Alien Knights

Randall showed a puzzled expression: "What are you talking about?"

Aldenan jumped down from the skylight in a panic, stumbled to Randall, and shouted: "Hurry up! If you are late, it will be too late!"

Carroll grabbed Aldenan's neck and pinned him under his arm: "Calm down and speak slowly!"

Aldenan's face turned pale, and just when he was about to speak, there was a roar like a tsunami, getting louder and louder from far to near.

Feeling the vibration on the ground, Carol swallowed nervously: "I have a bad feeling."

Bulwer, who was guarding the gate, suddenly said: "Those people are back."

"That group of people?"

Randall turned around and saw that the group of church soldiers who had just escaped were running back to the corridor in panic.

Carroll looked at the group of soldiers fleeing towards him and whispered: "It seems like something is chasing them."

As soon as he finished speaking, a humanoid monster appeared at the end of the corridor.

This monster was wearing a church deacon's robe and holding a blood-stained Bible in his hand. He seemed to be a human being, but his whole body was covered with black parasites as thick as a child's arms, and his skin and flesh were no longer visible. out of its original shape.

"Dragon God! What the hell is that!" Bulwer's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

Carol opened his mouth in surprise and murmured: "It seems that it was a human being, at least, it once was."

Soon, more and more parasitic zombies appeared in the corridor. Some of them were wearing gorgeous aristocratic costumes, and some looked like ordinary citizens.

When Barbara found a baby possessed by a black parasite among the monsters, she could no longer bear it and squatted in the corner and vomited.

Soon, hundreds of zombies poured into the corridor. From a distance, it looked like a black "sea of ​​insects."

A zombie running at the front swooped towards the fleeing soldiers, knocking an unlucky guy to the ground who couldn't dodge.

Hundreds of parasites emerged from the zombies' bodies, and with heart-rending screams, wormed their way into the soldiers' bodies alive.

When another soldier saw this scene, he hesitated for a moment, then picked up his sword and chopped off half of the zombie's head, intending to save his comrades.

Black blood spattered from the zombie's wound and fell directly on the soldier's body. The "black blood" seemed to be alive, seeping into the armor and clothes and directly entering the victim's body.

Just half a minute later, parasites began to grow crazily in the victim's body. These parasites came out of the human body's eye sockets, mouths, ears...all the exits, twisting and dancing in mid-air.

The stunned Randall suddenly reacted and immediately ordered: "Close the door! Block the door with obstacles!"

Seeing Carol and Bulwer start to close the door, Randall turned around and came to the middle of the children behind him, and said loudly: "Speed ​​up! Leave all personal belongings behind! Enter the tunnel as quickly as possible!"

"Father Pedro! Father Pedro! Did you hear that?!"

Randall called twice more, but no one answered.

Soon, Randall found a tired-looking Pedro next to a pillar, with a girl crying softly sitting next to him.

Seeing Randall, a smile appeared on Pedro's pale face: "Today is not my lucky day."

Randall slowly opened Pedro's coat, and the dazzling blood on the other's chest made him take a breath.

"How...how could you?"

Pedro sighed softly: "When those people fired just now, there happened to be a piece of shrapnel..."

The girl next to Pedro cried and said: "No, the priest is here to save me..."

Pedro touched the girl's face: "It's not your fault, go ahead."

Randall frowned and shouted behind him: "Kellogg, come here!"

Soon, the lizard man came to Pedro's side.

After an examination, Kellogg said: "A piece of shrapnel shattered one of his lungs."

"Can it be cured?"

"In Twilight City, it's not a problem. Here, it's a big trouble." Kellogg looked at the wound again: "Without the appropriate equipment and medicine, I can't save him."

Randall gritted his teeth and said, "Let's make a stretcher and get him out."

Kellogg shook his head: "Any movement will aggravate the wound, blood will fill his lungs, and eventually cause suffocation."

Seeing that Randall still wanted to speak, Pedro raised his hand with difficulty and patted the former on the shoulder: "Let me stay."

"Stay? Are you crazy?!"

Pedro smiled and said: "I have lived in this city since I was sensible. Everything here is as close to me as my hometown. My grandfather and my father are buried here. I I never thought about leaving here."

Randall leaned forward and said anxiously: "Have you seen those monsters outside? They will rush in here soon! If you come with us, there is still a glimmer of hope to survive..."

Pedro looked at Randall and said slowly: "Child, death is not scary to me. Living a few more years is just a matter of seeing more of the world. Everyone will eventually embark on the same path. What really makes What I care about is, have I completed my mission in this life? After my death, will I be able to have a clear conscience in front of the Lord?"

Pedro watched the children leave one by one with a happy smile on his face: "Now I am sure that in front of God, I can proudly tell him that I have completed my mission."

Randall was stunned by Pedro's words.

Lizardman Kellogg's face showed a rare touch: "Father Pedro, your piety deserves the highest praise!"

Randall hesitated again and again, while taking out the dragon-shaped badge that Todd gave him from his arms, he said to Pedro: "Father, if you insist on staying, then I will not object anymore. This is the Dragon God's token. , as long as you touch it, your soul after death will enter the kingdom of heaven..."

Pedro looked at the badge, shook his head slightly and said, "Mr. Quincy, I believe you are telling the truth, but I will not touch this badge."

"Why?"

"If I touch it, it will be equivalent to denying my lifelong belief." Pedro took out the cross from his chest: "I have never thought about betraying my gods. My experiences and sufferings are all A trial God has ordained for me.”

Kellogg spat out the letter and said to Randall: "I can understand the priest's mood. If someone asks me to abandon the Dragon God, it is equivalent to asking me to give up everything."

Randall put away the badge, glanced at Pedro, and gave up his intention to continue persuading.

Just as Randall turned around to leave, Pedro stopped him: "Mr. Quincy, if you are lucky enough to meet Lord Yarbrough, please convey a message to me."

"Please say."

"The candles will always burn out, but the sun will never go out. Whether it is truth or God, they will always stand by our side."

Randall wrote down these words and silently saluted Pedro.

Soon, all the people in the confessional disappeared at the entrance of the tunnel...except for the priest who was sitting in the corner and praying in a low voice.

Listening to the roars and screams coming from outside the door, looking at the crumbling door, Pedro gently rubbed the cross and said word by word:

“God, in your light I see light.”

“God, please help us pursue the light and practice the truth.”

"God, please teach us so that everyone can see your presence."

“May the Almighty God bless us, protect us from disaster, and lead us to eternal life, amen.”

Pedro exhaled softly and whispered: "It's coming soon."

His eyelids became heavier and heavier, and his voice became softer and softer: "It's coming soon."

The cross in the priest's hand fell silently to the ground.

"coming……"