Hello, Arknights

Chapter 283 Casimir's Limits

Ever Night, Casimir, the Great Knight leads an apartment.

With a click, the key turned in the lock. A masked ghost man carrying food shouted "Finally back" and another ghost woman wearing a half-mask entered the house. Feilin, with long blue-black hair and slightly messy hair, got up from the sofa and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Hey, where's Baige?"

"Brother Bai Ge said today that he was going to the West District to have a look. It seems that the area is 'a place where the light doesn't reach' and is somewhat dangerous. The information we can collect in the urban area is too messy and also somewhat one-sided. Brother Bai Ge went to explore the way for us."

Ye Dao nodded: "He said it would be more convenient for him to be alone. What about Texas?"

"I went to the library of the Grand Knight with Surtel. The citizens in the tavern last night said that all recent news would be collected there."

At this point, Huang couldn't help but ask, "Is it really okay for the two of them to sleep in the same room at night? There was quite a lot of noise at night, although I fell asleep and didn't know what happened specifically."

Ye Dao was silent for a moment, then said, "Since I didn't wake you up, it should be fine."

"It's so pitiful that Brother Baige can only sleep on the sofa..." Heijiao did mention that it was okay for him to sleep on the sofa, but there were two rooms in total, and it was already a bit difficult to cram three girls into one, and adding Yedao was a bit torturous. Finally, Baige nodded helplessly and said that he could make do with sleeping on the sofa.

Hei Jiao and Ya Dao were stuffed into the same room by default.

"Actually, I don't mind exchanging with Bai Ge...the sofa is quite soft, but Surtel doesn't agree." Huang rolled over on the sofa, lifted the quilt and got up completely from the sofa. This was the fifth day since the advance team arrived in Casimir as tourists.

Between expensive hotels and short-term apartment rentals, they chose to rent an apartment for two months according to their budget. Yes, the rent for an apartment with two bedrooms, a living room, a bathroom and a kitchen for two months is cheaper than a two-week hotel room!

"Casimir's economics is weirdly abstract..." This was Ling Dengxian's reaction when he first saw the price list for the consultation.

Of course, it may also be closely related to the reason why they chose the Great Knight Territory. Moreover, the current Great Knight Territory has been pushed to a new historical high due to the audition wave of the Knight Championship. Glory Knight returned despite public opinion and the identity of an exile, aiming for the championship of this season. After experiencing several undercurrents, the Commercial Federation restored her identity with a rather strange attitude and allowed her to be an infected person.

The biggest obstacle standing in her way to the championship is the favorite to win, the "Blood Knight", who is also an infected person.

Everything is full of drama, just like a traditional knight novel. Under the "ups and downs" of the plot, the protagonist knight overcomes numerous difficulties and returns to the arena as if it is his destiny.

Ling Dengxian found it very strange. Lin Guang even resigned from his position as an operator on Rhodes Island. He looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy, which did not seem like an attitude that he was prepared to face such "destiny treatment".

It seems that the water in Casimir is very turbid. They have just arrived and their understanding is still very limited. It is as if there is an invisible membrane that filters out a lot of information and blurs their understanding of the situation.

Bai Ge went to Xicheng District, which was not mentioned much in the intelligence collected so far, in an attempt to break this invisible boundary.

"Then I hope everything goes well for him... Wait, doesn't he know the way?"

"He said he brought the map Lin Guang gave him. He said he had never been able to use it before, but he might use the 'secret route' this time when exploring the route."

"That's okay... uh, that's not right, that map couldn't have been drawn by Lin Guang before he left, right?" Huang nodded, but immediately asked another question.

"That must have been what she used before, what's wrong?"

"Hmm... So what do you think? Are her handwriting and the annotations on it in Yan language or Casimir language?"

The answer, of course, is Casimir.

Ling Dengxian stood in the alley with many connections in all directions in silence, the map in his hand seemed like a heavenly book.

"...I should have taken a look before setting off..." Ling Dengxian was now in a state of distress, unable to express his feelings. He was in a foreign country, alone, and lost.

But there is no point in saying more, at least he managed to get to Xicheng District on his own.

The good news is that he has definitely found the right place. On the way here, he has seen the now controversial group of infected knights. To be honest, judging from their appearance and equipment alone, he feels that those people cannot be called "knights."

The cloth armor is so old that it can’t be any older, full of holes and rust that can’t be removed by polishing, and the weapons look fragile... Only the helmets with feathers remind outsiders and the audience that they are also "knights."

Knights on the field.

A knight who runs around and gambles his life for a living.

A knight who is nothing without his helmet.

Ling had to admit that after leaving the central city, this place was like a pool of shattered dreams, filled with people gradually drowning.

This was completely different from the propaganda he had seen and the country of knights he had imagined.

"It's getting dark, it's very cold... I'm hungry." Ling Dengxian suddenly felt that the situation was getting worse. He couldn't get out of here for a while, and he couldn't find a main road to take a taxi back. He had to find a place to solve the emergency problem of hunger first.

Fortunately, he had the habit of bringing dry food when traveling far away, and now he was carrying the meat of the animals he hunted on the way to Casimir.

"But maybe we'll get some unexpected information..."

Today is another busy workday.

Kuranta adapts to her new identity day after day. It’s called a new identity, but it’s been a year already. However, until now she is still... not ready to take over this position. She feels that it’s too fast. Compared with her master, her ability and experience are far from enough.

But... he chose to betray, and the Wuzhou Alliance lost face.

She was abandoned. Although her master taught her many practical things and she had an excellent talent for shooting, she was still protected too well by her master.

"From now on, you will be the new Platinum King."

The blood-stained token was handed to her, Qing Jin's face turned pale, and his eyes narrowed dangerously: "You won't learn from your master, right?"

"...I don't have his skills and connections..."

"...It would be better. Also, 'Little Sister in the Ivory Tower', it was Ikaros who protected you before. From now on, you have to know that we are not a charity organization that does good deeds for the sake of justice."

"The targets we are aiming at are not just the villains you have killed."

"…Isn't it up to you to decide whether he is a villain or not?"

"Are you dissatisfied?" With murderous intent floating in her mind, a cold sweat slid down the Kuranta girl's forehead. The words of defense rolled in her throat, but she couldn't say them out.

"Okay, Monique, don't scare the little Pegasus. It takes time to accept the master's defection." At that time, a sudden voice emerged from behind her. She didn't notice the appearance of another Qingjin at all. The warm smile brought her a deeper feeling of coldness.

In the following days, she kept making mistakes.

Her eyes, which she had always been so proud of, could no longer see anything, and her arrows lost their aim.

Then, every time she made a mistake, someone would take her place with the fatal arrow, sometimes it was Qing Jin, sometimes it was someone else.

The voices of my family members giving instructions before I left were so far away, as if separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

"New Platinum" didn't know how long her mistakes could be tolerated, and she lived in a daze every day. Sometimes, she hated her master, and sometimes, she hated her own weakness.

She failed in her work today again. The target was seriously injured but still managed to escape. The Knight Tournament was in full swing, and now there was no Qing Jin to finish off her. Maybe soon... she would be the target who needed to be finished off.

Feelings of fatigue and confusion took turns to weigh on her heart. The light longbow and its string seemed to weigh more than a thousand pounds. The white-haired Kuranta was even a little disoriented.

It was dark, and I walked aimlessly through the dark alleys, moving forward in the increasingly cold air, as if this could keep the fear of an uncertain future in these dilapidated buildings and relieve a bit of the pressure in my heart.

However, to her surprise, there was a warm glow of fire at the end of an alley.

"Xintelaiya, you have to see the road ahead clearly. You have eyes that can see through the darkness." The words of the family finally emerged clearly in his mind under the warm guidance.

Sparks flew between the crackling firewood and the white-haired Kuranta girl looked at a confused boy who was huddled in a makeshift wooden box. As the cold twin moons rose in the night sky, they looked at each other in silence.

Only the meat roasting on the fire gave off an enticing aroma, which also stimulated the girl's appetite.