Summoning the Holy Sword

"A cry!"

Rhodes rubbed his nose.

"What's wrong with you? Chief? Are you sick?"

Although she was sitting on a chair, Anne, who was not free, was shaking her body from left to right, and looked curiously at Rhodes sitting behind the desk.

"Will Annie come to help?"

"No, I think maybe someone is scolding me behind the scenes, or maybe someone is thinking about me ...... It's definitely not a good thing anyway."

Rhodes shrugged his shoulders and easily took the topic.

Although everyone escaped from under the **** mage, this does not mean that they can all be unharmed-as a human, Marin is most injured. Perhaps it was because of the previous impact in the duel with the black robe mage. The girl fainted to the ground shortly after the end of the battle. According to Li Jie's inspection, it was because of the shock caused by the magic attack that Malin was injured. After returning to Deep Stone City, she has been sleeping and resting in the room, and is unable to get out of bed for the time being.

On the other hand, although Li Jie, a half angel, and Anne, a half beast, were also injured, their bloodline can ensure their rapid recovery. People are indeed more angry than others ... Fortunately, Marlene has been She was lethargic, otherwise she would not be able to react to it.

The mercenary team led by Shana and others such as Rando also suffered some injuries, but these are all bitter and not particularly serious, so they don't need to be attentive. The only unexpected delight is that after this battle with the Wind Serpents, Rhodes found that Lando and others have made a certain breakthrough in fighting skills. It seems that people will endlessly burst out when facing life and death. potential.

Successive encounters made Rhodes a bit tired. Although he was the mercenary commander, he was not the captain of the mercenary association's fire brigade. He saved a few mercenaries several times, and he was a bit bored-you ca n’t always brush up on combat skills, and it ’s fun to occasionally practice life skills, right?

Jade's tears haven't changed much since then. Rhodes has sent the old Walker out to check on the news. Although this old man is old, he is not as lonely as the ordinary old man. Whenever free, he ran to the tavern to drink and fart, so Rhodes simply made the best use of it, at least better than let him lie down at the wine table and drool into the dreamland.

However, there is no news in the mercenary association recently. Each mercenary group is actively fighting for manpower or recuperating. Rhodes knew this was not the end, but a new beginning. When the buffer period passed, if there were still mercenaries who did not have enough manpower, then the next day would be very sad for them.

Because of the ban on mercenary associations, the pub that has always been very busy is now a lot lighter. As the mercenary association prohibits mercenary groups from hiring outside staff, those who have been fooling around in pubs and expect to join a mercenary The idle members of the regiment have now finally seen the expectation of becoming a full-time employee. For the mercenary regiment who has been forced to Liangshan, the quantity now has far more significance than quality. As long as you can kill a chicken with a sword, you can enter The regiment became a true mercenary.

It's a mess.

Rhode lifted his head and looked out of the window. The dark clouds were a bit depressing. The wind in the upper area had changed recently. I heard that there seemed to be something wrong with the nobles. However, this is not within the scope of Rhodes' concern. What he is thinking now is the next question.

It was totally unexpected for Rhodes to be able to meet the black robe mage and successfully kill him, but he can be sure that because of this, the plan of the kingdom of light has been blocked to a considerable extent, at least in In Pafield, their plans have been declared bankrupt. However, knowing that the parliamentary group of pigs who are eating and sleeping is full of talk, Rhodes knows that they will not stop there, and maybe there will be new challenges.

What should I do then?

Rhodes frowned, and banged on the table lightly. This time, things were a little big, and the starlight was likely to have been spotted by the kingdom of light. If you don't want to do anything, then the next step may be troublesome.

However, Rhodes thinks that the kingdom of light may not have a big surname again. This must have attracted the attention of the Golden City. Grand Duke Lydia has never been a troublemaker. Even if the parliament of the kingdom of light wants to be bold again When they come to trouble, they also have to consider whether it will affect their future opportunities. After all, Rhodes is very clear that the reason for the parliament of the State of Light to move to the Principality of Munn is not just to teach this always proud Allies are so simple. Politics speaks of interests, and so does war. No one does things without interests. Although the group of guys in the country of light hangs "freedom", "liberation", and "power" all day long, if they can't see the real benefits of silver and silver, they will not care whether they will actually spread these things to The whole world.

But Rhodes wasn't completely thoughtless.

In fact, after congregating all the staff, Rhodes already had similar considerations, but he had to interrupt because of a sudden accident. Now that everything has returned to normal, Rhodes once again took the matter Mentioned himself on the journey.

That is to increase the soft power of the mercenary regiment.

For a mercenary regiment, hard power represents the number and their combat effectiveness, which is enough for many mercenary regiments. But for players, this alone is not enough, they also need the support of soft power-there are a lot of things involved in this area, such as pharmacy, money, equipment and even intelligence, all belong to this category.

On this continent, the mercenary regiments set up by the Aboriginal people rarely consider issues from this aspect. They are more accustomed to selling the equipment they have acquired in adventure and then returning them to what they need. But for players, this is definitely not a good way to deal with. A player's mercenary group has a clear division of labor in all aspects. Some are responsible for forging and repairing, some are responsible for collecting and pharmaceuticals, and even specializing in buying and selling goods. In return for the mercenary regiment. In this way, not only can reduce waste and shorten the time required, but also bring profits to the mercenary regiment and expand it. Because a mercenary regiment will have a lot of expenses after expansion. If it is not possible to prepare in advance, then it will be very nervous at that time.

And this is also the survival way of mercenary guilds. After the mercenary regiments were upgraded to mercenary guilds, their increased number and structure expanded so that they could no longer obtain benefits from the most primitive means of capital accumulation. At that time, the head of the mercenary guild must make a certain degree of choice-either choose a strong chamber of commerce as its funding target, or choose those powerful nobles as their backers.

If we use a more modern analogy, it is that these nobles or businessmen have paid for their own shares in the mercenary guilds, and have gained some control of them. The mercenary guilds also ensure their normal operation by receiving their funding. They must obey their orders. After all, the mercenary guild belongs to a powerful "combat organization". If such an organization does not have a formal channel to connect with the location, it is very dangerous for the managers of the territory.

Rhodes did not want his mercenary regiment to become a toy for others after he was upgraded to a guild. He was not interested in the misery of struggling between money and power. For those merchants and nobles, being able to master a mercenary guild is not only a matter of face, it is also equivalent to mastering a powerful private soldier force. Of course, once any battle occurs, they will inevitably put these chips Go up to ensure your victory.

As for the security of the chip itself? Who cares?

Therefore, economic reading is very important for Rhodes. Unlike these aboriginal people who are blind to each other, Rhodes is more familiar with various commissions and tasks and can ensure his victory faster. In this way, he can put his free time on increasing the soft power of the mercenary group-the economic foundation of reading is very necessary.

"Well."

The door sounded, Rhodes turned around, and happened to see Rabes pulling on the cape tightly and hesitantly entered the study. This was already a courageous act for her --- she used to He didn't dare to come in without following his brother.

"You, do you have anything to do with me? Chief?"

The girl whispered, twisting the cape's hem with uneasy hands, and Annie looked at her curiously, looking like she was thinking about something.

"Yes."

Rhode nodded at Rabis and motioned for her to sit down, while the poor girl hesitated to walk to the side, then reached out to support the chair, and sat down slowly—as if she was about to be imminent The same goes for the black market.

"Is such that."

Rhodes decisively decided not to care about Rabis's slightly neurotic self-protection consciousness. He once tried to comfort her and asked her not to be so afraid. As a result, the girl faced Rhodes as if she had been stepped on a tail Jumped up as fast as possible, and then ran away like a wolf. Since then, Rhodes has given up on this stupid idea.

"I think you know too well that you are not strong enough to take risks and fight."

"..............."

Facing Rhode's words, Rabis lowered her head and remained silent. Her hands just kept clenching the cloak in her hand, then she let go again, and then clenched again.

"So I plan to get you a new job."

Rhode poked his hand and put a piece of paper in front of Labis.

"this is………"

The girl looked up curiously, looking at the content above, a little doubt appeared on her face.

"As you can see, this is a formula for some lower potions."

Rhodes shrugged.

"What you do in the future is to stay in the stronghold and be responsible for making these medicines. How do you feel about this job?

(To be continued)