Chapter 262 - Warm-up Match (1) (2/2)

And now, Rhode was only lacking soround venue while letting out a soft crackling Rhode stood in front of the door and looked at everyone According to the Midsuistered mercenaries could take part in the coht had a total of seven members: Marlene, Lize, Anne, Joey, Randolf, Gillian, and Rhode However, Rhode had mentioned that Gillian and hiet into battles Therefore, Marlene and the rest would have to handlea o On the other hand, Gillian was in a slightly h by using Rhode’s private connections with Sereck to alter her details in the database However, in order to prevent any disputes, he eventually placed Gillian as a substitute As for the final eighth position, Rhode had selected Lapis But she was totally focused on providing external support; if not, there would be an issue in teranising this warm-up match was to familiarise everyone with the atmosphere in the actual Midsu scared out of their wits Although Marlene and the rest weren’t as terrible as they were before their training in the rounds to turn into zeros Excellent training results ht not represent the same results in battles Therefore, Rhode felt this was the best opportunity

As expected, Rhode realised that apart than Marlene, everyone was rather nervous They couldn’t be blamed as Lize was a Cleric who seldom had the chance to witness such a crowd in battle Anne was as carefree as usual But judging froripped her shi+eld, it seemed like she wasn’t as calm As for the tbies, Randolf and Joey, it ithout saying how the situation was for them

On the contrary, Lapis had already escaped, but she was eventually pulled back by Rhode

“I will cut the crap”

Rhode said to everyone waiting to enter the venue

“All of you are aware of what to do and I’ in the ive up, but that ht… I know you won’t like that I know all of you are nervous right now, but you have to get used to it because this is only the start…”

Rhode paused for aRhode’s words, Lize’s serious expression became more determined Anne lifted her head proudly, carried a smile, and blinked at Rhode Randolf and Joey instantly recalled their harsh training sessions in the e

ive thes?

Al more pressure on the out your best… Also, just to mention, these opponents here may not even be the best candidates for the Midsummer Festival So, if you don’t perform as per my expectations then, I’hts”

Everyone was sure that Rhode was serious as he always did as he promised If they didn’t perform up to his expectations, then he would definitely kick the they wanted to avoid Due to this, Randolf and Joey put up soleh she was in deep thought Anne tilted her head and didn’t seem to be bothered by Rhode’s words toosilent, suddenly widened her eyes and asked…

“Mr Rhode, may we knohat’s your expectation…”

Rhode answered with his usual poker face and a calm tone

“Don’t return to me if you can’t defeat all five of them by each of yourself”