Alien Knights

In the early morning, watching the smoke slowly rising from the sky above Muxi City, and listening to the laughter of the citizens in the distance, Todd took a sip of the somewhat cool honey snake fruit tea, with a peaceful expression on his face. smile.

The ease that belonged to him didn't last long, a dull thunderous voice suddenly sounded in Todd's mind.

"Here they come."

Todd opened his eyes wide, carefully distinguishing the source of the sound, and finally asked uncertainly: "Leviathan?"

The voice in that head grew louder and louder: "My children are here, they need help, they need shelter."

Todd put down the teacup in his hand, and confirmed to Leviathan again in his mind: "Who are they?"

"Soon, you'll know." Leviathan's voice, like the waves hitting the embankment, came and went quickly, and before Todd could react, it had gradually faded to nothing.

Just when Todd was baffled by Leviathan's thoughtless words, there was a commotion in the port area of ​​Muxi City.

Todd stood up and walked to the end of the garden. Looking from the hill towards the port, a large group of people gathered on the coastline, blocking the entire bay.

Waving a Valkyrie who was on duty, Todd pointed to the port and said, "Go there and see what happened!"

At the same time, at the shoals of the port in Muxi City, the orc Carroll, who was in charge of security, stood on a high platform, looking at the creatures on the sea in the distance, and was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

Seven mermaids, who only appeared in myths and folklore, floated on the sea, holding strange weapons like spears in their hands, watching the people along the coast vigilantly.

These mermaids are all female, with beautiful appearance, the upper body is no different from human beings, it is a beautiful woman, the lower body is a beautiful fish tail covered with scales, and the body is simple clothing made of shells and seaweed.

The woman at the head looks like the leader of this group of mermaids, but she looks like a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old. She has long hair in a beeswax shawl, slender willow eyebrows, charming eyes, a straight nose, and smooth cheeks. red.

Although the expression looked a little pretending to be calm, her slightly trembling body showed her anxiety and fear.

"In the name of the ancient god of the sea, Krakosh, we ask to see the holy king of Muxi, the patron saint of the north, the descendants of the gods, and the protector of alien races!"

Hearing the mermaid's cry, the orc Carol patted the back of his head with some headaches.

Aldernan, the werewolf standing beside him, reminded in a low voice: "Should I ask the higher authorities for instructions at this time?"

Carroll nodded, and quickly returned to the barracks at the port. He found a crusader harpy and asked her to report what happened before her to the palace as soon as possible.

Watching the harpies fly into the sky, Carroll heaved a sigh of relief. When he returned to the shoal, he saw a large group of onlookers surrounding the mermaids, who were weak and weak, discussing with each other. each other's thoughts.

"My Lord! They are the most beautiful women I have ever seen!"

"I've heard their singing can confuse and entrap the most determined sailors!"

"I can't see their lower bodies. Is it really the tail of a fish as in the legend?"

"Can't you just jump into the sea and see for yourself?"

"According to me, why don't we fish them up?"

Listening to the unscrupulous conversations around them, as the focus of everyone, the seven mermaids clenched the spears in their hands and curled up back to back. Everyone had a desperate expression on their faces, only the leading woman was still anxious. Shouting: "In the name of the ancient sea god Krakosh, we request an audience with the Holy King of Muxi..."

Carroll jumped onto the wooden box, broke the wooden pillar beside him with a punch, and shouted loudly: "Shut up! Before the order of the Holy King comes, if anyone wants to cause trouble, I will I'd be more than happy to let him taste my fist!"

The citizens of Muxi City, seeing the unkind eyes cast by the Crusader soldiers, quickly shut their mouths, quietly waiting for the follow-up development of the matter.

A few minutes later, a Valkyrie riding a griffin slowly landed on the plank road in the port.

Jumping off the back of her mount, the Valkyrie wearing a feather crown and carrying a hunting bow found the mermaid in the water. After a moment of surprise, she began to convey the order from the palace.

"The Holy King has an order! No one is allowed to neglect, hurt or insult these guests from afar for any reason!"

Hearing the Valkyrie's words, the mermaids who were extremely nervous all heaved a sigh of relief. Their pale faces finally had some color, and some mermaids who were a little timid even began to cry softly.

The leading mermaid first looked at the Valkyrie standing on the plank road, then looked down at her own fish tail, and said in embarrassment: "We are very eager to see the Holy King now, but our bodies can't go ashore... "

The Valkyrie thought for a while, then took off a necklace around her neck, carefully threw it to the mermaids, and said, "Touch the badge on the necklace with your hands..."

Pausing for a second, the Valkyrie urged again in a deep voice: "Be careful, don't break it."

The leading mermaid caught the thrown necklace, looked at the dragon badge on the necklace, nodded towards the Valkyrie, and then asked her sisters to come closer and touch the badge together.

In an instant, the souls of the seven mermaids were pulled into Todd's soul space.

On the blue sea, picturesque isolated islands, towering snow peaks.

The giant dragon with dazzling light is perched on the top of the mountain, protruding its head from the clouds, overlooking the sea.

The dark golden eyes of the dragon stared at the seven mermaids floating on the sea, and the dragon remained silent.

Oppressed by the mighty dragon's power, the mermaids couldn't resist at all, bowing their heads and trembling like mortal beings facing a god.

"You... want to see me?"

Hearing the dragon's question, the leader of the mermaid, the woman with long waxy hair, said tremblingly: "My name is Rita, we are the inhabitants of the sea, and we have been avoiding the land for thousands of years. the creatures of..."

The dragon nodded, motioning for her to continue.

"Right now, a catastrophe is happening in the ocean. Not only have we lost our source of food, but we have no choice but to leave our homes to avoid attacks from unknown creatures..."

"During this disaster, we got a revelation from the ancient god of the ocean, Krakosh, and he asked us to come to Muxi City to seek the protection of the Holy King."

Ancient Ocean God?

Clarquesh?

Almost without thinking, Todd immediately understood that this ancient god was the Leviathan he knew, and the mermaids in front of him were creatures created by Leviathan with the ability to visualize the soul.

"Tell me, what is the so-called catastrophe in the ocean?"

Rita pursed her lips, and said with trembling words: "Just a few days ago, a large amount of black oily substances appeared in the ocean currents on the bottom of the sea. Whether it's whales, shrimps or crabs, as long as they touch a little bit of these substances, they will immediately kill."

"At first, we were told to stay away from these black substances. But soon, these black oily substances, like tenacious algae, continued to grow and spread, and finally filled large areas of the ocean."

Rita opened her eyes wide, as if remembering something horrific, she said in a low voice: "Next, the most terrifying thing happened. All the creatures killed by the black matter came back to life. Their bodies It starts to rot, no longer has a mind, like a walking dead, attacking all living objects."