The reception room of the Vulcan Church was silent. Pope Ymir seemed to be lost in his memories.
Vanilla kept staring at Ymir's expression, trying to observe something from it. In the end, she seemed to have given up and sat down beside Tang En.
Coco looked at her, her eyes full of questions.
Vanilla shook her head slightly, so Coco sat down again.
"Speaking of which," Tang En took a sip of hot tea and suddenly said, "Is no one going to introduce me?"
Ymir's body trembled, and he woke up from his memories. "This is?"
"His Excellency Norberti Tang," Odra said.
"The leader of the Phoenix Mercenary Group, Her Holiness Saintess Vanilla, was escorted back by this Excellency. In addition, there is a very embarrassing thing to report. Her Holiness Saintess Coco was also rescued by them."
Ymir was stunned. "Even Her Holiness Saintess Coco was rescued by His Excellency?"
This news was a little shocking!
Previously, he had received news that there were more than 100,000 Shamans gathered at Gorgon Crater. Without a certain amount of manpower and strength, it was impossible to rescue Coco.
But …
Among the most famous mercenary groups in Prandal, there was no one called the Phoenix Mercenary Group!
Odra whispered, "They have less than 50 people …"
Less than 50 people!?
Ymir was shocked and took a deep breath. He did not dare to underestimate Tang En anymore.
To be able to rescue Coco from the Shamans with such a huge difference in numbers, this could only mean one thing — there was a real super expert in this mercenary group!
"It is an honor to meet you, Your Holiness."
Tang En greeted him politely. "This time, I am here to settle the cost of escorting Saintess Vanilla and rescuing Saintess Coco."
When Tang En said this, Ymir's heart relaxed a little.
"I think we need to talk about the price."
Ymir wore a friendly smile, trying to increase his friendliness. Unfortunately, as an elder of the Leon Lion Clan, his smile would only make humans think of ferocious and cunning.
Tang En put on a negotiating posture. "We have escorted Miss Vanilla all the way from the south of the Irus Empire to here, and we have experienced countless dangers along the way. Therefore, our offer for escorting her is five million gold coins."
Five million gold coins!
Emil's heart trembled. Damn it, this guy's asking price is really ruthless! If she had known that he would be so ruthless, she would have spoken first!
"This price is really …"
Emir said with difficulty, "Even if you hire a top mercenary group to fight a war, it would only cost this much …"
The corners of Tang En's mouth curled up, revealing a contemptuous sneer, "Isn't your Saintess worth five million gold coins?"
"I agree."
Ymir nodded without hesitation. "But please keep this a secret."
The missing Saintess Vanilla had been sent back. This was great news for the Vulcan Church, but in view of what had happened before, Ymir felt that it was necessary to do something. It was necessary to keep it a secret for the time being.
Ymir was actually very glad at this moment because the two Saintesses, Vanilla and Coco, had returned. Even if he and Nobordi couldn't agree on the price, the two Saintesses wouldn't be taken away by him.
In other words, the Vulcan Church already had the advantage in this matter, and could ruthlessly lower the price.
I'll give you this amount, do you want it? Don't want it? If you don't want it, then throw it here. Take it or leave it.
Ymir was very pleased with himself, but he didn't know that Tang En was laughing wildly in his heart.
This transaction was free from the beginning. No matter how much money the Vulcan Church took out, it was free. It was a net profit! Moreover, the matter of the Saintess was the dark history of the Vulcan Church. Now that this dark history was in his hands, they wouldn't dare to dissatisfy him. In the end, they would definitely give him a reasonable price.
"Also, regarding the matter of rescuing Saintess Coco, our mercenary group wasted a huge favor. This price must satisfy us."
Seeing how serious Tang En was, Ymir looked at Odora with a little doubt.
Odora hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "In order to save Her Holiness Saintess Coco, His Excellency Nobordi invited Master Angus to help."
"Master Angus?"
Ymir was startled. "That Master Angus? The Miracle Hands? "
"Yes, it's him. He turned the entire Gorgon Crater into a sea of fire and burned all the Shamans to death …"
"Hiss!"
Ymir sucked in a breath of cold air. "More than a hundred thousand Shamans, all burned to death!?"
This was a massacre!
If those Saintesses who preached equality every day knew about it, wouldn't he be scolded to death!?
"Yes …"
After hesitating for a moment, Odora continued, "But now that Master Angus has sent a storm over there, it has turned into a huge inland lake. All traces have been submerged, so there's no need to worry."
Ymir was a little relieved. "That's good."
"Master Angus and I have some friendship. He once owed me a favor and promised to do something for me."
Tang En said with a very emotional look. "I didn't expect that this favor would be used here in the end …"
Damn it!
Ymir was shocked. That was a favor from a legendary hero. It could solve almost any problem, but he actually used it here!
If he didn't take out a decent gift this time, not only would the other party be unhappy, but even Master Angus would think that the Fire God Vatican looked down on him and feel ashamed!
"Ten million gold coins!"
Before Tang En could ask for more, Ymir said first, "The Fire God Vatican is willing to pay you ten million gold coins as a thank you gift!"
"Only ten million, I really don't have any more …"
Ymir said rather gloomily. "Our Fire God Vatican's funds have always been tight, and the number of believers has been low for a long time. We can't be compared to the other churches."
Damn it! Another poor bastard!
Tang En was speechless. It seemed that the Fire God Vatican was even poorer than the Radiant Church!
But when he thought carefully about the foundation of the Fire God Vatican, Tang En came to a realization.
Most of the believers in Caloma River were Warriors, and they were Orc Warriors from the Ryan Empire. The number of believers was really too small. It couldn't be compared to the Radiant Church or the Wind God Vatican at all. They had a wide range of believers!
Thinking of this, Tang En looked at Ymir sympathetically. "In that case, I'll reluctantly accept it …"
Vanilla rolled his eyes when he heard this.
You obviously picked up a huge sum of fifteen million gold coins for free, and you still have the cheek to say that you'll reluctantly accept it?!
If it wasn't for the fact that he had been taken care of in Ellington, Vanilla would have exposed his lie.
Coco watched the interaction between Vanilla and Tang En with interest. Although she had seen Tang En's strength, she didn't want to expose Tang En since he had saved her and her sister. Thus, she didn't want to expose Tang En.
She would just treat the money as a thank you gift for the time being.
"It's great that you're satisfied."
Ymir breathed a sigh of relief. "We're extremely grateful that you were able to send the two Saintesses back here in a time of crisis. If you need any help in the future, please don't hesitate. As long as it's not a bad thing, we'll definitely help if we can."
"Perhaps."
Tang En looked at him strangely. "There might really be a time when I need your help in the future."
One day, Tang En's power would expand to this side, but he didn't know if Ymir would still agree to help at that time.
Both sides sat there and chatted for a while before Tang En said goodbye. Ymir immediately found someone to complete the transfer of assets, and Tang En's bank card had an additional fifteen million gold coins. Picking up a huge sum of money for free made Tang En quite happy, and then he planned to leave.
"Wait a minute!"
Vanilla suddenly called out to Tang En, and then apologized to Ymir and the others. "You guys go back first. I'll send Sir Nobody off. After all, he took care of me before."
Ymir and the others didn't suspect anything and happily agreed.
The two walked out side by side, and Tang En teased, "What's wrong? Can't bear to part with me? "
Vanilla glared at him, looked around, and then suddenly pulled Tang En behind a pillar.
"What are you doing?"
Tang En looked at Vanilla with a horrified expression. "Don't tell me you want to push me down here!"
"Be serious!"
Vanilla frowned. "Is there nothing else in your head other than having sex?"
"Okay, stop fooling around."
Tang En raised his hand. "What are you trying to say?"
"Something's not right!"
"What do you mean?"
"When His Holiness the Pope saw me, his eyes were very strange. He was shocked, suspicious, and even used identification magic on me."
"This is normal. If Eluri suddenly disappeared for a year and came back, I would definitely check inside and out."
"But don't forget how I saw you."
Vanilla said expressionlessly, "I was brought to the human countries by the slave hunters."
Tang En laughed. "Are you suspecting that Ymir betrayed you? Don't joke, he's the Pope. "
There were true gods in this world. If the Pope dared to blaspheme the Holy Maiden, the wrath of heaven would directly strike him into ashes.
"I'm not suspecting him."
Vanilla looked into Tang En's eyes and said very seriously, "I suspect that he came into contact with the people who betrayed me."
"Betrayed you? What's going on? "
"I wasn't attacked by the slave hunters, but by … Orcs."
A very complicated expression appeared on Vanilla's face. She seemed to be very reluctant to talk about this. "I don't remember the details. I only remember that it was a routine trip to the Holy Cathedral of Fire, but I was attacked on the way … It happened too suddenly. I only saw that the attackers were Orcs, and then I fainted.
"Later, when I woke up, I was already trapped. Those Orcs disguised themselves very well. I couldn't tell which force they belonged to. "
"Was it Shamanism?"
"Definitely not."
Vanilla shook her head and said with a very strange expression, "Then, this group of Orcs, who had just experienced a great battle, encountered a human slave hunter team who had illegally entered the country while escorting me. In the end, they were all exhausted and were all killed by the slave hunters. I fell into the hands of the humans and was transported out of the Ryan Empire overnight …"
"Damn!"
Tang En was dumbfounded. "This group of people is too damn lucky!"
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