Alien Knights

At the bottom of Supuha volcano, the portal to another world, fifteen minutes before the alien teleportation.

Todd, who had returned to his human form, supported the injured Evie and limped onto the huge platform filled with people.

In the dazzling doomsday red light of the beacon tower, the bright portal is at the end of the platform.

Its surface is like a sparkling lake, with an ever-dented gap in the center that looks like even people's eyes can sink into it.

It is obviously an image of an earth scene, which can be vaguely seen in the teleportation gate.

Todd, who was wearing only a simple robe, carefully placed Evie on the side of the rock wall, and then walked towards the group of aliens alone.

When the aliens saw him, they all moved out of the way.

But the dissatisfaction and resentment in everyone's eyes were not concealed at all.

Under everyone's hostile gaze, Todd found Karin and Aurora in the crowd.

Half-kneeling in front of his daughter, Todd gently held the tearful Aurora in his arms.

"Father, I'm scared."

Hearing Aurora's words, Todd gently kissed the former's forehead and whispered: "I promise everything will be fine."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a roaring explosion from the underground magma, and the entire mountain shook slightly.

Todd looked at Aurora and said: "I failed and failed to protect the world... You must leave here and keep going."

Aurora grabbed Todd tightly: "I want to be with you."

Todd hugged Aurora and said softly: "You go first, I will follow you later."

Aurora raised her head: "You promise?"

Todd nodded and said with a smile, "Yeah, I promise."

Letting go of Aurora, Todd gently called out Karin's name.

Looking at the woman slowly walking towards him, Todd suddenly had a lot of thoughts. Bits and pieces of memories from the past gathered together like streams and poured into his brain.

With Karin's exclamation, Todd grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms.

"If I could think more carefully about many things in the past..."

Karin covered Todd's mouth with her hand, blocking the other's subsequent words.

Todd raised his head, looked at the crumbling sky through the top of the volcano, and chuckled: "Oh, never mind it."

After saying that, Todd held Karin's head and pressed his lips to it.

In the red light of the end of the world, the sky was falling and the earth was shattering. Two people who had been together from the beginning could not make it to the end.

Only at this moment, the two people's bodies and souls were extremely close, and they no longer hesitated about each other.

Their lips parted, and Karin's tears suddenly flowed down her cheeks. Even without words, she guessed Todd's decision.

There was no persuasion or pleading. Karin just shed tears while burying her head in Todd's arms, trying her best to keep this moment firmly engraved in the memory of her soul.

Todd said softly: "When you get to the other side, don't trust anyone. Stay alert at all times. If you find any danger, use all means to go as far as possible."

Passing a prepared envelope into Karin's hands, Todd said: "It has my name and address in my previous life written on it, as well as my family's contact information. After gradually integrating into that world, you can Try to contact the people up here. If these people are dead...then just live alone..."

The crying Karin took the envelope and just nodded tremblingly. There were thousands of words in her heart, but she couldn't say a word.

Todd kissed Karin for the last time and said softly: "Sorry, Karin, I really hope I can make it up to you, but I don't have much time..."

Karin shook her head vigorously, hugged Todd, raised her head and kissed him back vigorously, stood up and walked to Aurora's side.

Todd took one last look at his daughter, then stood up and walked towards the portal.

In front of the portal, Great Elder Iliad was loudly emphasizing something to the aliens.

"Strong men are divided into five groups, entering one group every half minute!"

"When you get to the other side, make sure the surroundings are safe first!"

"The remaining people are divided according to clan clan."

Seeing Todd walking towards him, Eliade stretched out his hand to stop the others.

Eliade walked up to Todd, looked at him and said, "I guess you didn't come with us when you came here."

Todd shook his head slightly: "Yes, I won't go with you."

Eliade remained silent, waiting for the other party's next words.

Todd: "I'm just here to give you some advice."

Eliade: "Advice?"

Todd: "That world may not be as beautiful as you imagine. War and lies have never disappeared. On the contrary, the evil side of human nature has become bigger and bigger in that world..."

Eliade frowned: "We have seen Sutherland's vision before, and that world is better than this one."

Todd turned his head and looked at the beacon tower shining with doomsday red light in the sea of ​​magma, and laughed to himself: "Maybe you are right, it is indeed better there than here."

Turning his head back, Todd said to Eliade: "Do you have paper and pen?"

Eliade was a little confused, but still asked the other aliens for paper and pen.

Looking at the parchment in front of him, Todd wrote this sentence in Chinese and English respectively - We have no ill intentions, we are here for peace.

Passing the parchment to Iliad, Todd said: "If you really plan to contact the person on the other side, hand this piece of paper to the other party. It may not have much effect, but at least it will not cause misunderstanding." ."

Eliade glanced at Todd, put the parchment in his arms, and said: "The sages longed to make you the leader of a foreign race, but I have never been optimistic about this matter. You have always protected your country, not us. These alien species.”

Todd: "If you had been paying attention to Twilight City, you would not have come to such a conclusion. There is a group of people from the ocean. Their appearance and habits are completely different from human society. I am even willing to promise asylum to them, let alone It’s you.”

Todd sighed and looked at Sutherland who was controlling the beacon tower: "But I think it's too late to say anything now. Once some things happen, words will no longer make sense."

Eliade looked at Todd for a long time, finally shook his head, and sighed.

Eliade walked back to his original position and said loudly: "Everyone, get in line and let us get out of here!"

Watching everyone enter the portal one after another, Todd turned his head and walked towards the end of the platform - the direction of Sutherland.

Sutherland, who was next to the beacon tower, saw Todd's figure and continued to connect his tentacles to the surface of the beacon tower while slowly approaching the latter.

Todd threw away his robe, dragon scales slowly appeared on his body, a huge dragon spine burst out of his body, and flames loomed in his mouth.

"It's time to settle things between you and me."