Chapter 335: Counting Money

As the only true Dream Sect member participating in this maritime cleanup, it was Klein's responsibility to tally the spoils and distribute them according to the rules.

This was a very painful task; the feeling of money flowing through one's hands was truly intoxicating, but it wasn't his!

Well... most of it wasn't.

After some internal struggle, Klein finished the tally.

"Is it really that exaggerated?" Leonard also saw the ledger, his expression stiffening for a moment.

"What was the annual budget for the Blackthorn Security Company again?" He looked toward Klein.

"That's right, the data recorded on just this one page is enough to cover the Blackthorn Security Company's expenses for five years." Klein flipped to a page at random and pointed at the number.

"So rich..." Leonard muttered, then raised an eyebrow and asked, "Then how much do I have?"

"Yours..." Klein searched for a moment, "is a full 【pounds】 pounds."

Pfft!

Although he was somewhat prepared, Leonard still spat out a mouthful of tea.

The bounty for "Iron" Maiweiti, who shared the same Sequence as Leonard, was 6,000 pounds; doubling that makes 【pounds】 pounds, and adding 4,000 pounds for recovering the Characteristic brings it to 【pounds】 pounds.

"You need a Characteristic?" Klein guessed.

"We need to exchange for two items." Maric and Sharon, who had been silent until now, both spoke up.

"Alright, I'll keep an eye out for you." Klein nodded gently, preparing to put in some effort to trade for the "Puppet" Characteristic; the name of the Dream Sect was very useful.

"You still got less, after all, you were in a support role; Maric and Sharon's are even more astonishing, though this number of yours has already had a portion deducted from their spoils to give to you."

The "Wraith" was in Klein's hands, belonging to Senor, while the "Puppet" should have fallen into the hands of the "Sea King."

"It's not that exaggerated," Klein shook his head.

"Then what about you?" Leonard asked curiously; this time, Klein was the main force, killing two Sequence 5s in a row.

"Yes, I need the 'Wraith', and Sharon needs the 'Puppet'," Maric said.

"Do you have the formula?" Klein looked at Sharon in the mirror.

Pirate Admirals are not the same as ordinary pirates; their bounties are almost all ten times higher.

"I remember the 'Admiral of Blood' bounty is 【pounds】 pounds..." Leonard suddenly stalled.

So, as long as one kills a Sequence 6 Beyonder, it is a guaranteed 【pounds】 gold pounds in the account.

Besides, Miss Sharon has the Dream Badge personally given by Bishop Chumen, which represents recognition!

"... I haven't seen this much money in all my life." Leonard held it in for a long time before finally blurting out this sentence.

"We do." Sharon nodded silently.

However, everything this time needed to be tallied by Klein; this was immense power, and Klein could actually negotiate with the Storm Church.

His weekly salary was considered high-income even in Backlund, but he had truly never seen such a large sum of money.

This time, he had basically taken down two Maiweitis.

In that battle, after Klein left the four-person squad, Leonard used "Enter Dream," "Sleep," and "Steal" to support Maric and Sharon, which also led to these two having an extremely high kill rate, with Sharon's being more than double Leonard's.

The Sequence 6 "Iron" is 6,000 pounds, while the Admiral of Blood is 【pounds】 pounds.

"You made a net profit of 200,000 pounds on this trip?!"

"On my own, it would have been almost impossible to kill Senor, who had the help of the 'Tree of Flesh and Meat' and the 'Apostle of Desire,' so this is not just my credit."

"Even if Edwina hadn't held back that ship of Blood-Venerating Cultists, I wouldn't have had a chance at all."

"So I factored Edwina in as well, and in the end, it wasn't that much."

As for that last ship of Blood-Venerating Cultists, Klein killed a few, but he split them evenly with Edwina.

Most of the Blood-Venerating Cultists' kill counts were attributed to the three Demigods; that was the real bulk of it.

Two Demigods, dozens of Blood-Venerating Cultists, and an average of two Sealed Artifacts per person...

That was an astronomical figure.

At the time, Keleistai was silent for a long time after hearing the rough number.

"So what about yours?" Leonard crossed his arms and looked at Klein, humming softly.

He knew Klein well enough; if it weren't vastly different from the people on the scene, Klein wouldn't be evasive.

So Leonard was very curious about that number.

"..." Klein's eye twitched, "This is what you want to know."

"..." Klein's voice even carried a slight tremor, "I took a rather auspicious number."

"..." The scene suddenly fell into a dead silence.

"This is because Senor and the 'Apostle of Desire' were both carrying at least one Sequence 5 Sealed Artifact, and the 'Tree of Flesh and Meat' also had one Sequence 5 Characteristic," Klein explained.

But this was even worse than not explaining at all...

"Sure enough, you'd better not speak, otherwise I won't be able to suppress the negative effects of the gloves."

Leonard's gloves were a Sealed Artifact formed from a "Marauder" Characteristic; their ability was "Steal," and their negative effect was also "Steal."

"Uh..." Klein's forehead was covered in black lines.

"Is the Dream Sect's funding that abundant?" Leonard decided not to think about Klein's number.

"... More abundant than we imagined." Klein's expression became somewhat strange.

"I wrote a letter to Bishop Chumen..." Klein's expression was somewhat complex, "He directly gave me a transfer order, allowing me to mobilize funds from the Solomon Empire."

The headquarters of the Dream Sect is in the Didu of the Solomon Empire.

"He's really not afraid I'll take the money and run..." Klein complained; the resources that transfer order could mobilize were enough to make the vast majority of people feel greedy.

"Do you dare?" Leonard scoffed.

"..." Klein truly did not dare.

"Ahem, let's not talk about this; I have already received a clear answer from the 'Sword of the Goddess,' and I have obtained the opportunity for advancement."

"What about me?" Leonard's eyes lit up.

"You probably won't be able to get it from the Church," Klein thought for a moment and said, "but you could try applying for it here at the Dream Sect."

Given the wealth of the Dream Sect, a Sequence 5 Potion was not a problem; even if he had to purchase it, Leonard had more than enough gold pounds now.

"Alright!" Leonard had already realized that the gap between himself and Klein was constantly widening, and at this point, he could only do his best to catch up.

"Very good." Leonard was already quite satisfied with this.

They only needed to act out their roles to keep up, and their small team would then experience a tremendous leap forward.

Having a Demigod and not having a Demigod were two completely different concepts.

Only after this leap forward would Klein and the others have more capital to participate in the subsequent actions against the Blood Sect.