Rifle charge in Ark, but without a mount

"…………Why did you hold back just now? You could have pierced me."

Nightmare spoke, his doubts at this moment were genuine.

"When did I ever say I was going to take your life? Life is not something to be trifled with, and it should not be wasted in a scene like this."

Claude jumped off his horse and came to Tora.

"Your armor and weapons are badly damaged. If you can get them from me, give them to me and I'll repair them and give them to you."

"Are you still a craftsman?"

"No, my apprentice is a craftsman."

"..."

"Did you find it? Did you find what you wanted?"

"............Not yet, but I should get going...I know what you are, knight."

"tell me the story."

"You are war! You have the smell of war, just like my ancestors, the powerful Keshiks. You are the embodiment of war!! How could someone like you be in this city? This is a place of cowardice and decay. How could you be willing to stay here?!"

"Don't fight for the sake of war. War is just a means, and should not be the result of pursuit. It is just a tool to achieve the goal. This city is indeed full of decay, and what I have to do is to scrape it away and expose fresh muscles and bones, so that healthy flesh and blood can attach to it."

"Do you still like this city? Even though it is so corrupt?"

"What I like is not the city, but the people who built it. Decay and depravity are not forever, someone has to take action to get rid of them. People can't just stand by and watch, they also need to do something. Simply avoiding them won't solve anything."

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Tora stood up straight, and the broken armor plates on his chest collided with each other as his body swayed, making small sounds.

"...Maybe you are right. At least at this moment, I kind of believe what you said. The path you are walking on... should also be the right path, and it is time for me to walk my own path..."

"Then I will wish you well."

"It's my pleasure."

Casimir's New Chapter: Chapter 171: Rising Momentum

"Maybe we'll meet again in the future. If you're heading north, I'll probably go there to take a look. Don't die too early. I'll treat you to a drink then."

Tora rode a motorcycle. His original plan was to walk all the way there, but Claude pointed out the flaw in his plan. Even though he had extraordinary strength, he was still a human being. When encountering a giant natural disaster that covered a huge area, there was basically no possibility of escape. It would be better to buy a vehicle.

Nightmare's armor and weapons had already been repaired. His armor was easier to repair. He only needed to make new armor plates and then weave them in. It basically only took a day or two. The knight competition in the city was still in full swing, but it had nothing to do with them. Nightmare had already withdrawn from the competition. After finding a real opponent, he was no longer interested in playing house.

He used the money he had saved to buy an off-road motorcycle, but this meant that he had to frequently go to cities to replenish energy, which had its pros and cons.

"goodbye…………"

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Tora tied his long knife behind him, then rode his motorcycle out of the gate, and soon disappeared in the rolling yellow sand, continuing his own journey to the sky.

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"He still left the energy rod behind... He should come back to get it, right?..."

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With the push of a certain will, the atmosphere in the city began to become subtle, or rather, the entire Casimir. The mutual fighting between capitals was often bloody, and the Infected Daily, with its strong capital, swallowed up all the newspapers in the city, including several major TV stations, in a short period of time.

The public opinion in this city is now led by the Infected Daily. And with the subtle influence of the past few months, coupled with the fact that the Business Federation has never been able to unite, the time is ripe. Although there are many people among them who know that they need a new No Helmet Alliance, every director wants to take the lead in this new organization. The mutual wrangling and shirking of responsibility and the backstabbing between them will continue for a long time.

A new trend of thought now permeates the streets of Casimir. The previously controlled information is now spreading, and people's attitudes towards the infected are changing every day. Because they understand a basic truth: anyone can become an infected, especially in this world where Originium is the mainstay of industry.

The miserable situation of the infected people today may very well be their own tomorrow. In addition, the daily report of the infected people also pointed out a fact that has been covered up, that is, if they are not terminally infected, they will hardly be infected in daily interactions. And terminally infected people, as long as they are controlled, will not cause greater harm to the outside world.

For ordinary people in Casimir, the authorities have been promoting the dangers of infected people, but they have never actually seen any infected people harming them, and they have basically heard about it from others. However, the exploitation of them by enterprises and companies is real, and they can personally experience it and cannot fake it, so their resentment is naturally transferred from the infected people.

The control of merchants over the city is declining day by day. Some smarter ones have begun to hire mercenaries to protect themselves and transfer their property to other countries. But the vast majority are still unwilling to give up their industries. However, they cannot find a clear enemy, let alone fight against the overwhelming public opinion. The several newspapers they have supported have also quickly closed down. All media means, whether it is television, newspapers or the Internet, have no place for them. They don't know who this Infected Daily is, but they know that all actions against the other party have no effect.

Under such circumstances, the Business Federation, which had been able to maintain its organization, was now in complete chaos. The directors were attacking each other, trying to gain more benefits for themselves at this last moment. The Supervisory Commission also began to take advantage of the victory. Fighting for control of the city, in this chaotic state, the demonstrations on the streets became more and more frequent.

People took to the streets one after another, demanding that companies be cracked down on and enterprises be abolished, and that power be returned to the people. The cheering slogans continued day and night, and there was no shortage of infected people among them. At this moment of common hatred and hatred, people no longer cared whether the other party was infected or not. If they stood up with them, they were trustworthy.

The people who organized these protests and marches were naturally the infected knights that Claude had carefully trained. They were now well-trained and capable of dealing with emergencies, such as assassins. After all, it was difficult for the Business Federation to find truly well-trained assassins.

According to Claude's plan, they connected with civilians and infected people in the city. The climax of the protest was one wave after another, and the whole city was trembling in the protest and cheers of the people. With Claude's side controlling public opinion, the police controlled by the Business Federation did not dare to use any violent means, and their members were constantly being instigated. Among those who joined the march, there were people of various professions and races. But they all had one thing in common: they had long been fed up with oppression and exploitation.

Before, they could only bury their dissatisfaction and complaints deep in their hearts, but now they saw the dawn of light from the shadows. Those who have seen the light will never want to sink into the darkness again. Coupled with Claude's timely promotion, the whole city is boiling. The dawn opened up by Margaret and the Blood Knight has finally grown stronger and illuminated the way forward for the people.

It's like a gunpowder barrel that has never been ignited. No matter how tightly you pack the gunpowder, there will be no problem. But as long as there is a spark, everything will be turned upside down. When the people truly wake up, they will no longer tolerate these businessmen who are oppressing them.

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The whole of Casimir was in chaos, but Claude was not worried about the pressure from Ursus. He had just dealt a heavy blow to the other party not long ago, and it was not certain that they would be able to recover now. In addition, Ursus's invasions had been defeated repeatedly in the past year, so there was no need to worry too much about this country in the short term, especially when they did not have a strong emperor.

When there is a strong emperor, Ursus is like an iron fist that can easily smash anything. But once the emperor does not have enough control, the country will easily fall into the desperate situation of internal friction and become a mess. No one knows this better than Claude.

Casimir's New Chapter: Chapter 172: Changing the World

Claude discovered long ago that the Ursus system needed a shrewd, capable and capable emperor to truly operate, and all of this should have been tailored for him by the previous emperor. However, after the great rebellion, the national strength of Ursus has greatly declined. The struggle between the new and old nobles continues day and night, and the life-and-death struggle is constantly consuming the national strength of Ursus.

Why does Ursus have such a cruel oppressive policy towards the infected? The fundamental reason is that they have lost the possibility of external expansion. When the empire was at its peak, everyone could share the dividends of the war, and the situation of the infected was still acceptable at that time.

But once the empire lost the possibility of external expansion, the country that had turned into a war machine would have to find an object to exploit. And because of the special nature of the disease, the infected were born to be the most suitable object of oppression. Not only could they gain a lot of benefits from them, but they would also not have any worries.

The current Emperor of Ursus does have some measures to change the status quo, but in Claude's opinion, his hope of success is doomed to be slim. He may want to change the situation of the infected, but it is fundamentally to ease the fierce contradictions in Ursus. Once there is greater resistance, he will "temporarily make my people suffer for a few years." After all, in the final analysis, he is trying to maintain his rule and continue this empire, so if you want to change the status quo of the infected, you can't count on him at all, that would be the most foolish thing to do.

Even if it could be realized in the end, it would be too slow, so slow that it was unbearable. And Claude was sure that even if there were some changes, it would not take long for it to revive.

Therefore, he will definitely destroy this empire. Only by building a new country on the ashes can there be real change. And in order to achieve this goal, he needs to accumulate more power.

And now, it's time to include Casimir in the mix.

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The entire city has come to a standstill, people's anger is growing, people are attacking the headquarters of companies and enterprises every day, and there are always some thugs throwing Molotov cocktails at their offices in the middle of the night, and the city's law enforcement departments have also come to a standstill. Although there are still knights maintaining order in the city, for the members of the Business Federation, it is better to have no order.

The voice of the people resounded throughout Casimir. The Casimir National Council, an organization whose presence was close to zero, finally played its role. The political situation in the city was changing rapidly.

But this was not enough, and the corruption of the city had not been completely wiped out. The criminals who should have been punished were still at large, so Claude added more fuel to the fire. Only when the flames burned more vigorously could the city become cleaner. Now, it officially entered the sterilization stage.

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The directors and senior executives of the Business Federation, as well as the various organizations that are inextricably linked to them, have committed countless crimes like the mud at the bottom of a pond. They have only been covered up under the lake water and never seen the light of day. They always thought that these things would not be exposed, but there was simply no right time and right person.

Now that the three Xuantie were no longer an obstacle, the city was unimpeded for Xinteleia and Sasha. With the help of the various technical talents specially mobilized by Claude, they could easily sneak into the office of any director, or enter the most secret database of a company. Those crimes that were intended to be hidden could also be easily grasped by them.

And since they controlled all the information dissemination channels in the entire city, these evidences could be easily seen by every Casimir. It was like pouring gasoline on a fire, directly setting off the city.

Those crimes that any normal person would find shocking were displayed in broad daylight, and they completely pushed the Business Federation to the forefront. Within a day, hundreds of attacks on companies occurred, and angry people tried to rush into the company and drag out the company executives who had committed crimes and hang them.

This kind of action doesn't always succeed, but there are always successes. Especially when the knights of war are watching coldly from the sidelines, the private knights raised by the company's top executives dare not act rashly. And several successful cases have greatly inspired the people, making this situation more and more serious.

Some directors realized that things were not going well, not to mention their property, even their lives were not guaranteed, so they planned to flee the city and take their remaining property to another place.

But the idea was good, but no one could escape. After all, even if they drove, they couldn't outrun the Silver Spear Pegasus. Most of those who dared to leave the city never came back, and the rest of the people soon learned their lesson.

Some people tried to use flying machines to escape outside the city, and then escape in vehicles. But some "wild" spears always made them realize how simple their ideas were. Every city in Casimir had been closed off, and the same thing was happening in every city. Claude's layout started a year ago, and now it began to work.

He had gained the support of the knights long before, and he had connections with every knight group that went to war. Taking advantage of the opportunity of Cyril's death some time ago, the plan finally began to be implemented.

Margaret had been very busy these days. She played an extremely important role in their plan. Now was the time for her to play a role. Especially the name Lin Guang, which had unparalleled prestige and influence in the whole of Casimir. She could almost naturally gain the support of most of the people of Casimir. If Claude assisted her, she would hardly encounter any resistance.

The Supervisory Commission also strongly supports them, and Grand Knight Russell was their supporter earlier. The Commercial Federation is being completely defeated in the city, and their power and relationships are being uprooted. What is left will be taken over by Claude and his team. Under the coordinated organization and comprehensive offensive, the Commercial Federation was uprooted in a few days.

Before the sun rose on April 4, the city had been transformed, and good news was also coming from other cities. In just a few days, the country was completely changed.

Casimir's New Chapter: Chapter 1: Suddenly Free ()

Casimir is a country of merchants and knights. These merchants used to be the knights' retainers. When the knights ruled the country in the past, their duty was to manage the knights' families and property. Their status was far inferior to that of the knights, but with the development of the times and the economy, the role of money became more and more important, and the status of merchants in this country also rose.

In modern times, the status of merchants has even surpassed that of knights. The knight competition, which was originally used to select military talents for the country, has also become a tool for merchants to make money. Under the influence of external pressure and internal contradictions, Casimir maintained such a strange state, and the contradictions between the classes became more and more acute and the conflicts became more and more frequent.

It's just like two people riding a bicycle, but one person pedals on one side. In order to prevent the bike from tipping over, they can only cooperate and let the bike continue to sway like this.

The fact that merchants were able to control the country's economic lifeline showed that they were indeed more advanced than the feudal class ruled by knights. That era was also full of corruption and darkness, so even if he succeeded in uprooting the Commercial Federation, Claude had no intention of turning back the clock on history.

The future of this country is still a blank and needs them to create it.

The Business Federation controls the economy of Casimir. Claude certainly has no reason to ignore such a developed economic force, but how to get all of this without causing a major blow to Casimir's economy? Claude thought about it. He knew nothing about this, so he could only come up with a solution that was not a solution, and it was also recognized by others. After all, the country has developed to this point, and no one has the experience of the next step.

Companies and enterprises are still the best model for running the economy, but they must be under strong control. For example, when all industries were privately owned before, it gave businessmen the opportunity to control the lifeline of the country, and a country completely controlled by businessmen would inevitably fall into an irreversible situation.

During this period of time when everything was in ruins, Claude and the others were very busy every day. Meetings with various parties were held one after another, and he had to work almost 24 hours a day. Although he had no physical problems, he still felt mentally exhausted. Fortunately, he finally came up with a plan that satisfied everyone.

The most basic principle is that those important industries related to the livelihood of the country must be firmly controlled by the state and must not be tainted by any capital. The business of Casimir must still develop, but it must be limited. And there must be a strong government that has real control over the country and can effectively manage the entire Casimir.

After cleaning up most of the company's top management, Claude also accepted all the mid- and low-level employees. After all, the salary and benefits would not be worse than before, and it would be much better. For these workers, working for someone is not the same as working for them, so this matter was completed naturally without any waves.

With their full efforts, the country is changing rapidly, and everything is so peaceful and calm. There is no large-scale civil unrest, and the death toll is limited to a very small range. To some people, it seems like a fairy tale.

With everyone's support, Margaret naturally took on the most important responsibility. In Claude's opinion, she was more suitable than himself. She could truly unite the entire Casimir during this period, and this was the most important thing in the early days of the country's reform.

After the most difficult initial work was completed, everything went smoothly afterwards. This largest city in Casimir was changing every day, which made many people feel at a loss, but people had to live after all, and as the changes became more and more, they soon accepted it.

Claude also found himself free all of a sudden. After all, as long as he handled the situation step by step, there would be no problems and his participation would not be needed. Now, he should do something else.

Claude sent out his messenger and now has a general grasp of Casimir. There is no need to put Chernobog there. One of the great advantages of this world is that the city can be moved. Not only can the entire city be moved when a crisis occurs, but also based on this, countless strategic and tactical goals can be extended.

The mainstay of this city is tourism, and countless civilian workers rely on it for their survival. Fortunately, the chaos in the city soon came to an end, so that the city's tourism industry was not greatly affected. The Knights' Tournament still did not stop, but its flavor had obviously changed.

This year's Knights Tournament will be very different from previous ones.

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The tourists in the arena soon found that the atmosphere was a little off. The various advertisements that used to cover the entire place were now rarely seen. This also made many people feel better. After all, the dense advertisements before rushed into their eyes and minds like a duck, which sometimes made people irritated. Now it is much simpler, making the arena look more like an ancient knight's tournament.

Even the loudmouth Mob, who was always noisy, was much quieter now, probably because he didn't have to read advertisements during the game. After all, most of the sponsors had gone bankrupt, and the knight competition was now taken over by the state and no longer monopolized by the business association.

The host's commentary on the competition also began to focus on the knights' martial arts and performance, rather than abruptly inserting some kind of advertisement in the middle. This made it easier for the audience to immerse themselves in the competition, and even the participating knights were extremely surprised.

"Why does today's game feel a lot more solemn?"

The woman had a pair of exaggerated horns and gorgeous golden hair. Even indoors, she held a candlestick in her hand, but it was not lit. The white hood and the cloak of the same color covered her beautiful face and proud figure. The armor on her wrists and legs added some heroic spirit to her.

"Even the host named Mob is a little reserved?"

Just as she was in doubt, someone knocked on the door of the lounge:

"Dear Candle Knight, the next match is yours, please be prepared."

The woman called the Candle Knight smiled slightly, picked up the rapier on the table, and the candle on the candlestick in her hand began to burn.

Casimir's New Chapter: Chapter 2: Suddenly Free ()

Casimir's most iconic cultural elements in the entire world; knights and knightly competitions, have now become very different. In the last meeting, Claude proposed to restore the tradition of using knightly competitions as a channel for selecting talents, and the participation conditions should be relaxed. Not only the infected, but anyone who is confident in his or her martial arts can participate. In this way, channels for talents to move up can be opened in the country.

Economic development is important, but we can't just focus on economic development. Casimir was seriously biased in his previous studies. It was only because of the powerful enemy of the Ursus Empire that the country's military tradition was maintained.

The knights were overjoyed at Claude's proposal. This was their previous request, but they had never been able to achieve it. No knight who had actually seen the battlefield would take this kind of competition seriously. So Claude's proposal passed smoothly without much resistance, but this kind of thing could not be changed immediately. After all, the progress of this competition had been released, so they could only hope for the next competition. But some subtle details could still be changed, such as those advertisements that Claude had long been fed up with.

By the way, Claude is now the highest military commander in Casimir. However, due to Casimir's unique military system, it will take a long time for him to fully control the country's army, but now he has the support of all the knights and can basically mobilize most of the military forces.

The country's policy for infected people was also introduced at the fastest speed, granting them citizenship and all the rights of being born as a human being. Now Casimir can be said to be the place with the most relaxed policy for infected people besides Chernobyl. The resistance from the people is also due to the previous series of actions, and now it can be basically ignored.

Most of the ordinary people in Casimir are taking a wait-and-see attitude, and those who are fiercely opposed are now only a very small minority. Through fighting side by side with the infected before, they have figured out who their real enemies are, and will no longer discriminate against the infected as before.

When this attitude becomes a common phenomenon, those who still hold on to old ideas will become the minority and there will be no need to worry about what they will become.

Of course, it is not impossible to change habits suddenly. Even if the infected knights are now qualified to walk on the streets, there will often be a large area around them, which cannot be changed in a short period of time.

At the same time, under Claude's promotion, they distributed monitoring devices to every infected person in the city for free. This was not only to protect ordinary people, but also to protect the infected themselves. At the same time, the drug supply channels obtained through cooperation with Rhodes Island also began to operate at full capacity. Compared with the past, the cheaper drugs were quickly put on the shelves of all pharmacies and hospitals in the city.

Today's infected people have received treatment they never dared to imagine before. They can now go in and out of the hospital freely. If they are injured or their infection worsens, they don't have to wait to die in their shacks. Especially the infected knights, who have a higher income than ordinary infected people. Under the organization of several knights of the Red Pine Knights, the infected people united and collectively funded the purchase of drugs, successfully allowing a large number of critically ill infected people to receive treatment.

But to Claude's surprise, the medicine sent by Rhodes Island this time seemed to be even more effective. The effect of suppressing the spread of mineral sickness was extremely outstanding, and almost no other medicine on the market could match it. But why had he never heard of such a new medicine with such a good effect? ​​It stands to reason that this kind of thing is more valuable than pure gold, and celebrities and dignitaries from all countries will not hesitate to add a guarantee for themselves.

If it is a new drug produced in the laboratory, that is not quite right, after all, the quantity sent this time is quite large. If it is a new drug that has just been successfully developed, how can it be produced so quickly? Generally speaking, there is a process.

The people who escorted the drugs this time were old acquaintances of Rock Cloud, elite operators of Rhodes Island, so Claude did not think about it alone, but went to ask them directly. The information he got from Ace made him fall into deep thought. These drugs were actually successfully developed by the doctor and the operators of the medical department in a very short time. After various clinical trials and confirming the efficacy, they were produced in an expedited manner.

This process took a very short time, and because Rhodes Island was not a purely commercial company but an organization with great ideals, they did not release the drug to make money right away, but sent it here to support Claude's career. This moved him greatly and made him realize the true value of the doctor.

The other party was clearly in a state of amnesia, but he was able to develop a new drug in such a short time. If he had to learn from scratch, it would be impossible for a human to do it. It would take a long time to integrate the knowledge he had learned, not to mention conquering the world's difficult problem of mineral sickness right after learning it.

So the only explanation is that he originally had such knowledge and ability, and he just gradually remembered it now. Otherwise, even if he was born with extraordinary talent, it would not be easy to achieve this level.

Most of the suffering in this world is caused by oripathy. If we can really conquer oripathy, it will be a great achievement for all mankind and an extremely great cause.

Thinking of this, Claude made up his mind to win the support of Rhodes Island. The other side had the power to change the world and the key to end suffering. This was what they had sacrificed countless warriors and shed countless blood for.

As for the scientist, the doctor's main job now is to command the operators to fight. Claude thinks this is a huge waste. The other party has profound knowledge in his head and can play a role that is far more important than commanding the operators to win one or two small local victories.

In Claude's opinion, the right person should do the right thing, which is the truth of the world. He left the war to people like him, and the scientist could study medicine and develop technology. He could also see that the doctor was not good at war and did not like fighting.