"Who?"

Hearing this voice, the two nobles couldn't help but be stunned. But Marlene's eyes flashed with surprise and surprise, and then she hurriedly stood up and looked at the door.

"Rhodes......... My lord. ”

"I'm back, Marlene."

Rod pushed open the door and walked into the room, first reaching out to greet Marlene, then moving his gaze to the two nobles in front of him, and then waving his hand like a fly. "This is the territory of our Starlight Guild, and the hand of your Solomon Consortium is inevitably too long, I will give you a day to leave the Land of Atonement immediately."

"Why are you doing that!"

Hearing Rod's words, the chubby nobleman from before immediately straightened his general's belly, trotted all the way to Rod's face, raised his head, and looked at Rod's in front of him with disdain.

"I'm telling you, we're ..............."

"Boom!!"

Before the fat nobleman finished speaking, he saw Rod punch him on the bridge of his nose, accompanied by a wail like killing a pig, the fat nobleman immediately covered his nose and fell to the ground, and began to roll non-stop. The scene in front of them made Marlene and the others stunned. The other nobleman, however, suddenly stopped, and glanced thoughtfully at his companion, who was crawling on the ground, covering his nose with one hand, and making a mutilated cry, and stopped and looked up at Rod. At the same time, he stretched out his hand to block the two guards who wanted to rush up to take revenge when they saw his master being beaten, and then he raised his head and opened his mouth to say something, but before he could say anything, he was interrupted by Rod.

"I don't care who you are."

Rod looked at the man in front of him and waved his hand.

"When you come to my territory, you have to follow our rules, and I don't have to waste time on those who don't understand people. Now, I repeat it again. I ask you to leave the place of atonement immediately, otherwise I will not guarantee your personal safety. ”

Hearing this, the nobleman did not get angry, on the contrary. He glanced at Rod meaningfully. A strange smile flashed across the corners of his mouth. Then the nobleman stretched out his hand and made a gesture to both sides, and soon saw his gesture. The guard, who had been following him, stepped forward, dragged up the fat man who had been smashed into a nose by Rhodes, then nodded slightly to Rhodes, and then left the room.

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

It wasn't until after the troublemakers had left that Marlene breathed a sigh of relief. She sat back in her chair, but this time she looked at Rhodes with a little more complaint in her eyes. But after seeing Anne and Seven Love and the others on the side, Marlene's expression changed slightly, and then she quickly regained her calm.

"You're finally back, Rod, Miss Anne, Miss Seven Loves. This time I worked hard for you, how is the situation? ”

"Nothing was wrong, everything went well."

Faced with Marlene's inquiry. Rhodes nodded, after dealing with the ruins of the Custer Plateau, Rhodes and the others did not choose to return to the fortress directly through the teleportation stone. Instead, he went to the City of the Eagle and handed over the Lich's life box to the Mercenary Guild, after being reviewed by the Mercenary Guild. After confirming that the mission was completed, the Teleportation Ring was activated and returned to the stronghold. After they left the ruins, they parted ways with Delnor, and the war angel was to return to their homeland with the ashes of his companions. Metzel's mercenary squad also suffered heavy losses in the ruins of the Custer Plateau, and finally had to choose to disband. However, Rhodes valued the young man's sense of responsibility and his swordsmanship. Although Metzel's previous performance was a little inflexible, he was still very good as a mercenary captain. And even with the support of the War Angel, being able to command resistance under the tide of death for so long is a very rare talent. You must know that even in the game, many player groups fail to resist and completely annihilate in the face of the tide of necromancy, and it is rare for Metzel to have such strength. Therefore, Rod invited Metzel to join the Starlight Guild, which was naturally a surprise for the young man, so he nodded and agreed without much hesitation. And Xia Li naturally followed Metzel and joined the Starlight Guild.

In fact, after returning to the Eagle City, Rhodes and the others also heard an interesting rumor, in which the protagonist was the Count of Tyre who had previously competed with Rhodes for the endless secret method at the auction, but this time the center of the rumor was not the structure that Count Tyre bought for sky-high gold coins, but his housework——— rumored that Count Tyre's wife had an affair with the guards at home, and was found out by the Earl and kicked out of the house in a fit of rage. Since the earl's wife is also from a famous family, Count Tyre's actions immediately involved the two families in a dispute.

Originally, Rhodes also planned to take advantage of the opportunity to return to the Eagle City to grab the Endless Secret Method, but after hearing this rumor, under the gaze of Seven Love's eyes with a weird smile, Rhodes hesitated again and again, and finally decided to give up this mysterious ball that was only a stone's throw away from him. It is true that the Orb of Mysteries is a very valuable and rare ancient relic, but if you want to sacrifice yourself, then the price is too great. Rhodes likes to cuckold others, but that doesn't mean he likes to wear the same thing on his head. Although the statement of Seven Loves sounds like a joke, this dangerous Rhodes is not going to take it. He was still young, not to the point where the Four Great Ones were empty and gave up everything for magic. In the end, Rhodes gave up on the Endless Secret Method, and then returned to the fortress with the others through the teleportation circle.

As for the ruins of the Custer Plateau itself, Rhodes didn't have anything to say, Marlene and Lijie had both witnessed the true strength of the Seven Loves, and if the elemental lord was serious, whether it was a corpse witch or something in front of her, it was not enough to see at all, and at this moment, when they heard that the first five-star mission had been completed, the two of them were finally relieved. This means that the future of Starlight, a new guild, is already half flat, and next, as long as you complete another five-star mission, then you can be completely relieved.

Of course, Marlene did not forget to report to Rhodes about the fortress.

After Rhodes left, the fortress was running fairly normally, and there was no chaos. Five days before Rhodes returned, the mercenaries had completed the first phase of training assigned by Little Bubblegum and Canary, and began to go to the warped location of the Land of Atonement for actual combat exercises.

In the beginning, these mercenaries were actually a bit of a passive mentality, because the little bubblegum and canary had already proved to everyone how powerful they were during the training, and these people were watching by their side. Some people have the idea of grinding foreign workers. However, Little Bubblegum and Canary are not good at matching, they are also excellent players themselves, and it is clear at a glance who paddles and who outputs. Soon, with the assistance of the two, Marlene promulgated a new rule. That's in the middle of the battle against the Warp Point monsters. All mercenaries must complete the prior instructions given by Little Bubblegum and Canary. For example, by keeping the party free of casualties, or by killing monsters within a time limit. And if the mercenaries don't complete the instructions, then of course the little bubblegum and canary will also help. However, it is also costly——— that mercenaries who do not complete the order will be given a demerit for failure, and if they fail too many times. Then after their contract with the Starlight Guild expires, they will be purged from the guild and will not be renewed.

This hand is really ruthless enough for the mercenaries, after all, there are now in the Starlight Guild except for Lijie, Marlene and others. Only Labis had a relatively long contract with those spirit masters. The mercenaries who joined in after that had a contract period of one year, and after one year, it depended on their performance, and if they didn't perform well, they would be expelled from the guild directly.

Of course, such conditions are not without loopholes, after all, this kind of judgment is completely based on personal eyes, if the little bubblegum and canary are not strong, then the mercenary will not only not be convinced, but may also be resentful. Luckily for you. In this era, people's sense of class equality is still very weak, and the canary and little bubblegum have legendary strength in everyone's opinion, and with such strength, no one will dare to say anything if they want to reprimand anyone. Not to mention that these two people are able to say the truth every time they point out their mistakes, which makes it impossible to refute. Because of this, the mercenaries' fighting enthusiasm has also begun to rise, and after so many things have happened to the connection, they have seen that the future of this guild will be even more brilliant. There is no one who does not want to take such a big ship and move on. No one wants to be left behind in this high-speed carriage.

Now the Starlight Guild is going very well, next. It depends on how much they can play in actual combat.

"Do you have any news about the Free Liberation Mercenary Alliance?"

After listening to Marlene's report on the guild's recent situation, Rod pondered a little and quickly raised his own questions. In fact, he was concerned about this after listening to Battle talk about this matter in Eagle City, if this Free Liberation Mercenary Alliance really extended its hand to his own territory, then it would also be a big trouble for Rod.

"Mr. Walker has reported this to me."

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Marlene nodded, and then she couldn't help but smile.

"But Rhodes, you can rest assured, according to the information we have so far, none of the mercenary groups in the Pafield region have joined this alliance."

"Oh? It's a lot of fun. ”

Hearing Marlene's answer, Rod couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He didn't believe that these mercenary groups would be so kind to him, and they were willing to stand aside with him, after all, each mercenary group represented its own different interests, and Battle's Purple Lily Guild was so strong that there were still people who dared to oppose him, and Rhodes asked himself that this Starlight might not have been established for as long as the mission of many mercenary groups, and there was no such prestige and cohesion at all. So before returning to the fortress, he didn't expect that there would be a mercenary group within Parfield and the so-called Freedom Alliance. But now, Marlene's answer was beyond Rod's expectations, and it seemed that things were going much smoother than she had imagined.

"They really don't have any idea about that?"

"I'm sure they have the idea, but in fact, none of the mercenary groups have joined this alliance, after all, they are still very afraid of you, Rod."

Saying this, Marlene couldn't help but smile, although she was still very calm, but she didn't hide a trace of smugness between her eyebrows.

"I suppose Rod should remember the Emerald Tears......... At this juncture, no one wants to follow in the footsteps of the Emerald Tears. ”

"I see."

Hearing Marlene's answer, Rhodes finally realized what she meant. Indeed, if you look at the time of the establishment and prestige of Starlight. It is indeed inferior to several other mercenary guilds. But there is one thing that no other guild can match——— and that is the threat.

Throughout the nearly 100 years of the Duchy of Moon, there have been few large-scale confrontations between mercenary groups. But Rod's Starlight simply killed the Emerald Tears at the beginning of its establishment and became famous in one fell swoop.

What terrified the other mercenary groups the most was not the power of Starlight that could destroy the Emerald Tears. It's their silence. A huge mercenary group, all the elites from the head of the regiment to the bottom have died, and no one even knows how they died, where they died——— until now. The Emerald Tears group are still missing in official records, but there is no information on where they have gone.

Because of this, it made the other mercenary groups feel even more afraid, if Rhodes directly relied on his strong strength to kill the Jade Tears, they would not be afraid. But now, although everyone knows that it was Rod's Starlight that killed the Emerald Tears. But they couldn't come up with any evidence to prove it, there were no witnesses, no physical evidence, only speculation......... This, of course, is unreliable. This discovery also made the other mercenary groups shudder, not to mention that now that Starlight has been promoted from the mercenary group to the mercenary guild, it is more reasonable and legitimate to act than before. No one wants to be the second Emerald Tears, and those who "disappear" like them can't even see the shadow of a person.

The collision between Rhodes and the two mercenary guilds in the south is in the eyes of everyone as long as they are not blind, although joining this alliance has many benefits for the mercenary group run by Xiaoben, but it is more than the threat of possible "disappearance". This glittering benefit is a bit hot to grasp.

The reason why the mercenary group under the jurisdiction of Battle and Victor dared to act secretly was because neither Purple Lily nor Cole's Eagle had been exterminating a mercenary group for a long time, so they dared to gamble, it was human nature. It is not so difficult to choose between the ethereal, unknown dangers and the immediate and visible benefits. But for the mercenary groups in the Parfield area, what they saw was not delusion and speculation, but bloody facts——— Emerald Tears were still alive.

But Marlene didn't just bring good news. Because she soon began to complain to Rod at length, and the summary of the girl's sprinkling of nearly thousands of words was only one sentence——— and there was a shortage of manpower.

Rhodes built the fortress neatly. This is naturally a good thing. But the so-called loss of the horse does not know the blessing and the curse. After being stationed in the fortress, a big problem was exposed, that is, there was not enough manpower to keep the entire fortress running. With such a huge fortress, hundreds of people are required to clean, clean and maintain it every day. But now, there are not so many people. Although most of the residents of Deep Creek Village have been relocated to the fortress, there is still a shortage of manpower. Even Marlene can't do anything about this. After all, the Land of Atonement is so far away from other villages and towns that it would be difficult for anyone who wants to work in this fortress. And Rhodes also pointed out that the convenient teleportation device of the Otherworldly Gate is a secret of the guild, and it is impossible to use it to teleport people, so at the moment Marlene is also very scarce at hand, in addition to letting those residents who have moved over to work, Marlene also rotates to mobilize mercenaries and church spirit masters, which barely supports the operation of the fortress. However, mercenaries and spirit masters are not full-time servants after all, and it is not a way to go on like this.

"So I hope you can come up with a way, Rod, it will not be good for the development of the guild if it goes on like this, the fortress must have someone in charge of taking care of and guarding it, and preferably someone who can be trusted.................. That's a lot of trouble. ”

"Oh?"

I don't know if it was Marlene's delusion, but after she said these words, Rod's face did not show the slightest nervousness or depression, on the contrary, she felt that Rod's face did not seem to care about it......... Soon, Marlene realized that this was not her own delusion.

"Trustworthy servant............... Maybe I can tell you about some. ”

With that, Rhodes stood up, then nodded at Marlene and made an inviting gesture.

"Come with me, then."

“？？”

In the face of Rod's invitation, Marlene and Lijie glanced at each other with some confusion, but they still obediently followed Rod out of the room and came to the hall on the first floor.

This place is still empty and deserted, this is not because the Starlight Guild is not popular, but also reflects from one side that there is indeed a shortage of people here——— even the hall as a guild reception place is empty, it is really too busy.

"This time I went to the ruins of Custer and got a good thing."

Rhodes spoke to Marlene and Lijie, and then he reached out and quickly took out a hexagonal crystal from his waist bag, the surface of the crystal was shining with colorful light, and circles of mysterious magic runes could be vaguely seen floating on the surface. Inside the crystal, a small ball of light was quietly placed in the center of the crystal, shining with an eerie glow.

"What is this?"

Looking at Rod's water crystal, Li Jie couldn't help but ask curiously, and Anne was also staring at the crystal ball in Rod's hand with wide eyes, leaning over and looking at the crystal ball in Rod's hand intently, as if something would jump out of it if she looked at it.

"This is the Illusion Key."

Rod tossed the crystal ball in his hand and looked at Marlene.

"With the help of the source power of magic, it can open the passage along with the Seven Illusion Realms and summon creatures from different planes, and they will serve the summoner, as long as there is the help of these plane creatures, I think it should be a great help for the management of the fortress."

"Seven Illusion Realms?!"

Hearing Rod's words, Marlene finally couldn't help but exclaim.