God of Systems: Maker of Heroes and Villains

While he did lose a part of his vision, the heightened senses really were significant. His sense of smell, hearing, touch, taste and even the sight of his remaining eye felt like they had been multiplied by at least 5 times.

"Mmm, yeah I like this one." Keith said as he looked around and then stopped at Maria, "I'll take these two."

"Okay." she said and nodded, "Now we need to settle the money that you won, but that's something you can get from grandpa too so I'll just go back to my room."

Hearing her words, he silently nodded and walked out. He followed her until she got to her room and saw the priest waiting outside her door.

"I'm done with the artifact and all that's left right now is to settle the prize money. You guys never mentioned it but how much should I expect?"

The priest nodded and smiled, "Well, first you must tell me what you want. Which currency you're willing to accept the prize money in. Once I know that, I'll be able to give you an accurate answer without making things confusing."

"Kazak Empire. I'll take money in Braks and Zens."

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"Oh, you don't be receiving money in Braks and Zens. You'll be receiving Chrons. The third place was supposed to get five chrons. Second place, twenty chrons and the first place was supposed to get a hundred chrons. In total, you'll receive 150 chrons. The extra 25 is from our church, a reward for your exceptional performance."

Keith said nothing and silently walked beside the priest. His heart was pounding in his chest and he could feel it.

It was the first time he had made so much money on his own and without resorting giving Vincent quests to steal from others. In a sense, he felt like he had accomplished a great thing.

They walked for a minute or two until they reached the treasury. Keith followed the priest inside and saw another guy sitting inside.

"Give us the prize money and add in twenty five Chrons into it. Yes, Kazak Empire's currency." the priest said as he looked at the guy, who nodded respectfully and got to work.

Keith didn't have to wait for long as he soon had a thick stack of 1 Chron notes in his hands.

"Whew... I'm supposed to distribute all of this to my team right?"

"Yep, and you're free to distribute it however you like but I suggest that you either split it equally, or pay them purely based on their contribution during the training camp."

Keith let out a light sigh and nodded. It was a tough decision as both of them had their pros and cons. Giving money to everyone equally would undermine the efforts of the ones who did more and splitting the money based on contribution had a huge chance of making one feel like they were being targeted, especially the one who'd receive the least.

But at the end, Keith decided to go with the second option and by the time he got back to the church's main hall, he had made up his decision on how to split the money.

"In the name of Goddess Seraphina, please split the money." the priest said as he closed his eyes and hung his head down with his body as straight as a stick.

Keith silently looked at his team for a few seconds before he parted his lips, "Laura, you were the one who contributed the most to the team. Thanks to your efficient hunting of the fishes, we were able to build a great momentum against other teams. You were one of the main reasons for our exceptional performance, so I've decided to give you a huge chunk of price money."

As he said this, he counted 50 Chron notes and looked at her, "Come and take it. Forty Chrons."

Laura stood as still as a stone. Even though she wanted to run over and grab the money, she was unable to move. But that was until Caleb patted her back and pushed her forward.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Go." he whispered and that one word alone seemed to have magically given her the control of her legs back to her.

She walked over to Keith with a stoic expression on her face and did the universal salute, bringing her stiff palm to the side of her head with all of her fingers straight, touching each other.

Keith suddenly felt awkward as he had never done such salutes, but then he saw Brandon giving him a curt nod before a thumbs up.

This action was more than enough for Keith to pick up on, as he had read about it in the novel and hadn't paid much attention to the small details. At first, he was stumped on how to respond to her salute, but now his mind was clear.

He looked at her and gave her a curt nod before handing her the money. He watched her as she turned back and swiftly walked back to where she was originally standing at.

"Brandon comes second, since he also contributed a lot and in multiple ways. Carrying heavy luggage, even though he wasn't efficient, he still hunted fish for us. He did great during the fighting events and was of a huge importance while we were in Baroma Island. He'll be receiving thirty Chrons for his contributions."

He saw Brandon follow the same routine as Laura and he gave him a salute before handing him the money. Once done, he looked at Nathan and then at Amelia.

"The position of third highest contribution is actually shared by two of us. First is Nathan. He wasn't really useful in the fighting events as weapons weren't allowed, but he still was very useful when it came to doing chores. In fact, he was the one who did most of the heavy lifting and also contributed a lot during our time in Baroma Island.

He will receive twenty Chrons and sharing the spot with him, is Amelia. She didn't participate much in fighting events, but she did show off her dancing skills in the recreational events."