Karun followed Neo to a hill.
From here, a small team could be seen climbing the hill, bending over, maintaining their battle formation, and keeping a steady pace.
Neo commented, "Just an ordinary flock of ducks."
If it were an elite team, they could have driven closer instead of slowly exploring the tactical discipline and advancing cautiously, which meant they were a bit nervous.
Neo looked at Karun and asked, "Do you think I'm being too absolute?"
"No, I don't. I trust the captain's experience."
"Everyone knows that being cautious is right, but many times you can only control yourself. However, once your team is strong, it's hard to make your members continue to be cautious. If you have your own team in the future, you will definitely need to consider this. They will raise you up, but at the same time, you will also be coerced by them. However, there is a solution. If you can be more extreme than them, they will become more restrained. For example, they often advise me to be cautious and careful..."
"I understand, Captain."
"Well, sometimes even if you are the person involved, it's hard to see clearly because you can't see your own face."
Does it mean that those in power are confused?
But why did the captain suddenly add this sentence? Can't see your own face?
Neo opened his hands, and a light of order flashed. The small team below immediately raised their heads.
"There is danger ahead. Please stop for now."
"Captain Neo?"
The captain of the other team shouted.
"Oh, do you know me?"
"You saved me before."
"Is that so? Don't worry about it too much because I don't remember you."
The other party was not angry but still asked calmly, "Captain Neo, can you tell me what happened ahead?"
"There is a bit of trouble, but it's under control. Two teams have already been wiped out. Stay where you are and wait because I don't want you to come and grab our credit."
"Okay, Captain Neo."
This team began to rest.
"Very good, a very obedient flock of ducks." Neo turned his head to Karun. "You don't need to throw copper coins in front of them."
"Okay, Captain."
For the first time, preparing to do this kind of black-on-black... no, white-on-white thing, Karun was still a little nervous and had some minor moral constraints.
This team rested on the hill for a full twenty minutes until there was movement in other directions.
"Okay, we can go back now. I think they should have finished cleaning up."
"Okay, Captain."
Neo stood up and shouted to the small team below, "Come and help collect the bodies."
"Captain Neo, my name is Gengdi."
"And then?"
"I know you were transferred to York City. I'm glad, really."
"Okay, please keep your joy."
"Gengdi's team is willing to cooperate with any of your actions, Captain Neo, if you think you need manpower."
"Okay, I'll try to remember your team's name."
Neo reached out and grabbed Karun's shoulder, then turned into black mist. At the same time, Karun felt himself enveloped in black mist and floating in the air.
Soon, the black mist dissipated, and Karun stood on the ground. Ophelia was sitting in front of him.
The others were on the periphery.Wend walked towards Neo and nodded to him, indicating that the spoils had been collected and arranged.
"Report the casualties," Neo said.
Grei spoke up, "Captain, a total of 16 people participated in the battle."
This included Ophelia and Panmir.
"Our team had 14 people, with 4 seriously injured but not in life-threatening danger, and 4 lightly injured who can continue the mission."
"Thank you for your hard work, Captain Neo," Ophelia stood up and bowed to Neo.
"No, Miss Ophelia, the reason we counted the casualties in front of you is because there is a tradition in the Order of the Gods. After the protected person completes their mission, they usually give some souvenirs to the security team. You can put some extra points in the small box for souvenirs."
"Of course, that's what I should do."
"Another thing is, if the higher-ups want to replace the security team, please refuse. Although four members need to temporarily leave the team to recover from their injuries, my team is still the best guarantee for your safety."
"That's also what I should do. If I hadn't gone out, we wouldn't have encountered this tonight. Also, after the meeting, I will apply to the Order of the Gods and invite your team to continue protecting us on our way back, because you also need to escort the missionary to Darkmoon Island."
"You are a kind lady."
"You are an excellent captain, and your team is very elite."
"We found it!" Fanny came over with her maid Xinla.
"Miss, are you okay? It's really great that you're okay. When I got off the car and ran here earlier, I fell and hit my head on a stone and passed out. I couldn't protect you, sob..."
Xinla immediately ran to Ophelia and started crying, her forehead was indeed bleeding.
Just as Ophelia was about to comfort her former maid who had served her mother, Fanny spoke up:
"Please rest assured, Miss Ophelia, Ms. Xinla's injury is not serious. Judging from the freshness of the blood on her forehead, it should be a recent wound. She probably hit herself on the forehead with a stone shortly before I found her. Based on the angle of the wound, she did it herself."
"..." Xinla.
"But Ms. Xinla is probably not related to this incident. She was just scared and hiding somewhere after getting lost, and then worried that you would blame her, so she hurt herself."
Some things are already known to everyone, but when said out loud, the effect is completely different. To some extent, Xinla's career as a maid may have ended here.
Fanny glanced at Karun standing next to the captain, she was venting for him, after all, this maid had been mocking Karun on the car.
"Xinla, go back to the delegation and rest. Panmir, choose another person from the delegation to be my personal maid."
"Yes, Miss."
"Miss... no... Miss!" Ophelia pushed Xinla away directly with her hand. The people from the Order of the Gods were watching, she couldn't pretend that nothing had happened, nor could she let Xinla continue to serve her, otherwise it would be a disgrace to Darkmoon Island.
After the matter was settled, Captain Neo spoke up, "Now, the mission continues, escort Miss Ophelia safely back to the hotel."...
When they returned to the Ankara Hotel, it was already slightly bright outside.
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After entering the hotel, the Neo team was basically disbanded temporarily.
The lightly wounded soldiers took the wounded to the church hospital for treatment, while Neo himself needed to go to the relevant department of the church to report and explain the situation.
As for the Laksh Copper Coin, Karun had been wrapping it in his clothes. When they entered the hotel, under the gaze of Captain Neo, Karun handed it over to a group of priests wearing white robes.
After confirming the item, the priests sealed it with a seal box and did not speak a word from beginning to end. After the process was over, they left directly.
Neo explained to Karun that they were from the Sealing Management Department.
It was a department specialized in sealing and storing dangerous objects. It was also divided into groups and levels, and the highest level management group controlled a separate sealing space. Anyone who could enter it was at least a divine artifact level existence.
Some items could be circulated within the church after being processed, repaired, or sealed to a certain extent. Of course, some things were destined to be sealed forever, because once they leaked out, they could easily cause disasters.
Before Neo left to report the incident, he said to Karun:
"Legend has it that there is a fierce beast personally sealed by the God of Order in the sealing space. Its eyes will scan the sealing space every minute to watch over everything inside."
...
Ophelia and Panmi returned to their room, while Karun went to the opposite suite with Peina and Vani.
The room had been cleaned and was very clean. There was even a smell of "purification spell" used.
The formal meeting that Miss Ophelia needed to attend in person would be held tomorrow morning, which meant that Karun and the others could rest completely today.
"Who wants to take a shower first?"
"I'll sit here for a while," Vani said.
"I'll smoke a few cigarettes," Peina waved her hand.
Karun walked into the bathroom and took a shower. After he finished, he put on a hotel bathrobe and sat on the clean bed.
After last night's experience, Karun was no longer hesitant.
Ironically, because of this, Vani and Peina lost interest in teasing the newcomer, and everyone got along more naturally. When they saw Karun coming out in only a bathrobe, the two women did not tease him again.
"By the way, when you put me down earlier, Karun was supposed to catch me, but you threw me away again."
Vani started to bring up "old accounts."
Peina said indifferently, "You don't know how much force you used when you were thrown down. I was afraid he would break his bones trying to catch you."
"You were wrong. Our new team member is much braver than you think."
"Have you tried it?"
"Yes, it's very good."
"What does it feel like?"
"You can try it next time. He saved me once today."
"It seems that we need to improve his ranking in the team's combat power."
"I will adjust it, but the captain should have an idea in his heart."
"I really think the captain's initial positioning of him was definitely not this." Peina picked up a sugar cube from the coffee table, walked to Karun, and put the sugar cube to his mouth.
Karun reached out and took it, putting it in his mouth.
Peina said, "We gained a lot this time. Oh, by the way, when we collected the spoils of war, I saw a nice magic pistol."
"What model?"
"Sava 7. If you want to exchange it in the church store, you will probably need 5,000 Order Coupons."Fanny said, "Give this to Karun."
"Of course, that's what I meant. I don't want to see him waving around that little revolver from the basic equipment anymore," replied the speaker.
Fanny looked at Karun and said, "I will help you with the modification and upgrade, and match it with the special spell bullets I made myself. I won't charge you for labor, only for materials. It will probably cost 1,200 Order Vouchers."
"Okay, thank you," Karun nodded.
"You're welcome."
Although Karun had just saved Fanny's life, this could not be used as a condition, because helping each other and even saving lives between team members was natural.
As for helping each other with points, it could be done with favors, but when it came to points, it had to be calculated clearly. This was the rule.
Peina comforted him, "Don't worry, we should be able to get at least 10,000 Order Vouchers each after we sell the things we don't need on the black market. The silver-faced centipede is full of good materials from top to bottom."
"So many?" Karun was a little surprised.
If one person could get at least 10,000 Order Vouchers, what about the whole team? It should be noted that this was the price after deducting the things everyone needed and selling them, such as the Savar 7 spell pistol they mentioned earlier, which would be given directly to Karun because he needed it, rather than being sold.
"In addition, there should be a lot of rewards for this passive mission. Let's see how the rewards are given. I hope they won't be too stingy," Peina smiled.
"We're in York City now, so we don't have to go pick up tasks for others like we used to and get a middleman's cut. They can't do it so obviously, so the profits will definitely be much higher than before," Fanny said.
"Yes, York City is a good place. We can earn points much faster. This way, our development will be even faster," Peina sighed.
The connection between points and his own development was not very close for Karun.
Of course, this was not because he was particularly special, not because he was arrogant, and not because the role of points in his own development was unclear. It was because no one was like him, able to imprint suitable advanced spells for himself with two pets at home.
At the same time, he could occasionally rely on face brushing, such as the ring on his hand. Lemar confiscated his money, but he still made 500 Abyss Vouchers.
In fact, his growth path was more luxurious, and some conditions could not even be stacked up with points.
"I want to go to bed first," Karun said.
After lying down, he felt a deep mental exhaustion.
"You go to sleep, sweetie," Fanny gave Karun a flying kiss.
Karun closed his eyes and went to sleep.
He slept for a long time. Because he ignored or, in other words, was not aware of one thing, although he used the Sea God's Armor and the Dark Moon Blade last night, the consumption was within a controllable range. The biggest consumption was actually when his consciousness entered the sealed space through the Lux copper coin.
Although the time was very short, the captain said it was less than a minute, the consumption was extremely alarming.
Therefore, when Karun woke up, he found that the brightness outside the French window was no different from when he had just fallen asleep. Even the position where the sun rose had not changed, which made him a little confused and thought he had only slept for a short while.
Sitting up, he saw Peina sleeping beside him, who liked to sleep naked.
Karun just lay there, staring blankly."If Pei Nuo knew that you were so fascinated by her body, she would be very happy when she wakes up," Vani walked out of the bathroom and said.
Karun shook his head. He wasn't looking at her body earlier.
"I feel a little dizzy."
"Dizziness is normal. You slept for a day and a night, so yesterday's magic exhausted your energy so much? You need to consider your timing for the next move."
"It's not that problem, it's something else," Karun explained, "It won't affect the fight."
He didn't want Vani to misunderstand and arrange the battle so that he would be placed at the back. It wasn't that he wanted to fight in the front, but he didn't want the team to underestimate his strength and not make the most of it when arranging the battle.
At this time, the doorbell rang.
Vani went to answer the door. "Okay, I got it."
Then, Vani walked to the bed and said, "Miss Ophelia is very worried about you. She seemed to want to call you for supper last night, but you were still asleep. Now she wants to call you for breakfast."
"Oh, okay."
After sleeping for so long, Karun also felt hungry.
After washing up and changing into a new outfit, Karun walked to the opposite room. A new young maid opened the door for him.
"Mr. Karun? Hmm, please come in. The Miss is waiting for you."
Karun walked in and saw Ophelia wearing traditional clothing from the Dark Moon Island, with her hands on the sofa and her legs crossed, looking at him as he walked in.
Also, Karun noticed that there were two carts in the room today.
"Mr. Karun slept for a long time?" Ophelia asked.
"Yeah."
Karun picked up a plate and started to put food on it.
"Yesterday... no, the day before yesterday was caused by the Lux Copper Coin event, right?"
"Didn't you get a report?" Karun finished a plate of food and sat down.
"I did, but it was very vague."
"Yes, the Lux Copper Coin, the source of sin."
"Oh, I see. It was really dangerous and regrettable. Actually, that night, I really wanted to solve the problem with you guys."
"Your identity is not suitable." Karun said.
"I can only find another opportunity in the future." Ophelia had something on her mind.
But Karun didn't ask further, because he knew that even if the Orthodox Church was wary of certain forces and did not allow them to go out, were they really so obedient? It was nothing more than an unspoken agreement on the basis of not going too far.
Karun ate four plates of food and was full.
"Are you going to attend the formal meeting today?"
"Yes, you also need to accompany me. By the way, I refused your cult's request to change the security team and continue to use you."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, it's what I should do."
Karun stood up and said, "Please enjoy your breakfast. I will go back and wait for you to go to the conference room together."
"Push one of the carts away."
"Can I?"
"As you can see, I prepared two carts today."
"Thank you for your generosity, Miss."
Karun pushed the cart back to his room.
Vani saw it and shouted, "Oh my god, you pushed the cart back again!"
"She prepared two carts today."
"Don't worry, I'll help you think of a name for the baby."
Then, Vani came to the bed and slapped Pei Nuo's butt with a slap.
"Smack!"
"Get up, let's eat something delicious!"
...
In the sealed space, Loya sat on her own grid, humming a song and swinging her legs.At this moment, a gentle woman's figure appeared in front of her. She was the spirit of a harp, a gift from the Sea God to her lover Mills.
"Luo Ya, you seem very happy today?"
"Yes, Sister Loni Dael."
"Why?"
"Because I dreamed of my little brother visiting me yesterday."
"That's great. Not every spirit can dream."
"Yeah, at first I couldn't even recognize my little brother. I called out to him a few times before confirming it was him."
"Oh? Is it because you've already blurred his appearance?"
"No, it's because he was wearing a silver mask."
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