Chapter 238 The Sealed Place 8 (1/2)
A violent tremor forced the mercenaries to halt.
What happened?
While the mercenaries looked at each other in confusion, Rhode's expression turned gloomy. A system prompt appeared informing him that Lapis was in grave danger.
Due to the mercenary group system, Rhode was able to receive information of important members of the group, especially when they were in danger or close to death.
When Rhode was configuring his Stronghold settings, the first member he chose to monitor was neither Lize, Marlene, nor Anne. Instead, it was Lapis. Compared to the three, Lapis' ability to protect herself was almost nonexistent. Rhode even believed that even if she were given a knife to fight a defenseless enemy, she would end up injuring herself instead.
Nevertheless, disregarding her combat ability, Lapis' importance to the mercenary group was indisputable. She was an expert in manufacturing — a rarely seen trait among mercenaries.
For Rhode to build a top-rate mercenary group whose goal was to become a guild, they must strive to be self-sufficient. Starlight would naturally be expanding, but the Paphield Region wasn't able to provide enough talents in the manufacturing field, and therefore Rhode was exhilarated when he met Lapis.
Rhode had always been looking out for her to prevent any mishaps. If it was possible, Rhode would rather keep her inside a cage to stop her from contacting the outside world — after all, Starlight had made quite a few enemies.
Thankfully, Lapis was a female 'geek' who preferred to stay in the Stronghold. Unless absolutely necessary, she wouldn't leave the safety of the Stronghold. Even if she had to leave, she would bring her friends like Randolf or Anne along. It could be said that the woman's introverted character had been her best protection, yet now…
Rhode frowned. Although he did consider the possibility of danger when he brought her here, he relented to her endless pestering in the end. Initially, he felt somewhat glad as Lapis would trigger her personal quest, and if he assisted her in the completion of her quest, perhaps she would upgrade her strength substantially.
Alas, Rhode miscalculated when he thought that Gillian and himself would be able to prevent Lapis from falling into any grave danger…
Rhode looked at the flight of stairs.
He knew where the path led to. At the end of the stairs, they would enter a room filled with Golem Guards who hid within thirty suits of armor. They had to clear these mobs before entering the control room where another major battle would occur. This was when Rhode realized that he had to make changes to his plans.
”Kavos.”
Rhode hooked his finger and beckoned Kavos to come. Kavos quickly made his way towards him and was shocked when he saw Rhode exhibiting a never seen before grave expression.
”Order everyone to get ready, we are going in!”
”Yes, Sir!”
Kavos didn't understand why Rhode would do this, but he swiftly followed his commands. Meanwhile, Gillian suddenly appeared with her iconic smile on her face. Her twitching ears indicated that she was also starting to get serious.
”Are we starting, Master?”
”Of course. You know what to do. Let's move!” Rhode replied Gillian with a cold expression.
He swung his sword and quickly transformed into a shadow. Then, in a blink of an eye, he disappeared up the flight of stairs with both Celia and Gillian following closely behind, leaving a trail of flames and holy light which illuminated the dark cave.
Kavos stared blankly at the trail of flames and light for a moment. Then he took a deep breath and shouted at the mercenaries who were equally astonished.