Alien Knights

In the soul space, Dion projected his own memory fragments on the big screen of the research institute in the way of video playback.

"Our convoy crossed the border and entered the territory of the Holy Acropolis, and found that the actual situation there was worse than what they said." The picture on the screen kept changing with Dieng's thinking.

In the white snow, dead bodies can be seen everywhere.

Dion pointed to the picture on the screen, and said to the officials of Muxi City present: "These people heard that Muxi City has inexhaustible food, so they took their families and fled to the west. They escaped the pursuit of the sentinels, escaped the attack of the beasts, and finally froze or starved to death near the border."

Todd asked Cumberland: "How many refugees from the Holy Acropolis are we taking in at our border post?"

After thinking about it, the latter gave an answer: "Less than a thousand people. According to the accounts of those refugees, I am afraid that 20,000 people fled to the western border, and less than 10% of the survivors."

Todd was silent for a while, then turned his attention to Joe who was in charge of agriculture: "Is the food in Muxi City still enough?"

The monk scratched the "Mediterranean Sea" above his head, and said to the king: "Muxi City's food storage needs to meet the needs of four places at the same time, namely Muxi City itself, the Silver Ring City under reconstruction, the Holy Guard City that agreed to provide assistance, and the barbarian camp in the north. Judging from the stock figures, it can only be said to be barely enough..."

At this time, Dion suddenly said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the food aid provided by Muxi City is completely a drop in the bucket for St. Acropolis. In addition, after we entered Shouwang Town, the control of all the convoys was handed over to St. Acropolis, so conflicts occurred in Shouwang Town."

Everyone turned their attention to the big screen again, and Dion's memory video continued to play.

The town of Shouwang on the screen has long been covered by heavy snowflakes flying all over the sky. The people of the Holy Acropolis, suffering from hunger and cold, huddled at home, relying on the flames ignited by a few firewood, slowly waiting for death.

When the convoy from Muxi City entered the town, the news of "food is coming" spread throughout every household like wings.

Men, women and children in ragged clothes, holding the largest pots in their homes, rushed towards the food convoy driven by the soldiers of the Holy Acropolis, stretched out their bony hands, and begged the driver loudly for even a morsel of food.

Seeing this, Todd recalled the happy and prosperous Shouwang Town he had set foot in in the past. He frowned and asked Dion, "If I remember correctly, Shouwang Town is located at the throat of the Luoxing Mountain Range. It is famous throughout the continent for its tourism and food. How could it have fallen to this point?"

Dieng replied: "Your Majesty, Shouwang Town does have unique geographical advantages and tourism resources, but it also depends on whether the people who manage the town have the ability to use it."

Emerson added at this time: "The people of the Holy Acropolis are indeed of a high level in terms of military and equipment, but when it comes to the management of the kingdom and economic development, they are like a group of wanton lunatics. Take Shouwang Town as an example. They impose heavy taxes on all industries in the town and charge high tolls at each checkpoint. This method has indeed gained a lot of wealth in a short period of time, but it has completely hit the economy of Shouwang Town. No tourists are willing to visit there anymore. The northern quarry enters Moonbrook Plain."

The words "kill the chicken and take the egg" suddenly appeared in Todd's mind.

Dion gritted his teeth: "Your Majesty, please continue to read."

The screen from the first perspective has changed.

Seeing that the people in the convoy were indifferent, the overly hungry refugees plucked up their courage and reached out to the grain pile on the car.

A commander of the Holy Acropolis brandished a long sword, cut off the arm of a refugee, and shouted loudly: "These are the grains to be taken to the king's city! You bastards! Whoever dares to move, I will cut off the head!"

Seeing the anger of the people, Dion from the first perspective drove his horse to find Gordon, the head of the Holy Acropolis Mission, and said to him: "We should leave some food and distribute it to these civilians."

Gordon stroked his full beard and said in embarrassment: "The nobles in the royal city wrote a special letter asking us to bring all the food to the Holy Acropolis. In the letter, they even used this sentence-"Kill anyone who wants to get their hands on this batch of food."

Dion said anxiously: "Then you can't watch this group of people starve to death like this..."

Before the words fell, the scene gradually went out of control.

When they learned that the food was all aided by Muxi City, but was swallowed up by the nobles of the Holy Acropolis, the refugees, who were dazed by hunger and anger, burst out with infinite courage and strength in the face of the shining swords and guns in front of them. They picked up all the utensils in their hands that could be used as weapons, rushed into the carriage, attacked the soldiers of the Holy Acropolis, and dragged bags of grain out of the carriage.

The soldiers quickly launched a counterattack, the sword blade cut off the heads of the civilians, the ax split the people's chests, the screams spread throughout the convoy, and the bright red blood stained the pure white ground.

When she saw a sharp spear piercing a mother holding a baby in her arms, the pale-faced Mary put down the coffee cup in her hand, stood up tremblingly, and whispered to Todd: "Sorry, Your Majesty, I need to go out..."

Todd gave her a slight nod.

Mary stumbled to open the door of the meeting room, and walked outside without looking back.

The picture on the screen is still going on.

"Stop!" From the first perspective, Dion drove the horse under him, picked up a spear with a rapier, and said loudly to the soldiers of the Holy Acropolis on the convoy: "Are you crazy?!"

With the intervention of Gordon and the Muxi Knights, the massacre against the riot was stopped in time, but more than twenty civilians had died.

Dion looked at the top officials of Muxi City who were full of rooms, and said in a deep voice: "Everyone here, I saw this scene when I was patrolling the periphery of the envoy's camp that night."

The picture in memory changed again, as night fell, those who died during the day were gathered in the square of the town for burning.

Taking advantage of the darkness, a group of civilians sneaked to the side of the burning corpse, dragged the burning corpse out of the fire with a sickle, dismembered the corpse with a hatchet, and looted it all.

Hearing the sound of gasping for air from the people around him, Todd stared at the picture and asked incredulously, "This is?!"

Cumberland closed his eyes: "Hunger can turn humans into demons."

Brother Joe wiped his face: "I know the pain of hunger, it is definitely the cruelest punishment God has given to this world!"

Dion closed his memory screen, and said to everyone in a pleading tone: "Everyone, as you can see, Shouwang Town has become a hell on earth due to lack of food. If there is no food in Muxi City, these civilians can only wait to die. If possible, maybe we..."

There was a loud bang.

Emerson slammed his fist on the table and shouted loudly: "Dion, find out who you are! You are the head of the mission of Muxi City. No matter when and where, you represent the will of Muxi Kingdom and should safeguard the interests of Muxi Kingdom!"

Emerson stood up from his chair, walked in front of Dion, looked at this petite young man with a stubborn expression, and said in a stern tone never before: "Your power is bestowed by the king, and your power comes from the people of the kingdom! If you want to use the power in your hands, you must think about everything from the perspective of Muxi Kingdom! Always remember that if there is no Muxi Kingdom, you will not even have a chance to stand here and make a request!"

Brother Joe looked at the frozen picture on the screen, shook his head slightly and said to Dion: "I understand your feelings, but we have no reason and no ability to take care of these civilians. We just implemented the agricultural development plan this year, and the food has been in a state of shortage. You should also know that even if enough food is sent to Shouwang Town now, what about the rest of the Holy Guard Kingdom? Could it be that we want to intercept the food belonging to Muxi City and send it all to those people?"

Todd sighed heavily, and said quietly: "Dion, your duty is to establish and coordinate the diplomatic relationship between Muxi City and the Holy Acropolis. This is your most important task."

Dion took a last look at the tragic scene in the picture, turned his head and bowed to the king and said: "Your Majesty, please forgive my momentary confusion. I was wrong about this matter."

Todd waved his hand: "Take a step back, even if we deliver food to the Holy Acropolis now, do you think those nobles will distribute the food to Shouwang Town? The answer is naturally no, they will just hide all the food privately, and sit back and watch the commoners of the kingdom die of hunger and cold one by one."

Seeing that the whole room fell silent, Cumberland looked at the map in front of his computer, and suddenly asked Dion, "When are you going to leave for the Holy Acropolis?"

The dejected Dion said in a low voice: "The mission will stay in Shouwang Town for a few days, waiting for the blizzard to subside. In addition, the weapons, armor and eliminated war horses promised by the Holy Acropolis to our country will also be transported to Shouwang Town in these two days and handed over to us."

Todd nodded: "Dion, when these materials are handed over, remember to let me know the time in advance at the meeting."

Seeing that other people had no problems, Todd closed his soul space and returned to his bedroom in the real world.

Huggins, who was standing by, saw Todd open his eyes and asked softly, "Your Majesty, is the meeting over?"

"Um."

Todd stood up from the chair, moved his neck and arms, and asked Huggins, "Have they arrived yet?"

The latter nodded and said, "Master Terrence has brought Wayne, waiting in the audience hall."

"Did you bring the report I asked them to write?"

"Yes, the scholar named Wayne has been sorting out the relevant data of the "soul experiment" for the past few days. According to his description, this experiment has great academic value. If it continues, it can even reveal the nature of the material and spiritual world."