Alien Knights

Twilight City, Huggins Mansion, the last night before heading north.

"Your Majesty, I didn't expect you to come to see me at home!" Huggins rubbed his eyes in disbelief when he saw the king appearing at the door of the room, struggling to get up from the bed.

Todd stepped forward quickly and pressed his shoulder: "Lie down, lie down."

Regardless of dissuasion, Huggins insisted on sitting up with the edge of the bed, tried his best to endure the dull pain from the spine, and kept a smile on his face.

Todd asked with concern: "How is the wound?"

"Recently, I have been doing rehabilitation training under the supervision of the monks, and now I can walk on the ground for an hour every day." Huggins patted his chest with a smile, and said indifferently.

Todd nodded and said: "That's good, hurry up and recover your body, there are still many things waiting for you to do in the Kingdom."

After chatting with Huggins for a few more words, Todd handed over the gifts he had brought to his wife and daughter, and left the house with an excuse.

Looking back at the gate of the mansion, Todd waved his hand and got into the carriage of Huggins, who was supported by his wife and insisted on seeing off the king.

Rachel sat on her seat, quietly waiting for the king's arrival.

"Let's go back."

The guards heard the king's order and began to move towards the headquarters of the knight order.

Todd lowered the curtains of the carriage, blocking the street view from his view, and sighed softly.

Rachel asked softly, "Is this the last one for tonight?"

"That's right, everyone who needs to say goodbye, this is the last one."

"Your Majesty, I can understand your feelings, but you should also know that for every day we delay now, one day of your life will be lost..."

Todd rolled up his sleeves, looked at the wound caused by the mutation, which had spread to more than half of his forearm, and said helplessly: "I understand, no matter what, tomorrow morning is the day we set off."

Early in the morning the next day, the sky was just getting light, and there were very few pedestrians on the street.

A man and a woman, all wrapped in black robes, drove their horses to leave the headquarters of the Knights through the back door, and rushed to Muxi Port.

Aisha's "Black Pearl" was moored at the port early. Its captain took off the heavy robe that mopped the floor, his long, smooth, black hair was tied into a bun, and he had a slightly dark body, wearing a leather armor that didn't fit well.

Seeing the kingdom token that Rachel raised, Aisha frowned, looked at the passenger hiding her face behind the woman, and said, "Come on, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

When passing by the two of them, Aisha raised her head, her pupils of different colors sparkled: "I don't care who you were, as long as you boarded my boat, it was my cargo. If you dare to do anything that does not conform to the status of "cargo", I don't mind throwing you into the sea with my own hands!"

Rachel nodded, and pulled Todd straight down the deck.

"Strange guy."

The whispers from the sailors made Aisha draw out her dagger in displeasure, and threw her hand on the tall mast.

"Shut up! Go back to your respective positions and let us get out of here!"

Todd, who was sitting in the cabin, felt a slight vibration under his body, and heard the sound of the sail opening.

On the high window, the direction of the sunlight slowly changed, and the hull slowly left the plank road in the port.

The scene of the hills of Muxi City became farther and farther away in the field of vision. Todd glanced at Rachel who was looking around in the cabin, and said in a volume that he could only hear: "Goodbye, Muxi City."

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"Black Pearl" left Muxi Port and sailed for two full days.

Unlike the trip by boat in the previous life, the days of sailing on the sea are dull and tedious.

In the cabin, it took a few minutes to enter the soul space, after a brief meeting with the officials of Dusk West. Todd listened to the sound of the waves outside the boat, and flipped through the books he carried boredly.

For this long voyage, Rachel made detailed preparations.

Food, clothes, books and even experimental equipment are all properly prepared.

In order to avoid unnecessary troubles, Todd listened to Rachel's suggestion and compressed his living space in the passenger cabin, and even the meals were taken by the latter.

But soon, the sound of cursing and arguing from the deck forced him to put down the book in his hand. Putting on the robe, using the "Transfiguration" ability bestowed by Clarence, he changed his face into a somewhat heroic young man, opened the door and walked up the stairs.

Rachel stood on the deck, with a strong sailor lying at his feet, howling. The latter was sweating profusely, clutching his right arm twisted into a weird posture, and kept cursing all kinds of obscenities.

"You broke my arm! You bitch! I'll strip you naked and hang you from the mast to dry!"

Todd walked up to Rachel's side and gave him a concerned look.

The woman shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

"What's going on?!" Ayesha stepped onto the deck wearing a short sailor's tunic while holding her dagger, her sharp eyes looked back and forth among the sailors and passengers, and finally she set her eyes on Rachel.

"It seems that your subordinates are not very obedient." Rachel dusted off the dust on her body, and smiled at the captain.

Ayesha immediately understood what happened. She knew these vulgar and vulgar subordinates too well. It was quite normal for these people to immediately reveal their pirate nature after entering the high seas.

Aisha lowered her voice and roared viciously: "I told you! They are precious goods! Take care of that thing in your crotch, and don't make me waste any more words!"

Among the sailors was a tall man with gold teeth, who said in a strange way: "As a captain, shouldn't you care about your crew first?"

Todd followed the sound and saw that there were seven or eight people standing beside "Golden Tooth", who booed unanimously with the words.

"The mate is right!"

"That's right! Besides, it was this woman who made the first move!"

"Even if it's goods, can't you just touch it? Hahaha!"

"It's been two days of sailing! Why hasn't the captain told us where the destination is?!"

Todd turned his head to look at Aisha. The latter's expression was as cold as ice, and his body was not moving, but the dagger in his hand was trembling slightly.

For a 22-year-old female pirate, even if her father's name is resounding, it may be difficult to convince the public.

"Mr. Derek (Todd's pseudonym), your female companion injured my subordinate, we have to talk about compensation."

Todd closed his eyes, nodded with a smile: "Of course there is no problem, let me think about it."

In the next moment, Todd called Rachel into the research institute of the soul space, and said to her: "If we seize the command right of this ship now, is it feasible?"

Rachel shook her head: "We have only sailed for two days now, and there is still a long way to go to the northern ice sea. I don't recommend seizing the ship now. First, we have no experience in sailing. Even if we capture the ship, we have to rely on the crew to continue sailing. Second, we still have to rely on the daughter of Barbarossa to guide us. According to the information of my subordinates, she once sailed to the northern ice field. Without her cooperation, we may not be able to reach the destination among the glaciers that are like a spider's thread."

"Then what do we do now? Give them money and slow them down?"

"No, I have another idea." Rachel sat on the swivel chair in the office, holding her chin while thinking and said: "A sailor said something just now, which made me a little concerned..."

With a flash of inspiration in Todd's mind, he asked, "'It's been two days of sailing! Why hasn't the captain told us where the destination is?!' Is this the sentence?"

Rachel glanced at Todd approvingly, nodded and said, "That's right, that's the sentence. According to my guess, the sailor's harassment of me should be a deliberate provocation. On the one hand, the captain of the Black Pearl didn't tell the crew the destination before sailing, which may cause dissatisfaction among many people; on the other hand, some sailors covet Aisha's leadership. The combination of these two things has caused today's provocation, and some people want to take advantage of this to suppress her prestige."

While recalling the scene on the ship, Todd said, "The leader is the first officer with gold teeth."

Rachel nodded: "Yes, it should be him."

Todd pondered for a moment, then suggested: "Then we might be able to help get rid of this group of people."

"This is a way, but it's not the best way." Rachel fiddled with the mouse on the table, and said softly: "It's not difficult to use our ability to wipe out these disobedient scum, but this will definitely cause Aisha to be wary and vigilant towards us. After all, there are two powerful aliens on her ship, and no captain would like to see this kind of thing. If it is not done well, it may end up pushing this young pirate captain to the opposite side of us." .”

Todd instantly understood what she meant: "You want to intensify this conflict and let Aisha do it herself to eliminate the unstable factors during the voyage."