This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Dylan shook his head and sighed softly.

“Even Sir Federico doesn’t have many 100-denomination imperial banknotes. Almost all of the imperial banknotes circulating in the city now come from caravans from the Hunting God Church and the Principality of Rit.

"We could probably buy a whole cart of triangular iron arrowheads and wooden arrows with it... Even if we don't calculate the cost, after roughly deducting the cost of arrows, we still won't be able to make any change."

"You're not mistaken, are you?" Alva frowned and said, "Are you sure that's real money?"

"It really can't be fake."

Dylan walked up and pointed the bill to Alva.

"See? The Imperial Coat of Arms and the Hall of Peace's symbol, along with a portrait of the first magical machine, are self-luminous, and the note itself is made of a material that's impervious to water and fire.

"No one in the entire border region can forge this kind of coin. Within the kingdom, the artistic value of this banknote is higher than the economic value it represents."

Looking at Alva with his eyes blank, Dylan looked at Ye Yiyi deeply.

In fact, he still had something to say to Alva.

That's because this banknote is so new, it looks like it was just printed.

Apart from the Hunting God Church, no one in Garden Village has this kind of money.

Considering the recent big moves by the Church of the Hunting God, a large number of personnel have been mobilized, and vehicles transporting supplies are continuously heading to the Principality.

Although it is not clear what exactly happened, the identity of the person in front of him is already very clear.

A freelance mercenary and a high-level assist hunter.

The former are as common as gravel, but the latter are diamonds among gravel. They are not only powerful but also extremely rare.

Maybe he didn't need our help at all.

If it were him...

All kinds of thoughts flashed through Dylan's mind. He held the imperial banknotes in both hands and handed them to Ye Yiyi respectfully.

"Sir Gus, we can't make change for this money."

"Then let's change it."

Ye Yiyi took the green banknote, flipped his palm, and various colorful imperial banknotes of different denominations appeared between his fingers.

"?"

Alva looked at this scene blankly. He had never seen so much money in his life...

Even if you are slow, you should have reacted by now.

"You are not a mercenary at all." He raised his head and looked at Ye Yiyi with a complicated expression.

"There are many kinds of mercenaries, Alva, and not all of them are warmongers."

Dylan patted his shoulder and took out a 10-yuan imperial banknote from Ye Yiyi's hand.

"These are enough. I'll have someone exchange the extra for lites, Sir Gus. What do you think?"

"Of course, but in Ritter silver?"

Ye Yiyi was a little curious, "Can the silver coins of the Principality of Rit be used in the Kingdom of Firebird Flower?"

"Of course. The Ritter silver coin is made of silver cast iron. Its value is much higher than ordinary silver coins. However, it is not circulated much, so it is not often seen in the kingdom."

"Thanks for clearing up the confusion."

"You are Welcome."

Dylan found a piece of linen paper and wrote something on it. He then handed the large bills and documents to Alva, who took Ye Yiyi to the Knights' headquarters in the village to get the money.

They are serving as a line of defense here, so naturally they have no money.

Moreover, the Knights Templar is an organization with people who are responsible for managing money, so transactions or expenditures naturally have to be recorded.

"Knight Dylan is very special."

Riding side by side with Alva on the dirt road in the farmland, Ye Yiyi suddenly spoke.

"He is a man who has seen the world." Alva changed his previous gloomy expression and answered calmly.

"He went to the Empire to compete in the athletic competition and won the title of Silver Spike in both the horse battle and the armorless duel."

"Yinsui..." Ye Yiyi's mouth twitched.

In the game, this so-called "Silver Spike" refers to the level of the PVP arena.

The highest tier, “Golden Spike,” requires players to win fifty games, while the next highest tier, “Silver Spike,” requires players to win forty games.

He was once addicted to PVP for a while, and it took him a lot of effort to get the "Golden Ear" from the stinking PVP environment that was like a cesspool.

Since then, he has lost interest in PVP and instead focused on running multiple rounds.

Although the specific form of the competition that Alva mentioned is unclear, "Silver Spike" is already a very good result.

No wonder Dylan knew so much. Ye Yiyi understood, but then felt a little confused.

"But why would a knight as distinguished as him be stationed here?"

"Humph! What else could it be?"

Alva snorted disdainfully.

"A kingdom earl wanted to recruit Dylan to serve him, but Dylan simply refused, so he used the excuse to exile him to the border."

"It fits my stereotype of aristocrats." Ye Yiyi was no exception.

“…” Alva was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke.

"Sir Gus, I apologize for any offense I caused you earlier."

"Oh?" Ye Yiyi raised her eyebrows.

He could actually see that Alva was just critical of the mercenaries and was not targeting him in particular.

"Even though I'm a mercenary?" he asked.

"Knight Dylan is right, not all mercenaries are warmongers." Alva shook his head.

"Also, I saw the badge on your waist."

I hung it on my belt just for you to see, Ye Yiyi thought.

"Tell me about that star-speckled butterfly." He changed the subject.

"I'm not sure about that either." Alva frowned slightly when he heard that.

"After the old flower fields were devoured by the butterflies, they didn't appear for many years until one day, about seven or eight years ago, that special big butterfly appeared.

"At first, a few slaves died while cutting wood, but no one paid much attention until Sir Federico's eldest son died there while out hunting."

"The eldest son?" Ye Yiyi raised his eyebrows and thought of Federico.

It seems that Sir Federico has quite a few sons.

"Later, the knight organized soldiers to carry out several encirclement and suppression operations, but the losses were extremely heavy, so the Knights intervened." Alva said.

"Intervention..." Ye Yiyi chewed over the word silently in his heart.

So, the Knight of the Fire Crown and Sir Federico are not subordinate to each other?

Alva continued, "Later, the Knights also organized several encirclement and suppression operations, but with little success. So we asked the hunters from the Church of the Hunting God to come and investigate, but since it had nothing to do with the evil god, they couldn't take action.

"As for the specific details, I don't know. I haven't been stationed here for long, and it was Dylan who told me this."

"So, does Huayuan Village have a bounty for the Star-Dot Butterfly?" Ye Yiyi suddenly asked.

"..."

Alva looked at him silently, then nodded, "Yes, the Knights and Sir Federico have both issued a bounty, and the price is not low."

"No one took it?"

"Yes, the dead mercenaries are probably piled up into a small mountain now."

Ye nodded and asked no more questions.

Alva looked at him several times, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he had to swallow the words in his throat.

There was no conversation along the way. They crossed the wheat fields and walked along the bridge across the river called "Aner". The knight soon brought Ye Yiyi into the Garden Village.

Outside the village are large areas of shacks.

It was just like the shack Ye Yiyi had seen in Linhe Village... No, the shack here was even shabbier.

As he walked along, he saw a large number of people who were half-naked, dirty, and had numb eyes.

Those were serfs.

Ye Yiyi walked through the shack area with a frown on his face. The dung beetle on his shoulder seemed a little excited because it smelled a lot of fresh food.

"Oh..." He sighed softly.

The slaves in the Duchy of Ritter were the property of the nobles and the Grand Duke. After Gorgon and the Church of the Hunting God came to power, they were able to break free from their slave status and live as human beings.

But the Firefly Kingdom is not a good option. The territory of this country is too large, and the number of nobles is dozens of times that of the duchy, as are the number of slaves.

"There is still a long way to go..."

Leaving the shanty town, we walked along the dirty bluestone streets into a town consisting of longhouses and a small number of two-story cottages.

This is where the free people of Garden Village live. Most of the people here are farmers and craftsmen who own some land.

The Archbishop of Holy Blood used to be a gardener and should have been one of the free people.

In other words, his old house should be nearby.

"Hey! Slow down! Don't let this thing fall!!"

"Pull harder, pull harder! Good! Pad the bottom!"

At this moment, a noisy sound came into Ye Yiyi's ears.

He turned his head and looked towards the end of the street, only to find that a large number of people had gathered in a relatively spacious square not far away.

He was sitting on his horse, so he could look past them and see the scene in the center of the square.

Dozens of Duchy soldiers, under the command of an armored knight, were dismantling the statue in the center of the square.

"That's... the Archbishop?"

Ye Yiyi looked at it intently and was shocked.

It turned out to be a statue of Archbishop Helian of the Holy Blood.

Huayuan Village actually erected a statue for him?

"That's the statue of the Holy Blood Archbishop of the Principality of Ritter."

Alva also looked and said.

"I'm not sure what exactly happened, but the Hunting God Church ordered the statue to be removed immediately and sent people to seal off his old house."

"The old house is blocked?" Ye Yiyi suddenly spoke.

"Yes, look, that's the one."

Alva pointed to the street in the direction of the statue. Ye Yiyi followed his finger and saw an old and simple two-story brick and wood house.

Not only were there soldiers from the kingdom standing guard in front of the gate, but there were also several hunters in black chatting.

They've already gone in?

Ye Yiyi narrowed her eyes and suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

A shrill scream suddenly drowned out the noise of the square and came from inside the old mansion.

"Quickly evacuate the crowd and go back to the church to call the hunters!!"

A hunter in white clothes, covered in blood, rushed out of the house door and shouted loudly.

"There's a mimic monster! Run!"

Chapter 145 Mimic House

"There's a mimic monster! Run!"