Chapter Ninety-One: Anne. Verroga's melancholy

Although the connection knocked down several bone giants, the team's speed did not increase because of this.

At first, when Rhodes said that he wanted to hurry, almost everyone thought that they would march as fast as they had before, run as fast as they had done before, run as fast as they could, defeat the enemy as fast as they could, and then leave the place. But in fact this was not the case, and under Rod's leadership, the whole team had a very wonderful twist. As they marched, they were as slow as turtles crawling, taking three steps and two steps back, which was slower than a walk in the woods, and even made one suspect that they were simply in the countryside. But once he encounters an enemy, Rhodes will attack the enemy with lightning speed——— which is just a nice decoration, if it is more practical to describe it, then he will attack the enemy as quickly as if he is being chased by a ghost, and try to defeat it in thirty seconds, and then quickly hide.

I have to say that this appearance is indeed not elegant in the eyes of everyone, and it is even a little embarrassing.

"Hmph."

Looking at Rhodes, who walked cautiously ahead, stopping from time to time, and looking around like a thief. The thief girl who followed behind the crowd couldn't help but snort coldly.

"Looking at his sneaky appearance, it's really not good, the head of the regiment is much better than him."

"Anne, you see you're talking nonsense."

Anne, who was walking on the other side, clearly had a different opinion on this.

"If it weren't for Anne's leader, you wouldn't have been able to defeat these bone giants."

"We didn't expect to leave in such a stupid way."

The Thief Girl apparently didn't care about Annie's defense.

"If it were led by the regimental commander, we would have a better way."

"If that's the case, you don't need to come with Annie at all."

Anne smiled, but her eyes were indescribably cold.

"You're just going to be a fool of yourself anyway, aren't you? If you are really sure, then your regimental commander will not choose to follow orders. ”

"No kidding, it's just because you saved us that we don't want to refuse your kindness."

The thief girl stubbornly turned her head and looked at the surrounding valley, the shadows were shaking, with an indescribable coldness and weirdness, although this scene made the thief girl a little uncomfortable, but at the moment she would rather look at these strange things than look at the person standing beside her.

"Hmm............"

Hearing the thief girl's answer, Anne didn't immediately refute it, she looked the girl up and down, and snorted meaningfully.

"It turns out that for the sake of face, you don't even want your lives, so stupid, you really deserve to be trapped here."

"You !!"

Hearing this, the thief girl finally couldn't hold back any longer, and she turned her head sharply and looked at Anne angrily. In the face of the thief girl's cold gaze, Anne did not look away at all, she looked at each other without fear, although Anne still had a bright and lively smile on her face, but the thief girl couldn't help but feel a chill behind her, as if it was not a human being who was watching her, but a dangerous, lurking predator in the dark, who would pounce on her and bite her neck at any time.

The girl's face suddenly turned into a terrible, sharp mouth full of sharp teeth, the girl clenched the dagger in her hand, just the urgency of the situation in front of her and reason told her that now was not a good opportunity to make a move, otherwise, she might not be able to help but rush forward and attack Anne.

"What are you two doing?"

At this moment, Marlene's voice finally broke the deadlock, she stopped, and looked at the two people behind her with dissatisfaction, in many cases, Marlene is like the deputy head of the mercenary group, there are some things that Rhodes can't take care of, Lijie doesn't dare to care, and old Walker doesn't have the patience, so whenever this time, Marlene will stand up by herself, and now that she has discovered the abnormality of these two people behind her, of course she can't sit idly by. …,

She glanced at the mercenaries beside the two of them, and they didn't seem to hear or see the argument between the two, which was a very "mature" decision. Marlene knew very well what these mercenaries were thinking, she and they were not all the way, in fact, she and most of the mercenaries were not all the way. But now.........

"Sister Marlene, she's ......"

"We're in a precarious situation right now."

Marlene reluctantly interrupted Anne's conversation, although she didn't get along with this girl for long, but Marlene almost figured out Anne's troublesome way of thinking. Ordinary people get along with others, either because of their personalities or when they talk, even if they don't get along well, they also need to maintain some superficial harmonious relations. Especially this is especially true for a young lady like Marlene, even if the man in front of her is an ugly elephant pig, holding her hand and smirking and drooling, but if the other party is a close friend of her family, Marlene must maintain a decent and polite smile to face it. This is the "mature" way of life.

But Anne is the complete opposite, she doesn't care if others can bring her benefits, she doesn't care if others like her, she relies entirely on a beastly instinct to choose her friends. It's like a puppy that wagging its tail at the person it likes, even if he doesn't give it to himself. But he will only yell at those who don't like it, even if it is the owner who feeds it every day.

Out of reason.

So Marlene didn't intend to persuade the two to stop arguing, it was pointless, she was more concerned about another matter.

"Like it or not, we're already on this path and there's no turning back, so we have to keep going. I want you to be able to focus on what is in front of you, and that's important. ”

With that, Marlene quickly walked forward again, and Anne nodded obediently, and then she didn't say anything more to the thief girl, but continued to look around, focusing on her work. The thief girl was not convinced by Marlene's words, but the other party was a mage, and on this continent, the mage was one of the "high-risk groups" that could not be provoked, and if she didn't want to be suddenly turned into a frog, then it was better to shut up.

Rhodes didn't pay attention to the small dispute at the back of the group, and now he was hiding under the boulder, watching the scene before him with a hint of nervousness.

It took them five hours to get rid of all the obstacles in their way, but until now it was still dark. In fact, there is no difference between day and night on this dragon soul dividing line, so it doesn't matter at all.

And until now, there were only two bone giants left in the valley. But it was these two bone giants that made Rod frown and be distressed.

They stand too close.

Most of the other bone giants were far apart, and they were far enough apart, so Rhodes could have Old Walker lure them out one by one, and then break them down individually. However, these two bone giants are completely different, they are not one in front of the other bone giants, but one on the left and one on the right, like two door gods, guarding the exit of the valley. Even if they move around occasionally, they are not too far away. In other words, it was difficult for Rhodes to bring the two of them separately as before, on the contrary, he was sure that no matter what he did, he would only attract both of them at the same time.

It's going to be hard now.

Although after fighting along the way, everyone had enough experience in how to defeat the bone giants, but when facing the two bone giants, it was an exception.

If only these two bone giants were left, it would be better to say that Marlene had been staying behind, and with her powerful magical attack ability, it would not be difficult to cooperate with Rhodes and Celia to take out one, and at that time, as long as Serek could take out the other one, then it would be all right. ..., alas, the reality is not so easy.

Rhodes was well aware that at the back of the valley there was an even more dangerous enemy.

Death Knight.

He was sure that at this distance, if Marlene cast a magic attack, it would be impossible for the Death Knight not to notice that high-level undead creatures were extremely sensitive to fluctuations in magical power, so it was absolutely undesirable to think they were safe just by casting silence like they had done before. But now, once the Death Knight is alarmed, then Rhodes can be sure that no matter how fast he and the others are, they can kill the Bone Giant before the Death Knight arrives, and they will inevitably have to fight the Death Knight head-on.

But Rhodes is actually very reluctant to go head-to-head with the Death Knight. Although its level is slightly lower than Serek, it is only five or six levels apart, and this gap is no suspense if it is a confrontation between the living, but for the dead, it is not so obvious.

For example, a Death Knight would be fine if he was stabbed in the chest. But what if Serek was stabbed in the chest?

Hurry up and prepare to make a summary of your life, and it is important to miss the woman you once held.

So at the beginning, Rod's plan was for Serek to drag the Death Knight and then the others to evacuate quickly, and then he and Serek left directly. As long as they can escape the Silent Heights, the Death Knight will not catch up, which is convenient, fast, safe, and not too risky.

But now it looks like his plan is clearly about to fall through. If the Death Knight rushed into the valley, with the terrain here, it would be a matter of time, and there would be no way for the people on his side to leave. However, having come this far, it is impossible to turn back.

What should I do?

After defeating the bone giant, quickly find someone as bait to lure the Death Knight, and then the others quickly retreat, as long as that person can hold on for a while, Rod and Serek can force forward, you can drag the Death Knight down, and then everything will be back on track.

But who will be able to do this?

Rhodes turned his head and looked at the crowd.

Spellcasters like Marlene and Lijie would definitely not consider it, and that would be tantamount to sending them to their deaths. Serek is the strongest, but he has to deal with a bone giant, and it's hard to say if he can take down the other party before the death knight arrives. In the previous battle, it was Rod and Celia who caught the attention of the bone giant, and Serek gave another blow to kill. And in this battle, no one will help him attract the attention of the other party, he must solve the problem himself.

Old Walker? Kudella and his mercenaries?

What are you kidding, these guys can't even stop ordinary undead creatures, and letting them stop the Death Knight is simply killing themselves. And this mission was meant to get them out safely, and if these guys were to die here, then there would be no point.

So.........

Rod was silent for a moment, then beckoned to the back.

"Annie, come here."

"Commander, what's the matter?"

Hearing Rod's call, Anne immediately trotted all the way to Rod's side, her eyes wide open, looking at him intently, almost without a tail wagging behind her.

Don't say it, it's really like ............

"I have a plan."

Rod said, walked up to Anne, then leaned down and whispered a few words, then he raised his head and looked solemnly at the girl in front of him.

"If this happens, you know what I mean, are you willing to take on this task?"

"Of course!"

Anne nodded quickly without the slightest hesitation.

"I will do whatever the head of the regiment tells me to do."

If it was the usual words, Rod nodded and said no more. But this time, he raised an eyebrow, and then spoke again. ..., "The level of the Death Knight is about level thirty-five, and the strength is close to that of a monster at the control level, if you feel that you are under a lot of pressure, you can bring it up, I will not let you take the risk." Because if you can't do it instead of doing it, we're only going to be just as dangerous. ”

"I understand, Captain."

Anne nodded.

"But I guess that's why I'm here, I'm confident."

“………………”

Looking at the girl's clear gaze, Rhodes was silent. He looked at the girl in front of him, and he didn't know where Anne's confidence in himself came from, Rhodes was not good at speculating on women's psychology, not to mention that Anne had only been with him for two or three days, and there was no communication between the two sides at all, and this girl's personality was so jumpy. But that's not a reason for her to die, in the game, MT dies when she dies, and it's a big deal to resurrect the running corpse and do it again. But in reality, no, they didn't have a chance to do it again. Rod didn't really want to do that, but now it seemed like he had no choice.

Not far away, Lijie and Marlene looked at each other suspiciously, a little uneasy, they didn't know what Rod said to Annie, but from this time Rod did not immediately start attacking, but summoned Annie in front of him, it can be seen that things seem to have changed.

"I'll get it done as soon as I can, and until then, you'll have to hold on."

Eventually, Rod patted Anne on the shoulder and spoke.

In the face of Rod's words, the girl showed the same smile as before, full of youthful vitality.

"Don't worry, Captain, I'll be fine."

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