For Rod, the most difficult thing about this warm-up match was his unexpected success and failure, if it was to convince the other mercenary groups to realize their strength, and let Anne and the others accept the atmosphere of the game, it would be successful in this regard. After this ring match, no one in those mercenary groups dared to make irresponsible remarks about Starlight's strength——— people can pick the five of you one by one, what else is there to say?

However, in terms of the feeling of actually experiencing the game, Rod felt that this time it was a failure, because the opponent they faced at the Midsummer Festival could not be like these third-rate characters now, once they couldn't beat it, they would just abstain and surrender. As the most glorious festival in the Principality of Moon, the Midsummer Festival is the highest stage for all mercenaries. The mercenary guild shows its strength through competitions, while the mercenary group hopes to expand its influence and popularity, and even those ordinary mercenaries, if they perform well at the Midsummer Festival, or have some unique skills, may even be valued by the dignitaries and other high-level mercenary groups and guilds. Therefore, this festival is undoubtedly the best opportunity for those powerful mercenaries to change their fate. Because of this, anyone who tries to hinder them from achieving their goal is their enemy, and it is natural to fight desperately. It's completely different from those who surrender directly if they can't beat in these warm-up games. Rhodes is really worried about whether his side will be able to hold on if the other party shows a strong and unyielding will. As the king of competition in the game, and even the No.1 player in the Dragon Soul Continent, Rhodes knows very well that this kind of PVP is sometimes in addition to his own skills and equipment, and his will and spirit are also the key to winning or losing. He has seen many players who are talented and intelligent, but their psychological skills are quite poor, and finally end up in a miserable defeat. For Rod, this was naturally something to avoid.

Until then, though, he has something to say.

After the ring match, everyone returned to the preparation room. The heavy stone walls isolated the lively atmosphere of the Colosseum, and with the icy cold air, the crowd who had been excited by the victory gradually calmed down at this moment.

Rod silently observed the others. Anne had just finished fighting at the moment, and her face was naturally excited, looking at her appearance, she couldn't wait to fight again. Marlene, on the other hand, was relatively calm, she was just playing with the staff in her hand, and she was neither happy nor regretful about the victory in front of her. It looks very calm. Lijie also had a pleasant smile on her face, and it could be seen that she was also very satisfied with her performance. Joey, on the other hand, had a stiff face and looked expressionless, in fact, Rod could tell that he was still a little unhappy in his heart. As for Lando, although he was also a little excited, he was still very restrained compared to the others.

"I'm happy with your performance, but I'm not particularly happy with it."

Rhodes spoke, and heard him speak. The rest of the people hurriedly retracted the expressions on their faces and looked at Rhodes in front of them. But Rod didn't say it right away, but paused for a moment. Only then did he look at everyone and said.

"When you are fighting on the field, I think you have heard the voices on the sidelines."

Hearing this, the faces of Lijie and the others changed slightly, while Marlene was still staring at the staff in her hand, as if she was seriously playing hide and seek with the gem set on it, while Anne tilted her head curiously, looked left and right, and said nothing.

"Lijie."

This time. Rhodes took the roll call.

"What do you think when you hear those people call you a shrunken turtle?"

Hearing Rod's question, Lijie's face changed slightly. Indeed, in the ring before, those mercenaries were shocked by her performance and did not make any comments on Lijie. But ordinary people, it doesn't matter if you're a spiritual master or whatever. Lijie's style of play doesn't look as beautiful as Marlene's, and sometimes it's inexplicable, in a word, it's very unsightly. This also led to her being ridiculed by some people on the sidelines as a "witch" and "shrinking turtle" when she stepped down, and these ugly words certainly made Lijie very uncomfortable. ..., and at this moment, hearing Rod say this, Lijie finally couldn't help it.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Rhodes, I promise next time......... It won't happen again. ”

Hearing Lijie's answer, Rod swept over her expressionlessly, and then turned directly to Joey next to him.

"Joey, although you are one against five, it seems that not everyone is convinced by your performance........."

"Of course I hear those people shouting, my lord!"

Joey clenched his fists, and the depression in his heart was much greater than that of Lijie.

"Next time, next time I'll definitely leave them speechless!"

"Lando."

Rod also did not respond to Joey's statement, but directly clicked on the next one.

"A lot of people seem to have a lot of criticism about how you don't seem to have any skills, but just rely on powerful magic items to win, what do you think?"

"But, but the head of the group, it's also very skillful to use those props........."

Lando hadn't spoken yet, but Labis on the side had already defended herself, and it wasn't that she didn't hear the boos of those people when Lando left, but of course the girl's temperament might directly scold them, so she had to endure helplessly.........

However, Rhodes did not react to Labis's statement, he just shrugged his shoulders and looked at Marlene.

"Marlene, it seems that many people are very dissatisfied with you, as a Central mage, bullying these little mercenaries........."

"So what?"

Hearing Rod's words, Marlene raised her eyebrows.

"Since they are my opponents, then I naturally have to fight with all my might, does that have anything to do with them?"

"Marlene............ It's too ......... you to say that."

Hearing Marlene's words, Lijie showed a trace of embarrassment, but before she could say anything, she saw that Rod nodded very satisfied.

"That's right, it has nothing to do with them."

"Rowe, Mr. Rhodes?"

Lijie was taken aback by Rod's answer, but Rhodes waved his hand and interrupted her next words.

"Why do you care what those people are saying?"

"Huh?"

Hearing this question, Lijie and the others were stunned, and in the face of this question, they really couldn't answer it for a while......... yes, for what? Why do you have to care about what people say?

"Make no mistake about it. It is you who will fight, and no matter how you win, since you have won, then just continue as you want. What are those sitting in the stands. It has nothing to do with you at all. It is true that they can complain that you don't look good, that you rely on powerful equipment, that you bully the small, but so what? Even if they shout through the sky, can they change the outcome of our victory? ”

Saying this, Rod snorted coldly.

"Especially Joey. You say you're going to let your performance leave them speechless, which in itself is a mistake. I can tell you, even if you become the number one thief in the entire Dragon Soul Continent, those people will definitely not shut up. ”

"For, for, for what?"

Hearing Rod's words, Joey was really puzzled.

"Quite simply, because they can't beat you."

In the face of Joey's question, Rod spread his hands.

"There's a saying in my hometown that dogs don't bark if they bite. Do you understand? Those who really have the strength to fight you will not do so in this way. Only those who cannot defeat you will play such a trick. They will desperately find fault with you, and even if there are no mistakes, they will find some mistakes. Lijie, you are a spirit master, so you are also a spellcaster, why can't you fight and look as good as Marlene? Joey, you can't even see a figure when you hide your head and tail all day long, why don't you face each other head-on? What would a despicable profession like a thief do but hide in the shadows and sneak up on others? If it's a decent matchup, your opponent won't lose to you, will he? ”…,

"But. We ..............."

Joey tried to retort, but Rhodes snapped back.

"You don't have to contradict me, because that's the way it is, they don't care how you fight as thieves and spirit masters, they just look for these aspects to laugh at you. Devalue your existence. And you don't have to argue......... Do I say that if you are not upright and do not fight beautifully, you will lose? It's you who fight in the ring, not idiots who don't understand anything but a mouth. Their opinions cannot affect your victories or your defeats......... Unless you are affected. ”

Hearing this, Lijie and Joey couldn't help but bow their heads, indeed, as Rod said, they were affected. In fact, before Rhodes said this, both of them had secretly sworn in their hearts that next time, they must fight beautifully, so that those people have nothing to say.

But at this moment, Rod's words gave the two of them a blow to the head——— so that those people had nothing to say, did it do them any good?

Nothing but cheers.

But do they need cheers?

"No, what we need is victory."

Rod summed it up.

"You have already experienced the atmosphere in this ring match, but I want to tell you that the atmosphere of the real Midsummer Festival will be even more sinister than this, and you need to be prepared that no one will cheer for your victory."

"For what? Head? ”

It was only at this time that Anne asked curiously.

"If Anne wins, why wouldn't those people applaud Anne?"

The simple girl is obviously not very understandable, although for Anne, in fact, the atmosphere outside the court has little impact on her, because Anne belongs to the type that doesn't care about it when she fights, so she doesn't have time to care about opinions outside the court at all. But the girl still doesn't understand, if she plays well, why would anyone not cheer for herself?

"Because of our peculiarities?"

It was only at this time that Marlene opened her mouth to answer, and hearing Marlene's answer, Rod nodded with satisfaction.

"That's right, Marlene. As you know, I think Starlight was able to represent the Parfield region in the Guild War of the Midsummer Festival because of our special status and the special approval of the Mercenary Guild. But I think you are also very aware that according to the normal process of the Midsummer Festival, if the mercenary group wants to fight the mercenary guild, it must pass a very difficult out-of-circle competition, and after winning, it can be eligible to fight against the mercenary guild team. It is even possible that they have been preparing for a long time. However, the qualifications that they can only get through their hard work, but we Starlight can easily get it, don't you think the mercenary groups in other regions will not have an opinion on us? It's your words. Can you accept that it takes a great deal of effort and sacrifice to be given the opportunity to be easily dispossessed by a mercenary group that is just like you, or perhaps even weaker than you? Far aside, just look at the Parfield area. Even if these mercenary groups are devastated by the previous incident, and even know the gap between themselves and Starlight, don't they also question our qualifications? ”

"This ..............."

At this time, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter. Indeed, after obtaining the qualification, they feel that their whole being is floating, because in their opinion. This is a very rare opportunity, Guild War, Midsummer Festival, such a formal opportunity to show their faces they actually got so easily. This inevitably made some people feel fluttering, but now, Rod's first blow immediately sobered them up, and they exchanged their hearts for their words. It must be unpleasant to see others so lucky. ..., why can they fight the Mercenary Guild directly without participating in that harsh out-of-circle competition? Just these rookies?

Rhodes was sure that even if he did win the Midsummer Festival in the end. Those doubters and critics won't shut up either, but so what? His goal is to win, not to please those who have nothing to do with him off the field, and their anger, questioning, and ridicule mean nothing to Rhodes.

It's like in the game, Rod's Starlight Guild is dominant, and even dominantly affects the development environment of the entire game, and at that time, many players posted on the Internet. Denounced Starlight's monopoly as affecting the balance of the game, and even some players even complained to the game company in the hope that they could stop Starlight's behavior, and some people even made alarmist claims on the Internet that if Starlight continued to be so arbitrary. As an online game, Dragon Soul Continent will lose its influence on players, and in the end, it may even lose a lot of players and decline completely. In this way, trying to influence the game company.

In the game, many player guilds have united to rebel against the behemoth Starlight, clamoring to completely drown Rhodes's guild in the vast sea of people.

But for such a thousand people to scold the people, Rod has never wavered. He doesn't care about the decline of the game or anything, even if the Dragon Soul Continent is really closed due to the serious loss of players in the end, but before the last player leaves the server, Starlight must still be the most powerful guild in this game!

As for the united rebellion of the player guilds?

Where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Where there is resistance, there is repression.

This kind of large-scale rebellion organized by players to try to divide and defeat the Starlight Guild, Rod has led his subordinates to suppress it many times, and he has no pressure at all on this. Because of this, Rhodes knows better than many what is most important in this kind of fighting. Even his summoning swordsman is the same, since he created the school of summoning swordsmen, there have been people who have been desperately hacking him, thinking that Rod's statement is bullshit, his experience is only because of good luck, and even conspiracy theorists think that Rod has the private support of the game company, they completely ignore the summoned elves that Rod obtained after hundreds of failures, but only focus on the rare summoned elves that Rhodes has, They all said that this was actually Rode's luck to get it, so he was able to be so strong. Other summoned swordsmen don't have such good luck, and no matter how much they practice, it's useless. These natural blacks are persistent in their work, and even if Rhodes eventually becomes a god in competitive competition, all kinds of doubts and conspiracy theories never stop. Even shortly after Rhodes first received the card rewarded by the game company, it was rumored on Weibo and forums on the Internet that Rhodes had actually colluded with the game company in advance, and the result of this competition had long been predetermined.

And Rhodes had no interest in this, and he was not interested in listening to the barking of the defeated dog. For Rod, there was no need for someone else's approval. As long as he does what he wants to do, then for him, it is the highest reward, and whether others recognize his strength or not is completely out of his range. Even if they gritted their teeth and denounced Rhodes as a waste who only relied on luck, it would not affect Rhodes' own strength in the slightest.

"The Mercenary Guild is powerful and influential, and their supporters must be the majority. And we are a mercenary group, so we don't have much influence in the first place, and we are not qualified through the regular process competition, which will definitely cause dissatisfaction among other mercenary groups, so you must be prepared that when you participate in the Midsummer Festival, all the spectators outside the stadium are enemies......... They will not allow us to win. And they won't cheer us for our victory......... If you don't have the mental preparation, then go back to wash and sleep as soon as possible. ”

With that, Rhodes turned and left the Colosseum. Leave it up to others to understand and ponder what it means. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )