Chapter 199 - Old Walker’s advice (2/2)

Rhode didn’t answer He sied his shoulders and waved his hand

“Of course I have my plans, old ainst etiquette’ Since Old Walker had always called him a ‘kid’ every ti hiht and watch Since you are already so old, it’s hard to change anything noay, isn’t it?” Rhode sroaned at Rhode’s playful remark But then his face suddenly became serious

“… I don’t care what you want to do But you need to be mentally prepared that not everyone would think or act like you Your great ambitions may only be a burden to them… I hope you can remember this point, mercenaries… are sometimes… only loo Then he stood up and walked towards the wine buckets by the wall Rhode’s eyes tracked the aged

“I had such an experience once”

While he filled his wine cup, Old Walker said

“At that tiht that I was omnipotent I wanted to increase our power ever so badly” Old Walker said with deep nostalgia in his eyes He looked at the ceiling and continued, “Our prestige would ring throughout the ages, ould be richer than kings, and even the bards would sing our feats for eternity”

“My close coht this way, but, the truth was otherwise Not everyone was interested in this future of mine They didn’t care aboutdangerous areas in order to guard the peace of mankind In the eyes of death, they chose to cower They had no desire to battle against the fiendish devils and rotting undead in icy cold regions underneath the earth Many would eventually die without any reputation, and even worse, their bodies couldn’t even find peace as they had a chance of reani money back to their hometown and live a comfortable life I had once felt betrayed, but now it seems like I was the one that was too ridiculous…”

The old man forced a smile but his voice was filled with bitterness

Rhode sunk into silence after hearing the old man’s words He had never considered this question before But now, the old man’s words drove Rhode into conteoing to be?

If everything were s, after the roup would be proest dreams a mercenary could ever have Nohard towards their goal But what comes after? Would they idle their lives away?

Rhode certainly didn’t wish for that to happen To beco Eventually, his goal was to acquire a territory and build a force strong enough to resist against the Country of Light and Darkness as well as the following battles after that Previously, Rhode felt that this wasn’t difficult, after all, he had already experienced the calamity once, so he wouldn’t lose the second time But Old Walker’s timely reminder made Rhode realize that he had subconsciously assuy of players to be similar as NPCs

Players would never have issues with being fed up Once they discover new eons, they would try to conquer it Furtheraame milestones for most players, and they would probably explode with exciteh hard work, e from difficult quests were all powerful sources of ame But as for NPCs, their motivation to battle was far different as conificant reason was that NPCs only had one life, whereas players could just revive again and again Because of this, the NPCs valued their life over anything else

Rhode knew a lot of Old Walker’s history, but those were only widely known inforht Old Walker was depressed because of his injury But after hearing this story, he realized that Old Walker was already disappointed with his cootten injured

He used justice and glory to inary things didn’t appeal to them Meanwhile, Rhode intended to use equipment and power to lure in h you and your companions had just cleared a bandit cah to last a lifetion which dropped legendary equipment and weapons And if you defeated it, everyone would hail you as heroes to the kingdom

So ould the NPCs choose?

If it were the players, without a doubt, they would choose to slay the dragon

As for the NPCs? Would they really want to challenge the dragon knowing fully that theyample resources to live a peaceful life, would they continue to choose to fight? No one could confirm this But Rhode was clear that once the war started, no one could escape

Despite knohat the future holds, nobody would believe hi in Deep Stone City were satisfied with their peace They had no idea that Country of Light and Darkness would start a war soon and Country of Darkness would target the Munn Kingdo stone Peace is like a soap bubble, beautiful, yet fragile Just a light nudge would destroy everything However, the majority would choose to re to face the truth

“Thanks for your advice, old ht need to re-consider this point

“You’re welco, and that’s all I can say about these matters It’s up to you if you wish to heed them or not I’m already an old er this old life ofanother cup, Old Walker returned to his peaceful self He wiped his

“What? Are you still heading out at this hour?”

“I’ on a trip to Glorious Star When Marlene and the rest return fro, help ht”

“Glorious Star?”

Hearing Rhode’s reply, the old man was stunned, but he soon he revealed a sly smile

“Heh heh heh kid, you finally couldn’t hold it any longer eh? The chicks there are splendid As I said before, as ood time? That is the best place in Deep Stone City Every day, you have so irls by your side, but you can only look at thees until now Go on, kid, I will cover up for you If Miss Lize and the other girls asked, I will tell the important!”

Rhode shook his head when he heard his teasing

However, it wasn’t like he was lying Like what Old Walker had said, he was indeed about to do so important