Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

"Well, the 'Maria' I saw was wearing a full body armor, carrying a knight's shield and a war hammer," Adele recalled the situation at that time carefully, and said, "She had a high golden ponytail , looks very similar to Miss 'Maria'."

"At that time...he was with two Sarkaz doctors. He heard from them that he seemed to have plans to come to the Grand Knight's Command in the near future."

Manna slowly clenched his fists, his brows were tightly knit together, his expression was cloudy and uncertain.

Adele had already told him so many characteristics, if he still couldn't recognize who the person who called herself 'Maria' was, then he would have spent so many years in vain.

But... why did she come back?Doesn't she know how much the Linguang family paid to send her out of Casimir?

Recalling what happened three years ago, Manna felt her heart throbbing uncontrollably.

"That must be sister! Sister is back?" Maria jumped up in surprise, but after a while, she also felt deeply worried, "Sister, she is coming back at this time... will there be nothing wrong?"

Maria was not an idiot, she was just a little naive. After the surprise, she also realized how dangerous it was for her sister to come back at this time.

"Maria, remember... don't come to meddle in this matter, just go back to your workshop and act as if you haven't heard about it, do you understand?" Manna Said calmly, but his attitude made Maria shudder, and she couldn't help shivering.

She knew that Uncle Manna was really angry this time, and if she dared to make trouble at this time, Manna would not show mercy just because she was her niece.

Even when the Linguang family was not in decline more than ten years ago, Manna was the first-class expert in the family, and now no one in the family is his opponent, even if it is her who won the knight championship. , the older sister Margaret, who was named the 'Knight of Glory', was also no match for Marna.

It's just... not many people know about this kind of thing.

"...Understood." Maria lowered her head obediently, not daring to say anything more.

"call……"

After securing Maria, Manna targeted Adele, "Miss Aiyafala, did you tell anyone else what happened just now?"

"No." Adele shook her head, "I only thought of this after I saw Maria just now."

"...That's fine. But this matter is related to the secrets of the Linguang family, can you please not tell other people about it?"

When Manna showed that expression, Adele expected this kind of result, so she nodded unsurprisingly, "Don't worry, Mr. Manna, I won't tell anyone else about this .”

"..."

In fact, the most effective way to really ensure that this matter will not be leaked is to put all the insiders under house arrest, but the problem is... Who will let the insiders this time be someone he knows?

Glancing at Sarah and Adele indiscriminately, Manna sighed helplessly in her heart.

If they are placed under house arrest, the subsequent affairs may not be able to end, and it is possible to alert the Business Federation and the Knights Association in advance.

Now... I can only gamble on whether they can keep their promises.

At this time, the cell phone in Manna's coat pocket rang at the right time. He put the cell phone to his ear casually, but what he heard after he connected it was a curse from over there.

The expression on Manna's face froze suddenly, "Minister?"

"What? Now there is a job that I need to go back and solve?"

"But today is my vacation... There are still things to deal with at home..."

Before he could finish speaking, Manna heard the phone hang up, and the other party's intentions were clearly revealed. If he didn't come later, he needed to be prepared to pack up and leave.

Damn... At such a critical moment, you still have to work overtime?Manna gritted her teeth.

But he still had to go.

It took Manna a full three years to get the Commercial Union to let go of its vigilance against him, but even so, the Unmanned Alliance has only slightly lowered its vigilance, and there are still assassins who will secretly watch his every move.

If he dares to ignore the minister's order now... Maybe all the hard work in the past few years will be in vain. This is really a dilemma.

Margaret... It's really not the right time for you to come back. For the sake of the Linguang clan and the future of Casimir, no matter what your purpose of coming back this time is, I hope you can hide for a while longer.

The time went back to an hour ago.

After rubbing Ryan's brother-in-law's self-confidence on the ground on the training ground, Ryan walked to his company with a sigh as agreed before.

Ren is a commercial knight who has signed a contract. Although the rank of knight is not high, he is also quite popular among certain people. Because of this, he can support a family's expenses.

It is true that competitive knights are very profitable, but it is also very expensive to maintain their form.

Daily training needs to eat a lot of food to supplement consumption, and the equipment that is usually worn out must also be maintained. After the game, the treatment is the most important thing. If there is any incurable injury left, it is tantamount to saying goodbye to the game career.

There is also the upgrading of weapons. If there is a generation gap with the weapons and equipment held by the opponent, it is difficult to bridge the gap with personal strength.

Ren has seen with his own eyes that an ordinary person who can't even hold a weapon steadily, armed with the Brilliant Shield Industry, has the strength to rival a superior knight... Although the price of that equipment is also an astronomical figure.

No matter which item is taken out here, it is a gold swallowing beast that cannot be fed enough. As Ren stayed in the fifth-level knight for too long, he gradually became unable to support such consumption.

Either he chooses to retire or he chooses to try for a dangerous promotion.

"Here, you don't have to do anything next, just let me talk to the boss."

Directly above the two of them, a plaque printed with "Bell Health Products Co., Ltd." radiated a faint light in Li Ang's perception.

Chapter 19 Can’t think of becoming famous

Health care product company... Well, it's a small company whose name Li Ang has never heard of.

This is not surprising, except for those low-level knights who no one cares about, the only ones willing to pay for these mid-level companies to advertise are these small and medium-sized enterprises.

"Then please, Brother Ren."

Following Ryan into the company, many people he met along the way greeted Ryan warmly. It seems that his popularity in the company is not bad.

Li Ang could also feel that many curious eyes fell on him, but out of politeness, those people did not take the initiative to ask Ren about him.

Leading Li Ang through several corridors, Ren stopped in front of a door and knocked on the door with his hands.

"Please come in."

The people in the room looked up at the visitor, "It's Ren, why are you here? Didn't you arrange your game recently?"

"Boss, I have something I want to discuss with you." Ren said, "My...relative wants to participate in the knight competition, so I'm here to ask the boss if I can sign a temporary contract with him first. contract."

"Knight competition? This kid...can he do it?" The boss raised his eyebrows and looked at Li Ang suspiciously.

Seeing the boss's reaction, Ren knew that he was also deceived by Li Ang's appearance. After all, from the appearance alone, Li Ang didn't look like a very capable fighter. If he didn't experience it personally, who would have thought of it? This kind of body that can't see a little muscle can explode that level of strength.

"Don't be fooled by his appearance, boss." Ren smiled wryly, "This kid is very powerful. I am not his opponent at all. He is at least at the level of a senior knight."

"Oh? There is such a thing?" Hearing what Ryan said, the boss also became quite interested, and looked at Li Ang in surprise.

"Besides, I have one more thing to say," Ren said in a deep voice, "Am I ready to compete at the next level?"

"...Are you serious? Why did you suddenly change your mind now?"

"If it's for this kid, forget it. I don't need to threaten you with such a thing. You can be regarded as the veteran of our company, so I still have to give some face."

"This matter has nothing to do with him, it's my own idea." Ren shook his head, "Actually, Sarah is pregnant, and I want to save a little more money before the child is born. After much deliberation, this is the only way gone."

"So that's the case...then I can only congratulate you." The boss thought for a while, and then asked, "By the way, does your wife know about this?"

Hearing this, Ren touched the back of his head and squeezed out an awkward smile.

"... Forget it, I'll give you two more months of bonuses this year." The boss sighed and said helplessly, "Also, if you are not going to die on the field, don't rush to participate To advance to the competition, I will first find a way to replace your armor that is about to be eliminated, and then I think you should know the equipment gap between the fourth-level knight and the fifth-level knight."

"Thank you boss, I understand this kind of thing."

Renn is now only participating in some relatively low-level competitions, or pure exhibition competitions. In this kind of competition, his current armor is still somewhat useful, but if it is put into a higher-level competition, the armor is nothing like paper the difference.

After dealing with Ren's matter, the rest of Li Ang's matter can be solved better. In fact, the boss doesn't need to think about this kind of matter at all, just sign it without thinking.

This is the period of the Cavaliers Championship. As long as he can win a few games by chance, the traffic alone will be enough to pay back the money, and he won't lose much if he loses, not to mention the guarantee from Rennes.

"That's settled then."

"There is also the matter of this kid. You take him to the Cavaliers Association to go through the process first. Later, I will ask someone to sign a short-term contract with him."

"Okay, then I won't bother you, boss."

Just as Ren was about to take Li Ang away, the boss suddenly stopped them, "By the way, if this kid is going to participate in this tournament audition, I have to remind you of one thing."

"Recently... I heard some rumors. I heard that the National Council, the Knights Association, and the Business Alliance have reached an agreement to allow infected people to participate in this championship. If this is true, you should be more careful. "

"What? They actually allowed the infected to compete?" Ren suddenly opened his mouth.

Although he is a very rare non-infected person in the Sarkaz family, he also knows what changes will be brought about by the ore disease infection. Those who are eligible to participate in the knight competition must be the strongest among the infected people.

It's tricky enough to release the origin stone skill without a staff, which means that unless you kill the opponent, you can't deprive the opponent of their spellcasting ability, let alone face the strange awakening spells of the infected.

Infected people can actually obtain official knight status, which will definitely bring unimaginable changes to the knight competition... Ren's intuition told him that something was wrong, but he couldn't say why.

"What can't those people do for money?" The boss snorted coldly, "Casimir's face will be shamed by those businessmen sooner or later, even if he can think of a way to make money by allowing infected people to compete, how about Is there anything they can't do?"

Isn't this scolding yourself?Ren and Li Ang who were on the side had this idea at the same time, and they all pretended not to hear the boss's words.

After Ren left with Li Ang, the boss picked up the phone on the desk and assigned the task of signing a contract with Li Ang to his subordinates.

As for who will perform this job... what does it have to do with him?Just enough to get the job done.

After warning Maria during the rebellious period, and wishing Sarah and Adele not to talk nonsense about that incident, Manna hid her whereabouts and hurried out of the Linguang family's manor.

The surname Linguang is just a burden to him now, so when he is working, no one around him knows his real identity.

Manna rushed to the company with his fastest speed and found the disgusting boss who he wanted to kill more than once.

"Minister, here I come."

The chubby minister gave Manna a dissatisfied look, "You came in a timely manner. I thought we would lose another person in our department today."

"I'm sorry, Minister. There is something urgent at home. I've rushed back as soon as possible." Manna bent over and nodded repeatedly. She was completely different from when she was in the mansion. "Is there any specific work that I need to do?"

The minister didn't even look at it, so he threw a stack of documents on Manna's face, "The boss's order, our company is going to sign a rookie knight, you go and prepare the contract."

Chapter 20 Old knowledge

It may be because too many foreigners came to participate in the competition. The registration process of the Knights Association is surprisingly simple. After "simple" confirming that Li Ang is not infected, the staff of the Knights Association handed him a form. Complete all the information on the form, even if the registration is complete.

No one will confirm the authenticity of the information, except for the gender column, you can fill in whatever you want.Of course, some people with strange bones are not ruled out, and there is no truth written on the registration form.

After Li Ang completed all the formalities and got the participation certificate issued by the association, it was almost afternoon.

Although the process took a short time, there were too many people who came to the Knights Association to sign up at this time. Almost all races of Terra could be found in the lobby. Even Li Ang, who was rarely seen in Sakota, met one in the hall.

The halo and light wings on the Sakota man were very special. In Li Ang's perception, they didn't look like organs that a normal human body could have. Instead, they were some kind of origin stone skills solidified on their bodies, which made people feel Can't help but be amazed.

The purpose of these people coming to Casimir is different, some are to become famous, some are to meet the powerhouses of other countries, and some, like Li Ang, are purely for the prize money of the Knights Championship, but this is a good thing for Li Ang.

The more and more chaotic the competition, the less likely he will be noticed.

Just when Li Ang and Renn were about to leave and return to Renn's company to continue processing the remaining contracts, the atmosphere inside the Knights Association suddenly became a little dignified.

Just like the originally noisy classroom suddenly quieted down, the inside of the association, which was full of people, instantly became audible, and a strange emotion permeated the crowd. Feeling this breath, Li Ang couldn't help but hit A thrill.

He is really familiar with this feeling——

That is murderous.

When confronting the tower knight before, Li Ang was once suppressed by the opponent's aura, and he still has a fresh memory of the murderous aura on him, so now he can recognize the real body of this aura at a glance.

Although the murderous aura of this man in front of him is not as good as that of the tower knight, it is definitely not something ordinary people can bear. If ordinary people face this kind of aura, they may not even be able to lift their weapons.

"Boom-"

The metal boots slammed heavily on the floor, and amidst the clang of armor rubbing against each other, a bloody figure stepped across the threshold of the Knights Association.

"Get out of the way," the man said.

Those foreign fighters who were bragging about how powerful they are just now dared not look at them under the pressure of murderous intent, and even some of them couldn't even raise their heads. The crowded crowd in the hall retreated to both sides at this moment , very consciously gave way.

The man walked up to the counter and patted a stack of documents in front of the teller.

"Register me."

The teller took the document in his hand and glanced at it, and said tremblingly, "Sir...according to our regulations...you...you must first check your physical condition before you can register..."

"No, this is a certificate issued by the National Council."

Saying this, the man took out another document with the official seal.

A small teller couldn't confirm the authenticity of this kind of thing at all. It wasn't until the management staff of the Knights Association arrived after hearing the news that they confirmed the authenticity of this document and helped the person to register.

This process obviously does not conform to the usual rules of the Knights Association, but the people around who saw this scene at this time did not understand the hidden meaning of this behavior of going through the back door.

Only Ren on the side whispered, "...It's him!?"

Although Ren's soliloquy was very small, it still fell into Li Ang's ears.