Chapter 97: The Destiny of Intersection (V)
In the end, Rhode successfully took out Leo. Although the dark elves were unwilling to accept it, as a dark elves grown up from the ground, she certainly knew not to anger Rhode at will. But of course, it was impossible for Rhode to let Leo escape so easily. No matter what, what she did brought trouble to the territory, so she would inevitably be punished. However, the way Rhode punished Leo was different from what others imagined. He did not imprison Leo in the dungeon and imprisoned--Rhode knew very well that for the dark elves, imprisoning into the dungeon root was not a punishment. But this did not mean that he had no way to punish Leo. Soon, Rhode issued an order that everyone could not understand, that was to let Leo go to the high platform guard duty in the city block, and stay on it for a week!
This seemed a bit inexplicable to others. In their opinion, this was not a punishment, but Leo's reaction surprised them all. After hearing the decision made by Rhode, the dark elf's face suddenly turned pale like paper. Although her skin was white, at least it was still healthy white. And now, the feeling was as if the blood in the dark elf's body condensed into ice in an instant, how pitiful it was.
It’s no wonder that underground creatures have one characteristic, that is, fear of heights.
However, the fear of heights of underground creatures is different from the kind that people think. They are not afraid of the scenery standing on the abyss and looking down. On the contrary, what they fear most is to look up at the sky. Dwarves are the extreme representatives. One of the reasons why there are few dwarves on the Dragon Soul Continent is that dwarves prefer to survive between mountains and instead of taking risks, but this is not a fact. It is true that dwarves do not like to go out, but it is false that they do not like to go out. The only and biggest reason for restricting dwarves from going out is... they are afraid of the sky.
There is a famous saying of the former Dwarf King that spread widely in the underground world.
"Millions of stones are on it. When I step out of the cave and walk onto the earth, I dare to swear with my beard that I have never felt such fear. When I look up at the damn sky, I even feel my knees trembling. If my feet are not tied with chains and boulders, I am even afraid that I will leave the earth and fall into the boundless sky when I raise my feet!"
This reaction cannot be understood by people on the ground, but it is quite touching to those living underground. The dark elves are no exception. Not only that, in addition to "fearing heights", there is another point that makes the dark elves even more painful - because they have been in the dark underground for too long, the dark elves have evolved a very powerful dark vision, and they can see the dim underground environment without relying on light. On the other hand, the dark elves most feared is naturally strong light. Even the dark elves who walk onto the surface are the same. However, as the Eternal Night Country, the night light in the Night Country is not strong. So the dark elves can still bear it. But in the Continent of Light......that is another matter.
Naturally, Leo was not immune to the vulgarity. Before that, she hid in the shadows during the day, or went to the underground training ground, and rarely walked onto the ground. As a result, Rhode not only asked her to watch the tower, but also during the day...Leo even wanted to die.
But what can she do? It turns out that this is wrong. In fact, after Lio saw Corinna, the blood and tears of the dark elves instilled deep in her heart immediately made her burn. When Lio came to her senses, she had already attacked Corinna... This is the dark elves' ability to react to the elves, so Lio did not refute and just admitted it.
Leo's affairs were just an accident. Rhodes just handled it casually and then turned back to the topic, but before that...
"This...Rod, there's something we need to apologize to you."
"Um?"
Looking at the embarrassing Canary and Little Bubble Gum in front of him, Rhode widened his eyes curiously. He rarely saw the two of them so dirty. Canary always smiles on weekdays, although she doesn't express much. But this also proves her calmness and sophistication. Little Bubble Gum is full of confidence and always looks like I am the best in the world. It is difficult to see that they have such an expression. This made Rhode also surprised and confused. But soon, Canary gave the answer.
"That's right, Rhodes... a few days ago... well... Irene came down to the Fortress of the Land of Atonement."
"What?!"
Hearing this, even Rhode was shocked. He stood up in surprise and looked at the two of them.
"You guys don't... forget it, I don't think it's okay, so, what's going on?"
Although a little embarrassed, Canary still smiled helplessly and told Rhodes a lot about the reason.
That was what happened after Christie and Irene met. At that time, Irene just asked Christie for a painting and then left. Christie didn't take this matter too much, but after returning to the fortress, Christie met Little Bubble Gum... In the Land of Atonement, if anyone has the most time to accompany Christie, it was Anne and Little Bubble Gum. Anne was taken to Winter Castle by Rhode and accompanied Christie in her company.
The people around him naturally became Little Bubble Gum, and being praised by strangers for her good paintings naturally made Christie very happy. So the girl told Xiao Xiao Bubble Gum without reservation. Little Bubble Gum didn't take it seriously, but when she heard Christie finally said Erin's name, she suddenly burst out and immediately hurried to look for Canary. After listening to the report of Bubble Gum, Canary was also shocked.
But fortunately, Canary is much calmer than Bubble Gum. After hearing the news, she did not immediately be on guard and searched for anything. Because Canary understood that at the level of Irene, mortals were ants, not to mention that the place of atonement is not enough for her torture. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, Yilin also wanted to come and go. If it is difficult to force it to remove the fortress, it will be a big trouble. So she didn't say anything, but secretly checked the entire fortress with a small bubble gum. But after that, Yilin never showed up. Of course, Canary did not tell others about this, in order to prevent them from worrying or making some irrational actions. From this point of view, it was obviously a very wise decision to Rhode hand over the management of the fortress to Canary.
"I think she should have left the land of atonement and headed to Moon's country..."
Speaking of this, even the Canary himself was not sure. After listening to the Canary’s description, Rhodes could do only shake his head and sigh.
To be honest, although Canary and Xiao Xiao Bubble Gum took this matter to her, especially Xiao Xiao Bubble Gum, the girl was very scared after that. Because when Anne was away, she should have been with Christie. As a result, she didn't get up that day, so she let Christie go out alone because she slept in and didn't expect that such a thing happened. If Elin was cruel and ruthless at that time, she killed Christie. Narod really didn't know how to explain Xiao Xiao Bubble Gum, even if she committed suicide and apologized, it wouldn't work... Who told her that she was not a living person now.
But to be honest, we can't blame them for not being vigilant about this matter. Rhodes had made all-round preparations before. He handed over the Holy Girl statue and the system authority to the Canary. He thought about it and was safe. In fact, it was not surprising that Rhodes thought so. The destruction barrier of the Holy Girl statue could make all undead creatures disappear. With the strength of the small bubble gum and the canary, it is difficult for people below the two to make any storm in the fortress. If they really can escape such strict protection, unless they are stronger than them. They are not undead creatures... How many such people are there on the continent?
There are indeed not many people on the mainland who meet this condition, but this does not mean that there is no one. As a result, Ilin came to the door...
In terms of strength, she is similar to the two of them. Moreover, the dragon clan has a talent bonus, so she is not worse than Canary and Little Bubble Gum in this regard. As for race, the Dark Night Dragon is a living creature, not an undead creature, so it is naturally impossible to show any problems in the destruction barrier. Even Rhodes did not expect why the princess came here again? The Immortal Legion has retreated. Why did she run to Moonlai? And... she also took a painting by Christie?
Rhode was so funny when he heard this. In the game, there was the saying that Elin was actually the princess version of Lydia, but compared with Lydia, who represents the sun, Elin was as restrained, quiet, introverted, and not so silly as the moon. But now she seems to be a really artistic girl, these two high men are really a perfect match. Canary said that she had not been found in the place of atonement, so the princess shouldn't go to Golden City to discuss art with Lydia...
If it were someone else, then Rhode would have thought the other party was sabotaging Moon, but if it were Erin, Rhode thought it was really possible. He is a loyal supporter of Lydia. This great prince's strange temper Rhode is not unaware of it. There have been many rumors that Lydia sneaked into the territory of the Kingdom of Night in order to collect those expensive and beautiful works of art. Now it seems that these two high men are indeed the same type of characters......
"Since you can't find it, just pretend she's gone."
Irene did not capture Christie as a hostage, did not destroy the fortress, nor did she kill anyone. This made Rhode breathe a sigh of relief and had some affection for His Royal Highness the princess. In the game, Rhode always said to Irene "only hear her voice, but not see her", so his understanding of Irene is just the discussion and contact of the most ordinary players. What he couldn't figure out was whether Irene was planning to pass by his fortress on the way to Golden City, or came here with ulterior motives with something to do. Judging from the other party's performance, the latter is more likely. After all, with Irene's strength, the roots of those mountains cannot stop her. As long as she hides her identity, she can enter Moon without being noticed at all, there is no need to come to his fortress to do this. But what Irene did to his fortress, then Rhode didn't know.
"But we still have to send someone to report to Lydia for this matter. Remember, don't pass this message to any third party, just notify Lydia."
If Mun knew that His Highness, the princess of the Kingdom of Night, came to his own country with great thorns, it would be really going to be a big deal.
The question about Elene ended here. Although Rhodes was indeed full of doubts, since Elene is not in the land of atonement, he doesn't need to worry about anything anymore. This does not mean that his approach is wrong. In any case, there are indeed a very rare person who can break through the triple defenses of the Saint Girl statue, Canary and Little Bubble Gum... This kind of bad luck is just an exception.
Apart from this surprising news, everything in the Land of Atonement was still stable. On the contrary, Marlene brought good news to Rhodes, that is, the war corps that had not been exposed finally came to the Fortress of Atonement and reported to Rhodes. This was naturally good news for Rhodes. At the beginning, what he first noticed was the strength of the fighting mages of the war corps, which was also the most lacking in the Fortress of Atonement. Their ability to appear at this time can be regarded as filling the problem of insufficient mid-level troops under Rhodes, but the problem is......
"Their situation is not as good as Rhodes you think."
Marlene's words immediately poured a basin of cold water on Rhode.
ps: I decided to resume the daytime update in the future and the nighttime update. This night's update in the morning is indeed a headache...... I was so sleepy after two days of trouble.................. otl
Chapter completed!