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The challenge ends in a draw with no win or loss for both sides!

Many people can't believe it at all!

The nobles at the scene were stunned. They stood up from their seats at the same time. Those delicate noble ladies held their chests and crumbled on the spot, and the civilians were even more straightforward, screaming one by one.

Bart and others immediately rushed up to pick up the priest and leave the field, and the students of Master Dilkin quickly helped the teacher to leave—to be honest, at that time Yannick opened a slit and took a quick peek, he thought Master Dilkin acted a bit too much, and his stiff figure would not soften a bit. If it weren't for the people who mourned their loss at this moment, they didn't have time to care about them, Master Dilkin would definitely reveal his truth.

"Oh no, isn't Richard Dilkin a magister, how can he be so useless!" People who bet on the mage to win resented, Charlie's brother covered his eyes with one hand, and his wailing was also the voice of many people .

"But Bishop Hill is also very powerful. Didn't you see that just now he threw out spells one after another, and I could feel the heat from such a distance. Maybe that sorcerer is not as powerful as the legend says!" Charlie He happily refuted him, this young man who was so lucky had already started to calculate how much money he could get back.

The results of the challenge quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital. Overnight, many people went bankrupt. Regardless of whether they won or lost betting on the priest, those who originally thought of getting rich overnight now just want to cry.

Even the nobles sighed, Countess Charlotte even bet tens of thousands of gold coins on the gambling game, and now she can't hold a luxurious banquet for several weeks, which made her feel extremely distressed.

For this challenge, although large and small gambling games have been set up by the people, Mecklen’s gaming industry has not yet developed to the point of establishing a unified official betting point. When Yannick asked Sofia to place bets, Sofia divided the money into many shares , Betting on the gambling games set up by different nobles, including the Grand Duke of Mecklen, Countess Charlotte, etc., because their reputation is relatively high, and they will not renege on their debts at that time.

According to the latest odds before the challenge, the bet on Yannick was [-] to [-], and the bet on the draw was even less, [-] to [-], but this was enough.

The previous two thousand gold coins, minus the one thousand won by betting on the priest, and the other one thousand can make a net profit of forty thousand.

My God, that's a lot of money!

Priest Darwin was going crazy with joy, he was even more excited than the client Yannick.

He looked at the [-] gold coins that Sophia had brought back, his eyes were filled with the shadows of the gold coins, and he was already imagining the scene where everyone had a share to get the bonus.

What would he do with the money, eat a good meal, or buy some nice clothes?

However, His Excellency Bishop poured a basin of cold water on him.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not going to distribute the money to everyone. I have other uses."

The others were not as excited as Darwin, and Avery asked, "Sir, can we know what you think?"

"Of course." Yannick said, "I plan to distribute [-] of the [-] gold coins, and donate them in the name of our Priests of the Garter Empire to the families of soldiers who resisted the undead on the front lines of all countries on the mainland and those who lost their homes in the war. civilians."

That's a good idea!Everyone's eyes lit up, which not only helped people, but also the reputation of the priest group would be greatly improved immediately, and each of them could also record a brilliant result.

"But the money we won from the bet, will it make the people of Mecklen feel bad?" Avery asked.

"No, dear, of course you can't use the name of gambling, and you can't donate now." Yannick smiled: "I'm still an 'injured patient', the kind of coma longer than awake time. We will meet in half a month Leaving the Mecklen capital, I will bring it up to Bishop Michel at that time."

Priest Darwin wept: "...Your Excellency, with all due respect, even if you want to donate, wouldn't [-] gold coins be too much?"

"Not much at all, Darwin. There are seven countries on the mainland. If you share one point, you will lose everything." Yannick gently reassured the soldiers, "Of course, I will also reward you. This time everyone has worked hard. The rest In addition to continuing to use the money as a team fund, I will also give each of you a bonus."

Hearing these words, not only the Priest Darwin who immediately became elated again, but also a touch of joy appeared on the faces of everyone else.

The few priests and knights who joined the team were even more happy. When Bishop Lahe sent them to follow the new bishop, they were still frustrated because they were a bit like Avery and others before, and their status in the Holy See was a little bit different. No embarrassment, even after the bishop agreed to the mage's challenge, they were skeptical, but now, this suspicion has gradually faded, and instead, they slowly integrated into the team and began to have a follow-up The same sense of collective honor as Avery and others, and loyalty.

In a word: follow Bishop Hill to eat meat.

Yannick did not ignore the expressions of the crowd.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and no matter how lofty the ideal is, it cannot do without financial support.Yannick highly admires an oriental proverb in his original world: Zhang Yi relaxes, the way of civil and military.If one regards setting up lofty ideals and requiring everyone to possess the virtues of loyalty and restraint as "Zhang", then giving appropriate spiritual encouragement and material rewards is "Chi".

If a team wants to maintain a long-term close unity, it will feel weak after a long time only by relying on the illusory sense of honor and reputation. It also needs a strong catalyst and adhesive.

For example, this challenge has provoked an unprecedented sense of crisis for everyone. Once the challenge fails, Yannick is likely to be dismissed, and the priests will definitely be disbanded, so everyone will work hard to complete the task in unison. At the same time, it also strengthens the unity, even the Darwin priest is no exception, his starting point may be different from others, but at least the purpose is the same.

After the task, proper summarization and ideological education are also necessary. If you want to know why there was such a position as a political commissar in the army of the country in Nick’s previous life, if there is no unity of thought, people’s hearts will disperse. Things can't be done.

And money is another kind of glue. It is not common to use money to win people's hearts. As long as you don't simply materialize things and make the team members feel that anything can be bought with money, Augustine opened his mouth and seemed to want to To refuse, Yannick said: "You don't need to feel shy, you deserve the money."

"I know that not long ago, there were many people who were not optimistic about us, including you, dear Lev, Morton, and others, well, don't rush to defend yourself, listen to me, I didn't It’s human nature to blame you. There’s a saying that goes well, big people don’t necessarily have a happy childhood.”

"Augustin, I remember that you were transferred to the side hall of the Central Holy See to sweep the floor for a month because you refused to flatter your superiors? Avery, you like to refute other people's opinions, so the priest who led you didn't like it very much. You, deliberately put you on a mission to exterminate vampires, and sent you to me. And Darwin, we all know that you are Archbishop Gustav, but you ask yourself, Gustav Does the archbishop value you, don't you want to be a priest who doesn't need to depend on others?"

The people he named were a little ashamed, but their eyes were slightly moistened by his words. Even the heartless Priest Darwin pouted when he thought of what Archbishop Gustav had said to him before he set off. lowered his head.

"So, all I want to say is that even if everyone looks down on us, we can't look down on ourselves. I won't let you be wronged if you are in the priest group for a day."

"Your Excellency Hill!" Avery's eyes were slightly red, and he was a little choked up. "I'm sorry...for treating you like that before!"

"Me too," Augustine said less excitedly than he did, but his voice also sank. "I must solemnly apologize to you, even if it is a belated apology."

"You have already apologized before, so you don't need to take it to heart." Yannick laughed.

Although the others did not speak, they were not unmoved. No one would dislike the feeling of being respected and valued.

"Ah, I, I..." Priest Darwin looked around and found that he was the only one who hadn't confessed his loyalty, so he quickly began to organize his words.

"Okay," Yannick interrupted him gently: "All in all, in my mind, you are the best priests and knights. Maybe our team still has a lot of shortcomings, but I believe that one day in the future, our priests The group will become the best priest group on the continent, and my priests and knights, you, will also become the best priests and knights!"

His eyes swept over everyone, but his gentle and calm tone made everyone's hearts faintly agitated. After the previous thoughts, everyone seemed to have seen the grand blueprint that Yannick said. A clear direction for the future.

"Now, please tell me, gentlemen," Yannick said, "are you willing to work hard for this great goal?"

"Yes, Lord Hill, we are willing to fight for this!"

The tidy and loud voice echoed in the room.

After everyone left, Sophia stayed.

"Ah, Yannick, what you just said is really touching!" She was deeply affected by the scene just now, and her mood fluctuated accordingly. "It's a pity that women can't join the Holy See, otherwise I really want to join your priests."

Yannick laughed and said, "You have more important things to do, Sophia, inheriting the Earl's Mansion is no easier than being a bishop!"

"Okay, okay, as soon as you mentioned this, I started to have a headache. I think my father just wants to kill me now, and I don't want to go back at all!" Sophia mumbled, thinking for a while and said: " Did you really decide to give the money to the nobles of each country? To be honest, I don't think they can make good use of this huge sum of money. Even though I am a noble myself, the nobles of Mecklen really disappoint me. "

"But you have to know that it is those nobles who hold the power of all countries now." The silver-haired priest lying on the bed with the "wounded" said, "It is impossible for us to go around them and act alone, and even if we don't mention the game, it may not be the same. Someone will guess where the money came from. If you don’t use the money to stop the mouths of these nobles, they will cause trouble for us, including Bishop Michel. I can see that he is already dissatisfied with me. Well, since this challenge, I've been doing the opposite of what he wanted."

"Actually, I didn't expect that the challenge between you and that mage Dilkin would end in this way." Sophia smiled and wanted to touch the head of the black cat lying at the end of the bed, but was suddenly bitten hard by the cat. Her swordsman's skill couldn't dodge, and she couldn't help screaming. "It's too agile!"

"That's a vicious cat, you'd better not mess with it, my dear." Yannick said.

The black cat stood up and went around to the priest's hand, rubbed his palm, and even stretched out his tongue to lick it, but was picked up by the priest and thrown off the bed. Sophia felt a little pitiful looking at it.

"Well, maybe you're right, because even I have some doubts about whether you have planned it with Master Dilkin, and those nobles must have doubts too."

"They have no evidence, so they can only suspect." The priest sat on the bed leisurely holding a book, "And now we donate money equally to each country, so that the nobles can taste the sweetness, but also let them have nothing to say Say, they can keep the money in their own pockets, and we can help those soldiers and civilians in private."

"Priest Darwin belongs to Archbishop Gustav, and he will report all these things to Gustav." Sophia reminded him.

"That's why I left the remaining [-] gold coins." Yannick had already thought about everything, "I will draw another [-] gold coins separately, divide them into three, and give one to Archbishop Gustav , give a copy to Archbishop Fanserich. But if it can’t pass through Darwin, that guy will definitely withhold part of the money secretly, and then I will let Avery send it over. As for Archbishop Lahe, he single-handedly promoted me People, likewise, cannot be left behind."

Sophia: "Are you bribing? They are cardinals!"

Yannick spread his hands: "The archbishop also needs to eat and sleep. No one will be troubled by money. They compete with each other and buy people's hearts. Most of them need money. Two thousand gold coins are not too small. With the status of the archbishop, It’s not too much to look down on. Sending a sum of money to keep them silent is a very good deal.”

Sophia felt that Yannick would open the door to a new world every time: "Then what about the Pope?"

Yannick: "Have you heard that someone can bribe the Pope?"

Sophia: "...it seems not."

Yannick: "At the level of His Majesty the Pope, all the wealth of the Holy See is in his hands. He is not short of money at all. What he wants is fame and status, which can be recorded in the annals of history, the reputation that will be recited by later generations, and the reputation that is received by the future generations. The supreme place of respect and adoration."

"Well, it's undeniable that you are always more thoughtful than me, and I can't fault it anymore." Sophia shrugged, a little frustrated, "It makes me feel useless and I can't help you."

Yannick laughed, with gentle eyes: "Silly girl, why do you think so? You are my best friend, and friendship does not need to be defined by how much you have helped each other, and along the way you have already Helped me a lot, Bart and Baker are too upright, I can't count on them for some things, and the identities of Avery and others are not very convenient, without you, I really don't know what to do."

There is a kind of man in this world, even if there is no special meaning in his every sentence, you will still have the illusion of ambiguity and affection.

Sophia told herself to calm down, but she still couldn't help blushing. She quickly changed the subject: "So what are you going to do next?"

Yannick said: "I plan to leave here and go to the elf territory to visit the elf queen."

Sophia was surprised by his sudden decision: "Aren't you taking Avery and them?"

Yannick said: "Of course not. Their identities are too eye-catching. The elves don't like priests. Such a large group of people will definitely be unwelcome. I plan to say goodbye to Bishop Michel and tell him that we will continue Go to other cities in Mecklen to travel, and then let Ai Fuli continue to form, and I will leave alone for a few days to go to the elf territory."

The elf territory borders on the Principality of Mecklen and is located in the dense forest on the northwest edge of the mainland. This is why Yannick chose the Principality of Mecklen as the first stop of his visit.With the token of the male elf Sota, coupled with his kindness for saving the elves twice in a row, and his current bishop status, he believed that the elf queen would definitely meet him.

Sophia disagreed: "That's too dangerous! The elves have always been hostile to priests, don't you even want to bring Bart?!"

Yannick: "The existence of Bart also symbolizes that I am still in the team to a certain extent. After all, this matter should not be too publicized. I don't want to cause trouble for the Holy See."

Hearing that he didn't seem to bring his own meaning, Sophia was a little disappointed, and then she heard the priest say: "Dear girl, I think you should go back too, your father must miss you very much."

"No!" Sophia subconsciously refused.

For her fear of going home, Yannick was a little helpless: "You can't never go back."

Sophia: "My father always opposes me being a swordsman, but I only yearn for a free life."

Yannick: "My dear girl, you can't live for yourself. You have your responsibilities. Your father needs you. Being a nobleman is not contradictory to studying sword skills, just like Chris."

"Oh, Lord Chris is not as annoying as my old father. His Majesty the Emperor will definitely approve of what he wants to do!" Sophia complained, and found that even the priest did not support her wandering outside for too long. I had no choice but to compromise: "Okay, when you leave, I will return to Guardian."

"Earl Marin will be proud of you." Yannick would never have imagined that his good intentions would put Sophia in an extremely dangerous situation in the future.

But at this moment, Sophia finally listened to his advice, and decided to go home and continue to quarrel with her old father, oh no, to live in harmony.

After persuading Sophia away, the little black cat immediately returned to the figure of a tall man.

"Honey, I think what you said just now is very correct." The earl of the blood race sat down on the chair, and it was rare that he was very gentlemanly and didn't come over to move his hands and feet. "People can't just live for themselves. You have your responsibility. Obviously, I am your responsibility. You have to be responsible for me."

Yannick looked at the book without raising his head: "Where is Chris, don't tell me that you have killed him, otherwise how could he let you here?"

"Although I really want to do this, but you know, a gentlemanly blood race will not do such a thing." The man obviously selectively forgot what he did before, "not to mention that I want to win now Your heart."

"My heart can only be used on ladies." The priest was unmoved, "Where's Chris?"

"You make me sad." Ans sighed. "Well, we have reached an agreement for the time being. Before you arrive at the elf territory, I will accompany you. When you come out of the territory, he will pick you up."

"Agreement? You guys fell in love. It's something worth celebrating!" Yannick wondered when the two of them could shake hands and make peace. Is this the rhythm of some conspiracy?

"No, no, don't use such disgusting words, my dear." The Blood Duke made no secret of his disgust, "It's just a temporary truce agreement."

"...can I have the honor to know the contents?"

"no, you can not."

"..."

"Don't look at me like that, baby." The man said with a smile, "If it wasn't for my strength not fully recovered, I wouldn't have made any contract with him."

"Goddess of Light, no matter what you do in private, hope has nothing to do with me."

"Of course it has something to do with you." After saying this, no matter what Yannick tried again, the Blood Duke kept smiling with a pretentious expression and remained silent.

Even if Yannick asked Chris later, the other party also kept his mouth tightly shut, resolutely refusing to reveal a word.

After that, even after many years, throughout Yannick's life, he still failed to know the content of this agreement. Therefore, the secret agreement between two great figures who crossed races was called Olin Continent by later historians. One of the top ten mysteries.

Now, the priest pursed his lips unhappily: "It seems that I can't refuse."

Anse: "Yes, baby, but because of the agreement I made with that autistic mage, I won't touch you without your consent."

Yannick: "Then, I want to add a condition, you must become a kitten, and you cannot change back into a human form without my permission."

"As you wish." The man disappeared on the spot, replaced by a little black cat with green eyes, raised its head and meowed twice.

Yannick thought for a while, then took out his staff, grabbed the kitten's tail before it turned to run away vigilantly, and threw several holy lights on it.

The powerful hypnotism quickly took effect on the cat-shaped vampire whose strength had not fully recovered. The kitten's eyes turned into mosquito-repellent coils, and then fell limply on the ground.

Yannick pinched its nape and stuffed it into the sleeve with satisfaction.

Much safer now.