Ark, I became an NPC in the online game

"...Next time you come back, let's go to church together."

"it is good."

After accepting Mostima's invitation for a date, it was getting late, so Mostima stood up and prepared to leave, as if he knew what to do so as not to cause trouble.

"See you."

The two waved goodbye in front of the door, and the door closed gently.

Mostima is indeed a very charming NPC. He can now say just like he did when he was a player, I will always love Mostima and everyone.

The next day, Xia Yuan put on the best equipment he currently owned and started moving boxes of weapons into the military pickup truck early in the morning. This time, there were a lot of weapons and equipment to be moved, so he folded down the back seats to increase storage space and also placed a lot of boxes on the passenger seat.

After doing all this, Xia Yuan drove slowly and followed the messenger on the main road. He found Mostima's figure not far away. She was with her special forces team.

Andon walked in front with a friendly and calm smile on his face. Standing next to Mostima was a gentle-looking pink-haired girl. Behind the three of them was a man named Liberi with dyed red hair.

As if recognizing the pickup truck, Mostima waved to Xia Yuan.

Xia Yuan rolled down the window and smiled at the few people.

Andoen recognized Xia Yuan. He and Xia Yuan had only met once, but the relationship between the two was much closer than that of strangers who had only met once. To some extent, Andoen was also Xia Yuan's professional teacher. When he saw Xia Yuan, he performed a monk's etiquette in a gentlemanly manner and wished him a safe journey.

Remiaoan seemed to have heard Xia Yuan's name from the bomb maniac's sister. She smiled gently and waved to Xia Yuan.

Fiammetta looked at Xia Yuan intently. She had heard from her juniors about the existence of such a wonderful Sakota. As an employee of the notary office, she was very curious about Xia Yuan's strength and equipment.

Mastema kept smiling.

Wow! What a harmonious team!

But Xia Yuan knew that Andon's knot in his heart was difficult to untie. Only he himself knew his pain, he tasted it himself, and he walked alone. The seemingly united team would fall apart in a few years because of his betrayal.

He had no right to say anything about Andorn because he could understand the pain in Andorn's heart.

"Why can't the Lateran teachings save the people of this suffering land?"

He doesn't approve of Andorn's actions, so he will come back.

I stepped on the engine, the wheels rolled over my thoughts and drove towards the city gate.

......

"Mastema, he is the one you are talking about..."

"Yes."

"Ah, I didn't expect Xiao Mo would also have a heart-beating moment. Xiao Le would be very surprised if he knew."

"...We are good friends."

Listening to the two women in front of her, one attacking and one defending, Fiameta sighed. She actually hoped that the Sakota they were talking about could join the team.

This way, she wouldn't be the one being teased by a sinister and mysterious person every day.

Chapter 19 Good morning, Cavaleliaki!

Casimir is a wooded and mountainous country with the vast Casimir Plain in the south and bordering Victoria. It has fought wars with Ursus many times.

The knight class of Casimir is an important part of its political structure, and the title of knight used to be a symbol of honor. If a knight family lacks a long-term knight, it will be deprived of its status as a knight family.

After Zibun intervened, the commercialized competitive games with knights as the main players weakened the status of knights. The contradiction between the traditional knight class and the emerging capitalist class and the competitive knight groups on which they depended for survival was very sharp.

Casimir currently has a dual political structure consisting of secular knights represented by the Council of Justice and commercial capital represented by the Federation of Commerce.

Walking on the land of Casimir, one cannot avoid dealing with either side's forces.

To be fair, judging from the plot, the Supervisory Council, which represents the secular knight forces, is the side of justice, while the Commercial Federation, which is mainly composed of Zibeng, often does shameful things in the dark and is an absolute evil organization.

As players, they naturally did not look at the two forces that were in friction with each other with a tainted eye or preconceived views. Combat players or players who wanted to get closer to traditional knights joined the Supervisory Council, while production players who needed to buy materials to make equipment took a fancy to the Commercial Federation that used commerce throughout Casimir.

After all, what does the fighting between you indigenous forces have to do with us? We are players, do you understand the value of the Fourth Calamity?

In his previous life, Xia Yuan had established good relations with the Chamber of Commerce. Thanks to them, every time Xia Yuan purchased materials, they would be delivered within a week, which made Xia Yuan very satisfied with their attitude.

As a businessman walking on the earth, Xia Yuan believes that it is necessary to contact the Chamber of Commerce this time.

He is not a pure warrior, and he does not have such a strong aversion to the Commercial Federation treating knights as commodities. After all, those professional players among players were also made famous by Zibeng in this way. Zibeng can make anyone famous... Of course, the popularity is another matter. As for the spirit of chivalry, he did not show any disdainful attitude. He respects the spirit of chivalry.

But it is impossible to remain absolutely neutral in this land.

In fact, from the history of Casimir found by the players in the previous life, the Commercial Federation did not exist at the beginning.

"The knight class does not engage in agricultural work and disdains business. This class is based on exploitation and rule established by force."

Knights needed people to buy and sell goods for them, they needed people to work in factories, they needed people to farm, they needed people to transport goods, so that the knight class, a class that ruled by force, could survive. And these "exploited" people, in addition to the common people on the knights' fiefdoms, were the commercial associations at the time, that is, the knights' retainers at the time.

As squires, they are responsible for taking care of every aspect of the knight's life to make the knight live a comfortable and wonderful life, but at the same time, the knight's property becomes a treasure house corresponding to the golden key held by the squires.

In peacetime, the daily expenses of knights were not very expensive, at most it was the buying and selling of daily necessities and houses, and the knights' followers had no reason to unite together, they just performed the duties of stewards in their own households.

But after the war, things changed dramatically.

War is always accompanied by huge military expenditures, and all of this is for solid logistical work.

While the knight's squires were fighting on the battlefield, they were also making solid logistical preparations for Casimir's victory in the war.

The knights' servants united to form an absolute trading relationship with craftsmen, merchants, and farmers, using money as a crowbar. Even though all this was due to the supply and demand relationship caused by the war, the formation of this supply and demand relationship did stimulate the emergence of capitalism.

For example, the research and development of weapons and equipment by knight craftsmen, the production and transportation of food needed by marching knights, the construction and repair of buildings such as trenches and castles, this series of supply and demand relationships have greatly promoted the Squires' Society, a group formed by the union of the Squires.

At the end of the war, Casimir managed to defend most of the territory, and a large number of knights died on the battlefield, but the territories and fiefs of these knights did not lose their stewards... Yes, even if the knights died on the battlefield, the retainers who managed their wealth did not lose control of the treasury of their respected masters. It is better to say that after such a cruel war, these retainers did not lose their masters, but even benefited from it and became Ziben families with their own property, and established deep relationships with other retainers, craftsmen, farmers, and merchants.

It can be said that Casimir's knights' squires took advantage of the limitations of the knight class and seized this historical opportunity to seize Casimir's regime from their knight masters.

This is also the origin of the Chamber of Commerce.

The development of the times must rely on economic and political progress. This is something that no individual, no matter how powerful their military force, can refute.

When the ruling regime of the Casimir Knights was established, the National Council and the Supervisory Council, as the centers of the dual political system, were established. The National Council was the judicial branch with legislative functions, while the Supervisory Council was the administrative body composed of the Knights as the core.

The formulation of laws requires a strong binding force, but the National Council obviously has no way to deal with the Supervisory Council, which represents the knight class, that is, the rulers. The knight class administers and legislates at the same time. If the knight master is a good person, then life is finally okay. But what if the knight master in the territory is a villain who does all kinds of evil and has no chivalry?

In fact, the knights became Casimir's oppressors at the time, making and enforcing their own laws, while the peasants and squires were the objects of oppression and exploitation for the knight class.

The Helmetless Alliance came silently, lurking in the shadows with bows in hand, hovering over the heads of all the knights.

Times have changed, old can.

Casimir doesn't need the so-called knights now. In non-war times, only the economy can make Casimir stronger, so the Chamber of Commerce has emerged. They shouted loudly "Make Kazimierz great again" and drove Casimir to rush forward in the economic field. Now they have become the breadwinners of the National Council and the Supervisory Council.

Even if the Supervisory Council wanted to cut ties with the Chamber of Commerce at this time, it would only sadly discover that Casimir could no longer do without the Chamber of Commerce, just as Casimir could no longer do without the spirit of chivalry.

General Xia Yuan stopped his pickup truck in front of the gate of Kavaleriaki, one of the largest mobile cities in Casimir. After checking his identity, he was allowed to enter the city.

Kavaleriaki is his second home. To him, this place is no different from a bustling metropolis like Longmen. Whenever he misses eating Chinese food in the game or misses his wives in the Guards Bureau and Penguin Logistics, he will stay in Longmen for a while. Whenever he learns from his mistakes and doesn't want his wives anymore and is ready to become a mud brother and focus on forging iron, he will come to Kavaleriaki.

Cavaleri's most common people are not his wives, but the fully armed knights fighting in the arena, the office workers with dark circles under their eyes walking briskly between office buildings, and the gamblers partying and getting drunk in bars at night.

The several characters in Casimir's memory all left Casimir in the end. There was no beautiful girl he wanted to find here, only steel.

After settling down, Xia Yuan began to inspect the old territory again. The 21st Casimir Knight Competition Qualifiers at the beginning of next year will be like a warm breeze, making Kavaleriaki no longer cold this winter. The streets are bustling with people, mainly from Kuranta, but there are still many visitors from other places.

Slogans and advertisements of all sizes are plastered all over the streets and alleys of the city. Advertising for popular products endorsed by the Knights is played on the screens in shopping malls, with an occasional promotion for the 21st Knights Games.

This return to the common atmosphere of modern society made Xia Yuan feel at ease. No matter what he did here, he was just a drop in the ocean and would not attract other people's attention.

"Good morning, Kavaleriyaki! Did you see the result of yesterday's betting? It's number 30! There was a fan fight at Arena No. last night. Oh, I have to say that the Knights of the Arena are really popular. There were fifty fans who were slightly injured! But a knight was also injured. I think you will all have to pay for it, because the Knights Association will definitely not swallow this breath. There was another power outage around the Brilliant Shield Industrial Company. The power grid was damaged. It was done by the crazy fans of the Knights. At the same time, the enthusiastic news team of the Chamber of Commerce was interviewing the knights participating in the st Casimir Knights Arena Qualifiers on the sidewalk. Look at them, oh, they are all great guys. I am your good friend Big Mouth Mob. Join me and start a new day full of chivalry!"

This big-mouthed Mob is the mouth of the Chamber of Commerce. Xia Yuan sat on a chair in the store and ate a late breakfast. A shield that has been selling well recently by Brilliant Shield Industrial Company is endorsed by a competitive knight who has been strongly promoted by the Chamber of Commerce. In the broadcast, he only said the news that everyone wanted to hear.

Listening to such news is sometimes really a pleasure. Putting aside the quality of the news itself, the host's ups and downs in this segment can easily arouse people's interest.

After breakfast, Xia Yuan came to several material stores where he often stayed in his previous life. He only had less than 100,000 Longmen coins, and there was not much metal and steel he could buy here, but it was still possible to do some low-cost fast food business.

He planned to make some fine iron crossbows of slightly inferior workmanship. These crossbows were very popular wherever they went, had no restrictions on their use, and were the favorites of Casimir bounty hunters.

After hammering iron for a whole day, Xia Yuan took out three white fine iron crossbows of poor workmanship and quality and went to the black market.

For him now, it is already very difficult to knock out defective equipment. This deliberate mistake made him miss out on the experience points and proficiency gained from these three times of forging. However, what he is pursuing now is money.

The buyers and sellers here have no identity, and this is also the second place with the most infected people after the slums.

The crossbows on the black market were all of poor quality. Not only were they not durable, but they also had various problems with jamming and inaccurate shooting. Although Xia Yuan's crossbow was also considered defective, it would not have the above two problems from a shooting point of view. It was just that its durability was a little low. If his crossbow was sold here, it would only be snapped up like crazy.

The Chamber of Commerce and its spies can be found everywhere in Casimir, and the black market is no exception. Or it can be said that the prices on the black market are also controlled by the Chamber of Commerce.

He approached the forked path, walking the path he had walked in his previous life. In his previous life, he had come here by accident because of a mission when playing games, and met a black market merchant. The latter was once a knight of the Knights Association, but later resigned because he could not stand the oppression of the Business Federation and started a black market business. He had some connections before, and because of his strong military power, he could do both black and white here. It was very convenient for players to do business with him without worrying about being killed by the Dragon Sword.

The mechanical and technological equipment Xia Yuan was wearing was the best amulet. Although the hood prevented people on the sides and behind him from seeing his face clearly, they could clearly recognize the halo on his head. Those with dark thoughts immediately put away their thoughts. The people of the Sakota race all had guns and were not easy to mess with.

After turning a corner at the intersection, people usually just ignore this dark corner, but only regular customers know the place.

"Welcome...sir, what can I do for you?" Sade raised his head from the noisy laughter coming from the TV. His expression changed when he saw Xia Yuan's face and race. Could this Sakota be here to check for inferior guns?

"guest..."

"I heard about this place from old Tom."

Old Tom is the owner of a bar on the corner. He has been involved in the black market business for many years. Many people discovered the location of the black market because of his introduction - that's right, if players want to be qualified to enter the black market, they can only complete the tasks issued by Old Tom.

Xia Yuan remembered how to get there, so he naturally skipped this step.

"I'm here to deal with low-quality crossbows." Xia Yuan had a blank expression, with a hint of sadness on his face like Andorn. He threw out three fine iron long crossbows from his bag, "Several Kuranta friends I met in Casimir went out hunting. The low-quality crossbows were not suitable for hunting, and they died at the hands of their prey."

Thad was immediately distressed when he saw the three crossbows thrown on the table like this. He jumped up with a bang and hurriedly checked the crossbows. To his surprise, the crossbows were well maintained, but it could be seen from the workmanship that there were traces of black market processing.

He sneered in his heart and shook his head, wondering where these three idiots came from. They didn't use spears, shields or traps for hunting but instead used this kind of crossbow which was highly lethal to humans. Although it was not impossible to use a crossbow for hunting, if someone died, it would only be because he was not skilled enough. What was the point of talking about whether it was of poor quality or not?

"So...what do you mean, sir?" Sade suppressed the disdain on his face, looked up at Xia Yuan, and asked cautiously.

Xia Yuan's face was filled with sorrow. "They don't even have money to bury them. Their families asked me to sell these culprits for money to cover their living expenses in the future."

"My condolences, guest."

Thad breathed a sigh of relief. He was glad that they were not here to cause trouble. He looked at Xia Yuan and asked, "Can I check the integrity of the crossbow?"

Xia Yuan nodded slowly.

Thad held the crossbow in both hands and faced the armor on the side. After loading the crossbow, he shot four shots in succession. Three arrows penetrated the well-made armor, and one was shot directly through.

Thad was surprised and happy, but looked a little disappointed. "It is indeed a low-quality crossbow."

Xia Yuan curled his lips. Come on, look at your tail trying to suppress your excitement. He remained calm as well. "140,000 Longmen coins are enough for every family to enjoy their old age."

"Guest, you are robbing!"

THAAD was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. What kind of bullshit moral kidnapping was this? He returned to his seat, and once it came to the pricing stage, he immediately began to argue with reason.

Chapter 20: The Riddler

The final price was set at one hundred thousand, which was the price of fine iron crossbows in the black market. The quality of these three crossbows was very good, and THAAD did not have an excessive number of dragon-slaying swords. After all, he had to see what kind of customer he was before ripping him off.

After the angel left, Sad's face was gloomy and uncertain. He felt that he was a "fool" for believing the angel's story, but from what he had heard from people over a long period of time, it seemed that the people of the Sakota race were just so "stupid".

"Shi Tou, follow and take a look."

A response came from the store warehouse, and the footsteps gradually faded away.

There was no special significance at this time, as Kavaleriaki was crowded with people, and there were many tourists from all over Terra, so the appearance of a Sakota did not seem strange.

He remembered the equipment that Sakota was wearing, and after thinking it over again and again, he felt that this was not the equipment an ordinary tourist should have.

"A messenger... or an enforcer?"

He didn't dare to ask any further. If it was the latter, he would not know how he would die if he offended the other party.

After a while, Shitou came back with disappointment on his face, "Boss, we lost him."

Thad was not surprised by this result. He was actually a little relieved when he heard that they had lost him. "Forget about it. Go tell those regular customers that I have a batch of crossbows for sale. The quality is much better than the inferior ones. The price of one crossbow is 180,000."

Stone nodded and left.