Alien Knights

Unlike humans, Griffin's soul world is purer and more straightforward.

Standing on the top of the snow mountain in the soul space, Todd looked at the two big and three small soaring in the sky, and sighed softly with complicated expressions.

The two larger figures are naturally a couple of griffins, and the three little griffins are their unborn children.

Together with the spouse and all the children, flying freely in the sky is the whole soul of this griffin.

This wish is so simple, yet so beautiful.

Unable to disturb its thoughts, Todd avoided attracting the attention of the griffin, and began to look for other entry points to link himself with the griffin's soul.

Since the body mutated, Todd found that the abilities in his body had evolved like a qualitative change.

Among them, "soul link" is the most mysterious and peculiar ability among all abilities. After mutation and evolution, it has many unexpected enhancements. For example, the expansion of the soul world can be maintained for a longer period of time without fatigue; for another example, calling the linker to enter the soul world no longer requires permission from the other party, but can be forcibly pulled in.

In the soul space of the Griffin, Todd discovered a new ability enhancement. When facing weak and well-meaning creatures with simple thoughts, the soul link can spy on the memory of the other party to find the entry point of the link.

For example, this griffin, Todd's upgraded soul link ability, can directly read the memory, find out the mental weakness of the other party, and directly establish a link between the two.

Moreover, compared with humans, Griffin's protection of memory is not too strict. At the same time, they don't seem to remember all the memories of the past one by one. Only a few of the most important fragments are stored in the depths of the soul, which greatly reduces the difficulty of Todd's link.

As Todd established the link, he spied the deepest fragments of the griffin's memory.

The soaring fire burned the forest, and black smoke covered the entire sky. Humans with hunting dogs, holding nets, spears, crossbow arrows and swords, surrounded a group of wounded griffins, cursing and roaring filled the entire space.

The protagonist of the memory, the male griffin, is, in this memory, nothing more than a frightened young bird hiding under the wings of its mother. Watching helplessly, the same kind fell down one after another, and the parents gave themselves a chance to escape with their lives.

These pictures and sounds, in its soul, left blood and fire that can never be erased.

The forest has been burning, relatives and enemies have disappeared, only the baby griffins are left, kneeling on the ground and whining.

As a bystander, Todd walked into this memory.

He walked up to the young griffin, who was caught off guard, saw his appearance, stomped on the ground, and backed away while yelling.

Todd knelt on one knee, metallic scales slowly grew on his body, and his palms turned into monster iron claws. The appearance and smell brought about by the mutation made the Griffin calm down slowly.

Carefully stretching out his hands, he took the griffin into his arms, and Todd gently stroked the top of the other's head, muttering something in his mouth.

Soon, the griffin closed its eyes, turned into a beam of light, and flew into Todd's body.

The first soul link with a non-human race, done.

Todd, who withdrew from the soul world, stared blankly at the opposite male griffin.

In the eyes of the other party, he saw gratitude, and even a trace of dependence.

"You are crying..."

Rachel walked to Todd's side and said softly.

Touching his cheek, the wet touch made Todd show a surprised and puzzled expression.

In his memory, since he traveled to this different world, whether it was the snow hut when he first arrived, or when he fell into the bottom of the sea when he was desperate, Todd has always maintained optimism and sunshine.

But for the first time, Todd is sentimental and vulnerable when confronted with what people see as a "stupid creature."

After a long time, Todd, whose tears were still wet, looked sideways at Rachel, forced himself to smile and said, "Sometimes, I really don't understand, what are human beings?"

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The peak of the snow mountain three days later.

Rachel, who worked meticulously, took another inventory of the supplies that needed to be carried, and checked the chair cover tied to the Griffon again. After working for a long time, she finally nodded and said: "No problem, we can go."

Todd looked at the male griffin who was biding farewell to his mate, and when he heard her words, he suddenly said: "Thinking about it now, I don't seem to have named them yet."

Meredith, who was standing aside, widened her eyes and said incredulously, "You want to name these monsters...?!"

Ignoring her questioning, Todd said to himself: "The male one, I plan to call him Henry (Henry), and the female one, I can call her Sonia (Sonia)."

Meredith fiddled with her crow feathers, exchanged a glance with Rachel, and rolled her eyes.

Todd walked up to Henry the Griffon and scratched his neck. The latter let out a low growl of enjoyment, and rubbed his head against the former's face.

There was some surprise in Meredith's tone: "These monsters in the Kingdom of Shadows have always taken a hostile and defensive attitude towards humans, but you are actually able to get so close to them."

Todd gestured to Rachel, turned himself on the back of the griffin, adjusted his sitting position and said to Meredith: "They are not those crazy monsters that the world talks about. If you can understand them, you will find that they will be your best friends."

Meredith nodded noncommittally, smiled and looked at Todd again: "When do you plan to come back?"

Supporting Rachel and letting her sit in front of him, Todella lifted the reins on the back of the chair and said with a smile: "Trust me, it will be soon."

Meredith opened her mouth, wanting to say something more. But after thinking about it, she finally gave up speaking.

Just when Todd was about to give the command to take off, a brown-yellow figure crossed the mountain stream and flew over the heads of everyone.

While waiting for the figure to land on the snow, Todd looked intently. The manticore he was all too familiar with walked slowly in front of him with an amber-like "stone" in its mouth.

Taking the "stone" from the manticore's mouth, and waiting for the other party to gradually go away, Todd turned over and over to examine the strange thing carefully.

From the surface, this "stone" has the transparent texture of amber. When touched by hand, it looks three parts like metal and seven parts like rubber.

Put it under your nose and smell it, just like the "ambergris" in the whale's body, there is actually a strong fragrance.

Todd raised the "Amber Stone" and looked in at the sunlight. The viscous black substance flowing inside made him feel cold and his pupils shrank.

A deep and dull voice rang in his ears.

"Half-human... The small step you took gave me some hope... This is your reward and your key... Use it properly, and you can discover the essence of the species..."

"Remember, I will always watch you..."

It was found that Todd was holding the "Amber Stone", sitting on the back of the griffin, without speaking or moving for a long time. Rachel whispered to him, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

Todd cast his eyes on the object in his hand, and said in an unusually low voice: "I think we have found the 'Tyrant'."