"What do you want to do, sir?"

The woman who was caught by Rhodes did not change color at all, but asked with a leisurely smile. However, Rhodes suddenly narrowed his eyes and the power in his hands immediately increased a little.

"Oh...you also know I'm a sir."

"This is...of course, sir."

Once Rhode became serious, his power was not something that anyone could bear. The woman who was caught by Rhode changed slightly, and then she still endured the pain and replied with a smile. Not only that, she also leaned her body against Rhode, and then chuckled and straightened her chest. Her white and plump chest suddenly appeared in the gaps in the collar, giving people a rough temptation. However, on this, Rhode discovered another focus worthy of his attention - that was wearing a silver-tooth necklace on the woman's chest.

"I just want to have a good look at this lady. She really loves her, doesn't she?"

As she spoke, the woman pulled her hand out of Rhode's hand. She looked at Christie again, but this time she did not try to move forward recklessly. Instead, the woman quickly pulled back a few steps and looked at Rhode with dissatisfaction. She seemed to be very angry at his behavior, but soon, she shrugged her shoulders and chuckled.

"Don't be so nervous, sir, I'm just an ordinary woman. It's impolite to treat a lady like this? But it seems that I'm really a bit abrupt, so... I'll say goodbye."

After saying this, the woman nodded to Christie with a smile, then turned and left. Rhode looked at the woman's back thoughtfully, then lowered her head and stared at the note in her hand.

“…Rod…?”

Christie's voice rang in Rhode's ears. She raised her head in confusion and looked at Rhode in front of her. When she heard her call, Rhode didn't say anything else, but put the note in his arms, then looked at Christie, showing a soft smile.

"Is there any other place to go? Christie?"

When Rod brought Christy back to the stronghold, it was already evening.

Both Rod and Christie were a rare rest for them. Christie spent most of her rest and rarely went out. She could only take a walk in the garden of her stronghold when she went out occasionally. While Rhodes spent most of her time building mercenary groups and tasks, and rarely had such free time to go out shopping, so both of them had a rare time to enjoy themselves. However, compared to the excited Christie, Rhodes seemed to be even more tired. After all, for men, shopping was definitely not their hobby. But for women, shopping seemed to have been completely integrated into their souls and blood, and even Christie was still unavoidable.

However, in order to prevent the girl from getting sick, Rod asked Christie to rest after returning to the stronghold. Although Christie was in good spirits, her body could not support such a long time of exercise, so although she was a little unwilling, the girl could only choose to go back to her room to rest. After sending Christie back to the room, Rod did not go to rest. Instead, he came to the lounge on the first floor and planned to relax.

After walking around all day, Christie was physically exhausted, while Rhode was mentally exhausted. Even if he looked like a woman and had several girlfriends, he still couldn't understand where the great enthusiasm for shopping came from. Is it meaningful to just look at it and not buy it? On the other hand, since you don't buy it, why should you go shopping?

Rhodes couldn't find the answer to this question at all.

However, when Rhodes walked into the lounge, he unexpectedly met someone.

"Yo, boy."

Old Walker sat on the table by the window and saw Rhode walk in and wave it out.

"Are you back?"

"I'm back."

Rode looked around. It was originally the entertainment room of the old noble house, but now there are no entertainment props here. There are only a few wine barrels in the corner, and there are clean copper wine glasses next to it. There are no people in the lounge now, and most of the mercenaries have not returned yet. Because the ban has not been lifted, the current Starlight mercenary group is not fully operational. Only after the ban is lifted can we see what level the mercenary group present can have.

"………I really didn't expect that there were so many people in the mercenary group now."

Old Walker took a sip of the wine in the glass and looked out the window and said with emotion.

"I remember when you kid and Lijie invited me together, I thought you mercenary group was not long, three people? Hey... boy, do you know? At that time, many guys were laughing at you, saying that you were delusional, let alone them, I thought so too. I came here just to see how you failed, but unfortunately, you disappointed me..."

Speaking of this, Old Walker paused for a moment, then picked up the wine glass again.

"Boy, what do you want to do? I have been a mercenary for my whole life and have seen everyone. People like you usually have their own goals and plans. I believe that you will not just build this mercenary group to make a living and seek adventure. If that's the case, do you need to do this?"

Faced with Old Walker's inquiry, Rhode did not give an answer. He just shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture expressionlessly.

"Of course I have my plans, old guy."

It is impolite to come but not go. Since Old Walker kept calling himself "boy", then Rhode didn't mind calling him "old guy". Otherwise, others would hear the words, where would he put his majesty as the leader of the group?

"You just need to watch it well. Anyway, you are so old, so it's difficult to change, right?"

"The teeth are sharp."

Hearing Rhode's reply, Old Walker snorted coldly, then he shook his wine glass, and his expression suddenly became much more serious.

"But... No matter what you want to do, you must be mentally prepared. Not everyone will be on the same path as you. Your ambition may be just a burden and trouble for them... I hope you can remember this. Mercenaries... Sometimes they are just mercenaries."

Speaking of this, Old Walker's face was a little gloomy. He lowered his head, shook his head and sighed. Then he stood up and walked towards the wine cup by the wall. Rhode narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the somewhat old figure without answering.

“I used to have been that time.”

While pouring wine, Old Walker said lowering his head.

"At that time, I was full of energy and thought I could do everything. I longed to be able to take my companions to become stronger, and we would become more famous and richer, and would be echoed like the heroes mentioned by those minstrels... We used to think so, but the facts were not. Not everyone was interested in the future I portrayed. They did not care about money, reputation, nor did they want to risk their lives to go deep into the channels connecting hell and the world to protect goodness and peace. In the threat and shadow of death, they chose to retreat. They were unwilling to fight against the demons and undead in the cold and dark underground, and eventually died in obscurity. Instead, they chose to return to their hometown with money and live a comfortable life. I once thought I was betrayed, but now I looked so ridiculous at that time................"

Speaking of this, the old man smiled bitterly, but his voice was filled with bitterness.

Faced with the old man's words, Rhode was also silent. He had never considered this issue, but now, Old Walker's words forced Rhode to think from another aspect.

That is the future of the mercenary group.

If everything goes well, then after the Midsummer Festival, Rhodes' mercenary group will be upgraded to a mercenary guild, which is almost one of the biggest dreams of the mercenaries in their lives.

Now, both Lijie and Anne are working hard for this dream. But what about after successfully upgrading? They became Mercenary Guilds and then continued to live like this?

Of course Rhodes was unwilling. The Mercenary Guild was not the ending for him, but the basis for the real beginning. In the end, his goal was to obtain a piece of territory to manage forces that were enough to resist the Kingdom of Light and Kingdom of Night and prepare for the next war. Rhodes once thought this was not difficult, after all, he had experience once, and he would not lose even if he did another one. However, Old Walker's reminder and advice made Rhodes find that he ignored one thing-that was that he subconsciously confused the players and the natives.

Players cannot have such boredom problems. When they hear new tasks, new dungeons, new teams, they will definitely be extremely excited. If they learn that they can own their own territory, then they will be a sudden outrageous morale. Because this is the purpose of players playing the game, they are eager to have their own territory, their own power, their own equipment, their own organization, and even conquer the world. This motivation is invincible to players, but for the indigenous people, it has its limits - after all, unlike players, they only have one life, and they do not have the qualities of players being able to come back after they die. It is precisely because of this that they value their own life more than those illusory things.

Rhode knew a lot about Old Walker's history, but he knew all the ordinary situations. Originally, Rhode thought Old Walker was depressed after that injury, but now he heard that Old Walker might have been discouraged by his companions before that injury.

He used justice and glory to inspire his companions, but it sounded like these illusory things did not succeed. Rhodes planned to use equipment and power to lure those mercenaries. Will his approach succeed?

It's like you and your companions swept a robber camp and gained enough wealth for you to enjoy throughout your life. Then you got another news that there is a dragon nearby, which holds legendary weapons and equipment. If you can kill it, everyone will be the hero of the kingdom.

So how to choose?

If it is a player, you will definitely not agree directly.

But from the perspective of the indigenous people, would they really want to challenge that suicide target? Although Rhodes knew very well that once the war broke out, no one could escape, and those mercenaries would not have a situation like Old Walker. For their own survival, they could only persist. But after they won, would they continue to choose to fight? Or would they live in a peaceful place with a generous bounty? No one could tell me, although Rhodes knew about this future battle.

The war will burn every corner of the continent, but now no one believes that he says this. Just as now, most people in Deep Rock City are still living in peace, and they don’t know that the Kingdom of Light will start a war with the Kingdom of Night, and the Kingdom of Night will take the Principality of Mun as the primary target of attack. Peace is like a soap bubble, beautiful and fragile, and it will be completely destroyed with a little force, and they would rather live in this soap bubble than face reality.

"Thank you for your advice, old man."

Rhode stood up and found himself perhaps rethinking the issue.

"You're welcome, little guy, I'm just talking nonsense anyway. Anyway, all I can say is this. It's your business whether you like to listen or not. I'm old, so I don't care about so much. I don't know how many days I can live in this life. I've done enough things I have to worry about."

After another glass of wine, Old Walker seemed to have returned to peace. He wiped the corner of his mouth and replied with a smile. Then he looked at Rhode's figure walking towards the door with some confusion.

"Why? You still have to go out so late?"

"I'm going to visit the Star of Glory. After Marlin and the others finished training, please inform them on me that I don't need to wait for me tonight."

"Star of Glory?"

Hearing Rhode's answer, the old man was stunned and then showed a cunning smile.

"Hehe, can't you finally bear it? The girls there are very good, I said, "A man, how can you not go there to be casual and elegant? It's the best place in Shenshi City. There are so many beautiful girls around you who can watch but not eat, and it's really a shame that you can endure it until now. Don't worry, boy, I will cover you up. If Xiao Lijie and the others ask, I will say you'll do something very important!"

Rhode shook his head when he heard Old Walker's joke, but he didn't say much.

And in fact, as Old Walker said, he does have very important things to do.

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