Alien Knights

When Huggins and the others arrived at the west coast of Waiheke Island, they found that everything here was completely like another world.

There were many buildings on the seaside that they had never seen before. They looked like temporary caves made of wood and stone.

When I got closer, I realized that the entrance of the cave seemed small, but the space inside was huge.

The sand, gravel and soil were hollowed out, and huge stone pillars served as load-bearing walls to support the weight of the entire cave.

On the beach at the entrance of the cave, small enclosures were circled with water plants and wood chips, which contained some edible fish, insects, shrimps and crabs.

While Huggins was observing these caves, a strange dark blue creature emerged from the water.

He looks ugly, his ears are like fish fins, his mouth is full of spikes, his eyes are like fish bubbles, and gills can be seen opening and closing in his chest.

Huggins subconsciously took a step back and reached out to pull out the dagger from the cane.

Carroll quickly stopped him: "Calm down, this guy is just a child of the Platoon Tribe."

The flounder tribe? child?

Huggins looked at this dark blue creature that was as tall as a person, and his mind was at a loss for a while.

Aldenan lazily took out a sausage from his waist and threw it in front of the creature from the webbed fish tribe.

Seeing the other party lying on the sand, eating meat sausages with big mouthfuls, Aldenan howled twice and made a fish-tail swinging motion towards the other party with his hands.

The webbed creature nodded, picked up the food, and plunged into the sea water.

The group didn't wait long.

A few minutes later, a mermaid maid popped her head out from the sea and shouted to the land: "Dignified guests of the Dragon Kingdom, please follow me!"

Friar Joe looked at the sea and asked in confusion: "Does she mean to let us jump into the sea?"

Carol shook his head and said: "Follow her and walk along the coast. Not far from here is the mermaid's mansion."

Under the guidance of the mermaid, the group set off north along the coast.

Along the way, more and more strange buildings were built on the seaside.

There are large seawater pools similar to open-air salt fields; there are also "bird's nests" built of wood that are half fixed on land and half floating on the sea.

Elijah wrote and drew in his sketchbook as he walked: "The style of these buildings is really interesting."

Friar Joe scratched the back of his head, expressing his incomprehension.

"That's the enclosure of the shark people, and that's the homeland of the golden shark tribe." Carroll was relatively familiar with this place, and he could even name a few ocean refugees who occasionally showed their faces.

Huggins suddenly stopped.

At the end of the field of vision is a huge water village built on the seashore.

Fences made of coral, walls built of shells and mica stones.

Huggins said: "Let me guess, that's where the mermaid tribe lives."

Carroll said: "To be precise, that is the residence of the Salamo Mermaid. Other races do not have the financial resources and thought to build such a building."

Huggins slowly approached the water village, looked at the pearls and gems inlaid on the gate, and sighed.

Aldenan came over and said with a smile: "Does it feel like seeing a palace in a slum?"

Friar Joe touched his bald head: "This reminds me of a scene I saw before. During the disaster years, farmers lined up to borrow grain from the squire's house."

Huggins asked Carol: "Why are the Salamo mermaids so rich?"

"The Salamo Mermaid Tribe almost dominates ocean trade. Without their permission, no ocean refugee would dare to trade privately with Muxi City."

"Why?"

Carroll shrugged: "God knows, maybe just like the legend, they can confuse people with their singing."

Seeing the frightened look on the old monk's face, Carol quickly added: "I was joking."

Huggins continued to walk towards the water village, and the door slowly opened as he approached.

A huge waterway filled with seawater gradually appeared in front of people's eyes.

To their surprise, dozens of Ocean Clan leaders, including Rita, Gray Hu, and Yege, were already waiting in the seawater pool in the front yard of the water village.

The appearance of Huggins instantly showed a look of surprise on Rita's face.

She was already familiar with most of the lists of officials in Muxi City.

But she had never seen the official she was leading today.

Rita lowered her head and said: "Children of the ancient gods, residents of the sea, welcome the messenger of the Dragon God."

Huggins looked around and found that several chairs and a small table had been prepared on the stone floor in the front yard.

After finding a chair and sitting down, Huggins rubbed his legs and feet and said, "Your Majesty...Dragon God, has agreed to the request of all the oceanic tribes to join the Dragon Kingdom."

Rita bent in the water and said: "We are all extremely grateful for the mercy of the Supreme Dragon God."

"Since you are already citizens of the Dragon Kingdom, you should understand the teachings of the Dragon Kingdom and fulfill the obligations of citizens." Huggins tapped the ground with his crutch: "The land under your feet belongs to the Dragon God, and the food you catch also belongs to the Dragon God. Dragon God, everything about you should belong to Dragon God."

Rita raised her head and said: "I once obtained a promise from the Dragon God. The Supreme allows us to maintain our original faith, which is the faith of the ancient ocean god."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became solemn.

The patriarchs of the ocean refugees stood together, nervously waiting for Huggins' reply.

The soldiers of the Crusaders roared angrily and loudly rebuked these heretics.

Huggins held his crutches with both hands, stared at Rita, and said calmly: "As I said before, everything in this land belongs to the Dragon God, and his words are naturally the highest criterion. "

This answer sounds a bit ambiguous.

Huggins both emphasizes the Dragon God's authority and upholds the Dragon God's promises.

This can be regarded as finding a step for both parties.

Rita looked obviously relieved: "As you said, the Dragon God is the master of this land, and his will cannot be disobeyed."

Huggins first glanced at the Ocean Chiefs, and then pointed at Friar Joe and Elijah behind him.

"The two people beside me, one is the official responsible for the kingdom's population registration, and the other is the official responsible for land surveying and road construction. They will confirm with you the area, planning and population of the gathering place of the marine race."

Rita swung her fish tail and swam to the edge of the sea pool. She looked at Huggins and asked, "What about you? What do you do?"

Huggins touched the dragon-shaped badge on his chest: "Servant of the Dragon God, gatekeeper of the royal city, a stupid but cautious steward."

Rita blinked, confused.

Huggins did not continue to explain, but turned to the person behind him and said: "Let's get to work."