The sun shone down through the glass of the dome, illuminating the spacious hall. Lijie reached out and carefully fiddled with the mural hanging on the wall. Then she took two steps back, looked at the landscape painting in front of her with satisfaction, and then smiled and nodded.

"Yeah, no problem, it's good."

While talking to herself, Lijie turned around and reached out her hand, gently stroked the head of the girl standing beside her...

"Christy is indeed talented. Not everyone can draw such beautiful paintings? It's really a good suggestion to put them here for decoration... Hearing Lijie's words, the girl in a simple robe stood beside her, and the girl in a simple robe showed a happy smile. She hugged the drawing board on her chest tightly with her hands, lowered her head a little embarrassedly, and a little blush flashed across her white cheeks. Lijie quickly noticed Christie's shyness. She smiled softly, and then raised her head again.

"But... it's really beautiful......"

Looking at the paintings placed in the corridor, Lijie couldn't help but murmur herself. Christie's painting skills are becoming more and more skillful now, and the scope of her paintings is becoming wider. At the beginning, the girl could only draw some portraits and landscapes of characters. But now, Christie has begun to draw some stories and legendary scenes, especially those paintings in which heroes do not fear power and evil, fight against devils and terrible undead creatures. They are vivid in Christie's writing, and often people even mistakenly think that Christie has witnessed these scenery with her own eyes.

However, this is not what worried Lijie.

“…………Rod………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

The girl hugged the drawing board on her chest and lowered her head. After a moment, she hesitated and raised her head again. When Lijie heard Christie's inquiry, she sighed helplessly. It's no wonder that everyone has been busy since the establishment of the fortress. Although Rhode had planned everything before leaving, everyone has a lot of responsibilities. Marlene is responsible for controlling the overall situation of the fortress, and she has to be busy until the early morning to rest every day. Canary and Little Bubble Gum train the group of mercenaries all day. From time to time, she takes them out.

Running around, sometimes I can't see any shadows for several days. Lijie herself was extremely busy because she had to take on the fortress's internal affairs and the management of the spiritual master. Not to mention Labis. Since Rhode handed over the task to her that day, the girl locked herself in the alchemy workshop and never came out again. All kinds of expensive magic materials and materials were sent in continuously, but they didn't see it out. Lijie herself had also taken time to visit Labis, and it was obvious that her task was not easy either.

Under such circumstances, Christie was very lonely. If everyone would occasionally accompany the girl out for shopping in the Deep Rock City in his spare time, now everyone is so busy that they don’t even have this free time. Fortunately, Christie is obedient and sensible, but even so, Lijie can still feel that the girl is actually very lonely.

However, when will Mr. Rhode be able to come back? Almost a month has passed since they left the land of atonement, and there has been no news about them. But I think it's time for them to come back... Thinking of this, Lijie couldn't help but squat down and gently stroke Christie's head.

"Don't worry, Christie, I think they'll be back soon. Just wait a little longer, Mr. Rod and the others will......"

Lijie didn't finish her words, because at this moment, Christie's eyes had already bypassed her and looked behind Lijie. Then, the girl's eyes immediately became hot.

“………Rod…………………”

Christy put down the drawing board in her hand and called Rhode's name softly. Then, Lijie heard a figure from behind that she was no longer familiar with.

"I'm back, Christy, Lijie, it seems that you are doing well?"

“……Rod……”

Christie called Rhode's name softly, then ran away like this, pounced on Rhode's arms. Rhode smiled and stroked Christie's long hair. Then he raised his head and looked at Lijie. Looking at the black-haired man in front of him, Lijie suddenly felt that her nose was a little sour. The clear scene in front of her now seemed to be twisted and blurred as if it was covered by something. But soon, Lijie blinked and forced the water vapor in her eyes.

"Mr. Rod, you are finally back..."

"Annie, Lijie, Christie~!"

At this moment, Anne suddenly came out from behind Rhode. She waved at Lijie with a smile, then immediately squatted down, hugged Christie tightly, and kept rubbing the girl's white and tender face.

"Ah... Christie, I haven't seen you for a long time. Have you ever thought about Annie... Well... Of course, there is, Sister Annie is not here, I feel quite bored..."

"Very good, then Annie will take you to see some fun things in a while, okay... well... ah... ah cough."

Seeing the two of them talking more and more outrageously, Lijie couldn't help but cough. Then she realized that behind Rhodes, in addition to the seven loves that are always inseparable from him, there was another young man and woman. They also looked like mercenaries, but they didn't have to be much older. At this moment, they were staring at the wide hall in a hurry, stunned, like a country bumpkin walking out of the countryside.

"Mr. Rod, they are... two recruits. You ask Cabos to arrange it. From today on, they will join our guild."

As he said that, Rhode snapped his fingers at the two of them, then he turned around and took Christie and Anne up the ladder.

"By the way, Marlene should be in her room."

When Lijie heard Rod's inquiry, a bitter smile appeared on her face.

"This…………………She is indeed there, but I think it's better for you to not disturb her now, Mr. Rhode."

"oh?"

Hearing Lijie's answer, some doubt flashed across Rhode's face.

"What's going on?"

Marlene was very upset at this moment.

She looked at the two swaggering nobles sitting in front of her, dressed in gorgeous clothes and big belly, and almost exhausted her restraint, which forced her not to use spells to directly bombard the other party out of the fortress as soon as possible. But until now, Marlin felt that her patience had almost come to an end.

"I am very sorry to inform you that our Starlight Guild has signed a contract with the Silver Libra Chamber of Commerce and the Keller Chamber of Commerce, and within the contract period. Without our review, we will definitely not allow other chambers of commerce to enter without authorization. Moreover, the procedures of the two are not completely in line with the regulations, so I hope you can understand this..."

"Of course we understand. Miss Shania."

Facing Marlene's words, one of them showed a sarcastic smile. He held up his beer belly and lifted the belt that could no longer support his wide waist with both hands. Then he spoke and continued.

"But rules are dead, people live, aren't we? We first came to the land, and we didn't know about it, and... our things have been shipped. Now you ask us to move them back, which is not good. After all, we came with kindness. And if we can't do any transactions or transactions this time, it will be a serious loss for us... Hearing this, Marin gritted her teeth. She really wanted to do it, but at the moment, Marin had no way to do it.

These two noble merchants came to the fortress half a month ago and wanted to expand their business here, but they were immediately stopped by Marlene. After all, in her opinion, these two noble merchants were really suspicious. They said that they were merchants from afar and wanted to operate here. But this is exactly what made Marlene feel strange. Because generally speaking, merchants would not choose to trade too far from their base. Although this is not impossible for traveling merchants, it is just a mobile transaction and definitely not a fixed transaction. At the moment, even the local chambers of commerce in Parfield cannot get the exact news, but these two foreign merchants thousands of miles away know the situation of the place of atonement, and there must be problems.

But what Marin didn't expect was that after tearing her apart, these two guys not only retreated without knowing the difficulty, but instead rubbed it shamelessly. A gangster's face that I wouldn't leave if you don't let me build it here. The so-called fear of being afraid of being afraid of being afraid of being shameless. Marin has warned them solemnly many times, but these two people are reluctant to leave. What makes Marin even more unhappy is that while these people are quarreling at themselves, they have already begun to try to conduct business activities in the fortress!

If it were ordinary people, Marlene would have sent someone to directly bombard them out of the fortress. But facing these two nobles, she could not do so, because they were not merchants of the Duchy of Mun - on the contrary, they were Solomon Consortium from the Kingdom of Light, and they also held official certification provisions. The Solomon Consortium was one of the five major consortiums that dominated the Kingdom of Light, and they also had a certain degree of business dealings with the Duchy of Mun.

Originally, Marin had not considered agreeing to follow their request and then observe. However, considering that the fortress was just starting to develop, it was not a good sign that there was an internal instability at this time. Moreover, the relationship between Rhodes and the Kingdom of Light was definitely not friendly. This problem at this time was really difficult for Marin to deal with.

"Miss Shania, I hope you can think clearly."

At this moment, another nobleman stood up, and he showed a ferocious smile like a wolf, and his whole body came to Marlin.

"The strength of our Solomon Consortium......... We came here because we were attracted by the potential of the guild. This is a good thing for the guild, right? Moreover, we hold the Treaty of Sycamore Tree. According to the contents of the treaty, we have the right to protect our legitimate interests, right? Or are you planning to go against our Solomon Consortium? Do you know the consequences... Hearing this, Marin raised her eyebrows, but before she could speak, a voice came from the door.

"The Solomon Consortium is quite angry. I want to see what you can do?"

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