Summoning the Holy Sword

When Rhode brought his subordinates to leave High Cliff Village, there was another scene in the Deep Stone City castle.

The Administrative Officer of Paphield Area and Lord of Deep Stone City, Klautz, lowered his head, his face green while looking at the ground. The holy power around him into a gentle breeze similar to a spring wind, but gave off a completely different feeling to Klautz.

“I haven’t been in Deep Stone City for such a long time,” Lydia said softly. She was enveloped in light, looking outside the window to see Deep Stone City’s scenery. “It’s still as beautiful as before, nature’s masterpiece combined with human wisdom and hard work. Such a perfect combination. Nothing can be compared with this, don’t you think so? Sir Klautz?”

“Just as you said, Your Highness.” While answering her question, Klautz rubbed the sweat on his forehead.

Right now, his heart wasn’t as calm as his appearance. It was no wonder that the moment Her Highness and the Grand Mage suddenly appeared in his residence, his heart almost stopped. If it weren’t for the many hardships he had experienced and the fact he was considered as an important person, he would have been scared to death already.

Klautz couldn’t be blamed for being too overly sensitive, because Lydia rarely left the Golden City. She usually would send her subordinates to handle sensitive regions. From this point, it could be seen that the trust Lydia had in her subordinates could be considered an unusual indulgence. To the contrary, for her subordinates, her trust wasn’t only motivation, but also pressure. They could fail or made a mistake, but Lydia wouldn’t allow them to fall into despair or change their own aesthetic value. Before, Lydia had sent a brave warrior to govern the Western area, but in the end, that brave warrior fell due to the Merchant Association’s sugar-coated bullet. The rumor said that Lydia was very disappointed about this matter and very clearly expressed it.

Even if this matter had already passed for many years, whenever Klautz remembered that incident, he couldn’t help but feet a chill down to his spine. He hoped that he would never receive encounter such a situation again.

As an Administrative Officer, Klautz believed that he had never done anything to violate her aesthetics value. But he could not be sure that he had never done anything so serious to make her come here herself. No matter how he thought, he couldn’t think of the reason behind why she came to Paphield area. Is it because the sudden increase in price caused by the Merchant Association? But this kind of small thing wasn’t enough to make Her Highness Lydia to come here personally, right?

Even though he was curious, he wasn’t as stupid as to ask this question. He only welcomed Lydia while speculating the reason she had came here.

After finishing this mission, many mercenaries swore that they needed to try harder in their hearts. Because they could already see the reward they got from working hard. It wasn’t just 10 gold coins. If they continued to stay in the Starlight mercenary group, not only that they could beat the enemy easily, but they would also get treatment unimaginable by other mercenaries. Just think over it! Magic potions! That kind of thing was considered as treasure, but every person here had about 5 to 6 bottles. Did any of other mercenaries have this kind of opportunity?

None of these things could be bought by money!

Rhode had also noticed their mood. After he entered Deep Stone City, he ordered them to leave and rest. This made them even happier and they shouted “long live.” They held onto a bag full of money and entered the tavern. However, Lize and others didn’t go to rest, as they were worried about Christie’s condition and wanted to talk about other things after she had settled.

Rhode also agreed to their decision.

But when they arrived at the stronghold, there were someone blocking on their way.

“Hey, kid, you’re finally back.” Old Walker, who was responsible for protecting the stronghold, immediately rushed to Rhode and blocked their way.

“I’ve waited for such a long time; how come you guys took so long? Hm? Who’s that girl?”

“I’ll tell you afterwards.” Rhode waved his hand and blocked Old Walker’s sight of Christie.

“What happened?”

“I also don’t know about the entire story, but yesterday Sereck was looking for you and said that he had something to talk to you about… you see…”

“I’ll go now.” Hearing until here, Rhode nodded his head. He didn’t care about why was Sereck looking for him. The reason he quickly agreed was because he remember the Cleric in the Mercenary Association. If Rhode could get her help, then it would be good for treating Christie’s injuries.

Thinking until here, Rhode said nothing and quickly agreed.