Alien Knights

The giant dragon breathed dragon flames and turned a corner of Taylor City into a sea of ​​fire. The fire lit up the sky and was clearly visible even from several kilometers away.

Looking at the bright "scenery" in the distant city, standing at the door of the camp of the expeditionary force headquarters, Cumberland touched the silver whisker on his chin and asked the knight beside him: "Why is your majesty here?"

Alfonso pushed the parasite limbs away from his forehead and shook his head.

Cumberland pondered for a moment and said to himself: "Maybe there will be an answer soon."

At this time in Tyro City, Throatbone, dressed in black robes and exuding light blue particles all over his body, stood on the top of the Great Cathedral, looking at the giant dragon in the distance, and said softly: "Finally here."

Myris stared at the throat bones and whispered: "Your body is collapsing."

Throatbone raised his right hand and placed it in front of his eyes.

The originally dry palm was now covered with thousands of tiny holes, and light blue light particles were spurting out from each hole.

The throat bone stared at the hole. Each light blue light particle had the original appearance of the living. If you listened carefully, you could still hear their painful wails.

Soon, the palm of Throat Bone's right hand began to collapse from the fingers. The black flesh and bones seemed to have been weathered by thousands of years. They slowly floated into the air with the wind. More and more light blue light particles escaped from the collapse. , disappeared into the air.

"The Burial Parasite allows me to trap the soul of the deceased in my body. However, how to use this power and how to preserve it is a big trouble for me."

Throat Bone lowered his right hand and allowed the light blue light particles in his body to spurt out.

As the light blue light particles accelerated away from his body, the collapse of the right hand of the throat bone gradually slowed down and finally stopped.

"My body is too fragile to preserve so many souls. Forcing them to stay will only accelerate the disappearance of my body."

Throatbone's right hand and right forearm were eventually annihilated into ashes.

He patted the dust on his body and said quietly: "I need a new body and a new container to store and use the power of the soul."

Mairis frowned and said, "Where can I find such a body?"

Throat Bone looked up at the giant dragon in the distance, and a smile slowly appeared on his lips: "I don't need to find him, he will come to me on his own."

Watching Throat Bone leave the roof of the Great Cathedral, Mairis cast his gaze into the distance and slowly spoke a person's name in his mouth, his tone full of helplessness and confusion.

"Todd Fisher..."

The silver-haired Valkyrie Evie rode a griffon, passing through the flames and smoke, and came to the top of the dragon's head.

"I brought people here!"

The dragon turned to look at the visitor. Randall on the back of the griffon made him narrow his eyes.

Stretching out its claws, the dragon swept away the collapsed buildings on the ground. The dragon pointed at the open space and said, "Come down, I have something to ask him."

Evie directed the gryphon to slowly land on the ground, and motioned for Randall to step forward.

Randall, who was covered in scars and in a state of embarrassment, showed no fear in the face of tens of thousands of parasitic corpses, but when faced with this giant dragon that covered the sky and the sun, his legs were trembling involuntarily.

"Where is your companion?"

This deafening question made Randall's whole body tremble.

"Me, Barbara, Carol and Aldenan are all still alive, but Bulwer and Kellogg died..."

The dragon lowered its head, stared at Randall with its dark golden eyes, and asked, "I am referring to Karin Foreman."

Karin Foreman?

Randall was startled.

"She...she went to the rear alone to cover our departure...I don't know what she is now..."

Randall's incoherent words made the dragon raise its head in dissatisfaction. Losing patience, the latter placed the dragon's claw on the former's head and began to read the relevant memories.

After a moment, the dragon lowered its claws.

Randall, whose memory was read, was covered in cold sweat, unsteady and fell to the ground.

Evie walked to the dragon and asked softly: "Todd, do you know where she went?"

Todd turned his head towards the center of the city and said in a deep voice: "The last place she appeared was in the business district...but I can no longer contact her in the soul space."

Evie thought for a while and asked: "Her soul has not come back, which means she is not dead; but you can't contact her, does this mean...?"

"This means that behind this chaos, there is something I least want to see." Todd looked at the city burning in the fire and said slowly: "This is also the reason why I came here."

Evie suggested: "Maybe I can ask the sisters to spread out and search the city."

Todd shook his head.

"The black plague has spread in the city. The nearly one million residents in the city will soon turn into the kind of parasitic corpses you see. Searching the city at this time will only cause unnecessary casualties."

Evie added: "On the way here, I noticed that the large zombie waves that had gathered had all dispersed. This may mean that the people who controlled them have left here. Maybe we can... Clean up the city..."

Todd once again denied: "The risk is too great."

Evie turned around and patted the gryphon on the head. While calming the mount, she asked, "Then what should we do now?"

"Get out of here."

"Everyone?"

"Everyone."

Evie nodded, turned over and mounted the gryphon.

Half an hour later, the expeditionary force headquarters outside Taylor City.

The nearly 100-square-meter tent was crowded with military commanders of all sizes. Cumberland and a group of staff stood in front of the sand table, discussing the situation in the city.

The leaders of various species of the Crusaders gathered together and discussed something in low voices.

After a while, Ackerman, the Crusader commander who was elected by the species leaders, came to Cumberland with a pair of snake sisters and said, "His Majesty is in the city."

Cumberland didn't even look up: "I know."

"I heard from Valkyrie that the city is full of undead monsters."

"I know."

"Shouldn't we do something now?"

Cumberland looked away from the sand table: "Until new instructions arrive, everyone will suspend the siege and stay put.\

,"Ackerman rolled his eyes helplessly: "You have the highest authority, you have the final say."

Just when the members of the Crusaders expressed their dissatisfaction, a Valkyrie landed outside the door of the camp.

Cumberland watched the Valkyrie walk up to him and asked directly without waiting for the other party to speak: "Let me guess, His Majesty wants us to go home?"

Valkyrie was a little surprised, then nodded and said: "Dragon God ordered, everyone retreats backwards."

Ackerman opened his eyes wide: "Retreat? Are you sure? In just half a day, we can capture this city."

Cumberland threw the branch on the sand table and said to Ackerman: "Facing the unknown, staying alert and fearful at all times are the qualities of a good commander."

Then, he said to everyone: "Everyone, since His Majesty has made the judgment, everyone is ready to pack up. It is time to go home."

Alfonso, standing behind Cumberland, said softly: "The history of Tyro City is over."

Cumberland walked to the door of the camp, looked at the capital of the Papal State in flames in the distance, listened to the cries and shouts in the air, and said slowly: "Not just this city, it has lasted for thousands of years. The age of the church is also over."