Just as Rhodes led his men to leave High Cliff Village, inside the castle of Deep Rock City, it was a different scene.

Krause, the Lord of Deep Rock City and the Governor of the Pafield District, bowed his head deeply, staring at the ground with a serious and iron-blue face, the divine force quantified softly, and the warm wind blew by his side. It's like a spring breeze, but Krauser has a completely different feeling.

"It's been a long time since I've been to Deep Rock."

The figure shrouded in a glimmer of light stood in front of the window, looking at the view of Deep Rock City, and whispered.

"It still looks so beautiful, a masterpiece of nature combined with human ingenuity and hard work, there is nothing more intoxicating than the perfect combination of the two, don't you say? Claude Qing? ”

"Exactly, Your Highness."

While answering the other party's inquiry, Krauser wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

At this moment, his heart is far less calm than his appearance, and it is no wonder that when His Royal Highness and ** Master suddenly appeared in the City Lord's Mansion, Krause only felt that his heart almost stopped, if he hadn't experienced countless winds and waves, he could be regarded as a character, I am afraid that he would have become a dead man by now——— he would still be scared to death.

This is not to blame Krause's nervousness, Lydia has rarely left the Golden City to go to the frontiers. She usually picks her favorite subordinates and puts them in charge of these sensitive areas. From this point of view, Lydia has a lot of trust in them, and is unusually indulgent——— but for her subordinates, this trust is not only motivation, but also pressure. They can fail, they can make mistakes, but Lydia will not allow them to fall or change their aesthetics, and there was once a warrior whom Lydia greatly admired who sent her to the south to maintain local security. But in the end, the warrior also fell under the sugar-coated cannonballs of those chambers of commerce, and after the news broke, Lydia was very disappointed. And the way she expresses her disappointment is clear and unambiguous.

Even though several years had passed, Krauser couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he thought of the scene now——— he would never want to be treated the same way.

As a political officer, Krauser was confident that he had done nothing that violated Lydia's aesthetics, even serious enough to get her to the door. But he couldn't figure out what Lydia was doing in the Parfield area. Could it be because of the sudden price increase of the Merchant Association before, this little thing is not enough for Her Royal Highness Lydia to come out in person.

But doubts are doubts. Krauser wasn't stupid enough to ask this question, he just catered to Lydia's words and speculated about the archduke's intentions.

"People are always the most wonderful in this world, and there will always be many of them shining brightly, and even I can't help but feel that they are brilliant and dazzling."

Lydia chuckled and turned away from the window. Elegantly sat down on the sofa. She wore a noble, elegant close-fitting robe, a well-textured robe that subtly and distinctly outlined the girl's charming curves. The six wings of light swayed with the movements of their masters, illuminating the entire hall like a dream.

Master Ammond stood quietly beside him, looking at Lydia with a helpless wry smile, he didn't say anything, and he didn't need to say anything. Originally, the ** teacher actually didn't approve of Lydia coming to Parfield at this time. Although they act secretly, no one knows what they do. But with the high-profile that this eldest lady has long been accustomed to, I'm afraid she won't be able to hide it for too long...... Forget it, it's a while.

"Clauzer."

"Ahh Be! What do you command, Your Highness? ”

"I've heard that there's been a lot of interesting stuff going on in the Parfield area lately." ..., the girl leaned lazily on the sofa with her hands crossed. Like a child looking forward to hearing a touching story, he smiled excitedly.

"I've been reported, but the stiff record doesn't tell the whole story, can you report it to me again?"

"This ........."

Hear here. Krause smiled wryly, he now almost understood what Lydia had come here for.

"I understand, Your Highness, but I hope you don't get angry, after all, I'm not very good at storytelling......"

"A good story is not about the quality of the speaker, but about how wonderful it is."

Lydia smiled lightly at Krause's answer.

"If it's really an interesting story, then whoever says it, it's going to be wonderful."

Hearing Lydia's answer, Krauser didn't think about anything anymore, he coughed lightly, then stood up straight, and looked at the girl in front of him with a serious face.

"Well, this starts more than two months ago........."

Then, Krauser spoke slowly.

When Rhodes returned to Deep Rock with his men, it was already two days later.

Because of the presence of Christy in the team, Rhodes did not choose to lead the team forward as before, although the mercenaries had no problem, but Christy's body could not stand such a long time of running. According to the results of Lijie's examination, Christy's body is very, very weak, not only because of the fact that living in the damp and cold cellar for many years has had a great impact on her body, but also because the beating of her by the villagers has made the already malnourished Christy even worse. On the girl's right arm alone, Lijie found more than a dozen fractures, large and small, and none of them had been treated well. It was a miracle that the girl was able to continue to move her arms, but it was impossible for her to carry a heavy object or something.

This result made the mercenaries even more angry, and Anne even angrily lifted her shield and tried to rush back to tear down the ghost place, and even Marlene, who has never been very fierce in expressing her emotions, secretly regretted that she hadn't put a few large-scale destructive spells on that village that night in the name of destroying the necromancy...... But it's too late to say that.

But on the contrary, Rhodes was unexpectedly calm, after getting Lijie's report, he just asked some questions about Christy, and then didn't say anything more, just let Christy recuperate in peace, fortunately, although these injuries are difficult to treat, but they are not too troublesome for the spirit master, as long as you can find a few skilled spiritual people to help, it is not difficult to heal these old injuries.

But in terms of the girl's body, Lijie can't do anything. Spiritual magic can be used to heal wounds and heal injuries, but there is no way to strengthen the body, otherwise those spirit masters will not fall with soft hands without the power of the wind.........

In addition to this incident, the mercenaries were still very excited, and Rhodes "extorted" a part of the gold coins from Gaoya Village, and finally gave them a part, which was an incomparable surprise for the mercenaries who got this windfall. And Rhodes fulfilled the contract very strictly, those who contributed more got fifty or sixty gold coins at a time, while those who contributed less were only twenty or thirty or even less, but this already made these mercenaries very excited. You must know that fifty or sixty gold coins are already considered to be the reward received by a mercenary team when they complete low-level tasks. Now they can take a ball from others, and this is an additional reward, and when they return to Deep Stone City to hand in the mission, they can also get another part of the Deep Stone City Lord to give them. In this way, this mission can be said to be very rewarding, which makes the mercenaries feel more and more that they have made a right choice, and they cherish the opportunity in front of them even more. Because they all know very well that this mercenary group is not like other places, they will stay here forever when they come in, and if you don't work hard, then you may even leave here after a few years. That's not what they want, and if they could, they would certainly like to stay forever. …,

Also after this mission, many mercenaries secretly vowed in their hearts to redouble their efforts, they have seen the benefits of hard work, it is not just a few dozen gold coins, as long as they continue to stay in the starlight, they can not only easily defeat the enemy, but also get treatment that other mercenary groups dare not imagine. Think about it! Magic potion! This kind of thing, which is considered a treasure in other mercenary groups, can each of us get five or six bottles, can you have such a chance?

Money can't buy any of this!

It was precisely because he sensed the mood of his subordinates that after entering Deep Rock City, Rhodes announced that he would disband on the spot, allowing them to herd sheep and rest and relax. This put many mercenaries in a good mood, shouting hooray, and then rushed to the tavern with their pockets full of coins. But Lijie and the others didn't go to rest, they were worried about Christie's body, and wanted to talk about other things after the girl was settled. And for the girls' decision, Rod did not stop it.

However, when they returned to their stronghold, someone blocked their way.

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

When Old Walker, who was in charge of guarding the stronghold, saw Rhodes returning, he immediately rushed out of the door and stopped in front of him.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, why are you only back now? Well? Who is that girl? ”

"I'll tell you that later."

Rod waved his hand, blocking Old Walker's curious gaze at Christy.

"What's wrong, what's the matter?"

"I don't know exactly what the matter is, but Lord Serek came to you yesterday and said that there is something about the mercenary group that I want to discuss with you......... You see........."

"I'll go now."

Hearing this, Rod nodded. He didn't care about what Serek was looking for him, and the reason why Rhodes agreed so simply was because he remembered that there were just a few spirit masters in the Mercenary Association, and if he could get their help, it would definitely be good for Kristy's injuries.

Thinking of this, Rhodes didn't say anything more, but quickly agreed.