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

There was an extremely crisp sound of hitting, followed by a stumble of Maria. "You don't expect me to keep attacking your shield, do you? If I had used another arrow... the shield would have been pierced."

Bai Jin, who was originally 20 meters away, came in front of Maria in an instant. She used the longbow in her hand as a stick and hit the opponent's lower body again, but this attack was blocked by Maria with the sword in her backhand.

At this time, Platinum chose to let go of the longbow, and his hands directly pushed away the knight's shield and then punched Maria's upper body and head!

"Bang bang bang!"

A set of close combat techniques from the Helmetless Alliance directly beat Maria to a point of dizziness, and all she could think about was, “Is this what an archer should do?” Lin Lei in the distance praised, “The timing of the attack was quite good, and it was very decisive… But this set of moves should be aimed at the throat, and I think it might be better to use two knives instead of fists.”

When the time comes, go ask Korsil to make a black and a white sword, and then ask Platinum to get his tanned skin tanned so that you can become a partner of justice.

Sofia, who was standing next to him, said sinisterly, "It seems that the one who was beaten was not your niece, right?"

“Well, at least you have to admit one thing. Bai Jin didn’t kill me, right?” Linley scratched his head in embarrassment. His waist was once again being tortured by the beauty beside him. “Hiss… I was wrong, I was wrong… Can you please be magnanimous and let go?”

At this moment, on the stage, Platinum stretched out his hand and looked at Maria: "Your defense and thinking are too rigid. If you really encounter those knights using bows... you will be kited to death by them. Moreover, they will not use wooden arrows like I am now. And instead of observing the trajectory of the arrow, you might as well observe the angle of the launch... Try to avoid them as much as possible, that is the right solution."

"Huh?! Is that so?" The girl giggled after being pulled up by Bai Jin. "I think I understand. Thank you for your help."

"Nothing. After all, this kind of life is much more interesting than..." Xinteleya shook her head, then she patted the girl's shoulder: "Okay, go down, next is my competition with your...aunt."

She didn't know if it was Maria's illusion, but she felt that when Miss Xinteleya said the word "aunt", her voice was particularly loud and her pronunciation was particularly clear, and Zofia's originally aggressive pace also paused.

Is this considered a case of beating the younger and then the older? Bai Jinyu muttered to herself in her heart. She didn't hate this kind of competition, but it was necessary to stab him: "I didn't expect that the Whip Blade Knight, who has been famous for a long time, would also have a moment when he couldn't wait to show off his skills."

"It's just the top 16. It's nothing compared to you." Zofia's pretty face twisted suddenly, and she uttered a few words silently: "The Platinum Throne of the No Hero Alliance..."

"But you are still the elder, right? Can I call you aunt under Maria's auspices?"

"Snapped!"

The sword whip swung to the ground, and the whip blade's face was as cold as ice at this moment: "You can try, I am only the aunt of Maria and Margaret, and you... I don't have such an unfilial niece as you!" Before the voice fell, the sword whip drew thousands of phantoms in the air and attacked Bai Jin! Bai Jin took a step back and directly distanced himself from Zofia!

At the same time, Linley had already arrived beside Maria, and soft white light silently poured into the girl’s body. “What do you think?”

"Xintelaiya is so strong..."

“Your defense and offense are too formulaic. This is not bad... but you need to learn to adapt.” Linley narrowed his eyes and admired the fight between the two people on the stage. Compared to the hammer just now, this could perhaps be called a fight:

"So what do you suggest?"

“Have you ever considered bringing a second sword?” Linley said as he used the power of ice shadow to condense two identical long swords. “Abandon your shield at the right time and fight to the death.”

"Eh? Is this still possible? But my left hand is not even familiar with the shield." Maria smiled awkwardly: "It's not appropriate to consider another weapon, Mr. Drege."

“I’m just offering a suggestion. It doesn’t matter if you bring an extra sword and don’t use it.” Linley said with a smile, “But your opponent will definitely notice this detail and be wary of you. This is a psychological warfare, but now I think you can consider Zofia’s response.”

As he spoke, the man nodded, signaling the girl to focus her attention on the two people fighting on the stage.

Unlike the previous "battle", Platinum's arrow shooting frequency was much faster than before, and every arrow was aimed at Zofia's joints, and it was unknown whether it was intentional. Pegasus even shot two arrows at Zofia's extremely proud parts.

"This whip blade isn't much bigger than me, so why is it so big?!"

Thinking of this, Bai Jin immediately supported himself on the ground with one hand and then jumped high like a spring to avoid the sweep of Zofia's whip. Zofia's left hand turned flexibly, and the sword whip immediately turned from offense to defense after the attack failed.

The whip was like the venom in a venomous snake's mouth, breaking all the flying arrows one by one, and all these movements changed in just a few breaths! Seeing this, Bai Jin did not take the opportunity to get close, but continued to keep a distance and suppress the opponent's pace and movements with rapid shooting.

"What fast movements! Is this a fight between knights?" Maria muttered to herself after watching in amazement.

“You learn to pressure the shooter’s position, and then no matter what weapon your enemy uses... you must pay attention to their pace and fighting style... you can’t win by just defending.” Lin Lei said as he slowly walked forward. He needed to interrupt the fight between the two people who were already a little too excited.

A grenade condensed with the power of ice shadow fell accurately on the open space between the two people, and an ice wall rose up, which also announced the end of the battle between the killer and the knight!

064. You know nothing!

The arrow exploded and turned into sawdust the moment it hit the ice wall. The sword whip was bounced away after hitting the ice wall. It was obvious that the two women had no strength to break this intentional ice wall.

“My two beautiful ladies, you’ve had enough of fighting. It’s time to stop.” Linley spread his hands as he walked forward cautiously, fearing that he might say something wrong and cause the two of them to be unhappy.

Then the ice wall shattered, and the two women saw each other's appearance after putting away their weapons. The originally ignited fighting spirit was directly sealed by the black ice that fell from the sky. "You are good at talking." Zofia snorted, and Bai Jin was more direct - she ran directly behind Lin Lei and jumped onto his back.

"so tired!"

“But a battle of this magnitude wouldn’t be enough to tire a Platinum Lord.” Linley sighed and patted the girl’s back as if to coax a child. “If you’re okay, get off my back.”

"What's wrong? Do you think I'm too fat?" Bai Jin's tone was still so gentle, but the man could hear a hint of murderous intent in it. He was afraid that if he gave a wrong answer, the girl would hit his neck and head with her hands.

"How could that be possible? Your frail body is too light for me to be considered heavy."

Linley’s apologetic smile made Bai Jin snort. ‘Forget about it because this guy is so sweet-talking.’ Thinking this way, the girl got off the man’s back. Then she glanced at Zofia provocatively - no matter how rich you are or how big your breasts are, it doesn’t matter if I got there first.

Although this person is not much faster than the other, he is at least much faster than the female knight.

"I don't know what you, a flat-chested guy, are so proud of!" Zofia cursed in her heart, but the beauty's expression was still nonchalant or calm: "Let's go, you are guests after all, we can't treat you badly, this is not our way of entertaining guests."

“That’s very polite,” Bai Jin replied dryly, while Lin Lei waved to Maria who was standing beside him and said, “Maria, don’t sit there anymore. Come into the room and rest!”

"Are you guys done?" Upon hearing that, the girl immediately ran over.

“The battle is over for them, but not for you.” Linley also had a smiling face, but what he said was no different from that of a demon in Maria’s eyes. “I haven’t been here for the past few days. Maria, I’m sure you must have learned a lot of sword moves from Zofia. How about we practice tonight?”

Hearing this, Maria broke out in a cold sweat. The experience of being knocked to the ground countless times by the other party with two popsicles a few days ago seemed to be still vivid in her mind. She subconsciously took a step back:

"Well...Mr. Dredge, do I have the right to refuse?"

“Of course not.” Linley deliberately prolonged his tone, and his asking-for-a-punch look almost made Zofia reach out her hand. However, she was also very clear that no matter how much Maria learned, she was still a newbie, and she needed someone to hammer the things she remembered into her bones and turn them into something that was almost instinctive.

Then he shook his finger at the girl: "However, in order to prevent you from playing badly...how about we make an agreement? If you do it, there will be a reward, and if you fail, there will be a punishment."

"So what reward do you mean?" Maria's eyes widened as if she wanted to confirm something.

“Anything is fine. Even if you say you want to see your sister tomorrow, I can run to Rhodes Island and bring her to you.” Linley held out his hand. “Of course, if you lose, you have to agree to one condition of mine.”

“Deal!” The girl immediately stretched out her iron-clad hand and shook his vigorously, as if she was afraid that Linley would go back on his word.

Half an hour later, Zofia invited Linley and Bai Jin to dinner without any surprise. At the same time, the female knight dragged Linley into the kitchen on the pretext that she needed someone to help her pick vegetables and do the chopping. Such a simple and crude reason immediately made Bai Jin, who had thought of countless countermeasures, grit her teeth - because no matter what, she was not good at cooking.

As soon as Lin Lei stepped into the kitchen, Zofia slammed the kitchen door shut, and her watery eyes stared straight at Lin Lei. However, what she wanted to talk about was not anything related to "horse jumping", and Lin Lei was not a serious Torena.

"I say, do you want to take this opportunity to take Maria to that underground arena?"

“How is that possible? I won’t do that until I defeat you fair and square.” Linley smiled faintly, “But I do have a lot of things I want to take her to see, and as her elder sister, Margaret should have seen a lot of those things.”

“Is that so? Then I understand.” Zofia nodded and stopped asking questions. But then she pushed Lin Lei against her, and the pair of proud headlights pressed directly on his chest. The female knight’s expression was comparable to the East China Sea Emperor in the basement in the second-generation work:

"So that's the end of Maria's story. You don't have anything else to say, huh?"

The unique rich and elegant aroma of the expensive perfume mixed with Zofia’s body odor and the smell of sweat after the battle rushed into the man’s nostrils, and Linley smiled awkwardly and said:

"What...should I say?"

“You brought that little girl from the No Heroes Alliance to me because you really want to piss me off to death?” Zofia said aggressively, and her pair of moist red lips opened and closed, looking extremely tempting in Linley’s eyes.

“Is it because of this woman that you didn’t come to my house for dinner yesterday?” As she spoke, she pulled out a kitchen knife, and the sharp blade moved around Lin Lei’s lower body, which made that person not dare to get excited at all.

"What would you do if I said yes?"

"What can I do? You are Margaret's colleague, and you are also my benefactor who came to help Maria and me. What can I do to you?" Zofia said with a smile, but her constantly moving kitchen knife proved that her mind was not stable: "Besides, I am not much older than that platinum lord, do you understand! Do you understand!"

"I understand, I understand! So, little aunt, can you put down the knife first?"

"You know nothing!" Zofia cursed in a low voice immediately, then threw the kitchen knife on the chopping board and hugged the other's neck and kissed him: "Well..."

The pair of blue eyes were still staring at him fiercely, but Linley could understand what was in them—'I'm attracted to you, pretty boy!'

065. The Call of Nine

Although he didn’t know what Linley and Zofia had talked about in the kitchen, Bai Jin was certain that the couple had done something in there! Even though the female knight’s tone was still a bit bossy during the meal, the eye contact between the two was completely different from before.

"Damn it, I came here to claim someone's ownership, but how come in just a moment I'm told that a piece of the cake I just snatched is no longer mine?"

But unfortunately, even if she had a thousand thoughts in her heart, Platinum could only put on a forced smile and chat with Maria beside her while eating. But she had to say that both Maria and Zofia, these two women born into knight nobility, were not as arrogant as she had imagined.

The beliefs they held and everything they cared about were faintly revealed in every word they said, and Bai Jin couldn't help but think of the legend of "Casimir's Golden Pegasus" that he had heard since childhood.

Even though the golden Pegasus' wings have now withered to the point where only a few feathers are left, and the young Pegasus know little about combat, it does not stop Platinum from believing that they can rise again - it's just that what they represent is no longer the traditional knights, but the meaning of knighthood itself.

"I'll definitely ask this guy what he did in the kitchen when I get back later!" The girl made the decision and took a sip of the stew made by Zofia herself with a spoon. The milky white soup, the rich meat aroma and the faint spice flavor can only be described as "fresh", and Bai Jin almost swallowed his tongue.

Damn, how can this guy cook so well? Born into a traditional family, Xinteleya had naturally heard that if you want to capture a man, you must first capture his stomach. The female knight was undoubtedly far ahead of others in this step. What's more important was that she was a young, beautiful and wealthy woman.

Gan!

When Bai Jin thought of this, he began to hate Lin Lei even more. Perhaps it was someone’s resentment that took effect, but when everyone finished their meal and were about to enjoy some fruit, Lin Lei was directly teleported away via a communication.

"Which one?"

“It’s me.” A familiar yet unfamiliar female voice came from the other end of the line, and Lin Lei felt as if he had heard this voice somewhere in the past two days.

"I'm sorry, your voice sounds familiar to me..."

"Fuck your mother! It's me, Nine! Are you free now?"

"Oh, is it you?"

When he heard it was number nine, Lin Yulei leaned against the pillar and raised his eyes: "Tell me what you want from me... Whether I am free or not depends on what you want me to do."

"Fifteen kilometers northeast of the Grand Knight's territory is the camp of our Reunion Movement. I and everyone in the Reunion Movement hope to get help from the Man with the Golden Gun." Jiu's voice was a little low and hoarse, and I wonder if it was because he didn't sleep last night.

"And the content of the help is related to the infected people in Casimir today."

"Hiss...it looks like that guy saw a lot of things and thought a lot of things last night."

However, this was also within Linley’s expectations. Or maybe it was the reason why he took Jiu to the illegal infected settlement. At this time, Zofia poked her head out and looked at him: “Hey, what’s wrong with you?”

"Yeah, I have to go out of town....You let Platinum, uh, that is, Xintelaiya stay with you for a while...I will be back in the evening."

“Will you come over for dinner tonight?” Zofia asked in a low voice, her beautiful eyes full of anticipation, and Linley nodded.

"Please save a portion of the meal for me, and also tell Maria that she can't escape the test tonight."

"Okay, then I'll wait for you to come back." After saying that, Sofia shrank back again. Seeing this, the man smiled and shook his head then left Sofia's villa straight away.

...Integration Movement Camps...

Tolan came here again a day later, and because of the good weather, he was able to see clearly what the situation in the camp was like - those Reunion Movement fighters wearing uniform uniforms and conducting drills and patrols in an orderly manner, for a time, made the bounty hunter have the illusion: "Is it the Ursus army that is attacking?"

"Is this what you do every day?" Tolan pointed at the group of guerrilla fighters in training and asked Jiu, "Are you ready to participate in a war?" In the eyes of this 'guild leader', ordinary infected organizations would never do such a thing, and those large bounty hunter groups would not do it either.

"Participating in a war? Mr. Tolan, you have to understand that as infected people... we fight every day."

Jiu smiled and made a gesture of invitation. Compared with the empty ground that night, there were two small stools beside the campfire this time. They were bought from some unknown store in the Great Knight's Territory. After all, the labels on them were not torn off.

But having a bench and not having one are two completely different experiences. Tolan did not refuse and directly pulled over a small bench and sat down. Jiu also sat on another bench and whispered:

"Only this kind of training can enable our soldiers to better protect their compatriots, right?"

"Ahem, what you said makes sense... But I'm sure you know why I came back this time."

"You hope that your resistance forces can get help from the Integration Movement. First of all, I can give you a guarantee on the general direction." Nine narrowed his blue eyes and examined the Sarkaz in front of him. "We are on the same front."

"Really? That's good... at least we can reach a cooperation, right?" Tolan breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that. The pedantic knight nobles and those newly emerging money-minded capitalists in Casimir were already annoying enough. If he had to be an enemy of an infected organization from abroad, he might as well just hang himself.

"But before we officially start the cooperation, let me first talk about the prerequisites for the Integration Movement to help." Jiu opened the kettle and took a sip of cold water. "We need a legal identity to operate in Casimir... Can you do this?"

"Sister, are you serious?" Tolan's eyes widened. "I estimated that there are nearly 2,000 people here. Where can I get this for you?"

"Listen to me. We in the Integration Movement will not leave everyone here. You should also know that it takes a long struggle to let the weak have their own rights and voices." Jiu looked directly into the emerald eyes of the Sarkaz: "And judging from this incident, we don't want much."

066. Goodbye Patriot

"Isn't that enough for you?" Tolan wanted to slap himself twice. This large group of infected people all came from Ursus. Who knows if there are spies from the Ursus army among them! If there are, I'm afraid that he will be skinned alive by Maenna!

Although that guy looked extremely disappointed with Casimir, Tolland understood better than anyone that this "Lightless Knight" cared about this country more than anyone else.

"Don't worry, you don't need to provide me and the patriots with this legal identity, because we won't stay here for more than half a year." Jiu seemed to see through Tolan's inner thoughts and added:

"Also, if you don't believe us, there is another force here that you can turn to for help."

As Nine spoke, Linley’s voice came from another direction: “Power? Sorry, Nine, I can’t represent Rhodes Island… You have to consult my leader for matters like this.”

In the blink of an eye, Linley appeared before the two of them, and his appearance also caused waves of commotion—because both the Yeti Squad and the guerrillas under the Patriot knew him, and the King Slayer gave him a complicated look and immediately retreated back into the tent.

This small-scale riot was immediately quelled after the Patriot himself appeared. Several snow monsters who were shouting "Brother-in-law" were directly hung by the Patriot on the hillside to enjoy the beautiful sunset.

After seeing Lin Lei, the Wendigo said nothing but nodded and left again. This was because he was better at fighting than cooperation and diplomacy. All he had to do was to eliminate all the existences that were hostile to the infected.

"Why has the Patriot's aura changed...and why do I feel void fluctuations from him that are similar to those of Zavala and Saint-14?" Forget it, I'll go ask him after I'm done with this business.

Thinking this, Linley turned to the surprised Tolan and the dead-eyed Jiu and said, “You seem surprised that I’m here?”

"Well, according to the information I got, your relationship with the Reunion Movement is not... that good..."