After seeing off another group of guests, Shana stood up and shook her head. A crisp sound immediately made a sound in her sore neck, which made the red-haired mercenary grin. Then she turned around, sighed a long time, and looked out the window.

"It's already afternoon..."

Looking at the scenery outside, Shanna couldn't help but feel a little confused. Rhodes and others have been away from Deep Rock City for more than ten days, without any news. Although their strength is not worrying, it is inevitable that they will feel a little uneasy after such a long time. Especially before Rhode left, he handed over the stronghold to Shanna to manage, which made the former female mercenary leader feel very stressed. She knew very well that this was a very important job with high status and power. Although she had been serving as the garrison of the stronghold before, she could be regarded as having Rhodes' trust, but after all, it was just a guard house guard, and it was completely different from managing a stronghold.

Shanna knew very well that her position was not stable, not only because she was not very strong, but also because she was a woman. In fact, Shanna had already felt from other mercenaries such as Cabos who were familiar with him that they were a little dissatisfied with Rhode's decision. It was not strange that machismo among the mercenaries was prevalent. Even in ordinary mercenaries, besides the spiritual master who was respected and life-saving profession, only women who rely on their own strength to achieve a great success can have a certain degree of autonomy and respect.

For other female mercenaries, those with a little strength can still enjoy the treatment of warriors. As for those women with poor strength, their status is very low. Some female mercenaries even become toys for their colleagues in their mercenary group. If such women do not have the ability to go to the battlefield, they can only use their own capital to "help" the mercenary group. After all, mercenaries are a very practical group and value strength. Those girls who are not very strong but love to dream of adventure will not get through the situation after joining the mercenary group.

In fact, Labis and others came to find Rhode for similar reasons. Originally, after Labis and others joined the mercenary group, they were Anne's subordinates, and Anne had a high status in the Macbeth Mercenary Group and was the adopted daughter of the old leader, so there was no mercenary to make any ideas. However, after Anne left, some mercenaries in the Macbeth Mercenary Group thought that Labis was useless. Not only could they not fight, they were brave and were always dragging them back. In their opinion,

Such a woman is not suitable for being a mercenary. Although Lando, Joey and others were very protective of Labis at the time, most of the people in the Macbeth mercenary group still felt that it was meaningless to leave such a useless woman. Fortunately, Labis was pretty, so either she was willing to "serve" everyone, then everyone would admit that she stayed or had to let her leave. The life of the mercenary group was very difficult, and no one wanted to see a rice worm who had no contribution to live here.

Of course, Labis didn't want to live like a prostitute, so they eventually left Macbeth and came to Starlight. Labis was lucky, but the women in many mercenary groups were not so lucky.

Because of this background, after Rhode handed over the management of the stronghold to Shana, the red-haired mercenary always heard some rumors. Of course, no one secretly argued that he was selling off the ** to make Rhode value so much - even Shana himself did not believe this absurd possibility. However, those "macho" attitudes are common.

Fortunately, Rhode left Canary and Little Bubble Gum in the stronghold, and they did not interfere with the affairs of the stronghold every day, except for completing their own tasks and being responsible for training. This made Shanna's life calmer. After all, among the mercenaries, strength is still the most respectful. Even these two strong men in the legendary field had no complaints about Rhode's orders and did not speak irresponsible to Shanna's decision. Which onion are they? Will they be more powerful than these two ladies?

In addition, Shanna knew that she was not doing things safely, so she must strive to be perfect and organized in everything, and her performance was indeed good. As a female mercenary who started from scratch and established a mercenary group, Shanna was quite good at dealing with people, smooth methods of handling affairs, and careful thinking. This made those people unable to find any trouble if they wanted to pick things up, otherwise, they would not know what would happen.

"call……………"

Shana held her forehead and felt a little tired. Over the past few days, with Xingguang's fame, all kinds of monsters and monsters were all coming to her, which made Shana a big shot. In the past, when she was the leader of the mercenary regiment, she had only contacted the second-in-commands of some power institutions. But now, even the Lord of the Deep Rock City and the patriarch of the Helen family who had only heard of her before came to her to discuss with Xingguang. This really made Shana feel very stressed. In addition, Rhodes was away without a reply, and she had no way to decide these important things, so she could only drag them for the time being and wait for the future to deal with them.

Forget it, it's useless to think about it now.

Thinking of this, Shana shook her head, then turned around, trying to return to her room. At this moment, suddenly, a voice sounded not far from her.

"It looks like you're doing a good job."

"Who?!"

No matter what, Shana was a mercenary with some strength. When she heard someone suddenly talking, she immediately took a step back reflexively, then pulled out her sword. It was not until this time that she saw Rod sitting on the sofa beside her, leisurely holding up the teacup and tasting the steaming black tea.

"grown ups?!"

Seeing Rhode's figure, Shana opened her eyes wide in surprise, but she soon came to her senses, re-sheathed the sword, and then carefully performed a mercenary manner to Rhode.

"Sir, you're finally back... Are everything going well? Where are the others?"

“Everything went well.”

Rhode put down the teacup in his hand and raised his head to look at the female mercenary in front of him. He actually didn't have a deep understanding of Shanna. In addition to the reason why he chose Shanna at the beginning was that Lijie had a good view of her, Rhode's evaluation of her was another aspect. As a female mercenary who has been working hard all year round, Shanna is very experienced in dealing with people, and she is careful and can notice many small things that men don't notice. Of course, this also limits her growth and development - men can see a little further after all, and they will not stick to some minor details. However, Rhode doesn't care, because the function of this stronghold in the future is a "office" to receive information, execute and convey orders, and it does not need to be responsible for the development of a mercenary group. Therefore, it is better to be trivial and meticulous.

"You don't need to worry about the fortress. I came here to discuss the next thing... But before that, I want to listen to you to report on the recent situation of the stronghold."

"Yes, sir."

After hearing Rhode's order, Shana did not hesitate at all. She quickly saluted. Then she gave a detailed and complete report on the matters over the past period to Rhode.

After Rhodes led his people to leave Deep Rock City, the craze of Starlight has decreased. After all, the protagonist is not there, and everyone thinks that HIGH cannot rise. However, although this craze has passed, the matter of Starlight has not decreased. Many nobles, chambers of commerce and even some power agencies have visited the stronghold, hoping to meet with Rhodes and discuss some things. At the beginning, most of the people who came to the strongholds hoped to visit were locals from Deep Rock City and Parfield. But recently,

During a while, many people from other places also came to Shenshi City and wanted to meet Rhodes. There were a variety of people among them, and they all seemed to have discussed it. They all said in unison that they had something to discuss with Rhodes, but when Shana asked them what they were doing, these people kept silent. Even if they learned that Rhodes was not there, these people had no intention of leaving. On the contrary, some of them even lived in Shenshi City for a while and waited for Rhodes to come back.

Shanna keenly realized that among these people, a considerable number were from the South and the Land of Light!

“This is a list of all the people you want to meet.”

Speaking of this, Shana took out a list from her arms and handed it to Rhode. Rhode took the list, looked at the name on it carefully, and nodded. It has to be said that Shana's meticulous work is still done well. In addition to their names, these people on the list are also fully recorded, so that people can see who these people are at a glance.

As Rhodes expected, most of the people recorded on the list were political leaders and members of the chamber of commerce. It was obvious that they also came to the door when they saw Xingguang advance to the guild, hoping to provide sponsorship for them and win over such a force. However, Rhodes was not interested in these people, and he did not want to be controlled by others like other mercenary guilds. After all, this is not something to be proud of.

"Um?"

And at this moment, Rhodes's eyes suddenly fell on one of the names.

"Lilia Daniel Cranfedo——The Holy Messenger of the Church?"

After chanting the name in a low voice, Rhode couldn't help but frown slightly, then raised his head and looked at Shana.

"What's going on with this church messenger?"

"That's right, sir."

Upon hearing Rod's inquiry, Shana pondered for a moment before answering.

"According to what I have heard, this church messenger came to you to discuss the establishment of a church in your new territory. After all, many people know about your choice of atonement. Before, no one could have been stationed there for a long time because of many reasons. Now you want to build a fortress in atonement, so for the church, this is an excellent expansion point... and, according to that messenger, the church seems to be very interested in Bubble."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Rhodes became energetic.

"What's going on?"

"It's so. According to the messenger, the church is very interested in the fighting skills that Miss Lijie had shown in the Midsummer Festival. They thought this might be a good way to change the fighting style of the spirit masters, so they sent people here. On the one hand, they wanted to conduct missionary activities in your territory, and on the other hand, they hoped to cooperate with you to learn this fighting skills. The messenger also made a similar request to Lord Bubble, but Lord Bubble......"

Speaking of this, Shana seemed to be in distress and closed her mouth, but without her speaking, Rhode also knew what the ending was.

However, for Rhodes, the church's mission is not a bad thing. After all, unlike the earth and many novels, the church on the Dragon Soul Continent does not have a specific worship of gods. The transactions they preach and spread are fair, fair, and obey order. This is also one of the reasons why other countries can accept them. After all, the successors of the Creation Dragon Soul are actually there. If you want to promote and spread a worship of gods, it is undoubtedly equivalent to preaching the Buddha in front of Christ himself. It is so embarrassing and embarrassing.

Of course, in this way, the church cannot make money under the banner of gods, but the churches on the Dragon Soul Continent are also rich - because here, they also have notarization offices and bank-like functions. Merchants can choose to store their money here and file them in other places based on special proofs. On the other hand, various transaction notarizations can also be carried out in the church. It has been said before that as long as it is a contract and transaction certified by the church, there is no need to worry that the other party will repent or ruin it.

If the contract is notarized, the church will punish the victims. Of course, the church will charge a certain fee for such contract transactions. And their financial source comes from this. In addition, the church's immediate superiors are the two twin dragons who judge and ruling in the Kingdom of Law, rather than those illusory legends. The so-called monks can't run away from the temple. Now monks and temples are here, so there is no need to worry about these churches to deceive or hide anything. Therefore, everyone is still very relieved about the church.

Rhodes are not hostile to such an institution. At least the church is there, and they can save some energy to maintain order. If they are willing to go, it is naturally the best.

Thinking of this, Rhode picked up the pen, circled it a few times on the list, and handed it back to Shana.

"Let these people come to see me tomorrow, I will wait for them here. As for the rest...you just give me an excuse to send me away. Also, inform Kavos to prepare to lead the remaining mercenaries to the land of atonement. There has been swept up there, and the next is our fortress station, where most mercenaries will go there, but you can choose some people to stay here, and you will decide who it is."

"Yes, sir."

After getting the list, Shana nodded, but when she heard Rhode's last words, Shana was stunned.

"So adult...you..."

"I will stay here for the time being, but in the future, I will leave this stronghold to you, Miss Shana." {Piaotian Wenxue Thanks to all book friends for their support, your support is our greatest motivation}
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