Summoning the Holy Sword

In the next few days, the journey was calm.

Although Metz eventually chose to go with them, and he was very enthusiastic about talking with the mercenaries on the road, but he didn't mention the invitation to Rhode's assistance. And Rhodes is not worried about Metz's performance, because he knows his thoughts well.

"He won't respond until the Midsummer Festival."

Looking at the scenery passing by the window, Rhodes raised an eyebrow and then said to Qilian, who was sitting opposite him.

"The merchant's real name is heavy, so if he thinks he may suffer more than he may gain, he will give up. Even if I save his life in the forest at dusk, Metz will not be so honest Just listen to me and go to the volcano and the pan with me. I'm sure he is really excited. But this guy still has a certain degree of doubt about the strength of our mercenary regiment. So, he is waiting for Midsummer As a result of the sacrifice, if we can perform well, then he will naturally feel relieved. But if we perform poorly, then we do not have to consider this option. "

"Humans are really a troublesome creature."

After hearing Rhode's answer, Qi Lian chuckled slightly, and she stroked her fluffy big tail with a slight disdain.

"But this is also the virtue of human beings, the troubles of hard work, the hard thinking, the hard decision-expect this decision to be a correct choice, not a failed mistake."

"I hope so too."

Just as Rhodes shook his head and was about to end the topic, he suddenly noticed that a little hand pulled his sleeve, and Rhodes turned his head, only to see Christie looking at him with a soft smile, meanwhile Raised the artboard in his hand. It was Rhode himself who painted on it. I have to say that Christie's painting skills are indeed superb. Although she is a character drawn with charcoal pen, when she looks at it suddenly, it looks like a black and white photo. Just looking at it makes people feel pleasing, and this has also become a way for Christie to make friends. Within the Starlight Mercenary Regiment, including Marlene, Annie, Li Jie, those who have a good relationship with her All have been drawn portraits of girls.

But ... Looking at the "black beauty" on the drawing board, Rhodes couldn't be happy anyway. He always felt that Christie subconsciously beautified himself too much. No matter how much he makes Rhodes look like a beauty painting? Didn't Christy notice her masculinity?

Of course, although his heart is helpless, of course, Rhodes will not do anything to make Christie sad. So in the face of Christie's paintings, he just nodded and smiled, and at the same time reached out and stroked Christie. That silky long hair.

"It's good, you should take a break, Christie."

"Ok."

Upon hearing Rhode's words, Christie nodded happily, and then put down the drawing board in his hand, while Rhodes took out a handkerchief and carefully wiped the charcoal marks on her fingers. Looking at the scene in front of her, Li Jie and Marlene sitting on the other side could not help but whisper.

"Mr. Rhodes is really nice to Miss Christie. If you don't know the inside story, I'm afraid they will really think they are sisters ... brothers and sisters."

Maybe she noticed the bitter chill, Li Jie trembled, or hurriedly corrected her grammatical error. With a look of surprise and appreciation, Marin picked up Christie's drawing board next to her and carefully looked at the paintings above. A moment later, he sighed.

"Christie's skills are getting more and more exquisite. With her current skills, I'm afraid there is no problem in being a court painter. I can't imagine that she has such talent. It is amazing ..." To herself, Marlene turned over the painting on the drawing board, and when Marlene saw one of the paintings, her hand turning the drawing paper stopped suddenly, and then Marlene looked reddish. The artboards are closed.

"What's wrong? Marilyn? What did you see?"

Sitting next to Marlene, Li Jie is also admiring Christie's paintings. The girl ’s surname has drawn everything. Since these days, she has always painted the daily life of everyone in the mercenary group. It seems even a little bit Like Starlight's "Accompanying Photojournalist", they record their daily lives. It's just that this "reporter" does not use a lens, but a paintbrush.

Nowadays, admiring Christy's paintings every day has become a pastime for many people, because girls can always pay attention to nuances that others do n’t even notice. Even though everyone sees them, they have entered the drawing board. After Christie's retouching, it will give people a "what it will be" marvel.

Originally Lijie was also admiring the pictures on the drawing board, but she did not expect that Marlene suddenly closed, which made her a little confused, but fortunately, Li Jie's eyes also hit the drawing board in the hands of Malin, so I didn't notice the pink rushing across Malin's face.

"Nothing, Li Jie, it's just that we haven't finished painting yet ..."

Marilyn was a little vague, and at this time her abnormality was finally noticed by Li Jie. She raised her head in curiosity and stared at the girl in front of her. Instead, he didn't notice that Qilian, who was sitting next to him, was shaking his head, looking at the embarrassed Malin with a gloating expression.

"Marin, you ..."

Just when Li Jie was about to say something, suddenly the carriage speed slowed down. Then, the driver in front knocked on the window, breaking the awkward and weird atmosphere in the carriage.

"My lords, we are going to Gold City soon."

"Hey?"

After hearing this, Anne, who was so sleepy by the side of the carriage, suddenly jumped up. Then she opened her eyes, looked out the window, and cheered. She opened the door without waiting for the carriage to stop, then jumped quickly Go out.

Soon, the carriage stopped, and at this time, everyone stepped off the carriage in turn, and then they saw an extremely beautiful picture.

Under the sun shining in early summer, the distant city exudes a dim light, the clear lake surrounds the tall city walls, and the verdant forest spreads out like a carpet, supporting the gorgeous and dazzling city. That is the center of the entire Principality of Muen, and it is also the most beautiful and bright pearl on this continent-the Golden City.

As a well-known city on the entire Dragon Soul mainland, the Golden City has a large area and a large population. As the transportation center of Dragon Soul mainland's commercial transportation, a total of six rivers gather here, forming a huge lake surrounding the city. Among them, the Yinyue River and the Emerald River run through the north and south sides of Dragon Soul Mainland, The crystal river on the east goes straight into the sea of ​​falling dragons, and the traffic can be extended in all directions. The lake surrounding the Golden City forms a natural barrier, completely isolating it from the outside world. Except for five bridges that span the lake and are tens of meters long, only by boat can you enter this beautiful, sacred and luxurious city.

As the most beautiful and richest city on the continent (the latter is the focus), various legends about the Golden City have been circulating, including the entire city ’s flooring made of fine white jade. As it was paved, on both sides of the road, beautiful and chic statues were erected on the side. The weapons they held were made of gold, and their eyes were beautiful gems. The angel sanctuary located in the center of the Golden City is even more important. The clear spring water flows from both sides of the road. The white and smooth sanctuary that is as high as tens of meters has angels everywhere. It is said that in this temple, there are strange treasures everywhere. Even the magic crystal lamps on the walls use the most precious fire source crystals. Some even said that there were beautiful murals carved by gold and silver threads on the walls, which made people dizzy.

As a central city, Gold City is known for its art, magic technology, and transportation. The level of magic technology here is even enough to be comparable to that of the wizard city, Azus. And the transportation in all directions and the fertile water and soil have finally made this beautiful and splendid city.

However, there is light and darkness. Although this is a bit old-fashioned, it is true.

Rhode knew very well that there was a beautiful red maple leaf forest to the south of Gold City. The trees here never withered and looked very pleasing to the eye. But only a few people know that this is the execution ground for Lydia's execution of her political opponents and the most sinful criminals. You know, this grandpa's dedication to beauty is comprehensive ...

Some of them are real, others are pure delusions. But with so many rumors, there are only two cores in the end, that is, Gold City is very rich, and very luxurious and beautiful.

Not to mention that after Lydia came to power, the grandfather's last name was to overhaul the entire Golden City, so tossing it down, even if the rumors were not 100% true, at least not too bad.

In fact, in the game, this has also caused heated discussions among players. In the eyes of many players, Lydia has done this like a lot of rich starters who have nowhere to spend, based on the novels they usually read. The true aristocracy should be introverted, with rich heritage and connotation. It's not to show off your existence by the surface gloss that is piled up with money. But there are still some players who refute that, even if the granddaughter really has money and nowhere to spend, at least she does have a hand in this regard, and the city that was laid out and built with such a large amount of money is truly amazing. Everyone is vulgar and ca n’t understand the elegance of abstract paintings. Since people spend so much money not to feel the vulgarity of the upstart, they have just made a luxurious and elegant beauty. Good value for money, isn't it?

In fact, this is just one of the contradictory arguments about Lydia. For players, they have never seen a person who loves the country and the people, and is so extravagant and enjoyable. From the perspective of the people of the country, This granddaughter is undoubtedly a famous man. But judging from her own behavior and behavior, 100% of the tyrant cannot run away at all ... Any post in the forum that debates for Lydia can be turned over hundreds of pages. This kind of ancient theory is really lively today, and it can be called a national carnival ...

At this moment, standing on the edge of the mountain road, looking at this beautiful city in the distance, as full of contradictions as its owner, Rhode could not help thinking of his past game experience. When he and other players came to the city for the first time, they shouted in excitement, as if they had never gone out. Many people even gave up the task during that time, and spent ten days and a half months to move around. Once they saw the beautiful scenery beyond imagination, they burned it and put it on the forum. Even at the back, this place has become a place for many online lovers to date, even if they have been ...

Rhodes shook his head, returned to God, and retracted his eyes from the distant city. At this moment, beside him, the other members of the guild had already stood there. Christie faced with a look of expectation and wonder, earnestly Staring at the beautiful city. Annie was excitedly dancing there, and even made some people worry that she would just jump like that.

Marilyn's expression is calm. As a child who grew up in Gold City since she was a child, she is already very familiar with everything here, so naturally she has no special thoughts. Li Jie's expression was somewhat evocative. She stared blankly at the distant city, showing a little anxiety, expectation, pain, hesitation, and determination.

It's really interesting.

Looking at Li Jie's expression, Rhodes frowned. He has never paid attention to Li Jie's life, but from her and Ma Lin's knowledge, you can imagine that Li Jie must have grown up in the Golden City when she was a child, and her status is not low. How can it be possible to use her identity Run down the street and play with the average kid?

So what exactly is Li Jie's true identity?

Thinking of this, Rhode glanced at Malin again, hesitated for a moment, and finally decided not to ask for the time being. He had a hunch, and maybe soon, Li Jie would take the initiative to explain it all to himself.

After admiring the beauty of the Golden City, the crowds re-entered the carriage and continued to drive towards the Golden City. Soon, they followed the mountain road to the outer area of ​​the Golden City.

Although there are many more people coming to Gold City than Ping Yue because of the Midsummer Festival, as an important transportation hub city, Gold City obviously has a wealth of experience in how to divert people, so although it looks like a lot of people, but They are very orderly and fast. Most of the people who came here on foot have entered the Golden City by ferry on the pier. And for those who come by long distance from a carriage, not everyone's carriage is allowed to enter the city. In addition to those nobles, only invited people and trucks carrying goods were allowed to enter through the bridge.

However, as a mercenary group invited by the Midsummer Festival, of course, Rhodes was not in this list. Soon, they came to the checkpoint of Qiaotou and were ready to be inspected.

And just then, the mutation suddenly occurred.

Just when Christie and Annie stepped off the carriage and were going to be checked, suddenly a group of knights roared towards them. This sudden scene of scary Christie could not react at all. At this moment, Annie was hugging Christie and pulled her back abruptly, and the knights were worthy to pass the girl, and the dust and smoke that they brought up immediately enveloped them. among them.

Then he fluttered, stopped in front of the crowd, and stopped.

"What is this guy doing!"

Annie rushed forward in dissatisfaction and came to the headed knight.

And when she saw her approaching, the other party gave a violent stun.

"Who are you? What do you want to do?"

"Did you know that you almost hit someone just now!"

Annie held out her finger in dissatisfaction and pointed at each other.

"Nearly, Christie was hit by your horse. Don't you look at the road with long eyes!"

"Look at the way?"

Hearing this sentence, the man frowned, his face sinking, and then he reached out and pointed to the flying flag next to him.

"Do n’t you see that this is the sign of the Diou family? You did n’t take the initiative to let it go. It is already an offense to the Diou family. Huh, a group of country guys who do n’t know the heights and heights should be hit! It should be said, you Isn't it good? What do you want to do? "

"I have never heard of any Dior family."

Annie frowned and clenched her fists.

"Don't you plan to come down and apologize?"

"Huh, ignorant little people."

Hearing Anne's words, the knight snorted and turned his head. At this time, the four war angels responsible for guarding the bridge also noticed the conflict between him and Annie and flew over. They were wearing silver armor, holding long guns, and their white wings were beating in the air. The war angel, headed by him, saw the knight in front of him, his face sinking slightly, but he quickly recovered his appearance.

"What happened here? Mr. Gell?"

"It's nothing, it's just a group of savages."

Hearing the inquiry of the war angel, the man replied casually, and then he turned his head.

"By the way, you guys are here. These guys are rude to me. It's intolerable. A bunch of country guys even want to enter the city? Just by them? Well, hurry up and drive these people out and pass the inspection. There are urgent matters to rush on. "

Hearing each other's words, the expressions of the war angels changed, and at this moment, Rhode finally came over.

"This gentleman, I think you're better to apologize. I will give you thirty seconds. It will not expire."

"It's up to you? Who do you think you are?"

Seeing Rhodes step forward, there was a weird look on the knight's face, and it seemed that he was a little confused whether the man in front of him was male or female, but even so, his proud attitude remained unchanged.

"Get out of here, folks, this is not the place for you."

Just then, the others started laughing and laughing.

"Ha ha ha, that is, you get off quickly, we are very busy, don't block our way."

"A bunch of country guys really take themselves as personalities and want the young master to apologize to them? Who do they think they are?"

Hearing his subordinates' expression, the knight's expression became more complacent. He laughed and looked at Rhodes with a sneer.

"Know now, you guys, you do n’t even have the qualifications to enter the city. What are you still doing here? Get away! I am in a good mood today and don't want to care about you fools."

"Mr. Gull!"

Hearing here, the war angel headed finally changed his face.

"Please take care of yourself."

Just then, suddenly, a crisp voice sounded.

"Who said we weren't eligible to enter the city?"

"Ok?"

Hearing this voice, Geer looked up and looked back, and saw Li Jie stepping off the carriage at this moment. She wiped the dust on Christie's face, frowned, and looked at the man in dissatisfaction.

"I hope you apologize to Christie, this gentleman."

"You? What are you?"

Looking at the girl in front of him, Geer smiled, but hadn't waited for him to say anything, but saw that the four war angels suddenly came to Li Jie at this moment, and then they half-knelt on the ground, solemnly to the girl Okay.

"You are back, Your Royal Highness."

(To be continued)