Joey and Lando may have some problems, but Rhodes think their problems should not be big, because Joey and Lando are both rookies. One of the benefits of rookies is that they have a very accurate understanding of their positioning, and sometimes they are a little too low. When letting, this too low awareness will often restrict their hands and feet, making them unable to exert 100% or 200% strength. But the advantage is that during this kind of psychological warfare, they will not be furious because they are despised by others, and can accept their weaknesses and shortcomings well. This is the benefit of rookies.

So just like when Lando was ridiculed by those expensive and powerful magic props to win, he did not want to prove anything again, because he knew very well that it was hard to say whether he could win without the alchemy props and weapons made by Labis.

"But you don't have to worry, we still need your help in this battle."

"What?"

Hearing Rhode's answer, Old Walker widened his eyes in surprise. He even took out his ears and looked at the black-haired young man in front of him in disbelief. He hadn't heard his ears yet. Did he hear it wrong? But... it shouldn't be. So what does Rhode mean? What exactly does he want to say? But before Old Walker could ask clearly, Rhode had already spoken and continued.

"I think you understand very well, old guy, how strong the four mercenary guilds in the Midsummer Festival are."

Hearing this sentence, Old Walker also restrained his expression and became serious. Of course, he knew very well how powerful the four mercenary guilds were. They had occupied the top spot in their respective regions for at least ten years. These mercenary guilds have strong influence and great influence in the four regions, not to mention that as mercenary guilds, they had political and economic support that the mercenary group would never have.

Although the Mercenary Association has the rules for relegation of the Mercenary Guild, unfortunately, except for Hiller's Burning Blade, no Mercenary Guild has truly "enjoyed" this treatment. Moreover, their struggle has completely exceeded the level of struggle between ordinary mercenary groups and reached a higher level.

Although the regulations of the Mercenary Association have been implemented, there are countermeasures and policies at the bottom. The major mercenary guilds are not fools. Although they have reached their level, they cannot attack the mercenary groups and eliminate possible obstacles. But this does not prevent them from secretly doing some tricks. In fact, each mercenary guild has one or two mercenary groups under their command. Their task is very simple, which is to snipe those mercenary groups that may hit the guild seats and tightly hold them back. Not only that, they also need to prevent hostile guilds from sending people to slash them. Therefore, the four major mercenary guilds are familiar with the experience of the mercenary group's struggle.

In their eyes, the newborn starlight is actually no different from a chicken.

Not to mention Rhodes is also very clear that the reason why these four major mercenary guilds compete for guild places in the Pafeld area is that on the one hand, they have the idea of ​​strengthening their own strength, and on the other hand, they are also serving the political forces behind them. For these guilds that have been fighting for a long time, even if Rhodes express their position, they will not believe that Rhodes is really on their side. So they will definitely try every means to kill Xingguang and let them get out early. Then no matter which side wins, they can at least use the people they trust to take over the next situation.

So Rhodes knew very well that the starlight he led actually faced many problems in this midsummer festival.

The reformists are naturally eyeing themselves. But the supporters of the royal party may not necessarily have a good face to them. Because they have no strength and have a reputation, they are also very low now and are not like they can achieve great things. So even if the royal party knows their position, they will not show mercy on them. At most, they will not stab you like the reformists and then laugh at you. Instead, they kindly ask you if you want to have fun before stabbing you - isn't the result the same?!

Of course, Rhodes did not expect his mercenary group to become the chicken in the mushroom stewed by the other four guild chickens. But he also saw the situation clearly... It would not work like this.

"So I need your help, old guy."

Rhode finally raised his head.

"We cannot compare with those mercenary guilds in terms of influence and economic strength, but they will definitely not let us rise rapidly. So, I need the help of you and your subordinates."

"It's okay, boy. But............you said help, what do you want me to do?"

Old Walker was confused and puzzled at the moment. He was older now. His skills were not as good as before. Even if he was in the past, Old Walker was not the opponent of these members of the Great Mercenary Guild. There were more people than him and his strength was stronger than him. Not to mention now, so... what kind of help does this kid need to help him?

“It’s very simple.”

Faced with Old Walker's questions, Rhode did not hesitate. It seemed that he had already decided.

"This is something you can do, old guy, and I believe that if you can do exactly what I said, then this time, we'll win."

For the troubles of those mercenary guilds, Rhode can only put them aside now, because he has more important things to deal with.

Although this time, everything was under Rhode's control from the beginning to the end. However, after all, he is a human and not a god, and it is impossible for him to cover everything. So in the end, after the warm-up match, Rhode found that he had miscalculated one thing......that is the view of other mercenaries.

In fact, on the second day after the warm-up match, many mercenaries came to Xingguang's stronghold and signed up to join their mercenary group. The number of people was not large at the beginning, only a few dozen people, but gradually the number was increasing. Until now, nearly 300 mercenaries have expressed their desire to join Xingguang. Most of them were idle mercenaries, but there were also marginal figures from other mercenary groups, and there were even some mercenaries who had been defeated by Xingguang on the ring.

This is actually not difficult to understand. The so-called people go to high places and water flows to low places. Because in this ring match, the news that Starlight represented the Pafeld area to participate in the Midsummer Festival had spread, and they participated in the guild battle, which immediately made many mercenaries excited. You must know that not everyone can enter the Midsummer Festival. If they join Starlight, as long as they show their strength, will they appear in the Midsummer Festival?

Of course, there are some mercenaries who do not consider it from the moment, but for a long time. Since this matter has been opened, the Mercenary Association naturally does not have to treat this matter as absolute secret as before to guard against it. Many well-informed mercenaries know that if Xingguang performs well in this Midsummer Festival, they will directly advance to the Mercenary Guild. This is also very attractive to these mercenaries. It is like when Hiller's Burning Blade was demoted from the guild back then, many people are still willing to join it because they value the Burning Blade, which is very likely to become the Mercenary Guild again. Now, when they see Xingguang with this opportunity, they rush to provoke this fresh meat like flies.

But not everyone thinks so.

In addition to the above two people who regard joining the guild as their ultimate goal, the other mercenaries also have their own ideas. Some of them hope to join Rhode's Starlight and get his guidance. Just like Lando and Joey - especially those who know these two people know what their strength was before joining the Starlight. And in just a few short months, they were able to pick five at a time. This must be the force Rhode was exerting behind the scenes. So, even such a rookie can succeed, wouldn't it be better to go to the next level if he went there?

Just as the leader of the Macbeth Mercenary Group was worried, no one liked a short-sighted mercenary team leader, but everyone flocked to him. Since Rod came to Deep Rock City, many people have seen everything he has done. So no one thinks that his victory depends on luck. Many people know that this young mercenary team leader is powerful, and his vision is also excellent, and he can train two rookies to such a powerful elite, which means that he is also very strong in this regard.

Everyone hopes to meet a boss who is keen on others, rather than a foolish guy.

It is precisely because of this that Rhodes was caught off guard.

At present, more than 300 mercenaries have been asked to join Xingguang, and they are moving towards 400 people. It is not a problem to break through 500 without any accident.

This made the rest of the mercenary group very nervous and proud. Because they all knew very well that this was an opportunity for Xingguang. Which mercenary group did not expect the more people, the better? And if these people really joined, then in terms of the number of people alone, they would not be much different from other mercenary guilds!

More than once, someone suggested that Rhodes recruit these people into the mercenary group, but Rhodes was unmoved. He knew what these people were thinking and knew that this was indeed an opportunity to increase Xingguang's strength. But he didn't care at all, because Rhodes knew very well that Xingguang could not afford so many people as a small mercenary group. Why did those mercenary guilds seek economic and political assistance just to maintain it? How much does a guild cost for hundreds of people? If you rely solely on mercenary tasks, then how much money would be enough? What's more, taking risks is an unstable job. You just grow wheat and have natural disasters. A task that can only earn 300 gold coins. If the situation is not expected to be right, you will lose 500 gold coins. If there is no solid support, this mercenary guild will not last long. If you really recruit all these 300 people, you will wait for a few months to go bankrupt!

Therefore, Rhodes didn't care at all. He just waited to show off these guys for a few days. They naturally dispersed when they were out of patience. So Rhodes originally didn't want to deal with this matter. Even if the mercenaries surrounded the strongholds of Starlight, he did not react at all.

However, after hearing Qilian talk about how scared Christie was surrounded by so many people that she was no longer afraid to go out for a walk, Rhode immediately changed his mind.

His method was also very simple. Faced with these mercenaries, Rhode gave Marlene, Lijie, Old Walker, Shana, and Kavos several notes respectively. It said several locations near Deep Rock City. Then he ordered Marlene and others to bring these guys there and then conduct a test. Only the top ten mercenaries who could first come out of those locations according to the requirements on the note were eligible to join Starlight.

After getting through this trouble, Rhode finally made time to organize the spoils he collected from the warm-up match.
Chapter completed!