reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

Bai Ye remained unmoved, but the girl clutched her head and collapsed to the ground.

“You should have been the one to come…” Bai Ye glanced at Swire beside him and the heavy armor on her chest. Clearly, such a buffer would be more effective than his.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Black Iron

"You know her?"

Swire looked with some curiosity at the Platinum High Priestess Hinterlea, whom Bai Ye had helped up. She had only been in Kazimierz for a short time, so she was not very familiar with the conflict between Bai Ye and the Unarmored Alliance.

"We've probably met a few times."

Bai Ye was somewhat curious as to why the once dashing assassin had become so disheveled.

His clothes were torn, the bowstring of his longbow was broken, and his quiver was gone. Although he was not injured, he looked exhausted and could barely stand.

"It seems they were being pursued on their way to defect..." Bai Ye quickly guessed the outcome.

From the very first day Bai Ye met Bai Jin, she saw in Bai Ye's eyes a sense of helplessness and powerlessness. If given the chance, she would definitely choose to leave the Wuzhou Alliance.

However, Bai Ye did not expect this day to come so suddenly, probably because he was stimulated by himself and the series of events that followed.

……

"Halt... Lord Bai... Lord Bai Ye?!"

At this moment, the Unarmored Alliance hunting team that was chasing Bai Jin also caught up. They had already raised their crossbows, but subconsciously put their weapons down the moment they saw Bai Ye.

Now, few members of the Unarmored Alliance dare to point their weapons at Bai Ye in Kazimierz. Everyone knows that the Commercial Federation and Bai Ye have reached a very amicable agreement, and the two sides have changed their previous antagonistic and conflicting attitudes to become friendly and cooperative.

Those directors aren't stupid; if there's money to be made, of course they won't let Bai Ye get hurt.

However, these hunting teams did not retreat immediately, after all, their prey was now in Bai Ye's hands.

Soon, the Blue Gold Lord, who was in charge of hunting down Platinum, arrived at the scene.

"It's not Roy?" Bai Ye looked at the Azure Gold Throne in front of him with some curiosity.

Unlike the one he had met before, this capable-looking woman appeared to be from Victoria.

"Good evening, Your Excellency Bai Ye."

Upon seeing Bai Ye, Qing Jin put away his weapon and bowed.

"Good evening, did I disturb your hunt?" Bai Ye looked at the group of people in front of him with a smile.

Although the Wuhou Alliance was on the verge of war, their arrogance vanished upon seeing him, and they dared not move an inch, all thanks to Laurentina.

"Could you hand over the little pegasus behind you to us? This is an internal matter of our Wuzhou Alliance. I think no one wants to see you and the Business Federation have any conflict over such a small matter," Qingjin said, negotiating.

However, she was inwardly astonished.

They've run into big trouble. They never expected that their target, Hinterlea, would run into Bai Ye.

This was the last thing she wanted to see, even more troublesome than being directly exposed to the War Knights and the Supervisory Council.

"Conflict? You overestimate yourselves. I merely rescued an exhausted girl on the road; I know nothing of Platinum Rank or the Unarmored Alliance," Bai Ye said softly.

"Tsk——"

The Azure King frowned.

……

"Hey everyone, I didn't expect it to be so lively here."

Just then, the second lapis lazuli arrived with his squad.

Interestingly, the once bustling commercial district streets were now deserted, except for the Wuzhou Alliance hunting team, Bai Ye and Swire, and Platinum leaning against the young lady.

"Monique, you've messed up again." This newly arrived Azure Gold High Priest was none other than Roy, whom Bai Ye knew well. He had met him before.

“Shut up,” Monique replied irritably.

She and Blue Gold Roy have never gotten along. Coming from a military background, she has always disliked this lazy guy. Although they are both Blue Gold High Priests, their relationship is not good.

But now, she has no choice but to join forces with the people she hates.

……

"Oh? You're blocking my way here because you want to attack me?" Bai Ye narrowed his eyes, revealing a dangerous glint in them.

"Why not give it a try? Your assistant isn't here right now... Hand over Platinum, and she must die."

Monique's tone became impatient.

"Hey, so direct? Attacking a distinguished guest is a serious offense..." Roy frowned. If he could, he wouldn't want to lay a hand on Bai Ye.

"Are you scared?" Monique narrowed her eyes.

"We haven't investigated the other party's background. How was he able to escape unscathed from Platinum's assassination attempt that day..."

"Hmph, who knows if he made some secret deal with Hintria a long time ago, otherwise why would it be such a coincidence?" Monique said, looking at Bai Ye and Miss Swire beside her.

After listening to the two finish their discussion, Bai Ye sighed softly:

"So you've made up your mind? If you take the wrong path, you'll have to leave right here, okay?"

"There's nothing we can do. After all, we're just employees. If we don't take action, today's Platinum will be tomorrow's us... After all, our three kind-hearted bosses are watching us." Roy sighed, his brow furrowed as he nocked an arrow.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense as the assassins of the Unarmored Alliance surrounded Bai Ye on the commercial street.

It can be said that, apart from the Xuan Tie Grandmaster, all the high-ranking members of the Wu Zhou Alliance made an appearance. Unfortunately, this time the Bai Jin Grandmaster seems to be the prey of Qing Jin.

"...Hand me over, this is none of your business." Platinum leaned against Swire and said with difficulty. She tried to push the little tiger away, but she couldn't resist the young lady's monstrous strength. Only now did she realize that this girl, who had always acted as Bai Ye's business negotiation expert, was actually a master as well.

"It seems I bear some responsibility for your current predicament, though of course I won't apologize," Bai Ye said with a smile, turning to look at Bai Jin.

Then, he turned to the two Azure Gold Saints again and said:

"Since we've both made our choices, let's not regret them, after all..."

Bai Ye's lips curled up slightly, seemingly out of joy from the battle:

"I'm not exactly good-tempered either."

As he spoke, Bai Ye raised his hands and then suddenly pressed them down.

"boom--"

The cylindrical column of air pressed down, flattening several assassins from the Unarmored Alliance onto the ground.

Sensing something was wrong, everyone quickly dodged to avoid them, while the Azure Gold members looked at Bai Ye with suspicion and uncertainty.

"What kind of Originium Arts is this?!"

"This is……"

Just as Bai Ye was about to speak, he suddenly stopped, clasped his hands together forcefully.

At the same time, a meteor fell from the sky behind him, heading straight for the back of his head.

In the blink of an eye, the meteor silently streaked across the distance between heaven and earth, traversing space and appearing behind Bai Ye.

Unfortunately, that's where it ends.

The meteor began to emit a piercing, sharp whistling sound as it rubbed against the air.

As it approached Bai Ye, its speed gradually decreased, and eventually it stopped behind Bai Ye, as if it had frozen in the air.

That was an arrow.

Chapter Thirty-Three: Trial

(Breaking news! The cooks have withdrawn, the round trip to Moscow is over, the special abstract operation is over, and the world with only the injured helicopter pilot has been achieved.)

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The long, black arrow remained frozen behind Bai Ye.

At first, the arrow was still shaking violently, releasing its powerful kinetic energy that could not penetrate the target and had no way to be released, but soon it became completely stopped and floated in mid-air.

Blue Gold Roy's mouth dropped open.

This was an incredibly bizarre and terrifying sight, even more frightening than the previous incident where the assassins of the Unarmored Alliance were crushed out of thin air. Because at this moment, it seemed as if time and space around Bai Ye had frozen, and Bai Ye seemed to be in another dimension.

Yes, if Bai Ye had sensed the arrow beforehand and dodged it, or turned around and took the arrow head-on, there wouldn't be such a visual impact, and Roy and Monique wouldn't have reacted so strongly.

The scene before him was despairing, meaning that no long-range weapon would likely be effective against him.

"Mysterious Iron?"

Bai Ye reached behind him and took the arrow from in front of him.

This is a jet-black arrow, resembling a spear, so fine that it could be used as a weapon. The dark arrowhead doesn't gleam in the night, meaning it can silently and without warning slice through the Kazimierz night sky, accurately striking its target.

"Mysterious Iron is a metal with an obsidian-like luster. It is very heavy. The arrow, as its name suggests, looks as if it fell from the sky."

Bai Ye carefully examined the long arrow, his expression calm, as if the extremely dangerous long-range sniping had never happened.

"Interesting. This is the first time I've ever seen such an archery technique. Is it an ultra-long-distance projectile? It's shot from a great distance, and the extremely high parabola makes it seem like it's falling from the sky."

Bai Ye succinctly explained why the arrow's trajectory appeared to be falling directly from the sky.

"..."

Although this wasn't the first time we'd seen Xuan Tie Dawei make a move, it was the first time he'd failed.

"So that's how it is. The position of Xuan Tie is what you rely on... It seems there's quite a grand gathering today, with the Platinum, Azure Gold, and Xuan Tie factions of the Wu Zhou Alliance all gathered together."

Bai Ye narrowed his eyes.

However, he did not retaliate immediately, but stood still.

He is waiting.

What is Bai Ye waiting for?

He was waiting for the remaining Xuan Tie to be used.

There are three Xuan Tie Da Shi in total, and what I just said was only one of them.

Suddenly, without turning his head, Bai Ye asked:

"Little Platinum, what is the Unarmored Alliance?"

"..."

“In ancient times, in order to fight against the licentious and immoral knights and nobles, the local farmers and their squires conspired to hire a group of battle-hardened assassins. But they all failed.”

"The knights hanged all the traitors, displaying their names above the castle as a warning to others. The villagers in the territory dared not speak out, and could only swallow their anger and give up resistance."

"However, later, an archer volunteered. At the time, people generally believed that archers could not keep up with the speed of the Kuranta knights and had no expectations... However, the next morning, when the family of that tyrannical knight woke up, they saw that the knight was still in a charging posture, lying on his back, pinned to the ground of the square by a long spear."

"When people got closer and looked closely, they realized that it was not a spear, but a sharp arrow, an arrow forged from black iron. 'Black Iron' was the first Unarmored Alliance member in history."

After resting and recuperating, Platinum had the strength to speak again. She leaned against Miss Swire and answered Bai Ye's questions.

Bai Ye nodded:

Thank you for your explanation.

After he finished speaking, he clasped his hands together again.

With a deafening roar, the second arrow arrived.

Just like last time, the arrow was about to be frozen behind Bai Ye.

But this time, things changed; it didn't end as before, because a second arrow came at that moment.

Similarly, the arrow fell from the sky and accurately struck the end of the first sword. The enormous impact struck the first arrow, attempting to penetrate Bai Ye's defenses in this way.

At the same time, the third arrow arrived.

The three arrows, like shooting stars chasing the moon, flew towards Bai Ye's position almost one after another. Because they were projectiles, there was no need to worry about them running out of power. Under the influence of gravity, the further they fell, the greater their power would become.

With the support of three massive black iron arrows, this strike was powerful enough to penetrate most of the surface defense systems.

A single arrow is enough to pierce the armor of a knight in battle; even three layers of armor are useless against it. Let alone three arrows.

However, Xuan Tie was facing Bai Ye, the human being who was closest to the giant beasts on this land, and thus closest to the gods.