"Mr. Rhodes! We've found it! ”

Hearing this, Rhodes immediately looked back, only to see Mace standing at the door of the church with a look of surprise, holding a delicate figurine carved with a huddled gargoyle carved together, and two eyes made of ruby shards were faintly emitting a hint of dark red brilliance. That's the Control Center!

Mace's shouting also attracted the attention of the gargoyles, as alchemy creatures, of course they knew what the other party was holding in their hands, and soon, the two gargoyles immediately changed direction and rushed towards Mace.

"Wow!"

Seeing two terrible monsters rushing towards him, Mace screamed in fright, he subconsciously wanted to turn around and run away, but at this moment, Rod's voice had already arrived.

"Throw it over!"

Although looking at these two fierce monsters, Mace had the illusion that he would be completely torn apart by them in the next moment, but he still stubbornly threw out the black, beautifully made statue in his hand.

I have to say that the fat merchant's head is indeed not very good, he threw out the thing in the air and crossed an arc, but it deviated from the original track crookedly, and did not throw it to Rod's side at all, but flew over the two gargoyles, if people who don't know see this scene, they still think that the fat merchant and these two gargoyles are a group. In the face of the gift sent to the door, the gargoyle was also stunned, but it still subconsciously stretched out its claws and tried to hold the small statue.

But just as it was about to succeed, a breeze flew under it, and the almost disembodied soul bird carried a series of translucent fluctuations in the air, and snatched the statue by force.

This was Rod's worst strength, and he had to put away the long sword in his hand, and at the same time snapped his fingers with his right hand.

With this sound, the soul bird streaked gracefully through the air, and then flew towards Rhodes. The two gargoyles immediately stopped halfway through and shifted their direction again.

"Whew!!"

The gargoyle running on the ground rolled over, and its thick and slender tail flicked abruptly, hitting the soul bird's body hard, although it didn't cause much damage, but the cyan wind element wrapped around the soul bird was slightly messy, and even the bird's body was crooked.

The blue bird did not give up on moving forward, it still flapped its wings hard, flew quickly from the ground, and tried to fly towards its master.

But it didn't reach its destination as hoped.

A stone giant claw descended from the sky, piercing through the blue bird's body, and the chaotic wind element could no longer maintain the power to condense the body, and instantly turned into the most primitive existence and disappeared. The black statue that had been held in the mouth of the bird flew away, but soon, two pitch-black figures chased after him from behind, and they stretched out their claws, opened their mouths, and stretched out their big mouths to the statue in front of them——— until it fell quietly and smoothly into Rod's hands.

[Gargoyle Control Center obtained, identification completed]

[Directive ———]

“Aig！”

Rod's voice was not loud, even a little low. But the black shadows that had been attacking had changed at this moment—their bodies, which were still somewhat shiny, became dim in the blink of an eye, their limbs stretched out in the air seemed to be frozen, and the strange red light on the gargoyle's face also disappeared in an instant.

Then, two black shadows passed by Rhodes and slammed into the ground behind him.

"Boom !!"

With the sound of the collision, the gargoyles that had lost their power reverted back to their original sculptures, and they maintained the same forward flying movements as before, and were now lying quietly on the ground not far behind Rhodes. It's just that after losing the support of magic, they are no longer as hard as before, and under this impact, the two gargoyles can't help but fall apart, turning from the original artistic sculpture into worthless garbage.

"Hoo ............"

It was only then that Rod breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he only felt weak, and the excessive consumption of soul power made his legs weak, and he couldn't even use the fingers of his right hand holding the statue. On the surface, though, Rhodes had a calm expression, and he stood in silence before putting the statue in his pocket after a few moments. …,

"Mr. Rhodes!"

At this moment, Lijie and Mace also ran up to him, looking at him with worried and anxious expressions.

"You're fine, are you!?"

"I'm fine."

Rod took a deep breath, he really wanted to sit down and rest for a while now, although in the game, there will be various manifestations of excessive consumption of soul power, but really experiencing it in himself still makes him feel a little unbearable, but he can't fall down now.

Fortunately, however, the ghosts were no longer visible in the surrounding fog, and it seemed that they had finally made the choice to give up and stay away from the forbidden land after they could not get close.

That doesn't mean they've given up, but it's a good thing right now. But Rhodes didn't say much, which is also his habit since he served as the head of the regiment, the commander of a team must always be calm and not panic because of a small thing. If you shout at the slightest difficulty, or get carried away with excitement when you defeat a strong enemy, then it will definitely not have a positive impact on your subordinates. Although Rhodes is no longer the guild leader in the guild who rules over tens of thousands of players, this habit is still affecting him.

However, I have to say that seeing his calm performance made Lijie and Mace, who were a little nervous, relieved. After all, they have been worrying about the situation outside during the rummaging process, for fear that something will go wrong. Lizzie worked very hard, but Mace was clearly superior when it came to identifying objects, and finally found this little statue in a small corner, and I have to say that their luck was really good, if it had been a little later, maybe the situation would have been completely different.

Originally, Rod's plan was to pass through the misty ruins as quickly as possible, but the appearance of the two gargoyles had to make him change his mind, after all, the two gargoyles had almost completely consumed his strength, and if he didn't rest and recover, then the next battle would be even more dangerous. So Rhodes finally decided to rest in the church for the night and then continue the next day. He wasn't worried about any accidents here, and in the in-game dungeons, the church was also used by many players to rest and organize their loot, so it wouldn't be a big problem.

Although Mace twitched at the sight of the dark church and its creepy decorations, it was as bad as ever......... He didn't have much say in opposing Rhodes' decision.

It was getting dark.

A thick mist lingered outside the church, and through the window, nothing could be seen but a white expanse. The three of them sat in the center of the church, the abandoned and rotting prayer benches and tables that had become firewood, the last little heat being exerted in the burning fire, and the cold wind blew through the cracks in the broken windows and cracks in the walls.

Lijie cautiously reached out and unwrapped the bandage on Rod's left breast, and then her good-looking brow furrowed slightly.

"Cracked again, Mr. Rhodes."

"I know it."

Rod nodded, not saying anything more. In fact, this is not the first time, after all, all the way, it was Rhodes who fought in front, although considering the injury in the chest, he had tried to avoid using his left hand, but when he encountered some particularly nasty troubles, he couldn't take care of so much, and this also caused his wounds to crack from time to time, according to Lijie's words, he could have healed the injury as long as he had to recuperate for two or three days, so he might not be able to recover for more than ten days.

But the girl can't complain about anything, it's all for them after all, so the only thing Lijie can do is to help Rhodes change clean bandages every day to avoid wound infection, fortunately before leaving the floating boat, as a spirit master, she didn't carry these things less.

After removing the bandage, the wound under the firelight made everyone gasp, and Mace even touched his chest with palpitations, looking at Rod's chest with some fear. There, three black claw marks as thick as a forearm appeared on Rod's chest, and there were black scars made of blood everywhere, and because of the fierce battle with the gargoyles before, many of the scars were torn apart, and bright red blood oozed from them, mixed with those blood clots that had turned black, and the mere look made people feel chills inside.

Lijie took out a handkerchief, poured some water from the kettle, and pressed it on Rod's chest, which made the latter's body twitch instinctively, and even Mace showed an unbearable gaze, and turned her head directly, not wanting to look at it again. …,

"yes, I'm sorry, does it hurt?"

"It's fine."

In the face of Lijie's panicked inquiry, Rod shook his head, although it did hurt a little, but it was not to the point where he could not bear it.

Hearing Rod's answer, Lijie breathed a sigh of relief and continued to wipe the wounds on Rod's body, and at the same time, the girl also began to secretly look at the young man in front of her, who was slightly older than herself.

Frankly speaking, when they met for the first time, Rhodes left a very general impression on Lijie, because he was very beautiful and his skin was very white, so Lijie subconsciously regarded him as that kind of aristocratic child. However, because Rod's attitude was not as arrogant as those aristocratic children that Lijie had seen, Lijie was still able to accept it, but at that time she didn't take the other party too seriously, after all, a man who looks like a woman gives most of the first impression of weakness.

But then, Lijie's opinion slowly changed.

Unlike those noble children who are powerless, this young man has a considerable strength, even no less than his own regimental commander, and his personality is very calm, and following him will make people feel very reassured, even in the face of danger, they will not panic. And unlike his appearance, this is a very strong man.

Li Jie knew how painful this kind of injury was, she had treated many people as a spirit master, and many fierce men who did not frown on the battlefield would shout when they treated their wounds, but Rod never snorted from beginning to end, not to mention, he was still standing in front of the battle with such a serious injury......

Lijie's hand paused.

What are you thinking? It's a mess.

The girl shook her head, putting the strange thoughts in her head behind her, and she went on with her work.

Rhodes didn't notice the strange appearance of the girl next to him, at the moment his attention was focused on his right hand, and in the center of his palm, there were two gems that radiated a dark red brilliance.

That's exactly what Rhodes got from this battle, the Gargoyle Heart.