Things were going very smoothly. After Lijie came back, she was shocked by the new transformed stronghold. The poor girl was circling at the gate with her purchased supplies and items in her arms, but she didn't dare to come in. If Rhode hadn't discovered her, Lijie might have stood outside until dark.

As for why such a change occurred, Lijie certainly had some questions. After all, although Rhodes said he would clean up the junk before she left. However, according to common sense, it was at most that the junk was cleaned up, and it was impossible to do so thoroughly. However, since Rhodes didn't want to say more, Lijie didn't ask more. After experiencing so many things, the girl had basically unconditional trust in Rhodes. Although such strange things were indeed weird, Rhodes himself was a very mysterious person, so there was nothing strange about it.

And Lijie believes that Rhodes will tell her these secrets one day.

Through Lijie, Rhode also found out about the situation in the Mercenary Association. It was obvious that the old man was quite surprised that he could handle the haunted house. It was obvious that he did not believe that they had the ability to handle the well-known haunted house in Deep Rock City. Instead, Serek stood on their side. Not only that, he also hinted through Lijie that Rhode should pay attention to his position and his identity to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Rhode understood Serek's hints, and he knew very well that although Serek's haunted house was famous, there were also many good players in Deep Rock City. People like Sword Master Serek could still easily clean up the things here even if they didn't know the true face of the things here. And they still didn't take action, so they could be sure that this was not the problem of the monster's strength gap, but some more outer factors.

After all, this place is also located in the upper level area, which belongs to the aristocratic area, and there will definitely be trouble. Now that Rod and the others have just moved in, the name of the haunted house is still there, so there will probably be no one to cause trouble for a while. However, when people find that the haunted house is no longer "hard", things will be difficult to handle. If you buy such a large house with 600 gold coins, although there is no problem with the procedures, people may have some ideas. After all, as the saying goes, there is no free lunch in the world.

Rhodes are naturally very clear about these, but he is very curious about why Serek reminds him of such things. You must know that he has no social relationship with him... Could it be that in the previous battle, Serek developed a love for talent?

However, these are all future events. The most practical thing before Rhodes is that there is only one thing, that is, the real development of the Starlight Mercenary Group.

The first problem is manpower.

A mercenary group of two people is definitely not good. Indeed, relying on Rhodes' familiarity with this area, it is not difficult to complete some tasks back and forth. However, insufficient manpower means that there is no way to flexibly change formations. With Rhodes' current personnel configuration, he can only fight undead creatures, and it will be very troublesome to encounter living creatures. As for those ordinary mercenary tasks, such as escorts, transportation, etc., with their own personnel, no one is willing to entrust them.

But if you want to hire, what kind of people should you hire? At least the cost-effectiveness must be paid... Judging from the current property in Rhodes, you can only hire one or two more people at most. Good steel must be used on the edge. If you choose the wrong person, it will be too late to cry.

Sitting in the study, Rod frowned and pondered. The huge room looked a little empty, with nothing but a desk, a few chairs and a bookshelf. Although it was a bit shabby, I could only put it in now.

After closing the book in his hand, Rhodes fell into deep memories.

August of the Year of Glory - one and a half years later, the Kingdom of Light investigated and declared that the Kingdom of Night had attacked its border merchant ships. Then they quickly sent troops to occupy the Soragang Mountains and controlled the residents there, claiming that these people were the culprits of the attack on the Kingdom of Light merchant ships, and arrested and executed.

Two months later, the Kingdom of Night responded with its army, and they recaptured the Soragang Mountains, and the troops of the Kingdom of Light were all wiped out.

Then, a total war broke out.

The Duchy of Mun where Rhodes was first attacked by the Kingdom of Night, which was actually avoidable, but the Council of the Kingdom of Light issued an order, which forced the Duchy of Mun to stand up and face the sword of Dark Night.

That was the most severe casualties in Rhode's memory. The Kingdom of Night sent powerful troops including blood-sucking species and bone wizards with an average level of nearly eighty to deal with the Principality of Mun. This was a catastrophic for players who were at most forty or fifty at that time. Although many players spontaneously organized themselves to try to defend their land, these players were so weak that they were so powerless in front of the powerful army of the Kingdom of Night. They died and resurrected again and again, but even so, they could not resist the unstoppable pace of the team of Night. And at this moment, the Council of Light Country made a decision that shocked all players - they claimed that the Principality of Mun had an affair with the enemy and sent troops to attack the Principality of Mun.

This became the last straw that overwhelmed the Duchy of Mun, which had already been shaking in the storm. Under the attack of both sides, the Duchy of Mun began to retreat step by step. At this moment, the Lord of the Duchy of Mun, Lydia Parfield, Mira Flanrika, finally made a decision to send her elite legion "Purple Lily" to escort the player and her people to the Port of Trisfia to retreat.

Rhodes still remember the scene at that time. They stood next to the long refugee team, and almost every player gritted his teeth and looked at the land behind him. It was not only because of the insult that he was actually expelled by NPC as a player, but also because of his anger at the group of idiots in the Kingdom of Light.

The residents of the Duchy of Mun left, wearing tattered clothes, with a smudged face and hurriedly leaving.

The players of the Duchy of Moon left, their faces were red, and they yelled angrily, "Making Team, you play us!" "Go to the game company!" "I want to kill the group of xx in the parliament!", leaving unwillingly.

Only one person stayed.

The girl who, with the power of an angel, who had blocked the 100,000 troops of the Kingdom of Night, closed her eyes until the last ship left Trisfia Harbour, was still fulfilling her vow until the last moment - "The king will always stand behind the people and hide the wind and rain for them, regardless of whether they want or not."

Then, the players' anger broke out.

Rhode clearly remembered that this was the largest outbreak in the history of Dragon Soul Continent. In less than a week, hundreds of thousands of players almost broke the official game forum. Many people claimed that this was a rape of the players' will. More players used their actual actions to express their anger. One player guild appeared one by one, and then they raised the blade of revenge against their compatriots in the Kingdom of Light camp and the NPCs. After that, Rhode finally gave up his attitude towards the game and began to be serious. After gathering several players who also had a deep hatred for the Kingdom of Light, they formed Starlight. That was for their dignity as players, and their resistance to the game system, and even more for the vent of anger and revenge.

They succeeded.

Under Rhode's leadership, the starlight grew stronger and stronger. Then, they swept across the Land of Light and completely destroyed the parliament of the Land of Light. Then, they polished their swords and sharpened their swords to attack another mortal enemy, Night Country. In the end, they also succeeded, and even destroyed the Dark Night Dragon, known as one of the Five Creation Dragons. It was also after this battle that Starlight jumped up and became the most powerful guild in the entire game, no doubt about it.

It can be said that they succeeded and were brilliant. But there was always a small voice in Rhodes' heart.

When they wiped out the parliament, when they defeated the Dark Night Dragon, Rhodes had the idea that if I had such power at that time, would things turn around? Will everything change?

Rhodes didn't know, but he knew very well that it was just a dream. The game would not be back, and it would not be possible to start over again. He once thought so, until after coming to this world... Rhodes discovered that he had another chance to start over again and change his destiny.

He didn't want to taste that taste again. The humiliation he had suffered as a refugee or a player would never allow it to happen to him again.

Before that, Rhode had thought about whether to go to Golden City to try his luck after leaving the Dusk Forest, but when he learned about Lijie's experience, Rhode changed his mind. Since he could have formed a powerful guild that was enough to completely destroy the Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Night, and even compete with the Devil of Hell, and eventually kill the Dragon of Void, why can't he come again?

There is still one and a half years left, and it is not long or short.

Now, Rhode, who has been recognized by the Mercenary Association and a stronghold, finally plans to start a big fight. He wants to recreate his glory in the past. This time, he will no longer let the shame of that year come to him again, which Rhodes will never tolerate.

Everything is on track and it is time to start preparing yourself.

Looking at the beautiful scenery of the deep rock city outside the window, Rhode began to recall the attributes and skills of hiring NPCs in the game in his brain. Then, soon Rhode made up his mind.

"Lijie."

He stood up and knocked on the table. Soon, the girl who was originally sitting by the window reading a book heard Rhode's call and immediately stood up.

But after the injury, everything changed.

He no longer had the power he had before, and those who once admired him had abandoned him. But now? The once glorious young man turned into a poor old man, who could not do anything except drink to relieve his sorrow. Thinking of this, the old man couldn't help but feel sad. He raised his head and glanced at the group of little ghosts around him with contempt. They were too young and were still dreaming, adventures, beauty, money, reputation, what do these count? Everything is meaningless. When they lose everything they rely on, what are the little guys left?

The old man stretched out his hand, touched his right eye, which was covered by an eye mask, then raised his glass and tried to ask the bartender to have another glass.

And at this moment, he found two people coming to him and sitting down.

"Mr. Walker Walker Dedal?"

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