Ark Undead

Just as these journalists had completely surrounded the house of the undead man, two men walked out of the back door of Chengjin Company.

Each of them was carrying a cardboard box containing all the things they had kept at the company.

Naturally, it's Koss and Fran.

They were first scolded, all the anger their boss suffered at the board meeting and with the boss was dumped on them.

Then his salary for that month was deducted, and finally he was immediately fired.

This is because Kos played the most supportive role in the entire Undead withdrawal incident.

This was completely different from his previous worldly and sophisticated demeanor; he seemed more like a naive and impulsive young man.

He is indeed very capable, breaking through various obstacles by finding connections here and there.

He managed to explain the situation to his superior before the company's higher-ups found out, and got his superior to agree to immediately terminate the contract with the Undead.

However, this incident also exhausted all the connections he had left in this area. To put it bluntly, he is now just an unemployed bum, and those friends who previously had business dealings with him will no longer give him face.

But the step Koss took was exceptionally crucial.

If Koss hadn't resolved this problem overnight, the company's top management would most likely have blocked Undead from leaving the company and delayed his contract termination.

This will not only affect the time it takes for Undead to register as an Independent Knight, but will also make his time for the upcoming points races even more pressing.

If they terminate their contracts two days before the end of the Major, even if they have the skill, they won't be able to advance. They won't have enough points; it's not something you can achieve solely through skill.

"Boss, where are we going now?"

Before leaving, Fran popped a candy into his mouth and followed Kos as he sipped it.

"where to?"

Koss put the cardboard box on the ground and then stretched.

"Uh—ha... Go home, where else can I go?"

Koss took out a cigarette case from his inner bag, which contained only one cigarette, lit it, and then threw the cigarette case into the trash can next to him.

"We can't stay at the company anymore, and the old man is planning to become an independent knight. Does he expect us to become his squires?"

Koss smiled and took a deep drag on his cigarette.

"Well, it's not that it's impossible, but most people probably won't want us two squires. We haven't done anything besides gathering firewood."

Koss seemed quite relaxed.

"The car is still at home. We can't drive the company-issued car. Let's walk back."

Kos finished his cigarette in two puffs, stomped it out on the ground, and threw it into the nearby trash can.

He picked up the cardboard box and led Fran back to the apartment they rented together.

Kos walked with ease, but Fran, who had a lot of stuff to do, felt tired after only a few steps.

"Wait, wait! Phew, boss, wait a minute!"

Fran sat down at the bottom of a flight of stairs and put down the cardboard box he was carrying.

Kos glanced back, then could only walk back helplessly and sit down next to Fran.

"I told you to eat less. Look at you now, you can barely walk."

Fran smiled sheepishly.

He used to have a car, so he didn't find it too troublesome. Now that he doesn't have a car, he feels tired even after carrying things for a few minutes.

After sitting for a while, Fran reached into his pocket twice, then looked back at the table.

"Boss, I'm going to buy a bottle of water, do you want some?"

"Go away, I know you're out of candy, go buy some! Bring me a bottle."

"Hehe, I'm off!"

Fran stood up from the steps and walked into the convenience store behind him.

Kos reached into his inner bag, and since he was just waiting around, he couldn't resist taking out a cigarette to smoke.

But when he touched it, he couldn't find it, and then he remembered that he had just finished smoking the last one.

Just as he was about to turn around and ask Fran to buy him another pack of cigarettes, his hand touched something.

Koss took the thing out of the inner bag with a puzzled look.

It was a note.

He unfolded it and saw a string of numbers on it.

Ah, Koss remembered.

Isn't this the lottery ticket I bought before?

Koss shook his head, turned around, and was about to go into the convenience store to buy a pack of cigarettes.

I turned around and saw the lottery display hanging at the entrance of the convenience store.

"Oh, the last draw was held?"

Koss couldn't help but glance at it.

"48762...?"

He felt that the string of numbers was somewhat familiar.

My steps stopped on their own, and I subconsciously picked up the lottery ticket in my hand, walked over to the lottery station, and unfolded the lottery ticket.

"48762...1345..."

"Boss?"

Fran came out carrying two bottles of water and a pack of cigarettes, with a piece of candy in his mouth.

"Boss? What are you doing? Here's your water, and I'll help you..."

"Fran..."

"what?"

Fran was speaking when Kos interrupted him.

He looked up, and Kos turned his head, his face blank.

"We won the lottery?"

"what?!"

Fran was also taken aback.

"What?"

Koss glanced down at the lottery ticket in his hand again, confirming it once more.

The numbers on the paper are exactly the same as the numbers published on the lottery ticket!

Right there in the Knight Lotto section, the numbers were exactly as predicted!

"We've won the lottery."

Koss took a deep breath.

"Top Grade!"

Some are happy, some are sad.

Besides Coase and Fran, there were a bunch of other people staring at the financial reports in their hands, their faces not looking too good.

The board members of Chengjin Company, watching their stock price plummet by tens of percent overnight, wondered if they had been sabotaged by a business alliance. It wasn't until today's routine meeting that they learned the cash cow had left the company.

Everyone's face turned green in an instant.

They hadn't even had a chance to squeeze the last bit of value out of that idiot knight! How did he get away?!

Meanwhile, at Martin's Bar in the city center, a group of people gathered to watch the news on television, their expressions quite interesting.

"As expected of that knight, just like his competitive style, it's decisive, efficient, and unexpected."

The old knight sighed, unsure whether to be happy or sad for the undead.

"When those two riders, one fat and one thin, came to the teacher's house yesterday, I thought the teacher had another competition."

Maria was also completely bewildered, and one of her golden hairs was almost sticking up.

How come the teacher left the company overnight?

The bald knight sitting next to him wiped his wine glass; his reaction was the most indifferent.

"Zofia must have expected this, right? She said this morning that she was going to go and take a look."

"She must have received the news yesterday, otherwise it wouldn't have been so quick."

The polar bear sat at the bar, fiddling with the appliances in his hands, glancing at the television every now and then.

"By the way, where's Zofia? Where is she?"

Just then, the sound of the bar door opening rang out.

Zofia walked in and threw the car keys on the table.

"How about it?"

The old knight asked nervously.

"The person is gone. I took a look from the outside, and the fire inside was out."

Zofia shook her head.

"The problem now is, where did he go? Yesterday we told him we needed to come find us here. He's all alone in this unfamiliar place, and he's not a local, so where could he have gone?"

"Anyway, he's not under the company's control, and given his abilities, who can stop him?"

When the old knight heard that the Undead was gone, he couldn't help but laugh.

"That's really impressive! They've all left, not giving these companies any chance to operate at all. They just vanished! That's satisfying, hahaha!"

Unable to find the immortals, everyone remained anxious, but there was nothing they could do.

For now, all we can do is wait here until the Undead come looking for us.