As a festival, the Midsummer Festival is actually not famous——— because at first it was only an activity made by the mercenaries themselves, where everyone eats, drinks and has fun together, and later because the Mercenary Association wants to "have fun with the people", so it expands the scope and makes it like a festival, but even so, the Midsummer Festival itself has never been valued, because the mercenaries themselves do not like to be publicized, they prefer to yell "eat", and then eat and drink nonsense. Instead of like many festivals, first get some kinds of things, and then a few people come up to talk, express their expectations for the ideal mission or something——— mercenaries are all people who are alive today and don't know if there is a tomorrow, and the expectation of the ideal is the same for them, as for the mission———— is their mission other than making money?

Therefore, the previous midsummer festival was very cold in terms of rituals, just like the previous holy war ceremony, everyone arrived, drew lots to divide the group, and then took an oath, and then you could eat and drink and wait for the game to start. So in the usual midsummer festival, in fact, the most concerned competition between the mercenary guilds, the ceremony or something is a formality, the mercenaries themselves don't care, and those civilians don't care much, they prefer to go directly to the ring, waiting for cheers.

But this time, with Lydia as the host of the Midsummer Festival, how could His Royal Highness, who has always been known for his luxury, extravagance, and magnificence, endure such a cold and boring festival?

And so an unprecedented, gorgeous festival began at dawn.

With a loud, muffled salute, countless magical fireworks whistled and flew into the air, they circled in the sky, scattered, and then merged with the first rays of nascent sunlight, and for a moment, it seemed as if the entire top of the Golden City had awakened under this dazzling sunlight.

Rhodes looked outside. His eyes widened in surprise, while Lijie and Anne and the others around him could be said to be completely dumbfounded.

Just one night passed, and the golden city in front of them seemed to be a different city, and the flags representing the major mercenary guilds and associations fluttered in the wind in the clear blue sky. The golden sunlight spreads out like an invisible river in the sky, and countless petals fall from the sky, accompanied by a faint fragrance of flowers, giving people an incomparably comfortable feeling.........

"It's ......... Midsummer Festival? ”

Joey scratched his head and looked at everything in front of him with some panic———yes, panic." Lydia loves big scenes, and she loves it very much. But this does not mean that other people also like this kind of lively big scene, especially for these mercenaries who are about to play, the bigger the scene, the more nervous they are, the less likely they are to show their strength——— this is the performance of normal people, like Anne, who is already excited and wants to start the game immediately and beat the opponent to the ground and then enjoy the cheers.

"Okay, it's nothing, you all calm down for me."

Look at the scenery in front of you. Rhodes didn't show anything out of the ordinary, although the scale of this festival seemed to be a bit large, but it was only compared to the usual midsummer festival. But if you compare it with those regular festivals. The scale of the current one is not much different from those. And the most exaggerated ceremony is the Dragon Soul Sacrifice——— which is the real national carnival, compared to that, the midsummer festival in front of you is really a small scene.

But even so, Rhodes actually sighed in his heart——— this highness will really make trouble for himself, the more lively the festival, the more nervous his gang will become? Fortunately, he already had a countermeasure, otherwise, he didn't know what would have become of Lu Dao. ..., thinking of this, Rod withdrew his gaze. Then he glanced at the others.

"Alright, let's go get ready, and we'll set off when it's time——— before that, let's enjoy the scenery of the festival."

Saying this, Rod paused, and then he subconsciously glanced at everyone. Marlene was not among them, which was normal, after yesterday's ceremony, she told herself that she was going home, and she would go directly to the Holy Arena today, and Rhodes also allowed her to leave, after all, he also knew very well that the Golden City was the seat of the Shania family, and since Marlene was back, it was impossible to say that she didn't go home to see. So he didn't say anything, the mercenary group had been closed in the garrison for so long, and the Shania family hadn't come to the door, so he didn't want to go too far, right? Keeping the heirs of the family in the mercenary group and not allowing them to go home——— although the Midsummer Festival is indeed very important, but it has not reached this level.........

So in the end, Rod still agreed to Marlene's "leave".

It's just that now he doesn't see Marlene's figure, Rhodes still feels a little weird, since Marlene joined the mercenary group, he has become accustomed to the days when this eldest lady quietly follows behind him. And unlike Lijie, Marlene is very keen at observing many things, and can also help herself deal with many problems. If she had been there on weekdays, and now she saw Rod's gaze sweeping like this, Marlene would have already walked up, looking at herself suspiciously and solemnly to ask what happened.

Thinking of this, Rhodes shook his head, leaving this helplessness in his heart behind, no matter what, he is also the heir of the Shania family, and it is already very good to be willing to come to the Starlight Mercenary Group to be his deputy for such a long time——— in fact, Rhodes has already prepared for the possibility that after this midsummer festival, Marlene may leave the mercenary group. He hadn't forgotten that this eldest lady joined the mercenary group for what he wanted in the first place, wasn't it because she needed a certain degree of actual combat experience?

Now there is no shortage of actual combat experience in Marlene, and the practice in the phantom space has also made her strength improve by leaps and bounds, this midsummer festival is actually considered Marlene's final exam, if this eldest lady behaves well, then it means that she has passed the exam, so ————— in this way, Marlene naturally has no reason to stay in Starlight.

To say that Rhodes doesn't feel sorry for Marlene's departure is a lie, Marlene is the first member to really come to the door and join the Starlight Mercenary Regiment. She can be said to have participated in a series of changes in the mercenary group from its creation to the present, and this eldest lady is a very measured, very calm and composed, and quite clear person who sees the situation clearly. Of course, her personality is a bit arrogant, but in Rod's opinion, this is not a shortcoming of Marlene. And she is also very respected and loved in the mercenary group, with enough majesty, and she is also well organized in tidying things up, she can not only implement Rod's instructions very clearly. Even when Rhodes didn't give the order, Marlene knew what to do was the most suitable for the mercenary group. As the heir of a big family, she naturally learns a lot in this regard, otherwise, when she inherits a huge family like Shania, will she still let her rely on the strength and face of her mage to rule the clansmen below?

From the heart, of course, Rod is unwilling to give up Marlene such a good deputy, although Qilian and his own cooperation is also good, but Qilian's personality is too jumpy, she is more suitable to be a shogune than a deputy, although Lijie is very obedient, but she is too obedient, not too much of her own opinions, plus Lijie has a gentle and supple personality, not good at leading and commanding others. When Rod is there, she may not have any problems, but when Rod is not there, there will definitely be problems. …,

As for Anne, don't even think about it.

In fact, on the other hand, Celia and Celestina also fit Rod's requirements, but as elves of the Holy Sword deck, they can't stay outside twenty-four hours a day. So there is no way to do it——— thinking that after this midsummer festival, he is likely to have a headache for the new deputy candidate of the mercenary group, Rod can't help but feel a little depressed.

And deep down, he also admitted that he really didn't want Marlene to leave him.

Of course, for reasons other than the above.

But Rhodes is also very clear that this reason is not easy to say too clearly.

“……… What's wrong? Rod.........? ”

Christie's voice came from his ears, and Rod lowered his head and looked in the direction where the voice came from, only to find that Christie was pulling his sleeve with one hand, and at the same time looking up at himself with an uneasy and worried expression.

“……… Rod's expression was very bad just now......... Is it ......... not feeling well? ”

"No, Christie, I'm just thinking about something and feeling a little troublesome."

Looking at the girl in front of him, Rod smiled (this was also a rare opportunity for everyone to see Rode's smile), and then, he crouched down and looked at Christie, while reaching out and combing her hair.

"I was just thinking......... If Marlene was leaving, it would be a matter of what to do next. ”

“………… ............ Sister Marlene is leaving? ”

Hearing this, Christie's eyes widened in surprise, although her relationship with several other people was not as good as Rod's, but after so many days of getting along, Christie was already very familiar with Marlene and others, of course she was reluctant to let this sister who looked a little serious, but was actually very good to herself, leave.

“……… Why is Sister Marlene leaving? Rod......... Stay here all the time and be with everyone......... Isn't it good? ”

Hearing Christie's words, Rod shrugged his shoulders helplessly, smiled wryly and shook his head.

"She has her life, Christie, we have ours......... And, I'm just saying maybe, maybe she won't leave? ”

“……… Sister Marlene is not going to // Book the fastest text update in the book lover building.shumilou.No pop-ups, no ads // Leave the ........."

Hearing Rod's answer, Christie showed a confident smile.

“……… I know that Sister Marlene likes everyone very much......... Sister Marlene won't leave........."

"I hope so."

Hearing this, Rod didn't say anything more, he gently stroked Christie's hair, then stood up again, and then looked out the window.

There, the Holy Arena, was shining brightly in the sunlight.

It's time to play on your own right now.