Although he knew that he would participate in the Dragon Soul Book, Rhodes was not excited. No matter what, it was not in a hurry to do so. For Rhodes, the most important thing at the moment was not the invitation of the Dragon of Light, nor the Parfield front, but the second five-star mission in the Cranmer area - the Ice Lake. As long as this task can be completed, it can be said that Rhodes' guild will be safe in the next year. Not only that, Rhodes also thought of another person... I wonder if Bartel still remembers the agreement he made with him at the Midsummer Festival - well, I hope he can keep the appointment truthfully.

The Cranmer area is located in a bitter and cold place in the northwest. Although it is not a poor mountain or water, it is definitely not a fertile land. Most people plant some cold-resistant crops here, not only because of the geographical environment of Cranmer, but also because of the frozen lake in this area. It is rumored that this frozen lake has been covered with thick ice for hundreds of years and has never melted. Not only this lake, but also in the entire Cranmer area, there are similar phenomena. It is good in the hot summer. Once the cold winter month is in the twelfth month, the Cranmer area will be completely covered with ice, whether it is a river or a well. At that time, people can only smash the ice, take it home and melt it.

This strange and abnormal situation naturally attracted many people to investigate, but most of them did not find out the reason. It was not until a mage accidentally discovered that there was a huge elemental creature hidden under the Cranmer Lake, which solved the mystery of the Cranmer area. However, people have never found a way to deal with this monster. The only thing they know is that the place where this monster lives is the water source of the entire Cranmer area. Therefore, its power will multiply in winter, and it will weaken to the lowest in summer. This is why Rhodes chose to take action at this time. After all, it is still early autumn. If you wait for a while, the power of the ice demon will increase greatly, which is a problem.

However, the weirdness of the Cranmer area is not just a frozen lake.

When he got off the carriage, a biting cold wind blew towards him. This made Rhode frown. It was noon at this moment, the hottest time of the day, and other places were extremely hot at this time. People would rather rest in the shade than go out, but the Cranmer area was biting cold, as if it had entered early winter. However, what made Rhode frown was not the strange weather. It was the scene he saw after he got off the carriage.

In the entire Cranmer area, the town closest to the Ice Lake is the Green Tree Town in front of you. It is precisely because of this that Rhode asked Lijie to come here with the mercenaries to prepare. However, when the carriage came to the edge of Green Tree Town, Rhode found that his mercenaries were camping in the open space outside the town. At this moment, they were surrounding there and I didn’t know what they were saying. This surprised Rhode. There was not a pub or hotel in the town. How boring was his subordinates who chose to sleep in the open?

However, when Rhode approached, he realized that something seemed to be wrong. He saw a vague sound of quarrels coming from the crowd. He could even see Anne waving the golden shield in her hand in anger and shouting loudly.

"…………I’m so angry that these people are just unreasonable! No matter what they are, we will go directly when the commander comes, and aren’t afraid that they won’t..." When she said this, Anne turned her head and saw Rhode. She immediately showed a hint of joy on her face. Then she raised her right hand high and waved her hard at Rhode.

"Ah, Commander. You are finally here! Tell Lijie quickly, those people are so annoying!"

Hearing Anne's words, Rhode raised his eyebrows, and then he found that in addition to his mercenaries there were a few strangers in the crowd, which seemed to be arguing with them. These people were not mercenaries, and they seemed to be inhabitants of the town. This made Rhode feel even more unhappy. Although Rhode has not set any strict regulations on his team, he is not willing to see his subordinates having conflicts with these ordinary civilians. Apart from those boring people, no one likes to compete with NPC. And why Rhode can make Starlight a game

The first guild is naturally not just because of his decisive decisiveness in killing and his subordinates. Although he has been fighting with other guilds, Starlight will generally provide convenience for ordinary players, and they have never cleared the field or drove people like leveling. This is also the reason why Starlight can always exist in the game. After all, the foundation of the game is still the vast majority of ordinary players, and not everyone will be branded as a guild after entering the game. If Rhodes are domineering against the superiors and bullying the subordinates, even if he opens the plug-in on the entire server, he will probably have to get out in shame.

But what surprised him was that perhaps some of the mercenaries under his command were wrong, but Anne and Lijie were both very good people. Although Anne had a hot personality and rarely caused trouble with these ordinary people, Lijie didn't need to say much. If this was the plan of Qilian's cunning fox, Rhode still had some ideas, but now Qilian is not here either?

Although he was suspicious, Rhodes looked at the people next to him, then looked at Lijie and asked.

"What's going on?"

Seeing Rhode's arrival, Lijie also showed a relieved expression on her face, and then she quickly explained the story to Rhode.

It turned out that after bringing the mercenaries to Green Tree Town, Lijie originally planned to rest here according to Rhode's instructions, and then wait for Rhode to arrive before preparing to start the mission. However, these mercenaries were bored after all, so they all knew their purpose. Of course, this was not a big deal in Lijie's opinion. The Frozen Lake mission was named in the Mercenary Association. They came here to help the people here, and they were not stealing. So they didn't take it seriously.

But what happened next was beyond Lijie's expectations. After learning about the purpose of these mercenaries, the townsmen not only did not welcome them, but instead asked them to leave. Although Lijie had explained that they came here several times to complete the mission of the Mercenary Association, and this mission was originally proposed by residents of the Cranmer area, now they have taken over the task and come here, but they did not expect that the publisher of the mission would not welcome them, which really caught Lijie off guard.

However, these townsmen did not seem to be planning to listen to Lijie's explanation, and the two sides even had a conflict for a while. In the end, in order to avoid causing trouble, Lijie took the initiative to leave the town, but they did not leave, but instead camped nearby and waited for Rhode's arrival before continuing to act.

But I didn't expect that these townspeople were reluctant to give in. After only two days, people came again to force them to leave here, and claimed that the Cranmer area did not welcome them, these mercenaries. When everyone heard this, they were a little annoyed. It makes sense to say that you don't welcome us in your town. Now everyone has left the town. Do you actually want to drive us away? The mercenaries are fighting spirits, and Lijie has only been relieved before. What's more, they have worked hard and traveled through mountains and rivers to come here.

Before her butt was hot, she was driven away by the other party. She was so angry that she could not help but resist. At this moment, these residents were also rude. At this moment, these residents were also rude. Annie was not happy when she heard that she was not old and had a straightforward personality. She was naturally extremely angry when she heard these people saying bad things about Lijie. Fortunately, Annie knew that these people could not be frightened, otherwise she would have thrown the heavy gold shield in front of the other party.

Is there such a thing?

Hearing Lijie's helpless statement, Rhode frowned. When he issued the order, he didn't know that Green Tree Town had such troubles. It was no wonder. Players were not natives. They didn't need to find any place to shelter from the wind and rain. Generally, most of them were guilds to take tasks, and then the team leader took a group of people to rectify them. Then they directly entered the mission copy and stimulated the boss to do it. After all, accommodation in the game costs money. Although the Dragon Soul Continent is a rare virtual real game, it does not mean that it is exactly the same as reality. Most players will not do it if they spend money to stay.

After listening to Lijie's narration, Rhode turned his head and looked at the people on the other side. Judging from their clothes, these people should be the mayors and law enforcement officers here. Of course, compared with the group of mercenaries under Rhode who were almost about to advance, these people had no power to refuse. From their pale faces, they could see that these people were under great pressure to face the golden shield that Annie couldn't help but wave. However, even so, it was strange that these people were still erecting their necks here and were unwilling to retreat.

Thinking of this, Rhode waved his hand to signal Anne to stop, then he walked to the townspeople, raised his head and looked at them, and then asked.

"I want to hear your reasons. Everyone, our Starlight Guild came here after taking the mission issued by the Mercenary Association. There is nothing wrong with what we do. If you want to drive us away, I hope to get a satisfactory answer. Otherwise, even if we finally leave, we will report this matter to the association. By that time, I think you must explain it with the association to the Lord of the Cranmer area."

When they heard Rhodes' words, the townspeople couldn't help but change their expressions. After all, they were honest town residents. When they saw a city lord on weekdays, they were already scared to walk. Now Rhodes told them that if they hindered their tasks, they would have to explain this to the lord, which would hinder the mercenaries from completing their tasks, and even bothered the people of the Cranmer area for many years. This would be untenable wherever they were.

Thinking of this, several older townsmen had already started to hesitate at this time, while one of the younger and younger ones was Nian's relatives, and stood up with anger. While staring at Rhode angrily, he shouted while waving his fists.

"The mayor, the law enforcement officer, why are you talking about these mercenaries? After so many mercenaries have been here for so many years, but who has succeeded? They all turned around and ran away in shame, but we are the ones who suffer? This time, no matter what, we must not let them continue like this! Anyway, these people will lose in the end? At that time, we are still unlucky. If they want to sue, they will ask them to sue! Even if they sue the lord, we are not afraid!"

"You bastard, you are just bullshit. How could we lose!!"

"That's right, you don't know our strength at all. Just talk nonsense here. Are you deliberately cursing us?!"

When the young man was talking, the mercenaries around him were not happy. Most of the mercenaries had low cultural level and were very superstitious. When the young man was so sure that they would lose in front of them, these people became annoyed - was this cursing them in person?!

Not to mention that these mercenaries have followed Rhodes for a long time. Under Rhodes' leadership, they have never failed. Because of this, they are full of confidence in Rhodes. But now, this little brat who has not grown all the hair dares to question their president, which is simply a desperate situation!

Faced with his passionate subordinates, Rhode did not speak. He just waved his hand. When he saw Rhode's movement, he immediately shut his mouth when he pointed at these mercenaries who were scolding the townsmen. This surprised the older people very much. When they first saw Rhode, they did not take this young man to heart. Now, seeing Rhode's action can actually make so many mercenaries around him shut up completely. They first realized that Rhode's status in this mercenary guild was extraordinary.

It was not until this time that the old people among the townsmen sighed deeply, then stood up and looked at Rhode helplessly.

"I'm sorry, sir, we really don't want to do this, but we have really couldn't stand it over the years."

Then, he spoke with a sad expression.

ps: I accidentally ate spoiled yogurt this morning and made me vomit... Fortunately, I didn't have any ejaculation, it's really a damn thing. It's obvious that this yogurt has not expired, so why is it even more difficult than the expired... It's been a whole morning, and today's update is a little late... It's really troublesome to write updates during the day...
Chapter completed!