13 Mink Street Chapter 757

Xiao Kangna put her hands behind her back, poked her head out, admiring the flames intertwined with blood below, and from time to time a blunt and obscure smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

At this time, Karen in front changed his posture, turned around to talk to Alfred, and flicked his wrist by the way.

Little Kangna immediately learned the movement, and flicked her own wrist, while paying attention to the range and frequency of the flick. "Alfred, do you think that after my revenge tonight, can the following days be a little quieter?" "Master, I'm afraid not, because there are too many idiots in this world, and they can never be killed."

"Okay, but at least I can feel more comfortable." "Yes, Leon should have relieved a lot."

In the distance, Leon knelt on the dragon's back, clenched his fists, and stared down.

If other people, including Xiao Kangna, are appreciating with a slightly joyful mood, then Leon is really fully substituted, and his sense of revenge is very strong.

Alfred continued: "The subordinates are aware of his depression, so they will arrange more work for him on weekdays, so that he can live as fulfillingly as possible."

"Um."

On a rainy day, people get wet and run home. The rain is kept outside, but the body is still cold and shivering. "Augie, we can go back," Karen yelled to Auggie beneath him.

If you don't leave, do you still want to continue pretending to be a whip holder to accept many bows here? Or do you want to guide local work by the way?

Auggie turned around and flew back, landing in a teleportation circle area of ​​the Cult of Order.

Auggie, who had regained his human form, twisted his neck while looking at Karen who was walking past him, and said in a tone with a bit of gloating:

"Hey, you got into trouble, do you know that?"

Karen glanced at Auggie and continued walking inside without saying anything.

Little Kangna said to Auggie: "Big stupid dragon, have you eaten something unclean recently, why do you feel like you have become stupid again."

"I don't... probably not."

"That is to say, is there something wrong with your pill?"

"What do you mean, your master got into trouble, do you know?"

"First of all, he is not my master. I am equal to him. Let me tell you, I have the same surname as him." Auggie: "...."

Auggie took a deep breath and asked, "What do you know?" "I don't know anything, but I know gestures."

"posture?"

Xiao Kangna put her hands behind her back and walked past Auggie in a pompous manner. "what do you mean?"

"Stupid you!"

Through the teleportation circle, a series of circles, when they returned to York City, it was already daylight. "Master, I suggest going to the roadside stall to eat a bunch of sausages now, what do you think?"

"Now they must close the stall." "No, the subordinates don't think so."

Because after receiving the team building notice from his young master, Alfred not only prepared a radio, but also sent someone to spend Leyl to ask the sausage supper stall not to close down.

When they arrived at the booth, everyone ate sausages under the background of radio music.

What has changed is that this "mission is over" and Neo is not here; what has not changed is that this sausage restaurant is still unpalatable as always. Next home, Karen goes back to the office, showers, and sleeps.

When I woke up, it was already afternoon, I came out of the shower, and saw little Kangna sitting behind the small desk in the office, doing homework.

"What about them?" Karen asked casually.

The house gave up to Dinah and Auggie last night, and little Connor stayed home. Little Kangna replied: "Eat and sleep, sleep and eat."

Karen nodded: "A very regular life."

Little Connor put down her pen and walked out of the office. Xili was at home, and she was going to help Karen get meals. Philomena was responsible for this task before, but now she is in the desert.

Karen sat down behind the desk and rang the desk bell, which would notify Alfred and the others, meaning that he was up and ready to work.

Generally, in the card

When Lun is resting, not very important things will bother him. Soon, Vic walked in with a stack of documents.

"District Chief, this is an inquiry sent by the district chiefs of several districts during the day and the chief bishop of the regional management office. Since they all called by themselves, they can only be answered by you."

If it is an inquiry letter, then Alfred and the others can reply directly in their own names.

But the problem is that Karen's status is very hot now, and everyone politely called to inquire about the situation. Even if Karen didn't answer at the time, now that he wakes up, he must call back in person.

"Well, I see."

Karen picked up the list and looked at it.

"District Chief, this is the latest progress of the reform of the new department, as well as the budget plan..." "You don't need to show me these, you deal with them first, I only look at the results."

Vic smiled wryly, "The issue of coupons is a bit tricky."

"Even if it is removed from other places, they must be satisfied first, and the progress of reform cannot be slowed down." "Yes, I understand."

In fact, the main reason is that the income from the militia has not yet appeared. Neo worked there as a thread filler for a while, and finally found an opportunity to sneak away and dig a grave, and dug up a living person.

The credit is great, and it is urgently needed now, but the problem is... this thing can't be realized for the time being.

"What's going on in the desert?" Karen took a sip from his teacup and asked, "Have you started to attack the next target?" The militia entered the desert, led by the Knights, and prepared to organize a big battle."

"The big battle?"

"Yes, it may be because Mili, the number two figure of the desert rebels, was captured alive, and there was a problem with the rebel command system, or it may be that they were eager to find a place to restore morale, so the desert rebels who were originally scattered in the desert started to fight. Gathering quickly, intending to take the initiative to launch an offensive, the Knights want to use this opportunity to fight a large-scale encirclement and annihilation battle.

The action plan and opinions have already been written in the report by Captain Neo. "

"oh."

Karen put down the list and picked up the report.

Because of the communication problem, in fact, there was a big window for Neo to catch Milli and receive the news from his side.

The function of the communication circle is countless times stronger than that of the radio station, but it also has the same disadvantages, that is, it is easy to be monitored, and the long-distance communication circle is time-consuming and labor-intensive even if it is temporarily arranged.

In addition, Neo often has to do shady things, so he pays more attention to the secrets of his army, so the news progress between Karen's side and Neo's is actually several days behind.

Since Neo knows who the report is for, he uses his words casually.

First of all, he yelled at that secret place, that is, the place where the sages were buried in the desert, there was no funerary objects at all, not even a mummy!

Priest's remains are very valuable. The longer they are preserved, the better they are preserved. Priests with special strength and status during their lifetime are even more valuable. You must know that the adopted son of the God of the Desert is supposed to be buried there.

But in fact, I don't know how many years ago or how many generations ago, this place was transported by the desert people themselves, and only a stone tablet recording here was left.

This is something that even Kevin didn't expect.

Immediately afterwards, Neo continued to scold those militia groups sent by other regions and the system for staring at them shamelessly. With such a big movement, everyone subconsciously started to line up, ready to follow along.

Therefore, while Neo had to avoid being searched by the command system of the Knights, he also had to avoid the followers of these fellow militia groups, and at the same time he had to pay attention to the desert rebels, which made him crazy.

Tomb robbery can be done behind closed doors at home, there is no reason to openly visit it. "well."

Seeing this, Karen couldn't help but also sighed. Neo was complaining to himself, explaining why the income still couldn't appear, and he also knew that he was in financial difficulties here.

In the end, Neo appended an order from the commander of the Knights, requiring all militia groups to cooperate with the Knights to carry out encirclement and suppression.

The knights are responsible for the main attack, and the militia is responsible for filling in the lines and pulling the nets, and by the way, catch a wave of small miscellaneous fish.

This is the role of the militia, maintaining law and order in the theater, maintaining logistics supplies, filling holes in the front line, etc. They are not the main combat force, but the main force cannot do without them if they want to fight.

Originally, Neo could be dodged. Once the communication circle was turned off, I explained afterwards that I was chasing the remnants of the desert. Now a large group of light bulbs are following me. It is useless if you turn off the communication circle. The militia groups in other nearby regions can even send The signal soldier came to pass on the order.

Therefore, next, Neo has to go to war in a serious manner, and he can no longer rob the tomb.

Maybe now, Neo's militia group is already in place, helping the main knights to squat in a certain position.

Karen put down the report in his hand, rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "Vic, go and inform Alfred, and say that I have agreed to issue a bond to raise funds in the name of supporting the frontline militia."

"Okay, Chief."

There has been no income in the desert, but the financial crisis here has emerged. It is necessary to find new sources of income to supplement the pace of reform. After all, purely relying on demolition is only temporary, and it is impossible for you to make large-scale work in the district long periods of stagnation.

In fact, Karen can now apply for funding, and his own system and relevant departments of the Holy See can report and try to apply. However, you must know that even if children take their parents' money, they have to accept interference from their parents in their lives.

Not to mention this kind of foreign aid in terms of political ecology. No department has a redundant budget, and a series of political conditions must be attached to borrowing money.

This is unacceptable to Karen, who wants to make the York City region his own base.

In the final analysis, this is also because the Holy See of the Order God has taken away too much financial power, and after the high priest came to power, the Holy See has strengthened the centralization of power, which makes the local people have to tighten their belts to live, which directly leads to Karen. With Bourne's cooperation, the financial system is still so difficult.

"I want the horse to run, but I don't feed the horse. How can there be such a reason?"

Karen is very disgusted with this kind of restriction, and he believes that this disgust will last until the day he enters the inner circle of the Holy See.

"District Chief, there have been noises in other districts that followed our reforms." "Huh?"

"They also started from the University of Order, learning from our talent introduction model."

"The academics won't just stare at me, and other regions will definitely not let it go, but is there something wrong?"

"The finances of our district are so difficult, not to mention other districts. Now they have seen the return of imported teachers and students and projects, and there have been many articles criticizing them in newspapers and internal magazines. , thinking that the whip of order in other regions is abusing and oppressing them, leaving indelible scars on their bodies and minds.”

"What cruel oppression law?"

"It is to let those teachers and students enjoy the same allowances and treatment as ordinary priests in the region."

"Heh." Karen smiled and shook his head, "Then all grassroots priests are suffering from oppression and abuse every day?" "District Chief, the treatment and funds given by our district are the best."

"I know, now we need them to work and set up a stage. After the work is done, leave those who want to do things seriously, and the rest, let me go back to where they came from. I can't help this group of masters who feel extraordinary I can't afford it.

It was obviously an era where the gods did not appear, how could there be so many gods who transcended mortal wombs in the University of Order. "Hehe." Vic laughed.

"Alright, go get busy."

After Vic left, Karen started making phone calls.

Some people didn't know the situation. Karen explained it. Some people knew the situation and said to Karen "very familiarly": Brother, you are impulsive this time.

Every phone call ends in a friendly atmosphere. After all, if you don't want to be friendly, you won't

Take the initiative to call before.

Little Connor and Hillary came in with a thermos. Karen checked the time, and it was normal for dinner to be early. After the meal, she began to review documents, and Little Connor continued to do her homework.

At twelve o'clock at night the supper was brought, from Auggie and Dinati.

As soon as Dinah came in, she yelled, "Hey, Karen, are you really just leaving the two of us at home?" Karen put down her pen, looked up, and looked at her.

Dinah froze for a moment, and then realized that Karen was sitting in the position of district chief. Although the district chief was not worth paying too much attention to in front of her, the adopted daughter of the high priest, she knew very well what Karen was showing now. potential.

Relying on the shadow of Meng, the second generation who is still in the mix and can't even compete in the official battlefield will always unconsciously show timidity in the face of a younger generation who is rising by relying on their own abilities.

It's just that she is used to being self-willed, so her words and deeds will always show late regret.

Karen ignored them and continued to look at the document in his hand.

Dinah and Auggie put the supper on the coffee table in front of the reception sofa. Little Connor added ice cubes to Karen's water and said, "It's time to eat. Being hungry is not good for the stomach."

This is what sister Pu'er taught her, although she doesn't know what a stomach is. Karen got up and came over for supper, Dinah and Auggie were quiet this time. After eating, Karen went back behind her desk and started writing a report.

The desert war is still fermenting. Its influence is not only on the battlefield. The first day of war between order and reincarnation ended too quickly. This war, which is destined to last for a long time, is enough to make the entire system of the cult of order come alive.

Those who want to seize power through this war are not just whippers, and other big bosses are not fools either.

In comparison, the whip bearers are still in a weak position, because it is recognized that there are only two militia groups that can be labeled as the "Whip of Order" on the desert battlefield, and one is the York City Regional Militia. The real power of the region is held here, and the other is the militia group of the Dinger region, which is organized by the size of the capital region.

In other local regions, the Whip of Order can only cooperate with the regional management office, and it is very rare that it can account for 50% of the share, basically only 20%, 30%, or even 10%.

Command, control and "naming rights", of course, don't talk about it.

The whipman wants to change this situation, and he is trying to promote it, but Karen feels that this is unrealistic. Some authority can be obtained through the internal meeting of the Holy See with the approval of the high priest, and some authority depends on the actual contribution share.

The Whip of Order, which has just recovered, has different proportions of power in various local regions, and most of them are still at a disadvantage. This is the basic situation at the bottom, and it is difficult for those who hold the whip to play well.

But this is just a stick, and Karen felt that the whip holder didn't expect to take such a big step, asking for a lot of money, and getting something casually is a profit.

Therefore, the article that Karen is going to write now is to cooperate with Dazao, and as the mayor of Yorktown, share his experience as an experience, and explain the efficiency and system advantages of the whip of order controlling the militia.

Well, this is a non-nutritive article that can be translated as "My **** decides what I say".

The only thing to watch is not in the article, it is purely the meritorious service of the York City militia, and you can show off if you have made a meritorious service.

After quickly finishing writing this article, Karen rang the desk bell, and Leon, who was on the night shift, walked in: "Let's post it, oh, by the way, not only the internal magazine of this system, but also the "Order Weekly". "

The editor-in-chief of "Order Weekly" asked himself to write a manuscript, hoping to share his experience.

It's not that I personally led troops to fight on the front line, but I have been sitting in the office all the time. What experience can I share?

But in the eyes of outsiders, all the achievements of the militia in the desert will be credited to Karen. This can be regarded as the front-line soldiers risking the fight and sitting in the rear to count the credit.

However, thinking about it carefully, Karen felt that he really didn't need to feel ashamed. The militia regiment was planned and established by himself in advance, and all the officers were excavated and trained by himself. Almost the whole family from his grandmother's side

On the battlefield, even the leader of the bright remnants was influenced by himself to lead troops for order.

"Well, I've done quite a lot."

There are really not many people who can call in when the phone rings. "Hi, I'm Karen."

"Hehe, did you know that you got into trouble?" Miguel's voice came from the other end of the phone. "Hehe, I know."

"The whipman wants you to go over and personally reprimand you." "Thank you."

"You're welcome." "What time?"

"Tomorrow the whipkeeper will accompany the high priest to the temple, and the day after tomorrow's itinerary is to attend the funeral of a senior in the Lorcalin region, and the day after tomorrow will accompany Cardinal Crede to inspect the First Knight Order in the name of seeing off the spirit.

How about this, you can come here at noon of the next day, a little earlier, I arranged for the lunch time of the whipper. Karen asked, "Is it okay to delay the reprimand for so long?"

Counting the time difference between the York City and Dingle regions, it will be almost five days, and the whipkeeper will probably forget about it by then. Miguel smiled and said, "I will remind you."

"Thank you, Miguel."

"We can omit the thank you part in the future, and play back and forth. There is no need for this, and it seems out of place." "But, Miguel, this can only be said by you."

"I believe that one day in the future, I will repeat what you just said, haha."

In the following period of time, Karen's work and life remained the same, but after that night, there was only one assassination incident in the five days, and it was resolved by the whip of order in advance, so it is still useful to lose your temper once in a while , but the idiot's memory is destined to not last long, and it is estimated that the frequency of assassinations will recover in a short time.

So, it's no wonder that the Benda family of Murli will hereditary become the captain of the guard of the high priest. This is a summary of experience and lessons. As a district chief, assassinations are so frequent.

On the front line of the desert, Neo has officially entered the long-term squatting stage, and his daily job is to lead the whole regiment to build fortifications on his own line of defense.

It's not that Neo is too cautious. In fact, if both sides retain the institutional system, the combat effectiveness of the desert rebels will be the same, and the knights are responsible for the most difficult part, and the militia is to block and wipe out. defeated army;

The reason why Neo did this is that since he has nothing to do now, he leads the big guys to practice digging holes. In essence, he is conducting "grave robbery training", and strives to be faster and more accurate in future tomb robbery.

A series of shielding formations, high walls, peripheral traps, internal excavations, space control, etc., were originally used to prevent being perceived by the outside world and to deal with the internal mechanisms of the tomb, but now they are all performed in the name of building fortifications.

The tombs of religious people are much more dangerous than the tombs of secular dignitaries.

Da'an, the leader of the Knights, also specifically praised "Muri" and Senroll for their details and attitudes, and Neo also harvested a "little red flower".

Sen Luoer is the head of the militia regiment dispatched by the Whip of Order in the Dinger region. In Neo's report, he is the stickiest piece of brown sugar.

Perhaps because of the Whip of Order system, the opponent feels closer and sticks closer. Even Neo is here to practice digging holes, and he also ordered to build fortifications in his defense zone.

It can be said that he really brought his ability of imitation to the extreme, and won the "Little Red Flower".

However, there should also be the meaning of the high-level Whip of Order. After all, there are only two militia groups under the Whip of Order label.

Before Karen left for the Dinge region, when he saw the latest battle report in the office, the militia had already formed a large network, and the knights had already begun to attack the core area of ​​the desert rebels. The combat situation was good, and the desert rebels were After losing Mili, maybe he really didn't have enough brains to dare to fight the Knights head-on.

Dinah has been assigned to the second batch and is currently undergoing training. Although the eldest lady is unruly and willful, she has no complaints about being trained as an ordinary soldier. After all, she grew up in the Knights. However, the basic military literacy is still there.

and

Auggie didn't leave, and he still used the name of protecting Dinah. Except for taking Dinah home from training, he spent most of his time with Xiao Kangna.

Auggie has a sense of fear towards Little Connor in her bones, and she also knows that Little Connor doesn't like her, but she just can't help but want to get close to Little Connor, and it is because she is a female dragon that Karen opened her eyes. Close your eyes.

If it was a male dragon, it would have been sent back by Karen wherever it came from. Other people's dragons were raised as pets or even slaves, while little Kangna was raised by herself and Pu'er as her daughter.

Karen went back to the dormitory to pick up little Connor and went to the teleportation circle hall. Auggie was at home. She knew where she was going, but she deliberately pretended not to wake up, probably because she was worried that she would be locked in the "office" again after returning. in the cage.

It was the morning when we arrived in the Dinge area, and Karen took Xiao Kangna's hand and left the hall of the teleportation circle first, and went to a restaurant in Secular for dinner. The food in the hall of the teleportation circle was too expensive, even if Karen could pay Reimbursement of travel expenses, but after all, the public funds belong to him now.

Xiao Kangna ordered a lot of special snacks from the Dinger area to hold the pills, and ate very happily.

When Karen took her to the headquarters of the Whip of Order after eating, she remembered something and asked, "But, don't you want to have lunch with the whipman?"

"Yeah." "Then you still had a meal." "That meal wasn't enough." "Oh."

Arrive at the headquarters a little earlier, hand in the official letter, and Karen was arranged into the waiting area. The waiting area is divided into levels. Karen's location is very good. There is an inner door inside. When you open it, there is a waterfall. You can even You can have a picnic here while waiting for the call from the whipper.

After a while, the attendant came and brought Karen and Little Connor to the whipmaster's office. Miguel sat in the office at the door, nodded to Karen, got up and walked into the whipkeeper's office, Soon he came out and motioned for Karen to come in.

Karen led Little Kangna into the office. The whipman sitting behind the desk raised his head, and his eyes fell on Little Kangna immediately. He said:

"Auggie was also cute when he was young."

Karen knew that the Whipkeeper must have been very excited and loved when he first got Auggie when he was a young dragon. At that time, the status of the Whipkeeper was far lower than it is now, and Auggie was not as stupid as he is now.

Whipkeeper: "Unfortunately, when he grows up, Auggie becomes more and more stupid."

really....

"Karen, I have neglected to teach, you dragon, teach me well." "I will, Whipman."

At this time, Miguel opened the door just right and came in again and asked: "Whipkeeper, are you postponing the lunch time?" Foden: "Let's go together."

"Yes, Whipkeeper."

In this way, Karen got the opportunity to have lunch with Foden.

The two sat in front of a dining table carved out of ice. The meal was not rich, but exquisite. "Did you lose your mind about that night?"

Karen immediately put down the knife and fork and stood up, self-reviewed: "Whipkeeper, I was impulsive." "Sit down and talk."

"Yes, whipman." Karen sat down.

"It's a good thing for young people to be motivated. This is an advantage, but you are also a district chief now, and you have to change your habit of doing everything yourself."

"I see, whipman."

"Don't worry too much about some things. They know they can't assassinate you, and they just came here to disgust you. If your mood is really fluctuated, then it's worth it for them to buy the fierce ticket."

"Yes, I see, thank you for your instruction." "How is work recently?"

"The reform is progressing smoothly." "Are there any difficulties?"

"There are difficulties, but they can be overcome."

"Very good, your district, I want to use it as a benchmark, do it well." "I will."

"That article of yours was not published." Well, which one?

Karen has written a lot of articles recently, the kind of formulaic articles, he is very productive, which changed the established impression of his colleagues that he is a young man who only knows how to hack and kill himself.

But Karen couldn't ask the whipman which article, he could only ask, "Why?"

"The Knights can't get involved, the Knights are very closed; the garrison has long been divided up and belongs directly to the Holy See; the militia, even after the war is over, will become a new batch of independent forces reserved to deal with There may be turmoil in the church circle in the future, so each family is fighting fiercely."

Oh, that article.

This should be a situation of struggle, and other factions have begun to suppress, and the suppression of public opinion is also one of the means. Karen said: "Our grassroots strength is still not solid enough."

"Yes, you are right, but it takes time to rebuild and replenish grassroots forces." Foden sighed, "If those district chiefs can do things like you, I will be much more comfortable. "

"The situation faced by each district is different. I was just lucky to meet a chief bishop who was willing to cooperate with me." "Born, I know, he is not easy to deal with."

Miguel pushed open the office door, holding a document in his hand, with a very serious expression. "Whipkeeper, the desert warfare has changed!"

"what happened?"

Foden reached out to take the document, and Miguel narrated together beside him: "The knights attacked the core of the rebel army in the desert and successfully defeated the rebel army. The attack has basically completely collapsed, and now all militia groups have lost contact with the communication circle.”

"All the militia?" Foden confirmed.

"Yes, because before losing contact, all the militia groups sent back news that the rout army was preparing to encircle and suppress, and then the rout army was too powerful to support itself, and then they cut off contact, maybe..."

While looking at the document, Foden pressed, "What could it be?"

"Maybe..." Miguel looked at Karen. He wanted to say that he might be wiped out, but he felt that he couldn't say it, and it was a bit too arbitrary. After all, he was a secretary and he hadn't had time to let it out Gold-plated, even if it is let go, how can he understand military affairs.

Karen answered: "It may have been crushed by the rebels."

"Collapsed?" Foden frowned slightly, "Is the rebel army so powerful, and it's still a broken rebel army."

Karen guessed: "Then they are probably not desert rebels."

Foden glanced at Karen: "Continue talking."

"Although my order militia is not as powerful as the Knights, the desert rebels definitely don't have such a strong combat effectiveness, unless this is a deliberately planned trap. The rebels that the Knights mainly attack are indeed the desert rebels, but those who took the opportunity to collapse Those who came out and rushed towards the outer line of defense guarded by the militia were the regular forces of the major orthodox theological religions wearing desert robes.

Those who hold the whip, those orthodox theological sects who were just standing behind, may have ended in person. Foden licked his lips and nodded: "Then this game will really become interesting."

In the desert before, the order and the desert rebels were playing a cat-and-mouse game. Now, finally, there are opponents of the same level in the field, and they can officially confront each other.

As for the damaged militia, the militia... To put it bluntly, it can be reorganized and reorganized if it is gone. As long as the orderly knights and garrison do not suffer losses, and the main force of the field remains intact, it will not be a problem.

At this time, the second secretary came to the door with the document in his arms. Miguel went up to transfer it and came back and said, "Whipkeeper, the latest battle situation, two militia regiments have resumed communication, and they are gathering other militia regiments that have retreated. Re-build the defense system and wait for the Knights to come back.

It belongs to the Yorktown region and the Dingle region, two militia regiments under my order~www.mtlnovel.com~ Foden took the document, glanced at it, and threw it to Karen.

Karen lowered his head and saw the numbers of the two militia regiments that had resumed contact clearly written on it, as well as the communication signatures of the two regiment leaders: Murry and Senroll.

Foden looked at Karen and asked, "Why aren't you smiling?" "I..."

"Hehe, after this time, who would dare to say that I, the Whip of Order, shouldn't meddle in the affairs of the militia?

I'll ask about your article later to see if he dares to withhold it. "

As the inventor of the "ear-cleaning" workplace culture of the Cult of Kosmos, Karen knows that it is inappropriate to laugh now, and there is a high probability that he will be reprimanded in reverse, but who wants to do this? can satisfy.

So Karen smiled.

The whipman's face tightened, he pointed at Karen, and taught:

"You, you, you lost the battle on the front line, what's so funny, be serious."

Chapter end