Arknights, but the sickly pretty girl starts

"The nightmare reappears... These people really want to take a bite of everything. Are they leeches?"

"Don't say that. After all, they gave us money. Besides, they've been making a lot of money lately by hyping up the hype," Roy said, a little sighing. "But Nightmares, Nightmares... This tribe has been hunted for so many years, and I didn't expect to see a living one—no, to be precise, there should be three descendants of Nightmares in this city, but one hasn't realized it yet, one has already been assimilated, and the last one... this is the only one still pursuing the Nightmare path."

"Are you also beginning to feel nostalgic for autumn?"

"No, think about it. We, the Heroless Alliance, don't actually have any deep hatred with Nightmare. On the contrary, it was Nightmare who pulled the gods and people down from the altar, which gave the Heroless Alliance the opportunity to be established, right?" Roy said. "If it weren't for Nightmare, Lin Guang and her family would be royals, the Golden Pegasus—tsk tsk."

"It's none of my business. If there's no work to do, I'm going to bed."

"—Okay, you're really impatient." Roy watched Monique leave and the night view of Casimir. The frivolous look on his face disappeared without a trace. "…If I can help it, I don't want to be an enemy of Nightmare."

-

Tiantu, an ancient tradition of Kuranta.

Nowadays, not many people remember this tradition, and naturally, not many people care about it. So it is so surprising that someone has appeared now, following his own path to heaven.

Nightmare Chaser Knight - this name is actually very appropriate, he is indeed a person who pursues his dreams.

But he does not admit that he is a knight, he prefers to call himself a warrior.

At this time, the Nightmare Chaser was walking alone in this city that was plunged into darkness but still flashing with neon lights. He looked up at the sky, but could not see the stars or smell the fragrance of grass.

This is a rotten fortress, trampling on the glory that should be respected——

He came here to find knights worthy of being conquered in this country of knights, and also to find fellow blood relatives. More importantly, he hoped to see the legendary [Golden Pegasus] with his own eyes. The Pegasus, whose blood was golden, was an opponent that his ancestors could hardly remember.

But the unexpected surprise was that he actually met a girl with ancient bloodline.

But the girl was gravely ill, her legs crippled and her eyes blind. Though bearing noble blood, she was utterly frail. The moment the Nightmare Chaser saw her, his first impulse was rage.

This is the bloodline of the Great Khan, the real Nightmare Princess. If it were in the distant past, whoever saw her would have to kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, or even kiss her feet, in order to survive.

But now—she had lost her warrior's sharp claws and fangs in this city.

This city is not worthy of her——

The Nightmare Chaser Knight held a long sword. He was a descendant of the Khan's personal guards. When he saw Noah Kyrielight, he realized the call of his blood. The blood told him that he should protect the Khan's blood. This was his destiny and his duty.

However, the one guarding her now is not herself——

The Nightmare Chaser Knight looked up and saw the big screen on the building playing videos and messages about the Glory Knight. Has the Golden Pegasus become the guardian of the Nightmare Princess?

How ridiculous and inappropriate this is.

However, he knew that he now needed to demonstrate his military strength and defeat the golden Pegasus in order to swear allegiance to the Khan's descendants.

But it doesn't matter, he should have conquered the Golden Pegasus and conquered this city.

It's just that there is one more task - to take away the Khan's descendants' treasures that this city does not deserve.

She stood in my way, so I went to conquer her to prove my destiny.

What he has to do is no different from before.

In this long night, many people are looking up at the sky. Even if they cannot see the stars, they can still see the darkness.

That was the darkness before dawn. Perhaps, people were just waiting for... the moment when dawn would break.

People with different thoughts set foot on the destined battlefield. Perhaps this is the romance of the country of knights.

However, it is not just these knights with their own thoughts who are quietly stirring.

For the Red Pine Knights, this night will be the time for them to sound the clarion call for counterattack.

It is destined to be a sleepless night.

-

"...You come here again and want to ask me some irrelevant questions?"

At this time, Noah once again sneaked into the Witch King's palace and came before the old king.

"Think of it this way. You didn't want to tell me the truth before, so I'm thinking this truth might not be a simple matter for you. If even the Witch King finds it difficult, then I really don't have the qualifications to touch it. Perhaps even knowing it is a dangerous thing." Noah said, "But you don't mind me asking questions, right? Then how about this - I ask, and you just need to say yes or no, okay?"

"..." The Witch King stared at the girl in front of him. Obviously, she still wanted to know something from him, but indeed, if it was just this level of disclosure, it would not cause any bad consequences.

After a long time, he nodded.

"Well, ask."

"Thank you so much." Noah took a deep breath and asked the question that he had thought about countless times in his mind.

"Are my parents still alive?"

"..." The Witch King was silent for a moment, then replied, "Yes and no."

"......?" Noah blinked. "What do you mean by yes and no?"

"..." The Witch King did not answer, but just stared at Noah. Perhaps this answer would involve something that could not be told to Noah, so he did not explain the answer directly.

"...Okay, next question." Noah took a deep breath, "Are you still alive?"

"Yes, and no," the Witch King replied quickly, confirming Noah's suspicions. The Witch King's current state was clearly not normal. Something like between life and death? Or perhaps... his parents were in the same state as the Witch King?

"Is your condition consistent with that of my parents?"

"Yes." As expected, Noah received an affirmative answer. She took a deep breath, not knowing whether she should be happy or sad. After all, the Witch King's current appearance did not seem to be able to be called "alive".

Chapter 142: Light and Candlelight

The information Noah had obtained could be concluded that his parents were probably in a similar state to the Witch King. The Witch King had been killed in reality, but he appeared in this palace, looking alive. Furthermore, the Witch King's words actually meant that he was not dead.

The so-called yes and no indicates that the Witch King may be at the junction of life and death, and this palace was probably built to stabilize the Witch King's status.

This information was already extremely valuable. At least it made Noah realize that he still had a chance to meet his parents. Even if he was in this strange space like the Witch King?

However, after learning this, Noah finally made up his mind -

"Then, if I am willing to become your apprentice...will I have the opportunity to meet my parents later?"

"...Yes." The Witch King frowned, then nodded silently, "But that depends on your progress. And if I don't think you are worthy of inheriting my magic, I will drive you away directly."

"...I understand." Noah nodded. "Then...let me think about it. Let's stop here today."

"I hope you will have thought it over when you come here next time." The Witch King looked at Noah and saw that he did not decide to become his apprentice immediately. Instead, he smiled faintly and waved his hand. Noah was expelled from the palace.

Becoming the Witch King's apprentice is not an easy task. Although Noah really wants to agree to it now, she also knows that she must solve the problems at hand before considering these things. If other people know about her becoming the Witch King's apprentice, she will probably have to face more than just the prying eyes of the Witch King's remnants.

There are definitely many people who are drooling over the Witch King's legacy. I'm afraid I'll be kidnapped the next day if I tell anyone about it...

Of course, there is only a chance if the opponent can get past Kuro.

Noah sat up from his bed, stretched, and muttered to himself, "Is there a Witch King in my head... I guess no one could have imagined that?"

Today is the match between Margaret and Viviana, there is no reason for me to miss it.

But before that, I have to deal with these... troublesome things on hand.

So after washing up and having breakfast, Noah immediately went to the Rhodes Island Knights' headquarters. He had made an appointment yesterday, so it was no surprise that the doctor was waiting for him there.

But it seems that I came at the wrong time. At this moment, there was a familiar heartbeat in the room -

"Amiya?" Amiya didn't seem to notice when Kuro pushed Noah's wheelchair into the reception room, but when Noah spoke, she suddenly jumped up from the desk.

"Ms. Noah! Oh, I forgot I had a meeting today." Amiya frantically sorted through the documents on her desk, looking like she didn't get much sleep last night. "Please sit down for a moment. I'll call the doctor in shortly..."

"I'm already here." The doctor sat on the sofa and took a sip of coffee calmly. "Ah, seeing Miss Noah's stunning beauty and Amiya's panic this early in the morning, today must be a beautiful day."

"Doctor!" Amiya complained as loudly as she could about the doctor's despicable behavior, trying to scare him with her eyes. However, the doctor even raised his coffee cup and made a toast to Amiya. Noticing their intimate interaction, Noah also found it a little funny.

"Alright, alright, Doctor, stop bullying Amiya." Noya said, "Doctor, today I'm here to talk to you about the Infected Knights Physical Examination and Treatment Center."

"...Ah..." Amiya was stunned for a moment, then her face darkened. Recalling what she had seen yesterday at the Infected Knight Treatment Center, even she sensed something was amiss. Seeing Amiya's reaction, the doctor sighed. "Just as you thought, Noah, that place only allows us to interact with the Infected Knights. As for other places, even Rhodes Island isn't allowed to approach."

"The infected knights also had many... strange wounds, and the knights receiving treatment were often suddenly transferred away, and we haven't seen them since." Amiya also spoke up. "Although it was only a day, we did feel that there was indeed a big problem with the so-called plot zero."

"Now I think we can move forward with our discussions." Noah nodded. "The only ones receiving treatment are the infected Knights, right?"

Noah emphasized the word "knight" and continued, "Then why would such a large plot of land be needed just to treat the infected knights, who only make up 5% of the entire competitive knight team? The reason for going to such great lengths... I don't think I need to elaborate further."

"It's the same as Miss Noah said... I care about it too." Amiya looked at the doctor. When Noah came to explain the situation of Plot Zero, Amiya was actually a little skeptical. After all, it was too horrifying. But after a day's work, she had to believe that Noah's information was true.

Although Noah felt sorry for letting Amiya experience this kind of thing, she still needed to make Amiya understand that something bad was happening in Casimir.

However, Noya wasn't here just for the matter of Plot Zero. She coughed a few times and changed the subject. "Let's put the matter of Plot Zero aside for now. After all, we only have access to this information temporarily. But I think there will be a turning point soon."

After all, since the Red Pine Knights had taken the structural diagrams of the Commerce Federation Building from Noya, no matter how you think about it, the infected people's self-rescue operation has probably begun. And this operation is very likely approved by the Supervisory Commission.

The CSRC did not want to take action against the Chamber of Commerce itself, so it let the infected people take the lead and then gave them legal identities through judicial transactions afterwards.

It was a bad deal, but one that the infected couldn't refuse.

After sharing this information with the doctor, she fell into deep thought. The infected people's self-rescue actions were naturally understandable, but the deal with the Supervisory Commission... To be honest, the doctor didn't trust the Supervisory Commission. So she asked, "Will the Supervisory Commission really grant these infected people legal status just for the information they have?"

"I'm not sure, but the infected have no choice." Noah shook his head. "A legal identity is something the infected dream of."

"I'm worried." The doctor sighed, but she also knew that she could not stop the actions of these infected people. Fortunately, the leader of the infected this time was not named Tallulah, otherwise it might develop into the next integration movement. This girl named Sona was considered a relatively gentle type in the information collected by the doctor.

And more importantly, Margaret saved Sona. According to Margaret's opinion of Sona, although she has ideas and personal charm, she is by no means extreme.

This might be an attack, but with Sona around, it would never be a riot.

To Casimir, the infected are a problem, but one most people don't want to address.

That's why we need people like Rhodes Island to solve problems, and this is one of the reasons why Noah asked Rhodes Island to come to Casimir.

With his help, Dr. Noah had secured a significant number of companies in a very short period of time, even getting the Business Federation to take an interest in him. It was undeniable that with these two business geniuses, Noah and Dr. Noah teaming up, few companies could withstand the pressure. Dr. Noah was being overtly scheming, while Noah was being deceptive. In short, they were completely suppressed the entire time.

The infected and Casimir are not enemies, and Rhodes Island is certainly not Casimir's enemy, but the next actions of the Red Pine Knights are likely to push the infected into a worse situation.

What Noah wants to discuss with the doctor now is how to resolve this matter.

-

Naturally, the contact between Noah and Rhodes Island could not be hidden from the eyes of many people, especially Cintrea, who had been keeping an eye on Noah. When she saw that Noah almost found time to go to Rhodes Island's base every day, even if she didn't want to work anymore, she had to report the matter to Qingjin and others.

However, the board of directors did not regard Rhodes Island as an enemy - that's right, Rhodes Island was just an external company that had no roots in Casimir, and such a company was not worthy of the board's attention.

Xuantie's attitude was even more obvious - they could even be said to be caring towards Rhodes Island and had no intention of causing trouble for the island.

But Qingjin and the others still have some things to do——

"The board of directors has already ordered that the infected people must be [cleansed] tonight," Roy suddenly said, and this news surprised Monique who was standing by.

"Why now?"

"Because I reported the infected gathering and planning a riot to the higher-ups—" Roy said with a smile, "If they're truly unprepared, then we won't be able to properly shield ourselves from the situation. We have to at least let them know that 'something big is coming.'"

"Then it will be much easier for us to act—is that what you mean?" Monique asked, "Should we do it then?"

"Get started, but we just need to clean up the infected properly." Roy said with a smile, "How is it? Are you motivated?"

"It's the same as not saying anything... Take action, but not completely. Let them go, but still kill a few... This half-hearted and indecisive approach is really your style."

"It has to be ambiguous. Otherwise, it would be a disaster for both us and the No Helmet Alliance," Roy replied. "Unless, of course, we encounter force majeure."

"force majeure?"

"For example... a sudden natural disaster, or the appearance of a few heroes? Who knows? There will always be things we can't predict." Roy shrugged. "Anyway, let's get ready. We have to work overtime tonight."

"I hate working overtime." Monique frowned. "Work is work, and overtime is overtime."

"Come on, I'll treat you to a late-night snack. Plus, I'll get overtime pay. Okay?" Roy shrugged helplessly. "I can't do anything about the higher-ups' decision, right?"

"You better be." Monique turned and left, and Roy had no choice but to follow her.

After all, this has nothing to do with personal will, it's purely an order from above.

-

"Amazing! It's really amazing! The sword and spear of the Radiant Knight and the sword of the Candle Knight collided with each other! Neither was at a disadvantage! This is the power of the Candle Knight from Letania! The youngest great knight, oh no, the Radiant Knight is the youngest champion. The battle of the younger generation is really embarrassing!" The commentary of Big Mouth Mob has resounded throughout the entire arena. After two tentative attacks, Viviana and Margaret both made their most accurate judgments.

In hand-to-hand combat, Margaret had the advantage, but if Margaret wanted to go further, Viviana's Originium skills were ready.

Swordsmanship and Originium skills are Viviana's capital for survival. Her swordsmanship is exquisite, not like a wild way, but more like a modified version of some aristocratic swordsmanship. When clashing with Margaret's sword and spear, most of her own power was dissolved, and the remaining part was affected by the opponent's omnipresent Originium skills.

The Candle Knight's Originium technique is a strange spell that appears to be as fragile as a candle flame, but in fact contains explosive power.

At the moment when Margaret retreated to avoid the candle explosion, she bumped into another one. Under the high temperature, Margaret had to stop chasing Viviana. At this time, Viviana was holding a long sword in her hand, like a real goddess with a lantern, and she placed a large number of candles around her body. These candles were more like suspended mines than candles, which would explode as long as they got close.

Margaret had to admit that beneath the delicate appearance of Candle Knight Viviana, she had the heart of a warrior.

Breaking through these layers of obstacles was no easy task, but Margaret didn't feel any pressure; instead, she felt excited. This was the first time she had felt pressure from an opponent since returning to Casimir.

If this was her first time participating in a knight competition, she might have really lost the game under the layers of Originium skills of the opponent, but unfortunately, she is no longer the same as before.