Alien Knights

Three days later, at the Talon Tribal Conference, an old man in the clan was selected and served as the new patriarch. Todd's Muxi Expeditionary Force and Morgan's Blackhead Tribe were also invited to participate in the inauguration ceremony.

After the new patriarch of Talon took office, the first decision announced was to sign a peace agreement with Muxi Town and the Blackhead tribe. When it comes to the peace agreement of the North Islanders, it is much more formal than Todd imagined. It is a stone that is ground into a half-person-high pyramid shape, and the testimonies and oaths of the gods are engraved on it. In the end, those who participated in the agreement had to use a hammer and a chisel to carve their names on the stone with their own hands.

The second thing the new patriarch did was to announce the ocean-going trade cooperation of seafood. Specifically, the Talon tribe is responsible for fishing seafood, and the Blackhead tribe is responsible for preparing ships. The fleet carrying seafood will stop at Muxi Coast halfway, and Muxi Town will be responsible for renovating the cold storage of the ships. Finally, the remodeled trade fleet will go all the way south, stopping at the Abbasid Empire and the Fatima Empire in the south, and selling seafood in many seaports.

If the first two things went smoothly, then the third thing announced by the new patriarch of the Claw—handing the Blackhead Island back to the hands of the Blackhead tribe, caused an uproar in the entire clan.

The Talon patriarch made this decision considering the release of captives and trade routes. But except for a small number of wise people, most of the Claws regard this decision as betrayal.

For this matter, Morgan and his soldiers almost had a conflict with the Talon tribe. Fortunately, under the suppression of Huggins' troops and the dissuasion of the Talon tribe elders, a crisis that might destroy the entire cooperation was resolved.

Todd lived through this upheaval and had to re-plan the details of the expeditionary force's return.

In the end, in addition to the soldiers, monks, and craftsmen who originally stayed to establish the trading post, Huggins, Edgar, and Jerry Jr. with the "Successor" team will also temporarily stay on the North Island to mediate the conflict between the two tribes. Todd returned to Muxi Town with some alien soldiers and began to prepare for the transformation of the cargo ship's cold storage.

Before Todd left, Kendi, a southerner, found him.

"What? You want to go with us?" Todd stared into Kendy's eyes, and said with emphasis: "You know that Muxi Town is the territory of the Father's Parish, right? Do you know what will happen if a southern pagan appears there?"

Kendy shrugged his shoulders: "No matter what, it's better than North Island. I've had enough of life here. I apply to travel with you and ask for your asylum."

Todd laughed: "Do you know what you are talking about? Let the head of the Knights of the Church provide shelter for a southern pagan?!"

Kendy blinked: "I can prove my worth to you."

"value?"

"Master Todd, I still remember that a few days ago, in the conference hall, when I talked about archaeology and physics, your reaction was not like that of a church member, but more like a scholar."

Todd paused for a moment, and said later: "I am indeed interested in academic matters, but this cannot be a reason to shelter heretics."

Kendy took out a few notebooks from the bag he was carrying.

The man opened the note, and the dense Arabic text on it made Todd's head dizzy.

While flipping through his notes, Kendy said, "This time I came to North Island, although I didn't find the rumored holy crystal, but I found some interesting things in the "Sacred Forest" of Claw Island."

Todd heard the term "Sacred Forest" several times, and couldn't help asking, "Where is the "Sacred Forest"?"

Kendy looked up at the other person, turned the note to a page of pictures, and showed it to Todd.

A vast forest was drawn on the paper, with a ruined ruin in the center.

Kendi said: "The 'Holy Place' is a sacred place for the people of the North Island. Every year, many believers of the North Island gods come from afar to visit here. According to legend, the 'Holy Place' is the entrance to Asgard, the god domain of the North Island. There are a group of Valkyries, the ones you saw a few days ago, who are in charge of guarding this place and ensuring that no one comes near it."

Speaking of this, Kendi suddenly remembered something: "Master Todd, I wonder if you have heard of the alien race?"

Todd shook his head, then nodded.

"In the eyes of North Islanders, alien species are often accompanied by disease and mutation, so supernatural powers are regarded as the curse of the gods. But the "Holy Forest" has a strange effect. Any sick alien species, as long as they live in the ruins for a few days, most of them will turn into normal people..."

Todd grabbed Kendy by the shoulder and whispered, "What did you just say?!"

Kendy was a little confused and repeated what he had just said.

Todd stood there dumbfounded, slowly lowered his arms, and began to think quickly in his mind.

Can the relic turn the alien species into a normal person?

If this rumor is true, it means that the establishment of the Alien Legion will encounter the biggest change...

Kendy looked at Todd, who was frowning tightly, and said doubtfully, "My lord, what's the matter with you? I haven't talked about the most exciting part yet."

Todd was stunned: "The most exciting part?"

Kendy turned the notes backwards, and found the last few pages, with some strange skeletal drawings on the paper.

Todd carefully looked at the sketches of these skeletons, with rulers and notes below, he looked at the man and asked, "What are these?"

"Here are some fossils I unearthed near the "Sacred Forest". Look at this bone, which is somewhat similar to a bird's shoulder blade, but its length is 4.3 meters and its width is 2.2 meters. If you look at this leg bone, its length reaches 7.5 meters." Kendi flipped the pages of the book, pointing to hundreds of illustrations, and said excitedly: "I compared these bones with all known animals, and none of them matched! And these bones are unbelievably old. I dare say their age must be the same. Longer than we know history!"

Todd listened with a lack of interest, but he was still thinking about the transformation of the alien into a normal person.

Kendi looked at the other person's expression, raised the notebook in front of him, and shouted anxiously: "Master Todd, do you know what the discovery of these things means? It means that we have discovered a new history, a group of new species!"

As the man spoke, he opened a wooden box that he carried with him, and opened layers of red cloth. Inside lay a small half of a bone: "This is a bone that I secretly hid before I was caught by the Claw tribe."

Todd glanced at the bones in the wooden box, and something flashed through his mind. After thinking for a while, he still found nothing.

"Kendi, I can take you out of North Island..."

Todd's words lifted the man's spirit.

"However, I need you to dress up as a church member."

Kendi opened his eyes wide: "Do you want me to convert to the Church of Heavenly Father?"

Todd shook his head: "No, I just want you to change your attire. You can still stick to your beliefs, but you can't make it public in Muxi Town."

Kendy breathed a sigh of relief, nodded quickly and said, "As long as you can take me out of Beidao, I will listen to you on other matters."

After dealing with Kendy's matter, Todd found Morgan who was planning to return to the tribe to prepare the ship: "I want to go into the 'Sacred Forest', what can you do?"

After listening to the other party's words, Morgan stood there dumbfounded, and then hastily pushed Todra aside: "My lord, do you know that this is the holy place of the gods of the North Island?"

Todd nodded.

"Then you should also know that pagans will be attacked by Valkyrie even if they approach the Holy Land, let alone walk into the Holy Land?"

Todd nodded again, and said, "But I have something important to do, so I have to go in there."

Morgan rubbed his forehead with a headache, thought for a long time, and finally said: "If you want to enter there, there is no way. Once there were barbarian elders, they got the approval of the Valkyries and were allowed to enter the sanctuary."

"How on earth did they do it?"

"If you can show enough sincerity to the Valkyries and gain their favor or respect, maybe they will agree to let you enter the Holy Land."

Hearing this, Todd understood what Morgan meant. To put it plainly, it is to do everything possible to increase the favorability of the Valkyrie. But how to do it, you need to think about it.

After Todd said goodbye to Morgan, he thought about it for a while, and found Huggins who was in charge of staying behind, and told him to send some food and daily necessities to the Valkyries of the "Sacred Forest" every once in a while. Although he didn't know if it was useful to do so, it was better than doing nothing.

After dealing with a series of things on the North Island, Todd returned to Muxi Town with some personnel. After Kendi settled down, he began to deal with the backlog of matters in Muxi Town without stopping.

Although every industry and every field in Muxi Town has a person responsible for it, some decisions and things that others have no right to decide or cannot solve, still require Todd to do it himself.

For example, Queen Mary proposed that because the Muxi Knights plundered more and more wealth from the nobles, the holy treasury of the church could no longer accommodate so much gold and silver property, and hoped that the church could be expanded and remodeled.

After reading it, Todd agreed with a wave of his pen.

Knight Dion proposed that due to the increasingly fierce battle in the East, more and more refugees flowed into Muxi Town from all directions, and with the residents transferred from noble fiefdoms, the population of Muxi Town would soon exceed 3,000 people. It is becoming more and more difficult to maintain public order and handle cases. It is suggested that the scope of functions of the orderly arbitral tribunal should be redefined and the expenditure on maintaining public order should be increased.

Professional things should be done by professional people, and Todd signed again.

The writer Hans proposed that since more and more people in the town have devoted themselves to writing recently, and more and more literature lovers from eastern and southern countries have come to Muxi Town, can the Knights approve upgrading their "literary studio" to a "literary club". As for venue leasing and event expenses, Hans is willing to pay part of it himself, and then find merchants in the town to become sponsors, which does not require additional investment from Muxi Town.

Things that don't cost money will also help the development of literature in Muxi Town. There is no reason not to approve it. Todd's "agree" word, the more you sign, the more proficient you are.

But next, there are two extremely important things. For Todd, it is not enough to write "agree" to fool them.

One thing came from Rachel. The other party reported that in order to reduce losses, Cumberland's troops mainly focused on blasting the noble fiefs, and the production of explosive kits could not keep up with the demand. Moreover, the most scarce material for explosives - saltpeter, has been purchased by Muxi Town in the surrounding towns, and there is no way to produce it anymore. What should we do now?

Another thing comes from Joe. The monks are currently busy planning residential areas for the new residents. Based on the recent situation, he warned the head of the regiment Todd that the food crisis is likely to break out. He calculated the stocks in Muxi Town and the surrounding markets. If the population continues to grow at this rate, the food in Muxi Town will soon run out, and the prices of grain in the surrounding markets will skyrocket due to the war. Winter will start this year at the earliest, and spring will start next year at the latest. Muxi Town will fall into an unprecedented severe famine.