Chapter 252 A surprise?

"What's this?"

Walking into the hall, Rhode looked at the things hanging on the wall in a little surprised. They were landscape paintings, and the scenery on them was not unfamiliar to Rhode. (-<  >-net.) They are all scenery in the Deep Rock City, including high peaks, mines in infinite abyss, Central Park under the blue sky and white clouds, and even the beautiful scenery around the Starlight Mercenary Corps stronghold. It has to be said that hanging so many beautiful landscape paintings in this slightly empty hall gives people a very comfortable feeling.

But where did these paintings come from?

Thinking of this problem, Rhode couldn't help but frown. He didn't buy any decorative paintings when he built the hall. Could it be that Marlene and the others bought it themselves? This is unlikely. As the essential deputy leader of the mercenary group, Marlene is also serious about his work, and it should be impossible to do such a thing.

"Do you know what's going on?"

Thinking of this, Rhode turned his head to ask others. When he heard his question, Shana and Kavos looked at each other blankly and shook their heads. These two were pure mercenaries, and they were not interested in things like art appreciation, and they would not care about them. As for Labis, they didn't even go out of their own room door all day, and they knew very little about these changes outside.

It's really strange, where did this come from?

But Rhodes's question did not last long, and soon a figure appeared in front of them.

"Mr. Rod, are you back?"

Marlene walked into the hall with a pile of books in her hand. When she saw Rod and others, she was stunned. Then she immediately walked to Rod and greeted everyone.

"Is this mission going smoothly?"

"Good, everything goes well. How are you doing? How has the training been going on during this period?"

"It went very smoothly, Mr. Rhodes, everyone has almost grasped the trick. I think we can see the results of our training soon." As soon as Marlin talked about this, she immediately showed a confident smile on her face. It was obvious that their hard training had also received certain results during this period. Especially for Marlin, what she lacked was only combat experience, but now after so many days, she should have completely made up for combat experience.

"Very good, I'll look forward to it...but..."

Hearing Marlene's answer, Rhode nodded with satisfaction, but soon his words turned around and pointed to the landscape paintings hanging from the walls around him.

"What's going on with these things? I don't remember buying these paintings?"

“Huhhhh……”

What Rhode didn't expect was that after hearing his question, Marlene chuckled a few times, then answered with a hint of pride and pride.

"Did these be drawn by Christie?"

"Why?"

Hearing this answer, Rhode was stunned, and Qilian hurriedly jumped to the wall, raised her head and carefully observed and admired the oil paintings.

"Is this painted by Little Christie? It's so good... It's so beautiful... Ahhh, I really didn't expect that the little cutie had such talent."

It was obvious that not only Qi Lian was surprised, but even Rhode was a little surprised. He didn't know what Christie had, but Rhode actually didn't care about these things, because Christie's health was really bad. The only thing she needed to do at this stage was to take a good rest, so even if she could do anything, Rhode wouldn't expect her to do it. Thinking of this, Rhode couldn't help frowning. Although these paintings were indeed beautiful, they were also a waste of time. Could it be that Christie...

Seeing Rhode's expression, Marlene understood what he thought and quickly explained.

It turned out that after Rhodes and the others left, Marlene and others started training again, and Christie naturally couldn't do anything except rest in the room.-<  >-Net. Although Christie is a very well-behaved girl, there will be problems if she stays in the room every day, not to mention that Rhodes is not by her side, which made Christie feel restless. Although Lijie, Anne and Marlene also took time to accompany Christie, for the girl, the only thing that made her feel most relieved was Rhodes.

In this situation, one day Christie suddenly made a plan to draw, which surprised Marlin and others. However, they did not object or stop them. After all, it was not a solution for girls to be stuck in the room every day. Now that she finally found something she was interested in, the three of them shouldn't stop her. So soon Marlin and others helped Christie buy back the drawing boards, brushes, paints and other things, so that she could paint as she pleased.

At this time, Christie showed a side that surprised everyone.

This girl who had never been exposed to painting showed a superlative level when she first started writing. She wrote with no sense of youth as a beginner, and she was proficient as if she had practiced for a long time. Moreover, Christie herself seemed to have no awareness of this. When facing Marlene's inquiry, the girl was very confused, as if this was not a strange thing to her.

"To be honest, we were indeed scared at the beginning, but now there is no problem. Christie not only has excellent painting skills, but also has a very fast speed. It only takes two or three hours to complete a painting like this. And over the days, Christie and us have a lot better... Of course, please rest assured, Mr. Rod and Lijie have been watching over Christie. She will not let her overwork."

"That's fine."

After hearing the last sentence, Rhode's expression finally eased. When he noticed the change in Rhode's expression, Marlin couldn't help but sigh slightly in her heart.

He really cared about Christie……………

Thinking of this, a strange feeling emerged from Marlene's heart, but it was quickly suppressed by the girl. At this moment, Marlene heard Rhode ask again.

"Is there anything strange except this?"

"Why?"

Upon hearing this, Marlene's expression changed slightly, and then she frowned and thought for a moment.

“…………Frankly speaking, there is indeed something strange, but………”

Speaking of this, the girl wanted to speak but stopped, and finally sighed.

"Please ask Mr. Rhode to see it myself."

Compared to before, Christie's room now has a bit of liveliness. A huge wooden easel is placed in front of the bed, and colorful fuels are placed next to it in an orderly manner. Around the room, there are white canvases everywhere, and some paintings of already drawn and semi-finished products can be seen.

However, Marlene brought Rhodes here not to introduce the girl's recent life situation.

"I think you have seen the paintings that Christie has painted in the hall, Mr. Rhode."

"That's right."

Rhode nodded when he heard Marlene's words, and then he asked with some surprise.

"Is there any problem?"

"It can also be said that there is… or there is no…"

What made Rhodes strange was that after hearing her questions, Marin seemed a little difficult to speak of, but in the end she walked to the canvases, then picked up a scroll and handed it to Rhodes.

"Actually, in addition to those paintings, Christie also painted something else..."

Since Marlene's words were somewhat vague, this aroused Rhode's curiosity. He reached out to take the scroll and then unfolded it. When he saw clearly the content on the scroll, Rhode couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Unlike the beautiful paintings outside, the scroll in Rhodes' hands is a completely different scene. The dry, dark and cracked earth spreads under the blood-red clouds, and the surrounding mountains are full of dead trees and bones. The red flows down, and it is not known whether it is magma or blood. In the distance, a vague tall building appears in the sand and fog. At first glance, this picture gives people a strong sense of loneliness and darkness, as if the moment you see this painting, you are involved in this lifeless world without any light.

"Not only this one, but also these are......"

As Marlene spoke, Rhodes took the scrolls she handed over, the contents on them were similar, some were broken, palaces built on countless bones, some were hanging on dry trees, and things that looked neither human nor ghost, and even dark and deep rivers condensed and gathered in the lakes—the arms of struggle and despair could be seen everywhere inside.

"Are these drawn by Christie?"

Looking at the scroll in front of him, Rod finally understood why Marlene seemed a little uneasy. If these scrolls were the imagination of a child, it would be too terrible and real. To be honest, Christie's painting skills are absolutely superb, and she even had the illusion that she would mistakenly think it was a landscape photo at first glance. It is precisely because of this that the paintings in front of her do not look like simple paintings, but more like projections of a certain world.

"Yes, but Christie herself doesn't seem to know what's going on. I asked Lijie to ask her sideways, but Christie herself was also very strange. According to her words, these scenes seemed to appear suddenly in her mind. Mr. Rod, I was a little worried... and Christie herself seemed to be very scared after finishing the drawing. There were several times when she was scared to sleep after reading the things she had drawn. This......"

Marin said something later, but Rhode didn't hear it. At this moment, he was focusing on the scroll in front of him. Not only because these pictures were real enough, but also because Rhode always felt that he seemed to have seen similar scenes somewhere.

Where exactly is it?

Rhodes flipped over and over and over and observed the scroll in his hand, and frowned, and began to flip his memories in his mind.

However, before Rhode could find anything, Qilian jumped to him. After carefully observing the scroll in Rhode's hand, Qilian moved his ears slightly.

"Oh? Isn't this the Abyss of Hell?"

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