"Sir Rhodes, I will do my best and use my life's wisdom to answer the doubts in your heart." After being taken to the quiet room by Rhodes, Ander said respectfully, not wanting to give up this hard-won opportunity. p>
Rhodes nodded with satisfaction, and then expressed the doubts that were bothering him: "I remember that you once wanted to marry off your daughter, the group leader Berry. What do you think about marriage?"
"Marriage?" The tax officer raised his eyebrows. From Rhode's inquiry, he noticed some unusual information. However, under the gaze of Rhode's scarlet eyes, he did not dare to doubt more and replied, "Marriage."
It is an exchange of interests and a powerful alliance between powerful people. For a being like you, it should be more like a transaction."
"Deal? Isn't it love, or something else?" Rhodes asked helplessly.
"Well..." Ender was noncommittal about what Rhodes mentioned, "If you ask the bard this question, you might get a different answer, but to me, it's just a transaction."
Seeing Rhodes' silence, the tax official continued: "You don't have to love your future wife. Through marriage, you can gain a large territory without losing a fight and have a large number of subordinates who are loyal to you, which will bring great benefits to your battle in the doomsday.
Help. A woman who can match you in status must be at least a princess of a country, or even the queen herself. As for love, it doesn’t matter at all.”
Thinking of the approaching threat, Rhodes couldn't help but sigh deeply. Of course he understood the meaning of Ender's words. If he were here in the past, he would probably agree to Sally's request without saying a word, but now, he is too late to do so.
Too late to decide.
People become weak because of love, but heroes are invincible because of love. Unfortunately, although Rhodes has a hero template, it is added by the system and does not have the corresponding heroic will.
Recalling every bit of the past, Rhodes realized that he should have fallen in love with Enota. Even his cold and hard heart gradually melted away while getting along with Enota. However, when this
When his love goes against the predicament he faces and conflicts with the interests of the entire force, he has to make a difficult choice.
Rhodes raised his head and sighed, praying that Inota didn't know the meaning of marriage and got away with it? Or maybe he pretended to deceive the bandit leader? This is not a good idea no matter how you look at it. Do you really have to conquer Cruelode and become the barbarian king?
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"What Rowling said is indeed correct." Under the puzzled look of the tax officer, Rhodes finally said indifferently, "Before I asked you this question, I knew you would answer this way, so I came to you.
, I need to use your answer to strengthen the thoughts in my mind. Not only you, I also know that Gwen will also answer this way, and you will all agree with this marriage."
Tax collector Ander lowered his head deeply. It seemed that the master had made his choice, so his task was completed. He could give his own opinion, but in the end, the only one who could make the decision was Rhodes himself.
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"Then I will prepare for the celebration first. I believe it must be a grand celebration. The bards will compile songs and sing about the situation on that day. All the dead will remember that celebration. That day every year will become the kingdom of the dead.
On this important holiday in China, I wish you and Dragon King Moriel a happy wedding in advance." Ander said respectfully.
"What Moriel?" The corners of Rhodes' mouth twitched, as if he had made a mistake.
The tax official was also stunned: "Lord Rhodes, wasn't it that you were considering marrying the Dragon King Moriel?"
Rhodes put his hand on his forehead: "Where did your ridiculous idea come from? If it weren't for the imminent threat of Moriel, I wouldn't have to think about it at all. How come you want me to marry Moriel?
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"Do you have any other candidates?"
The tax officer quickly reacted and his eyes were different.
"The only ones who can match you in terms of status are those queens, and even the princesses are not suitable. When it comes to queens on the main plane, except for Dragon King Moriel, Queen Catherine of Erathia cannot agree. Even if she agrees,
Those angels would not agree. The only remaining one is the elusive leader of thieves, but her information is rarely circulated. Could it be her? As for the kings in hell, or the elemental kings, it is not impossible, but they are different from each other by nature.
We are different and will not propose marriage at all..."
Ender named several names, but he eliminated them one by one, and finally settled on one candidate. Rhodes took a deep look at him, and he didn't expect that he could analyze the matter to a close degree based on the information he had.
10. It seems that besides his financial management skills, his resourcefulness may be more useful.
"I understand the truth, but how can you think that I want to marry Moriel? She wants to kill me, and I want to kill her too. On the frontal battlefield, every time the battle line advances tens of meters towards the dragon's lair, hundreds of undead will die.
, they and the corpses of alien species have built towers on the battlefield, what on earth do you think that makes you think that I want to marry Moriel?" Thinking of his previous words, Rhodes couldn't help but ask.
Ender hesitated for a moment, and while looking at Rhodes's face, he said: "Sir Rhodes, there are no eternal enemies in this world. The Erathian knights and the Eri elves once had a dispute over the border issue, but when the threat of the Necromancer...
Come, they will form an alliance to fight against the common enemy."
"Then what?" Rhodes asked.
"The positions of you and Dragon King Moriel are very similar. You are both great lords of the same place, and you are the kings in the apocalypse. If you want to conquer Brakada, you will not be able to easily succumb to the demons of hell in the future. The actual relationship between you
Conflict of interest. It was you who took away her artifact. In addition, as for the blood feud of her subordinates who died in the battle, I think both you and she have the power of a king and will not care at all. If you are willing to return the artifact
In exchange for a marriage with Moriel, I don’t think she will refuse." The tax officer analyzed.
"You want me to send back the artifact I got?" Rhodes asked with a focused gaze.
"But you will gain more. You will get the allegiance of the magicians, the alien army, the dragon army, and the entire underground world. It is said that the underground world is vast and contains rich precious resources, far exceeding the surface world.
More importantly, you also got the Dragon King Moriel who has an artifact. Isn't this a beautiful thing?" Ander added.
Seeing Rhodes lost in thought, Ander continued: "Instead of marrying someone else to find a way to deal with Moriel, why don't you directly marry Dragon King Moriel? As far as I know, Moriel doesn't have a husband yet, and you...
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At the end of the sentence, Ender's tone softened when he saw that Rhodes looked unhappy.
"If the artifact is returned to Moriel, after she gets the artifact, she will be able to completely control the time domain. By then, won't it be easy for her to go back to the past and kill me?" Thinking of the threat of doing so, Rhodes shook his head. Ender didn't think so: "Sir Rhodes, as I said, the essence of marriage is the exchange of interests. While you have the Dragon King Moriel, she also has you. Do you think that for Moriel, it is a return to the world?"
In the past, it was more beneficial to kill you, or to have you as my husband, have the countless undead army under your command, and control the artifact?"
After listening to Ender's story, Rhodes fell into deep thought for a while.