The cold winter is about to pass.

Standing on the balcony and looking at the increasingly lively streets below, Rhode nodded in satisfaction. Although the Starlight Guild had built its own fortress in the game and developed the most powerful city in the game. However, this transformation from nothing to something and from small to large still made him feel fulfilled. I wonder if it was because spring was coming, Rhode felt that his mood was much better than before.

After returning from Dongfangshanyuan and building the Star Wars Hall, everything went very smoothly. Out of the habit of keeping secrets, Rhodes did not ask the bow knights to be responsible for the patrol and guards of the fortress. Originally, he summoned the bow knights to come out for such trivial matters. So for now, Rhodes still asked the bow knights to temporarily stay in the Star Wars Hall. Although the residents in the fortress were curious about the mysterious and beautiful buildings that appeared on the top of the mountain, they soon became accustomed to it. After all, as long as people who lived here for a long time, most of them knew that their lord had a magical means to build a brand new building overnight. In addition, there are sea elves and other things running around in the Atonement Land, so everyone had already gotten used to it.

The gains from going to Dongfangshanyuan this time were not small. For Rod, Christie's artifact and the Valhalla were naturally the biggest gains. After returning, Rod handed Christie over to Canary and Little Bubble Gum, and Marlene later joined in. Although she was not as good as canary in the use of magic, in terms of magic theory, ten canaries were not as good as Marlene. Since Christie did not use magic in the true sense, to some extent, theoretical teaching was more important.

As for South, Rhodes didn't know what he felt when he accepted the ancient heritage. However, after returning to the Fortress of the Land of Atonement, Southho's performance was obviously much better than before, and he also accepted Rhode's order and was willing to contribute the unique training method of the war corps. However, Southho also told Rhodes that, including the war corps, the reason why the average strength of the people in Dongfangshanyuan is very strong is not because of the secret skills of training, but to a large extent, it is because they have been systematic since childhood.

He received training so that he could have today's strength. And the group of mercenaries under Rhodes... Although South did not say it directly. However, Rhode also understood his subtext very well, but Rhodes was not nervous. Indeed, if you look at it from a scientific point of view, it would be too late for a novice like Joey and Lando. But who made him have such an unscientific thing as the Mystery Ball... Well? No. This works in the system, so it should be considered science?

According to the information collected by Qilian's "Skynet" and Sonia's report, Rhodes also had a clear understanding of the current situation. With the threat of the Undead Legion sold to various places, the threat of the Undead Legion has become smaller and smaller, and even the Undead Legion in Dongfangshanyuan has no longer had its previous momentum. As of now, although small-scale conflicts occur occasionally in the border areas of other places, with the gradual entry of the Holy Girl statue, there are fewer situations of large-scale attacks by the Undead Legion.

As for Lilian's side, Rhode learned from Sonia that after the final discussion, the Council of Light would agree to Lilian's proposal to a limit, but they were only willing to let reinforcements from the Principal of Moon guard the front-line military zone and not allow them to go to the non-military zone in the rear. This made Lilian quite angry and dissatisfied. However, under Sonia's persuasion, the Majesty of Light Dragon Soul calmed down his anger. After signing an agreement with Litian, he left Moon and returned to the Land of Light. However, what made Rhode interesting was that he didn't know what Sonia used to do.

Far, but Lilian obviously likes Sonia very much. After returning, she asked the Council of Light to transfer Sonia to her side. This can be said to be a door-to-door benefit for Lilian's Council of Light, who is worried about not being able to find a spy to openly monitor Lilian's Council of Light, which is increasingly threatening to them, so they couldn't wait to agree. Not only that, they seemed to appreciate Sonia's ability to win Lilian's favor in such a short time, and even asked Sonia to take this opportunity to go further and do a more thorough job of Lilian's "brainwashing" more thoroughly.

When he heard the light council's instructions from Sonia, Rhode couldn't help laughing out loud. Those guys were really stupid. They probably didn't expect that Sonia, who regarded him as a capable general, would be her most loyal pet. However, His Highness Lydia was not a good person. Rhode confirmed that she must have obtained the projection record of Dongfangshanyuan from Ga Ling, but signed an agreement with Lilian first. This shows that His Highness obviously did not want to hand over the fate of the Duchy of Mun to others. This made Rhode breathe a sigh of relief. Although he would not be unacceptable to Lessia if he chose to give up, in that case, Rhode had to adjust his strategy and include Lydia in the ranks of "the hearts of non-my races must be different." But now it seems that although His Highness is the Archangel, he still has a lot of experience in this regard.

But sometimes Rhode is also very strange. How did Lydia do these things? Logically speaking, the angel's position and politics are not very compatible. Angels are members of the orderly and kind camp, but politics itself is absolutely not a good and just cause. This is also the reason why the Duchy of Moon has strong strength and wealth, but it has always been unable to distinguish the country of Light, and it was even almost torn and destroyed by the other party in the end. The Council of Light seems to know the difference between angels and humans, so they dare to ridicule and discredit angels without restraint. Anyway, they are not afraid that they will turn around and deal with themselves. However, Lydia is really an alternative. Whether it is lifestyle or political means, it makes people unable to look directly. Decisive, persistent, and thunderous ways of acting, even Rhode couldn't help but admire it.

Apart from these things, Marin's plan was unexpectedly effective in terms of refugees. Although the smoke of war has begun to weaken, there are still many refugees leaving their homes. After Marin contacted the lords of those territories through the Shania family, many of them immediately sent the refugees entrenched in their territory. As Marin expected, many local lords felt extremely troubled for those foreign refugees. They did not have extra money or food to resettle these refugees, and it was winter again. Moreover, the foreign residents and locals were

The conflicts and disputes that would definitely happen between them also cost them a lot of energy. Since Rhodes was willing to help them solve this difficulty, they were naturally welcomed. So many refugees flocked to the Fortress of the Atonement Land. Of course, there were not no friction and disputes at the beginning, and some people tried to incite chaos and fish in troubled waters. However, it was obvious that the group of idiots did not understand Rhodes, nor did they understand the Atonement Land. After Rhodes hung four or five idiots who dared to incite the people to the city wall, the refugees finally put away their miscellaneous thoughts and began to live here with peace of mind.

Of course Rhodes knew very well. The calmness at the moment was just an illusion. The reason why those refugees were willing to live a peaceful life here for the time being was largely due to their powerful strength and the methods they showed when suppressing those "indiscretionary people". After experiencing the suffering of wandering, these refugees have had enough of wandering life. So even if the lord is not kind at the moment, they can only swallow their anger and stay. After all, their own home no longer belongs to them.

Marin's "loan plan" is also very effective. Indeed, among the refugees, there are many talents from all walks of life, including hunters, craftsmen, blacksmiths, and even a few low-level alchemists. Of course, industries such as merchants are also indispensable. After they settled in the Land of Atonement, they quickly relied on their own skills to re-owned their own industries. They made great achievements. The Fortress of the Land of Atonement is much more lively than before. Of course, on another aspect, Rhode asked Marin to pay attention.

The merchants among the refugees were also signaled that if possible, they would pull them to An's hands and set up a chamber of commerce that was entirely invested by themselves. This matter is currently underway. According to Marin's statement, it should be a result soon. The only problem is that, as Marin's deputy, An probably has no time to preside over the daily work of the chamber of commerce, and there is currently no trustworthy person who can be responsible for the normal operation of the chamber of commerce--although those refugees seem to be sincere, who knows?

On another aspect, with the influx of refugees, the mage group that Canary had been obsessed with was finally settled. She and several mages who had studied in the academy found many magical talents among the refugees and sent them to the Tour de France Tower to study. Although they were still young, Canary was confident in telling Rhode that as long as there was an experience bonus of the Mystery Ball, there would be no problem to let these children break away from their apprenticeship and become regular mages in the next year.

"Owner."

The shadow behind Rhode began to shake, and then Leo walked out of it. The dark elf girl looked at the sky and the sun in the distance with a pale face, then lowered her head.

"The patrol has returned, we searched the border area carefully as you said, but found nothing."

"That's how..."

Rhode frowned when he heard Leo's report.

"Is the pillar of fire still burning?"

"It's still burning, Master, I have confirmed it with my own eyes, no problem. But I didn't find the weird and strange marks you want us to look for next to the pillar of order fire."

"I see."

Rhode nodded, he held his hands and looked at the sky in front of him. Although the cold winter was gradually passing, the snow still covered the mountains in front of him, and even condensed ice ridges could be seen not far away. In this current season, even if they saw it, they would probably not be able to send someone to come here to contact him.........

Just as Rhode frowned and thought carefully, Leo interrupted his thoughts again.

"Master, there is one more thing to report to you."

"What's up?"

"Ms. Labis hopes you can go to her alchemy workshop and say what research has produced huge breakthroughs and progress and needs to report to you the latest situation."

Leo's tone was a bit unnatural when talking about Labis, but it was no wonder that although Labis and Leo both separated from the descendants of the Elves for some special reason, and the races on both sides were somewhat unpopular with the elves. However, this did not make them companions fighting side by side. The reputation of the Dark Elf is really bad, although Belhems is not a good citizen. But at least the family is almost extinct.

There are things like dark elves that are too unreasonable to do. And Labis is peaceful by nature, so she doesn't like Lio very much. And Lio also knows that she is not favored by the other party, so she has no intention of pleasing Labis to repair the relationship between the two. Anyway, she is only responsible for staying by Rhodes' side, helping Rhodes pass messages or solve some minor troubles, and occasionally helping Rhodes satisfy his and her own **. This life is much more comfortable than being underground.

"I see."

Hearing Leo's message, Rhode nodded. Leo bent down and quickly disappeared into the shadow. It was not until this time that Rhode turned around and left the balcony, and he walked out of the study. Looking at the empty corridor in front of him. At this moment, a figure walked down the stairs and came to Rhode.

"Mr. Rhode?"

Lijie looked at Rhode in front of her, stopped and stared at him curiously.

"Where are you planning to go?"

"I just received a message from Labis. It seems that something she has studied seems to have made a major breakthrough. I plan to go and take a look. Where are you? Lijie?"

“I…I just walk around……”

Speaking of this, a little sadness flashed across Lijie's face, but soon the girl raised her head and reappeared her usual gentle smile.

"Can I go with you Mr. Rhode?"

"sure."

When he left the stronghold with Lijie and came to the door of the Alchemy Workshop, Rhode carefully looked at the workshop in front of him. Compared with the broken ragged hut that Rabis had before, the alchemy workshop in front of him was more like a real alchemy workshop. It was professional, simple and clean... Well, the ragged products all over the street were gone.

"I haven't seen Labis for a long time......"

Looking at the alchemy workshop in front of her, a bit of complex reluctance appeared on Li Jie's face, and then the girl sighed softly.

"What, did you have a fight with Labis?"

He noticed that Lijie's tone was a little unusual. Rhode turned his head curiously and looked at Lijie. Facing Rhode's gaze, Lijie hesitated for a moment. Then he smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Not, Mr. Rhodes, just…………….”

Speaking of this, Lijie looked at Rhode, bit her lower lip, and then spoke.

"Nothing, I just haven't seen Labis for a long time, and I'm just worried about her. You know, Mr. Rod, Labis is always too enthusiastic about researching that she forgets to eat."

“That’s true.”

Hearing this, Rhode shrugged. Labis had this problem, especially after she had accepted the knowledge of the Belhems clan, Labis had tried his best to digest this knowledge. If Christie hadn't been by her side, I'd probably be the heir of the Belhems clan who would have starved to death. However... Thinking of this, Rhode looked at Lijie beside him. With Rod's understanding of Lijie, he certainly knew that something was wrong with Lijie, but since Lijie didn't plan to say it, Rhode wouldn't ask.

So soon, Rhode put this matter behind his mind for the moment, and then he came to the gate of the alchemy workshop - and then Rhode saw a beautifully crafted and delicate iron stick placed next to the gate.

Well……I’ve indeed made some progress.

While complaining deep down, Rhode reached out to pick up the iron rod placed at the door, and then knocked on the door.

"Dongdongdongdongdong."

Accompanied by the heavy knock on the door, quickly and quickly heard from behind the iron door. Then, the iron door slowly opened a gap. A woman in an alchemist robe walked out of the door. When she saw Rod and Lijie, she was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly bowed to Rod.

"Hello, Lord Lord, Miss Lijie."

"You're welcome, I heard that Labis has something to come to me?"

"Yes, Lord Lord, Lord Labis is looking for you, about the one I have said before......"

Before the woman could finish her words, she saw Labis's voice sounding from behind not far away from her.

"Loran, who is here? Is it Lord Rhode? It's great, bring him in quickly, I'm going to finish here soon......Oh? Oh, ah, ah!! Oops, I've made a mistake, wait a moment, don't come in, hurry up, hurry up, everyone run away—————!!"

"boom!!!"

Accompanied by the distorted call of Labis, a violent explosion suddenly sounded, and then, Rod and others saw a snow-white mushroom cloud rising from the backyard of the Alchemy Workshop.

It's really not improving at all...

Seeing this scene in front of him, Rhode shook his head helplessly. To be continued)
Chapter completed!