Leader of the Ark Raiders

"Go back, girl! The forge is not a place for women!" Kivelli said coldly, "You—"

As soon as the words fell, he felt a strong wind suddenly picked up.

A sharp wind blew past his horn, leaving a menacing scratch on it.

Kivili was shocked, shrunk his neck, and swallowed the words he hadn't spoken.

--who is it! ?

Kivili glanced around, and stared at the bottom of the auditorium in horror.

There was a man standing there.

The man looked at him with sharp eyes.

Kivelli felt a chill in his heart, and was so startled that he took two steps back on the spot.

The man looked away and didn't look at him again. When Kivili came back to his senses, his clothes were already soaked in sweat.

When he looked at that person again, he seemed to lose the sharpness he had just now.

He saw the man push aside the reporters who were interviewing, block the photographer who wanted to grab the camera, and walked towards the lost Kuranta girl.

"Maria." Shen Cangye grabbed the little craftsman girl.

Xiao Linguang looked up at him, tears welling in his eyes.

"I'm sorry, Dr. Shen." The Kuranta girl lowered her eyebrows, as if a child who failed an exam walked out of the exam room and waited for her parents to scold her.

She forced a smile and said, "I'm sorry...the equipment promised to you may take some time. I think I...may not be a qualified craftsman yet. My skills are not yet good enough, so I can't ...I'm really sorry that I couldn't create good equipment."

"It's okay." Shen Cangye hugged her shoulders, "It's okay, I'll take you home."

762. I Am the Rhythm Leader

Sitting in the car back to the hotel, Maria stared blankly out of the window, wondering what she was thinking.

Vulcan couldn't help but said: "Don't be too sad, Xia Guang. It's not your fault that the forging furnace is malfunctioning. I'm also to blame for this matter. I didn't consider the sudden increase in difficulty of additional questions, and I didn't remind you Prepare in advance before you are caught off guard."

"No, no, it's not the fault of Vulcan teacher." Maria smiled and waved her hands, "Others can do it, why can't I do it? I think Mr. Kivili is right, being able to deal with all accidents is the most important thing." A qualified craftsman. I'm... just inferior."

Vulcan sighed and looked at her.

She originally wanted to say that those who often follow this competition will basically know the routines of the competition and be prepared.

But when the words came to my lips, I felt that any explanation was superfluous.

Sister Xiaguang smiled, as if to comfort Vulcan, and she said, "Teacher Vulcan, I'm fine, it's just a competition, I don't take it that seriously."

She waved her small fist, as if to cheer herself up, "Besides, the joint security competition is approaching. I don't have to go to the competition, so I can work with peace of mind. That's pretty good...it's pretty good, isn't it?"

Shen Cangye was driving the car, and caught a glimpse of Maria's forced smile from the rearview mirror.

No matter what, she always takes care of other people's feelings first.

But the more this is the more distressing.

She swallowed all the pain by herself, and then, like light, she warmed others with vigor.

But who cares about her?

Back at the residence in Rhodes Island, Maria still participated in the work as usual, joking and laughing with others.

However, except for work, I never saw her appear in the rest area or entertainment area, chatting or complaining with other people.

Her life has become a two-point line between dormitory and workshop.

She even often forgot to eat, and she lost weight quickly.

On the sixth day after this losing knockout match, Maria's toolbox was left in the workshop.

Vulcan then asked Shen Cangye to send it to her.

Shen Cangye brought the toolbox to the door of Maria's dormitory and knocked on the door.

"Good evening, Doctor Shen!" Maria opened the door and welcomed him into the room with a smile.

"This is what you left in the workshop, Vulcan asked me to bring it to you." Shen Cangye said.

"Oh, I'm so sorry to let you go." Maria pulled him and asked, "Would you like some tea? I bought the best tea."

"Okay." Shen Cangye said.

Maria put away the toolbox, and knocked herself on the head with self-blame, "I either forgot something or made a mistake recently, and caused a lot of trouble for Mr. Vulcan, really..."

"Maria." Shen Cangye called out.

Sister Xiaguang responded, and poured him tea again, "Oh... I've been really out of shape recently, this is not okay, if I make mistakes at work again, I will really be scolded by Mr. Vulcan, probably I am not suitable for the job Craftsmen, right... Hahaha."

"Maria." Shen Cangye called her again, "Are you okay? You haven't eaten well these days, you've lost so much weight, and your complexion is so bad."

Xiao Linguang stood with his back to him, with his head bowed deeply.

The room was silent.

Then, there was a sobbing sound in the silence.

Just like every newcomer in the workplace has to go through.

I never dared to vent out the anger and accumulated grievances I received at work during the day.

Only in the dead of night, when hiding in bed, or on the phone with close friends, shed tears.

"I can't do well, I don't think I can do well... Doctor Shen." Maria muttered to herself, "Everyone praises me, it must be because they don't want to hurt my heart, everyone treats me so well , but I have been...have not been able to grow up."

"I think I have worked hard, I think I have talent, grandpa said so, Uncle Koval said so, Teacher Vulcan also said the same... I always feel that as a member of the Linguang family, I also have my own The advantage is that my talent is not in combat... I want to prove myself through this competition, but, but... oh..."

She let out a long sigh, and said sullenly: "Probably I will always be like this, accomplish nothing, and never catch up with my sister's footsteps for the rest of my life."

Shen Cangye looked at her lonely back with distress.

Maria has been obsessed with craftsman's skills since she was a child, and she once firmly believed that her talent lies in this.

That was her dream.

She also dedicated almost everything to this dream.

Forging, casting... Standing in the workshop with a temperature of more than 40 degrees every day, facing the hot forging furnace day after day.

Thousands of times of hammering, countless days and nights of dedication.

No one can imagine how difficult the road she has come.

But she carried it all down.

Because she believes what she does has meaning.

Everyone believed her.

She also believed in herself.

But now, her dream is shattered.

What she worked tirelessly for became the sharpest sword that pierced her heart.

Maria was originally a child without much confidence. How many people would know how frustrated she felt when something she had pursued for more than ten years was completely denied?

"Maria." Shen Cangye took a step closer and took Xiao Linguang's hand.

The golden Kuranta turned around with tears in her eyes.

"I really really want to win, and I have fantasized that I can beat all the way to the end like my sister, but I lost at the beginning, at the beginning——! I thought I could win at least once, I After so many years of hard work..."

Big teardrops rolled down and she hastily wiped them away with the back of her hand.

The grievance pent up in her heart was vented all at once, and her tears were like broken beads, crying like a child who couldn't find her way home.

Shen Cangye stared at her, "Maria, if the Craftsman Association gives you another chance, are you still willing to participate?"

"But I don't have a chance, I don't have a chance anymore! I lost! I didn't even win a game!" Maria hugged him hard, crying loudly, "I screwed up, I'm so useless I've screwed up everything... what can I do? I can't help it, I don't know what to do..."

Shen Cangye didn't speak, but silently hugged her tightly.

Maria was tired from crying and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Shen Cangye covered her with the quilt, sat on the edge of the bed and looked at her sleeping face.

"Go to sleep." He gently wiped away the tears on her cheeks, "Leave the rest to me."

Shen Cangye returned to his room and turned on his laptop.

He checked the discussion on the topic of the forging competition on social media.

Many people were questioning the failure of Maria's forging furnace in the last knockout round, thinking that the organizers had mishandled it, and many people were cursing wantonly.

Equipment failure should have been the responsibility of the race organizers.

But they used "no such precedent" to prevaricate contestants who made reasonable requests.

It is not appropriate to do so.

Due to Manisa's face, Shen Cangye couldn't say too much.

A bit constrained...

but it does not matter.

All it takes is a small fuse, and the lonely and omnipotent netizens will naturally put tons of pressure on the competition organizers.

Nowadays, there are many people who criticize the organizers, Kivelli, and fans. He needs to give everyone a common direction to work hard.

Shen Cangye thought for a while, and sent a petition titled "Let Maria Linguang Return to the Arena".

This article rationally analyzed the whole process of the incident, and emotionally requested to give the players another chance.

"I actually became a 'rhythm leader'." Shen Cangye smiled helplessly.

Well, let the rhythm fly for a while.

Now, the pressure from the artisan association, the organizer, will naturally increase.

When they were overwhelmed, he would provide the stressful organizer with a reasonable outlet for the pressure, a step to run down, and the matter would be done.

At this time, he needs another thing that can put pressure on the organizer.

That thing is called - "Party A's father's request".

Since Rose News intends to follow up and report on the forging competition, it is better to follow the trend.

After closing the laptop, Shen Cangye took out his mobile phone and made a call.

"Hello, Beak Knight first—cough, hello Mr. Shen! I didn't expect you to contact me."

"Hello, Wojchet. I need your help with something."

"Huh? Where is it? I can't tell you how to help, so just mention it!"

"I'd like to speak to the person in charge of your Minos branch."

"Ah?—Uh, ok, ok, I see! I'll contact the supervisor, Mr. Shen!"

In the arena, the Chamber of Commerce is using the knights.

In the arena, the business federation can also be used as a tool for knights.

763. Get the Water of Life*1

Shen Cangye paid a visit to the head of Kalevy of the Minos branch of Rose Newspaper.

He intends to solve the problem in a civilized way today.

After all, I am also asking for something from others.

The conversation was carried out in a situation where he thought he was relaxed and happy, but the other party seemed a little nervous.

The Rose Press came to Minos in search of an opportunity.

In Minos, there were as many contests, large and small, as there were in Casimir's knightly contests.

Due to the serious homogenization of Casimir's knight competition, Rose newspaper wanted to open a breakthrough from Minos to find more eye-catching content.

After all, there are not only newspapers under Rose Newspapers, but also many media channels including video websites waiting to be fed.

Rose News originally planned to start with the more famous "joint security competition".