Rhodes looked at the mayor and said slowly: "You also know that the necromancer knows my existence. Even if he sends undead creatures to attack you, there will be powerful undead creatures around him to protect him."
"The number of undead creatures you need to deal with will not be too many, and they will not be able to stay where they are and wait for me to take action. In this case, even if I want to attack, I will probably not succeed."
"Therefore, I need you to resist the Necromancer outside the mansion. The distance between you and the mansion cannot be too close. Only if you hold back enough undead creatures can I have a chance to deal with him."
After hearing Rhode's proposal, the mayor frowned under his black robe and refused directly: "No. When I am in the mansion, the necromancer cannot directly use spells to attack me. This position is very safe."
"And with the defense of the mansion, my skeleton warrior only needs to resist attacks from one direction, so it can be most effective in defense. I will not leave the mansion."
Rhodes understood that the mayor was extremely reluctant to leave the mansion. In addition to the defensive advantages that the mansion could bring to the mayor, more importantly, there was something inside the mansion that could make the mayor feel at ease.
The mayor obviously didn't know that Rhodes was aware of this. Rhodes had never stepped inside the mansion, and when he was closest to the mansion, he only observed outside the gate.
There was no mention of this in the mayor's words, including his previous reluctance to leave here, which was obviously due to internal relations within the mansion.
Although Rhodes did not continue to speak, his meaning was extremely obvious. Rhodes would definitely not agree to the mayor's original suggestion, and the mayor would also not agree to Rhodes' suggestion to lure the mayor out of the mansion.
Both of them remained silent for a while, and no one took the lead in making other suggestions.
Even though the previous necromancer had left for a while, these black clouds in the sky still did not dissipate much, and still blocked the surrounding light.
Through the previous dialogue between the two people, each of them understood some of each other's characteristics. At this time, how to use this characteristic to obtain the most advantageous conditions for themselves is what they need to consider. This is why verbal testing is needed. .
Finally, the mayor may have thought of something and said to Rhodes: "Then, if you and the Skeleton Warrior resist his undead creatures in front of the mansion, you don't have to take the risk to kill him. You really can't resist. How about retreating into the mansion and relying on magic to resist for a while?"
Rhodes shook his head, obviously not approving the mayor's proposal.
The mayor's proposal seemed to be for Rhodes' sake. He did not let Rhodes kill the necromancer, but asked Rhodes and the vampire to guard the front of the mansion. However, this actually had a huge drawback.
Once the necromancer sees Rhodes and the mayor appear, he will send all the undead creatures to attack. At that time, the mayor will directly withdraw into the mansion, and Rhodes knows the abnormality in the mansion and does not dare to enter. Rhodes was left alone to face all the undead creatures in front of the mansion.
Seeing that Rhodes rejected his proposal again, the mayor was a little angry and said to Rhodes: "Then what are your thoughts? If you have any good way to deal with this necromancer, then you can tell me .”
Rhodes replied: "I only have one request, and that is to deal with this necromancer far away from the mansion. Your mansion gives me a bad feeling. Besides, you are the one who wants to deal with this necromancer. If you really don’t want to, I won’t force you, I just won’t help you.”
Hearing Rhodes once again emphasize staying away from the mansion, the mayor's face darkened.
Although Rhodes' words were not clearly stated, he undoubtedly expressed one intention to the mayor, which was that he had discovered something unusual in the mansion. After realizing this, the mayor was speechless for a moment.
In the previous test, the mayor had confirmed a lot of Rhodes' strength. In addition, several skeleton warriors were lost in the test, so the mayor really didn't want Rhodes to leave like this.
But if he is really far away from the mansion, many of the mayor's ideas will not be realized.
Comparing the strength shown by the two people before again, the mayor finally confirmed something and said:
"I agree, Eliot, you can fight outside the mansion, but you can't leave too far from here."
"I can come outside the mansion, next to the skeleton warrior, to resist the undead creatures. But again, you need to go and kill the necromancer. I have already seen your strength, and with your full strength, then A necromancer won't last long."
Under Rhode's insistence, the mayor finally agreed to leave the mansion. Although he only came to the outskirts of the mansion, where the skeleton warriors had originally resisted the undead creatures, this was a big deal for Rhodes. Advantage.
After the necromancer on the attacking side confirms the location of the mayor, in addition to sending more undead creatures to attack, he can also cast spells to cut off the mayor's retreat route back to the mansion.
In contrast, if Rhodes had been hiding in the dark and not attacking, losing the advantage of the mansion, the mayor would be in great danger.
Seeing that the mayor agreed to the request, Rhodes stopped asking for anything more.
According to Rhodes' original idea, based on the mayor's proposal, since he needed to deal with a mage up close, Rhodes could even ask the mayor to provide the promised treasure in advance.
But at this time, since the mayor had already arrived outside the mansion, if he made too many requests, he would inevitably be rejected, so Rhodes did not continue to make these requests.
By the end of the conversation, both men had decided something about each other. Since they both got the results they needed, the two of them didn't say anything more, but it was unknown what they were thinking in their hearts.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky dissipated a lot.
The conversation didn't last long, and there was a lot of time when both of them remained silent or making calculations. At this point, the two ended their conversation and just waited for the Necromancer's next attack to arrive.
The mayor nodded to Rhodes, turned around and entered the mansion. The skeleton warriors next to him also followed one after another, and finally they all entered the mansion and closed the door of the mansion.
Watching the mayor's party return to the mansion, Rhodes didn't say anything more and walked towards the way he came with the vampire.
At this time, although the sky was still dark, it was much stronger than before. The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, revealing the original starlight, illuminating the road under Rhodes' feet.
Along the road he walked during the day, Rhodes walked towards the previous hotel.
Along the way, Rhodes did not encounter any special circumstances. Not long after, Rhodes arrived in front of the hotel.
The hotel door was still ajar as it was when Rhodes left.
Previously, Rhodes discovered these black clouds in the sky when he just opened the door, and was immediately attacked by the ghosts. He did not have time to close the door. At this time, Rhodes still looked like when he left.
Rhodes entered the hotel and returned to his original room.
Arriving in the room, Rhodes found a seat to sit down and began to calculate his harvest.
In this battle, including the undead creatures killed by vampires, Rhodes received a total of 920 experience points, bringing the total number of experience points to 1,050.
Among these experience points, a ghost provides 200 experience points, the mayor's skeleton warrior provides a total of 90 experience points, and the other experience points all come from walking corpses and ghosts.
Although a single zombie or ghost can not provide much experience value, as the number increases, it can still provide an objective amount of experience value.
This is why Rhodes did not choose to leave after discovering the battle in front of the mayor's mansion, but directly joined the battle.
"700 experience points are consumed, and the remaining experience points are 350. The professional level is upgraded to level 2 swordsman level 8..."
"Get 1 free attribute point, get 1 skill point..."
In this battle, Rhodes only lost his own mana, and there was no other loss. This made Rhodes sigh at the convenience of spells. Even the second-level spells made the originally difficult battle much easier.
In the original battle, if Rhodes did not cast the Ice Magic Ring or use other spells, but relied solely on sword skills, it would undoubtedly be very difficult to kill the ghosts or deal with the mayor's skeleton warriors. It's much easier to use spells.
In battle, Rhodes most often uses the Ice Demon Ring. The Ice Demon Ring takes into account both group damage and impact effects. Even if it is only a second-level spell, it also reflects the advantages of the spell.
Perhaps the spells cast by Rhodes are not as effective as those of mage apprentices of the same level, but combined with Rhodes' own fighting style, they are even more powerful.
Thinking of this, taking advantage of the opportunity of using meditation to restore mana, Rhodes allocated his remaining two attribute points to knowledge.
Although Rhodes currently does not have many types of spells, and overall the attack spells are used more frequently, but having 20 more mana points is equivalent to having one more opportunity to use the Ice Magic Ring in a battle.
In comparison, it is not as strong as when the attributes were low at the beginning. The attribute allocation to other basic attributes is not very effective. In addition, the healing magic scrolls in the space ring are currently extremely abundant, so Rhodes has no attribute points left. Used to restore health.
Rhodes, the skill point, was retained and prepared to distribute it when needed.
While Rhodes was checking his attribute panel, a vampire also found a position, took out the Soul Crystal, and began to absorb the energy in it.
After learning the lesson from last time, Rhodes asked the vampire to keep the Revenant Crystal away and not lose the Revenant Crystal.
As for when a vampire uses the bat transformation skill, the Revenant Crystal is like the clothes on the vampire's body. It is intact and will not be lost due to the bat transformation.
Seeing this, Rhodes ignored it and prepared to start meditating.
After calming down and not thinking about what happened before, Rhodes entered a meditative state.
… …
There was a knock on the door, and Rhodes opened his eyes immediately.
There was no warning in his mind, and the intermediate reconnaissance technique did not produce any abnormalities, indicating that the person knocking on the door was not a threat.
In addition to this, there is another possibility, that is, the reconnaissance level of the person knocking on the door is far higher than that of Rhodes, completely suppressing Rhodes' perception, making Rhodes feel nothing.
But the possibility of this situation is extremely low, especially in Diya territory, there are few people who master the reconnaissance technique, let alone the higher-level reconnaissance technique.
Rhodes was not careless, and the vampire beside him also woke up immediately. Following Rhodes' instructions, he stepped forward and opened the door.
Seeing the person standing outside the door, the vampire thought for a moment and moved his body away so that Rhodes could see the situation outside the door.
Rhodes looked towards the door. The old man who originally received Rhodes downstairs in the hotel was now standing at Rhodes' door.
Seeing the old man, Rhodes didn't understand what his purpose was, so he didn't rush to speak, but waited for the old man to speak.
Sure enough, after seeing Rhodes behind him, the old man opened his mouth. First he wanted to say something, but then he closed his mouth, took a deep breath, and said to Rhodes:
"I have prepared some food downstairs. If you two need it, I can bring it up."
After hearing this, Rhodes said, "Didn't I say you don't need food?"
In order to prevent anyone from tampering with the food, Rhodes only ate the dry food he brought with him whenever he was outside.
This is Rhode's consistent approach. Even when he came to the hotel, Rhodes specifically told him not to ask for food. The old man obviously remembered this.
But at this time, it was obvious what the old man was here for, and food might just be an expression of the old man.
Before the old man spoke, Rhodes realized this.
As expected, the old man continued to say to Rhodes: "I checked other places in the town this morning, and they were all gone..."
While saying these words, the old man couldn't help but produce a kind of death energy outwards, which Rhodes, who mastered spiritualism, could easily sense.
Extreme fear can also produce death energy in people.
People like the old man who continue to live in fear have a certain chance of being directly transformed into ghosts when they are transformed into undead creatures.
"I heard it all last night. You must have been fighting outside the hotel. If you protected me, you must be able to take me away from this place..."
The old man continued to speak to Rhodes, but Rhodes didn't say anything.
Rhodes didn't want to say more at first, but in the end he said to the old man: "If you want to leave, you can leave here at any time. Has no business group passed through the town before? You can leave with the business group."
The old man replied: "No... I alone will encounter many dangers once I get far away from here. As for the business group, they can know my details by asking people in the town, because I have nothing Relatives will only be robbed and killed by people from the business group on the road... "
"But you are different... You are different... If you are willing to take me away from here, I am willing to pay most of the gold coins I have, leaving only a little to survive..."
(End of chapter)