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Chapter 2149 Orc Curse Chapter 11
The Royal Knights are facing their toughest battle since their founding, and possibly their most formidable enemy since the Giant Kingdom Alliance was established.

Not knowing who they were going to defeat, it was as if they were fighting against nature itself. The corpses of their fallen comrades either became nourishment for the enemy or became part of the enemy.

Their adversary is a forest corrupted by the blood of the Titans, where every leaf and branch is like the veins of a dead god, weaving through the earth to transform it into their new body.

The battle had only been going on for less than two days, yet it had already left the Royal Knights exhausted as if they had been fighting for dozens of months. There had been no rest for a moment. If it weren't for the crimson dragon sweeping across the battlefield, this battle line would have collapsed long ago, and all the Royal Knights except for the Blessed would have died.

As if cursed, as if abandoned by the gods, for humans without hierarchy, even risking their lives to gain a sliver of hope is a luxury.

Just then, dozens of meteors fell from the sky. It wasn't until the meteors were close to the ground that the knights, who had fought valiantly, could see that they were actually human beings, humans with power, chosen by the enemy.

The identities of these people are not important; what matters is their actions in entering the battlefield at this moment.

With these dozen or so divine soldiers descending from the sky, the Royal Knights, who had been struggling to hold on, finally gained the upper hand, and the invading branches and roots were constantly forced back.

A flaming arrow, signaling retreat, shot into the sky. The Royal Knights immediately halted their attack and slowly withdrew. One should not pursue a desperate enemy, especially since the enemy was not even human. The Royal Knights were already exhausted.

"Alright, let me guess what will happen next."

Dali Feizhuan hoisted the massive spiked club and slowly exhaled.

"Could it be that we've been used and discarded, and now the Knights are surrounding us?"

Kate the cat ignored the complaints about watching too many dark works of art and stared at the ground instead.

"The land has not been alienated, and the power from the Blood River is not an unconditional alienated ecosystem."

This conclusion was reached in a strange, spirited female voice.

Kate looked up and saw a tall woman with long, fiery red hair and wearing silver-white dragon scale armor standing not far from them, her flame-like eyes staring at them.

Red Dragon Marika, judging solely from the range of those blessed, can be considered among the strongest NPCs.

Unexpectedly, Marika, the Red Dragon who had become a player killer due to frequent player attacks, did not attack them. Instead, she respectfully placed her right hand on her chest and bowed to them in gratitude.

"Thank you all for your help during the crisis of the Royal Knights. Both I personally and all members of the Royal Knights will remember this. This is a personal expression of gratitude; an official expression of gratitude will follow later."

"It was actually Herbie Hermes who recommended that we come to you for help regarding this matter," Kate Cat said frankly and directly.

"We hope to change the reputation of strangers today."

“Hermes?” Marika frowned, as if she had heard a troublesome name.

"I know it's very inappropriate to speak ill of her behind her back after receiving her help, but I still want to remind you to be careful when cooperating with her."

"I see it."

Kate nodded knowingly, knowing that Marika had fallen into a predicament after accepting Herbie's help.

Although Herbie Hermes has an innocent and childlike face, his inner qualities are not so admirable, and engaging in deep conversations with him is not a good choice.

"Is it really that exaggerated?" Mighty Brick raised his eyebrows in surprise. "There aren't many people who would make you feel like keeping your distance. You even had a cup of coffee with the person who attacked you with the electric shock ring." "I don't trust that kind of person. Their behavior and their thoughts are too far apart." Kate Cat shook her head, seemingly unwilling to spend any more time on Herbie.

"Master Captain."

"Just call me Marika."

"Well, Marika, although I don't trust Herbie Hermes as a person, I do believe that she arranged this before she got what she wanted. She must have had a reason for sending us to you after she understood our purpose."

“…I don’t know what Hermes is thinking. Changing the reputation of strangers is not something I can do.” Marika paused, hesitated, and thought for a moment before speaking.

"The Royal Knights are a knightly order directly subordinate to the giant royal family, and they possess privileges in many matters, such as having direct access to the giant emperor, but..."

“I understand, but you can’t just take a group of strangers with less-than-stellar reputations to meet a giant kingdom alliance. So we need to gain not only your trust, but also the trust of the giant kingdom alliance, right?”

As a skilled player, Kate was quite adept at this, while Marika, who was meeting the stranger for the first time and was able to speak politely without attacking right away, was a little intimidated.

"Generally speaking, it's a bit unreasonable to ask someone to give back to us after they've just helped us."

"It's alright, it's alright, we're used to it."

Not only Kate Cat, but other veteran players have also become quite adept at getting into their roles.

It's not the first time players have been treated like cattle and horses, being ordered around at will. Just like the fun of many games lies in the process of acquiring resources, once they can acquire resources infinitely, they quickly get bored. Without these troublesome things, they would feel uncomfortable.

"I've come to treat your wounded."

"I'll help you set up a temporary camp."

"Are you hungry? I'll cook some rice."

"You all rest assured, we'll go on patrol."

“This quarantine zone looks like it’s still in its infancy. I’ll go and make some connections for you. I know someone who really likes building prisons.”

Marika was in a daze for a moment, and then she was already sitting in the camp, drinking hot and nutritious meat soup, while the exhausted knights were already fast asleep in the camp.

She closed her eyes, pinched her brow, and opened them again, discovering that it was not an illusion.

In just fifteen minutes, a dozen or so strangers had settled the entire knightly order in an orderly manner, which was quite astonishing.

Marika took a deep breath, made up her mind, and summoned a special red falcon of the Royal Knights. She wrote a secret letter and slipped it into a small bucket on the falcon's ankle.

If there were more strangers like this in a foreign land, the world would surely be a better place.

She believes that belief and expectation are not inherently wrong.

(End of this chapter)