Alien Knights

Todd's eyes were cold, and there were faint dragon scales on his arms. He said in a deep voice: "Eliad, I think I am a patient person, but this patience has its limit. About Sutherland You'd better give me an explanation."

"Explanation?" Eliade stroked his silver beard and said, "You have no way of knowing the greatness of Sutherland. His contribution to the alien race cannot be matched by anyone."

Todd rubbed his forehead vigorously: "We have been communicating for so long, haven't you understood what I said? I have never denied Sutherland's past achievements, but the problem is that now he has gradually become a monster."

Eliade: “It doesn’t matter what Sutherland becomes, but what matters is that he leads us into the future.”

Todd felt completely speechless.

He felt that the Eliade he was facing was a complete fanatic, and all that was left in his mind was his admiration and obedience to Sutherland.

Todd turned to leave, but before leaving, he said: "I don't understand the meaning of this conversation today? You have lost your mind."

Looking at Todd who was about to leave, Eliade suddenly said: "There are some things I can't elaborate on, but you should believe Sutherland."

This inexplicable and even abrupt sentence caused Todd to stop.

"Believe Sutherland? You want me to believe in a monster that has been devouring a tyrant for more than a hundred years?"

I wasn't offended by the disrespect in Todd's words. Eliade's calm tone made Todd suspicious: "More than a thousand years ago, Tyro's high-level officials planned to carry out a large-scale purge of foreign ethnic groups. That large-scale purge involved the army, church, parliament and other aspects. Whether it was planning, It was still a matter of division of labor, and the purge was almost a foolproof operation."

"Under such a situation, the weak alien group is like a piece of scattered sand. Although they have heard some rumors, they cannot organize any decent resistance at all."

"That's when Sutherland stepped up."

"He first used his wealth to bribe those greedy legislators, then used his merits to provoke those aggressive generals, and finally used his knowledge to convince those arrogant scholars."

"Almost single-handedly, Sutherland won three precious years for the alien group. During these three years, he transferred a large amount of wealth, opened up an escape route from north to south, and planned tens of thousands of The flight of man.”

"He even gave up his family for the sake of an interracial group."

Eliade sighed, and as an old man, he found a piece of clean sand and sat down shakily.

After patting the dust on his body, Eliade continued: "Before every elder of the Presbyterian Church takes the throne, he will hear the thrilling stories of the past from the mouth of his predecessor. It is hard for you to imagine that such bad things happened at that time. In this environment, Sutherland was able to accomplish such a feat.”

"This is not just due to his intelligence, but more importantly, his deep and sincere feelings for people of different races."

Todd said while listening: "Unfortunately, now his soul has been shattered, and under the nourishment of the tyrant, he has gradually turned into an unconscious monster."

Eliade glanced at Todd: "I believe there are things Meredith doesn't know."

Todd: "What?"

Eliade: "As early as the founding of the Presbyterian Church in the Supuha Mountains, that is, the tenth year after Sutherland's sacrifice, the Presbyterian Church had already begun to try to locate and recall Sutherland's soul."

Todd: "In the tenth year after Sutherland's death, the Presbyterian Church began to try to summon Sutherland's soul? That means that the Presbyterian Church had already begun trying to find Sutherland's soul more than a thousand years ago?"

Eliade: "Yes, Sutherland is the leader of the alien group and our savior. How could the Elders let his soul wander outside and ignore it? However, only the elders have the right to know about the soul summoning. Others have the right to know." I don’t know.”

Todd: "Wait a minute, I remember that the ability to summon spirits requires a medium, such as the remains of the deceased or a token, or the memory of others..."

Eliade: "Yes, the ability to summon spirits requires the remains of the deceased as a medium, but only the most powerful spiritual summoners can use memories to summon spirits. Ordinary summoners generally use the belongings of the deceased to perform rituals, but the best The medium is actually the body of the deceased. But Sutherland's body was burned by the Tyro people, so we can only use his ashes and relics to try to summon the spirit."

"This method of summoning souls is not very effective. Most of what we can summon are scattered soul fragments."

"But with the joint efforts of many powerful aliens in the Presbyterian Church, Sutherland's soul gradually became complete and clear, and the Presbyterian Church also found a way to communicate with Sutherland."

Todd said in surprise: "You mean, Sutherland's soul was brought to the Presbyterian Church a long time ago, and you also found a way to communicate with him? But Meredith told me that you were Sutherland’s soul was found more than a hundred years ago.”

Eliade shook his head and said: "Although she is the daughter of a sage, Meredith's hatred for his father is visible to everyone. In order to prevent accidents, many elders kept the matter of Sutherland's soul a secret. Not mentioned to anyone else, including Meredith."

Todd asked again: "You have found Sutherland's soul, so have you helped him find the body where his soul is stored?"

Eliade: "We tried, tried hundreds of times, we tried to use the bodies of men, women and even children to store Sutherland's soul, but without exception we failed."

"Once Sutherland's soul enters the body of a living person, the original soul and him will be mutually exclusive, and will eventually cause harm to each other. But the dead body of an ordinary alien species is simply not enough to store such a powerful soul as Sutherland ."

“So, the Presbyterian Church at that time began to study human body cloning technology, hoping to clone a soulless body of Sutherland from Sutherland’s remains, in order to minimize the mutual repulsion between body and soul. "

"In this way, hundreds of years have passed. The Presbyterian Church has achieved success in human body cloning technology, and we have successfully created a clone of Sutherland to store his soul."

"However, after such a long time, coupled with countless failed experiments before, Sutherland's soul has long been damaged, and even mixed with some soul fragments of other experimental subjects."

"When the elders put Sutherland's soul into the clone, but for some unknown reason, an accident happened, and there was a violent impact between the body and the soul. During that spiritual fusion, Sutherland's soul It was hit hard again.”

Iliad let out a long breath: "The spirit body experiment blew up most of the Soul-Calling Room, but in order to stabilize people's emotions, the elders deliberately announced that the experiment was successful, and announced that Sutherland's clone was used as a medium. Theran’s soul was successfully summoned.”

"After that experiment, the elders began to think outside the box. They began to hypothesize that if the human body is not used to store the human soul, but an organism with strong enough physiological functions is used to carry the human soul. , will the effect be better?”

"As a result, the resurrecting insects used for soul conversion came into the elders' sight."

"Resurrection bugs are very compatible with souls. No matter what kind of soul they are, there will be no rejection reaction with this wonderful bug. The only trouble is that this bug can only transmit souls, and it is too weak. , not enough to store the soul.”

Todd whispered: "So, you have set your sights on the tyrant again."

Eliade: "Yes, the tyrant has the ability to evolve and enhance living organisms. If the tyrant is used to strengthen the resurrected worm, and then rely on the resurrected worm's good soul adaptability, Sutherland's soul can be safely and stably preserved."

Todd: "There was an elder who passed the trial of the Kingdom of Shadows and brought back the tyrant."

Eliade: "Yes, the elders asked Meredith to contribute a little bit of the tyrant in her body, but she refused. As a result, one of the elders sacrificed himself for Sutherland."

Todd shook his head and said: "You can't blame Meredith for this matter. The Kingdom of Shadows has its laws, and I know it better than anyone else."

Eliade: "I was not yet born at that time, and I don't want to judge the details at that time. The key is that the experiment of the Tyrant Resurrection Bug was successful. It perfectly fit Sutherland's soul, allowing the latter to possess it. A port of call, where you no longer have to worry about the reality of soul collapse.”

Todd looked at Eliade: "However...?"

Eliade sighed: "However, the Tyrant Resurrection Insects constantly need the nourishment of the Tyrant, otherwise they will become unstable and even show signs of violence. Because the Presbyterian Church must constantly deliver fresh Tyrants to Sutherland, to Maintain the balance of his body.”

Todd: "As a result, Sutherland's body became larger and larger, more and more dangerous, and gradually began to approach the edge of collapse. Everything returned to the point I just mentioned at the beginning. Sutherland finally It’s going to be crazy.”

Eliade raised his head: "Todd, I have said so much, haven't you figured it out yet?"

Todd asked doubtfully: "Understand what?"

Eliade: "Sutherland returned to the Presbyterian Church in the tenth year after his death. During these thousand years, he has coexisted with the Presbyterian Church. He looked at the world through the eyes of the Presbyterian Church. He looked at the world through the eyes of the Presbyterian Church. The ear of the Presbyterian Church listens to the voices from the outside world, and his thoughts and decisions are conveyed to each term of elders, and continue to influence the direction of the entire heterogeneous group."

"Do you think Sutherland can't foresee the day when the Tyrant Resurrection Worm gets out of control?"

Todd was shocked: "You mean, Sutherland would have expected that the Tyrant Resurrection Insect would be uncontrollable?! Then why would he keep eating Tyrant? This would only speed up his demise... Wait... "

Todd suddenly stopped talking and stood there blankly.

Some pictures and words appeared and disappeared in his mind like scattered puzzle pieces. He saw something, something vague.

Todd knew that Sutherland must be planning something.

However, he couldn't figure out the key piece of the puzzle.