The bright sunshine passes through the gaps between the leaves and sprinkles down.

Rhode straightened up, looked at the uneven path in front of him, shook his head, and then he turned around and looked at the girl who was breathing not far away.[]

"Miss Marlene, can't you be faster?"

"Wait, wait a moment."

At this moment, Marlene had long lost the usual steady and majestic lady's demeanor. The robe outside was covered with mud and grass leaves, her white face was red, and beads of sweat as big as beans appeared on her forehead. If someone who was unaware of this scene would probably think that the lady had experienced a long journey, hardships and hardships. In fact, she had only climbed a mountain.

"Really, I didn't expect that it would be so tiring."

The girl who was not famous for her style was leaning on her body, and the girl who was leaning on her body had already fallen. At the beginning, the enthusiasm seemed to have disappeared. It was no wonder, after all, they were not swimming out of the field now. Looking at Marlene who was almost exhausted, Rhode had the idea that it might be a wrong decision to bring her here for the first time - after all, the mage's physical strength was generally not good, and he obviously forgot about this.

When she was in Pavel Cemetery before, Marlene was not so embarrassed. At that time, she could rely on spells to suspend her body, but that was because the mountain road was relatively steep. Now, perhaps the seemingly smooth slope has dispelled Marlene's doubts, making it rare for her to plan to "foot" and climb the mountain into the forest.

At the beginning, Miss Mage was of high nature. After all, this was the first time she went out for a field without anyone taking care of her. No one would take care of her, and no one would open the way for her. This kind of adventure-like feeling made Marlene look forward to and full of energy. At the beginning, she was even more proactive than Rhodes.

Unfortunately, enthusiasm cannot be eaten as a meal or converted into energy.

For Marlene, after the initial enthusiasm, the real difficulties immediately arise.

The rugged roads, the shrubs with thorny branches, and even the dense grasses are not as beautiful as they look. According to Rhodes, before resting, you must carefully check the situation around you. If you do it all the way down and happen to be a snake, and that happens to be a poisonous snake. Thanks to the Holy Soul, at least you still have time to write an epitaph for yourself or something.

As she walked along the way, Marlin was already tired and dizzy. She even felt that this was even more painful than sitting in the mage's tower and facing the mountain-high magic theory book.

"I really don't know how Lijie persisted."

In the end, Marlene didn't sit on the ground either. She leaned against the tree trunk and gasped for a few breaths, finally came to her senses.

"I think she must have suffered a lot at the beginning. She used to be a very crying child..."

“There is a habit in everything.”

Rhode held the sword at his waist and carefully observed the mountain in front of him. While comparing with his memory, he responded casually. This sword was a gift Rhode received from Clater. It was obvious that the patriarch of the Keller family was very grateful to Rhode, so he gave him a magic weapon - the Blade of Blood Crying.

Unlike Star Scar, Blood Crying Blade is a pure Western sword. The body of the sword is a strange dark red and a rare spell is attached to it. When this sword sees blood, it will become sharper than usual, and the more blood it absorbs, the more unstoppable it will be. It can be said to be a very good rare weapon.

As for Keller's thank-you gift, Rhode naturally took it without hesitation. It is true that Xingshi is still his favorite, but it will occupy the number of summoned elves after all, which is a flaw for Rhode. Of course, he is not unable to change this. The magic circle in the summoned swordsman's hand is called the ten source qualities, and the holder can assign a core to each ring position according to his will. If the legion is used as an example, the player is the legion leader and the summoned elves are soldiers, then this core is equivalent to the team leader. After being designated as the core of the ring position, the summoned elves can exist in this world in physical form, and they no longer need to consume soul power from the holder, but maintain their existence by absorbing power by themselves. When the power is not enough to maintain their form, they will temporarily return to the ring and sleep, waiting for enough power before "resurrecting" again.

For summoning swordsmen, it is very important and cautious to specify the core for the ten major source qualities, because the designated core cannot be changed or deleted. That is to say, if the player messes up, then the core position is equivalent to being destroyed. This is why Rhodes did not decide to designate the Star Trace as the core. After all, its level is too low and its position is low. If something better appears in the future, then he really has no place to cry.

In the game, Rhodes made such a mistake, and he would not be so stupid that he made it again.

"But then again, the child seemed a little weird."

“Is there any?”

Hearing Marlene's words to himself, Rhode was stunned. Lijie was weird? Why didn't he feel it?

"Well...why...what should I say......"

Facing Rhode's question, Marlene also frowned, and it seemed that she didn't know what to say.

"I can't explain it very clearly, but she felt a little strange, not quite the same as before, and... forget it, nothing."

Recalling the fact that before she and Rod left, Lijie held her hand and her hesitant expression of trying to say something but saying nothing also made Marlene wonder. As a woman, she could see that Lijie was a little jealous and worried about her, but Marlene didn't know why. Could it be that she was having trouble because she couldn't come with her? Isn't Lijie such a child?

Marlene suddenly straightened up.

The waves of magic power spread through the air to her body and responded quickly.

"how?"

Rhode's face was slightly dark when he noticed Marlene's abnormality. He held the hilt of the sword with one hand and asked in a low voice.

"Someone is here."

Marlene turned her head and looked at the foot of the mountain covered by grass and trees.

"My magic mark senses that someone is walking in our direction...one, two, three people. Maybe more than..."

"Prepare and keep moving."

Rhodes let go of the hilt of the sword and soon gave the order.

“As usual.”

"OK."

Hearing Rhodes' words, Marlene raised her staff and pointed it at the trees beside her. Soon, a bright, mysterious symbol appeared out of thin air, and then penetrated into the trunk and soon disappeared.

"If you have a good rest, let's continue to set out."

"Why don't we just lie here and kill those annoying followers?"

Marin raised her own questions very simply. In her opinion, the group of annoying guys were not very strong. With the strength of him and Rhodes, it was not difficult to keep them here completely. So why should I be followed by these people in fear? This is really incomprehensible in Marin's opinion.

"It's very simple, because it's not too far from Deep Rock City."

Faced with Marlene's questions, Rhode also gave an explanation.

"If we kill them here, then those guys will soon know that they can send another group of people to come, and we will become very passive at that time. But now it is different. Although they are following us, they don't know that we already know their existence, but we can grasp their whereabouts. Therefore, it is easier for us to let these guys continue to follow. In this way, when we lead them into the mountains and then take action, it will be difficult for those guys to notice something strange. Even if they finally find something wrong, and when they send people, we will have already left the forest and go back. Instead of killing them now, it is better to fish them behind. In this way, we can not only grasp their movements at any time, but also be prepared no matter when they want to attack us."

"I see."

Marlene nodded and said nothing more. She was not stupid. Rhode solved the girl's question in just a few words, but she still wiped the sweat beads on her forehead and then looked at Rhode with dissatisfaction.

"But, just looking for some magic plants, is it really necessary for us to run so far?"

After climbing the mountains for a morning, Marlin was really exhausted. Although many magical plants are indeed located in the deep mountains, there is no need to go to such a ghost place to suffer.

"If you just look for magical plants, you don't need it. But coincidentally, I got a few treasure maps before, and many of them were buried in the dusk forest. If you can get them, it would be a good thing for us."

When he said this, Rhodes looked normal, and he could not tell that he was lying, and his attitude really scared Marlin, who was already a little skeptical about it.

"Treasure?"

The girl muttered in a low voice, unable to imagine any treasures here. But in the end, the fantasies in the adventure story also made Marlene's attitude much looser. Compared with turning over corpses in the catacombs, treasure hunting is quite close to the orthodox romantic adventure story that the girl imagined - and it is more normal.

"So, where should we go next?"

“Continue north.”

Rhode pointed ahead.

"We're going to enter from there and head to the Rock of Sighs."

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