Chapter 124 Saving Hiller’s Soldiers 5 (1/2)

Hiller put down his sword and looked at Rhode, who was standing not far from him. Rhode was looking at the Wind Snake Lord corpse below him, thinking about something Hiller didn't know.

Frankly, he didn't really have a good or bad impression of the Starlight mercenary group.

When he first found out about its existence, he only thought that it was unbelievable. But it was only to that extent, and he didn't really care about them anymore. It had been so many years since he first became a mercenary; he had seen a lot of things and so he didn't really feel strange about it. This kind of thing could happen anywhere. New mercenary, new leader; no matter what, it wasn't his problem.

After meeting Rhode for the first time in the Mercenary Joint Meeting, Hiller became quite curious about the handsome young man. It wasn't because of his appearance, but rather because of his attitude. During the Mercenary Joint Meeting, Rhode said that he wanted to destroy the Jade Tears mercenary group, but the way he said it didn't make it seem like he held a deep hatred toward them. It was purely because of contemp, just like a person standing high above and looking at the ants below him. He just felt angry because those ants were blocking the way.

He didn't even seem to think about them as a human beings.

Hiller didn't know why did he felt like that. In general, he thought he was supposed to feel that Rhode was a cruel guy—his heart already distorted and a man without common sense. However, he didn't feel like that toward Rhode. Rhode was smart, rational, calm, and composed. Rhode had also chosen to save him, which meant that he didn't lack any positive characteristic that a human was supposed to have.

But his attitude was still the same.

Hiller could feel the way that Rhode look at him. Beside calmness, there was a trace of admiration in his eyes. But it wasn't an admiration toward a human being. To the contrary, the way Rhode looked at Hiller was like someone looking at a painting or a legendary sculpture.

Who is this young man?

Rhode didn't know what Hiller was thinking about right now. After fighting hand in hand with Hiller, it had reminisce him about his previous life as a player. During those times, he would also accept this kind of quest, battle together with an NPC, gain EXP points, level up, complete quest, obtain equipment, and receive rewards. It really never got old.

Now, it seemed like he had gone back to those days.

”Two Wind Snake Lords.”

Rhode looked at the battlefield, and there was a slight disappointment in his calmness.

”It's one less that what they said, and the mage didn't appear either.”

”I think he's going to show up soon.” Holding the wand on her hand, Marlene's face turned gloomy. ”Although it's only a little, I can feel the magic wave. He should be monitoring us… This is clearly not a good sign, Mr. Rhode. Even though I cannot make an accurate judgement, I think the opponent's magic level is higher than mine. It's going to be troublesome.”

”How many bottles of the precipitation potion do we have left?”

”Eight bottles; they can only support us for an hour at most.” Lize quickly checked the inventory and answered.

One hour.

Rhode lifted his head to look at the sky. The Wind Snake group was still surrounding them from afar and didn't seem like it was planning to retreat. That meant that even though they still could persevere for one hour, it would still be useless.

”What should we do next? Leader?”

Anne held the gold shield in her hand, her face covered in blood and overwhelmed with fright. But she looked like her energetic self and stared at the other mercenaries who sat on the ground in silence. During the battle, Randolf and others didn't instantly use the skills they learned from training with Rhode. When facing this kind of enemy, they seemed to have just forgotten about the skills they learned and reverted back to their usual fighting style. Naturally, the outcome was just as he has expected. If not for Shauna's command and management, the current strength of Starlight members would have decreased.

Lapis's performance was even worse. At first, she gathered her courage to fight, but when a Wind Snake Lord's tail passed by above her, the pitiful girl immediately screamed and squatted down while protecting her head. She stayed in that position until the battle ended. Although this form of self defense seemed extremely weak, it did still managed to hold. While mercenaries were lying on the ground because they were injured by the Wind Snake Lord's counterattack, she actually lasted until the end of the battle without injury.

However, that didn't mean it cost her nothing. Because she squatted for too long, right now she was unable to stand up…

”Call Hiller here, we have to discuss about the next battle.” After thinking for a while, Rhode made a decision.

”What, lure him out?”

Hearing Rhode's words, Hiller's adjutant immediately blurted out. Hiller also frowned. Although he didn't say anything, the way he looked at Rhode clearly showed his bewilderment.

”That's right.” Rhode nodded and quickly explained. ”There's isn't much precipitation potion left. To protect this many people, it will only last for one hour. Within one hour, it's impossible for us to get away from here. But, if we wait until we used up the precipitation potion, things will get very troublesome. During that time, the mage who was hiding from us will use the same tactic to trap us here. That's why we must lure him out and force him to confront us. If we can finish him, then we will be done.”

”But mage rarely fight upfront.” The adjutant said while looking at Marlene, whose eyes were closed.

”Moreover, since there are only eight precipitation potion left, then couldn't we leave before we used them up? Or, we can make more of it…”

”The material has been used up.” Rhode shrugged. ”And there's no time to make these potion anymore, but… This is exactly what I'm going to say.”