"They didn't change course."

Lowering his head, the man in black carefully observed the marks on the ground, and only spoke after a while.

"All the best."

"Why do I think it's a little too smooth?"

The other man in black standing beside him at this moment was obviously a little cautious, they were all wearing the same clothes, the same cloaks, and even their faces were wrapped, and they couldn't see anything but a pair of eyes. Their voices were just as muffled, and they couldn't even tell if they were male or female.

"Judging from the adult's intelligence, this young man should not be the kind of careless person, right, how can he not be alert at all?"

"It's not surprising, after all, he has a woman next to him, and she's a beautiful woman."

The other man in black said in a low voice, his words also caused the other three men in black around him to laugh coldly, of course they knew what this meant, but after all, jokes were just jokes, and soon, these people restrained their laughter and began to talk in whispers from ear to ear.

"Everything will continue according to the plan, and according to the wishes of the adults, we will do it when they go deeper into the mountains and forests. Remember, your hands and feet should be clean, and you all know what to do. ”

"What about the woman?"

"If you can, bring her back, whether it's a stun or a drug, anyway, for adults, he only needs this woman's body is enough, as for the rest......... You look at it. But remember to be vigilant, mages are very difficult, and if we miss at that time, we must kill them as soon as possible, and we must not let her escape! ”

Hearing this, the people in black also nodded their heads to show their understanding, of course they knew how powerful and difficult the Dao mage was, coupled with their strange methods, it could be said that if a mage made up his mind to die and walked away, almost no one would stop him.

"Huh?"

At this moment, a man in black suddenly raised his head, he looked around vigilantly, then made a gesture to his companion, casually pulled out the dagger on his waist, and slowly walked towards the grass next to him. Seeing his performance, the others immediately became nervous, and they all took up their weapons and quickly made a battle posture. At this time, the man in black had already walked to the edge of the grass, and then he held the dagger in his hand and stabbed at him!

"Rustle!!"

There was a jolt in the grass, and then a frightened squirrel flew out of it, and in a panic it climbed to the big tree next to it, turned its head, looked curiously at the humans in front of it, and then immediately disappeared into the dense foliage forest, and disappeared without a trace.

It was only then that the black-clothed men breathed a sigh of relief, and they didn't say anything more, but looked at each other, and then immediately disappeared into the grass.

And at this moment, Marlene, who was standing in the ravine, was pale.

"I'm so!"

She stomped her foot in hatred, her little fists clenched tightly.

"These guys, these guys are simply rude, when I meet them, I must make them pay!!"

The so-called courtesy exchanges, being stalked is not Rod's hobby, since he was followed, then naturally he had to find a way to reverse track, so after arriving at the Rock of Sighs, Rod did not immediately look for the treasures hidden in it, but asked Marlene to find a way to conduct counter-reconnaissance on them, on the one hand, to understand their details, and on the other hand, to knock on the eldest lady well, so that she could not think about things as simple.

At the beginning, Marlene really didn't take these spies seriously, although she was from a big aristocratic background, but most of the daily contact is on the bright side, and she doesn't know much about these messengers hidden in the dark world, in Marlene's impression, most of these spies are also sneaky characters like those thieves and thieves. And when Rhodes asked her to spy on the seemingly empty bushes, Marlene even complained a little about why Rhodes didn't look for trouble. …,

However, after seeing several figures suddenly appear in the bushes where there were no people, Marlene immediately turned pale and could no longer say a word. She may be haughty, but she is not stupid. What's more, in the profession of mage, what he is most afraid of is being attacked from behind, and it doesn't matter in battle, after all, the protection of mages is all-round, even if he is shot with cold arrows, he is not afraid. But after all, it is impossible for a mage to tense his nerves twenty-four hours a day and do all kinds of protection anytime and anywhere, then he is completely inhuman. And when you walk unsuspectingly through a bush of grass, and suddenly a dagger stabs silently from behind, the feeling is terrifying just to think about. And after seeing the horror of these spies with her own eyes, Marlene finally put away her previous contempt and began to take these "rats" seriously.

Taking in Marlene's reaction, Rod also nodded secretly in his heart with satisfaction, from the temptation just now, he had already drawn the difference in strength between the two sides. In terms of absolute level difference, the advanced secret agents are naturally higher than Rod, but fortunately, their reconnaissance methods and concealment skills are no different from those in Rod's memory, which allows Rodt to find them out easily. This also made Rhodes more confident in getting rid of the rats. On the surface, they are very passive, and the feeling of being followed is definitely not pleasant. But on the other hand, it can also be seen that they have the initiative, because no matter how powerful these agents are, they must first find them before they can attack, so in terms of choosing a location, Rhodes has an advantage.

Not only that, but Rhodes also discovered a very interesting thing.

"Pretty cute messenger."

Looking at the squirrel that was climbing up Marlene's hand, Rhodes spoke, not knowing whether he was complimenting or sarcastic.

"Frankly, I thought the mage's demon would be a little more unique."

"Unique?"

While stroking the squirrel that climbed up his shoulder, Marlene glared at Rhodes fiercely.

"Do you think the mage's demons are as inexplicably messy as your weird summons? This child is my lovely treasure, and I wouldn't have brought it with me if I hadn't gone out this time. ”

The poor summoned elf was really shot while lying down...... But.........

Looking at the little animal standing on Marlene's shoulder, with two small paws stretched out and eating nuts, Rod just shook his head and didn't say anything more——— in fact, he couldn't say anything more.

In the eyes of many women, cuteness is justice, which was known when Rod led the player, many times the criteria for those female players to choose pets have nothing to do with their impact, talent, income and combat effectiveness, it is simply to look beautiful, cute, charming——— it seems that no matter in which world, women have a common language at this point.

"Let's go."

In the deserted ravine, clumps of shrubs grew everywhere, and the howling wind blew through them, bringing up patches of dust.

"Is there really a treasure here? Mr. Rhodes? ”

Marlene stood in front of her with one hand, blocking the sound of dust passing by, and complained dissatisfiedly.

"How can there be treasures in such a ghost place?"

"It's because there are no people that there is treasure, Miss Marlene."

Rhodes walked in the shadows, cautiously looking around as he walked forward.

"Do you know what this place is called the Rock of Sighs?"

Hearing Rod's rhetorical question, Marlene shook her head, she was not a native of Deep Stone City, how could she know this.

"This area used to be the base of a group of bandits, and at that time there was no Deep Rock City, and the mines were occupied by the big merchants, who exploited the miners and did not pay them or give them food. And the bandits attack those guys, they kill the evil ones who have usurped and bully other people's property, and they return it to those who deserve it. ”…,

Hearing this, Marlene pursed her lips, after all, she is also a member of the nobility, although she is very disgusted with those who are rich and unkind, but in her opinion, these guys are also members of the nobility after all, and it is common sense to let the nobles deal with them, no matter what the reason, commoners, or even bandits, are not something that will make her feel happy.

Taking Marlene's reaction into his eyes, Rod didn't say much, after coming to this world and having contact with the people here, Rod had already found that they were different from the times he lived in after all. In Rhodes' era when everyone was equal, such a story would only be applauded, because it represented the good against evil, and the weak against the strong. Everyone likes to listen to this kind of story, but in this world, this era is not entirely like this.

Marlene may not object to the legitimacy of this, but she does not think it is wonderful, because the two sides have different positions and naturally different ideas. As a nobleman, she has been taught to maintain the dignity of the nobles all her life, so Marlene still instinctively resists such stories. For the people at the bottom, they don't mind whether the protagonist of this story is a thief or a bandit, as long as they can help them vent their evil anger, they are heroes. But for aristocrats like Marlene, they would prefer that the protagonist of justice is a chivalrous knight, or a nobleman, even if it is a commoner who rises up to resist, they can accept it, but if the other party is a thief——— it is like at a wedding, the groom is handsome and chic, and the bride is extremely ugly, which will always make people feel less comfortable.

But Rhodes didn't intend to correct Marlene's thoughts, and he didn't have the interest in changing the girl's life values, he just recalled the description of this place in the original mission, and continued to tell.

"Their fame grew louder and louder among the crowd, and it aroused the envy of the rich merchants and the leaders of the mines, and finally, they attacked one of the largest mines in the place at the time, and then they suffered retaliation, and the merchants and the army united and surrounded these bandits, although they faced several times the enemy with them, but the bandits did not give up their resistance, they raised their weapons, and faced the soldiers without hesitation, and in the end, they died here, and those who had been deeply helped by them died in the middle of the night, The soldiers left and came here, weeping bitterly and erecting tombstones for their heroes, and because of this, it was called the Rock of Sighs. ”

"It's a wonderful story, what happened to those guys?"

"I don't know what to do."

Rod shook his head very dryly, and the mission introduction at that time only introduced the situation here, and did not give a follow-up of "I want to know what happened next, and listen to the next breakdown".

"It's a wonderful story."

Marlene shook her head, her tone a little complicated and a little hesitant.

"But, Mr. Rod, according to you, those guys are just bandits after all, how can a group of bandits leave any treasures?"

"It's different, Miss Marlene. Let me ask you a question, why is the Shania family so powerful? Is all that you have is fame? ”

"Of course not."

Marlene's tone became a little stiff, and it was clear that she didn't like the analogy.

"Our Shania family is not the kind of decay that only has the glory of the past, hmph, I have to say it, Lijie is the ........."

Saying this, Marlene suddenly covered her mouth, and then she glanced at Rod with a thief heart, and saw that Rod did not react, so she breathed a sigh of relief. But at the same time, the eldest lady also secretly shook her head in her heart. …,

Lijie, you better confess the matter to Mr. Rhodes sooner, otherwise not only will you have to be careful, but even I will have to pay attention to it at all times——— which is really uncomfortable.

"It's the same with these bandits."

Rod didn't pay attention to Marlene's words just now, and he didn't know if he really didn't hear it, or if he pretended not to hear it.

"They were able to do this not only because of the support of the people, after all, most people still don't dare to carry their heads to be bandits, and since these guys can be so powerful, then they must have something to rely on. And we can investigate according to this, and maybe there will be unexpected gains. ”

This passage of Rhodes is some nonsense, but it is not all nonsense. In the game, many of the hidden missions are based on rumors, rumors, and even some legendary stories. Players are very sensitive to this information, because they know very well that this is a game, and since it is a game, it is naturally not as variable as the real world, so to speak, any sentence and word that appears in the game is likely to be the beginning of a secret mission. Otherwise, you waste so much time compiling data, is it just to trick players into playing?

In the game, the quest of the Rock of Sighs is a game in which a player goes on an adventure on a whim after listening to the poems sung by the bards in the tavern, and finally starts the quest and receives a reward.

Of course, Marlene didn't know the joints, so at this moment she looked at Rhodes with a little more surprise and surprise in her eyes, and the thought that he could detect so much information from a circulating story, Marlene felt more and more that this man was really a little unfathomable. It seems that in this world, there is nothing that can be difficult for him.

What kind of person is he?

At this moment, Marlene became more and more interested in this.

"This is it."

At this moment, Rod also stopped in front of a cave, he took a closer look at the dark cave, and then walked in. Marlene hesitated, then lifted the hem of her skirt and followed closely.

The light of the torch lit up.

The flickering firelight illuminated the dark, dark cavern, and only the sound of footsteps echoed in the silent hollow. Cold groundwater dripped down the walls of the cave, bringing a crisp reverberation. As far as the eye can see, this is just an ordinary underground cavern, and it doesn't seem to be any different from other places.

Rhodes held the torch in one hand and walked cautiously forward. However, he hadn't gone long before Marlene, who was following behind, suddenly screamed softly.

"Yikes!"

"What's wrong?"

Rod turned his head curiously to look at the girl, while Marlene looked embarrassed but a little afraid.

"I, I feel like someone is touching me."

"Touching you?"

Before looking back, Rhodes had imagined several answers, but he didn't expect that what he was facing in front of him was the most unreliable one. He lifted the torch and shook it behind Marlene.

The dark passage was empty.

"No one."

"Or, maybe I'm mistaken?"

Marlene also naturally saw the situation behind, her face was slightly red, and she didn't want to say anything. And Rod didn't care, so soon, the two continued to walk inside. But this time she hadn't taken two or three steps before Marlene's cry rang out again.

"Yikes!"

"Huh?"

Rod turned his head again, but there was still no shadow of anyone behind him, but this time, Marlene's face was a little pale. Her body trembled slightly, as if she had seen a ghost.

"No, no, something...... I don't know what to say, but it's touching my body......... In, in......... Behind me...... Rod, help me, that's, what's that......"...,

Before Marlene could finish speaking, Rhodes used the light of the torch to see clearly a fluffy thing, which was slowly stretching towards the girl's neck............

"Don't move!"

A flash of red brilliance flashed.

The sharp sword flew past the girl's collar in an instant, easily pinning the strange thing to the wall. And at this moment, the two of them also saw the true face of that thing.

It was a spider the size of a man's hand!

At this moment, the spider pierced by the sword was desperately writhing its body, yellow-brown blood splashing out of the wound, and the fluffy limbs were constantly waving in the air. The mouth closed one by one, and white net cables continued to spray into the air.

It's disgusting to death.

Although he had encountered something more disgusting than this in the game, Rhodes's face still changed slightly at the moment, and he quickly clenched his long sword, and with a few flashes of sword light, the fluffy spider immediately turned into pieces and lost his life.

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

Shaking off the disgusting juice on the long sword, Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief.

"Miss Marlene, you're not hurt, you feel like ........."

Rod didn't finish his words, because at this moment, a soft, girlish body threw himself into his arms, blocking all of Rode's next words.

“…………………………”

"Woo ............"

Marlene, who was holding on to Rod, buried her whole head in the other party's arms at this moment, although she couldn't see her expression, but from this whispered whimper, people could still know a thing or two———— this eldest lady should be crying, right?

Rod frowned, he reached out his left hand and patted the other man lightly on the shoulder.

But the eldest lady didn't react, only her delicate body was still clinging to Rod's body, not to mention, those two soft masses were indeed very tempting......

"Miss Marlene? It's all gone. ”

"Uh......... Woo............ So, is that thing dead? I, I don't have that horrible monster behind me, Mr. Rhodes, please help me see if that horrible creature has left anything behind my back? ”

"No, Miss Marlene."

With the help of the firelight, Rhodes carefully examined Marlene's back, and there were no traces left on the neat robes. Hearing this, Marlene raised her head with peace of mind, and then she hurriedly wiped the corners of her eyes and smiled at Rod with some embarrassment, but soon, Marlene seemed to have a new idea.

"Me, I have something I want to leave, I'll be back right away, okay?"

“……… Of course no problem, stay safe. ”

Looking at the soft and unbearable eldest lady in front of him, who behaved very differently from usual, Rhodes couldn't figure out what medicine was buried in her gourd, so he could only watch Marlene hurriedly walk to the other side of the corner, groping for what she was doing, and then suddenly there was a flash of fire, and then when Marlene came out again, her whole person was already refreshed.

But it seems that it is not only her expression that has changed, but also her originally expensive robes......... How has it changed?

"Miss Marlene?"

"Huh? No, it's nothing. I'm sorry to make you laugh, Mr. Rhodes, I was just panicked and a little out of shape...... Now there is no problem, let's move on. ”

"Of course, but I have a question for you."

"What's the problem?"

"Are you supposed to be......... Fear spiders. ”

"Oh hehehehehe........."

Hearing Rod's inquiry, Marlene covered her mouth as if she had heard some kind of joke, and immediately chuckled loudly.

"What you said is interesting, Mr. Rhodes, how could Miss Ben be afraid of such hairy, dark, coarse things? That's absolutely impossible, I'm just a little frightened, so it's just a momentary gaffe, it's impossible for such a thing to scare Miss Ben, that's right, the kind of thing that is useless, will wave a few stinky claws to scare people, Miss Ben is not afraid at all! ”

Looks like you're really scared............

PS: A 6,000-word chapter, the top two chapters are on the top...... Well,It's two chapters and one issue.,Today I'm going out to discuss the furniture of the new house with my family.,After laying the wallpaper, all that's left is the lamp.,And then there's all kinds of furniture to arrange.,It's really tiring...... But I want to complain that the sofas are really uncreative, except for the different colors, almost all the same styles, which is not interesting at all...... 1.8 meters of computer desk, new home and new computer, look at me against the sky, hahaha, multi-screen, I'm coming......... But you have to wait for the assembly.,Do you have someone who understands the computer to give some advice.,Three-screen computer is N card? Or is it better to have an A card?

PS2: You've probably heard about the earthquake, and I experienced it last night. Frankly speaking, I didn't realize it was an earthquake yesterday, and I did wake up in the middle of the night last night, but at that time I didn't feel that it was an earthquake, and I thought it was working on a construction site outside so I staggered, so I didn't even close my eyes and fell asleep......... It wasn't until today that I found out that it was an earthquake, and the elevator stopped, and now there are stairs up and down, and I heard that the elevator is broken...... What a tragedy.