Chapter 115: Open Fight and Secret Fight (First Update)

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The blood-stained sword pierced the man's skull, and only the last trace of fear flashed in his terrified eyes before returning to a dull emptiness.

Rhodes stood up, shook the blood from his sword, and then looked at the surrounding woodland with a serious face.

The other party's explanation was similar to what Rhodes expected, and the Emerald Tears really didn't just send a team of people, according to the unlucky bug, this time the Emerald Tears sent a full two-thirds of the combat power of the regiment, divided into three squads to track Starlight, and if necessary, to sneak attack. And the squad that Rhodes attacked is not strictly speaking a combat unit, they are only on a reconnaissance mission, according to the arrangement of the Emerald Tears, some people are responsible for biting the starlight and not following the other party's traces, and the team that is specifically responsible for the attack is responsible for the four bread plagiarism, the last team disappeared after entering the Dusk Forest, I heard that they went to move reinforcements in the name of the regiment commander, as for where to find who to do reinforcements, he also did not know.

Originally, logically speaking, the two teams should not be too far apart, so that if something happens, they can take care of each other, but the truth is completely the opposite, because according to the intelligence, the leader of the main battle group is a newcomer who has just joined the Emerald Tears before, and Bell is not willing to give such a person a hand or follow his orders, so after entering the forest, the two sides quickly fell out, and then Bell left with his scout team, obviously not planning to meet with that guy again. Anyway, in Bell's opinion, it would be good to wait until the attack started before he sent someone to inform the group of guys. If you don't have yourself, it's up to those guys with muscles in their brains to find the right way in this forest!

Although he had long guessed that the Emerald Tears were a group of waste, Rod was still surprised by the extent of the waste, and he even began to wonder if the other party was deliberately showing weakness to lure him into being fooled——— otherwise wouldn't doing so be tantamount to suicide?

And what made Rhodes care most was not the main battle group that didn't know where the hell was at the moment, but the reinforcements that the other party said.

There are no people in the twilight forest, and because the trade routes here are all floating boats, the mountain bandits on the ground naturally do not exist, and it is impossible for them to grow wings and fly to the sky to rob them. So from a certain point of view, the Dusk Forest can also be regarded as a no-man's land, and there may be occasional people who come to adventure, but no one in normal people will choose to live here permanently. Running here for reinforcements? Are they going to communicate with those beasts?

Based on Rod's understanding of Frank, he didn't believe that the other party was really such a brain-dead person, I am afraid that the so-called reinforcements were the protagonists of this attack, and these mercenaries were just bluffing, otherwise, they would not wait for the reinforcements to arrive.

Although Rod still wants to inquire about it carefully, but the other party is just a soy sauce player, and he doesn't know much about the details, maybe his captain should know about it, but unfortunately the man has already died on the woman's belly——— until then Rod knew that the guy who was stabbed to death by himself before was actually the captain of this scout team, blessed by the Holy Soul, he originally thought that the other party was an ordinary mercenary who couldn't bear to be lonely and came out to have fun.

"What now? Brat? Shall we clean up that bunch of guys? ”

"Just the two of us?"

Rhodes shook his head, there were more than twenty people in the main battle group, and although the two of them could retreat with their whole bodies, they could not guarantee that they would not alarm each other. This kind of thing Rhodes will not do, either clean or not done, procrastination and leaving a half-hung is not his expectation. ..., in the end, Rod made the decision to retreat temporarily.

Anyway, without scouts, it won't be easy for the other party to find themselves, and according to the unlucky guy, the two sides don't communicate with each other right now, and it's very likely that they won't notice that there is a problem for a while, as long as they can get all this done before they find out, then the situation is still very favorable for them.

Of course, just in case, Rod still left Walker, and followed the direction that the captive said before to check the situation of the other party, the poor old ranger followed Rod desperately all night, but at the end of the year, the young man patted his ass and planned to go back to sleep, but instead left himself in the deep mountains and old forests to suffer, which made the old ranger have the urge to slap the table and leave on the spot, but in the face of his complaints, Rod turned around and left without saying a word. The poor old ranger was stunned for a moment, but finally shook his head with a sigh, and then went on his mission.

By the time Rhodes returned to camp, it was early in the morning.

After getting the news from Celia that everything was going well, Rhodes put it away. Although now after being promoted to level fifteen, Rod's soul power is already about the same as that of a low-level mage, but having to pay 30 soul energy per hour to maintain Celia's existence is still a very big consumption for Rod, which is also the reason why he gave up continuing to attack for Cylia, after supporting him for a night, Celia has consumed nearly one-third of his soul power, with such a state, of course Rod does not dare to risk his life.

After greeting Shanna, who was in charge of the vigil, and informing them that they were ready for new training, Rhodes dragged his tired body to his tent, and soon fell asleep.

When Rod woke up from his sleep the next day, it was noon.

Outside the tent camp, the mercenaries had already received orders, and they were fully prepared at the moment, burying the fire, recovering the traps, and filling in some places. And Marlene and the others are still a little bored at the moment, but looking at the soft girls leisurely enjoying the surrounding scenery, it is obvious that they are not opposed to continuing to enjoy this rare rest.

"My lord, everything is ready."

Seeing Rod walking out, Shanna hurriedly greeted her and whispered, but at this moment her attitude was a little more respectful than before. If it was more of an obligation for Shanna to call Rhodes the head of the regiment before, after seeing Celia, she no longer had such thoughts, and it was very normal for a person who could even be used by an angel as an entourage to call him "Lord".

Not only Shanna, but at this moment Rhodes also felt that the attitude of the other new mercenaries towards him had also undergone a similar change, their tone and attitude were more respectful, and there was a little more awe in their eyes when they looked at themselves, and even Labis, the girl who used to be timid and cautious, always hiding behind her brother, was also like a fanatical star chaser at this time, looking at herself with adoring eyes.

This is of course a good thing for Rod, if he used to pretend to be a nobleman, relying more on what he saw, talked and behaved. So now his aristocratic status can be said to be a certainty, absolutely no one will doubt that an ordinary person will have an angel to be his subordinate? It's impossible to think about it!

On the contrary, Lijie's attitude is a little strange, she has been surprised by the appearance of her wanting to speak several times, although Rod has asked her several times if there is anything wrong, but it seems that Lijie still does not seem to have come out of the shadow of her heart, in the face of Rode's inquiry, she just shook her head and said nothing, and in the face of such Lijie, Rod has no good way for the time being, so he can only go with her. …,

Rhodes was obviously familiar with the Twilight Forest, and shortly after leaving the camp, he led the group to a low river valley.

"I think you're already familiar with the previous training."

In the face of Rod's inquiry, the mercenaries nodded one after another, after all, Rod's training plan is not complicated, those skilled mercenaries would have used it, but they didn't expect to use such a cooperation method to fight, and now they have recorded these cooperation in their minds, and the next thing is to see how proficient they are.

"Good."

Seeing that the mercenaries nodded one after another, Rod didn't say anything more, but waved his hand and pointed to the river valley in front of him.

"This is the second part that you are going to learn, it is very simple, I need you to enter here, there is a clear spring at the end of the valley, and there is a cold stone in it that is only produced there, and my request is that you go into the valley and go there and bring the stone back to me. Of course, I am not afraid to tell you that there are many wild beasts inhabiting this valley, and they may attack you as enemies if you trespass on the territory, so be careful, for three hours, and hope that you will be back before dinner. Now, let's go! ”

Hearing Rod's order, although the mercenaries were a little flustered and at a loss, they still obeyed Rod's order and ran in. Soon, everyone's figures disappeared into the woods, leaving only Rod, Anne, Lijie, Marlene and Labis standing outside, looking at her brother's figure, Labis was obviously a little worried, but she also knew that her strength was not able to follow up to join in the fun, so she could only helplessly stay behind.

Lijie looked at the valley with a hint of concern, walked up to Rod's side, and asked in a low voice.

"Is there really no problem? Mr. Rhodes? ”

Anne leaned against the big tree beside Rhodes and said indistinctly as she nibbled on the apple in her hand.

"Do you want Anne to help them?"

"No, you don't."

Faced with the inquiries of the two, Rod shook his head. Since he dared to bring these rookies here, he naturally knew in his heart, this is one of the multiplayer tasks for novice players, saying that it is multiplayer, in fact, the number of monsters is slightly larger, but among them are just some low-level goods such as jackals and earth dogs, which is not so dangerous at all. At least compared to the official dungeon, this multiplayer map is much less dangerous. If these rookie mercenaries can't even handle this level of danger, then Rhodes really has to consider whether they are still suitable for his mercenary group.

"There's nothing dangerous in there, I don't think there's anything wrong with them. The so-called lion will also push his own children down the abyss and let them climb up on their own, and if these people can't even pass this level of testing, then there is no point in keeping them. ”

"Commander......... That means the lion and his own children........."

In the face of Anne's grinning complaints, Rod still had no expression on his face.

"There is a saying in my hometown, if you are a teacher for one day, you will be a father for life, and I am also half their teacher."

Then, he answered very calmly.