Arknights' Lock of Heaven

Now, it's time to go do my own thing.

After leaving the tavern, he felt like he was being watched.

However, that person didn't seem to intend to follow.

"Maria, when is the next match?"

After watching him leave, Zofia looked at Maria.

"In three days."

"What about the opponent?" Zofia continued, "Have they informed you?"

"Um, I don't think so?"

Upon hearing this, Zofia frowned.

“Let’s go back, Maria. Based on your performance this time, there are still many areas where you need to correct your mistakes.”

"Now? We haven't even had a proper celebration yet!" Koval said instinctively as he looked at them.

“Let them go first,” Bald Martin shook his head and instructed Zofia, “Remember to be careful on the way.”

Zofia nodded, then grabbed Maria and was about to leave.

But they stopped at the entrance of the tavern.

Marna stood silently at the door.

"Uncle... Uncle..." Upon seeing this, Maria instinctively hid behind Zofia.

But to my surprise, Zofia also instinctively stepped back.

The two of them immediately huddled together awkwardly.

"What's wrong? No..." Just then, Old F turned his head and saw Marner's sour face.

"Ha, what a nice day..." He immediately turned around and began examining the wine in front of him. "Hey, old Martin, this wine of yours..."

“Tell me about it,” Marna said, walking past the two of them into the tavern and looking at Maria’s armor.

"How is this going?"

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"What are you doing here?!"

In the ruins of the Great Knight Territory, a group of infected people lived together.

With a fiery red tail and fiery red hair, she looked like a burning ball of fire.

Flametail Knight Sona.

A star character in Infected Knights.

That is Xia Yu's goal tonight.

"Do you know how worried we were?" Sona shouted at several infected people. "Since something happened, why didn't you come to us?"

She was genuinely worried.

After all, the more than twenty corpses of the Unarmored Alliance members hanging outside the camp were undeniable.

Although it's unclear why the Unarmored Alliance died in such a place, or who was responsible, all the infected comrades housed in the camp have disappeared.

Everyone in the Red Pine Knights was extremely anxious.

Everyone split up to search, and eventually, Sona found them in this abandoned area.

“We’re already being watched,” said one of the infected, clearly the leader, with his head bowed, across from her. “We can’t drag you all down with us…”

"Sona, you shouldn't have come."

"What are you saying?" Sona stepped forward, grabbed his shoulder, and demanded, "What are you saying?!"

"Anthony! Do you think we're afraid of being implicated by you?"

"If we were afraid, why would we come to you? Why would we have any connection with you? We would have been living a carefree life with the money we made long ago!"

“Don’t blame him,” a middle-aged man sighed and said, “This is our decision.”

"We can't be a burden to you..."

Upon hearing this, Sona released Anthony, whom she had been holding, and tried to say something but couldn't utter a word.

Should we blame them?

But they really were thinking of themselves!

“That’s the Unarmored Alliance. I’ve seen those clothes before,” someone in the crowd said. “They’re assassins from the Business Federation…”

"Although I don't know why they're targeting us, once we're targeted, we're doomed."

"Sona, Sona, why did you come looking for us? Wouldn't it be better to just pretend we're all dead? You are all our hope, we can't bring such a huge problem upon you..."

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How could I abandon you all?

Facing their gazes, Sona remained silent for a moment, then said with a complicated expression, "Don't forget, we're family..."

“But, Sona,” Anthony looked up at Flametail, “that’s the Unarmored Alliance…”

"The most loyal dogs kept by the Business Federation, if we were simply being targeted, we would definitely come after you."

"But those Unarmored Alliance members who sneaked into our camp with weapons are all dead!"

"To be hanged outside the camp... How can the Unarmored Alliance tolerate such humiliation?"

"They will definitely retaliate against us, even if we don't know who did it, they will definitely come for revenge!"

Anthony looked straight at Sona. "We're doomed."

"So, we can't let you get dragged into this. You've protected us for so long, you've done so much for us..."

"Let's go, just pretend we were never found!"

Xia Yu, who was hiding in the shadows, heard this and her expression became complicated.

He hadn't expected that these people would choose to leave quietly in order to avoid exposing the group of Hongsong.

His original plan was to use these panicked infected individuals as clues to find the Red Pine Knights.

Now it seems I underestimated others...

The nobility of one's character has nothing to do with one's social status.

As for the Unarmored Alliance, they would absolutely not dare to retaliate rashly without clarifying their own identities.

But these infected people don't know that...

"Then let them come!"

Sona took a deep breath, then sat down on the spot, her expression resolute.

"If we're going to die, we'll die together!"

"You stubborn child!" The older infected man said helplessly. "Why are you so stubborn?"

“I know exactly what I’m doing,” Sona said unmoved. “If I abandon you all here today, I’ll find a reason to abandon everyone else tomorrow.”

"Time and time again I compromised and gave in, only to be perceived as weak and vulnerable by others. In the end, am I still myself?"

"Is there any hope left for the infected in the Great Knight Territory?"

"So, I won't leave!"

"Either you come with me and we go find everyone."

"Either we all die here!"

"you……"

The infected people were both moved and felt somewhat...

"Sona, you really don't need to care..."

No matter what they said, the little knight with the title of Flame Tail remained unmoved.

"What exactly happened that night?" Sona changed the subject. "What did you all see?"

“That night,” Anthony said, his expression complicated, as he began to recall, “we actually…we knew nothing…”

"All we know is that in the middle of the night, a golden light appeared outside the camp. In fact, we hesitated for a long time and didn't dare to go forward."

"But in the end, I gritted my teeth and led a few of the braver ones to check outside the camp, and had the uncle gather the people in the camp to be ready to evacuate at any time."

"Then, we saw the bodies of the Unarmored Alliance members nailed to the ruins..."

"They were fully armed, and we didn't notice them until the light came on."

"Regardless of whether they came for us or not, so many assassins from the Unarmored Alliance have died here, so the people behind them will definitely not let this go."

"Whether it's misplaced anger or they originally intended to eliminate us, we're bound to suffer."

"So, Sona, you..."