Alien Knights

Riding on the horse, looking at the devastation in Muxi City, Queen Mary asked Alfonso beside her: "How many more days can we hold on?"

Alfonso opened his mouth, thinking about how to tell a suitable number, but he soon discovered that he had no answer at all.

Mary did not continue to ask further. She looked back at the sad citizens and said softly: "They said this is the end of the world."

Alfonso said softly: "No matter how long the night is, there will always be dawn."

Mary lowered her head and couldn't see her expression: "If the stars fall and the sky collapses, what will the dawn mean to us Oldsworn people?"

Alfonso was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Your Majesty... will not abandon us."

Mary raised her head, with unspeakable sadness hidden in her delicate face: "You and I are both familiar with him, and Todd will never ignore us. I am sure that he must be somewhere in this world, using his life to Fight against fate..."

Looking at the bloody sky above her head, Mary had tears streaming down her eyes. She whispered: "The end is approaching, and there has been no news from Todd for a long time. What I am most afraid of is that there is another possibility."

Alfonso looked at Mary in confusion, thinking about another possibility of what the other party said.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and raised his voice: "Impossible!"

Mary looked at Alfonso, with uncontrollable sadness and despair in her eyes: "I hope I am wrong."

Alfonso looked at Mary, his hand holding the horse's reins trembling slightly.

In this way, the group of people arrived at Muxi Square.

Mary looked at the familiar royal city in the distance, suddenly got off her horse and walked slowly in the other direction.

Alfonso turned the horse's head, followed Mary's footsteps, and said, "That is not the direction to the royal city."

Mary said softly: "I know... I have to go back, and there are some things I must take with me."

Alfonso rode on his horse and blocked Mary's path. He lowered his head and said, "The undead will soon enter the city. The Royal City will be the last line of defense. Getting there first is the most important thing!"

Mary slowly raised her head, and Alfonso's unexpected determination appeared on her beautiful and delicate face.

"Lord Knight, some things are far more important than life, aren't they?"

Hearing Mary's answer, Alfonso stiffened and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Mary bowed slightly towards Alfonso on the horse, and then walked towards the end of the street without looking back.

Watching the woman's disappearing back, Alfonso tightened his grip on the reins and stayed on the horse, making no movement for a long time.

Suddenly, he made up his mind, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards the city.

Through the sunken and collapsed streets, through the ruined gardens, Alfonso flew all the way, and finally reached a low hill in Muxi City.

This hill is located in the center of Muxi City. Compared with the surrounding urban areas, it looks so out of place, like an isolated island.

Alfonso dismounted and walked slowly towards the top of the hill.

On the hills, there are tall trees with lush leaves, endless green grass and wild flowers, and... hundreds of quietly erected tombstones.

Alfonso knew most of the names on these tombstones. Most of them were members of the Knights and were buried here after dying in battle.

There is one exception.

Alfonso walked up to the top of the hill, followed the moss-covered stone path, and came to two tombstones in the garden on the top of the hill.

A tombstone reads "Adelina Sally Wilmot, an upright, humble, and brave lady. She faced all the injustices of fate and never backed down. She sacrificed her life to save a knight. Awakening from hatred and prejudice.”

Another reads, "Leslie Monoz, my dear friend, may his soul be forgiven."

Alfonso looked at the two spotlessly clean tombstones in surprise and found that the bouquets of flowers in front of the tombstones were all freshly picked.

A short, fat man holding a kettle and a shovel suddenly walked out from behind the tombstone.

The short and fat man looked at Alfonso with a smile, as if he had been waiting for the other party to appear.

Alfonso stared at the short, fat man with stubble on his face and asked uncertainly: "Walton?"

The man whose name was called put down the thing in his hand, laughed, opened his arms, and hugged Alfonso tightly.

Alfonso looked down at his former partner, with mixed feelings for a moment, and asked: "Why are you here?"

Walton let go of his hand and pointed at the tombstone: "This place needs to be taken care of, and they need company."

Alfonso asked: "Do you know what's going on outside the city?"

Walton nodded.

Alfonso asked again: "You know it's not safe here, right?"

Walton nodded again.

Alfonso pointed in the direction of the royal city: "The kingdom has a shelter there to accommodate citizens and resist the attacks of the undead. You should set off now, immediately..."

Walton grinned widely and said with a smile, "I won't leave."

Alfonso was stunned for a moment, and then said in a more serious tone: "The undead will soon..."

Walton pulled Alfonso towards the big tree not far away, where crossbows, ammunition, swords and shields were neatly placed on the ground.

Walton looked at Alfonso and repeated again: "I won't leave."

Alfonso looked at the short, fat man in front of him. The fear of death was no longer in his smile, only the calmness of life remained.

Walton then pulled Alfonso to the back of the two tombstones, where there were two newly dug graves.

Walton pointed to the slightly larger tomb and said, "Yours."

Then, he pointed to the smaller one and said, "Mine."

Walton patted the dust on his hands and said with a smile: "We have agreed that you, me, Adelina, and Leslie, the four of us, will be together."

Hearing these words, Alfonso stood frozen on the spot, suddenly remembering a memory from the past.

Next to the fire, four people sat together.

While counting the reward coins, Walton complained loudly about the stinginess of the church.

Leslie sat by the fire, carefully cooking the grilled fish, and teasing Walton from time to time.

Adelina took out her sewing kit and mended other people's damaged clothes.

Walton sealed the money bag and said loudly while calculating something on the account book: "When we have money in the future, we will buy a large manor with a wine cellar!"

Leslie glanced at him: "Yes, you will live under the wine cellar. I will prepare an empty wine barrel for you, and you can save money on the bed."

Walton said angrily: "Then you can live in the back kitchen. We can light a fire to cook and even save money on firewood!"

Adelina put down her needlework and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter where you live, the key is to be together."

Leslie nodded and said, "You're right, it doesn't matter where you live, the key is who you're with."

Walton put away his money bag and said to Alfonso: "Boss, it's settled. From now on, whether we buy a large manor or not, the four of us will live together."

Thinking of this, Alfonso's nose felt sour, something was stuck in his throat, and his eyes slowly became blurred.

He hugged Walton and whispered: "Yes, the four of us are together..."

Letting go of Walton, Alfonso took out a copper pendant from his chest and gently pressed the button next to the card slot.

The pendant shell popped open with a sound, and three strands of hair lay quietly in the copper shell.

Picking up the sharp sword on the ground, Alfonso slowly cut off a strand of his hair, tied it up and gently put it into the pendant.

Then, he took out the grand master's badge given to him by Cumberland and put it into his own grave together with his own copper pendant.

After doing all this, Alfonso slowly walked to Adelina's grave, knelt down on one knee, pressed his forehead against the tombstone, and whispered: "Wait for me."