import bisect
import functools
import heapq
import itertools
import math
import operator
import re
import sys
import typing
from collections import Counter, defaultdict, deque
from functools import reduce
import sys

input=sys.stdin.readline

n,k = map(int,input().split())
a = list(map(int,input().split()))
ans = 0
su = 0
from bisect import bisect_left, bisect_right, insort
from typing import Generic, Iterable, Iterator, TypeVar, Union, List
T = TypeVar('T')
class SortedMultiset(Generic[T]):
    BUCKET_RATIO = 50
    REBUILD_RATIO = 170

    def _build(self, a=None) -> None:
        "Evenly divide `a` into buckets."
        if a is None: a = list(self)
        size = self.size = len(a)
        bucket_size = int(math.ceil(math.sqrt(size / self.BUCKET_RATIO)))
        self.a = [a[size * i // bucket_size : size * (i + 1) // bucket_size] for i in range(bucket_size)]
    
    def __init__(self, a: Iterable[T] = []) -> None:
        "Make a new SortedMultiset from iterable. / O(N) if sorted / O(N log N)"
        a = list(a)
        if not all(a[i] <= a[i + 1] for i in range(len(a) - 1)):
            a = sorted(a)
        self._build(a)

    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[T]:
        for i in self.a:
            for j in i: yield j

    def __reversed__(self) -> Iterator[T]:
        for i in reversed(self.a):
            for j in reversed(i): yield j
    
    def __len__(self) -> int:
        return self.size
    
    def __repr__(self) -> str:
        return "SortedMultiset" + str(self.a)
    
    def __str__(self) -> str:
        s = str(list(self))
        return "{" + s[1 : len(s) - 1] + "}"

    def _find_bucket(self, x: T) -> List[T]:
        "Find the bucket which should contain x. self must not be empty."
        for a in self.a:
            if x <= a[-1]: return a
        return a

    def __contains__(self, x: T) -> bool:
        if self.size == 0: return False
        a = self._find_bucket(x)
        i = bisect_left(a, x)
        return i != len(a) and a[i] == x

    def count(self, x: T) -> int:
        "Count the number of x."
        return self.index_right(x) - self.index(x)

    def add(self, x: T) -> None:
        "Add an element. / O(√N)"
        if self.size == 0:
            self.a = [[x]]
            self.size = 1
            return
        a = self._find_bucket(x)
        insort(a, x)
        self.size += 1
        if len(a) > len(self.a) * self.REBUILD_RATIO:
            self._build()

    def discard(self, x: T) -> bool:
        "Remove an element and return True if removed. / O(√N)"
        if self.size == 0: return False
        a = self._find_bucket(x)
        i = bisect_left(a, x)
        if i == len(a) or a[i] != x: return False
        a.pop(i)
        self.size -= 1
        if len(a) == 0: self._build()
        return True

    def lt(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the largest element < x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in reversed(self.a):
            if a[0] < x:
                return a[bisect_left(a, x) - 1]

    def le(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the largest element <= x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in reversed(self.a):
            if a[0] <= x:
                return a[bisect_right(a, x) - 1]

    def gt(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the smallest element > x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] > x:
                return a[bisect_right(a, x)]

    def ge(self, x: T) -> Union[T, None]:
        "Find the smallest element >= x, or None if it doesn't exist."
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] >= x:
                return a[bisect_left(a, x)]
    
    def __getitem__(self, x: int) -> T:
        "Return the x-th element, or IndexError if it doesn't exist."
        if x < 0: x += self.size
        if x < 0: raise IndexError
        for a in self.a:
            if x < len(a): return a[x]
            x -= len(a)
        raise IndexError

    def index(self, x: T) -> int:
        "Count the number of elements < x."
        ans = 0
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] >= x:
                return ans + bisect_left(a, x)
            ans += len(a)
        return ans

    def index_right(self, x: T) -> int:
        "Count the number of elements <= x."
        ans = 0
        for a in self.a:
            if a[-1] > x:
                return ans + bisect_right(a, x)
            ans += len(a)
        return ans
ms = SortedMultiset()
cnt = 0
for i in range(1,n)[::-1]:
    if i % 2:
        ans = max(ans,su + a[i])
    if cnt < k - 1:
        su += a[i]
        ms.add(a[i])
        cnt += 1
    else:
        if ms[0] < a[i]:
            su += a[i] - ms[0]
            ms.discard(ms[0])
            ms.add(a[i])

print(ans)