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The latter, on the other hand, did not show any intention of cooperating with others in his gestures and seemed to be full of confidence in his own strength.

"...Just you alone? We have no idea how many opponents we have."

The female knight of Kuranta found the scavenger's claims unbelievable.

She was also confident in her own strength, but she understood just as well that her opponents this time were assassins from a business alliance who had no intention of holding back.

This dire situation has forced the Knights to disperse to various settlements to provide support, just like the others. Consequently, they are not very optimistic about their own strength. If Rhodes Island understands this, shouldn't they send more people?

But the cleaner said, completely unconcerned:

"How many? Isn't that what they should be concerned about? Like, 'How many people can we send to their deaths' or something like that?"

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"Relax, little girl. We're both Zalak. Is it appropriate for you to be so tense? Have you ever heard of this saying? 'Based on the Zalak's reproductive capacity, every Zalak is actually related to another Zalak.' So, it's not surprising that you call me cousin or something."

"Sigh... I have a feeling we sent a pretty unreliable person."

Sending only one person would be fine.

In the end, he turned out to be someone whose attitude wasn't very serious either.

"Unreliable? Maybe. If it were the quiet me from before... you would have thought I was a strong and capable person."

The cleaner was sitting near a pile of junk against the wall, where there was an abandoned sofa. She sat on it, swinging one leg casually.

"But I did this because I had the capacity—you understand? The capacity!"

The scavenger spread his hands and introduced himself to his fellow clansman, Sona, in a manner he had never used before.

"It may be hard for outsiders like you to understand... but it is indeed a deeply etched experience that can change a person."

Sona had no idea what the Cleaner was talking about, but the Cleaner himself seemed lost in memories.

She recalled how indifferent she used to be towards everything, and how she used to approach every dirty and tiring job with a rigorous and serious attitude.

The reason was nothing more than her earlier hardships and the coldness of the world, which made her indifferent to emotions—as long as she acted coldly, she would not repeat the mistakes of the past or suffer the pain of the past.

But thinking about it carefully, it wasn't that long ago. It seems like just a few months ago, I was still the same person.

Perhaps it's just because the past few days have been so tough that I have this illusion of "a long time ago".

"experience?"

Sona, who hadn't intended to interact much with this strange member of her race, asked a question in return.

"Ah...it was just some seemingly mundane training, but that training brought about some changes in my mind and body, giving me more energy to try new things."

Be more optimistic, trust others, and be more outgoing—these are the changes that occur in street cleaners.

However, besides attributing it to the "confidence" gained from increased strength, Rhodes Island's doctors prefer to diagnose it as a case of "mental improvement following the fading of Oripathy's effects."

"However, there's still not much progress in some areas."

The cleaner kept these words to himself and didn't say them aloud.

"So mysterious... You should be a little more cautious. Who knows when the assassins from the Unarmored Alliance will come... They might be right above your head."

The female knight Kuranta beside him reminded the scavenger.

But the cleaner simply continued to lie on the sofa, saying in a leisurely manner:

"It's alright, it's alright—"

"Don't worry about anything—"

"Bang!!!!"

The cleaner vanished in the next instant.

Instead, a large hole appeared in the sofa.

A massive metal object fell from the top of the abandoned high-rise building, smashing the cleaner and his sofa through the floorboards and into a hollow area below.

"Hello!?"

Sona immediately rushed to the cave entrance and shouted inside.

But in the pitch-black underground space, only the echo of Sona's shouts could be heard.

"Never mind! There are people on the roof!!! The Unarmored Alliance guys are here!!!"

Many figures lingered on the high place.

They concealed their bodies under cloaks, and it was clear that they were holding various ranged attack weapons.

—We will only attack you from a distance, never allowing anyone the possibility of getting close.

Under normal circumstances, these assassins might have used more cautious methods to carry out assassinations one by one, but this is an emergency order, and the order is to "eliminate a large number of people" rather than to eliminate them one by one, so it doesn't matter if they are exposed.

Anyway, as long as you kill everyone, it's the same as hiding yourself.

This time it's not about keeping quiet, so there's no need to worry about whether the other side has leaked sensitive information. All we need to do is take their lives. Besides, the opponents are all infected people and actors who aren't very good at martial arts.

For Knight Killer, he's really a simple and good guy.

So they first took out the most careless guy—Zalak, who was lying in the corner muttering something to himself.

What we need to do now is take advantage of the chaos to kill all these knights and infected.

From their elevated position, they had ample means to eliminate these people.

"Keep up the good work, this time the bonus is quite substantial!!!"

The Knight Killers, having seized the terrain advantage, replaced the arrowheads of their crossbows with Originium explosives, preparing to launch a bombardment from above that would leave them nowhere to escape.

"Keep a close watch on all exits and don't let anyone escape!"

"No, no, that newbie who's good at ranged attacks, and Gray Hair, aren't here! If we don't close the distance, we'll just get beaten up for nothing!"

Instead of using her preferred melee weapon, the Kuranta female knight chose to pick up a shield.

Since hitting them is too difficult, prioritize protecting those around you.

"First, blow that pit up so those filthy ditch rats can't escape through the drainage channel!!!"

"It is the command of the knight assassin above."

Then an explosive crossbow bolt was fired at the dark cave entrance.

Hidden beneath the hood, eyes watched expectantly as the crossbow bolts hurtled into the interior, emitting flashes of light and vibrations, but after several seconds there was still no reaction.

"That's strange..."

The knight assassin felt someone tap his shoulder.

"Don't bother me!"

Believing he had the home-field advantage, he wasn't on guard; instead, he impatiently shrugged his shoulders.

But then, he was grabbed by the shoulder and roughly turned around—it was the cleaner who had appeared behind him at some point.

He was covered in dust and dirt, and his face was full of anger.

In his other hand, he was holding an Originium Blast Crossbow bolt.

"you!!!"

"Hmph."

The dull thud of flesh being pierced rang out, and the knight assassin felt a sharp pain in his mouth.

It all happened in an instant—the scavenger rammed the unexploded crossbow bolt into his palate through his chin.

Immediately afterwards, the opponent's face suddenly swelled up, triggering the explosive arrow that burst open inside the opponent's mouth, causing a huge burst of flames on the rooftop of the Knight Assassin Cluster.

Burnt, rotten flesh and blood splattered everywhere, and hard bone fragments flew about.

The sudden change that occurred in those few seconds gave the other knight assassins no chance to react.

The people downstairs also noticed this unusual situation.

"Wha...what's going on...?"

It started raining in the gathering area.

This scene might not be so friendly to some younger children.

Because it was a rain of blood and flesh, where knight assassins were thrown from high-rise buildings and smashed into a bloody mess on the open ground.

It wasn't until the last figure cried out for mercy and was thrown onto a pile of garbage, convulsing and passing out, that people realized the entire attack was over.

The scavenger patted the bits of flesh stuck to his shoulder and said to Sona:

"I told you, there's nothing to worry about."

*In the official documentation, it is explicitly mentioned that Oripathy affects the mental state of Lappland, Scavenger, and Specter, and as their condition improves, their personalities will also change.

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The number of unarmored knight killers off the field is plummeting.

The Rhodes Island Cavaliers' value on the court rose with each game.

It was only then that Charné realized that the obstacles he had set up seemed to have had little effect.

Rhodes Island has never seriously considered dealing with these matters—or rather, they don't need to be "serious" about them.

The fact that the assassins were either giving no feedback or having their communications abruptly cut off immediately indicated that the business alliance's cleanup operation had encountered unexpected obstacles.

And those matches that were deliberately adjusted or even openly targeted at Rhodes Island's players were won easily in full view of everyone.

Rhodes Island selects only non-infected players, thus avoiding the process of obtaining knighthood in the underground arena and preventing them from being unable to qualify for the Major due to various restrictions, even if they accumulate enough points in the preliminaries.

Their goal is clear: to win the championship.

The pressure from the business alliance is increasing. Although Charne doesn't know why his superiors were so tolerant of Rhodes Island in the first place, when it interfered in the Knights' Tournament, they strongly urged Charne to take effective action as soon as possible—all because their interests would be harmed by these unstable factors.

The Knights of Rhodes Island are capable of generating buzz and traffic.

If the arena becomes popular, other businesses will also benefit.

However, Rhodes Island, as the major shareholder, is not part of the Business Alliance. The Business Alliance will not stand idly by and watch profits flow to other companies, or rather, "will not allow others to control a group of knights who do not benefit them."