At this moment, Keller felt that Rod's identity was becoming more and more confusing. In fact, at the beginning, he didn't take Rod's aristocratic identity too seriously, because the nobility is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and many times as long as you have money, you can get a low-level noble title, and I heard that Rhodes is from the Eastern Mountains, which is ancient and closed, and has its own system. So Keller didn't pay much attention to it. But now, he had to change his mind. In any case, being able to get to know the people of the Shania family is definitely not something that ordinary nobles can do. The Shania family is powerful, and has a lot of influence in the entire Principality of Moon, although the Keller family is also considered to be a rich party, but compared to the former, it is like a small fish desperately struggling to survive in the mouth of a big fish, and can only live by gnawing shrimp.

Marlene. Shania's name Keller has naturally heard of it, a rare magic genius in the family for a hundred years, she has reached the Central realm at a young age, and her future is limitless, and there are even rumors that she is very likely to join the palace mage guard in the future, such a character is naturally not easy to match, and now looking at her standing behind Rod, does this imply that Rod's status is even higher than her?

If Marlene knew what Keller was thinking at the moment, she would have immediately turned her face and angrily gave him a few fireballs to make this guy who didn't know how to be polite sober up, in fact, the reason why she stood behind Rod was just to make it easier to whisper something with Lijie, as for status or something......... At least Marlene thinks she's taller than everyone in the room, doesn't she?

Keller, who didn't know anything about this, became more and more respectful after that, and softly invited the three of them to take a seat, and his performance also attracted a lot of discussion from the guests, after all, Keller is also a figure in Deep Rock City, and it is rare to be so low-voiced, which makes everyone more curious about the identities of Rod and others.

I don't know if Lu Dao was intentional or unintentional, Keller arranged the position of the three of them to be by Serek's side, and when he saw Rod and the others, the swordsman also stood up with a smile and said hello to them.

"Hello, Mr. Rhodes, I didn't expect to meet you here."

"Hello, Mr. Serek."

Rod took Serek's outstretched hand and nodded slightly.

"If it weren't for Mr. Keller's invitation, I don't think I would have had the opportunity to be here."

"Oh? That's right. ”

Hearing Rod's answer, Serek smiled and didn't say anything more, and then, with a hint of reproach, he looked at Marlene who was standing beside Rod.

"I've heard from Hank, Miss, that you've made this decision...... Some ........."

"I don't think I've done anything wrong, Uncle Serek."

Marlene lifted her chin proudly.

"As you know, my father sent me here just to get me trained. But I was always locked up in the house, and it didn't do me any good. I thought Mr. Rhodes could help me, so I chose to join his mercenary group, and we did it well, everything was perfect, wasn't it? ”

"If you have three long and two short, I really don't know how to explain it to your father."

Serek shook his head with a wry smile. But Marlene clearly didn't appreciate it.

"I made my own decision, and I will naturally explain it to my father."

She replied with a slight dissatisfaction, then took Lijie's hand and turned to leave.

"Hey......... What a wayward lady........."

Looking at Marlene's departing back, Serek sighed helplessly, and then turned his head and looked at Rod.

"Then the kid pleases you, Mr. Rod, I hope you can take good care of her, this young lady still has the ability, and she has too proud character, no wonder, she has such strength and talent, and she also has such qualifications. However, in this world, strength and talent are not everything, if she continues like this, I am afraid that she will suffer. ”…,

Saying this, Serek suddenly approached Rhodes and lowered his voice.

"Then again, recently we got a strange piece of information that agents from the Land of Light are asking around, looking for a young man with black hair who can use strange summoning elves."

Hearing this, Rod raised his eyebrows slightly. But he didn't speak, because Serek clearly had something to do.

"Is there anything wrong between you and them?"

Serek's tone was steady, nothing out of the ordinary, but his eyes were scrutinizing Rhodes, trying to see anything in the calm face.

But in the face of Serek's inquiry, Rhodes just shrugged his shoulders and shook his head.

"It's hard to tell, Mr. Serek."

Rod narrowed his eyes and gave an ambiguous answer.

"I don't think I'm doing anything that deserves so much attention."

Hearing Rod's answer, Serek was silent for a moment, then the corners of his mouth turned up slightly and patted Rod's shoulder.

"I see, don't worry, this is not the Land of Light after all, and those bastards don't dare to do anything openly, it never hurts to be careful in everything. Also, I hope that whatever problems you have with the Kingdom of Light, it won't involve Marlene. The identity of that child is very sensitive, although the problem between the principality and the country of light is not a day or two, but if you can, it is better not to make a big fuss. ”

Hearing Serek's words, Rhodes couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart, the intricate relationship and grievances between the Duchy of Moon and the Land of Light have lasted for many years, although they are in the same alliance camp, but the contradictions between the two sides are quite deep. The reason for this goes back a long time.

The Land of Light, though nominally a nation, is more like a Confederate State, and when it was first created, the original Dragons of Light formed a council with the participation of the lords of the thirteen realms, eventually forming a unified centralized government. Opposed to the totalitarian rule of the Night Dragons, the Radiant Dragons chose a different path. It delegates all powers to Parliament, and any matter concerning the State is decided by collective vote of Parliament.

However, only the Duchy of Moon is an exception.

From a system point of view, the Duchy of Moon is far from the Land of Light, and it can even be said that it is closer to their sworn enemy, the Night Country. Coupled with the fact that the Principality of Moon has a significant geographical advantage, as the gateway to the Land of Light, its extensive network and rivers and lakes ensure its prosperity. Not to mention that after the discovery of a large number of magic crystal minerals, the wealth of the Duchy of Moon is even more eye-catching.

The Principality of Light has always been jealous of the benefits that the Principality of Moon has so much to offer, and they have tried to make the relationship between the Principality of Moon and the Principality of Light "closer". On the other hand, they were disdainful of the achievements of the Duchy of Moon, believing that learning from the evil tyranny of the Night Nation would eventually drag the entire country into the abyss. So between words, the Principality of Light always looks down on the Principality of Moon, and from time to time pulls them out to criticize and criticize, in their mouths, the Principality of Moon has become the capital of criminals, and their wealth is exchanged for evil plunder. The Land of Light, on the other hand, presents itself as a good savior, trying to save this "evil neighbor" from the "quagmire of sin" and live the same life as them. However, the Duchy of Moon has repeatedly rejected this kindness of the Land of Light, which makes them very helpless.

This is naturally for the Principality of Moon is lying down and getting shot, they ask themselves that they have not stolen or robbed, there is no reason to be so despised by the people of the Land of Light, is it wrong for us to live a good life, how can there be such a reason? …,

Because of this, the people of the Principality of Moon do not have a good impression of the Land of Light. In addition, the Land of Light has always relied on its own dragon soul of light to protect the earth, and it has been overbearing like a savior, which also makes them complain.

Moreover, the Principality of Light has never been less petty in private, and they always hope that they can pull down the current "disobedient" leader, and then incorporate the entire land into the territory of the Principality of Light, so that their people can enjoy the true "glory of freedom".

It is precisely because of this relationship that there has always been a lot of friction between the two countries, and most of the things like this are resolved privately, so in Serek's opinion, this is not a big problem.

But only Rhodes knew that this time, the Land of Light was playing with fire.

Elegant music sounded.

After thanking Serek, Rhodes walked to the window, holding a wine glass in his hand, and looked out the window at the night scene with a solemn face.

In that moment, he did think about confessing all of this, the conspiracy of the Land of Light, what was happening now, and what was likely to happen in the future. But in the end, he didn't say anything in the face of Serek. After all, the stakes are high, and there is no evidence needed for empty words. And Rod himself certainly can't come up with any evidence. To speak out now will only bring new trouble to yourself for no reason.

"Mr. Rhodes?"

And at this moment, Lijie's voice suddenly sounded, and she came to Rod's side, looking at him with some concern.

"Did something happen? Your complexion is not very good. ”

"Something did happen."

Rod drank all the wine in the glass in one gulp, but the sweet and rich delicacy did not melt the helplessness in his heart.

"Remember those guys we met in the Twilight Forest? Listening to Serek, these guys seem to be following up. ”

"Huh?!"

Hearing this, Li Jie's face immediately turned pale, and she clenched her hands uneasily, obviously very surprised.

"Who the hell are those guys? Why did you come here? ”

"Judging from Serek's account just now, nine times out of ten, he is a spy of the Kingdom of Light."

Rod snorted coldly, holding the cup tightly with his right hand.

If you want to talk about the thing that Rhodes hates the most in this world, then the country of light must be at the top of the list, although the country of night is the original culprit who set off the war, but the two sides are in a hostile position, the skills are not as good as others, they are burned and forcibly occupied, and the ** captives can only consider themselves unlucky. But being sold by someone who is not as strong as himself is definitely a great shame.

The current Rhodes does not have the strength to compete with the Land of Light, but since the other party is willing to send some appetizers so intimately to warm up Rhodes, then Rod doesn't mind swallowing even the bones left.

At that moment, the music suddenly stopped.

Rod and Lijie turned to look at each other with some confusion, only to find that the others who were enjoying themselves in the hall were also looking at the door with surprised and puzzled eyes.

Looking at a young man standing in the doorway, to be precise.

He was dressed in a white gown, holding a pitch-black cane, and his handsome face had a smile full of superiority. Behind him, the two Keller squires were standing there with a grim face, looking rather embarrassed.

"Mr. Billy."

Just when the atmosphere became a little weird, Keller walked out of the crowd, and when he saw the man in front of him, he was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly greeted him.

"I really didn't expect you to come, you missed the distance, and I ask for forgiveness."

"You don't have to apologize to me, Mr. Clayter."

The young man named Billy smiled and raised his hand, and although his voice was not too loud, it was heard throughout the hall. …,

"I just wanted to come here on a whim, and I hope you don't blame me for coming uninvited."

"Where is that?"

The smile on Keller's face did not diminish, for the patriarch of a family who started in business, it was a natural skill to not smile.

"I was worried that Mr. Billy would not come to such a dinner party, but I didn't think it was too much."

"Who is this guy?"

Looking at the young man, Rod frowned, he didn't remember that there was such a character in Deep Rock City?

"That's an envoy from the Nation of Light."

Hearing Rod's self-talk, a nobleman standing not far from him replied, and listening to his tone, it was clear that he was very unimpressed by this so-called "envoy".

"A week ago, he came to Deep Rock City, and he didn't know what he was going to do, huh...... Those guys in the Land of Light won't do anything good if they don't think about it. ”

An envoy to the Land of Light?

Rod and Lijie looked at each other, and the latter shook his head, obviously having never heard of such a person.

"Don't worry, Mr. Keller, in fact, I'm here for someone."

The young man smiled, then turned and walked into the crowd, where he shook the hand of a man.

"Beautiful young lady, we finally meet again."

"Poof!"

Rod didn't finish a sip of wine, and all of it squirted out, and Lijie, who was standing beside him, also covered her mouth with her hands at the moment, looking at Marlene standing in front of the man in surprise.

The girl's face was already an iron blue.