Chapter 254: Troubles Keep Coming
Translator: AtlasStudios Editor: AtlasStudios
Now that Gillian had ntioned it... This scenery was on the 8th floor of the Infernal Abyss: a landscape of burning purgatory. The indistinct, visible tall building was the symbolic Atonent Tower. Actually, Rhode wasn’t any stranger to that place as he had led his n and ransacked the region before killing the Void Dragon. However, he subconsciously believed that this scenery should have been in the Dragon Soul Continent and didn’t think of that place as hell. Now, it seed like this was exactly the sa as what he rembered.
“Huhuhu, this is getting interesting, Master.”
Gillian let out a chuckle and lifted her head. She winked at Rhode playfully. He knew what Gillian ant because no matter what, Christie had never been to hell and even if it was based on the little girl’s imagination, the depiction was too similar. If he didn’t learn about Christie’s past, he would have thought that she had been there before. However, that was totally impossible, as the burning purgatory belonged to the deeper levels of hell. Volcanoes erupted and flowed with magma while the air was filled with pitch-black billows of smokes and ash that danced like snow— Beautiful, yet deadly. No humans could survive there; not even players like Rhode. He was only able to survive due to him securing equipnt that was immune to fire elents. If it was Christie, she would have turned into ashes imdiately the mont she entered.
That was why Gillian thought this was getting interesting.
Accordingly to Marlene, Christie didn’t seem to be aware when she painted these sceneries and only when she finished them would she get a huge shock. So what did all this an?
Rhode rubbed his forehead, feeling a little fatigued as another difficult problem rose before his eyes before he could even get a good night’s rest.
“What did the others think about this?”
“Miss Anne wasn’t interested and Lize was worried. As for the rest... they aren’t aware of this yet. I don’t think Christie would go around talking about it either.”
Christie was popular among the rcenaries, mainly due to her appropriate behavior. Maybe it was due to her harsh childhood that she didn’t have the willfulness of girls of her age. She was obedient, clever, and everyone adored her cute appearance.
“Okay, we will leave it as it is for now.”
Rhode shook his head hopelessly.
“How much money do we have on our hands?”
“Now?”
Marlene wasn’t sure. She tilted her head, closed her eyes, and pondered for a mont. Then, she unrolled a scroll in her hands.
“Currently, we have 53,600 gold coins, Mr. Rhode. Our main inco cos from adventures and missions. And because you don’t sell our spoils of war, our inco from this aspect is quite low. As for the blacksmith shop that you received from the Keller Family, after subtracting the basic fees, it brings us about 200 to 300 gold coins. That’s all.”
“So little?”
Rhode was surprised. Marlene shrugged her shoulders helplessly while showing a bittersweet smile.
Perhaps Shauna and Kavos would have dropped their eyeballs after hearing Marlene’s report, as 50,000 gold coins was an unimaginable amount of money to a rcenary group. It wasn’t because they weren’t able to earn that much as a normal person could earn tens of thousands every year in modern society too. But, on average throughout the months, that amount would be pathetic. Not to ntion the lodging and expenses on food — No one would feel that they earned a lot.
It was the sa logic for rcenary groups. As long as the missions weren’t too low in grade, getting thousands of gold coins as remuneration was always possible. However, rcenaries needed to repair their equipnts and also pay for lodging and food expenses. After all these deductions, every rcenary group could only save up a few pennies.
As for why Rhode’s Starlight was able to earn that much, it was partly because he didn’t have many mbers in the initial stages and there wasn’t much profit sharing. Moreover, the missions that they had completed were of high grades and risks. A series of missions from the association and his opportunistic approaches toward the president of the rcenary Association gained him the financial results he saw today.
However, it was a pity that although this sum of money was considered a huge amount for normal rcenary groups, in Rhode and Marlene’s eyes, it was nothing. As a leading guild in the ga, the cash flow into Rhode’s hands were in the millions. Not to ntion that a re 50k gold coins wouldn’t even be enough to capture his attention. Marlene, as the heir of the largest noble family in Munn Kingdom, only thought of money as re worldly possession. In fact, ever since Marlene had joined Starlight, she never asked for a single penny as remuneration. According to her, since she was the one who wanted to join a rcenary group to sharpen her skills, then she should be responsible for herself. The rcenary group shouldn’t spend anything on her. All in all, money was never a problem to Marlene...
And because of that, both of them were dissatisfied with the current financial status of the rcenary group. It was just that both of them had different standards of reference for comparison.
After listening to Marlene’s report, Rhode let out a helpless sigh. He had initially planned to buy up so equipnt from the auction market in Deep Stone City, but it seed like he couldn’t even afford a single piece with that much money.
Don’t tell I have to wear plain equipnt for the Midsumr Festival?
Rhode wasn’t resigned to it yet and that was being human for you. If he didn’t obtain the Zero Refining Equipnt, he would be fine going to the Midsumr Festival in this state. But now that he had received such godly equipnt, it would be a huge waste if he wore it as an accessory with no other purpose. Since he didn’t have enough money for equipnt...
I’ll need to play by ear then.
Rhode ca up with a plan and decided not to ponder this problem anymore. He turned around and left Lapis’ room to catch a break. He was exhausted after being outdoors for so many days. Now that he finally had the chance for a break, of course he wouldn’t let it slip by. He temporarily threw all these headaches to the back of his head and plopped into bed. After leaving the historical remains, Rhode had to be on guard against those Druids who were enough to keep him restless. Now that he had finally returned to his comfortable bed, he fell into deep sleep imdiately...
As for Marlene, she left Rhode’s room with a gloomy expression. Although Rhode was expressionless most of the ti, he was energetic and seldom rested during the dayti. Marlene noticed the fatigue on his face, which piqued her curiosity. Could it be that sothing happened during the mission? Or, is he troubled over sothing? But...
Marlene left with this thought.
Even if it was Rhode, he was bound to be fatigued after going on an adventure for several days. It was almost evening when he woke up. The sun had almost called it a day as it lit up the horizon and white clouds were painted in a warm redness. Rhode stood and while he tidied his clothes, soone knocked on the door. Marlene’s voice sounded.
“Mr. Rhode, are you awake?”
“Marlene? Yes, co in,” Rhode said. The maiden pushed the door open and made her way in. Rhode quickly noticed her unusually gloomy expression. “Did anything happen?”
“Yes...”
Marlene thought for a mont.
“Lize, Anne, and Christie haven’t return since they went out this morning to buy so painting materials. They should be back by noon, but...”
“You’re saying that they are nowhere in sight?”
Rhode glanced out of the window subconsciously. The sun had fallen below the horizon. This should be the ti rcenaries returned, unless they went out to have a drink or two. However, Lize, Anne, and Christie clearly didn’t have such a habit.
“Yes. I dispatched soone to search for them, but...”
Before Marlene could finish her sentence, rapid footsteps could be heard from the hallway. In an instant, Joey barged into the room with a head full of sweat. He panted and pointed his shaky finger out the window in a pale expression.
“Miss Marlene, Leader, n-n-no
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