Yes......... Sure enough, this is our world. There are days and nights, there are springs, summers, autumns and winters, and you see the sun still rising in the east...............

If before entering the Land of Chaos, everyone did want to enter the Land of Chaos and compete with those legendary historical heroes, then the next time Rhodes made the same invitation, I am afraid their mood will be different.

After returning to the fortress land, the group immediately disbanded, after all the time they had been running back and forth for so long. And in that kind of place where there is no concept of time, although it feels like it is only a few days, many people feel as if they have passed a long month or two, and it is not a human life at all. Thinking that this is just the beginning, they will need to follow Rhodes to the deeper depths of the Chaos Lands——— and the heart of glory that longs to be on a par with the heroes of history and legend will also calm down.

However, unlike other people who can go directly to their rooms and lie on the bed to relax, Rod and Marlene, as the main managers here, naturally will not go to rest so easily. And Seven Love also needs to sort out the information from this time so that they can understand what has happened outside during the time they are away. At the same time, they also need to know what is currently going on inside the fortress.

"During the time that Lord Lord and Lord Marlene left. The situation inside the fortress is generally stable, except for an increase in orders for the statue of the Holy Maiden from various parts of the Duchy of Moon. But............... Therefore, I couldn't contact the lord, so I suppressed these orders for the time being. Also, according to Starlight's report, they found some suspicious people who were always wandering under the Star Spirit Temple, and although I had sent someone to investigate their backgrounds, for now, they were definitely not members of the Duchy of Moon. I don't know anything about the rest of the situation............" Ann raised her head with some trepidation, and looked at Rhodes sitting behind the desk in front of her, with a pair of clear and bright eyes with uneasiness and trembling. It's no wonder, after she became Rhodes' subordinate. It was the first time that such an important responsibility had been assumed. When Marlene was ordered to take over Marlene's job as her deputy when she left, Ann hadn't really realized what she was going to do. As a result, she was surprised to find that Marlene had simply entrusted the entire Land of Atonement to herself. This suddenly made Ann, who "ascended to the sky in one step", feel panicked, although as Marlene's deputy, she did have some experience in this kind of work, but after all, her status was too low, and giving such a heavy task all of a sudden also made Ann panic. Not to mention that although Canary and Little Bubblegum have higher status and strength than themselves, they don't plan to take care of things at all, which makes Ann feel "a lot of pressure".

“………… As for the refugees, everything is going well, because the lord has provided assistance funds, and the commercial circulation in the entire fortress of the Land of Atonement has been fully formed, of course, with the increase in the number of refugees, the problem of law and order has also increased, but it is still within the controllable range, and no malignant incidents have occurred. ”

This is a matter of course, and it is a strange thing for anyone who is idle and bored to wreak havoc under the legendary mage's Ring Tower.

"I know."

After listening to Ann's report, Rod and Marlene exchanged a look, and it seemed that during their absence, Ann was doing well. Of course, the so-called art industry has a specialty, even if Ann didn't intend to hide it, Rhodes also saw that this girl had no talent in politics and military, so she basically didn't care about the factors that might affect the political situation in the Land of Atonement from the Golden City or Casablanca during this period of time, as well as her military training, on the contrary, the girl reported in detail on the economy, but she was also lucky, because now with the invasion of the Night Country completely stopped, the most important thing at the moment is to revive the economy. This is a favorable coincidence for Ann, otherwise, she is afraid that she will be finished.

Although the war stopped, the orders for the statue of the Holy Maiden from all over the world did not decrease, but increased, which surprised Rhodes a little, but if you think about it, the lords of the major territories as long as they are not stupid or idiots like the Council of Light. The battle in the Night Nation will not end so easily, so instead of being a good day for everyone to disarm and return to the fields to rest and drink, they will recruit a large number of soldiers and start building and repairing defenses to prepare for the next war.

"You're doing a good job, Ann, it's still lacking, but it's enough for now."

Hearing Rod's answer, the girl on the other side who was so nervous that her face stiffened that she exhaled a long breath, and then she hurriedly lowered her head. respectfully saluted to Rod in front of him.

"Thank you, Lord Lord, then I'll step back first."

As she said this, Ann bowed respectfully, and then walked out the door. And after seeing her walk out of the room, Marlene looked at Rhodes with a smug smile on her face.

"How?"

"Not bad, at least it didn't make the fortress a problem."

Rod nodded. Of course, he sensed that Marlene was still very proud of it, but it was no wonder. Anyway, it was also her subordinate, and at the same time, it was also her student, and the teacher was naturally pleased that the student had grown. But............

"When are you going to go to the Lands of Chaos? Rod? ”

Marlene looked at Rhodes with some concern, and it was only after following Rhodes to the Land of Chaos that she realized first-hand how terrible and chaotic it was. After returning to the fortress, Marlene also asked Ann about the time, and the answer was that they had only been out for three or four days——— as far as Marlene herself was concerned, at least ten days.

According to Rod, this is just a refuge on the periphery, and the real place where the Tinder sleeps is still deeper, no matter how time passes outside. At least Marlene herself feels that if she follows up again this time, I'm afraid at least a few months will be indispensable.

And this time, it's not just them, according to Rod's words, at that time, a lot of soldiers will be needed to be responsible for resisting the chaos monsters that may appear, and then imagine the situation inside the chaos land, is it really good to do this?

Of course, it's worth the sacrifice compared to getting the right to dominate a territory for free.

"No, I'd better put this aside for now, although I do draw some soldiers from the territory. But I'd rather have them used to keep order there after I opened the territory, rather than being killed by a bunch of jumble creatures on the way. ”

Hearing Marlene's inquiry, Rhodes shook his head and replied. He has already decided to activate the power of the Star Spirit Temple this time as the backbone of the development of the Chaos Land, although personal soldiers are also to be brought, but the functions of the police and soldiers themselves are completely different, aren't they?

"So, what are you going to do with that young lady?"

Saying that, Marlene glanced to the side, only to see that on the seat not far from Rod's side, Suzu was sitting there quietly, because she had just come back, Suzu had not changed her clothes at the moment, but was still only wrapped in a cloak, the girl just sat there quietly, she didn't even touch the tea poured by the water elf maid before, in fact, after the elder handed the girl to Rhode, she was like "the robot will only act according to the master's orders", Rod let her eat before she ate, Rod let her go before she left, If Rod doesn't speak, she doesn't do anything. Maybe if Rod forgets to let her eat one day, I'm afraid she'll starve to death.

Even Qilian complained: "Isn't this kid a humanoid intelligence from the Zenith, or something, a communication interface or something?" ———Although from Rod's point of view, Seven Love herself is more in line with what she said she said.

But for this, Rhodes already has a plan.

"Follow me."

He stood up, then turned his head to the girl sitting in his chair.

The Tour de France Tower looked as beautiful and elegant as ever, the crystal tunnel filled with magical brilliance slowly and flickering, and Rhodes walked through the door and soon saw the smiling face of the canary appear in front of him.

"Welcome back, Rod, it looks like you're going to the Chaos Lands this time..............."

Saying this, the canary turned her head and glanced at the girl who followed behind Rod, without saying a word, and was silent.

“………… Got a lot of interesting booty, what, are you going to give her to me to raise as if she were our daughter? That's not bad, and while it's unlikely that I'll have a baby right now, it's fun to adopt one, isn't it? Ah, it's a shame it's not Earth, otherwise I'd like my parents to see what their daughter, who hasn't graduated from college, would look like if she were to bring a child several years old home to visit her family, and I think it would be a pleasure for me to take it. ”

"I remember you didn't have that bad relationship with your parents."

Hearing the canary smile and say lines that seemed to be taking him seriously, Rod couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"yes, who told Rod that you didn't shoot a video every time you went on a date, and I couldn't show my parents their daughter's intimate life, it's a shame."

“………………………… What about Christie? ”

Rod decisively changed the topic, he realized that the canary's resentment towards his parents may be greater than he imagined, don't underestimate the pressure and resentment of the top students who have grown up with the expectations of their parents since childhood...............

"Not bad."

Since Rod was reluctant to dwell on it, Canary naturally chuckled and skipped the topic.

"Little Miss's strength after awakening the small universe has increased very quickly, but for now, it is still very difficult to activate the True Knowledge Scroll, it is really an extraordinary artifact, the current Christie can only summon it for less than ten seconds, but this little time has already made her consume the soul power of a sixtieth-level mage who has taken the all-law route. It seems that the artifact is really not so easy to use, obviously Christie's soul power is already so strong now, but it can only activate the True Knowledge Scroll, as for the other functions that cannot be used at all, I really can't imagine how much soul power that Christie had at the Falling Eagle Peak. ”

"What is Christie doing now?"

"The meditation is almost over, she doesn't have anything to do but meditate, and it's always a little boring not to see you, do you want to go see her?"

"Of course."

Hearing the canary's inquiry, Rhodes glanced at the girl standing beside him, then nodded.

"I'm going to introduce her to a friend." (To be continued......)