Alien Knights

Todd asked Huggins: "According to you, the relationship between the ocean races is tense?"

"Nervous? Maybe a little. After all, there are conflicts over competition for food and territory, and it is difficult to live in harmony with each other." Huggins thought as he said: "However, in order for ocean refugees to live in peace now, they must Thank them for forming a union.”

"union?"

"A union called the Ocean Alliance. The leader is the mermaid named Rita. The union's main job is to coordinate conflicts between races. It also fishes for marine resources and trades with Muxi City to obtain necessary living supplies. ."

Todd thought thoughtfully: "Rita, the leader of the Salamo mermaids..."

Huggins nodded and said: "This is a woman with outstanding learning ability and leadership ability. There are many violent and warlike people in the ocean race, but under her mediation, they all voluntarily maintain order."

Todd asked with interest: "Are all mermaids like this? Or...?"

"Clan leader Rita is a special case. Compared to her clan members, she is more able to accept new things and knows how to think carefully and assess the situation."

Huggins flipped through the report: "We also discovered an interesting thing this time - marine races also have supernatural powers."

Todd frowned: "You mean alien species?"

Huggins organized the language and tried his best to explain: "The term alien is not accurate when used in marine races. Perhaps it would be more accurate to call it racial talent."

"Take the sword shark clan as an example. They can harden and lengthen part of the bones in their bodies, turning them into weapons similar to bone spurs. This ability is reflected in every member of this race, but it varies from person to person. There are strong and weak.”

Huggins held up a long list: "We made a comparison. Talents are mostly inherited in families from generation to generation. Once family members breed with foreign races, their offspring's abilities will become weaker or even completely degraded. Almost exhausted.”

Todd picked up the list and read it carefully: "You mean, most members of an ocean tribe have more or less blood relationships?"

Huggins replied: "That's right. For example, the Sword Shark clan with bone spurs has a total number of only three hundred people. Looking back from the surnames and totems, most of them originate from the same ancestor."

"It's quite an interesting discovery," Todd said.

"This pattern was also discovered by Brother Qiao, who was in charge of the census. He spent a lot of time investigating this matter. Because of this, it took us a whole month to return to Muxi City."

Huggins continued: "Therefore, the Ocean Tribe has a particularly strong sense of xenophobia. They will not allow members of their tribe to intermarry with other races, because this will tarnish the purity of the 'bloodline' and deprive them of their racial abilities."

Todd then remembered the story Rita told him.

A mermaid fell in love with a human, and was eventually killed by his angry brethren and thrown into the abyss of the sea.

Perhaps, the mermaids know that if members of their own race intermarry with other races, the inherent abilities of the race will gradually disappear, so they use such a cruel method to punish those who leave.

Todd asked Huggins again: "What are the inherent abilities of the ocean races?"

"Some of them we learned through inquiring, but some are race secrets that we haven't investigated yet." Huggins said: "I will let the people below seize the time to investigate the abilities of the ocean race. If there is any impact on the kingdom, I will eliminate and report any hidden risks in a timely manner.”

Todd added: "The premise is not to conflict with those ocean races."

After hearing this, Huggins looked hesitant: "Your Majesty, I have a question."

"What?"

"When I was doing the census of marine races, I often heard them mention a god - the ancient sea god Krakosh. They said, you know him."

Todd admitted, "That's right."

Huggins whispered: "They have repeatedly emphasized that they will not become Protestant believers, will not participate in Kingdom worship, and will not give up their belief in the ancient ocean god..."

Todd nodded: "That's all fine."

Huggins stuttered a little: "You, you mean, agree with these pagans to maintain their faith? Isn't this a bit...? If the ancient sea god summons his believers to launch an attack on Muxi City, then what to do?"

"Initiate an attack on Muxi City?"

"Yeah, think about it, although these ocean tribes are refugees, they are loyal believers of the ancient ocean god. One day, when these tribes recover their vitality, the ancient ocean god will probably fight for the territory, resources and believers. Give an order and order them to attack us ‘heathens’!”

Todd looked a little helpless: "Hudgens, what is your suggestion?"

"Expel those die-hard believers of the Ancient God of the Sea, and get in touch with those ocean refugees who can be fought over. While developing the Dragon Kingdom's navy, actively expand the sea area. This will not only increase your believers, but also expand your territory..."

Todd sighed and said, "Hudgens, answer me a question."

"question?"

"In your opinion, what is the difference between gods and kings?"

Huggins was stunned.

"One is a mortal, and the other is... an immortal existence, right?"

Todd asked: "Is lifespan the dividing line between gods and humans?"

Sweat ran down Huggins' forehead: "Your Majesty... I mean, the Supreme Dragon God, I am just a mortal, I really don't know..."

Todd said softly: "If the god's purpose is just to occupy more territory, gain stronger power, and develop more believers, then in the final analysis, he is just a god with the name and essence. They are no different from those short-sighted kings. This kind of god, like those monarchs, will soon turn into the dust of history, without any value of existence..."

Todd's voice became lower and lower, and finally he closed his eyes, frowned, and his whole body was like a sculpture, completely still.

Upon seeing this, Huggins knew that Todd had entered a state of "contemplation" again, so he quickly took a few steps back and stopped talking.

"Occupy more territory, gain stronger power, gain more believers..."

"Jingsu once said that these three conditions are the way to win the battle of God's Choice."

"But, does this kind of duel condition make sense?"

"Can the gods who emerge through such conditions really achieve the goal of 'species selection' that Jingsu said?"

Todd stood there and began to mutter to himself: "Is the real purpose of Jingsu's divine selection battle really to choose a god? The gods selected in this way are, for Jingsu, What’s the significance? Or does Jingsu have other ulterior secrets?”