Rifle charge in Ark, but without a mount

After parting with Xintelaiya, Claude turned around and walked towards a specific area. He promised Hart that he would pick her up today, and he couldn't break his promise, otherwise there would definitely be trouble. Thinking of Hart, Claude felt very strange. Looking at the cute girl, he had no way to connect her with his griffin. Although she was as cute as before, many of her behaviors of playing with his griffin seemed a little inappropriate now, especially under Herag's watchful eyes.

For example, right now, Claude was looking at Hart speechlessly, while the other party was excitedly signaling him with his eyes. Of course, he knew what Hart meant, but he would never do that.

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Silence spread here. Hart didn't see Claude make any move for a long time, so he looked at him with some confusion and questioning eyes.

"No, Hart, wait a minute... I think I need to have a good talk with you about our current relationship problems."

Claude began to rack his brains to think of his wording. In order to prevent his social death, he had to solve this problem.

"Look, Hart, you are now a, how should I put it... a girl, you know a girl."

Hat nodded, but she still didn't understand what Claude meant.

"So...I can't ride on you anymore."

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Hart's face suddenly fell, tears began to gather in his eyes, and Claude continued to explain hurriedly.

"Besides, you see I'm wearing armor that's so heavy, you can't carry me on your back. And you see men on the street won't ride on girls, so......"

Claude himself didn't know what he was saying, but he absolutely couldn't let that happen. If someone saw him riding on a girl, his life as a general would be over.

As for Hart, who was closest to him, he had no other choice but to keep explaining to Hart. However, Hart seemed not to have listened at all, and the disappointment in his eyes was almost overflowing.

Claude was looking forward to inspiration at this moment. He hoped that inspiration to solve the problem in front of him would come out of his head. He attributed many of his victories to his intuition. He often got an idea when observing the battlefield situation and analyzing intelligence, found the enemy's fatal flaws, and then made a subtle layout to completely trap the opponent.

And now he was expecting such an inspiration, but unfortunately he still got nothing. After all, compared with his terrible experience on the battlefield, Claude's knowledge in dealing with girls was too scarce, so he could not think of any way to deal with it.

Claude gritted his teeth and decided to tell Hart about his troubles honestly. If she still couldn't accept it, he would think of other ways.

He reached out and grasped Hart's shoulders, then bent down slightly so that his eyes were level with Hart's, and used a serious attitude to make the other person look at him seriously.

"Hart, to tell you the truth, I can't accept it. You may not understand it, but if I ride on you now, it will cause me great distress. That kind of look is definitely not acceptable to humans. And if I ride on you now, it will not be of any help to either of us, so we can no longer cooperate like before."

At this point, Claude suddenly felt a little emotional, and he rubbed Hart's head.

"We are all different now, Hart. We are no longer the same people we used to be."

"So, listen to me, okay? Hart."

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Fate is always unpredictable. When you think you have defeated it, it often gives you a surprise.

Claude turned his head to look at Hart lying on his back, and couldn't help but sigh. But this was just a little emotion. Overall, he was quite satisfied. He successfully appeased Hart, at least he didn't have to die socially. Although he felt that the soldiers' eyes looking at him were still a bit strange.

Hart's slender arms tightly embraced Claude's neck, and he buried his face in Claude's shoulders. He carried Hart all the way to the specially set up training ground.

This was his exclusive training ground, because the noise he made during training was too loud and it was not suitable for him to be with ordinary soldiers. So he allocated himself a piece of this ground. Originally, there was a company that sold building materials here, but it went bankrupt due to poor management, and this warehouse has been empty ever since.

Hart didn't get off Claude's back until they reached their destination. He felt that Hart's personality seemed to have undergone some strange changes. At least when she was a griffin, she was definitely not so clingy... maybe?

"Okay, Hart, for the sake of our cooperation, I must understand your current condition. After all, neither of us has such a strong body now. If we want to cooperate closely on the battlefield, we need to know more about each other."

"So, Hart, attack me with all your might, and don't hold back."

Hart nodded and agreed without hesitation. She didn't think she could hurt Claude at all. In this world, no one knew the meaning of the four words "Leader of the Legion" better than Hart.

She reached out and pulled out two short swords from behind her. Of course, she thought of them as her claws. When she was still a griffin, human swords were just claws in her eyes, only sharper and more powerful. In the final analysis, their uses were the same.

PS: I want to try to draw the image of Hart and the protagonist, but I can't draw it because of my clumsy hands. (；′⌒`)

The Rise of the Integration Movement: Chapter 3: The Calm Before the Storm ()

In modern online games, dual swords are often given the characteristic of faster attack speed. But the truth is that the attack speed of dual swords is definitely not faster, it is not faster than a long sword used with two hands, its only advantage is that it can attack two places at the same time, and because it requires higher technical skills from the user and is more dangerous on the battlefield, people usually only use dual swords in duels, and most of them are two swords, one long and one short.

In the hands of a well-trained master, an opponent who rashly uses dual swords will often reveal a fatal flaw. It's not that there are no people who can really use dual swords well, but there are too few of them. The most important point is that the left hand must be as flexible as the right hand and have the same ability to manipulate the weapons. And it takes a lot of training to become a master of dual swords.

Hart was undoubtedly an expert. The two daggers in her hands were so dangerous that Claude had to concentrate and not dare to be distracted. Hart should have been taught the techniques of using weapons, but her attacking movements were still very familiar to Claude, just like a hawk swooping down from the sky. Each attack was full of strength and amazing speed. If you were not careful, you would be pierced through the chest. Moreover, she did not hide her purpose at all, which was to cut the opponent into pieces.

Claude mobilized all the muscles in his body, and the long sword in his hand, with amazing momentum and power, created sparks with the attacking dagger. In the reflection of the blade, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Hart did not give him the chance to use his length advantage at all, and tried to stick to his body, because the child knew very well that this distance was her advantage.

But this situation would not last, because Claude had found her weakness. This girl was a little too impatient, and she attacked impatiently as soon as he showed a little weakness. Claude knew very well that she was too excited again and had long forgotten that she was no longer as strong as before. She wanted to rely on her body to take the opponent's attack and then exchange her injury for her life.

He turned the sword slightly to point the entire blade diagonally downward, waiting for Hart to hit him. Sure enough, Claude, who was already familiar with the opponent's attack movements, made the correct response. Hart hurriedly used the two daggers in his hands to try to block the attack. But this attack was originally a feint to cover up Claude's true intention.

In a flash, Claude suddenly rushed towards Hart and rushed directly into her arms. Before Hart could react, the cross guard of the sword in his hand hooked the inside of her knee. Then she stretched out her leg and stumbled slightly. Hart felt herself flying. It turned out that Claude threw her directly into the air.

But Hart reacted immediately, threw away the dagger in her hand, and reached out to grab Claude's hair. She directly rode on his shoulders, trying to take him down with her. Her movements were so light and so fast that Claude almost fell down before he could use the appropriate force, but at the critical moment, he supported himself with his hands on the ground in time.

At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind.

"I really shouldn't have grown my hair so long, but it seems that I don't have to worry about it when I put on the helmet. Is this the retribution for taking off the helmet?"

He rolled hard on the ground, freeing his hair from Hart's hand. Hart seized the opportunity in time, pounced on him, and rode on him, trying to imprison him and declare his victory. Facing his old friend, Claude's competitive spirit was completely aroused. Of course, he would not let Hart get his wish, and the two of them fought on the ground half playfully and half seriously.

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20 minutes later, Claude, who had pinned Hart to the ground, showed a smug smile. Hart was like a slippery loach. She always found a way to escape when he was about to subdue her, as if it was a natural instinct.

Having satisfied his competitive spirit, Claude let go of Hart contentedly and was about to stand up from the ground, but was surprised to find that Hart was still holding his shoulders.

"Okay, Hart, let me go. It's over."

But Hart didn't let go, instead he rode on top of Claude and stared at him. Claude was horrified to find that the distance between them was getting closer and closer. Of course, this wasn't Claude's initiative to get closer, so there was only one explanation...

Hart seemed to be doing some strange things because of some confused feelings.

Claude was not panicking at the moment, because with his rich experience, he would definitely be able to find a solution to this problem as long as no one came to make trouble.

But first, restrain Hart, because she is about to kiss her.

With a snap, Claude covered Hart's mouth directly, and Hart seemed to react and stopped when he was 5 centimeters away from Claude's face.

Very good, the situation is very good now, as long as it can be pushed open perfectly, there will be no accidents. Claude thought so in his heart, and then slowly exerted force with his arms, but Hart was not willing to leave Claude, she still stubbornly grabbed Claude's clothes, making this work not go smoothly.

Just as Claude was about to continue his efforts, he suddenly heard the sound of the warehouse door opening. He jumped up as if his finger was bitten, and Hart clung to him tightly.

"I didn't know you had this hobby."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in the girl's cold voice. Yelena leaned against the door of the warehouse with her shoulders folded, looking at the two of them. Claude finally pulled Hart down with great effort, but there was no embarrassment on his face.

"Yelena, what's going on? It's rare to see you here."

Claude suppressed Hart with one hand and said this as if nothing had happened.

That's right, as long as he pretended nothing happened, the other party would most likely stop talking, especially Yelena. Claude, who knew the girl's character well, came up with such a despicable plan.

As expected, once the matter was addressed, the expression on Yelena's face immediately returned to normal. She rummaged through her bosom and pulled out a document.

"Tallulah and the others are planning to hold a celebration ceremony. There are many things that need to be arranged. We need you to come and discuss the specific arrangements."

"Okay, let's go together. We should really celebrate. Our nerves are too tense."

The Rise of the Integration Movement: Chapter 4: The Calm Before the Storm ()

A celebration, a warm and grand celebration, is very useful for the current situation. Their people have been tense for too long, especially the village on the snowy plain. They have lived under the shadow of the Ursus army for several years. Even if they are used to enduring suffering, no one likes this feeling. They need to announce to all civilians that the integration movement has entered a new era, a period of rapid development.

And they also need a celebration to announce their existence to the whole of Terra. To prove that they are not a terrorist organization, but a real regime. They didn't have the materials to do these things before, but now with Chernobyl, this huge industrial city, they have enough manpower and material resources to accomplish this.

Unfortunately, none of their cadres had experience in organizing such activities, and Claude had only participated in grand celebrations and had never been a planner of celebrations. Even Tallulah had no experience in this area. And the most important thing they had to do was to spread their news and bring hope to all the infected people on the earth, so they also needed to find some reporters to report.

Soldiers had already posted notices recruiting relevant professionals on the streets, but there had been no news so far. They now had to come up with a solution to the problem.

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"I suddenly remembered that I had to go to the military headquarters to take a look."

Bozhukas hammered his palm as if he had suddenly realized something, and then hurriedly tried to pick up his halberd and shield and leave this place that made him feel uncomfortable. Yelena reached out and grabbed his robe, holding back her father who wanted to escape.

"We can't avoid it. This is an inevitable step in the development of our organization. We must solve it perfectly."

Claude was typing on the terminal next to him, searching for something. Hinterea stood beside him, pointing and commenting from time to time. Hart and Keobe were sharing a piece of bread next to him. They became friends almost in the blink of an eye. Tallulah was writing and drawing in her notebook with a distressed look on her face, and she would tear off a page from time to time when she was dissatisfied. Alina also looked at her friends with a wry smile, she couldn't help at all in this regard. Yelena ate candy quietly and watched the show, while Bozhukas scratched his head in shame.

As for Faust, Ino, Lyudmila, Ethan and other cadres, they know even less and feel like they are just here to make up the numbers.

"How about we ask for help from highly educated people? For example, Dr. Kelsey from Rhodes Island Company. I can tell from the first glance that she is a very experienced person and should know how to deal with these things."

Claude closed the terminal screens at once and stood up. Thinking here was not a solution at all. Most people here were illiterate, and everything he knew was related to the war, so it was useless now. But Rhodes Island was different. The academic level there was not as good as theirs combined. At least as far as he knew, Mr. Blood, who had published many heavyweight papers internationally, was the unreliable Dr. Warfarin in Rhodes Island.

"Lord Kelsey, that is indeed a feasible solution. She is a very wise person."

The Patriot shook his torn cape and stood up, saying that he would leave everything to the smart Lord Kal'tsit, and he didn't need to think about it anymore. Then he left here quickly. The crowd didn't have any better ideas, so they could only agree that after Claude and Kal'tsit talked, they would send the results of the discussion to their terminals and continue the discussion in the afternoon.

"Okay, I'll go make an appointment with Dr. Kal'tsit. She's always busy, I don't know if she has time... Speaking of which, it seems like Rhodes Island has never left."

Claude then spoke as if he suddenly remembered something.

"Because there are so many infected people here, they plan to stay here for a while and set up a fixed medical point here. I have asked the relevant personnel to fully cooperate with them."

Tallulah immediately explained why.

"By the way, I remember I have sent you the detailed report. Didn't you read it?" Tallulah continued to show a curious expression. She had already handed the overall report of this period to Claude yesterday.

Claude showed a somewhat distressed expression, he rubbed his eyes, stood up and looked at Hart who was already playing with Ceobe, the two girls were chasing each other and playing in a chaotic manner. They were both pretty girls, but they looked as cute as children.

"I've been busy with Hart's affairs these past two days, and I think a lot of things have piled up on my desk. Although the important ones have been dealt with, I guess I'll have to work overtime from now on..."

"By the way, who is this girl? I see you seem to be very interested in her. Is she an old friend?"

Yelena had stood next to them at some point and asked this question, and she glanced at Claude meaningfully.

"Ah! She is indeed an old friend of mine."

"good relationship?"

"Very good. Before every battle, half of my life is in her hands."

Hearing the emotion in Claude's tone, Yelena couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"I really don't know how many things you are hiding from us."

"I'm sorry, there are some things I can't tell you right now."

"I don't blame you. I just said it casually. Since you trust this girl, we will trust her too. After all, you are our general."

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The voices gradually faded away, and the conference room was once again filled with silence. Only the dust in the sunset was moving irregularly in the air, but it could never cover up the warm atmosphere here.

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Kana is a female worker in a garment factory. Today, she continues her work - sealing the edges of clothes. Their lives are much better now. The garment factory is under the unified management of the Chernobyl Military Committee, and there is no longer the guy who squeezed them.

The workers' rest time was greatly increased, but their remuneration was also much higher. In addition to the basic salary, the Military Commission implemented the principle of more work, more pay. Workers with outstanding contributions would receive additional rewards, so their work enthusiasm was very high, and the factory's production efficiency was much higher than before.

In her hand was a thick winter uniform, which was ordered by the army. This uniform had thick warm padding, tough and wear-resistant fabric, and soft lining. The fur collar could effectively block the cold wind in Ursus in winter. Due to sufficient capital investment, the quality reached an astonishing level, even better than the uniforms equipped by the elite army of the Ursus Empire.

But what puzzled Kana was that the orders were suddenly expedited in the past two days. I heard that there was an urgent need, so more workers were transferred to this factory, working in three shifts all day without a break.

"Is there going to be another war?"

She was filled with anxiety, and even failed to control the strength of her hands properly, causing the stitches to shift. As she tried to fix the problem, her anxiety grew.

Rise of the Reunion: Chapter 103: Farewell

"Have you really decided?"

Marne was adjusting the cuffs of his suit. He was wearing a little too thin in this weather. But he was calm and didn't care about the drizzling snow. He didn't look at his niece at all, but Margaret knew that he was asking her this question, and she also knew what her uncle wanted to ask.

"Yes, uncle, I have made up my mind."

"You have to understand what you are facing. What you are seeing now is by no means a common phenomenon. Many of the factors involved are miraculous. It is not advisable to have a wrong view of the difficulty of things because of this."

Ma Enna still didn't look at his niece, and talked to himself, as if there was an air person in front of him.

"I understand, uncle, I understand everything."

Margaret tightened the scarf around her neck. She didn't even look at her uncle. In a sense, their personalities were very similar, so many things didn't need to be said for the other person to understand.

Today was the day they were leaving for Casimir. They didn't have much luggage, and Shining stayed in Rhodes Island to look after Liz. Because of their help to the Reunion Movement, they were given an armored off-road vehicle with powerful performance, and they were fully capable of driving all the way back to Casimir from here.

Everything was ready. They prepared very chewy dehydrated meat and vegetables, which were purchased from food factories in the city. They were cheap and good quality. A large amount of drinking water was also needed. In areas prone to natural disasters, outdoor water sources could not be drunk without authorization, because it was unclear how many Originium particles were in them, and one could be infected if not careful. For the same reason, the snow in the nearby snowfield could not be easily used to boil water.

But they didn't leave for a long time because there was still one person who hadn't arrived.

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Claude arrived quickly. Although he was busy until 3 o'clock last night due to the backlog of documents, he still got up early this morning to send Maina and Margaret back to Casimir. In his plan, Casimir played an important role, as it had the most developed economy in the entire Terra continent. In particular, his friends were also determined to change the corrupt and dark status quo of Casimir.

"Then I won't say any more nonsense. Goodbye, Margaret and Mr. Mainna. Remember to write me a letter when you arrive. Oh, by the way, don't forget to say hello to Maria for me. That child should have grown up now. I remember she told me that her dream was to become an outstanding craftsman. I guess she has almost achieved it."

"Of course. Don't forget to come to Casimir. I think everyone misses you... I need your help too."

"Goodbye Mr. Claude, you are a man of great conviction, I believe you will achieve your goal in the end."