Arknights Welcome to Terra Continent

Chapter 557 Her Story

"You are quite like Margaret in this respect."

Martin looked at Maria and suddenly said this.

"Eh? Me?"

"Yes, you are always able to keenly perceive those bad things and want to make things better. In this respect, you are really similar to your sister."

"And one more thing."

Fogwald on the side also interjected.

"Did Zofia teach you the last sword move?"

"No, no, it's actually............"

Before Maria finished her words, Martin added the second half of her sentence.

"It's an imitation of Margaret, right? It's so obvious. You two sisters really look exactly alike."

As he spoke, Martin couldn't help but sigh again.

"The youngest champion, the miracle of the Shining Knight, defeated her opponent with this last move. It can be said that she reached that last step on her own."

"In fact, Zofia also admires Margaret very much in terms of knights, otherwise she wouldn't have sought out old guys like us for training."

"Like Margaret, Zofia also almost relied on herself to participate in the competition, win, and obtain the final qualification. She did not accept any sponsorship from any company, nor did she ask for help from others."

At this point, the old guys present couldn't help but sigh.

"That's why she lost so badly in the last game and was injured so badly."

"So, what is it?"

Maria was getting a little anxious because she had been talking for such a long time but still hadn't gotten to the point.

"Maria, don't you know how much resources a competitive knight needs? Guess how much it cost Corvo to make the equipment for you. You have to buy drinks on credit here now."

As soon as Martin said this, Koval couldn't help but coughed twice in embarrassment and spoke in a low voice.

"In fact, Zofia said she would pay me whatever I wanted, but I just didn't take it."

"Tsk, you are such a face-saver. I won't let you buy on credit next time."

"do not!"

Soon the topic was back on track.

"The gap between weapons and equipment cannot be easily made up by strength. Maria, Serkiak lost to you, perhaps because he was forced to wear that set of armor with design flaws."

"What if, just what if, he was wearing a set of knight armor that was flawless, produced with perfect craftsmanship, and even had better performance? What would you do? Would you win?"

After discussing for a long time, everyone finally came to a conclusion.

Even on paper, the probability of Maria winning is so small that it can be almost ignored.

"Zofia is facing such an opponent, with perfect weapons and armor, and unimaginable logistical support. The gap is too big."

"She could only save money to buy equipment, hone her skills, and build her network by herself. She was fighting for her life alone without any help."

"Alas, we couldn't do anything for her. We just watched her get injured and withdraw from the competition until now."

"Girl, at least we won't let you end up in this situation."

As soon as Martin said this, Fogwald couldn't help laughing.

"Why, Martin, do you still want to teach Maria a few tricks? Hahaha."

"I would like to learn it, but I'm afraid Maria will despise me because I'm an old man with a missing arm and won't want to learn it."

"No, that's not the case. I have always respected you all! Really!"

Maria waved her hands repeatedly and her face turned red again.

Just then, the door of the bar was suddenly knocked. Martin subconsciously wanted to say "Come in", but he suddenly reacted.

Whose bar requires one to knock on the door before entering? There aren't two burly men guarding the door, so is it necessary to be so cautious?

"It's really rare that there are other customers besides you. And they are so polite that they even knock on the door to enter the bar."

Everyone present laughed again, but when Martin shouted "Come in", the moment the person who knocked on the door came in, all the laughter suddenly stopped.

"Well.........."

The man who walked into the bar immediately noticed the gazes of the crowd. It couldn't be said that they were all friendly, and there was even some resistance.

"Excuse me, are you the Knight Maria Linguang?"

He wears a cheap suit and speaks in a polite, even timid manner, always feeling inferior to others.

That's right, he can be recognized at a glance. He is definitely an employee sent by a certain company. He doesn't even need to say the purpose of his visit. People here can guess it almost exactly.

Of course, apart from Maria, she was the only one who didn't know why the other party came to see her.

"Ah, it's me. What can I do for you?"

The company employee looked at Maria for a while and immediately smiled in surprise, but quickly suppressed his emotion.

"Nice to meet you, Ms. Maria. Do you have time now?"

While Maria was still talking to this person, a few old guys over there had already gathered together and started talking in a low voice.

"Hey, Martin, how come your place was found so quickly? Don't you usually have no other guests?"

"Nonsense, even if no one comes, isn't it easy for people from the company to find my store?"

"Tsk, this is really troublesome."

"Is there anything I can do for you?"

Maria asked curiously.

"Hello, I am a representative of Swama, this is my business card...."

He spoke again only after Maria took the business card.

"I'm sorry, but we didn't receive any response to the invitations that our company sent to your residence. I have no choice but to come here so suddenly."

"Ah, mansion, that should be... there's something wrong with the mailbox, hahahaha..."

Maria laughed awkwardly. She probably knew where the invitations had gone.

I guess Uncle Maenna frowned and packed it up and threw it into the trash can.

"So what's the reason for looking for me?"

The company employees quickly began to explain.

"It's like this. The leader of the Knights of the Moon, which our company co-sponsored, greatly admired your performance in the previous battle with Mr. Serchiak."

"After learning that you have no affiliation, we immediately contacted the business department, hoping to discuss joining the group with you."

Join, join the group?

Maria immediately showed a puzzled expression on her face.

"The CEO of Swama also urgently hopes that Maria Linguang can join..."

It seemed that some key words were triggered again, and Zofia, who was resting on the sofa, woke up.

"Hmm, I actually...how long have I slept?"

ps: school has started, I will resume writing one chapter a day