Rhodes woke up quietly.

I have to say that this is the most comfortable sleep he has slept in since leaving Deep Rock City, and he doesn't have to think about danger, and it feels really good to relax his whole body. In particular, the softness that exudes fragrance at the back of the head is a great pleasure.

When he opened his eyes, the first thing Rhodes saw was Marlene's face, the girl was obviously exhausted at the moment, her hands were on her knees, her eyes were closed, she was leaning against the side and kept playing, the brilliance of magic had long since dissipated, only the faint light of the torch was still flickering in the dark palace, but now it seemed a little more comfortable.

Rod sat up, the strange touch of his left hand made him a little strange, and when Rod turned his head to look, the scene in front of him left him speechless.

The thick bandage completely wrapped around his palms and forearms, and each finger was wrapped as thick as a carrot, and if the white bandage were painted black, it would look like the gauntlets worn by heavily armored warriors...... But this is obviously not protective for Rod.

The eldest lady is indeed the eldest lady.

Faced with this scene in front of him, Rod could only shake his head and sigh.

After removing the bandage, the wound on the palm of his hand has almost healed, no matter what kind of bloodline he has, at least this healing ability is not to be said. If it were a human being, I am afraid that even ten days and half a month would not be much better.

And at this moment, Marlene also opened her eyes.

"Uh-huh............"

The girl snorted in a daze, and then she looked up, her eyes blank, staring blankly at Rhodes in front of her, as if she was looking at something that didn't exist. And Rod didn't shy away, just looked at the eldest lady with some amusement. After a few days of getting along, he already got to know the eldest lady a lot of interesting things——— such as her low blood pressure.

This is definitely not an advantage for a mage.

Frankly speaking, Rhodes was really surprised when he encountered this for the first time, he wanted to wake up Marlene in his sleep without knowing it, but instead he was held in his arms by the other party like a doll——— Marlene, who originally seemed to be powerless, showed amazing strength at that time if she hadn't dreamed and suddenly let go, I'm afraid Rhodes would have been strangled half dead by her......... What's even more terrifying is that after waking up, the eldest lady has no memory of her previous bold moves, and even thinks that Rhodes is daydreaming.

Since then, Rhodes has decided to keep his distance from her——— especially before waking up.

At this moment, Marlene is the same, her eyes are blank, she looks like a doll who has been hypnotized, has no ability to resist and can only obediently obey, setting off her wonderful face, it is very easy to arouse male lust, wanting to immediately crush this beautiful girl who seems to have no resistance to the ground, and then unscrupulously vent her desire and burning passion.

But Rod knows that this is definitely not the best choice.

The girl's body began to shake like a pendulum.

One time.

Two clicks.

Three times.

Then she steadied herself and blinked.

"Ah, Mr. Rhodes, are you awake?"

It seems that he really woke up.

"Good morning, Miss Marlene."

Rod raised his hand and greeted Marlene.

"Looks like you had a good dream."

"It's okay...... It shouldn't have been long. ”

Facing Rod's greeting, Marlene narrowed her eyes in a slightly confused manner and glanced around, but the pitch-black underworld realm was obviously not suitable for calculating time. She tried to stand up, but her legs went limp, and she sat down again.

"Okay, it's so uncomfortable........."...,

Half-sitting on the ground, Marlene supported her body with one hand and pressed the other on her lap——— it was very uncomfortable to hold one position for a long time, especially if something was pressed on it.

Rod didn't say anything about this, just shook his head, and then stretched out his hand. Marlene, on the other hand, lowered her head, and with the help of Rod, she finally stood up to stabilize her figure, and she stomped her feet, but judging from the expression on her face, it didn't seem to have eased up.

"Ready, we're going to get out of here and head back to Deep Rock City."

"It's good."

Hearing Rod's order, Marlene didn't say anything more, she just lowered her head and replied in a low voice, then slowly and awkwardly walked to the side, picked up the gem crystals that formed the protective barrier, and put them back in her arms. At this moment, Marlene suddenly remembered something, she walked to Rod's side, and at the same time took something out of her arms.

"By the way, these ........."

"What is this?"

"According to your words, loot."

At this moment, the girl finally returned to the usual style of the eldest lady, she frowned, and she didn't seem to be very happy.

"I found it from those guys who wanted to assassinate us, I think you might be useful......"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Rod glanced at Marlene curiously and in surprise, since that time to touch the corpse, Marlene has hated this kind of thing, Rod has heard her say more than once that he will never do it a second time, so what is this? It's not Marlene's style to be untrustworthy, could it be that this eldest lady has been stimulated by something to change her sex?

Marlene didn't notice Rod's questioning gaze, wondering if he really didn't pay attention or deliberately ignored it. She just took out the equipment and handed it to Rod, and at the same time tried her best to put on a face like "This is all yours, it has nothing to do with me" - there are really no three hundred taels of silver here.

Arrogant.

Rod sighed inwardly, but didn't say anything more, just reached out and took the equipment from Marlene's hand.

I have to say that although she said no, she didn't, but Marlene's body is still quite honest...... Or her vision is still very unique, from the three secret agents, Marlene has searched for a total of four pieces of magic equipment, although most of them are ordinary types, equipment that increases induction and dexterity, but for Rod, it is now considered nothing. The mercenary group is in the construction period, and these equipment are good choices whether they are used to arm their subordinates or sell them for money.

However, the female assassin's dagger caught Rod's attention, with spells attached to it to crack medium spell protection, as well as a violent paralyzing toxin, and it was made of pure gold and cold iron, which was really a must-have for home travel, killing people. It's a pity that Rhodes doesn't have a suitable thief in his current team, and Rhodes' own swordsmanship is not suitable for fighting with daggers, so it's a bit useless, but according to Rhodes' estimates, if it is auctioned on the black market, then it will not be a problem to exchange some pocket money. The only thing to worry about is whether this kind of thing will cause you any trouble after it flows out.

After satisfying himself after checking the equipment in his hand, Rhodes unceremoniously packed them all into his space bag.

It was only at this time that the task of the two finally came to an end.

As he left the palace, Rhodes found the bodies of the two unlucky agents at the entrance to the secret passage, and at this moment they had fallen under the previous statue in a blur of flesh and blood, and it seemed that they had already lost their breath. As soon as Rhodes and Marlene left the secret passage, the stone door that had been used for shelter immediately closed automatically, sealing the entire palace again.

Rod definitely wouldn't want to do it a second time if he could. …,

When the two dragged their exhausted bodies back to Deep Rock City, it was already late afternoon two days later. After entering the Mercenary Association, Rhodes and Marlene first went to Old Hank to hand in the task——— the magic plants that needed to be collected had been collected before, so naturally it was not a problem, and after that, Rod also handed over the mercenary group badge he had obtained in the Dusk Forest by the way, and also received a sum of points and rewards. After completing these three tasks, the Starlight Mercenary Group is now ranked sixth from the bottom with five points, and has finally been pulled back from the brink of disbandment.

"Boy, frankly, you're doing a good job."

After recording the completion of the mercenary mission, Old Hank patted Rod on the shoulder with all feelings.

"It's only been half a month, you actually completed three tasks, and you got five points, hey, I should really let those lazy worms see how you do it, knock and knock on the waste of those people who know how to drink and sleep every day, hum, if you don't work hard, you won't even have a place to cry when you disband!"

"It's nothing."

Rod shook his head, in fact he really didn't take these little things to heart, on the contrary, Rod was more worried about other aspects.

"How's Lijie doing? She didn't have any trouble. ”

"Lijie is fine, no problem, but ........."

Saying this, Old Hank frowned a little puzzled.

"The little girl doesn't know what's wrong with Lu Dao lately, she works very hard, locks herself in her room all day, saying that she wants to learn some new spiritual skills, and I send her three meals a day. Otherwise, I'm afraid the little girl will forget to even eat, I really don't know what she is doing so hard, she is still so young, and she has a lot of time, isn't it? Now that I'm working so hard, if I break down my body, then the gains outweigh the losses. Young man, help me persuade her, I guess she will only listen to your words now......"

"Okay, no problem."

Hearing this, Rod nodded, he didn't want Lijie to fall down due to overwork, after all, this was the only treatment in the group, if even she fell ill, then the next big trouble. Thinking of this, Rod didn't say anything more, but nodded politely to Old Hank, and then looked at Marlene who was standing beside him.

"Let's go."

"Uh-huh........."

Hearing this, a strange and complicated expression appeared on Marlene's face, but she quickly patted her face and regained her former confidence and arrogance.

And just as the two were about to leave, suddenly, a voice sounded.

"Hey, boy, you're finally back!"

The two of them followed the prestige, only to see old Walker walking through the crowd with a red face, and waved his hand to them excitedly.

"I thought you two might have been eaten by wolves outside, but now it seems that you guys are doing a good job!"

"Mr. Walker."

Rod raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you here?"

"Me?"

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Old Walker first took out the flask from his waist and took a big sip, then squinted his eyes with a smile and looked at the young man in front of him.

"Thank me, boy, I did what you asked me to get that guy!"