"Mr. Rhode! We've found it!"

Hearing this sound, Rhode immediately looked back and saw Metz standing at the church door with a surprise, holding a beautiful statue in his hand, carved with a curled gargoyle carved on it, and the two eyes made of ruby ​​fragments were vaguely emitting a dark red glow. That was the control center!

Metz's shouting also attracted the attention of the gargoyles. As alchemy creatures, they certainly knew what they were holding in their hands. Soon, the two gargoyles immediately changed direction and rushed towards Metz.

"Wow!"

Seeing two terrifying monsters rushing towards him, Mess was so scared that he screamed. He subconsciously wanted to turn around and escape, but at this moment, Rhode's voice had already reached.

"Top it over!"

Although looking at these two ferocious monsters, Metz had the illusion that he would be completely torn apart by them in the next moment, he still bit the bullet and threw out the black statue in his hand and made an exquisite statue.

It has to be said that the fat merchant's accurate head was indeed not very good. The thing he threw out drifted in the air, but it deviated from its original track. It was not thrown to Rhodes at all. Instead, it flew over the two gargoyles. If an uninformed person saw this scene, he might think that the fat merchant and the two gargoyles were in the same group. Faced with the gift coming to the door, the gargoyles were also stunned, but it subconsciously stretched out its claws and tried to hold the small statue.

However, just as it was about to succeed, a breeze flew under it. The soul bird, which had almost lost its body, carried a series of translucent waves in the air, and snatched the statue.

This was Rhode's last power. He had to put away the sword in his hand and snapped his fingers with his right hand upwards.

Accompanied by this sound, the soul bird passed by gracefully in the air, and then flew towards Rhode. However, the two gargoyles immediately stopped and changed direction again.

"Swish!!"

The gargoyle running on the ground turned over, and its thick and slender tail suddenly flipped over and hit the soul bird heavily. Although it did not cause much damage, the green wind element wrapped around the soul bird was slightly messy, and the bird's figure was also tilted.

The green bird did not give up moving forward. It still tried hard to flap its wings, flew quickly from the ground, and flew towards its master.

But it did not reach its destination as it wished.

A giant stone claw fell from the sky and penetrated the body of the green bird. The disordered wind element could no longer maintain the power of the condensed body, and instantly turned into the most primitive existence and disappeared. The black statue, which was originally held in the mouth of the bird, flew out, but soon, two dark figures chased after them from behind. They stretched out their claws, opened their mouths, and reached towards the statue in front of them--until it fell quietly and steadily into Rhode's hand.

[Gargoyle control center has been obtained and the identification has been completed]

[instruction---]

“aiig!”

Rhode's voice was not loud, even a little low. But the black shadows who were originally attacking changed at this moment - the originally shiny body became dull in the blink of an eye, and the limbs stretched in the air stopped as if they were frozen, and the strange red light burning on the gargoyle's face also disappeared in an instant.

Then, two black shadows passed by Rhode and slammed heavily on the ground behind him.

"boom!!!"

Accompanied by the sound of collision, the gargoyles that had lost their power returned to their original sculptures. They maintained their previous rushing forward and were lying quietly on the ground not far behind Rhodes. However, after losing the support of magic, they were no longer as hard as before. After this collision, the two gargoyles couldn't help but fall apart, turning from the original artistic sculptures into worthless garbage.

"call…………"

It was not until this time that Rhodes breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he only felt weak in his body. The excessive consumption of soul power made his legs weak, and he couldn't even use his right fingers holding the statue. However, on the surface, Rhodes still had a calm expression. He stood there silently, and after a while he put the statue in his pocket.

"Mr. Rhode!"

And just then, Lijie and Mess also ran to him and looked at him with worry and anxiety.

"Are you okay??"

"I'm fine."

Rhode took a deep breath. He really wanted to sit down and rest for a while now. Although there will be various manifestations of excessive consumption of soul power in the game, he still feels a little overwhelmed by the real experience in himself, but he cannot fall down now.

Fortunately, the ghosts were no longer visible in the thick fog around them. It seemed that after they could not get close, they finally made the choice to give up and stay away from this forbidden area.

Although this does not mean that they have given up, it is finally a good thing now. But Rhodes did not express much, which was also his habit since he became the leader. The commander of a team must always be calm and not panic because of trivial matters. If you scream because of a little difficulty, or get excited about defeating a strong enemy, it will definitely not have any positive impact on your subordinates. Although Rhodes is no longer the guild president of the guild who governs tens of thousands of players in the guild, this habit is still affecting him.

However, I have to say that seeing his calm performance made Lijie and Mess relieved both the nervous Lijie and Mess. After all, they were worried about the situation outside during the search process, afraid of any problems. Lijie worked very hard, but Mess was obviously better in identifying items. Finally, he found this small statue in a small corner. I have to say that their luck was really good. If they were a little late, the situation might be completely different.

Originally, Rhodes planned to pass through the fog ruins as quickly as possible, but the appearance of the two gargoyles had to change his mind. After all, these two gargoyles almost completely consumed his power. If they didn't have a good rest and recover, the next battle would be even more dangerous. So Rhodes finally decided to rest in the church for one night and continue to set off the next day. He was not worried about any accidents here. In the dungeon in the game, this church is also a place where many players use to rest and organize the spoils, so there would be no major problems.

Although Mays was thrusting his calves at the dark church and the creepy decorations, unfortunately as always... he had no say in opposing Rhode's decision.

The sky gradually darkened.

The thick mist wandered outside the church, and through the window, there was nothing but the white space. The three of them sat in the center of the church, the abandoned and rotten worship benches and tables became firewood, and the last bit of residual heat was being used in the burning fire, and the cold wind blew from the broken window gaps and cracks in the walls, with a hint of chill.

Lijie carefully reached out and took off the bandage from Rhode's left chest, then her beautiful brow frowned slightly.

"It's cracked again, Mr. Rhodes."

"I know."

Rhode nodded and said nothing. In fact, this is not the first time. After all, Rhodes fought in front all the way. Although he had tried to avoid using his left hand considering the injuries in his chest, he didn't care about so much when he encountered some particularly annoying troubles, which also caused his wound to crack from time to time. According to Lijie's words, he could heal his injuries by just resting for two or three days, but he might not be able to reply for more than ten days.

But the girl had no way to complain about anything. After all, it was all for them, so the only thing Lijie could do was to help Rhode replace her clean bandage every day to avoid wound infection. Fortunately, she was a spiritualist before leaving the floating boat.

After removing the bandage, the wounds reflected by the flames made everyone gasp. Mess even touched his chest with lingering fear, looking at Rhode's chest with some fear. There, three black claw marks as thick as forearms appeared on Rhode's chest, and there were black scars made of blood everywhere. Because of the fierce battle with the gargoyles before, many scars were torn apart, and bright red blood oozed out from it, mixed with the already black blood clots. Just looking at it makes people feel cold inside.

Lijie took out her handkerchief, poured some clear water from the kettle, and then pressed it on Rhode's chest, which made the latter's body twitch instinctively. Even Mess showed an unbearable look and turned her head directly, not wanting to look at it again.

"Yes, sorry, does it hurt?"

"fine."

Faced with Lijie's panicked inquiry, Rhode shook his head. Although it was indeed a little painful, it had not reached the point where he could not bear it.

Hearing Rhode's answer, Lijie breathed a sigh of relief and continued to wipe the wound on Rhode's body. At the same time, the girl also began to secretly look at the young man slightly older than her in front of her.

To be honest, when we first met, Rod left a very ordinary impression on Lijie. Because he was very beautiful and had white skin, Lijie subconsciously regarded him as the kind of noble child. However, because Rod's attitude was not as arrogant as the noble child Lijie had seen before, Lijie could accept it, but at that time she did not take the other party too seriously. After all, a man who looked like a woman gave people the first impression that he was weak.

But then, Lijie's view gradually changed.

Unlike those noble children who are powerless, this young man has quite strong power, not even less than his own leader. Moreover, his personality is very calm, and following him will make people feel very relieved, even when facing danger, he will not panic. And unlike his appearance, he is a very strong man.

Lijie knew how painful this injury was. As a spiritual master, she had treated many people. Many fierce men who did not frown on the battlefield would scream when treating the wounds, but Rhode did not hum more than half of the sound from beginning to end, let alone, he stood in front of fighting with such a serious injury...

Lijie stopped her hand.

What are you thinking? It's so messy.

The girl shook her head, threw the strange thoughts in her mind behind her, and then she continued to start her own work.

Rhodes did not notice the strangeness of the girl beside him. At this moment, his attention was focusing on his right hand. In the center of his palm, two gems emitting dark red light were lying.

That was one of the loot Rhodes received from this battle, the Heart of the Gargoyle.
Chapter completed!