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#include <cstdio>
#include <algorithm>
#include <string>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstring>
#include <vector>
#include <numeric>
#include <iostream>
#include <random>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <queue>
#include <regex>
#include <functional>
#include <complex>
#include <list>
#include <cassert>
#include <iomanip>
#include <set>
#include <stack>
#include <bitset>
#include <array>
#include <chrono>

//#pragma GCC target("arch=skylake-avx512")
//#pragma GCC target("avx2")
//#pragma GCC optimize("O3")
//#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
//#pragma GCC target("sse4")
//#pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
//#pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,tune=native")
#define repeat(i, n, m) for(int i = n; i < (m); ++i)
#define rep(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define printynl(a) printf(a ? "yes\n" : "no\n")
#define printyn(a) printf(a ? "Yes\n" : "No\n")
#define printYN(a) printf(a ? "YES\n" : "NO\n")
#define printim(a) printf(a ? "possible\n" : "imposible\n")
#define printdb(a) printf("%.50lf\n", a)
#define printLdb(a) printf("%.50Lf\n", a)
#define printdbd(a) printf("%.16lf\n", a)
#define prints(s) printf("%s\n", s.c_str())
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define deg_to_rad(deg) (((deg)/360.0L)*2.0L*PI)
#define rad_to_deg(rad) (((rad)/2.0L/PI)*360.0L)
#define Please return
#define AC 0
#define manhattan_dist(a, b, c, d) (abs(a - c) + abs(b - d))

using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;

constexpr int INF = 1073741823;
constexpr int MINF = -1073741823;
constexpr ll LINF = ll(4661686018427387903);
constexpr ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;
constexpr ll mod = 998244353;
constexpr long double eps = 1e-14;
const long double PI = acosl(-1.0L);

using namespace std;

void scans(string& str) {
	char c;
	str = "";
	scanf("%c", &c);
	if (c == '\n')scanf("%c", &c);
	while (c != '\n' && c != -1 && c != ' ') {
		str += c;
		scanf("%c", &c);
	}
}

void scanc(char& str) {
	char c;
	scanf("%c", &c);
	if (c == -1)return;
	while (c == '\n') {
		scanf("%c", &c);
	}
	str = c;
}

double acot(double x) {
	return PI / 2 - atan(x);
}

ll LSB(ll n) { return (n & (-n)); }

template<typename T>
inline T chmin(T& a, const T& b) {
	if (a > b)a = b;
	return a;
}

template<typename T>
inline T chmax(T& a, const T& b) {
	if (a < b)a = b;
	return a;
}

//cpp_int
#if __has_include(<boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>)
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
#include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp>
using namespace boost::multiprecision;
#else
using cpp_int = ll;
#endif

//atcoder library
#if __has_include(<atcoder/all>)
#include <atcoder/all>
//using namespace atcoder;
#endif

/*
	random_device seed_gen;
	mt19937 engine(seed_gen());
	uniform_int_distribution dist(1, 100);
*/


/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/



int main() {

	int n, k;
	scanf("%d%d", &n, &k);
	vector<ll> a(n);
	rep(i, n)scanf("%lld", &a[i]);
	ll cur = 0, ans = 0, cnt = 0;
	priority_queue<ll> que;
	for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
		if (i % 2) {
			cur = a[i];
			while (que.size() > k - 1) {
				cnt += que.top();
				que.pop();
			}
			chmax(ans, cnt + cur);
			que.push(-a[i]);
			cnt += a[i];
		}
		else {
			que.push(-a[i]);
			cnt += a[i];
		}
	}
	printf("%lld\n", ans);

	Please AC;
}