Alien Knights

"If the gods are no longer there... then what is the meaning of my existence? Then what are my efforts?!" The woman looked at her hands and laughed at herself: "What Valkyrie?! What is the messenger of the gods?! After all, it is just a wild dog guarding the cemetery!"

He tore off the feather crown on his head and threw it into the corner of the hall with all his strength. Unstoppable tears flowed down the woman's cheeks and fell to the ground.

Todd stood on the high platform, looked at the woman in front of him who was devastated because of the loss of the pillar of faith, shook his head slightly and said nothing.

Waiting for the other party's emotions to stabilize a little, Todd walked to the side of the Valkyrie, squatted down, and said softly: "The age of the gods may be over, but your path continues."

"You don't understand." The Valkyrie, who still had tears in her eyes, said to Todd, "From birth to now, I have been trained by my people to be the maid of the gods. All I have to do is to protect the relics of the gods and find the traces of the gods... This is my destiny. Now, the gods have disappeared, and I have no direction to move forward. Everything is over!"

Todd shook his head lightly: "I once heard you say that Brunhilde is not your real name, but a code name specially given to the leader of the Valkyrie. In this way, before you became the leader of the Valkyrie, you must have had your own life in the past and the original trajectory of your life."

The woman was slightly taken aback, and said to herself, "My past?"

"Brünhilde's mission may be over, but that's why you're freed from endless responsibilities... Remember how you became a Valkyrie?"

The woman said while recalling: "When I was nineteen years old, I took over the sword and shield symbolizing the power of the gods and the name Brunhilde from the previous leader of the Valkyries. At that time, I will never forget it. After the previous leader completed the handover, he became an "unknown person". He chose to exile himself out of the village and never returned."

Todd asked strangely: "The Nameless One?"

"Once the Valkyries of the past dynasties hand over the power to the successor in the clan, her name will automatically be passed on to the next successor. This means that she lost her name and could not continue to live in the village. She could only choose to exile herself." The woman said sadly: "At that time, I was thinking that one day, I would be like her, with no name and no relatives, and died on the wandering road like a lonely ghost."

Todd sighed: "Then before that, do you remember your past and your name?"

"Before this... I once heard from my tribe that they found me as an abandoned baby on the altar, and they gave me a name, which seems to be..." The woman tried her best to recall the past memories: "Evie."

Todd repeated the name several times, and then said to her: "Do you remember the promise I made with you?"

The woman looked at the golden palace in front of her, and suddenly thought of something: "The agreement you said is..."

"That's right, when I was in the Valkyrie village, I promised you that I would rebuild Asgard, and here is my answer."

Watching Evie stand up and look around, Todd said to her slowly: "The age of the gods is over, and the old days have been reborn. My wish is to establish a new God Realm in the entire northern region."

The woman turned her head, and immediately understood the meaning of the other party's words: "You hope to end the war between tribes and kingdoms by rebuilding the belief in the entire northern border as a god?"

Todd frowned and thought for a while: "Your words are not accurate, but generally speaking, there is nothing wrong."

"I hope to borrow your strength." Todd stretched out his hand towards the woman and looked at her sincerely: "Not as Brunhilde, but as your original identity—Evie."

The woman looked into each other's eyes, and after a long time, she finally stretched out her right hand to Todd.

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Five days later, the beach west of the Froststone Camp.

Six huge three-masted cargo ships were moored in the shallow sea, and dozens of sailing ships, large and small, were moored on the distant sea.

The procession of barbarian warriors, gladiators and North Island troops meanders from the forest to the beach as far as the eye can see. Thousands of soldiers stepped on the pedals and boarded the ship, each busy with the final preparations before sailing.

Looking away from the several griffins hovering above his head, Todd hugged Rachel and Deirdre in front of him, and said softly, "Wait for me to come back."

Rachel looked at the ships in the distance, and whispered to Todd: "If the battle is not good, you should know what to do..."

The latter nodded and looked at Deirdre again.

This woman, who was still as shy when facing her lover even though she had skin-to-skin contact, just ran forward and kissed Todd lightly under the eyes of everyone, and then ran away in a hurry.

Todd touched his lips, shook his head with a smile, and walked to the slabs erected on the shore.

A silver-haired woman stood on the deck, her eyes fell on Rachel and Deirdre in the distance.

Todd boarded the deck and came to her side. The change in the other party made the former a little surprised.

Evie's (Brünnhilde) moonlight silver hair, which was originally shawl, was cut short to the earlobe, and the sword and shield of the Valkyrie engraved with rune characters disappeared.

"A few days ago, I went back to the village and made a request to the clan - to voluntarily renounce the name of the Valkyrie. The elders spurned my crime of running away and announced that I would be exiled forever." The woman faced Todd, without the slightest sad or sad expression on her face: "But don't worry, I haven't mentioned a word to them about your plan to rebuild Asgard."

Todd sighed and said, "Evie, you don't actually need to do this..."

"I have no way to deceive my companions with a mission that doesn't exist at all." Evie raised her head and puffed her chest out: "If I had to choose, I would rather live in a real hell than be hypnotized by hypocrisy."

"I have only one task at present, and that is to end the war in the North Island. Whether it is rebuilding Asgard, or using war to expand the living space of the North Islanders, as long as I can stop them from killing each other, I am willing to try with my life."

Todd sighed and nodded.

After a pause, Evie said again: "But there is one thing you need to know. Since I am no longer the leader, most of the Valkyries have been recalled to the village. There are only seven sisters who are willing to exile themselves and stay by my side."

There were originally more than 30 Valkyrie troops, but now there are only eight people left?

Todd frowned when he heard the news: "There are a total of ten slots in the Griffin Airborne Squad, including you and me, and the other seven Valkyries, so there is still one slot left."

After thinking for a while, Evie said to Todd: "If what you value is strength, there may be someone who can take up this position."

After saying this, Evie pointed her finger at the deck, where the tall man who was helping his men pull up the sail, the deputy head of the North Island Knights—Little Jerry.

This muscular man, who is close to two meters tall, always has a simple smile on his face. He can easily pull the cable that requires six people to work together.

Seeing that Todd still had concerns on his face, Evie added: "Not counting the Valkyries, but looking at the entire North Island Knights, no one can defeat him."

The big ship under his feet began to move slowly, and the raised canvas pushed the whole ship to the sea with the help of the wind.

The people on the boat sang songs, waved their hands, and said goodbye to the people on the shore for the last time.

On the deck, after much thought, Todd nodded in agreement with Evie's recommendation, and said, "Call everyone else into the cabin of this ship. Regarding the equipment of the airborne troops and the joint training with the Griffin, it is necessary to let you be familiar with it as soon as possible in the past few days."

"Equipment?" Evie asked strangely: "Everyone in the North Island Knights has the weapons and armor distributed by Muxi City. Is it necessary to change the equipment?"

Todd said: "The equipment I'm talking about is not long swords and armor, but some special things, something that can help you survive on the battlefield."

Soon, all the people Todd was looking for gathered in the cabin.

When the former opened the huge wooden barrel and presented the contents inside to the eyes of everyone, even the bravest people exclaimed in fear.

A huge keel parasite with a terrifying face squirmed its body in the barrel, and the sharp spine hooks reflected a faint light.

Todd looked at the terrified Valkyrie and Jerry, and asked with a smile, "Which one of you will try first?"

The huge fleet sailed on the sea for three days and three nights. Todd took advantage of this time to instill the belief in rebuilding Asgard to the leaders of each army, and made tactical arrangements for the landing operations.

As for the Griffin Airborne Squad, even if everyone is issued a keel, it will take a lot of effort to use it proficiently.

Especially the various keel shapes brought about by enhanced regeneration require a lot of practice and training if you want to use them completely freely.

In this way, after spending the final and busy preparation time, when the fleet sailed to the fourth morning, the ancient port of the Kingdom of Ulster gradually appeared in the eyes of everyone.

Everyone raised their weapons, put on their armor, and found their respective positions. An epic landing battle is about to start.