When Rhodes and the others returned from the Land of Light, it was already two days later. For Rod, this time can be described as a very rewarding one, not only greatly reducing the face of the Council of Light, but also weakening its strength, and at the same time extorting a piece of artifact equipment that can almost be regarded as a treasure of the town, and also completing the task and eating Annie, which is almost a complete outing. Until now, Rhodes still remembers how the councillors of the Land of Light reluctantly handed over the "King's Guardian" to Anne under the gaze of everyone before they left, and the scene at that time was as serious as if the defeated country was ceding land and paying reparations, full of shame and unwillingness. But for Rod, who has always liked to base his happiness on the pain of others, this is simply the most beautiful comedy.

And Anne's actions after taking over the "King's Guard" are also full of drama, in the face of this sacred guardian of the king's artifact, Anne not only did not show the slightest solemnity and seriousness, on the contrary, she reached out to take the shield, and knocked on it a few times with her hand, then nodded with satisfaction, and then pulled away the heavy pure gold shield behind her, and stuffed the "King's Guardian" into it like a sandwich. The members of the Council of Light who watched this scene rolled their eyes and almost fainted.

Although Anne treats this shield very casually, it doesn't mean that the "King's Guardian" is just the kind of "pseudo-artifact" that can be filled with prestige at a low level and will become scum when the game is updated. But looking at the attributes of this shield, you can see how perverted it is.

[The King's Guardian (Ancient. Fantasy, Bronze) ——— the king has the duty to protect his people, and when the darkness comes, it will become a sacred fortress that will stand on the earth as the last barrier under the light.

[Fortitude - Attacks below the master level cannot deal any damage to the wielder.] Master's or higher attack damage decreases by 5% with the wielder's level, up to a maximum of 35%, and the wielder does not die immediately when the wielder takes critical damage.

[Holy Inscription——— immune to curses and toxin attacks, so that the wielder has the divine power attribute when attacking, and the power is increased by 5%]

[Rule's Warden——— immune to Chaos Attribute Attack, +100 Rule's Attribute Resistance]

[Eternal existence——— equipment cannot be destroyed]

[Requires a strength attribute of 30 or more to equip]

Such a powerful attribute bonus achievement even Rod couldn't help but gasp when he first saw it, not to mention anything else, just the most powerful [require a force attribute of more than 30 to be equipped] has already discouraged Rode. In the game, even if a berserker who concentrates on the amount of energy piles up various top-notch equipment, it is impossible to exceed 30. It would be very rebellious to be able to exceed 20, and even if it is a barbarian or even a giant, it is unlikely that their strength will exceed 15. Due to his pedigree, Rod's own strength is also very strong, although he can't see the exact value because he hasn't lifted the seal, but Rhodes can be sure that his strength is currently between 15 and 20 after being upgraded. If the numbers are not illustrative, then use them as an analogy, if possible. Rhodes could even directly lift a lightly armored tank into the air. This kind of power is already very strong on the mainland, but I didn't expect Anne to be even more perverted than him. But if you think about it, Anne has always carried hundreds of kilograms of adamantite heavy shields in one hand and carried them everywhere like a play. This is not something that ordinary people can do in the first place. Replaced by Rod, although it is not that he can't pick it up, but if he wants to easily wave the adamantite heavy shield like a feather, he can't do it.

As for Marlene, the matter between Lijie and Anne was resolved more smoothly than expected. Maybe it's because I've vented it in the spiritual space of the Chaos Heart Demon. Lijie was the first to accept Anne. And Marlene sulked all the way on the road, and was told by Anne, "Anne likes the head of the group and wants to play with the head of the group, Sister Marlene, don't you like the head of the group?" "Completely defeated, and finally helplessly raised his hands and surrendered. This also made the danger of a backyard fire that Rhodes had feared invisible. Although even if there is a fire, Rod is confident enough to settle this trouble, but he is also very clear. In many cases, it is best for men not to meddle in the affairs between women, and it is best for them to solve it by themselves, otherwise they will interfere casually, and it may leave a gap in the hearts of the three people, especially when it comes to this kind of problem, no matter which side they stand on to speak, they will offend the other side, and if they do not stand on either side and choose fairness and justice, then they will offend everyone——— simply hide aside, and wait until they solve the internal contradictions.

And now it seems that the effect is still good.

Thinking of this, Rod raised his eyebrows and smiled, then he concentrated, and soon, the system framework and list appeared in front of Rode, which were densely packed with the names of Rhodes' subordinates, but unlike before, behind these names, this time there was an extra status bar.

This is exactly the hidden reward that Rhodes gets for completing the mission——— system upgrade. And after Rhodes' construction system was upgraded, Rhodes got a feature he didn't expect——— reputation unlocked.

Frankly, Rhodes was a bit surprised when he got this feature, as there is no reputation system for players in the game. It's always been them who go to farm the reputation of other powerful forces, and I've never heard of any NPC to farm the player's reputation. But now it seems that his own construction system has also changed in this world, and it is obvious that in any case, the current system sees itself as a separate force, and with this prestige system, Rhodes can naturally check the loyalty and prestige of his subordinates.

Thinking of this, Rod stretched out his finger and tapped it lightly, and soon, the entire list was reassembled in the form of a hierarchy and displayed in front of him. The names of the likes of Seven Love and Canary are not shown on the list, and it is clear that they are not included in the list.

And in the list, Rod's name is naturally at the top of the list, followed by Annie. She is also the highest-ranking person under Rhodes at the moment, the level of a fifty-level elite. They were followed by Marlene and Lijie, ranked third or fourth in the forty-fifth and fortyth grades, respectively. Further down are Joey, Marfa, and Lando, who are still relatively lower in rank than Lijie, at thirty-eight. Thirty-nine, thirty-seven are arranged at the back. The level of the people below is relatively average, most of them are around level thirty-five or six, which is also the highest level that humans can reach without any adventures or equipment. Even if Rhodes trained them and improved their equipment, their strength would only be at the top of the level forty elite level, and it would not be higher.

On the contrary, Labis's level is very, very low, although she is a master alchemist, but Labis's level is completely at the bottom of Rhodes's hands, only in the early twenties. Arguably. Completely ineffective.

And after having the prestige system, Rod also has a certain understanding of his own power.

The loyalty of those members who have followed them since the mercenary group is full value, including Shanna, Old Walker and others, their reputation is worshipped. And then under Rod's men, most of the mercenaries who had followed Rhodes on missions and fought side by side towards Rhodes were full of reverence or worship. On the contrary, those mercenaries who have not fought with Rhodes have relatively low prestige, and they all hover between respect and reverence. This also included John's cavalry. Although John himself was reverent for Rod's prestige. However, most of his cavalry were only respectable.

There is also a variant of this prestige system, which Rhodes discovered. In the entire reputation system, only Marlene, Lijie and Annie have different titles. Although they are also full value, what is shown later is not [worship] but [love], why............... Everybody gets the idea.

But......... It's just a bonus, after all.

Rod looked away and looked in front of him. There, the ten top-level soul cores were lying quietly on the table, and the Council of Light didn't do anything with these soul cores, after all, compared to the quasi-artifact of [King's Guardian], the soul core was not a valuable thing. But just look at the dim colors of these soul cores. Most of these soul cores are probably from the existence of devils, obviously, although they complied with Rod's request, but the Council of Light still took advantage of a loophole, as we all know, these soul cores with dark power are not very easy to use, their biggest use is to summon all kinds of devils and perform dark rituals, or to create some equipment items for black magic and necromancy. It seems that this is also the Council of Light wanted to disgust Rhodes and deliberately found such things for him.

But alas............... Rhodes didn't want these soul cores to make any magic items or summoning rituals.

The reason why he made this request was purely for the purpose of remuneration for the task.

After completing the task of [Between Light and Light], Rod quickly saw the content of the task reward, as described above, from the moment he completed the task, Rod had unlocked an out-of-specification Phantom Guard that could be summoned and used, but after carefully looking at the task reward, Rod found that this time the so-called out-of-specification unlocking was not just as simple as increasing the number of Phantom Guards, but more importantly, ............... It provides an additional way to unlock it.

The first way, like other Phantom Guards, will unconditionally restore a person who is most familiar to Rhodes's mind, and project it into the real world, just like Little Bubblegum and Canary, no equipment, but with top strength, it can only be limited to the range of power that Rhodes has. This is also how normal Phantom Guardians are summoned.

And the other ......... As the name suggests, it's completely an unlocking method outside of specifications.

This unlocks require ten Soul Cores, and all Rhodes has to do is project a character from his memory onto one of the Soul Cores, and then create a summoning card centered on it. Rod could then designate the card as the core card of the Ten Essentia and manifest it. However, this also has its drawback, that is, the card level that occupies the core position will be forcibly initialized, and you need to start again from level zero. However, the advantage is also self-evident——— that it does not need to be able to act within a fixed range of potential forces like little bubblegum and canary, but can move anywhere on the continent at will.

From this point of view. This core card is more like a player more, it can level up, have its own class talent tree and skill proficiency, be able to complete quests, and be able to move anywhere. What's more, as a card summon. It does not die, and even if it is killed, it can be resurrected directly like in the game. Aside from the fact that it's a summon card belonging to Rhodes, it's almost a player.

In fact, when Rhodes saw this unlocking condition outside the specifications, he immediately chose the latter without hesitation, the territory in Rhodes' hands is not too large at present, and a small bubble gum and canary are enough to protect his territory, and more importantly, there are not many people in Rhodes' territory at present, and it is relatively convenient to manage. It doesn't make much sense to add new Phantom Guards, but in many places. Rhodes needed an assistant who could work well with him, and Lijie, Marlene and Anne were all doing well. But after all, they are not from another world like Rod, and there are always some times when communication is difficult. If you can have someone who you are familiar with and who is familiar with you can cooperate anytime and anywhere, then it is naturally a convenient thing.

Currently under Rod's hands, Canary and Little Bubble Gum meet the requirements. But they couldn't leave the territory, although Seven Love seemed to know all about it. But Rod is still in the process of understanding her, and the two sides are not so tacit. It would be great if there was someone who could act as he pleased, and who had a tacit understanding with Rhodes.

As for level initialization? In Rhodes' opinion, this is not a problem at all, anyway, as a card summon, that phantom guard will never die. And as the core card in a deck, it can summon other cards to use. It's like Seven Love, which is the core of the Red Lotus deck, can use the three cards of the same deck: [River of Brimstone], [Seven Hells], and [Flame Slayer]. To be sure, since it is the core of the card of the projection. Then that phantom guard will inevitably have the natural skills and combat skills of his own profession, plus the summoning elves exclusive to summoning swordsmen, which is almost extremely strong, even if he pulls out the swordsman to upgrade, Rhodes can be sure that it will not be long before it will be able to rise to a level similar to his own.

At present, among the ten essentia positions in the summoning array exclusive to summoning swordsmen, only Qilian occupies the "wisdom position", and the rest of the cores are vacant. For a long time, Rhodes didn't plan to put Celestina or Celia, Gresil and Madaras into them, after all, even if they were to manifest into entities, their help to Rhodes would be limited, and it would be more advantageous to keep the card form and fight at any time as it is now.

So, who should you choose?

"Knock knock."

Just as Rod frowned and thought, there was a knock on the door, and then little bubblegum and canary walked in.

"Rod, do you have anything to do with us?"

"You're just in time."

Seeing little bubblegum and canary walk in, a relaxed expression appeared on Rod's face, and then he made a gesture to signal the two to sit down, and then Rod quickly told them about activating the system quest and getting the reward. And hearing what Rhodes said about unlocking the Phantom Guard outside the specifications, Little Bubblegum and Canary couldn't help but light up in their eyes.

"Commander, can you designate us in?"

Little Bubblegum was the first to stand up, she clenched her little fist and waved it hard.

"I really want to go out and go shopping.,I'm always staying here.,There's no computer yet.,I can't go to BILIBILI.,And there's no new thing to see.,It's boring! Even if you squat at home, there are online games to play! Ah, if I can get out, I'll be the first to run to the Land of Light, and let those dog-eyed people taste my awesomeness..............."

"Bubbles, didn't you listen to Rod? We, as beings who have been called, cannot be re-designated. ”

Just when the little bubblegum waved her fist, excitedly fantasizing about the wonderful life after she left here, the canary next to her calmly poured cold water on her, which made the originally excited little bubblegum pout in dissatisfaction, and then sat back on the chair.

"I know, big sister, I'm just thinking about it, it's really ..............."

Complaining in the face of little bubble gum. The canary just smiled, then she looked at Rhodes and spoke.

"So, Rod, what do you think? If you can help, there are a lot of people in the guild who can help you. Isn't it? ”

"That's true, yes."

Hearing the canary's words, Rod spread his hands helplessly. This is also the reason why he wants to discuss with Canary and Little Bubblegum, if it is to be able to help Rod, then there are hundreds of players around Rhodes who can help Rod. At first, Rod chose Canary and Little Bubblegum because they cooperated with him the most tacitly, and they were the most familiar with each other, in fact, the two of them did a good job, the group of people under Rod were able to rise at a rocket-like speed, in addition to the bonus of the Mystery Ball itself, the training of Canary and Little Bubblegum was also very effective. Whether it's Lijie. Marlene, Anne. It was still Lando, Joey and even Marfa and others who were not less "trained" by them, and they benefited a lot from it. However, for Rhodes, the instructor only needs these two people, no matter what, no matter how strong the aborigines of this world realm are, there is a limit, and the vast majority of them will not be able to rise to the top in a lifetime. Therefore, there is no need to teach them too complex and elaborate combat techniques.

Well, the Phantom Guards next. What role should it play?

"How about calling the old man?"

Little Bubblegum sat in the chair, snapping her legs and proposing.

"Isn't there a shortage of people there is Marlene, the old man is doing a good job in the guild, how about letting him help?"

"There's no need for that."

Hearing Little Bubblegum's proposal, Rod shook his head.

"Lao Chen is suitable for dealing with players. But his specialty is of little use here, and Marlene is better off on her own, and we can't clean it up. ”

As he spoke, Rod shrugged his shoulders helplessly. Indeed, as one of Starlight's vice presidents. Lao Chen's popularity in the guild is very good, and he is responsible for many diplomatic involvements. However, through his experience in the Dragon Soul Continent, Rhodes found that this was completely different from reality. In fact, whether it is him, or the canary or the little bubble gum, they all have this problem, that is, they are not used to saluting, and they are not so exquisite. But Marlene and the aborigines are different, this is a very strict hierarchical world, and each class has different rules and regulations from each other. These are very strict requirements, but for players who just treat the game as a game, they certainly don't care about the frivolous subject of bending down to be respectful rather than offensive. However, for the aborigines of this world, this is a very important thing. Therefore, this kind of serious matter should be left to the aborigines led by Marlene, if it is only necessary to make suggestions, then he can be as competent as the canary, and there is no need to waste a precious summoning place.

"So, べ菟菟_ミ?"

“…………………… And who? ”

"Stupid (9) rabbit."

“………… How did you come up with her? ”

"Everyone in the group knows that she is interesting to the head of the group, you will get her, the head of the group, no one cares about it here, why don't you just get a pair?"

"I'm not doing it, don't disturb, be serious, bubbles."

"Huh? I think it's interesting..............."

At this moment, the canary raised her head and coughed lightly. Hearing the canary's voice, Little Bubblegum immediately closed its mouth and turned her head to look at the girl beside her. And only then did the canary whisper.

"I think we should pay more attention to the Legion."

Hearing the canary's words, Rod's face sank slightly.

After fighting the cyan goshawk on the ice field, the legion became Rod's heart disease. Although John's response was not wrong, Rhodes knew very well that if it wasn't for the fact that the cavalry had not had time to go back and be arrested at that time, then Rhodes would probably not know how his own people were detained by the Council of Light. It was from that time that Rhodes realized that there was something wrong with his thinking——— indeed, in the game he knew that John. Grell would be a brilliant, brave legion commander. But Rhodes ignores one thing, that is, everyone grows up, this is not a game, you dig a character with high hidden attributes, and then after training him to become a famous general. Not to mention that in the otherworldly realm, even on the earth, the appearance of many famous generals is the creation of heroes by the times, if it were not for some things they have experienced, maybe they will not become famous generals, but will just be historians or shepherd boys herding cattle and horses. John had potential, but his experience was not rich enough to handle such a complex state of affairs. Originally, Rhodes wanted to hand over his entire private army to John to deal with, but after this incident, Rhodes had already changed his mind. Although John had potential, he was too young to take on the task. And for the time being, Rhodes still needs a talent who can master the three armies and be familiar with the command of the legion.

Originally, Rhodes didn't have such a candidate, but after Canary mentioned it, a person suddenly flashed in his mind.

Thinking of this, Rhodes stood up. Seeing Rod's expression, the canary smiled slightly.

"Have you decided? Rod? ”

"That's right, I've got the right person."

Hearing Canary's inquiry, Rod nodded.

PS: The newcomer is on the stage, guess whether it's a man or a woman? (To be continued......)