Graystone Town.

Known for its ore and hilly adventures, the town on the side of Grizzly Hill has welcomed a succession of hunters, adventurers, and merchant travelers since the first generation of Emerald Lord's pioneers established themselves here.

Although this world is backward and wild, and the wilderness is full of dangers, there is always a group of people who are full of enthusiasm to overcome obstacles for future generations, and there is always a group of people who are full of infinite adventurous spirit and vow to conquer any unknown corner.

On the sea, countless navigators raised their sails and fought against the wet sea breeze, playing a hymn of guns and ships.

On land, teenagers with their bags on their backs and weapons on their backs are full of anticipation, stepping out of the house and leaving their mother's arms, and they become figures in the mountains, hills, or deserts.

It's a world of danger and opportunity, loss and passion.

In previous years, Greystone was crowded with pedestrians, and the old lord Shaq built the town's only bluestone road, which became the economic center of the town and fed many of the townspeople, with its lively blacksmith shops, essential grocery stores for adventurers, and bustled taverns.

The sky was gray, and autumn gave the sky a sad color.

The pedestrians on the bluestone road were sparsely populated, and the bleak wind blew up one or two yellow fallen leaves, which not only made the passers-by tighten their collars, but even the usually clanging blacksmith shop became silent, and from time to time there were one or two groups of militiamen armed with weapons outside the town, a depressed scene.

In the tavern.

Rhodes, who had not seen him for many days, sat quietly in the corner alone, although there were not many customers in the tavern and the corners were not so hidden, but he still habitually sat there, because from that position he could observe the dynamics of the whole tavern, and for the seasoned adventurer, the corner was the center of the stage.

The tavern is small in space, but it is full of wine, with empty oak barrels stacked on either side of the tavern, and an old counter with many types of wine behind it. At this moment, there were only two or three guests in the tavern, and they looked very bleak, and even the tavern owner was a little absent-mindedly wiping the wine cabinet.

Minutes and seconds passed.

Rod took a sip of rye wine, the rich alcohol stimulated his brain, the will of the swordsman is very strong, many swordsmen in the East even use the stimulation of wine to perform swordsmanship, although Rod does not have this specialty, but he still regards the desire for wine as a kind of practice, under the stimulation of this rye wine, he seems very calm, as if waiting for someone.

After a while.

A man dressed as an adventurer walked into the tavern, he was not very old, in fact, most of the adventurers were also young people, this adventurer's face was full of vicissitudes, and his temperament was also very calm, he should not be the kind of fledgling hot-blooded rookie, his hands were always on his waist, and the corner of his eyes unconsciously observed the entire tavern.

This is a veteran.

I have experienced the ups and downs and met the cruel veterans of the adventurous life.

He bowed his head slightly, strode towards the corner where Rhodes was, sat down beside Rhodes, and said in a deep voice, "Boss, give me a glass of rye wine." ”

It was at this time.

The door to the tavern was opened again, and the wind from outside blew into the tavern, causing the tavern to cool down a little, and an old fellow who walked a little shaky walked into the tavern.

Bang!

The old guy slammed an empty bottle on the table and said with a big grin, "Hey! Old Teucer, pour me bitter ale, damn it, it's freezing to me. ”

"Old drunkard, aren't you afraid that one day you will get drunk and die in the stinky gutter?!" The tavern owner laughed and cursed, but still filled him with a bottle of brownish-yellow bitter ale.

At this moment, the old drunkard sniffled the red wine trough, looked at the wine jar in front of him, and glanced at the tavern with a cloudy gaze.

"This wine tastes so damn light! Old Teucer, have you learned to add water to your wine? You're getting more and more unconscionable," muttered, and the old tavern took a sip of the inferior drink.

Rod glanced at the movement in front of the counter and shook his head.

It was indeed a drunkard.

Maybe he was a warrior when he was younger, but as far as he was concerned, Rhodes didn't even need to fluctuate his perception to see the drunkard's vain pace and weak muscles.

The tavernkeeper had caught Rhodes' attention.

The boss has a sleek yellow messy beard, and his figure looks very tall, and it is terrible to carry a weapon like this, but at this time, he is more like a businessman, and his face is always full of kindness, just like the fat uncle next door.

This is an old adventurer who has retired.

"Your Excellency!"

The young adventurer who had come in earlier whispered, "The Monkey Leader has sent word that the recruitment is going well, and that the Jon Leader has already taken his new brothers to several places to practice. ”

"Good."

Rhodes squinted and tapped lightly on the table, and said softly, "Tell Monkey and Jon that according to the plan I made forward, gradually attack those places, and we need to stabilize now!" In addition, don't be too stiff in the relationship with several mercenary groups such as Sunset, the current situation is very wrong. ”

The young adventurer was none other than Rod's men.

After the Seth Guard Tower and the Black Armor Army teamed up to kill a group of mercenary groups, Rod's power has completely entered everyone's field of vision.

As the saying goes, snakes have snake paths, and rats have rat paths.

The news between the gray forces among the mercenaries also spread widely, and soon, the name of Rhodes gradually spread in Xiliu City, at least, many people knew that Rhodes's power should not be underestimated, and some new sailors and pirates were also recruited by the monkeys and became Rhodes' minions.

Over there at the tavern.

The old drunkard was patting a young man on the shoulder and laughing loudly, "Little Pol, why the hell did you come to this tavern?" Didn't you kid go into the city to make a lot of money? Didn't you say you couldn't come to this shabby country tavern? ”

Hearing the old drunkard's taunt, young Bol blushed.

He stiffened his neck and said, "You damn old drunkard! Not those damn mercenaries yet! I heard that recently, there are a lot of mercenaries from Xiliu City near us who have robbed the surrounding pioneer territories, causing martial law in the city, and I can't even enter the city, and I can't sell my precious goods! Hell, mercenaries! ”

"Hey, but I've heard that the orcs are killing people nearby!" Tavernkeeper Old Teucer interjected.

The young man Pol swore and said, "It's definitely the group of bitch mercenaries in Xiliu City!" There is an impregnable Ponse Pass, how could the orcs come over, they are definitely mercenaries, they really want to kill this group of damn mercenaries! ”

The old drunkard took a sip of wine and pursed his lips in disdain.

Pol's face turned even redder and he shouted, "Damn, if this shipment is sold, I'm going to make a lot of money!" In this hellish countryside, even the girls are dirty and dusty thin women, how can they be like the city, white flowers, tender hot girls, and everything in the stinky countryside is so annoying,

In the city, the old men drink in glasses as white as crystal! People's clothes are as weak and beautiful as flowers! You old men stay here! ”

After saying that, he walked out of the tavern in a rage.

"Cut!"

The old drunkard raised a middle finger, pouted and said, "Annoying little ghost! The little ghosts now don't have the enthusiasm we had when we were young, they don't have the courage to go out, and they don't want to do those hard-working militiamen, and now they don't even care about the crops, just thinking about the flowers in the city! ”

The old drunkard and the bartender old Tock chattered and talked.

Not far away.

Rhodes and his men were a little dark.

They all knew very well that most of the rumors were true, whether it was mercenary raids or orcs killing people, they were actually true.

Due to the implementation of the Great Loop strategy, the mercenaries began to harass the southwest side of the Emerald Territory, and raided some of the weaker Pioneer Territories.

At this time, the orcs were also secretly preparing to plan the Ponser Pass, and the raids of the mercenaries gave those orcs a cover to cover up the truth.

"Your Excellency!"

The young adventurer's face was also a little ugly, he obviously knew that the orcs were active, and he said in a low voice: "The situation has been very bad recently, we will definitely act cautiously, but recently we are ready to cooperate with several mercenary groups such as the Sunset Mercenary Group, and we are ready to do a big job, and the target is Fort Butai!" You see? ”

"Let it go!"

Rhodes said in a deep voice: "The Polly Dragon knights I pulled out for training are all near here, and I am about to enter the mountain, and after leaving, they will join you and return to the headquarters together." ”

"Yes!" The young man's face perked.

He knew Rhodes very well about the Polly Dragon Knights, and recently Rhodes had been leading them in battle, and the reputation for this cavalry was not small, and with their joining, their confidence in this operation would be even more sufficient.

In fact.

Since discovering the traces of the orcs, Rhodes simply handed over the expansion of his power to the monkeys, and led a team of nearly 100 knights into the Emerald Territory, on the one hand, to explore the orcs, and on the other hand, to conduct a cavalry training.

The situation of his investigation was not good.

It seems that the situation on the other side of Ponse's Pass is not very good, and Rhodes has found many orcs, among which there are many people from the three major orc clans, which makes him more vigilant.

With the player's balance lost, there was a big problem in the Ponse Mountains.

Once the orcs do break through the Ponse Pass, the impact on the entire Varesian region will be huge, not to mention, there is an even greater scourge in the mountains.

The evil dragon suppressed there is not just an ancient dragon.

As far as Rhodes knew, there was a big secret between the dragon and the other two Elder Dragons that had been suppressed in the two regions, involving the ancient secrets of the previous Holy War era.

To give you a quick example, one of the ice dragons, whose full recovery almost led to the total collapse of the northern region of Ash.

The revival of the ancient ice dragon directly destroyed all the forces in the surrounding area, and in the end, the major ethnic groups or city-states were forced to become grasshoppers on a rope, and finally formed the [Northern Shelter].

And that's just one of the three Elder Dragons.

Although the evil dragon in the Ponse Mountains was not as terrifying as the ice dragon for various reasons, Rhodes did not dare to underestimate it, he had to go into the mountains to see the specific situation.

Rhodes is not a savior, but he knows that a crisis is coming, but now the surrounding human forces, which are most likely to turn the tide, are mired in infighting.

Along.

He has witnessed the destruction of many villages and towns, the hatred between orcs and humans, and the territorial struggle within humans......

Everything is draining what little strength they have, and once the Ponther Pass is lost and the orcs come in, the dragon that has lost its containment will fully recover, and by then, it is estimated that the disaster will be even more uncontrollable.

The situation is erosive.

The thought of the erosive situation that he would face soon gave Rod a headache.

Not only that, but in his eyes, the pioneer of the entire Emerald Collar, after they had gone through the most difficult primitive accumulation, the generations had begun to lose the will to forge ahead, and were more of a corner of peace and hedonistic thoughts, which made him very disappointed.

Disappointed!

Rod even wondered pessimistically whether he should leave everything he was developing behind and run away with his sisters.

But he was not reconciled!

The swordsman was a daring challenge, and he felt that he should not run away from it.

So, he decided to go into the mountain range to see the situation himself, at the very least, he felt that the few abyssal pillars in the mountain range should not be lost, they should be a help in the fight against the disaster.

What's more, it's useless to escape.

Although many people think that running away is shameful but useful, Rhodes is a prophet who knows that in addition to the plague of dragons, there will be terrible disasters on the sea, not to mention the great avalanche in the north, and the whole of Ash will become even more chaotic.

Everything was not as he expected.

In the early days, he ignored the influence of the player, and in "The Eve of the Holy War", the player's game progress also affects the game all the time, which is also the charm of this game.

Just like the Scourge of the Dragon, the player's intervention directly led to the subsequent plot changes, and this infinite possibility of being close to the real deeply attracted many people.

It was through this incident that he realized that it was futile to escape, and that he was experiencing a single-player game with only one player, and the hellish difficulty was all inescapable.

Even if he avoids the bloody battle in the Shadow Realm and escapes the dragon disaster in the Ponse Mountains, there is always one of all the disasters that he can't escape, since he can't escape, then pick up the sword and face it!

Because Rhodes believed that he was not fighting alone.

It's a wireless game that's close to reality, and it's hard to ignore the brilliant lights of the aborigines, and even though all Rhodes sees now is disappointing pessimism, he always believes that in Ash's corner, the heroes who shine with epic brilliance are also trying.

"I always feel like I need to change something!"

Taking a large sip of wine, Rhodes looked up at the ceiling, his eyes wandering.

seemed to think of the epic heroes who sang and cried in the game, touched the long sword on his waist, felt the familiar touch on the sword, and remembered his bear appearance along the way, he suddenly felt that he seemed to have lost something.

Standing up, a glint flashing in his eyes, and with a firm step, he walked out of the tavern and strode in the direction of the mountains.

He's going to retrieve what he's lost!

Swordsmen are not afraid of challenges! What is lost, he is going to get it back!

Although tens of millions of people have gone to me! Probably this is Rod's state of mind at this moment!