Alien Knights

The door to the audience room was closed again, and Todd was the only one left in the huge room.

Leaning his body back against the back of the chair, Todd slowly closed his eyes and let out a long breath.

In the soul space, he once again tried to contact Jerry who was on a reconnaissance mission, but he still got a blank. Todd slowly opened his eyes and whispered: "If I can be more alert, if I can think about it again, Be more thoughtful, if I can do better, maybe..."

Before Todd finished speaking, the guard's announcement came from the door: "Your Majesty, Mr. Randall and Miss Barbara from the Crusaders requested an audience. They said they have an appointment with you."

"Let them in."

"yes."

Randall and Barbara walked into the room, looked at Todd sitting on the chair, and bowed deeply first.

Before they could speak, Todd looked at them and said with a smile: "I heard that you have been looked down upon by the Crusaders in recent times?"

Barbara nodded and said somewhat depressedly: "Your Majesty, I don't understand. You have already agreed to my marriage to Randall, so why are you still unwilling to announce it?"

Todd took out a thick stack of paper from the desk drawer and placed it in front of Randall and Barbara.

Randall and Barbara randomly flipped through a few documents, most of which were written by the shaman group or high-level commanders of the Crusaders, requesting the Dragon God to order the suspension of the union of humans and elves.

"The blood of the Crusaders is pure and noble. Human beings who have not experienced the purification ceremony will completely taint it all."

"If a human and an elf are allowed to be together, then there will be a wave of turmoil in the city, and every human will target our species."

"Humans should not exist within the order of the Crusaders, and there should be distinctions between races."

Reading the letters of protest from members of the Crusaders of different races and classes, Randall shrugged helplessly compared to Barbara's anger: "In the end, everyone focused on my human identity."

Todd looked at Randall and asked: "You originally asked to participate in the transformation ceremony, but I rejected your proposal. I hope you can marry Barbara as a human being. Do you know why?"

Randall thought for a moment and finally shook his head.

Barbara guessed: "Does Your Majesty want to use our marriage to send a signal that all people, whether human or other races, should be equal existences, so as to stabilize the racial balance in the kingdom?" relation?"

Todd nodded slightly: "This is indeed the reason for one."

"As we all know, in the Dragon Kingdom, the relationship between humans and the Crusaders is not harmonious. The Crusaders regard humans as an old species and consider themselves superior. This is not the result I want to see."

Todd said slowly: "Both humans and Crusaders are all subjects of the kingdom. Although they have different appearances and different abilities, judging the quality of a creature should not be based on whether it is powerful, but on whether it is powerful. It should be seen whether his soul is noble. Therefore, the marriage between you two is equivalent to informing everyone of the concept of racial equality."

Todd paused for a moment, looked at the two of them and said solemnly: "There is one more thing I must tell you. The combination of the Crusaders and humans may cause incurable harm to your descendants, which may be infertility. Infertility, or maybe a birth disability. Part of the reason why I haven't announced your marriage for a long time is precisely because of this."

Barbara asked in surprise: "Is this a curse you have placed on us?"

"This is a curse, but it is not the result I want to see." Todd looked serious: "Not only humans and Crusaders, but the combination of any two humanoid races may give birth to offspring with congenital disabilities. . I am telling you this today just because I hope you will be mentally prepared."

Randall held Barbara's hand, looked at the latter gently, and said firmly: "No matter what happens, I am ready."

Barbara nodded vigorously: "Me too."

Seeing this scene, Todd said with emotion: "Randall, I have a task for you."

"Your Majesty, please give me your orders."

Todd took out another document from the drawer, put it on the table, and said, "This warrant has my signature and the king's seal. It gives you the power to use all the resources of the kingdom."

"Use all resources?"

"Yes, funds, manpower, weapons, diplomacy, religion...even the resources of the Alien Association and the Security Bureau."

Randall asked in surprise: "Your Majesty, what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to sneak into the capital of the Papal States - Tyro City, and rescue the scholars trapped in the city."

"scholar?"

Todd explained: "Terrence and Yarbrough gave me a list of the most famous scholars in Tyro City. They have long-term correspondence with Muxi University. These people have a strong academic foundation in Muxi scholars." We have developed many new devices and put forward many great theories.”

Todd recalled as he said: "Among these people is Miriam Orso, the vice-chancellor of the Royal University of Tyrone, who is also the mentor of Terrence and Yarbrough. On the subject, he proposed the design concept of Tesla coil double-wave interference electron microscope; and the chief professor of natural sciences, McFadden Olsted, proposed the electric swimming pool based on the bacterial cluster culture technology. Microbial activation efficacy experiment..."

Todd said with emotion: "I never thought that in the center of the most severe church persecution, there would be scholars who could make such amazing scientific research achievements."

Barbara asked strangely: "These scholars are engaged in truth research and experiments in Tyro City. Didn't the church army arrest them?"

Todd said: "According to Cardinal Yarbrough's account, when the church radicals first started their campaign to hunt down heretics, the Tyro royal family hurriedly hid a large number of royal scholars in the palace, evading repeated attacks from the church. search."

"However, just some time ago, the church received a secret report and learned the whereabouts of these scholars. After gathering the army, the church captured the Tyro Palace by force and captured and imprisoned this group of hiding scholars. "

Randall asked: "Your Majesty, where are these scholars now located?"

"The First Inquisition, the Underground Prison."

Hearing Todd's answer, Barbara said in embarrassment: "That is the most closely guarded location of the church, and there is no way to start."

Todd replied: "Cardinal Yarbrough is the coordinator of this rescue operation. He and other people in the church will cooperate with you to sneak into the prison and open the prison door."

"While you are performing your mission, Cumberland will lead the army to put pressure on the church army from the front, forcing them to distract and create opportunities for you to escape."

"Karin Foreman from the Alien Association will be responsible for arranging the escape route. After you enter the city, she will contact you and inform you of the details of the plan."

Todd looked at the two people in front of him and asked softly: "Any more questions?"

Barbara glanced at Randall first, and then asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, will you announce our marriage when this operation is over?"

Todd looked at Barbara with a half-smile.

Barbara thought for a while and said with enlightenment: "Your Majesty, as long as this operation can be a complete success, our achievements will be enough to suppress the opposition voices in the Crusaders."