Ark Traveler, I want to take a day off today too

“Well, there is a kind of beauty that all raw materials are infected.” Linley concluded, “But there is nothing wrong with what you said. Everything in Casimir revolves around the purest interests.”

"So where are you going this afternoon?"

......The headquarters of the Red Pine Knights......

Rather than being a well-equipped knights' base, this place is more like a simple warehouse. But in a sense, this is already a pretty good base for infected knights. After all, even Sona has only been awarded the title of an infected knight. She has not yet become the champion of the knight tournament like the blood knight.

As for Sona and the other members of the Knights, most of the prize money they won from the competition was used to help the local infected people, which resulted in their so-called base looking quite old.

“Do you really want to go over there? Those infected knights might not particularly welcome people like us.” Bai Jin kindly reminded them. After all, both she and Lin Lei were non-infected, and she was the Helmetless Alliance assassin that these infected knights hated the most.

"Want to make a bet?"

"No, because when someone proposes this idea, he usually has already won." The girl refused without hesitation. Jokingly, if the bet was lost, would she have to pay for it as well?

Seeing this, Lin Lei did not force the other party. He just stood at the door of the warehouse and knocked. Both Lin Lei and Platinum carried their bows - but forget about the Breath of Leviathan, which is still in their own residence. To be honest, Lin Lei still doesn’t know why Kal’tsit and the others suggested that he carry this bow.

Could it be that he really wanted to blow up the building that symbolized the Federation of Commerce? Wouldn't he immediately turn from a harmless bounty hunter into a wanted criminal?

Soon, Linley's knock on the door was answered. Unlike the fully armed Zalak girl he saw last night, Sona was now wearing armor, but she didn't wear the "shovel"-like helmet. Her long, fluffy and smooth red hair fell naturally on her shoulders and behind her.

“Hello, may I ask who…is it you?” Sona was about to ask who Lin Lei was when she noticed the compound bow that looked like a butterfly.

“Well, it seems you know who I am, so I don’t need to introduce myself to you…” Linley nodded with satisfaction. He leaned one hand against the wall and looked at the petite infected knight. “Then could you please let me and the lady behind me in?”

"Of course, Xiao Hui, Ivona and Justina, we have guests!" The leader of the Red Pine Knights shouted into the room, then she turned sideways to make way: "Please follow me."

Bai Jin nodded politely: "Sorry for disturbing you so much..." I hope you can still be so calm after you know my identity, the girl thought slowly with malicious intent.

Then, under the guidance of the girl, the two of them walked through a series of fitness equipment and came to a place that was both a training ground and their lounge. Naturally, those slightly old exercise equipment were also taken in by Lin Lei and Bai Jin.

"An infected knight like you who has already made a name for himself shouldn't be so poor." Platinum whispered his doubts.

"Most of our bonuses were used to support those infected people who don't have stable jobs. As for these equipment..." Sona scratched her head, "We have to thank the Blood Knight. I heard that these are equipment that the Red Lantern Knights don't need."

At this time, they also arrived at the training ground. On the stage, they saw a Kuranta knight with a rather wild appearance waving a wooden lance and launching a stabbing attack at the gray hair on the other side. Off the field, a Liberian girl with gray hair and golden eyes was calmly examining Lin Lei and Bai Jin behind him.

"By the way, I haven't asked you how you found this place, Mr. Dredge."

“Well, I found a guide from the No-Hero League.” As soon as Linley finished speaking, the entire training ground fell into a deathly silence, and Sona smiled bitterly and said:

"Are you kidding?"

Linley nudged Bai Jin’s shoulder with his elbow and said, “I’m not kidding. Let me introduce you to everyone. The person next to me is the one sent by the No Heroes Alliance to monitor me. Her position seems to be…”

“The Heroless Alliance, the Platinum Throne.” Cintrea sighed and looked at Linley. “Are you satisfied with what I said?”

"It's just a self-introduction. If you hadn't asked, Miss Yanwei, I definitely wouldn't have mentioned it."

Before Flametail could say anything, Kuranta on the stage rushed down with a lance in hand: "Are you the ones hunting the infected everywhere? You bastards, are you ready to die?" In a sense, this knight codenamed "Wild Mane" is quite suitable for her title.

The wild style and wild fighting methods were indeed like a wild horse, and she was more like an indomitable gladiator than a knight. But before the girl's lance could pierce Platinum, Lin Lei grabbed the tip of the lance.

“I say, stop for a moment… At least she’s not attacking you right now, right?” Linley scratched his head and said in a somewhat distressed tone, “And if the Platinum Leader of the No-Heroes Alliance died here inexplicably, you wouldn’t feel comfortable either.”

"Ivona, stop it... Mr. Dredger is right."

Then the leader of the Red Pine Knights looked directly at Linley and said, “We are very grateful for your help last night, but this is definitely not a reason for you to bring the executioners of the No Helmet Alliance to see us.” The petite girl drew out the rapier she carried with her.

"Please tell me why you are here!"

025. Strength is the foundation for protecting everything

“Tell me why you’re here, or please leave.” There was a slowly burning flame in Sona’s eyes, and the well-maintained rapier was pointed directly at Linley’s nose.

“Well, your question is a little difficult for me to answer.” Linley chuckled and didn’t care at all about the long sword that was only a foot away from his neck. He turned his head and looked at Bai Jin, who had already stretched out his hand to the bow. “Miss Bai Jin, can you please go out for a while? Don’t worry, I won’t run away. Why don’t you help me think about where to eat dinner~”

"And now you can report to your superiors who I met, right?"

“Then I’ll take my leave.” Bai Jin slowly left after performing an elegant knight’s salute. She was not worried at all that these infected knights would attack her or Lin Lei. What a joke! Unless they really wanted to reincarnate sooner, why would they attack someone who could hold down Qing Jin?

The moment Bai Jin's voice disappeared, Ivona shouted in dissatisfaction: "How dare that guy perform the knight's salute? Is the assassin of the Helmetless Alliance worthy of being called a knight?"

“It would be better if you could say this to her face.” Linley glanced at her with a smile, then looked at Sona again: “Also, Miss Flametail, I don’t think you should point your sword at someone who comes with good intentions.”

"If you really have good intentions, you wouldn't have brought assassins from the No Helmet Alliance with you." Flame Tail gritted his teeth, "So tell me quickly, what is your purpose in coming here to find us?"

"As infected knights...are you satisfied with just doing this? Sooner or later, both the Helmetless Alliance and the Business Federation will find the settlements of those illegal infected people. Who will you be able to protect at that time?"

As Linley spoke, he reached out his hand and grasped the girl’s sword, slowly deflecting it. He then walked in front of Yanwei and said, “The Infected Knights themselves were created by those businessmen in pursuit of profit. If you only do this... then the Infected here will never have a chance to make a breakthrough.”

"Then tell me what you want to do?" Flametail put down his sword. "But you should know that no matter what, the Infected Knights can never be a match for the Helmetless Alliance and the Commercial Alliance. Moreover, if things get out of hand, the Supervisory Commission will not let us go."

“You first brought a pumpkin head, and then changed your name to Mafti. Maybe... No, they failed too.” Linley shrugged. Seeing that these people were not looking at him with hostility, the man walked straight to a chair nearby and sat down calmly.

The four people including Yanwei and even the slightly shabby-looking four-wheeled robot gathered around. They stared at the man silently, waiting for his next words.

Linley gently stroked the bowstring of the monarch butterfly and looked at Sona: “You need to establish a relationship with the Supervisory Committee and let them become your umbrella of protection… But how can the noble grandfather care about infected people like you? So you need some bargaining chips…”

"Bargain?" The girl looked at him thoughtfully. "Do you have any good suggestions?"

"For example, is there any connection with the now declining Linguang family? Although they can be said to be in decline now, the little girl named Maria Linguang seems to have some ideas of her own." The man looked at Yanwei:

"She has a fire burning in her heart just like you. The Supervisory Committee can watch the Linguang family slowly decline, but they will never sit idly by and watch the family perish. So in a sense, as long as you help Maria Linguang, you can get on the list of those knights."

“So what should we do next?” The girl from Liberi, who had never spoken before, spoke up. Her golden eyes were still emotionless, and Linley gestured to wait a moment.

"What's next? You guys should do the first step and your training first, and we can talk about the future later~"

Linley stood up and placed the monarch butterfly on a chair before walking straight to the training platform. “You are too weak right now. If you can’t even handle a team of sweepers from the No Helmet Alliance, then there’s no way you can carry out your subsequent plans.”

"Come, let me see how strong you are~"

Two cold popsicles appeared in his hands. "Don't worry, you won't die, but it might hurt!" After half a minute of thinking, Ivona walked onto the stage with her lance in hand:

"I just haven't had enough of fighting with Xiao Hui yet, so let me see if you're as good as Sona said!"

Ten seconds later, Linley’s left-handed stick easily swung aside the opponent’s lance, while his right-handed stick whipped towards Kuranta’s buttocks in an extremely perfect arc.

'Boom~'

The girl flew high into the air and then landed heavily on a cushion at the side. “Your movements are too direct. Besides, all the gun players I know mainly rely on their footwork and then on their waists to generate power.” After making a brief evaluation, Linley picked up the stick again and looked at the remaining three people.

"When are you coming up? I have limited time today. I can't be here to train with you all day."

....Outside the Red Pine Knights' headquarters...

"You mean that guy went to meet a group of infected knights?" Roy repeated while looking at the report on Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals in his hand.

"Well, in addition to that, he also walked around the front of the Linguang family's mansion and met that Mainna Linguang." Bai Jin pricked up his ears as he spoke - he didn't know if it was his illusion, why was there really a sound of fighting in the warehouse?

Do you really dare to attack that guy?

"The Linguang family... Ever since the departure of the Knight Yao and the death of Cyril Linguang, there is no need to pay attention to this family. However, Xiao Baijin, your reports are very timely. Please keep them up~"

"Then can I take a rest tonight..." Before Bai Jin could finish, Roy hung up the phone. "Well, it seems that's not possible~ Well, I hope those directors of the Business Federation can give me less work tonight."

At this moment, Roy and Monique looked at each other and said, "He went to meet those infected knights. It seems that Rhodes Island is also a pharmaceutical company that develops drugs related to mineral disease. Did you find out anything from them?"

"Longmen Governor Wei Yanwu just held a press conference two days ago, and they announced that they would have a long and wonderful cooperation with Rhodes Island." Filin said coldly, "In addition, there are signs that this company was involved in the incident between Longmen and Chernobog. The extreme infected organization in Ursus has fought against them more than once."

"Oh! I remember this organization, I think it was called the Reunion Movement? Are they strong?"

026. The Patriot Who Mutated (Part )

"So Wendigos really exist in this world? I always thought they only existed in legends." Roy murmured, "So what about the Reunion now? Was it destroyed by the Ursus army?"

Monique shook her head. "My people didn't get more information from the black market, but I heard that the integration movement has not disappeared, and the Wendigo is still leading them. But these are just rumors."

"But we have finally figured out the bounty hunter's true background, right?" Roy rubbed his frowning brows. "His presence here can only mean one thing: Rhodes Island might also want to get a piece of the pie."

"It's hard to say. At least for now, there is only that damn archer. We'll have to wait until the Rhodes Island forces enter Casimir. The ones who will have a headache are not us, but the directors of the Business Federation." Monique remembered the legend her elders told her when she was a child:

'It only takes two or three of those heavily armored Wendigos to completely capture a fully armed city. Their spears are like thunder and cannot be stopped by human power.'

When the Grand Princess was a child, she thought it was just a threat from her family to keep her from going to bed, but now the legend is echoing in her mind again. "No matter how strong the Wendigos are, they can't be as scary as the legend says... Otherwise, how did Rhodes Island stop them?"

...the forest in the southwest of Ursus...

A heavy snowfall had just covered up all traces of people, while the dense forest had completely concealed the current integration movement.

Jiu exhaled slowly. As a Fidelian, she was much more sensitive to cold and heat than other races. This ability also allowed the integration movement she led to successfully avoid several Ursus armies. This move also allowed her to have relatively stable command in this new integration movement.

"Old man, if we go a little further, we will enter Casimir. Then we need to cross the entire Casimir to reach Victoria." The former director of the Lungmen Guard Bureau looked at Wendigo beside him.

Compared with other seriously ill patients suffering from conservative mineralogy, the Patriot's physical condition is now quite good. And maybe it was because his eyes were blurry when he went out to urinate in the middle of the night two days ago, this Wendigo even broke off a piece of Originium crystal cluster on his shoulder and ate it.

The next day, Jiu discovered that the warrior who could only pronounce one or two words at a time could speak fluently. Is this some kind of Sarkaz witchcraft? The Yeti team passing by whispered, "Is this the power of my brother-in-law? I tell you, my sister was in a very bad condition before, but then my brother-in-law showed up...my sister's physical condition obviously improved a lot."

But the Patriots never talked about the changes in him, and everyone believed that this was the benefit of cooperating with Rhodes Island, and the existence of this backbone of the Integration Movement was also the reason why Nine was able to command the entire organization - because on the surface, the Patriots never raised any objections to Nine's proposals.

But in fact, Wendigo already had a rough idea of the changes in his body - just like his daughter, he was also blessed by the 'Drejie'. The healing white light not only replenished his dwindling vitality, but also produced some subtle changes in his mineralogy.

Another indescribable force was flowing through Wendigo's blood vessels, flesh and even every inch of his skin. Every wash would alleviate his mineral sickness a lot. The Patriot even felt that he could use this force to release a towering barrier that could block artillery fire at any time.

"If I remember correctly, there should be an Ursus Army outpost less than 20 kilometers ahead." The Patriot walked slowly to the front holding his halberd. His eyes seemed to have passed through the entire snow-covered forest and arrived at the outpost ahead:

"Chief, let some of the people rest. Not everyone has the same qualities and speed as a warrior."

At this time, the King Slayer stood up and said, "Let me take some people over to take a look."

"Thank you for your help, King Slayer." Nine nodded, and then she issued an order for the entire integration movement to hide in the woods. This was also a kind of rest - except that they could not make a fire or set up camp.

"Old man, you are in better condition than before." Nine said softly while sitting next to Patriot, "Is it because of that Dredger?"

"Yes." Even though his vocal cords had returned to normal, Patriot was still very frugal with his words most of the time. "But don't tell anyone about this. Also, you haven't contacted him for a while."

"I'm not his subordinate, so how could I contact him for no reason?" The girl said angrily. If he hadn't been frozen to the point where only his head was still movable by someone in Chernobyl, how could she be considered as the younger brother of Derejbo?

"I have a feeling we'll run into him in Casimir," Patriot said calmly, "You can contact him then."

"Old man, have you been to Casimir?"

"A long time ago, I once led the Ursus army to fight against the expeditionary knights called 'Silver Spear Pegasus'. Their strength... was very strong." The Patriot succinctly recounted the past story and concluded: "The current Reunion Movement will not be their opponent, so we have to find a way to bypass the knights' bases."

"I'll take charge of this matter." Nine nodded, "If there is a chance, we can even recruit another wave of members in Casimir."

In response, the Patriot simply nodded, as he himself said: "I will not lead this group of infected people, but walk with them. I will be their sharpest spear and the most solid shield! And they are the Ursus in my heart!"

"Chief, there are quite a few people ahead, and they seem to have special radio equipment for communication. If we intend to annihilate them... we have to pass through this area quickly." In less than half an hour, the King Slayer returned with his men, and the Patriot slowly stood up:

"Leave it to me. We should keep moving forward and try to enter Casimir within the next two days."

Afterwards, the entire Integration Movement witnessed with their own eyes that as the Patriots approached, a lavender translucent cover appeared out of thin air, and when the cover disappeared, all the Ursus soldiers in the entire outpost had been slaughtered.

The Ninth Class said nothing and asked nothing, they continued to march.

027. We, the Straight Piercer, are fearless! (Fourth update)

"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"

Compared to the remaining three knights who were already stacked on top of the cushion, Flametail’s performance was the best among them. Even though she had been hit twice by Linley’s stick, Sona’s mental state was still very good, and the rapier in her hand blocked three or four consecutive hits from Linley.

In fact, Yanwei was not very strong in terms of strength. She won battles more by relying on her nimble movements and excellent speed. But now, both her speed and movements, which she was proud of, were perfectly suppressed by Lin Lei.

The two sticks in the man's hand fell on the knight like drumsticks hitting a drum set. God knows why these two sticks made of ice are so strong! Sona retreated while using the rapier in her left and right hands alternately. This kind of rapier that is more inclined to thrust and duel cannot play its advantages when facing a stick.

At this moment, Sona was thinking: If it were her, she would definitely change speed at an unexpected moment to deliver a fatal blow after mastering the speed and rhythm of the suppression! And Linley did just that, smashing down with his right stick at the same speed and rhythm as before, and the girl successfully blocked it with her rapier.

But then Linley's left stick suddenly accelerated and hit the inside of the girl's calf!

'boom! '

Her legs involuntarily knelt forward under the control of her muscles, and the weapon she had been holding tightly was knocked away by the opponent's stick. "Oh! I will be knocked away and piled up like a human pyramid too!" But the pain the girl imagined did not come, and she did not even fall to the ground.

Linley held Sona in place, and the white light of the healing grenade flashed from his fingertips and entered the girl's body directly. "Compared to the remaining three people, this little guy has the most combat experience, and his oripathy seems to be the most serious."

But it is still much better than the thief in the Lungmen Slums. I don’t know if that girl went to Rhodes Island for treatment.

......The bridge of Rhodes Island......

Because he wanted to draw a tube of Draco's blood for tasting, the Warfarin that was not for observation was discovered again and dropped directly on the bridge by Kal'tsit. Today, the Bridge University welcomed a new student again.

Mon3tr slithered over like a snake, and in its claws was a purple-haired Carter girl. Warfarin was delighted when he saw it: "Isn't this Anso? Why are you here to watch the sunrise?"

"This is the nth time you've been caught for touching other people's meal cards." Blood Demon nudged the dejected girl with his elbow. "I have to say, you're a talented person. You've only been in Rhodes Island for a little over a week, and you've touched other people's meal cards so many times."

"Although I know you often do this when you are in Longmen, it is better to do it less on the ship... Are you going back this time?"

"I returned it. I just touched it subconsciously... and then I realized it was someone else's wallet." An Suo sighed like an old man in his forties or fifties, "Do you think people will kick me out because of this?"

It was the first time that he had such a clean bedroom, the first time that he had so many 'compatriots' and a stable source of food. Ansuo didn't want to lose them just like that.