Summoning the Holy Sword

The sun shined through the glass of the dome, shining a bright light in the spacious hall, Li Jie reached out, carefully fiddled with the mural hanging on the wall, and then she took two steps back and looked at her eyes with satisfaction. Landscape painting, then smiled and nodded.

"Well, no problem, good."

While talking to herself, Li Jie turned and stretched out her hand, stroking the head of the girl standing beside her gently.

"Christie is really talented. No one can draw such a beautiful painting? It is a good proposal to put it here for decoration."

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

Hearing Li Jie's words, standing next to her, the girl in an elegant robe showed a happy smile. She clasped her arms tightly around the drawing board on her chest. She lowered her head slightly, and her white cheeks flashed. A little flush. And Li Jie soon realized that Christie was shy, she smiled slightly, then raised her head again.

"But ... it's really pretty ..............."

Looking at the paintings in the corridor, Li Jie whispered to herself. Christy is now more sophisticated in her painting skills, and the scope of her paintings is becoming wider. In the beginning, girls would only paint portraits and landscapes of some people. But now, Christie has begun to paint some stories and legendary scenes, especially those heroes who are not afraid of power and evil, and fight against the devil and scary undead. In Christie's pen, they are lifelike. Many times even let It was mistaken for Christie to have witnessed these scenes in person.

However, this is not what makes Li Jie worried.

"... Rod ... haven't returned yet?"

The girl hugged the drawing board in front of her chest and lowered her head. After a moment, hesitantly raised her head again, and when Christie asked, Li Jie sighed helplessly. It's no wonder that everyone has been busy since the fortress was established. Although Rhodes planned everything before leaving, everyone has a lot of responsibilities. Ma Lin is responsible for the overall control of the fortress. She must be busy until the early hours of the day to rest. Canaries and Little Bubble Gum practiced the mercenaries all day, and from time to time they took them out to run and run, and sometimes they could not see the shadows for several days. Li Jie herself was extremely busy because she was responsible for the internal affairs of the fortress and the management of the spiritual master. Not to mention Rabes, since Rhodes had given her the task that day, the girl had locked herself in the alchemy room and never came out again. It was a variety of expensive magical materials and materials were continuously sent in, but they were not seen. Li Jie herself took the time to visit Rabis, and it was clear that her task was not easy.

Under such circumstances, Christie is very lonely. If in the past in Shenshi City, everyone would occasionally accompany girls to go shopping in their spare time, now everyone is so busy that they don't even have this spare time. Fortunately, Christie is obedient and sensible, but even so, Li Jie can still feel that the girl is actually very lonely.

But when will Mr. Rhodes be back? It's been almost a month since they left the place of atonement, and there has been no news of them, but when they want to come, they should also come back ......... Thinking of this, Li Jie couldn't help but crouch down and touch her gently Christie's head.

"Don't worry, Christy, I think they will be back soon. Just wait a second, Mr. Rhodes. They must ..."

Li Jie's words did not finish, because at this moment, Christie's gaze had bypassed her and looked behind Li Jie. Then, the girl's gaze immediately became hot.

"... Rhodes ........."

Christie lowered the drawing board in her hand and whispered Rhode's name, and then Li Jie heard from behind him a figure he couldn't know anymore.

"I'm back, Christie, Lijie. Looks like you're doing well?"

"... Rhode ..."

Christie whispered Rhode's name, and then the whole man rushed away like this, throwing his head in Rhodes' arms. Rhode smiled and stroked Christie's long hair, and then he looked up and looked at Li Jie. And looking at the dark-haired man in front of her, Li Jie suddenly felt that her nose was a little sour. The clear scene before her now seemed to be distorted and blurred as if it were covered by something. But soon, Li Jie blinked and forcibly wiped off the moisture in her eyes.

"Mr. Rhode, you are finally back ..."

"And Annie, Lijie, Christie ~!"

At this moment, Annie suddenly got out of Rhode's back. She smiled and waved at Lijie, then immediately crouched down and hugged Christie tightly, rubbing constantly. Girl with white delicate face.

"Ah ... Christie, I haven't seen you for a long time. Have you missed Annie?"

"......... Um ......... Of course. Sister Annie is not here. I feel quite bored ..."

"Very well, then Annie will show you something fun, okay?"

"…………Ok…………!!"

"Ahem."

Seeing the two talking more and more outrageous, Li Jie coughed, and then she found out that besides Rhodes, in addition to the seven loves that are always inseparable from him, there is another pair of young men and women They also look like mercenaries, but they don't have to be much older. At this moment they were watching anxiously at the wide hall, stunned, as if they were out of the country.

"Mr. Rhodes, are they ...?"

"Two recruits, you ask Kavos to arrange it. From today, they will join our guild."

Talking, Rhode punched the two fingers, then he turned around and took Christie and Annie up the stairs.

"Yes, Malin should be in her room."

Hearing Rhode's inquiries, Li Jie's face appeared a bitter smile.

"This ......... she is indeed, but I don't think you should bother her now, Mr. Rhodes."

"Oh?"

Upon hearing Li Jie's answer, Rhodes had a little doubt on his face.

"what happened?"

Marilyn was very upset at the moment.

She watched the two aristocrats sitting in front of them swaying, dressed in gorgeous, big-bellied aristocracy, almost exhausted their restraint, which forced her to use the spell to blast the other party out of the fortress. But until now, Marin felt that her patience was almost over.

"I am very sorry to inform both of us that our Starlight Guild has signed a contract with the Silver Teana Chamber of Commerce and the Keller Chamber of Commerce. Within the contract period, we will never allow other chambers of commerce to enter without authorization. Yes, and the formalities of the two are not completely in line with the rules, so I hope the two can understand this ... "

"Of course we understand, Miss Xania."

Facing Malin's words, one of them showed a taunting smile. He straightened his beer belly and raised the belt with his hands that could not support the wide waistline. Then he continued to speak.

"But the rules are dead, people are alive, aren't we? We came to expensive land, we didn't know about it, and ... our goods have already arrived. Now you tell us to move back again, isn't it? Great. After all, we come in good faith, and if we can't carry out any transactions and transactions, then for us, it will be a serious loss ......... "

"……………………"

Hearing here, Marlene gritted her teeth. She really wanted to do it, but at the moment, Marlene couldn't do anything at all.

The two noble businessmen came to the fortress half a month ago and wanted to expand their business here, but were immediately stopped by Marlene. After all, in her opinion, the two noble businessmen were really suspicious. They said that they were businessmen from afar and wanted to operate here. But this is what makes Marin feel strange, because generally speaking, businessmen do not choose to conduct business with them too far from their base. The words of travel merchants are not impossible, but they are just mobile transactions and definitely not fixed transactions. At the moment, even the local chambers of commerce in Pafield have not been able to get exact information, but these two foreign businessmen who are thousands of miles away are so aware of the situation in the place of atonement that there must be something wrong.

But what Marin didn't expect is that after tearing her face, these two guys not only did not know how to withdraw, but instead stunned their faces. A picture of a hooligan that you wouldn't let me build here, I wouldn't leave. The one who is not afraid of life is afraid of shame. Marilyn had warned them many times, but the two men were reluctant to leave. What makes Malin even more uncomfortable is that while these people are looking for themselves, they have already begun trying to carry out business activities in the fortress!

If it were ordinary people, then Marin had long sent someone to blast them out of the fortress. But in the face of the two nobles, she could not do so, because they were not merchants of the Principality of Munn-instead, they were the Solomon Consortium from the Land of Light, and they held official certification provisions in their hands. The Solomon Consortium is one of the five major consortia that dominates the Kingdom of Light.At the same time, they also have a certain degree of commercial relations with the Principality of Munn.

It wasn't that Marlene hadn't considered agreeing to follow their request, and then looked at it. However, considering that the fortress has just begun to develop, at this time internal instability factors are not a good sign. Moreover, Rhodes and the Kingdom of Light are definitely not friendly. At this time, this kind of problem is really difficult for Marin.

"Miss Xenia, I hope you can think about it."

At this moment, the other aristocrat was standing up, he showed a giggling smile like a wolf, and the whole body came to Malin in this way.

"The strength of our Solomon Consortium ......... come here, we are optimistic about the potential of your Guild, which is a good thing for your Guild, isn't it? Moreover, we hold the Indus Tree Treaty, according The content of the treaty, we have the right to protect our legitimate interests, don't we? Or do you intend to oppose our Solomon consortium? Do you know the consequences? "

"…………………………”

Hearing here, Ma Lin frowned, but before she could speak, a voice came from the door.

"The Solomon Consortium's tone is not small, but I want to see, what can you do?"

(To be continued)