When Margaret Lin-guang directly broke through the outer wall, Hintleyya was actually outside the outer wall, trying to stop people...
However, even she knew that the light that directly shattered the arena's outer wall was not something she could deal with, and this light that almost re-illuminated Kazimierz's night sky... looked so familiar. She was thinking that it was good her defense perimeter wasn't there, and two Azure should be able to handle everything. But she quickly received a message.
—Margaret Lin-guang has entered the arena.
She felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, cold from inside to out. Damn it...
Shining Knight?
Margaret Lin-guang?
The one who just crashed in... was a person? She had thought it was a missile, or some kind of cannonball.
A person, with their bare body, directly crashed through the arena's outer wall and rushed into the arena? Are you sure you're not a Gundam?
Hintleyya just imagined her fate if she had been in the path of that thing's charge, and her heart was already half-cold. This thing shouldn't be something a small Golden Pegasus could try to swindle. Even if she were to try, she wouldn't try to swindle this kind of fully insured semi-trailer, would she? No, this was no longer the level of a fully insured semi-trailer; this had clearly reached the level of a Cybertronian semi-trailer.
"Little Golden Pegasus, retreat. Since the Shining Knight has already appeared, we're useless here."
The sound in her ear, like heavenly music, was the best Hintleyya had ever heard Roy's voice. It was like an angel's voice. She immediately nodded in agreement, then directly led her team to escape. It wasn't that she didn't try to stop it; it would be a miracle if this thing could be stopped, right? Retreat, quickly retreat! Hintleyya didn't even look back, just hastily retreated. However, she wasn't the only one sweating profusely at this moment.
"Bastards! How could those Shieldless League guys let her in!" The chairman of Howling Guard was completely insane at this point. The moment Margaret Lin-guang made her grand entrance, he probably knew he was finished. Although Margaret Lin-guang's participation was clearly against the rules, she was the Shining Knight. Unlike Maria Nearl, whom he could easily manipulate, he would never dare to do anything to the Shining Knight.
And even judging by economic value... his influence was far less than that of the Shining Knight alone.
The moment the Shining Knight appeared, this match was completely over. Not just the match, but everything he had gambled was over.
His phone was ringing, but he no longer wanted to answer it. He knew... it was probably a notification, a notification that he had been kicked out of the Commercial Federation.
For those old foxes, if they had to choose between directly angering the Shining Knight and making him a scapegoat, it was a choice that required almost no thought.
He was finished...
His assistant had left the VIP box at some unknown time. Perhaps he planned to run away? Or perhaps he intended to curry favor with some big shot, hoping to stay in the Great Knight Territory. But he understood that after losing his power, his very existence... was a sin.
His face pale, he limped out of the VIP box, leaving behind a mess on the floor and his phone, which he had thrown into a wine glass.
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"Shining Knight! Shining Knight! Shining Knight!" The arena was boiling. The arrival of the former champion completely ignited the match. In fact, many people paid attention to Maria Nearl just to get a substitute for Shining Knight, and now Shining Knight herself had arrived. What was this like? It was like when you went to watch Liu Genghong's live stream and were surprised to see Jay Chou sitting in the live stream playing the piano. This ticket might be the most worthwhile of the entire Knight Tournament.
Illegal participation? Disrupting the order of the arena? Did anyone care?
Soon, the official tournament organizers directly issued an announcement: Shining Knight's entry was an officially arranged [surprise event], and after the match, posters of Shining Knight would be distributed to spectators who kept their ticket stubs for this match.
No one would argue with money. Although the Commercial Federation might not be happy that Shining Knight had returned, the problem was—if they admitted that Shining Knight's entry was an accident, it would not benefit the upcoming official matches. It might even cause the Knight Association to lose face due to this incident. It was smarter to simply acknowledge Shining Knight's identity and turn the entire matter into an [officially arranged benefit].
After the match, Shining Knight's merchandise sold out again. Merchants who seized the opportunity made a fortune, even selling out of stock.
Even because of Shining Knight's appearance, the traffic around the arena immediately became congested, all due to people coming to see Shining Knight. This was enough to prove how overwhelmingly popular Margaret was in Kazimierz.
Noah was helped down from the arena by Margaret. During the recent match, she had sustained significant internal injuries, but under Margaret's radiance, she was barely able to suppress her injuries and fight.
However, as the adrenaline gradually wore off, she started to break out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Margaret knew a little about medicine and used Stone source art to temporarily stabilize Noah's injuries; otherwise, she might have just blacked out and fainted.
Barely making it off the field, she was met by Zofia. After Zofia rushed over, the first thing she did was slap Margaret. This slap not only stunned Margaret, but even Noah, whom she was supporting, was stunned. "Zofia… what are you doing?"
"...You fool! Why are you only coming back now!" Zofia was truly anxious and angry, and her heart had almost jumped out of her chest when Noah was injured earlier. All her temper was concentrated in that one slap. After hitting her, she felt a little regretful. "That slap just now was for Noah! You don't know how hard she worked! And it was also for Maria!"
"...Is that so? Then I don't mind if you hit me a few more times." Margaret listened to these words, a wry smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, and she even offered her face forward.
In truth, the Golden Pegasus's skin was very thick, and so was her face... it probably wouldn't hurt much if she were hit. How could Zofia seriously hit Margaret?
Noah chuckled to herself nearby, but Zofia saw her and stared at Noah with a murderous gaze for a while. Noah then silently shifted her gaze, indicating that she hadn't seen anything.
One thing at a time—the current Noah couldn't withstand a slap from Zofia. Her own face wasn't as thick-skinned as Margaret's.
"Alright, let's go now, or we won't be able to leave later." At this moment, Manner looked at Margaret, showing no particular reaction, only saying, "If we wait any longer, Margaret won't be able to get out of the fan crowd."
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