A Pleasant Collaboration

In the underground industrial district of Kazimierz's Four Cities United, Bai Ye found the Red Pine Knights' temporary hideout under the guidance of two infected knight girls.

Sonia and Huihao had earned prize money through knight competitions, then used it to ransom their infected compatriots.

"Ordinary people who want to become competitive knights only need to bring their documents to register with the Knights' Association, apply for eligibility, and then wait backstage in full armor..."

Sonia looked at her compatriots hiding amid the underground pipes and said softly:

"Do you know what infected people have to go through to reach that point?"

"First, they have to survive in a cage filled with clamp beasts. Then, step by step, they have to tread on the blood of other infected people... and win back the status of an ordinary person."

Knight Huihao added coldly:

"In the end, they never intended to respect the infected. They just wanted to turn us into even more entertaining spectacles."

Sonia nodded.

"We ransomed all these infected people from the arenas. It cost us every last asset we had."

Infected people had clearly marked price tags...

Bai Ye pressed his lips together. So this was the truth behind Kazimierz's infected competitive knights.

They could not truly be called competitive knights. They were gladiators for public amusement, like slaves in ancient arenas.

And the oldest among these infected people was only twenty, while the youngest was barely thirteen.

"The greatest problem we face now is... the Commercial Union, the Armorless Union, and the National Council have all set their sights on us."

"The National Council may condemn our actions..."

"Once our competitive knight qualifications are revoked, we won't be able to compete. Without prize money, we won't be able to ransom any more infected people..."

Sonia lowered her