Summoning the Holy Sword

Rhodes didn't take Malin's affairs too seriously. He also faintly noticed that Malin was a little bit wrong, but only thought that she felt that there was no fair agreement between her and Li Jie. In fact, it is not difficult to give Marlen a contract. Rhodes has decided that if there is no problem with the Xenia family, then he will give Marlen a temporary contract. This contract will give some rules. However, unlike those mercenaries, she will not be given an exact date, which will make it easier for Marin to stay. In other words, this contract is not strictly mandatory, it is more like a tool used by Rhodes to soothe Marin.

But now Rhodes doesn't bother to think about it, because he has more important things-he received an invitation.

An invitation from Krause, the owner of the city of Deep Rock and the administrative officer of the Pafield area.

Rhode is not familiar with this person, but he is not too unfamiliar.

As the owner of the city of Deep Rock and concurrently the administrative officer of the Pafield area, Krauzer is undoubtedly a very capable person. In fact, this is also a template for most officials in the Commonwealth of Muen. Some of them may In terms of deviation, some people are not very popular among the people, but they all have quite outstanding talents. The reason for this situation is largely due to the unique hobbies of the Principality of the Principality of Muen, Grand Duke Lydia-she likes to collect talents, and compares them to gems, according to her words Said that the whole country is a gem box, and as the host, she naturally collects the most dazzling and beautiful gems together.

On the other hand, the most annoying thing about Lydia is that there is a stone in a pile of gems.

In addition, this archangel has no angel at all, so for these stones mixed in her jewel box, Lydia has never hesitated to take them out of the box and throw them away-and In reality, those who are incompetent and mediocre are simply removed from their posts and become civilians again. This is still quite good. If the Grand Duke found out during the investigation that you have stained her aesthetic behavior, then I am sorry, you are ready to have a close contact with the guillotine.

This is also a major cause of controversy after Lydia came to power. Although the royal party has the most power in a country, other forces also exist. They all need some agents to fight for their own interests in the country. . And compared with those who have the ability and ambition, naturally those who are timid and mediocre do better control. And what Li Tiya did was to clean up the jewel box in her own eyes, but in the eyes of many nobles and forces, it was the Wang Dang who wanted a monopoly and drove their agents out of office. move. After all, no matter how talented and ambitious those people are, their ultimate goal is to serve the country, which is consistent with the royal party's goal of ruling the country. But on the other hand, if they are allowed to unite with those nobles and chambers of commerce, it is difficult to ensure that they will not have any thoughts.

Krause also belongs to a royal party with a deep mark. His surname is cautious, cunning, cautious, laissez faire, and low-key. Although he is not famous in the Pafield area, many people are not familiar with this administrative officer, but for those merchants, mercenaries and other forces, they are very aware of the energy of this administrative officer.

It can be said that Krause's ruling wrist is very smart, and he knows that direct management of the people will not have much effect. But in turn, if those forces closely related to the people are managed, the people themselves will naturally have no problems. This is a top-down management model, and it looks like Krause is doing pretty well.

However, this does not mean that he has no shortcomings, and Rhodes is very clear. Clause ’s biggest problem is his prudence and prudence. Sometimes this is a good thing, which allows him to calm down when facing difficult problems. Judge. But sometimes this is a big trouble, which may make him unable to keep up with the progress of the matter, and cause the situation to get out of control. This is the case in the game. Because of the sudden trouble under the leadership of the country of light, the Pafield area centered on the entire Deep Stone City began to get out of control. At this time, in the view of Rhodes, it should be done quickly. However, Krause is very cautious. He hopes to temporarily investigate the forces behind the ghosts through the chaos of this period of time, and then wipe it out. However, I did not expect that the development of the final situation exceeded Krause's expectations. The situation became more and more troublesome. When he planned to force the shot, he could not control it. In addition, the country of light, which was already prepared at that time, suddenly broke into trouble. Turning issues that originally belonged to the territories into diplomatic issues between the two countries is no longer an issue that can be handled by an administrative officer like Krause. So in the end he was still a chess player, and he was miserable by the country of light. Although Lydia did not give him any punishment, the administrative officer also seemed to have lost confidence in himself and eventually chose to leave.

Although no stranger to this administrative officer, Rhodes didn't know why he was invited. You know, in this world, they are totally two kinds of people, and there is no communication at all.

Rhodes thought that Clause had sought him for killing himself on the street. It was not a big deal, but it still caused some influence among the people. Before the mercenary joint meeting, he also heard that Clause had sent someone to express dissatisfaction with the mercenary association, and now the emerald tears were completely ruined by himself. In the name of the administrative officer, it was not much fanfare, but this private warning was in keeping with his style.

However, after walking into the parlor under the guidance of the waiter, Rhodes found that his ideas were completely wrong.

All the acquaintances sitting on the sofa at this moment.

Not only was Serek, the vice president of the mercenary association, but even the Keller family chief who had once had a relationship. Seeing Rhode's arrival, both of them were a bit surprised, but they also greeted him very politely. Although in terms of status, Rhode and them could not be compared, but the relationship between them They are all pretty good, so I haven't had any trouble.

"Have you been invited?"

As soon as Rhodes sat down, Serek asked curiously. Rhode nodded slightly, then frowned.

"You were also invited by Lord Clause?"

"Yes."

The answer this time was the patriarch of the Keller family. He put down the tea cup on his hand and looked a little dull.

"We came here only after being invited by Mr. Clauser. Although it is not clear what it is for, I think it may be because ..."

Keller didn't say anything, because at this moment, with the door opening slowly, a man in a Chinese suit and a little stature walked in slowly. Seeing his appearance, Rhodes, Serek and Keller couldn't help but stand up.

On the surface, this man can be said to be somewhat different in appearance, the sharp-billed monkey gill, does not look like a serious person. However, in his manner, he always faintly carried an indescribable aura. This is his temperament as a political officer in the Pafield area, and also belongs to the unique charm of the Lord. Although it didn't look flattering, he could clearly feel his friendly and gentle attitude in the smile that showed from the corner of his mouth.

"Three, please sit down."

Clause slowly walked to the center of the parlour and made a gesture at the same time. Then, the three of them sat down again and looked at the Lord Lord in front of him.

"I know your time is limited, so I don't waste any more time."

Having said that, Clauser coughed slightly, then he looked up and looked at Keller and Serek.

"Recently, what happened in the Pafield area is a bit abnormal, and I think you have noticed that ......... The price of ore in the entire Pafield area has suddenly increased by 30%, which has caused considerable damage to all industries in the territory Impact, but our ore exports have not decreased ... right? Mr. Keller? "

"That's right, Master Clauser."

Keller nodded.

"I can guarantee that the volume of ore exports from Shenshicheng is very stable without any problems. And the demand for ore in the surrounding areas has not risen recently, so the price increase is very abnormal."

"Not only that ...... the mercenary regiments in the Pafield area have also had considerable problems recently."

Speaking of this, Krause glanced at Serek.

"I have heard the report of the Mercenary Association in detail. This is indeed a very hard work for you, but it is not so simple. Because according to my investigation, there are other problems. According to us Investigation, many foreign mercenaries have recently arrived in this area, but they did not stay here for a long time and left soon. Although the movement of mercenaries is normal, but within a short time Large-scale movements are very abnormal. I believe there must be other reasons for this. "

"Do you mean any other reason?"

Hearing Krauss words, Serek couldn't help it.

"what do you mean………"

"This question should not be answered by me."

Clauser shook his head with a smile, then he turned his attention to Rhodes, who had been silent.

"I think Mr. Rhodes would have a better explanation for this?"

(To be continued)