Rod was completely unaware of Angelinte's tragic experience at the moment, but he didn't care about it. Although Angelin is also considered Rod's card elf, it is a pity that her order in Rod's mind is obviously backward. The proof of this is that when Rhodes had settled Lilian's problem, led the group back to the meeting room, and told them about his experiences along the way, he still didn't remember to ask Marlene where Angeline had gone.

If Angelint sees this, I'm afraid she will begin to wonder if her loyalty to Rhodes has been reciprocated enough. However, it is a pity that Angelinte is now trapped in the vast and complex underground labyrinth of the Night City with Irene, and she is cut off from the spiritual connection with Rod by the dark curtain, and she has no sense of Rhodes' thoughts at all. This also invisibly allowed Rhodes to avoid a dangerous incident that lowered his friendliness............... Well, gossip Hugh.

And Rod, who didn't know anything about this, also learned everything that had happened before from Marlene, including the fact that Ion would actually go to the trouble of the Law Dragon to snatch his dragon soul essence. After listening to Marlene's words, Rod and Marybell frowned at the same time.

"Is that kid really so deadly? Could it be that he was really corrupted by chaos? No, Ion is also the inheritor of the dragon soul, so it should be unlikely that he will be so easily corrupted by chaos. Although he is the ruler of the Night Realm, the Dark Dragon is not an undead creature per se, so wouldn't he be as resistant as Lillian did? And, why did he get more and more intense after that? ”

After listening to Marlene's introduction, Rhodes was puzzled, the dark dragon was a living creature, and even if it was corrupted by chaos, it was limited. Judging from the fact that he planned to snatch his dragon soul essence and ran away when he couldn't. His Majesty, the Dark Dragon, hasn't gone crazy yet. And logically speaking, this time he missed the hand, he angered the Void Realm and the Law Country at the same time, and he should obediently hold his tail first. What is the current situation of this large army and planning to start a full-scale war?

At this moment, only Marybell, Marlene, Alice, Kirudi, and Lijie were left in the study. Anne and Rhodes et al. The younger sister and Sonia accompany Lillian to see if there is anything they can do to ease her situation. The Canary and Little Bubblegum took their deities to wander around Grandia.

"I think I might know the answer."

To everyone's surprise, it was not Marlene who answered Rod's question, but Marybell, who had been following Rod. This made everyone curious to turn their eyes to the girl who was sitting quietly next to her, waiting for her answer. But Marybell didn't answer the question immediately, instead she turned her head and looked at Kirudi, who was sitting next to her. Feeling Maribel's gaze, Qi Ludi, who was still acting as if nothing had happened, suddenly screamed like a frog being targeted by a snake. Then he stood up straight.

"Kirudi."

“……… In, Sister Marybell, what are your orders? ”

"I just heard Marlene say that you slashed the Dark Dragon with a sword, did you hit him?"

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

Hearing Maribel's inquiry, Kirudi hesitated for a moment, then nodded. Obviously, she also had a vague sense that she might have done something wrong. Marlene and Alice also glanced at each other. It seems to have understood what Maribel meant. And looking at Kirudi, who lowered her head, Maribel snorted softly.

"It's a relative force. Obviously, Marlene warned you not to do it casually, why don't you listen to Marlene's orders? ”

"This.................. Yes...... I'm sorry Sister Marybell, please don't punish me, please don't punish me!! ”

Although Qi Ludi had already knelt on the ground and put on a posture of surrender, her slightly trembling body and pale complexion also made people feel moved. However, Maribel didn't seem to care at all about Kirudi's behavior, she just glanced at the girl who was kneeling in front of her. Then he withdrew his gaze. Seeing Maribel's expression, Kirudi's face suddenly turned to ashes, and it looked almost as desperate and helpless as if the prisoner had received the death sentence and decided to carry it out immediately. But alas, Maribel didn't seem to care about it at all, she snorted coldly, and then spoke.

"Take the punishment yourself."

"Yes......... Sister-in-law........."

After listening to Maribel. Qi Ludi suddenly staggered to her feet like a frosted eggplant, and then she walked to the bookcase in the corner as if it had burned out, and then took out three heavy books from the bookcase, which were more than half a meter high, and put them on top of her head, facing the wall............... And then there was no then.

It seems that the relationship between the demon god sisters is also inferior.

“…………… In other words, the dark dragon became like this because it was hit by the relative force of Kirudi? ”

Retracting his gaze from Kirudi, who was standing in the corner like a stake, Rod frowned. He was deeply affected by the relative power of Kirudi. When he heard that the dark dragon was slashed by Kirudi's relative force before, Rhodes didn't have a similar thought, maybe Ireen would change his name to call Ion sister when he went back this time——— but now it seems that the situation is even more serious than that.

"Quite possibly."

Maribel didn't seem to care at all about what was wrong with letting Kirudi be punished based on mere guesswork and without any substantial evidence, she just nodded, and then her face sank slightly. However, judging from the current situation, her guess is likely to be the closest to the truth. After all, Ion's actions before were expected by everyone, although they were a little out of line, but there were traces to follow. But after that, his style suddenly changed drastically, just like a person who is good at stabbing in the back, suddenly pulled out his sword and ran up to him by name, saying that he was going to fight with you for 300 rounds, such a strange thing, if there is no problem, then it is hell. And now it seems that the reason why Ion's style has changed so much is precisely because of the reversal he produced after being hit by the relative force of Kirudi. If that's the case, then things are a lot more troublesome.

I don't know if there will be any problems on Irene's side.

Thinking of this, Rod shook his head. Then he stood up.

"So, my dragon soul essence is on yours? Marlene? ”

"Yes, Rod, please wait a minute............"

As she spoke, Marlene reached out and closed her eyes. I plan to release the dragon soul essence hidden in my body. But at this time, she suddenly felt her hands being grabbed by Rod, and the next moment, Marlene felt her body being held in Rod's arms like this.

"It doesn't have to be so troublesome, there is a more convenient way."

"Huh? Rod? ”

Hearing Rod's voice in her ears, Marlene couldn't help but open her eyes in surprise, but the next moment, her soft lips were blocked by Rod. Soon, Rod's tongue deftly burrowed out of it. Extremely nimble, he pried open Marlene's originally closed teeth. At this moment, Marlene had completely lost her mind, and just stood there blankly, letting Rod take what he wanted.

"Ah, Sister Marlene, you are so cunning! Anne was going to be number one!! ”

Annie's dissatisfied complaint sounded not far away, but at this moment, Marlene was in no mood to appease Annie at all, and she couldn't even move. The dragon soul essence that was originally hidden in Marlene's body was surging down Marlene's body quickly after sensing the existence of its owner, and it was so hot. The feeling brought by the surging soul power made Marlene feel as if her whole being had been completely melted and became one with the man in front of her. The shock of soul-to-soul contact left Marlene's mind blank. She could only close her eyes, instinctively bearing Rod's demand. It wasn't until a few minutes later that Rod let go of Marlene, who was flushed, and the girl could barely stand on her feet, so she leaned into Rhodes's arms. It wasn't until a moment later that she shuddered violently. Then he hurriedly broke away from Rod's arms. She glanced around weakly, and at this moment, Alice was staring at the heavy book in front of her, as if she didn't notice anything. Qiludi was still standing obediently in the corner of the wall, while on the other side, Lijie was staring at the smooth ground with a flushed face. It's as if there's some intricate and ancient pattern carved there. Maribel picked up the teacup and was leisurely sipping the black tea in the cup, only Anne puffed out her cheeks and stared at Marlene with a puffed out look, looking like a child whose beloved toy had been snatched away.

"Really, Sister Marlene is so cunning, I knew that I would have let Annie keep the dragon soul essence of the head of the regiment in the first place."

"No, I'm not ..............."

Anne's words seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Marlene suddenly turned red and hurriedly shook her hands in a panic. But in the end, she didn't say anything, and it seems that even Marlene herself has confirmed her "crime" in her heart. Seeing Marlene's performance, Anne pursed her lips and didn't say anything more in the end. Since the suspect herself has "pleaded guilty to the law", there is only legal punishment waiting for her——— so there seems to be something wrong?

"Ahem......... Rod, huh......... His Majesty Rhodes. ”

The embarrassed Marlene coughed twice, and then finally calmed down, she glanced at the man next to her with a slightly flushed face, and then took a long breath, which barely suppressed her fiercely beating heart again.

“……… If it is really as Maribel said, then there will be no danger on the side of Her Highness Irene? ”

"It's hard to say."

Hearing this, Rod also shrugged his shoulders helplessly, he wasn't really worried about Irene at first. Because Rhodes knows the nature of this kind of chaos better than Marlene and the others, and Ireen is also the first person among herself and the others to fight against this kind of mutant chaos, she shouldn't have any difficulty dealing with this kind of thing. But if, as Maribel had guessed, the relative power of Kirudi had caused a reversal between the suppressed chaos in Ion's body and the order he had already held, then Irene would be in danger. No matter how powerful she is, she is only a sub-dragon species, and it is impossible to compare with the inheritor of the dragon soul. Although Rhodes is also a little worried about Irene now, it is a pity that far water can't save the near fire, and now Rhodes can't do anything about it.

"That's right, Rod."

Saying this, Marlene seemed to remember something, and clapped her hands gently.

"Before that. I once sent Angelin to the Night City to gather some news about the movements of the undead..."

"Angelint?"

Hearing Marlene's words, Rhodes was stunned for a moment, then he raised his hand to signal Marlene not to speak for the time being, and then Rod closed his eyes and began to call his own card elf in his heart. Although Angelin is not a pure card elf like Marlene and others. But in terms of functionality, there is not much difference between the two sides. Soon, though, Rhodes realized that something was wrong. Not only did he not have the means to contact Angelinte, but he couldn't even do anything like finding Angelinte's location through a soul connection. It was as if something was blocking his soul connection probe, and when Rhodes wanted to go any further, everything would be very blurry.

"Looks like something is wrong."

Rod opened his eyes and shook his head. Angeline certainly wasn't dead, and if she did, then she would be right back to herself. Because Angelinte's essence is still a card elf. But now, I can't contact Angelinte, so it means that the other party's location is blocked by some kind of very powerful barrier, so I can't search and detect her existence...............

"Do we need to send someone to check on the situation? Leo's words........."

"No, let's put it aside for the time being, anyway, Angelinte is a vampire, and it's not so easy to die if she wants to die, as long as it's not incurable from chaos erosion, it's no problem. The most important at the moment. Or Lillian. ”

Rod waved his hand and quickly threw the hapless Angelin aside——— but fortunately Angelin still didn't know what was going on here. But what Rod said was not wrong. Compared to Irene and Angelinte, who are thousands of miles away, Lillian's current situation is the most important thing he should pay attention to. Just now, Rhodes had already learned from Sonia that Lilian had woken up, and it was clear that she had made a decision.

When I walked into the room again, I was the first thing that caught my eye. It was Lilian's clear gaze, although she had been suffering unimaginably for all this time, but even so, Lilian's heart had not changed in the slightest. And feeling the girl's eyes, Rod couldn't help but feel a tightness in his heart. It seems that she has already made a decision. And that's not the decision I expected. Thinking of this, Rod sighed secretly, and then came to the girl with a little smile and looked at her.

"How do you feel? Lillian. ”

"It's okay, Brother Rod......... It doesn't feel as painful as it used to........."

With that, Lillian turned her head and glanced at the girl who was sitting at the head of the bed, smiling silently.

"It's the first time I've known that Brother Rhodes actually has a younger sister."

"It's a long story, if you want to know the story of Lu Dao, I'll take the time to tell you in the future."

In the face of Lilian's inquiry, Rod smiled slightly, and then he restrained the expression on his face and stared at the girl in front of him seriously and seriously.

"So, I heard, you've made your decision?"

“…………… Well. ”

In the face of Rod's serious and solemn gaze, Lilian hesitated slightly, and then nodded heavily. She stubbornly raised her head, and there was not a trace of shadow in her bright eyes, nor did she waver. Seeing her expression, Rod sighed again in his heart.

"So, tell me about your decision."

"I want to be baptized in my soul, Brother Rod."

Although this was the expected answer, Rod still had a sinking face after hearing Lilian's answer. An incomparable sense of coercion erupted from his body, pressing towards the girl in front of him like a mountain. Lilian's face suddenly turned extremely pale, but even so, she still bit her lip and stared at Rhodes motionlessly.

“…………… Have you really decided? I think you should know that not everyone can bear that kind of pain. It can even be said that no one has ever been able to endure that kind of pain and still be able to keep their spirits intact. ”

"Well, I've heard from my big sister."

As she spoke, Lillian glanced at the girl who was still smiling and sitting not far away.

"But I decided to undergo the ritual of soul baptism anyway......... Brother Rod, I don't want you to be sad for me, since this is caused by my immaturity, then I have to bear the consequences. Anyway, I'm also the inheritor of the dragon soul, so I have this obligation, don't I? ”

Hearing Lilian's answer, Rhodes stared at her, and after a long sigh, he shook his head and stood up.

"Although I have already guessed this answer, I still feel uncomfortable when I hear you say it now. However, since you have decided, then I have no reason to stop you. ”

As he spoke, Rhodes stood up. He glanced at his sister, who was sitting next to him, and noticed Rod's gaze, and his sister smiled slightly, stood up and walked to Lilian's side.

"I've advised her, brother, but Sister Lilian's persistence runs deeper than you think."

In response to his sister's answer, Rod shrugged his shoulders speechlessly, and then he raised his hands.

"So, let's get ready to get started." (To be continued......)