Summoning the Holy Sword

The sharp blade penetrated the thick fur of the vampire bat without any stagnation, the torn flesh flew apart in the air, the dark bat struggled frantically, flapping its wings, and instinctively wanted to escape. But soon, a raging flame roared from the sword's edge, and instantly turned the bat into black charcoal.

"This is the last one?"

Looking at the mercenary who pulled the sword from the bat that had turned into black and gray, Rhode asked in a low voice, and when he heard his inquiry, everyone looked at each other and then nodded. Although the number of these vampire bats was large, the crowd did not stop there. Instead, under the leadership of Rhodes, they did not retreat and relied on the cover of Marin and Li Jie to kill all the way to the cave. And those vampire bats rushed for a while, and saw that these prey were too difficult to entangle, and finally left at this moment.

When the crowd calmed down, they realized that the cave was not just in front of them. On the contrary, what was displayed in front of them was a long-dust tunnel. Although the heavy dust and spider webs covered the entire space, but In the light of magic, everyone can clearly see the neat high platform, round stone pillars and broken statues in front of them. From these we can see that it is absolutely impossible to produce something naturally.

Rhode looked up and stared at the passage in front of him, but after seeing the broken cobwebs, his face suddenly changed slightly, then he made a gesture without turning his head, and when seeing Rhode's gesture, Marin immediately The backhand squeezed it hard, extinguishing the magical light hovering around her, and then everyone spread out immediately, hiding behind the remains of the ruins.

Darkness and silence re-enveloped the entire space, while everyone remained silent and motionless. Soon, there was a sound of footsteps in the originally quiet tunnel, and along with the sound of footsteps, there were firelights and several swaying figures. Soon, with the fire light re-illuminating the space in front of him, several barbarians appeared at the end of the tunnel. They held up the torch and looked around with doubts and vigilance.

"What's going on? Did you find anything?"

"No, it doesn't seem to make any difference here-why are the bats so fierce?"

"Is there a mouse?"

"Don't be kidding."

These barbarians also seemed to be very scared of the vampire bats. With the light of the fire, Rhodes saw them cautiously leaning out of the tunnel entrance, but did not dare to walk out, which made him frown. In fact, just after seeing the torn cobwebs at the crossing of the passageway, Rhodes realized that there might be someone passing by before. Now it looks as if they didn't expect it, these barbarians have also discovered this secret passage, but fortunately, it seems that these people don't seem to care much about it here, and they are not strictly guarded, otherwise it may change More troublesome.

Thinking of this, Rhodes poked his head out of the gap and carefully looked in the direction of the firelight. I saw five barbarians standing in the direction of the tunnel entrance. They held the torches and stood in two rows in the middle of the tunnel. One of them was holding the torch up high and waving to the front, while behind him, the remaining four barbarians were looking at everything indifferently.

"It's a ghost. Where did the nasty vampire bats go? I remember just waving those guys to fly out. Why didn't I see a ghost shadow today?"

"Did the bats run away? Haha, if that's the case, that's really good news for us ... Should we go and see the situation?"

Hearing this, Rhode could not help reaching out and held down the hilt. And not far behind him, other people were also ready. They held weapons and stared at the barbarians in front of them, waiting for them to get out of the tunnel, and then immediately launched an attack. Under their gaze, the barbarian holding the torch hesitated for a moment, then stepped out of his right foot ...

"forget it."

And just then, a barbarian behind held his shoulder.

"Perhaps the beasts are looking for food, we should not leave this tunnel. You forget how the idiot died before? The Holy Spirit is on, what if we come to half of the beasts and they come back? I don't want to be a dead body! "

Hearing this sentence, the barbarian who had been holding a torch before intending to go out for a look also hesitated. Finally, he took back his steps.

I'll go!

Looking at the scene in front of him, Rhodes gritted his teeth. It seems that these **** really did not intend to come out, so ... Thinking of this, Rhodes sighed, and then he lowered his head and whispered at the ring. command.

"Marin, Li Jie, do it!"

"Nessay!"

As soon as Rhodes's voice fell, an obscure mantra sounded from the corner, and with this mantra, Li Jie rolled suddenly on the spot, and then appeared in front of the few barbarians.

When they saw a girl suddenly appeared in front of them, these barbarians were very surprised. They opened their eyes, opened their mouths, looked at Li Jie with an incredible expression, and at the same time reached out and shouted something, but strangely, the whole There was silence in the tunnel, and no sound could be heard. These barbarians are ridiculous like they are performing a mime.

And at this moment, Li Jie stretched out her right hand and swept down through the void. With her movements, soon, a golden barrier emerged from behind the barbarians, blocking their way.

Soon, the barbarians realized that the situation was wrong. Two of them immediately turned around and banged on the golden barrier, but their attack was useless. After seeing this scene, the remaining three The man turned around immediately, shouting something in his mouth, and rushed towards Li Jie.

Facing those barbarians who rushed towards her, Li Jie stepped back two steps calmly, and then a golden barrier immediately wrapped the girl's body, and at this time, those barbarians had already held up their machete and rushed to In front of Li Jie. However, the blade in their hands did not go down.

Rod appeared like a ghost behind three barbarians, and then flashed with red light. Two barbarians soon fell to the ground. The last barbarians were also pressed to the ground by mercenaries on the other side. I wiped my neck cleanly and saw my companion killed. The remaining two barbarians were even more frightened, but before they could do anything, they felt a flash of cold light in front of them. Then, a The flying knife and an ice cone were inserted into their foreheads and chests, and then the two barbarians slowly slumped to the ground against the golden protective barrier, and there was no sound.

Rhode lifted his spirits and stared nervously into the depths of the tunnel. After making sure there were no abnormalities there, he was relieved, then raised his right hand and made a gesture.

Seeing his gestures, Marin stood up from behind, and then she whispered something. With the magic symbol in the center of the girl's palm broken and splitting, the tunnel that was originally quiet and could not hear any sound was re-injected. New breath. At this time, Li Jie also breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out her right hand. Soon, the golden barrier that had been blocked in the passageway just disappeared in no time.

"Good job."

Rhode took up the sword and nodded at the two, but feeling Rhode's eyes, Li Jie could not help but smile slightly, while Malin appeared a flush, then lowered her head a little at a loss.

At this time, several other mercenaries had also gathered. One middle-aged mercenary pulled a take-off knife from the forehead of the barbarous, wiped the blood on it, and then retracted the leather sheath again. This was a little worrying. Asked.

"Sir, what do you do next? It looks like this tunnel is not so safe."

"Keep going."

Facing the mercenary's inquiry, Rhode made a gesture without hesitation, then he took out his sword, glanced at the two bodies, and frowned slightly. It seems that when the fort was broken, it was more broken than he thought. Originally in the game, this undercover channel was very secretive. Even himself, after buying some high-level players in this guild, learned the secret. The secret of Tao, but now it seems that this place has been different from before. Those barbarians daring to patrol back and forth here are enough to show that this is not the same way as before.

Thinking of this, Rhodes frowned, he glanced at the mercenaries next to him, and then picked two of them.

"Marin, you apply a stealth technique to them. I want you to go to the fork in the front to see the situation. Remember, don't take the risk. Anything will be reported immediately. Do you understand?"

"Yes, sir."

Upon hearing Rhode's order, the two mercenaries immediately relaxed their expressions and nodded to Rhode, and then they stood in front of Marin, waiting for the young lady to cast, but Rhode's unexpected When outside, facing the two people standing in front of herself, Marin seemed completely unaware of it. She still lowered her head and stared at the barbaric corpse pierced by the ice cone not far away, wondering what she was thinking.

"Marlene?"

"what?"

Hearing Rhode's voice, Malin froze for a moment before reacting, and looked up a little bit embarrassed.

"What's the matter? Mr. Rhodes?"

"Release them a stealth spell, and I need someone to go ahead and see the situation."

Originally Rhodes planned to keep up with himself, but looking at the strange situation of Malin now, he was a bit reassured. Originally, Malin was the most reassuring and trustworthy of all members. But now Ma Lin has become the most worrying object. Frankly speaking, if it wasn't for the help of the mage this time, Rhodes would not choose to bring Ma Lin together to participate in the battle and give Anne to Qi Lian for command. Although in front of Qilian, Annie behaved well. But Rhodes knew that neither of them was a fuel-saving lamp. Anne Ken listened to Marlene largely because Marlen was angry and very serious, which made Annie very scared. But Aniken listened to Qi Lian's words, it was more like a heart-breaking sympathy between two stinking guys. So this time letting Qilian replace Malin to be responsible for the positive suppression of the fortress. Rhodes is really worried. He usually does not worry about Qilian. He is afraid that that guy will be troubled if he motivates. As soon as Lian talked about it, then Anne would probably go crazy with her. If it really turned out like that --- thought of this, Rhodes would feel a little stomachache ...

At this time, the returning goddess Marin had quickly applied the stealth spell to the two mercenaries, and then the two mercenaries turned around and left quickly. They were fast, light, and did not send a tiny bit of The sound soon disappeared into the tunnel.

Watching the two leave, Rhode nodded with satisfaction. Frankly, some things really don't know and don't know. If it wasn't for the Starlight Guild's recruitment, Rhodes would not have known that among those idle mercenaries, there were so many elite-level professionals. Of the more than 300 mercenaries recruited by the Starlight Mercenary Corps this time, almost two-thirds were idle mercenaries. On the contrary, none of the mercenary regiments who passed the assessment passed even a hundred. .

From this, it can also be seen how much a mercenary guild influences a region. In terms of the number of these elite professionals, the Pafield area is no less than elsewhere. But because the mercenary guilds here are really uncontested and unable to obtain a stable status and reputation, this has also led many people to live alone and pull some people into mercenary squads, and they are not willing to go to those who have no future and The mercenary group of hope mingled.

It wasn't until Rhodes' Guild was born, that these professionals saw hope and motivation, and then abandoned those who had passed and passed. Otherwise, it is really difficult for Rhodes to recruit so many elite professionals. .

Thinking of this, Rhodes calmed his thoughts, he glanced around, then nodded to the remaining three.

"You look around and see if there is anything outside, Li Jie, I'll leave it to you."

"Ah, yes."

After hearing Rhode's order, Li Jie responded hastily. Instead, the two mercenaries behind her squeezed each other's eyes, revealing a smile of "all in nothing". These mercenaries are experience Rich elites are naturally good at human beings. In addition, they are not short when they come to the guild. They have already understood the relationship between Rhodes and several female surnames around him. Now he heard Rhode's order. They also consciously refused to do “light bulbs”, and pretend to be on the other side soon, and began to look at the situation outside.

After seeing the crowds leaving, Rhodes walked beside Marin. At this moment, Marin also noticed that her behavior was abnormal. In the face of Rhodes, the girl lowered her head a bit, bit her lips, not knowing what to do. What to say.

"You have been out of order lately, Marlene."

Rhode stared at Malin's face, and then said, he was not a fool. Malin's recent series of abnormal actions Rhode looked at. He can be sure that Malin has something to hide from herself, and she seems to have some Dare not to face yourself. This is not normal for this young lady who has always been proud. But why didn't Ma Lin dare to face herself? Did she do anything wrong?

Rhodes had no clue whatsoever about it-this was taken for granted.

"This ......... I'm sorry, Lord Rhodes, I was a little bit lost for a moment."

Upon hearing Rhode's inquiries, Malin looked red. To be honest, not only Rhodes, but even Marin herself felt more and more strange, just as after just seeing the barbarian who was stabbed to death by the ice cone, I don't know why. Suddenly a weird thought emerged in Marin's heart. Mr. Rhodes would not consider himself a cruel and murderous woman. Would he hate himself for this?

Instead, she would not have such an idea, let alone the status of the barbarians is not as good as that of the civilians. At the time, in Gaoya Village, Marin had no psychological pressure when facing those civilians who dared to speak to herself It's time to clean up, but now seeing the corpse of this barbaric girl, the girl can't help worrying about her image in Rhodes' heart.

This was also extremely confusing for Marlene. She couldn't figure out why she had such thoughts and ideas, but Marlene also knew that the thought was too boring and weak, so she faced Rod's Ask, she didn't know how to answer for a while.

"I know, but your recent performance has been strange."

Rhodes shook his head, and then he glanced around. This is not a good place to chat, and the timing is not right.

"If you have any troubles, you can tell me. Of course, if it is not suitable to tell me, you can also go to Lijie them, but I hope that in any case, do not be alone and worry, we must know that we are in yours By your side, if you have any troubles to solve, we are happy to help. Also, we will encounter very fierce battles next, no matter what you have in mind, I hope you can suppress them and wait until the battle is over Besides, do you understand? "

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

Hearing Rhode's words, Malin's eyes flashed with a sense of relief, joy, and a little shame. Then, the girl reached out, pressed her chest, closed her eyes, and took a long breath, Then she opened her eyes again and raised her head-staring at Rhodes as usual.

"Okay, Mr. Rhodes, I understand. Please rest assured, I promise that this will never happen again."

"well."

Seeing Malin's expression, Rhode nodded relievedly. Although he didn't know what kind of thought in Malin's mind, at least this time, standing in front of him was the same Malin who was in peace, That's enough for Rhodes.

Just then, Rhode turned his head, and soon, accompanied by a wave of air in front of him, a mercenary figure appeared in front of Rhodes.

"Regiment, chief, I think you'd better go and see for yourself, there are some weird things in front."

(To be continued)