Alien Knights

"Your Majesty hasn't seen anyone for another three days!"

Cumberland stood in front of Hudgens, his eyes widened, and he shouted at him.

The latter looked out the window with a troubled expression, pretending not to hear.

Cumberland looked around at the silent guards around him, and said viciously: "You all know where His Majesty is, but you just refuse to tell, right?!"

No one answered him.

Seeing the situation getting more and more stalemate, Huggins had no choice but to say to Cumberland: "Your Majesty is doing a very important job. He has repeatedly emphasized that if it is not necessary, don't bother him."

Hearing this, the old knight became more and more annoyed. He just wanted to raise his leg and kick Huggins' ass violently, but when he saw the cane the other party was leaning on, he finally restrained himself and lowered his leg.

Just when a group of people stared at each other awkwardly, Todd, who was humming a little tune, walked into the audience hall from the underground laboratory in a relaxed and happy manner.

Looking at these people in the hall, Todd asked strangely: "What are you all doing here?"

Huggins desperately winked at the king, but unfortunately the other party didn't notice.

Cumberland walked up to Todd quickly, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, the kingdom officials are looking for you everywhere! Everyone is going crazy!"

Todd looked surprised: "Looking for me? What happened?!"

"Anyway, don't ask so many questions, come with me!"

Before he had time to take off his lab coat, Todd left the palace in a carriage under the leadership of Cumberland and headed towards the headquarters of the Knights Order.

Before the carriage reached its destination, Todd's ears heard the voices of people and harsh beasts.

When he got out of the car door, he was startled by the crowds of people in front of him.

"Who are these people?"

Cumberland didn't answer his intention at all, and directly ordered the soldiers to separate from the crowd and let everyone make way for the king.

When Todd walked into the stables behind the headquarters of the Knights, he finally understood why the kingdom officials were so anxious.

Fourteen adult griffins were running happily in the stable with seven young griffins.

A row of chefs invited from the city, tremblingly hid in a cage made of steel, grilling steaks desperately.

A few griffins were waiting beside the iron cage, staring straight at the barbecue in the hands of the chef. They looked like uncles and aunts participating in a buffet.

Cumberland said to Todd: "Just last night, a group of griffins hovered over the city of Muxi. Since you ordered them not to attack these war beasts, the kingdom's army could only watch them land in the stables."

"Because of this matter, I came to the palace with many officials last night and wanted you to come forward to resolve this matter. But this little bastard, Hudgens, refused to tell me where you are!" Cumberland shook his fist angrily: "The supervisor of the stables came to report at that time that those hungry griffins started hunting horses! As a last resort, as you can see now, we used iron cages and barbecues to attract the attention of griffins, and took the opportunity to divert all the horses."

Todd nodded while listening to Cumberland's complaints.

He always thought that it would take at least a month for Henry the Griffin to go back this time, but he didn't expect to come back in less than ten days. And not only did he bring back his spouse Sonia and his children, but he also led a large group of "hunters and dog friends" back.

Todd walked into the stables and found Henry taking a nap on the innermost haystack.

Beside him, the exhausted Sonia was sipping barbecue and supplementing her nutrition. When she saw Todd appear, she just nodded.

Under Henry's wings, there were three griffin eggs of different colors, lying quietly on the haystack.

Without waking Henry up, Todd walked out of the stable, called Huggins and said, "Find a quiet location near the military camp in the north of the city, and make a home for these griffins."

Seeing an adult griffin swallow a large piece of roast meat easily, the corners of Huggins' eyes twitched: "I will obey your will."

Cumberland walked to Todd's side and said to him: "Your Majesty, there has been no meeting for three days, and we don't know anything about the status of the Kingdom Mission."

Reminded by the old knight, Todd also remembered that the mission led by Dion and Mary had not been in touch for a long time.

After entering the soul space, Todd found all the high-ranking officials of the kingdom, found Dion and Mary, and began to ask about the work progress of the mission.

Dieng, who was obviously short of sleep, said to everyone with two dark circles under his eyes: "Holy Acropolis has sent the weapons, armor and eliminated horses they promised in advance to Shouwang Town."

Dion transferred the memory to the screen, pointed to the hilly pile of weapons and armor on the screen, and said, "I have inspected these equipments, and they are well-maintained and of good quality. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the regular army's service equipment in ordinary countries."

Todd looked at the weapons and armor in the picture, and nodded with satisfaction: "Very well, what about those eliminated war horses?"

Dion's face became a little strange, and he whispered to Todd, "I don't think these things should be called war horses."

In the memory screen, Dion lifted the oilcloth, and what was exposed underneath made everyone scream in surprise.

These "eliminated horses" are not horses at all, and they are not even corpses.

A pile of horses that died in battle, the horse skins were stripped, the horse meat was removed, and even the internal organs were dug out, leaving only a pile of broken bones.

Cumberland frowned and said to Dion: "These are the horses that the Holy Acropolis promised to sell us? This is a complete pile of rubbish!"

Dieng explained: "When the famine started and there was no food in the city, in order to save fodder, most of the war horses in the Holy Acropolis were slaughtered, and their skin and flesh were used as food."

Huggins said angrily and amusedly: "So, these bones with fleshy moulds are what they call "eliminated war horses"?!"

Looking at the dismantled horse bones in the picture, Todd closed his eyes with a headache. Originally, these things were to be transported to the north to make up for the lack of equipment and horses in the barbarian camp. However, the slaughter of horses by the people in the holy city who were short of food still caused some trouble to his plan.

After thinking for a while, Todd opened his eyes and said, "Have the convoy transport the weapons and armor through the gate of Fort Watch to the Falling Star Mountains in the north; as for the bones of those horses..."

Having said that, Todd was a little hesitant about how to deal with these things.

Wayne, who had just completed the soul link in the past few days, stopped fiddling with the mouse in his hand, and suddenly proposed: "Your Majesty, regarding the remains of those horses, I may have a way to turn waste into treasure."

Looking at this newly joined scholar, Todd suddenly became interested: "Tell me, what can you do?!"

Wayne closed his eyes, called up a picture from his memory, and sent it to the big screen in the meeting room.

It has a bright red and viscous appearance, mouthparts like lampreys, and a densely entangled body.

Looking at this terrifying creature, Todd felt a little familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember what this large worm-like thing was called.

Wayne gave the answer in time: "Your Majesty, this creature is called a bloodworm."

Having said that, Todd finally remembered what this thing is.

One of the two high-ranking members of the "Legion of Discord" led by Clarence has the ability to use these disgusting and powerful worms.

Wayne enlarged the picture of the blood worm and explained to everyone: "This worm is a scavenging creature. It has four pairs of glands in its mouthparts, which can discharge extremely corrosive digestive juices."

While changing the pictures, Wayne said: "This digestive juice can not only dissolve muscle tissue and dense bones, but can even corrode metals. Because of this property, bloodworms can almost eat most of the food and use it as their own nutrients."

Listening to Wayne's introduction, Todd kept nodding. As expected of a scholar who started as a veterinarian, he does have certain abilities in biological research.

Huggins asked Wayne at this time: "What does all this have to do with the remains of the horse?"

Wayne called up a video of bloodworms laying eggs.

On the screen, a blood worm can actually produce two hundred eggs within five minutes, and these eggs will break out of their shells in less than a day and become larvae crawling around.

"Blood worms reproduce quickly, with low breeding costs and high nutritional value. An adult worm can grow to a weight of about 400 grams as long as it is carefully cultivated, which can fully meet the basic food needs of an adult."

Listening to Wayne's introduction, Dion said with a tingling scalp, "These bugs look so scary, they must be terrible!"

Wayne shook his slender fingers, shook his head and said, "Although these bugs are scavenging creatures, their meat is delicious, whether it's fried, grilled, fried or smoked, it tastes good."

When Todd heard this, he suddenly inexplicably remembered a famous ingredient in his previous life - crayfish.

Wayne pointed to the blood worms on the screen, and said to everyone: "As long as the horse carcasses from the Holy Acropolis are transported to Muxi City, I can try to breed blood worms and use them as a source of daily food."

Cultivator Joe was the first to stand up and express his approval: "Your Majesty, the food in Muxi City is in short supply right now. It is time to expand the types of food. The cost of breeding bloodworms is low and the output is high, which can make up for the shortage of the kingdom."

Terrence also voiced his support for this view.

However, Huggins expressed his concern: "Your Majesty, do you still remember the dangers of these blood worms? When the successor knights faced swarms of blood worms, no matter whether they had swords, shields or abilities, they had no power to fight back. If this terrible creature is not taken care of, it may bring trouble to the entire kingdom."

Wayne responded: "I have done experiments. These insects are afraid of high temperature and strong light. As long as protective measures are arranged around the breeding pond, there will be no major problems."

Seeing that no one else had any objections, Todd immediately made a decision: "The convoy transporting equipment, set off to the north; the convoy transporting horse carcasses, return to Muxi City. Wayne, I will allocate a batch of funds for you to breed and study bloodworms!"