Summoning the Holy Sword

Although it was bad for Rhodes to not be able to heal Christie's body, everything was going well except for this incident. After the banquet, Tony, the president of the mercenary association, also officially admitted. Rhode's Starlight Mercenary Group-No, it should now be renamed the Starlight Guild and formally responsible for mercenaries in the Pafield area.

"Mr. Rod Ellant, on behalf of the Mercenary Association, formally announces that starting today, Starlight will be promoted to the Mercenary Guild. I hope you will inherit the will of the mercenaries and move forward bravely."

Ton raised his hands flat, and raised a beautifully crafted long sword in front of Rhodes. And Rhodes was slightly owed to his body and respectfully took over the exquisitely decorated long sword. This is the symbol of a mercenary group's promotion to the guild. It also represents that from now on, Rhodes and his team, Will officially become the target and leader of all mercenaries on the Pafield Plains.

After becoming a mercenary guild, Starlight ’s status and power will be greatly improved. First, as a guild, Starlight will have the power of the Mercenary Association in the Pafield area, including the implementation of some relatively important and For dangerous missions, the mercenary guild can convene small mercenary groups to fight with the permission of the association. Not only that, when the guild realizes that these mercenary groups are likely to perform threatening actions against the mercenaries and local security. As long as the evidence is conclusive, they can even demand the forced dissolution of this mercenary regiment. Of course, the most radical of these is that if necessary, the guild can use force to completely destroy it.

This is the relationship between the mercenary association and the guild. As a large cross-border organization, the mercenary association itself is actually insufficient in implementation. After all, this is a work on the table, and most of them are civilians. This also As a result, the deterrence of the association has been extremely reduced. Even if there are some strong men in the town, they are just one person. It is impossible to pluck out a bunch of hair like Sun Wukong and divide themselves into hundreds or thousands of people to maintain the order of the mercenary regiment. After the alliance with the guild, the mercenary guild's strong fighting ability can make up for the lack of execution of the association. And through the association's permission, the mercenary guild can also get some power.

"I assure you, President Thorne, I will lead the Starlight and continue to move forward. We will not abandon our companions, let alone risk rushing to death and danger. We will be with the glory of battle for glory. Fight with faith. "

Receiving the sword, Rhode whispered. After hearing Rhode ’s answer, Tohn nodded with satisfaction. Although Rhode ’s actions made the association leader somewhat dissatisfied in the previous Midsummer Festival competition, he heard Rhode ’s modest answer at this moment. He also had a lot of good feelings for this young man. Not to mention, Rhode objectively helped Ton eliminate a threat. Otherwise, if he loses the game and waltz wins, then Ton may not have the time to stand here to perform any ceremony.

Thinking of this, Thorn couldn't help showing a friendly smile, then he coughed, and then unrolled a map in front of Rhodes. This is a map of the Principality of Munn, and the most noticeable is the four marks on it-that is the badge of the four mercenary guilds. They are located at the four corners of the map and look distinctive. .

"If you work hard, you deserve the glory and reward of victory."

Ton said, reaching out and pointing at the map in front of him.

"Now, it's your time to receive your reward, Mr. Rhodes."

Hearing Tony's speech, Rhode looked up, he stared at the map in front of him carefully, and then sighed in his heart.

Compared with those written provisions, this is the discount that really falls into place. After the mercenary regiment is upgraded to a guild, they have the right to build a fortress of their own in their area. At the same time, the mercenary guild The maximum number of recruiters can reach 700.

This fortress is not comparable to the kind of base previously built by Rhodes. On the Dragon Soul continent, in order to prevent the armed forces from causing harm to civilians, and also to prevent these people from gathering to threaten the power of rule, countries in The mercenary guilds have clearly stipulated that non-merchant guilds can only build ordinary strongholds, and their number cannot exceed one hundred. These strongholds must not have buildings capable of attacking surnames. Once a mercenary regiment is found to be violating, the local authorities can be "forced to demolish". This is why when Rhodes built a mercenary base, only the poor city walls and gates were unlocked by the system until he was upgraded to a mercenary guild.

In terms of area, strongholds and strongholds are also different. The mercenary base cannot exceed a small estate at most, but the maximum range of a mercenary guild's fortress can be as large as a small town. Of course, the mercenary guild wanted to build the fortress somewhere, but it was not up to them. They must apply first, and then be reviewed by the authorities and acknowledged by the mercenary association before they can officially begin construction. In return, the mercenary guild enjoys a certain degree of additional immunity in their fortresses. They can make some local surname laws that do not involve and violate national laws. Of course, once there are provisions that threaten the ruling class, then It will also suffer.

"I've made my decision, Master of the Association."

Without much hesitation, Rhode quickly held out a finger, and then he pointed at the northeast corner of the Pafield area on the map. Tohn looked in the direction of Rhodes' fingers, froze for a moment, and then immediately frowned, looking at Rhodes in surprise.

"This is ... the place of atonement? Are you sure? Mr. Rhode? Do you know where it is? Although I should not be inclined to surname as the president of the association, frankly, I don't think it is here It would be a good place. "

"I have decided, Master of the Association."

In the face of Tony's euphemism, Rhodes only shook his head politely, but did not change his opinion. Of course, he knew exactly where the place of atonement was, but it was for this reason that Rhodes chose it-only in that place could he make the best use of all the resources he currently has at his disposal.

"Now that you have made your decision, I won't say much more."

Seeing that Rhodes obviously did not intend to heed the suggestion, and Thorn no longer said anything in this regard, he took out his pen, circled it in detail, and then solemnly put away the map.

"Then Mr. Rhodes, I will report your choice to Your Highness. As long as she approves, then you can leave for the Atonement and establish your own stronghold. However, I still hope that you can do your best, After all, the courage of the mercenary guild is very heavy. "

"Your advice, I must keep it in mind, Master of the Association."

Upon hearing Thorn's advice, Rhode nodded slightly, and he knew what Thorn meant. Although on the surface, the mercenary guild is very beautiful, has its own territory, has its own power, it seems that it can run wild in the countryside. But in fact, the opposite is true. Because only one mercenary guild is allowed in each region, and because of the cooperative surname between the guild and the association, the mercenary guild has to be largely a mercenary order in the entire region. Maintainer. You must know that there are nearly 30 mercenary regiments in a region, and these mercenary regiments are distributed in various places in the region. To ensure that nothing happens in each place, but also to ensure mercenaries between regions. It is very difficult for an ordinary guild to prevent conflicts between the regiments while guaranteeing their absolute authority and influence in this area.

This is also one of the reasons why the guilds will eventually seek power and large chambers of commerce to support themselves-you make a group of mercenaries who only know how to yell and kill all of a sudden need to transform from a free ranger to a whole The guardian of the area, which is too difficult for most mercenary mercenaries. What's more, the mercenary industry was originally an industry where input and output are not directly proportional. It's a good mix, luck is good, and you can make a lot of money to pay for your retirement. The mix is ​​bad, luck is almost, that is at least the level of blood loss and homelessness.

It is a pity that the aborigines are not players. They can run corpses indefinitely after death, so for them, it is natural for them to lose their home and die. It is normal to see what happened in Pafield. It can be learned that just one mission made many long-established mercenary regiments eventually have to choose to dissolve and forcibly dissolve. This is precisely because they have no strength to resist this risk.

The mercenary guild's strength is stronger than the mercenary group, so they will not lose much in general small risks, but if they encounter those larger risks, they will also have this problem.

However, this risky mercenary guild is unavoidable because according to the regulations of the mercenary association, each mercenary guild must complete at least two five-star (highest) mercenary missions a year, otherwise it will be forced to dissolve , Failure is not allowed, and delay is not allowed. Hiller's burning blade was stuck on this hard surname rule, and he planted it three or two times, so every year his burning blade rose and fell, fell and rose, rose and fell again.

Because of this, although Rhode's starlight has now been officially promoted to a guild, many people are not very optimistic about his future. However, this is at least the first step he took.

After leaving the mercenary association, Rhodes was soon in the hall and saw two people who were not unfamiliar or familiar.

"Frankly, I think this is a little too reluctant for your kid."

Bartle sipped his wine and patted Rhodes' shoulders, laughing.

"Although it is said that there is still half a year from now to the winter rest period, but boy ... how do you complete two five-star mercenary missions in half a year? These tasks are no better than those you received in the mercenary regiment Simple ... "

"It's a big deal to underestimate him, Bartle."

Victor stood on the other side, staring at Rhodes with an elegant, calm smile as always.

"Just like the two old guys from Mobis and Waltz ... ... at first we didn't expect them to lose the game, especially the old Waltz guy, but even Rosen moved out, what happened?"

"Yeah, Rosen ........."

Hearing the name, Bartel narrowed his smile, and he put down his glass and sighed with sigh.

"Speaking of which, I really don't like this old bastard, but ... hey, forget it, there's nothing to say."

"Don't say me, aren't you two the same?"

Although Rhodes is not in a good mood because of Christie's affairs, fortunately his poker face gave Rhodes the biggest cover, so even if Rhodes is expressionless now, others will not realize that he is actually not very emotional. And Rhodes didn't complain, and he figured it out. It was already so, and sighing was no use. Since Lydia couldn't help Christie, now she can only take one step at a time. Life is going to live anyway. Just because one or two things are not in accordance with his own heart, it behaves like Rhodes's life philosophy as the end of the world.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Of course the mission."

Hearing Bartle's confused questioning, Rhodes could not help raising his eyebrows.

"It's true that we don't have much preparation for the five-star mission, but so do you, Mr. Butler? For this Midsummer Festival, I don't think you have much time and mood to prepare for the mission, do you?"

Hearing Rhode's questioning, Victor and Butler couldn't help it.

In fact, Rhodes was right, not only them. For the victory of the Midsummer Festival, the four mercenary guilds have not made any preparations for this year's five-star mission. They put all their energy into the midsummer festival, and at this time, the mercenary guilds should have been preparing for the task. Because five-star missions are not easy to do, they are placed on the player's side, and they are all copies of the hero level. It is not unusual for a team that is not skilled in technology and consciousness to go in and destroy a dozen or twenty times.

It's still a player, and you can be resurrected if you die. Put on these aboriginal people, don't say ten times to kill them, and three times to destroy them completely.

Because of this, the major mercenary guilds are very cautious about five-star missions. They will even make the best preparations several months in advance. At that time, even if they had a hundred people to go to the mission, there were only fifty or sixty. The return of the individual is already a great victory — and this is also considered to be a bit stronger than the natives. The copy has a limit on the number of players in the team, but not to the natives. Because of this, there are many copies that require players to have 50 people and 100 people to enter. After players enter, it is not strange to find hundreds or thousands of npc corpses inside ... "But we are different from you, boy."

Bartle shook his head and patted Rhodes on the shoulder while taking a bottle of wine on the table beside him.

"To be honest, we did not make preparations, but I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, some of us, boy, in the past, in order to avoid too much trouble, we only sent a hundred people to perform the task. Now it is a little troublesome, but I I believe that with our strength, as long as we send 100 more people, we will be able to handle it. But you? Boy? How many people are there in your mercenary regiment? "

Speaking of which, Battle couldn't help but grin.

"Or do you plan to go to the battle yourself? Isn't it easy? I admit that you are really strong, but boy, this five-star task ... it is not something you can do alone."

I certainly understand that.

Hearing Bartle's depression towards himself, Rhodes rolled his eyes angrily. How could he not know this? But what Bartel said is also true. With the strength of the Rhodes mercenary group, it is indeed very difficult to do a five-star mission now. After all, as a legendary player, Rhodes has done almost every five-star mission. Because of this, Rhodes knows how difficult these five-star tasks are. That's not just the boss is so powerful-the elite mobs in the mountains are the most troublesome trouble. Facing that kind of scene, what exquisite skills, windy position, and elegant methods are all dregs. It is the most practical to use people to resist.

Unless ...... thinking of this, Rhodes suddenly turned his eyes and had an idea.

"So, Mr. Victor, Mr. Battle, do you want us to make a bet?"

"bet?"

Hearing Rhode's words, the two immediately looked up, staring curiously and doubtfully at the young man in front of them.

"What bet."

"If our Starlight Guild can finish these two five-star missions before the two of you ...... then I hope the two can meet my little requirement."

"Hey, kid, are you kidding me?"

Hearing this, Bartel could not help but widen his eyes in surprise.

"This one……………"

However, before he had finished speaking, he stood by the side, and the silent Victor suddenly reached out to stop Bartle's speech. Then he stared carefully at Rhode in front of him and asked.

"So, Mr. Rhode, your request is ...?"

"It's simple."

Speaking of which, Rhodes spread his hands.

"I just hope that the two can help me open up a small business and trade channel within your respective jurisdictions."

"What do you want that thing for?"

At the request of Rhodes, Bartel frowned, and muttered a little boringly. Victor lowered his eyes and began to think. Soon, he looked up again and looked at Rhodes.

"But even if you lose this bet, it doesn't do us any good, does it? Mr. Rhode, there is nothing in the Pafield area that we want."

"That's right."

Upon hearing Victor's answer, Rhode nodded calmly, and then he glanced at Battle.

"Frankly, I'm just angry that some people are so sure that we must be unlucky."

"Hahaha, is your kid still angry? Why didn't I see it?"

Bartelhaha laughed, and he reached out and pointed at Rhodes' expressionless face, and laughed at him.

"Look at your dead face, boy, do n’t laugh when you should laugh, don't cry when you should cry, who knows how you think about it. Is it all fun to do this all day? I think your kid might as well learn Those killers, looking for a mask to cover their faces, are better than they are now, aren't they? "

Having said that, Bartel slammed his fist.

"Okay, I took this challenge, boy, but in case you lose, I want your boy to wear women's clothing and pour Lao Tzu with a smile. Hey, he looks like a woman, I really want to See what your kid would look like if he really wore a dress. "

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

Hearing this sentence, Rhodes's brow moved slightly. Although there was still no expression on his face, a cold chill at this moment had been slowly released from Rhodes' side.

"Okay, Mr. Butler ...... If that's the case, then if I win this bet, I also expect you to put on women's clothes and pour me wine ... I think it must be a memorable scene. Right , I want to personally design clothes. "

"I have no problem."

Victor nodded slightly.

"But I don't need this kind of boring bet, Mr. Rhodes, if you can really accomplish two five-star tasks before the two of us, then ........."

Speaking here, Victor's words did not finish, because at this time, a servant came to his side and whispered something to Victor, and when he heard the servant, Victor was Slightly hesitated, then he looked up and nodded slightly to the two.

"Sorry, Battle, Mr. Rhode, I still have something to do. Let's take a step ......... Battle, I won't participate in that boring bet."

Having said this, Victor turned and left.

"It's boring."

Looking at Vic's figure, Bartle shrugged helplessly, then he put down the empty bottle in his hand, picked up a bottle of wine from the table next to him, and rushed to Rhodes. A flash.

"So, my bet is next, if I really lose, whatever you want me to wear. But if I win ......... hehehe, I'm looking forward to that scene. But forget it, Today is a happy day, saying that these boring topics are very boring, how about? Would you like to have a man-to-man test? It looks like a pussy, does not drink like a pussy? That's a laugh. "

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

Hearing what Bartle said, Rhodes didn't speak. Instead, he just raised his glass in silence.

(To be continued)