Alien Knights

Sutherland's voice was heavy and pathos: "Todd, you let me down."

Todd, who transformed into a dragon, flapped his wings and flew above the magma. He looked directly at Sutherland and said: "Thousands of years ago, when the temples of the gods fell apart, the first thing you thought about was to hide; Years from now, when alien species are suffering in the world, your final choice is still to escape."

"Thousands of years have passed. Don't you have any courage left in your heart?"

Sutherland: "You just don't understand the price you pay for staying."

Todd's voice became louder and louder: "If the flood comes, then we will dig ditches instead of building boats to escape and abandon our homes; if the sun is too hot, then we will shoot down the sun instead of hiding in the ground and lingering!" "

"Cowardice cannot be synonymous with wisdom, let alone your cowardice, which has brought disaster to the entire world!"

The angry Sutherland waved his limbs, cut through the lava, and shouted loudly: "Optimism and arrogance will not save your people!"

Todd flapped his dragon wings: "Dignity and freedom are earned, not picked up while escaping!"

The two pairs of huge and sharp limbs on Sutherland's chest were stretched out at full strength, reaching a length of more than twenty meters.

They were seen cutting forward quickly, chopping on the rock wall, leaving two huge X-shaped marks.

Todd, who barely dodged the attack, increased his flying speed to the limit. He bypassed Sutherland's attack range and came directly to the latter's back.

Pointing the dragon's mouth towards the rock wall directly above Sutherland, a huge fireball spit out and hit the top of the cave.

Along with the explosion and shaking, large swaths of rock walls peeled off and hit Sutherland, knocking him down into the magma.

Spotting the moment when Sutherland leaned over, Todd stretched out his dragon claws, unfolded his dragon wings, swooped down quickly, aimed at the compound eye on the top of the former's head, and grabbed it hard.

There was a sharp and harsh friction sound, and Todd's dragon claw left several obvious scars on Sutherland's head, and two compound eyes were also cracked by the claw.

The huge insect body attached to Sutherland's soul let out a deafening roar after being attacked.

Turning around and twisting his body, the limbs on Sutherland's body were like giant scythes, rapidly slashing towards Todd.

Todd struggled to control the flight direction, branching left and right among the huge sharp limbs, and rock fragments flew all over the sky.

Just when he was about to fly to safety, several parasite tentacles wrapped around Todd's dragon wings and pulled him downwards toward the magma.

Facing the giant dragon restrained by the tentacles, Sutherland quickly launched a third round of attacks. He stood up from the magma, and hundreds of sharp limbs pounced on Todd again.

Todd, who was entangled by the parasite's tentacles, was unable to escape at this time and was about to be pierced through his body.

A black figure, like lightning, rushed between the two of them.

I saw this black figure, at a speed that could not be seen by the naked eye, first cut open the tentacles restraining Todd, and then knocked the latter out of Sutherland's attack range.

After adjusting his posture and maintaining balance in the air, Todd turned his head to look in the direction of the black shadow.

With huge black wings growing out of her back, Meredith fearlessly stopped in front of Sutherland, blocking the latter's attack.

"Meredith! Don't block my way!" Sutherland's angry voice spread throughout the cave: "I said, this is between him and me!"

Facing the huge and terrifying monster in front of her, Meredith opened her arms and whispered: "Father, stop."

Sutherland shook his body, the lava churning under his body, and he only heard him say: "You don't understand... you don't understand what he means to the aliens."

Meredith shook her head and said, "You can't force Todd to complete your mission, not to mention, he still has the responsibility of a king."

Just as Sutherland was about to speak, the distortion coming from inside his body made his soul begin to tremble.

"No, damn it, not at this time... give me a little more time."

On the surface of Sutherland's body, countless undead parasites are spreading like a plague.

The stimulation of pain, coupled with the long battle, caused the undead will in the insect's body to begin to expand at an accelerated pace.

Sutherland was vaguely aware that his body was no longer under control.

Sutherland stopped all movements, and while using the power of his soul to suppress the will of the undead in his body, he shouted at the aliens on the platform who had not yet entered the portal: "Go! Get out of here!"

Meredith, who witnessed this scene with her own eyes, flapped her wings and slowly approached Sutherland and said, "Father, what's wrong with you?"

Sutherland stepped back a little, and his huge body hit the rock wall, making a loud boom: "I can... I can feel that the undead in the body has gradually lost control."

Meredith shouted anxiously: "Father, you have to leave this body!"

Sutherland glanced at the fewer and fewer aliens in front of the portal and said, "I have to hold on for a while...Meredith, my daughter, do you still remember what I said to you before?"

Meredith was startled.

Sutherland: "When all the alien species enter the portal, I will discharge my body to the surface of this body... What you have to do is to use all means to destroy my body."

Meredith: "No..."

Sutherland: "My daughter, that will only kill my body, but my soul will be freed."

Todd flew over and said to Sutherland: "As you told me before, you and I are both reborn. When the body dies, the soul will enter the next reincarnation and start again."

Sutherland: "Yes, my life has come to an end, but this only means that the next journey will begin soon."

Todd: "I have seen the souls of your wife and children in your soul space. What will happen to them?"

Sutherland: "With the death of my body, their souls will follow me into rebirth. This is the greatest use of the soul space ability for us reborn people."

After saying these words, Sutherland's insect body bulged upwards, and on the front abdomen, a bulge became larger and larger and became clearer.

A human face that looked like it was covered by a film slowly appeared under the insect's carapace.

Along with the opening and closing of the human face and mouth, Sutherland's weak voice reached Todd's ears.

"Perhaps my daughter is right. It is my duty to take care of these alien species. I should not impose these responsibilities on you."

Todd looked at the human face under the insect body and asked in a low voice: "What will happen to this body if you die?"

Sutherland: "It will be completely taken over by the undead and become a complete monster without intelligence... However, in the doomsday, such a monster will not escape the end of destruction."

Todd didn't speak anymore, just closed his eyes and sighed.

Sutherland turned his face to Meredith and said: "My daughter, listen carefully to what I say next. After killing me, immediately enter the portal and leave this world."

Meredith looked at her hands and muttered, "I can't do this."

Sutherland: "You can do it...just like we said before, it will all happen quickly..."

Meredith flew in front of Sutherland, found the spear that Evie had pierced into the insect's carapace, and pulled it out with force.

The undead parasites had slowly crawled around Sutherland's body along the carapace, getting closer and closer to his face.

Meredith raised her spear and looked at Sutherland, crystal tears gathering in her eyes.

"Goodbye, father."

The spear pierced Sutherland's body under the film of the insect's body. Accompanied by a harsh scream and violent shaking, the huge insect body struggled and twisted, smashing the surrounding rocks into pieces.

Todd waved his dragon wings, constantly dodging the twisted insect bodies and flying rocks. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed Meredith kneeling next to Sutherland's body without moving a step.

Todd shouted, "Meredith!"

Upon hearing her name, Meredith slowly raised her head and looked at Todd with a bit of sadness and a bit of relief in her expression.

Seeing the huge insect body slowly sliding towards the magma sea, Todd shouted to Meredith again: "Meredith! Get out of there!"

Big tears rolled down her cheeks, but Meredith showed a beautiful smile to Todd: "Sorry, I can't leave."

While dodging the limbs and tentacles flying in the sky, Todd shouted to Meredith: "You still have a long way to go!"

Meredith shook her head: "No matter how long the journey is, the end point will always be home."

Looking at the figure of the dragon in the sky, Meredith slowly closed her eyes and whispered in a voice that only she could hear: "If...if I could meet you sooner..."

The huge insect body fell into the magma sea, and the raging fire waves swallowed everything in an instant.

…

In that quiet and peaceful vineyard, a girl in a white gauze skirt ran happily along the paths in the fields, facing the gentle breeze and bright sunshine.

Her younger brother and younger sister chased her figure, and their clear and melodious laughter echoed in the air like silver bells and never dissipated for a long time.

At the gate of the manor, the mother holding a fruit plate shouted the names of her children loudly.

The girl ran up the hillside, passed through the gate, hugged her mother's waist, closed her eyes and enjoyed the comfort.

In the manor, the father who was repairing the fountain statue saw the girl, laughed, dropped the tools in his hands, and opened his arms.

The father only said a simple sentence, but the girl burst into tears instantly.

"Welcome home."