Reincarnation NPC, but Arknights

"They... are actually peace-loving Sarkaz infected?" Bai Ye was somewhat surprised.

The three leaders were all dressed in heavy armor, wearing opaque full-face helmets, and carrying chainsaws and large hammers. They looked fierce, imposing, and not to be trifled with.

Especially the Chainsaw Man; because of the menacing appearance of his weapon, it's easy to develop a prejudice against him at first glance. In his previous life, he had even fought two of them in a dungeon, but he had forgotten exactly why they suddenly started fighting.

He was still asleep when the guild leader woke him up and said they were going to take down the boss. So he joined the group and went into the dungeon, where they defeated two guys with chainsaws. It didn't seem too difficult...

“We didn’t see them before during the Civil War… They were probably temporarily assigned to this squad by the Regent, or maybe they just wanted to leave Kazdel.”

Kazdel is barren and ravaged by war, leaving little hope for the future. As a result, many Sarkaz people formed mercenaries and left their homeland.

They just wanted to find a place where they could survive.

"I see, I thought all mercenaries were WarDogs..."

Bai Ye muttered to himself.

"If it weren't for survival, how many people would be willing to leave their homeland and live a life of displacement?" Ines pursed her lips.

Because of their closer ties to Originium, most Sarkaz are infected, which is one of the reasons they face discrimination from other races.

“Let’s talk about these things later. Tell me about your plan first.” Hedre pulled Laines aside, then turned his gaze to Bai Ye.

Now is not the time to dwell on your painful past.

"Sister Ta is now in overall command..."

"Even though Garsen has sent scouts to draw maps of the permafrost, none of them are as familiar with it as we are."

"First, we must use our advantages to weaken his power."

Before having a complete grasp of all the messenger information, Bai Ye would certainly not rashly turn against them, but that did not prevent him from secretly reducing the number of enemies.

After a moment's thought, Bai Ye came up with a good idea.

"Do you know about the Great Purge of the Ursus Empire?" Bai Ye said, taking out a map.

"I've heard that some nobles tried to rebel but were suppressed?" Ines asked, puzzled as to why Bai Ye would ask such questions.

"Well, and then those nobles left behind some treasures on this frozen land..."

The few treasures that escaped the search have been almost completely unearthed by Bai Ye and Talulah. The money has been kept by Bai Ye, while the remaining scraps can not only be used to "reward" players, but also seem to be used to scam people.

"When digging for the treasure, we encountered an infected patrol team. Some of us had to stay behind to cover the retreat, while the rest returned with the treasure."

"The mercenary group that lost manpower demanded a share of the treasure as compensation, and some people were bound to disagree with this demand, which intensified the internal conflict."

Upon hearing this, W immediately understood: "Then why are Ursus Empire soldiers here?"

“Yes, why is that…” Bai Ye pretended to be stupid, “I’m a kind-hearted person and can’t bear to see people suffer, so the execution of the plan is up to you guys, and I’ll just be responsible for providing some insignificant little help.”

"Tsk, you seem to have it easy." W said with some dissatisfaction, then she frowned and asked with amusement, "Are you really from that ship? I remember that most of those people, except for one damn guy, seemed to be innocent and kind-hearted."

"Can you tell me about what happened back then?" Bai Ye asked, curious about what exactly happened.

"Looks like that old woman was keeping it from you too..." W bluntly commented on Dr. Kal'tsit's age, "I advise you not to trust the old woman too much, that woman is no pushover either."

As she spoke, W peeled potatoes. Her knife skills were quite good. After peeling the potatoes, she cut them into small pieces and then threw them into the small pot.

Bai Ye watched her movements, never expecting that this crazy girl would have such a quiet side.

“If there were no war, just staying here quietly wouldn’t be so bad.” Hadley looked up.

However, this tranquility will not last long. Tomorrow, the Reunion Movement will continue its advance towards the Ursus Empire city cluster and Chernobog, and the Sarkaz mercenaries will follow suit.

Moreover, Bai Ye's plan is about to be implemented.

"Let's eat something together." W handed a bowl of soup to Bai Ye.

Then she watched as Bai Ye took the bowl and drank from it.

Upon seeing this action, she shook her head.

"What's wrong?" Bai Ye asked curiously.

"For the sake of our current alliance, let me remind you: you should always check for poison in anything someone hands you."

"Their vigilance is too low."

"Thanks for the reminder." Bai Ye was a little surprised that this guy would say such things to him.

W waved his hand: "After all, I'm still waiting to take ownership of the Sarkaz mercenaries from you."

"Why not me?" Ines immediately retorted.

The two started another round of bickering.

Chapter 49 Commander, the vehicle is ready.

Commander Garsen has been feeling something's off lately.

As planned, they joined forces with the Reunion Movement and became part of this infected armed force.

He had originally thought that the Reunion Movement, having been replenished with Sarkaz mercenary forces, would, as the Regent had hoped, stir up a new wave across the land, drawing the land and its people into conflict.

However, the reality was beyond his expectations. The Reunion Movement's plan was steady and meticulous, even deliberately avoiding confrontation with the Ursus Empire's army, and cleverly avoiding even small outposts.

On the other hand, his manpower was dwindling every single day.

Some were executed for disobeying the Reunion Movement's orders, others were killed by their comrades while fighting for treasure, and many more died at the hands of Ursus Empire soldiers.

The atmosphere within the mercenary group was getting worse and worse. He also had to face the reprimands from Bai Ye, a cadre of the Reunion Movement, because every time the mercenaries were sent out on a mission, there would always be casualties, and there was even a time when a mercenary who escaped was followed and the Reunion Movement's whereabouts were almost exposed.

This put a lot of pressure on Garsen.

On this day, he suddenly received a distress signal from his mercenary squad.

Not wanting to suffer any more casualties, Garsen immediately gathered his troops and headed towards the location where the signal had been sent.

"I'll go with you. If anything unexpected happens, I can come to your aid."

A young man in a black trench coat walked over, followed by a large number of Reunion Movement "fighters".

Garson knew this person; was he a cadre of the Reunion Movement? He didn't know the specific position, but he held a high position in the Infected organization and was very prestigious and popular among them.

Although he was the one who ordered the execution of a group of Sarkaz mercenaries, he was quite fair, combining rewards and punishments, and those executed were all mercenaries with solid evidence of their crimes, so no matter how dissatisfied he was, he couldn't say anything.

I never expected that he would offer to help.

'It seems he doesn't want the relationship between the two sides to become too strained...' Garsen had no doubts.

However, he always felt that the warriors behind Bai Ye were somewhat strange.

Would soldiers really wear... mascot costumes while going out into battle?

Garsen even thought he was seeing things.

Also, what's with going out in a wheelchair? Are they injured and still going out to fight? Has the Reunion Movement become so short-handed?

In fact, Garsen would have thought more about it, but the chaotic and disorganized behavior of these demons made him lower his guard.

Even though Bai Ye has a large number of subordinates, they can't cause any trouble.

So, Bai Ye led a large group of men and followed Garsen, heading towards the location where the distress signal had been sent out, braving the blizzard.

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"Plan is going well, the target has taken the bait."

W took off her headphones; she had already received the pre-arranged code sent by Bai Ye.

Bai Ye knew that Garsen would personally go out this time. The continuous losses of mercenaries had already put him in a somewhat disheveled state, and the military oversight body responsible for evaluating his actions must be quite dissatisfied. Furthermore, Garsen's mercenaries were beginning to split and turn against him for various reasons, and his prestige was far from what it used to be.

It is no easy task to unite and lead the disorganized Sarkaz mercenaries, especially since he was appointed by the Regent and some of the mercenary groups were previously his enemies.

Under such pressure, he would become impulsive and lose his vigilance.

"Let's start preparing to seal off this place... In the end, it'll just be a cycle of killing each other."

Hedley began directing the deployment of troops on the battlefield.

……

"Commander, we're ready." Bai Ye looked at the burly Sarkaz warrior beside him.

Even though the two were not enemies before, and aside from his past life, he knew nothing about the person beside him, their respective positions determined that they were bound to be enemies.

Bai Ye will not be soft-hearted.

"It's so quiet here... This doesn't seem like a place where a distress signal would have been sent?"

"It's probably because the main force has been tied down..." Bai Ye pointed to the dense forest ahead, "Don't stop."

Garsen nodded.

Although Bai Ye's way of speaking is strange, considering that he seems to be from Yan, it is probably because his way of speaking is influenced by the Yan dialect... maybe?

Without a second thought, Garsen was the first to enter the dense forest.

As he stepped inside, he suddenly turned and glanced at Bai Ye without thinking.

The young man looked at him calmly, his eyes showing neither joy nor sorrow, his lips trembling slightly, as if he were saying something.

Garsen turned his head and continued walking deeper into the dense forest.

They plunged headlong into the encirclement that Bai Ye and the others had set up in advance.

Bai Ye nodded to the army of players behind him.

This time, he issued the players a second major task—to seal off the dense forest. This task was also included in the main storyline, so a steady stream of players began to follow his instructions to completely seal off the area.

Elite players will follow White Night into the dense forest to hunt down Sarkaz mercenaries.

Bai Ye clenched his fist, and the sword sheath and staff on his back began to glow. A barrier constructed of wind began to envelop the entire area.

Bai Ye removed the device from the aircraft and used it as a medium for his spellcasting ritual, which allowed his spell range to spread more effectively.

……

The dense forest was full of traps, and even explosives.

Garsen had already sensed something was wrong. These traps even had a style he recognized. The image of W flashed through his mind; they had encountered each other on the battlefield of Kazdel before.

"Something's wrong!"

Garsen, who wanted to leave the dense forest, discovered that Bai Ye had disappeared without a trace, along with the strange soldiers he had led.

It's unclear when it started, but fog began to fill the air, obscuring the figures of those around us and making them appear hazy. Radio communications were also disrupted, producing a piercing sound.

In the fog, enemies would occasionally launch surprise attacks on them with laughter, only to disappear into the thick fog again.

Garsen knew he had fallen into a trap. It was a snare.

Bai Ye has already separated from me, though the possibility that he left on his own initiative cannot be ruled out.

Garsen could only regroup his mercenaries as much as possible and launch an attack in one direction.

Every moment, his men were being lost, and unknown monsters would suddenly emerge from the shadows, dragging his men away and back into the thick fog.

……

Finally, after an unknown amount of time, they arrived at a clearing deep in the dense forest, the location where the signal had been sent earlier.

Then Garsen saw that Hadley and the others were waiting for him.

Chapter Fifty Purge

If, and I mean if, Arknights were a tower defense game, then the current mercenary leader, Garson, would be like an enemy who has just entered the map, and what awaits him are three ultimate skills whose cooldowns have already been completed.

Of course, what's better than tower defense is that here, Garsen still has the chance to leave his last words, instead of being directly eliminated by three final battle skills.

At first, Garsen could hardly believe his eyes. He looked at his compatriots and asked, "You... you're pointing your guns at me? Why?"

"Because you are the Regent's man, nothing more." A voice sounded behind him. Garsen turned around and saw that the person emerging from the mist was Bai Ye.

"The Reunion Movement wants to annex the Sarkaz Mercenary Group?" Garsen realized upon seeing Bai Ye that this had all been planned long ago; it was a conspiracy and a trap.

"No, we welcome all friends and those who can fight together for the same ideals, but we cannot accept a pawn appointed by another king."

As Bai Ye spoke, he clenched his fist and swung it downwards. The wind, following his will, formed a hemispherical dome that enveloped the entire central area.

“It’s not too late to join us,” Hedley finally advised.

"Do not."