Summoning the Holy Sword

The night outside the window was dark.

Rhode leaned against the window, looking out at the dark forest, with a satisfied expression in his eyes. He put down the paper in his hand and rubbed his forehead. At this moment, the door was slowly opened, and then a petite figure came in with breakfast.

"... Rhodes ......... dinner ..."

"Thank you, Christie."

Looking at the girl with some difficulty placing the plate in his hand at his table, Rhode smiled slightly, and then reached out and stroked Christie's hair lightly. Gives a feeling of peace of mind.

"... Rhode, when did you wake up?"

"Four hours ago, don't worry, I'm fine."

Speaking of this, Rhode smiled bitterly, looking at the expression that Christie showed in front of him.

It has been two days since returning to the fort, and Rhodes' body is slowly recovering. He did not disclose anything, and did not explain what Li Jie and Ma Lin were. After that, Collina and the Silver Robes of the Order Alliance also thanked him one after another, although both words revealed that they expected Rhodes to give them a reply. But to be honest, Rhode himself hadn't figured it out, let alone how it could be regarded as the internal affairs of the Principality of Muen, and he could not answer irresponsibly. So I just talked casually and didn't answer the question directly. Seeing that she could not get any answer, Corina and the old silver robe master no longer disturbed, and soon left. Rhodes had no way of doing this, and he wasn't worried over the Elven Kingdom, but the Order Alliance would probably investigate this matter. However, this is not something Rhodes can care about.

After returning to the fortress, Rhodes quickly began to rest and rest. Although he said so, Rhodes did not really become a shopkeeper. Instead, Rhodes only rested in bed for half a day, Immediately asked the old Walker to give him all the intelligence rumors and trends he has collected on the border of the Dragon Kingdom of Light since he was born. Even if his body can't move, his brain can still work, and at the moment, any kind of rest is a waste.

Rhodes doesn't have this time.

Although both Marin and Canary objected to Rhode's approach and thought he should take a good rest, they could do nothing with Rhode's rejection. But if it was thought that Marlene could not do anything with Rhodes, it would be a big mistake-soon, they found a person who could restrain Rhodes.

Christy.

No one doesn't know what Rod's feelings for Christie is, so he will definitely listen to what Christie said, and the fact is exactly as Marin expected, Rhodes can sink his face in the face of Marin and Li Jie, but In the face of Christie, there was nothing he could do-more terribly, what he said when he persuaded Christie to take a break now became his own life sign ...... Of course, Rhode was unwilling to give Christie a bad example.

Christie is not as arguing as Marin, but every time she looks at the girl's worried look, Rhodes can only surrender her hands involuntarily ... Of course, even then, there is no way to prevent him from continuing to do his business. After all, Christie is not in good health. Generally speaking, she is mostly responsible for delivering three meals to Rhodes, and then she will go to her room to rest. So as long as Rhodes is better, there is no flaw.

Although I'm sorry for Christie's hard work, for Rhodes, he really has no time to rest.

The old Walker's information was very complicated. This was also Rod's request. According to his order, Old Walker planted his mercenaries in various taverns, looked for information from those gossips, and then delivered it. These pieces of information are messy, and it is not easy to find the information you want from it. But Rhodes soon noticed a lot of problems --- the border areas of the Kingdom of Light and Night Kingdom had once been mobilized and deployed. At the same time, the price of food increased slightly, and the management of the city was more than usual. strict. In many cases, mercenaries are not allowed to go out of town to go hunting in the wild.

These are just a few of the subtle changes.

However, after the incident at the Solagang Mountains, a large part of the information in Rhode's hands was about it. After all, such a thing happened in the Solagang Mountains and the impact was also great. Now, the mainland Almost no one on the street knows what went wrong in the Solagang Mountains. Fortunately, so far, the information collected by Rhodes has not mentioned anything about the Duke of Demons. This shows that the outside world does not yet know the truth of the incident. However, Rhodes knew that this was only a temporary situation, and other countries would not say, Moen, it is absolutely impossible for the kingdom of night and the kingdom of light to let things go. The Principality of Moon is responsible for management, and the guardian dragon soul of the kingdom of light and the kingdom of night have been wounded under the hands of the demon duke. If you have not come to investigate the management, it can only indicate that they are idiots.

There is no need for Rhodes to think about the kingdom of the night, this guy Di will definitely go back and report this to the upper level of the kingdom of night. And what will happen to the kingdom of light? Rhodes is not sure at all. After all, in the battle of the Solagang Mountain Territory, he has no time to care about too many people, although it is not that he has not seen the messenger of the kingdom of light. , But whether the other party escaped in that disaster, Rhodes is unknown. Although there is no messenger of the kingdom of light in the battle of the stone temple afterwards, the relationship between the elven kingdom where Corinna is located and the order alliance of the silver robe mage and the kingdom of light is not bad. Once there is any leakage, it is still very May be perceived by the kingdom of light. This is why Rod has spent the last few days observing the information from the kingdom of light. He knows better than anyone that the ability of bucking the hat of the kingdom of light is one and one. Not your fault is your fault, let alone It is said that this time is strictly a problem of the Principality of Munn. In case it is really used by the Parliament of Light, then it is not known what trouble will occur.

What made Rhodes more puzzled was the attitude of Archduke Lydia.

After returning to the fortress, he also submitted a report to Gold City through Marin, and after that, Gold City also responded to inviting Rhode to Gold City to personally tell the situation at the time. However, in the face of this invitation, Rhodes made Marin excuse herself on the pretext that she was weak and unable to move and needed rest. On the one hand, this is a fact, and on the other hand, Rhode also looks forward to taking some time to investigate the current situation in the Duchy of Munn.

Sure enough, under Rod's intentional investigation, he did find some problems.

Those aristocrats in the south are about to move.

The rumors are naturally unbelievable, but Rhodes still finds the answers he hopes from these rumors. The South is not very flat right now, especially the newly established free mercenary alliance. If they say they were only gathered at the beginning, As for mercenaries, there are now even rumors that many trained soldiers have joined it. Obviously, this so-called mercenary alliance is not as simple as they claim. But judging from this information, Rhodes felt that a very, very troublesome situation was taking shape.

As early as the end of the Midsummer Festival, Lydia struck a blow to the Southern Reformers with the help of the Wings of Liberty and the Devil, and Rhode was worried that those nobles would die. They are not stupid, they must understand that next time Lidia will take this opportunity to continue to weaken their strength and influence, and torture them to death. However, these nobles may not choose to sit still.

In front of them are two glasses of poisonous wine, one of which will die immediately after entering the throat, and one glass can still explain a few last words. So, which one will they choose?

Especially after the Soragang Mountain Territory incident, the movement of the kingdom of light began to ease again, but at the same time, the actions of the reformers in the south became more and more fierce. Is there no indication of the kingdom of light behind?

And why did Lydia not leave the Golden City to the Solagang Mountains?

Rhodes's guess wasn't speculation, but in fact, the position of the Ombudsman was rarely known within the Principality of Munn, or even what he did. For Rhodes, if it was not the angel who had been affected by chaos and was finally found in the Sealed Stone Temple, then he would not be associated with the prince of Muen this time when the demon duke broke the seal. In other words, no one except a few people, such as himself, knew that the issue of the Soragang Mountain Territory was actually caused by the monitors. No one knows that this matter is related to the Duchy of Muen.

The reason why Grandpa Lydia did not choose to leave Gold City this time to deal with the problem of the Solagang Mountains, did she say she had any information she did not know? Has the situation in the South really endangered this situation? Did Grandpa Lydia not even be able to leave Golden City half a step? Also, if Grandpa Lydia really knows this, then what is her intention to choose herself? Is she convinced that she can handle the Duke of Demons? Is this a coincidence? Or is there a premeditated plan?

Thinking of this, Rhode could not help looking up, looking at the letter in his hand. That was the response given by Archduke Lydia after the report. It did not give the answer Rhode expected, but only agreed with Rhode's excuse, and expected him to report to Golden City after he had recovered.

Rhodes is not worried that Lydia will use this excuse to be detrimental to himself. At the moment, his strength is not low. After killing the Demon Duke, another unexpected delight that Rhodes discovered was that he killed the Duke The experience value actually counted on his own, which made him upgrade to the seventh level at the same time, and also received 14 skill points, but Rhodes did not immediately use these skills points, after all, his body is still weak, this Even if you want to strengthen it, the end result is only an incomplete result. So he intends to wait until after the recuperation is completed. In this way, Rhodes really rose to the forty level and entered the field of masters. Coupled with the equipment recovered from the demon duke's body, even if Lydia wants to kill herself to keep a secret, it is not easy. Although it is said that Rhodes understands Lydia, this archangel is not like the kind of person who would spare no effort to keep secrets, but he is a human being instead of an angel. Although he wants to stand on Lydia's side , But how much consideration should be given to possible surnames in case of danger?

However, although investigating intelligence is boring, Rhodes is not completely out of time.

"Master !! You can almost return Miss Ben's things."

The sound of Celestina gnashing her teeth sounded again in her ears, and Rhodes slightly raised her lips when she heard the complaint of Celestina.

"I've made it clear, Celestina, as long as you're willing to break the seal and let me see what's in that bag, then I'll return it to you immediately."

"Master you ............... !!!"

After hearing Rhodes's words, Celestina was suffocated for a while, and she now began to regret why she said it so quickly. As a result, after hearing Cerestina's speech, Rhodes quickly made a Unexpected decision-he actually hacked the equipment!

Of course, this is not because Rhodes wants the magic equipment. After all, what Rhodes hasn't figured out yet, but at least one thing, he is very clear. That is, since this magic equipment was retrieved from the demon duke, its history is at least thousands of years, and if this equipment really belongs to Serestina, then her identity is likely to be traced back. To the time of ancient wars. Rhodes has always wanted to know exactly where these two holy swords came from, but Celia was very taboo about it, and Celestina never answered directly. Now that I have a handle, Rhodes naturally intends to make good use of it.

Of course, this also includes a small punishment for Celestina. After all, although Rhodes doesn't mind his subordinates and joking about himself, he is always called by Celestina for his face. A little unhappy, at this moment I found such a thing that can be used to borrow questions. Of course, Rhodes does not intend to end there. It is also a good choice to make fun of this proud lady and let her know the master-slave relationship deeply. ,Is not it?

"My conditions are simple. How is it? Celestina, as my subordinate, you should think about it."

"Go to death, master! That's Miss Ben's thing. Where do you qualify as a human being! Huh, big deal, Miss Ben!"

Celestina's voice echoed in Rhodes's head, then quickly disappeared. After hearing Cyrestina's answer, Rhodes only shrugged his shoulders, and then he focused again on the dinner in front of him.

At this moment, the door was opened again, and then a bland voice sounded.

"Excuse me, Master."

Rhode looked up, and saw the sea elf standing quietly at the door—but unlike usual, at the moment Agavy was holding a white, soft pillow.

"Agave? What are you doing?"

"That's what Miss Christie meant."

While answering Rod's question calmly and indifferently, Agavy came to the bed, arranged the pillows and bedding quietly, and heard Agavy's answer, Rod turned his head in surprise, looking at the seat Christy reading next to him.

"Christie?"

"…………Ok…………"

Recognizing Rhode's gaze, Christie looked up, looked at Rhode with a smile, and nodded.

"This is ...... my ......... decision ......... because Sister Marin said ... Rhodes always ...... has no good rest, so ... I decided to go with Rhode ... sleep………"

Speaking of which, the girl looked up with a little hesitation and looked at Rhodes.

"Rhod ... can I?"

(To be continued)