Alien Knights

In the dilapidated temple of the Kingdom of Shadows, Todd sat cross-legged on a stone platform, feeling everything around him.

The voice of Scathach, Queen of Shadows, rang in his ears: "Tell me how you feel."

"I can see the colors of the world, hear the small sounds in the air, smell the fragrance of earth and plants, and feel the movement of the air."

Skaha said: "Vision, hearing, smell, taste, touch, these are the human senses that are often said in the world. But to strengthen your soul, you must first put aside these senses and learn how to use the power of soul perception, which is commonly known as the sixth sense."

"Sixth sense? Are you referring to extrasensory perception?" Todd was a little puzzled: "Shouldn't that be a kind of supernatural power?"

Scathach walked up to Todd: "No, perceiving the soul is an ability that every creature possesses. As big as the legendary ancient creatures, as small as gravel-shaped ants, as long as they have souls, they all have this power."

"It's just that creatures like human beings rely too much on eyes and ears when they perceive the existence of the outside world, and have long forgotten this innate power."

Todd was speechless when he heard this: "Well, how should I obtain this "forgotten" perception?"

Scathach tapped Todd's head with the wooden stick in his hand: "It's very simple, just blind your eyes and shield your ears..."

"Wait a minute! I've never heard of such training!"

As soon as Todd yelled this sentence, his eyes suddenly fell into darkness, he could no longer hear any sound in his ears, and he no longer felt any touch on his skin.

Scathach isolated all his senses.

Todd tried to yell, but found he couldn't make any sound. He lost all his senses, and found that the only organ in his body that was still functioning normally was his brain.

After an unknown period of silence, a faint light appeared in Todd's eyes.

It was a light blue granular weak light floating slowly in nothingness.

Todd recognized this light blue particle of light, which was exactly the same substance that appeared when Deirdre summoned the soul in the soul space.

Todd tried to touch the light, and like metal meets a magnet, the blue light entered his body in an instant.

Maybe it was just a thousandth of a second, maybe it was a whole century, a door suddenly opened to him, and he "saw" a completely different world.

Grass, trees, birds, and beasts, these objects all maintain their original forms, but they are all composed of blue light bodies.

The figures of Meredith and Scathach also appeared in his "vision". The former looked like a huge blue light giant roc, while the latter was like a huge sphere emitting dazzling light.

In an instant, vision, hearing and other senses returned to Todd's body. He looked at the two women in front of him and said excitedly, "I saw it, I saw it! I saw another world!"

Meredith plucked the hair by her ear and asked with a smile, "Do you know how long it has been since you entered meditation?"

Todd looked at the frost and fog around him, and replied uncertainly: "One day? Two days?"

"Two months."

Meredith's answer made Todd jump up from the ground in fright.

"Two months?! And everything out there?! War, and the kingdom, what's going on now?"

Meredith raised her eyebrows and said, "These things are your first concern? Don't you want to know the function of soul perception?"

Seeing Todd's anxious look, Meredith shrugged and said helplessly, "Just a few days ago, your original companion, a woman named Rachel, came here to look for you."

Todd stood up: "Where is she?"

"She learned that you were meditating, so she went back first. You also know that the environment here is not suitable for ordinary people to stay for a long time. She brought a news: the church officially declared war on Muxi City. There are more than 20 kingdoms following the church to join the war, with a total force of 16,000 people. The battlefield is set in the Holy Acropolis, and the war is expected to break out in a month."

"I need to hurry back."

Meredith's eyes widened: "Your training is not over yet!"

Scathach suddenly said at this time: "Todd, you have mastered the basic method of soul perception in this meditation. It can be said that you have taken the first step on the road of soul strengthening. This is a very remarkable achievement. Many human beings who have passed the trial have spent years or even decades on this step alone."

Scathach changed the topic: "However, you should also understand that going back this time will be the last time you step into the human world. I suggest that you return here after dealing with all the trivial matters and making sure you have no worries. As I said before, your time is running out, and soon you will no longer be able to maintain the human form."

Todd looked down at his hands and nodded.

Watching Scathach leave slowly, Meredith waved at Todd: "Before you leave, I hope to talk to you."

The two came to the open space behind the temple. Meredith sat on a broken pillar and said to Todd, "You are different from the testers I have seen. Some of those who wish to become demigods do so for power;

Todd sighed softly: "Everyone has their own reasons."

Meredith looked at Todd and said quietly: "Although your starting point is noble, your hard work may not necessarily bring you a good result."

"……I don't understand you."

Meredith rested her chin on one hand and said in a low voice: "The famous historian Morrisis once said this sentence: What is a hero? A hero is a person who saves the people from suffering and disaster. There are two important points in this sentence. I don't know if you understand it?"

Without giving Todd a chance to answer, Meredith continued: "First, the hero saved the civilians from the disaster; second, the hero must be a human being. The world often mentions the first half of the sentence repeatedly, but always forgets that the second half is the key point of the problem."

Todd chewed on the woman's words: "A hero must be human?"

"You can think of human beings as a kind of narrow-minded creature. They are afraid of all unknown things, even if this kind of thing saves their lives and eliminates the threat of the world. They will still look at everything with scrutiny or even hostility. No matter how much this kind of thing has contributed, human beings will still gather together and talk about the disaster that this kind of thing may cause in the future."

Meredith combed the feathers gently, looked at Todd and said with a smile: "The heterogeneity is the best example. I have seen too many cases like this. A heterogeneity stood up for the safety of human beings, exposed his identity, but was betrayed by humans in the end."

Todd looked at Meredith, silent.

"You have now mastered the ability of soul perception. As long as you don't use the tyrant's ability anymore, you can be a human being in peace." Meredith turned over and jumped off the pillar, shaking the feathers on her body: "Todd, remember my words. The word hero, the truth it shows in the real world, is sometimes darker and more desperate than its literal meaning."

Looking at Meredith's back, Todd suddenly asked, "Why are you telling me this?"

"I just don't want to see tragedy happen again..."