Chapter 396 Building the Fortress (2/2)

But, just as Mini Bubble Gum had mentioned, it's meaningless to consider if this world was real.

Rhode shook his head at this thought and he pushed the door open.

As the large door widened, cooling wind breezed inwards. The Fortress finally displayed itself in full view.

Just as Rhode admired his 'artwork', on the other side of the mountain slope, the mercenaries who waited accordingly to Rhode's instructions were having conversations. Of course, the contents of their discussions were only revolving around one topic — How exactly would Rhode construct this Fortress?

From a normal human's perspective, no matter how capable Rhode was, it wouldn't be possible for him to construct a Fortress. However, after mingling with Rhode for a long period, the mercenaries knew that Rhode wasn't someone who would crack jokes. But… If he's not kidding, what exactly would this man do?

In an instant, the mercenaries including Marlene and Lize were having many discussions over this. On the contrary, Anne seemed to be unconcerned about these matters. After reaching the mountain slope, she immediately found herself a comfortable area for a nap and was uninterested if Rhode was able to build the Fortress or not.

”Miss Marlene, could a Mage be capable of doing such things?”

At this moment, curiosity got over some mercenaries and they began to check in with Marlene. In response, Marlene frowned slightly a pondered for a while.

”This… is hard to tell. If the Mage specializes in Earth Element, it wouldn't be impossible to create similar things. But… it would be too difficult to build a Fortress. After all, the scale is too huge.”

”But, Sir seems to be very confident.”

”I'm not too sure about this too.”

Marlene shook her head in denial before gazing at Lize. After dismissing the bunch of mercenaries, Marlene turned around and approached Lize. The maiden then whispered.

”Lize, do you have any idea?”

”Eh?”

Lize was distracted for a moment before lifting her head and gazing back at Marlene, not knowing what to answer. Just as Marlene imagined, Lize seemed to have a clue. After observing Rhode's mysterious behavior, Lize couldn't help but recalled the incident when they first obtained their mercenary Stronghold. At that time, after entering the place, Lize witnessed how tattered the whole place was with her very own eyes. However, after she returned from purchasing some daily necessities, the dirty, haunted house had a 360 degrees transformation. The whole house was sparkling bright and there were no traces of damage at all. Lize thought she had entered the wrong house by accident.

Of course, Lize did question Rhode afterwards. However, Rhode only gave an ambiguous and perfunctory answer.

”Yes… Marlene. I did encounter something similar… You still remember our previous Stronghold right? That place used to be a haunted house and it was ragged and filthy on the inside. Mr Rhode bought it over and we became residents after eliminating the Undead Creatures.”

”I know about this.”

Marlene nodded in acknowledgment. Before she decided to join Starlight, the maiden had inquired information about this mercenary group, which was why she understood what Lize had mentioned.

”But… Something is really odd. After we attained the house by defeating the Undead Creatures, the house was actually really really filthy and run-down. Some places were also damaged by the flames. But, after I came back from a shopping trip, the entire place became sparkling clean. Those worn-out pieces of furniture and even broken glasses were nowhere in sight. Everything changed beyond recognition…”

”That's really…”

Marlene frowned her brows.

”Did Mr Rhode say anything about it?”

”He told me someone helped him rebuild the house. But I'm not too sure who exactly was the person…”

Marlene slightly nodded to Lize's words and her face even flashed hints of unmistakable excitement and confirmation. But shortly, Marlene tapped onto Lize's shoulder.

”Since Mr Rhode said that, then I think he could be right. You see, weren't Legendary stage beings like Miss Canary and Miss Bubble under him? I think, he must have some really powerful people who helped him.”

”But… No matter how powerful one is, would one be able to build a Fortress in half a day?”

”I'm not too sure about this. But, beings of Legendary stage… We are unable to figure them out or understand them. It wouldn't be impossible if they have such abilities.”

As Marlene spoke, suddenly, there were rumbling noises which attracted everyone's attention. As the mountain peak obstructed their views, they weren't able to see anything. However, they could still feel the slight tremors on the ground. In an instant, many of them started to panic.

”Wha-What's wrong? Could it be an earthquake?!”

”Is it Sir? Is this Sir's doing?”

”But, what exactly is going on…”

In an instant, the mercenaries got into a hot discussion. They were curious of Rhode's doing and after this commotion, they were even more curious now.

”Why not we take a peek? What if Sir got himself into some trouble?”

”But Sir warned us to wait here…”

A bunch of men began to dispute. Some of them were worried if Rhode got into some trouble and some couldn't withstand their curiosities and intended to check on the happenings. And at this moment, Anne was still sleeping soundly on the grass with no signs of waking up.

”Ok ok! Stop fighting.”

Joey instantly hopped out. In any case, he was considered quite popular with this bunch of mercenaries, so they immediately stopped bickering,

”All of us know that things don't look right. But, since Sir had given us an order, then we should follow through. Anyway, it's only half a day. We will get through it soon!”

The mercenaries gradually quietened down. All of them were uncertain as there wasn't a leader around. Marlene and Lize weren't speaking while Anne was sleeping by the side. Since Joey made a decision for everyone, they finally had a peace of mind. Indeed, it's only half a day's wait and it would be over soon.

The mercenaries calmed themselves down at this thought and began to wait patiently.