Summoning the Holy Sword

“What… did you say?”

The Captain of the Guard’s face turned pale. After a while, he curiously asked.

“I thought you clearly heard what I said.” Rhode put down the teacup in his hand and said leisurely.

“You mean… the Elder, the Village Chief, is the mastermind behind those undead creatures? The reason our village got attacked is also because of him?” The Captain of the Guard looked at him unbelievably and shook his head.

“Sorry, I still can’t believe it.”

“Whether you believe it or not, it’s not my problem.” Rhode waved his hand and stopped him from arguing.

“I only told you what happened last night. You just have to listen to it; as for whether you believe in it or not, it’s your problem. I can’t afford to waste time here to explain it to you. Understand? You don’t have the right to ask me; you just have to listen and that’s it.”

“Woah…”

Standing in front of the entrance, Anne was peeking inside while holding her breath. After that, she quietly turned around and showed a frightened expression. “Leader is very frightening. He didn’t even leave him any face.”

“Five hundred? … Is it?…”

“Ten thousand.” Rhode said. After hearing Rhode’s words, the Captain of the Guard and the villagers seemed to be surprised.

“You, this, this is impossible! We don’t have that much money!”

“It’s supposed to be 5000, but since you guys didn’t want to give the money, I can’t help but double it,” Rhode said, then took back his hand and leisurely sat in the chair while looking at everyone who broke into sweat.

“Enough, make your decision. I hope none of you will make a stupid decision that will make you unhappy.”

Yes, we shouldn’t make a decision that will make you unhappy. The Captain of the Guard secretly cursed him, but didn’t say anything. Facing Rhode’s cold glare, the only thing he could do was to lower his head to hide his emotion.

In the end, the villagers couldn’t help but to agree to Rhode’s condition. They collected 5000 gold coins. Frankly, they were unwilling to give up this sum since the village wasn’t crowded with merchants like before. These 5000 gold coins were accumulated throughout the years. But now, it was actually being taken away by him with just one sentence. No one wanted this to happen, but what could they do? Point a gun at him?

Because of that, when Rhode’s mercenary group left, the villagers didn’t bid farewell to them. They only talked behind the mercenaries’ backs and didn’t even glance at them. Their gesture showed their anger and dissatisfaction. Rhode clearly didn’t care about that. He was already happy enough after receiving the money. He knew that his reputation in this village won’t be so good and he would be leaving an enmity. But who cared? Didn’t he still get what he wanted?

As the saying went, take the money to do things. Since he already took the villagers’ money away, he wouldn’t report it to the church. However, he already decided that after going back to Deep Stone City, he would report this matter to Klautz “truthfully.” He would hand Klautz the thing that he got from the Village Chief Elder after the battle and he believed that Klautz would make a wise judgement.

It didn’t mean that he broke their promise, right?

But after leaving High Cliff Village, something still happened.

Truthfully, Rhode hoped that Christie would leave the village and go with him. She had also accepted his invitation. Frankly, she didn’t have any good memories toward the village since the people there didn’t really treat her nicely. Moreover, in the Starlight mercenary group, whether it was Rhode, Marlene, Anne, or Lize, everyone liked her. This made Christie feel warmth that she had never felt before. That was why she didn’t have the slightest hesitation when Rhode asked her to leave with them, because at least living with him wouldn’t be as bad as living with the villagers.

But even so, when they left the village, Christie still felt somewhat reluctant. No matter what, she had been living in this place for ten years. If she left with a stranger, she wouldn’t be sure about her own future. Now in Christie’s heart, there was a trace of regret. If not because of her, such things wouldn’t have happened, right? Was she really a disaster? She turned around while silently looking at the village.

“You don’t have to care about it.” Rhode could understand her feeling. He stretched his hand and patted her head. After that, he lowered down his body and focused on looking at her.

“Remember, Christie, this is not your responsibility, so don’t feel responsible towards it. What happened to him was caused by his own wrongdoings, not because of your existence.”

“En…” Seeing that Rhode was trying to make her feel better, she exposed a smile. “I know, Rhode… Thank you…”

She softly said. Her voice sounded as clear as the wind. At the same time, she caught Rhode’s finger with a little force while pulling at his clothes.

“Their relationship sure is good.” Looking at Rhode and Christie, Anne’s mouth twitched and she complained.

“Leader is not fair. I’ve joined the mercenary group for a long time, but you’ve never smiled for me!”

“Me too. Since the moment I know him, he’s never smiled to me…”

Lize said with dissatisfaction, then she stretched her hand to touch her face.

He slapped me though…

Marlene’s expression also looked complicated. She looked to the left, then looked to the right. In the end, she sighed and helplessly gave up.

At this moment, she saw a boy suddenly run over them. He brought a rock and cruelly threw it toward Christie.

“Get out, you demon!” Facing the boy’s sudden attack, everyone was surprised. Christie turned around and saw a rock flying toward her. She screamed in fear and closed her eyes instinctively.

However, she didn’t feel any pain like usual. To the contrary, she only heard a shrill scream, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that the boy was crying on the ground, half of his face full of rock fragments. A woman screamed, rushed toward that boy, and hugged him.

At this moment, Rhode stood in front of Christie. “Enough, let’s go.”

He said towards Christie. Rhode didn’t even look back to see the mother and son behind him, even though their hateful and angered eyes pierced his back.