Strength 99999 but the Holy Sister

"Well, this is the money for the wine. Now that you have this money, make good use of it."

Aisha said, turning and leaving.

Now that the matter was resolved, Elsa didn't plan to say anything more. She let Valk figure out how to solve his own problems. The entire fortress was in a mess now, and there wasn't much Elsa could do alone. She just thought that maybe she should go back and talk to Shibern to see if he, as the lord, had any feasible suggestions to alleviate these big and small problems.

Thinking of this, Elsa came to the clothing store and, to the stunned eyes of the store manager, she directly bid for a gold coin and waved her hand.

"I want all the clothes here."

Aisha said.

She felt that she must be very similar to the rich, cool and handsome female CEO in the soap opera in her previous life.

Then, Elsa began to sweep the streets. She bought a lot of clothes, bread, and dry food. However, Elsa did not buy all of them, especially the essential needs such as medicines. If she bought them all, wouldn’t the people here have nothing to use?

So Elsa left a lot of room, as long as it was enough for Weilin Town to use.

On the street, Elsa also saw many dirty people sitting on the street - no matter who they were, as long as Elsa thought they might need help, Elsa would give them some copper coins.

Until all the money Elsa had was gone.

"It seems I still need to redeem a little more."

For the first time, Aisha felt that her money was not enough. Thinking that there was still some time before the half hour agreed upon with Ryan, she turned and walked towards the guild.

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145. Give me some money (3K)

The Adventurer's Guild is no longer as strong as it used to be.

Originally the busiest place in the guild, now there are only a dozen adventurers staying here. In the entire huge guild hall, the number of adventurers combined is less than the number of counter staff, making it feel deserted.

Anne sat behind the counter, and next to her was a young girl who was also a guild employee named Blanche, who was in charge of managing the account books.

Anne and Blanche worked together to sort through the detailed payouts for temporary recruitments sent from the Church and the Knights. These were the settlement fees for the Lord's Mansion's emergency recruitment requests. After transferring and additional settlements from the Adventurer's Guild, the payouts were then paid and reconfirmed based on each adventurer's recorded achievements. It was a complex task, requiring careful and slow transcription to avoid mistakes. She glanced at the sheer volume of numbers—this tedious, repetitive work could easily make her doze off, even though it was relaxing.

Simply put, the fortress will pay the commission remuneration to the adventurers who last participated in the underground palace battle through the Adventurer's Guild. However, this type of emergency commission involving major events is of great importance and may even involve certain secrets, so it will not be handled by the regional branch - but will be transferred to the headquarters for direct accounting and recording.

Moreover, for such important events involving the safety of all human countries, the Association will always have an independent set of methods to deal with them. In addition to the rewards that should be paid, the Association will also allocate a sum of money from the Association based on the actual situation of the commission to support and commend adventurers who have achieved great achievements.

Like the Warlock Union, Metallurgical Union, Pharmacist Union and other federations under the Holy See, the guild is an organization that spans countries and regions. The additional recognition awarded by the general guild is a prestigious honor for any adventurer, and no one will refuse it.

"Next is...Filia Livlet."

Blanche read out the name of an adventurer and then gave a soft cry.

"Wow~ She's amazing! Her reward seems a bit high—seven thousand three hundred and thirty-nine."

Blanche called out the scores, and Anne checked them and wrote them down.

Anne couldn't help but pause for a moment.

The last time such a large amount of compensation was counted was probably because of Elsa.

At that time, Elsa single-handedly took out nearly half of the magic ore on the entire first floor - and the other half was in the hands of Elsa's partner, the seemingly hidden new adventurer. Anne still remembered her name was Vivian.

Although several days have passed, Annie still can't help but think of Elsa.

When she heard that people from the church were also involved in the battle in the underground palace, she was a little worried about Elsa. As a result, the next day Elsa blew the demon general into fireworks. When Annie learned about this, she was completely stunned.

She had always known that Elsa was very powerful, otherwise how could she have obtained so many magic ores by herself? But Annie didn't know that Elsa was so powerful that she could defeat and kill the demon general alone. This was not something that could be simply summarized by the word "strong".

Until now, she hears all kinds of people talking about Elsa's deeds every day, and she often thinks of Elsa, but she knows that Elsa will probably never come back.

After all, the identity of an adventurer is not worthy of Elsa.

Anne would occasionally imagine how she should treat Elsa if she came to the guild again. Anne was just a small guild employee, while Elsa was a powerful figure admired by the entire Dammas Fortress... and even the entire empire. She really couldn't afford to do that.

"By the way, Anne, do you know her? This Philia Livret."

Blanche chatted with Anne from time to time so that neither of them would fall asleep.

"I remember her. She's very beautiful and a gold medal adventurer."

Anne said, thinking of the gold medal adventurer Philia Livlet, who always wore a hood and a robe, making it difficult to see her face, but her emerald hair and green eyes were still obvious.

"Gold medal, no wonder... But even among the gold medalists, she's pretty impressive, right? Other gold medals usually only have one or two thousand points, and silver medals even less—why did she get so many points, you ask?"

"Perhaps he has accomplished something extraordinary."

"Could it be that she killed the vampire?"

Blanche expressed her guess.

"possible."

The calculation of these rewards issued by the General Guild is confidential. Anne and Blanche do not know how the rewards of these adventurers are composed. The only thing that is certain is that the higher the points, the greater the role they play in the underground palace battle.

"Anyway, let's get on with it."

Anne stretched and turned to the next page.

At this moment, Anne suddenly noticed an abnormally long string of numbers on the account sheet. She frowned slightly and took another closer look.

"Hmm? What's going on..."

However, when she saw the string of numbers clearly, Anne's heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened.

"thousand……"

One, two, three, four, five... eight digits? Blanche naturally saw the long string of numbers as well.

"Annie, did you see that?—Ten million points!"

And it is more than 70 million, which is an incredibly large number.

Anne and Blanche stared at each other blankly, their eyes filled with inexplicable expressions. The momentary shock left Anne and Blanche somewhat stunned. The previous points totaled only a few hundred thousand, and that was the combined total of so many adventurers. Yet, here it clearly stated over seventy million.

"This is definitely a mistake, right? — No, could it really be this wrong?"

Blanche had begun to doubt.

Anne subconsciously looked away and saw the name in front of the unusually long list of points items. There was a name written in beautiful font - Elsa Faris.

Elsa?

When Anne saw Elsa's name, her excited heart suddenly calmed down, and her back, which had been sitting straight, relaxed.

If these points were a reward for Elsa, Anne felt that everything made sense. Elsa, the hero who had defeated and annihilated the demon general, had saved the fortress from danger and eliminated the undead demon general Tobias—both of these great feats were credited to Elsa. How could she have earned fewer points? Honestly, Anne didn't think the demon general's achievement could even be measured in points.

Anne sighed helplessly, her eyes scanning Elsa's name carefully.

If Annie hadn't seen this, she would have almost forgotten that Elsa was an adventurer in the guild - for a famous hero, the identity of adventurer was really too shabby.

"That's no problem—just look who this is."

Anne said, and Blanche also suddenly realized.

"It's 'Hero-sama'... then it's alright."

Blanche and Anne looked at each other and tacitly chose to look away - Anne knew Elsa, and so did Blanche, because she was saved by Elsa during the zombie outbreak. At that time, she was following a few adventurers, and she saw with her own eyes that Elsa destroyed all the terrible zombies with one blow. Since then, she has been unable to help but admire Elsa.

But Blanche also knew that Elsa naturally didn't remember her.

After Blanche reported the points, Anne began to copy them.

"But, Annie...don't you find it strange?"

Blanche suddenly said, Anne raised her eyebrows, and saw that Blanche was still staring at the account book in her hand. She felt a little sore in the corners of her eyes.

"What's weird?"

"I remember that 'Hero-sama' didn't join our guild's emergency commission, right?"

"Well……"

Anne thought for a moment and nodded.

"She's at the church."

Anne said.

Elsa was not among the adventurers who participated in the emergency commission at that time. Anne handled these lists personally, and she remembered clearly that Elsa did not participate in the battle through the guild, but as a church member.

"So, that's the weird part. The guild shouldn't have to pay her any additional compensation, since she didn't participate in the guild's operations. Even if compensation was required, it should be the responsibility of the Church and the Empire. But what's strange is that it clearly states that these 70 million points are all to be added to Elsa by the Guild Headquarters. It has nothing to do with the Empire or the Church."

"So, it was the General Guild that paid for it without authorization."

Anne spread her hands.

“That’s very intriguing.”

"So, it's about winning over, right? They're definitely trying to win over 'Hero Highness'!"

Blanche made a declaration-like sound, looking very angry - it seemed that the great image of the hero in her heart had been tarnished by this kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation.

Anne couldn't help laughing.

"I think it's more about climbing up rather than trying to win over."

"what?"

"You have to understand that the guild has no right to control a hero who defeated the demon general. I think it's not that the guild awarded Elsa a reward or honor, but rather that the guild paid a huge price for the opportunity to award and honor Elsa. Of course, whether Elsa accepts the reward or not is another matter."

"It seems reasonable..."

Blanche frowned in thought, but soon glared at him again.

"Hey, how dare you call Her Majesty the Hero by her name? Damn it... I was the one who admired her first!"

"But I've known her for a long time."

Anne deliberately teased Blanche, and their laughter added a touch of liveliness to the deserted guild hall.

Meanwhile, Elsa walked into the guild and went straight to Annie's counter.

"Long time no see, Annie."

Elsa smiled gently, and Anne and Blanche quickly stopped playing and looked at Elsa. Anne didn't react at first, but was stunned the next moment.

"A-Aisha...!?"

She exclaimed softly, but immediately covered her mouth and hurriedly pulled Blanche, who was also stunned at this time - Elsa was her 'hero', and there were not many opportunities to see a hero at such a close distance.

Neither of them spoke for a moment, as they felt the scene before them was unreal.

"I'm not disturbing you, are you?"

Elsa placed her golden badge on the counter.

"Can you help me get some cash?"

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146. Send me a commission

Guild points have many uses and can also be directly exchanged for cash.

When Annie reported the points in the account, Elsa was stunned for a moment, then relieved - she also understood the guild's intentions.

However, unlike Sheborn, the guild's attitude was more intriguing. And fittingly, Anne was just a clerk, so Elsa naturally couldn't get more useful information from her.

In this case, Elsa didn't plan to delve into the matter of these points, and simply withdrew a few thousand gold coins in cash.

While Anne was making account transfers and preparing cash, Aisha spoke to her.

"Come to think of it, the guild seems deserted today... where did all the adventurers go?"

Annie looked very nervous facing Elsa.

Elsa thought it was quite amusing to occasionally see Anne, who was always so formal, make such an expression.

"They've all gone to the underground palace—because the Lord's Mansion has issued a call for manpower, and the Knights simply don't have enough..." Annie said. As the guild's receptionist, she was familiar with many of the current events. "The Knights also issued a recruitment notice today, seemingly planning to add some personnel. However, before the reserve knights arrive, the current issues must be properly resolved."

So I chose the adventurer.

"That's it..."

Elsa looked around and found that there were only a few adventurers left in the guild. They were all hardcore. Perhaps they were the lowest level and had nowhere else to go.