About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

"This is Zofia, mission... accomplished."

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The dagger kept slashing towards the heavily armored guard in front of him like a fierce rainstorm. Li lowered his head to avoid the opponent's rough axe attack, and turned sideways to insert the dagger straight into the side of the heavily armored guard along the gap in the armor.

“Ugh…!?”

The heavily armored knight let out a low, short scream, then fell beside the wall, slowly sat down on the ground and twitched continuously.

"That's it for the last one. Your guards are truly vulnerable, Master of the 'Wall' family~"

The fourth-level knight Li smiled and drew out his dagger, approaching the man who was holding a long sword with trembling hands and could not even stand steadily.

"You...you are the knight of the Pavel family—why are you here?"

The man questioned Li loudly, while the latter put a finger on his chin.

"Why? Of course it's because of the master's arrangement."

"So, you were assigned as well, right?... Well, if that's the case, let me go. I will use all my family's power to erase your past, and you will become a true Knight of Casimir. How do you say that?"

"Really? That's great~"

Hearing the man's chips, Li smiled.

"Of course it's true! So hurry up—Pfft…?"

The overjoyed man didn't even have time to finish his words when his heart was suddenly pierced by two daggers at the same time.

"You look shocked. Is it really that hard to understand? As an infected person, do you think I'll let the instigator of all this go? Besides, I don't even care about the knight's seat. After all, after this war is over, I've already decided to elope with that little knight~"

"what……"

The man spoke his last words with panic and confusion.

"This is Senomi, mission accomplished~"

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"This shot is for the children who have passed away!!"

"Sona, Sona—! He's dead!"

In another underground arena of the infected, Sona, the "Flame Tail Knight" who had recovered and sneaked back to Casimir from Rhodes Island, kept stabbing the corpses on the ground whose shapes could no longer be seen with the spear in her hand, while the Gray Knight who had been rescued by Orson before was desperately trying to stop the red-haired little knight Zarak.

"Because of these people... It's because of these people...!! They've stripped us of all our rights, treated us like playthings, tortured and killed us for fun, and even negated all our efforts...!!"

The Flame Tail Knight threw the long horse aside and cried loudly to the infected people who could not survive until the rescue arrived.

"It's going to be okay, Sona... everything is going to be okay."

Gray Knight gently hugged Flame Tail Knight and then took out the walkie-talkie.

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"mission completed"

"mission completed"

"mission completed"

……

Hearing the news of mission completion from different people on the intercom, Orson in the arena breathed a sigh of relief.

The first step of the plan has been completed, and the Chamber of Commerce's attempt to destroy the underground arena was completely thwarted thanks to everyone's efforts.

Although some infected people did not survive to see the sun, more infected people were rescued from the "certain death" situation.

"Hello, can you hear me? Um—there was a problem with the microphone just now. Everyone, please calm down!!"

At the same time, the host, who discovered that the microphone had been tampered with, changed the microphone and returned to the commentary seat in embarrassment.

"Um—everyone! I just received a notification that Osen and 'Deer-Headed Death God' are suspected of match-fixing. This match will be suspended immediately. Investigators will be entering the arena immediately to take over the game. Please exit in an orderly manner under guidance!"

The host's words instantly made the audience even more angry, but the knights who surrounded the arena from outside still made these people leave the arena obediently while cursing.

"What to do next, Orson."

The patriot stared motionlessly at the knights who were slowly approaching, their number almost equal to that of an army.

"You know your plan failed, so you're going to resort to force? But we've been dragging it out for long enough. Next—it's time to burn this city to ashes."

Orson twisted the hilt of the Scarlet Queen's sword, and the roaring engine sound of the sword was still clearly audible even in the extremely chaotic arena.

"Nice suggestion."

The Patriot pulled his spear from the ground, and the two of them looked at the army of knights in front of them and smiled at the same time.

88. It's just a deer-headed monster that's about to die of old age. Look at me...

"There's no need to be afraid of those two jousting knights. They're just an old man who's about to die and a short kid—Pfft!?"

"Who are you calling a shorty?"

Inside the Knight Arena, following the spokesman's command, multiple knights surrounded the exit and trapped Orson and the Patriot in the center of the arena.

One of the men who looked like the leader of the Knights' team was about to say something harsh when he was perfectly defeated. Orson, whose forehead was already covered with veins, used the Pause technique to hit the floor tiles beside him and sent them flying.

"Be careful of that short infected person's Originium skills! That thing has completely different powers than its appearance, and its movements are also very strange!"

Most of the knights were shocked by the power of Orson's "Rest", but these people were different from any knight order they had encountered before. This group of people was more organized and disciplined, and was not just a group of "knight competition contestants."

"Maintain formation. Front row members raise their shields, and the knights in the back prepare to attack. No matter how powerful the enemy is, they are only two men after all! Let them know the price of fooling the Sangster family!"

The initial commotion did not last long. The knight soon realized that the two "competitive knights" in front of him were not just show-offs promoted by capital and money. Therefore, they gave up the method of "competing for glory" and immediately formed a formation, slowly advancing towards the two like a steel wall.

"First, kill that deer-headed Sarkaz. His body can't hold out for much longer. We'll deal with Durin, who uses that strange Originium technique, later!"

The phalanx composed of shields and spears slowly approached the Patriots. The expressions on the knights' faces were serious but with a hint of disdain. Although they realized the strength of the enemy in front of them, that was "nothing more".

Even if the previous "Shining Knight" appeared here, his escape route would be blocked by the shield, and he would be pierced through by the spear in the end.

And what can this old guy do... Wait, what is that Sarkaz doing?

The vanguard knights of the "Knights of the Sunfire" belonging to the Sangster family were stunned. Faced with the slowly approaching cavalry line, the patriots not only did not retreat, but took the initiative to meet them.

"What a ridiculous formation, a mere shell with nothing but appearance. The only purpose of this formation is to kill in an orderly manner—"

The patriot raised his spear high, and the muscles in his arms were harder than steel. He walked towards the shield and spear formation, and then swung the weapon in his hand heavily.

boom! ! !

Dust and gravel instantly covered half of the arena, mixed with the screams of countless unlucky knights of the Sunfire Knights who were blown away.

"Fuck-!"

The knights who were still watching the show in the back row were stunned for a moment. What the hell is this? What's going on?

The Patriot's "normal charged attack" directly tore through the seemingly impenetrable line, and everyone in the Sunfire Knights was dumbfounded.

“Wh…what’s going on? What’s going on!?”

The spokesman who was watching everything from the commentary booth not far away almost popped his eyes out.

"He, he... isn't that guy almost dead? Kill him quickly!"

The spokesperson clutched his phone tightly and yelled at the Sunfire Knights.

"He's dying! That guy is using the respirator on his neck to hit people! This is not a dying person! You bastard spokesperson... Wait, wait a minute—Puwaa!?"

The screams of the Knights' leader were heard from the other end of the phone. Looking over at the commentary booth, the Sunfire Knights, who had been so glorious just a few seconds ago, had now been completely torn apart by the Patriots.

The knights in their gorgeous silver armor were just thinking about how they would go to the bar and brag about their feat of killing the 'Deer-Headed Death God', but now they were just thinking about escaping quickly and not getting hit by other unlucky things flying in the sky.

"This... this, what is going on—Anyway, the rest of the Sunfire Knights should evacuate first! Let the Battle Knights and the knights from other companies take over!"

The spokesman was stunned for a long time, then belatedly signaled the knights belonging to the Sangster family to retreat quickly.

Originally, the operation was planned to be "short and quick, the Sangster family's revenge on the Integration Movement." They would quickly kill the Patriots, crush Orson in the process, and then get away without leaving any evidence for anyone.

But now it is obviously not a matter of "revenge", but if they don't withdraw, the entire knight order of the Sangster family will be killed here.

As the largest knight family in the Kingdom of Knights, the knights under its command were actually wiped out by a "dying infected person". This kind of thing must never be allowed to happen.

"Retreat quickly...!" "Ignore those guys!" "Run!"

After hearing the spokesperson's words, these foolish knights finally realized that they could escape. They didn't even have time to say anything harsh as they fled backwards in panic.

As the Sunfire Knights of the Sangster family continued to retreat, other knights who did not initially enter the arena and belonged to other organizations, as well as some of the bribed War Knights, entered the arena.

"Hmph, look at these guys running for their lives. Can they still be called 'knights'? It's laughable! While we're fighting tooth and nail on the battlefield to defend our country, these little brats, barely even fully grown, are still dreaming! It's time to show them who truly deserves the title of 'knight,' brothers!"

After the Sunfire Knights fled, some of the war knights openly laughed at these fleeing guys, and then marched into the Knight Arena with great momentum.

"Who cares if it's the Deer-Headed Grim Reaper or the Infected Knight? Let these clowns who have never seen the cruelty of war see a true Knight, everyone!"

“Kill ahhhhhhhhh!!!”

Following the leader's command, a group of people rushed into the arena with roars.

The aggressive knights entered the arena fearlessly, and then saw the "Deer-Headed Death God".

The original Patriot had been wearing a respirator and mask on his forehead to hide his identity, but now there was no need to hide his identity anymore, so he took off all his disguises and completely revealed his original identity as "Bozhuocasti".

“Go ah ah ah ah… ah ah, ah——”

The roaring warriors entered the arena and met the patriots' eyes.

“Yes, it’s that Patriot!?” “What the hell!!?” “Silly kids—run!”

1 second of daze, 1 second of silence, 1 second of face change.

The knights who had just rushed into the arena took only 3 seconds to retreat.

Precisely because they are "war knights who have experienced the battlefield", they are more afraid of the terrifying existence of the "Patriot" than others.

It's like a mouse that has been to the city is more afraid of Miss Makima than a mouse from the countryside.

The first wave of the Sunfire Knights of the Sangster family fled, the Crusade Knights entered, the Crusade Knights fled, and the knights of other messy companies entered—

The scene became chaotic for a moment, and the "knight army" of hundreds of people was forcibly surrounded inside the arena by Orson and the Patriots.

Unlike the time in the North, Orson first made up for the problem of his limited melee output through the weapon "Scarlet Queen", and was able to knock down enemies more efficiently and continuously.

Secondly, although the difference in numbers this time was greater than in the battles between the North and the Army Group, the enemy was not a uniform "army". They were a "patchwork army" temporarily formed by the knights of several different factions. Therefore, there was almost no coordination, only awkward friction between them.

boom! !

The patriot showed his true colors and stopped pretending. Every time he swung his spear, it brought with it a wind pressure that could tear people apart, and a momentum like a hill crashing towards him.

Those knights understood deeply that the Patriot was not a monster that normal humans could defeat, so they turned their attention to Orson who looked "harmless" on the side.

However, this group of people soon discovered that their choice was extremely wrong.

Four fully armed knights charged towards Orson from different angles at the same time, while this "Dwarf Infected" controlled the formless 'Rest' to extend two tentacles to wrap around the knights behind him, then took the initiative to meet the knight in front of him, twisting the hilt of the knight's sword and slashing forward.

Keng! !

The knight instinctively blocked with his shield, but the Red Queen's second burst sent him flying. Orson immediately twisted his body to avoid the attacks of the two knights on the side, and used the Rest to lift the entangled knight and smash him into the remaining two.

The four veterans who survived the battlefield were knocked to the ground without even touching the edge of Orson's clothes.

These knights who volunteered/were arranged by the company to "clean up the battlefield" gradually realized two things. First, they were definitely deceived. These two people did not "fight to the death and just pick up the leaks" as agreed, nor were they "half in the coffin". It would be better to say that it was these people who were deceived who were in the coffin.

Secondly, it wasn't without reason that this original match attracted so much attention from the audience. Whether it was the legendary 'Patriot' or the infected knight who appeared out of nowhere, their strength was beyond their comprehension.

"Boom!!"

Several more knights were blown away by the attack of the two, but some knights noticed that after the initial one-sided situation, the initiative gradually returned to their hands, and the encirclement of the Commercial Association was closer to the two than at the beginning.

"I found out...! I don't know what happened, but that Patriot and the Infected Knight didn't kill me!"

Finally, several knights noticed something unusual. Although the attacks of Patriot and Orson seemed fierce and devastating, the unlucky guys who were knocked away by the two did not die after hitting the earth wall, but instead groaned and twisted around.

"Tsk, have you been discovered?"

Orson frowned. He and the Patriot had indeed been intentionally controlling the severity of their attacks from the very beginning, trying their best to avoid causing any casualties.

What he needs to do is to "change Casimir", not to "make his debut as the C position of terrorists in Casimir". If he and the Patriots kill indiscriminately, there will be no need to drag down the Knight Commander later. He can just pack up and run away overnight.

But precisely because they "couldn't bring themselves to kill", Orson and the Patriot were gradually suppressed and surrounded by these people.

Just when the knight army of the Commercial Association was about to completely break through the two armies, several knights who were responsible for guarding the entrance outside the arena were suddenly knocked into the arena.