Alien Knights

Supuha Mountains, the portal.

The voice of the throat bone echoed in the volcano: "Your people are being slaughtered by the undead, and your kingdom is collapsing in disaster. What can you do now?!"

Todd, whose body was already in disrepair, was tied up in the air by the parasitic tentacles of the undead mother's body. He could only hear him roaring angrily: "You will never get everything you want! Being swallowed by the undead will be a disaster." Your final end!"

The throat bone pulled the tentacles, and the huge force imprisoned every inch of skin on the dragon's body.

Accompanied by harsh creaking sounds, Todd's body was squeezed and stretched again and again. Countless cracks appeared in the originally hard dragon skin, and dragon blood dripped down the wounds.

The undead mother brought her tail eyes in front of Todd, stared at the dying dragon, and said, "Why don't you admit your ignorance and mistakes? Your so-called road is destined to be a dead end."

Todd slowly raised his head, looked at the huge monster in front of him, and whispered: "Throatbone, do you know what is the biggest difference between you and me?"

The throat bone was stunned, and he asked subconsciously: "What?"

Todd: "In the face of failure, I will strive for better results, but I will stick to the bottom line."

Throat Bone: "Bottom line?"

Todd: "As a human being, an individual who coexists with others, although I will try my best to promote the progress of society and strive to bring a civilization to a more advanced era."

"However, no matter what technology is used, which path is adopted...my bottom line is that the integrity of individual and social will must be ensured. In other words, the thinking existence of every intelligent creature must be maintained."

Todd opened his eyes blurred by blood and said to his throat: "But you are different. You gave up everything as a human being, even your own independent will, and placed your hope of becoming a god on a pile of monsters that only know how to devour and destroy. On the organism.”

Throatbone said disdainfully: "You keep emphasizing the integrity of human beings and society, but haven't you seen the humans you talk about and what they have done?"

"Slave others! Kill fellows! Fight for power! Do you think it is really possible for such a society and such a civilization to continue?"

Todd sighed softly and said: "I admit that humans are indeed a flawed race. Their selfishness, greed, arrogance and cruelty have pushed the entire world to the edge of destruction time and time again."

"But they also have a bright side. Compassion, creativity, curiosity, tenacity...this trait allows them to survive and continue to develop in huge disasters again and again."

Throatbone put his eyes in front of the dragon and suddenly said: "Todd, have you remembered it?"

Todd was stunned.

Throatbone continued: "Sutherland should have told you what we people are."

Todd slowly opened his eyes.

Throat Bone: "We are all soul memoryrs, or in your words - rebirthers. When our bodies are destroyed, our souls will be reborn again, but there will be a delay in the recovery of memory."

"Do you remember...when was the last time we met?"

Todd looked at his throat bone, memories of the past slowly flowing in his eyes.

Throat Bone: "Let me remind you, Kaplan Era, Dawuti's home planet."

"I fought under your command against rebel attacks."

"You once said similar words to me. Although humans have flaws, they also have advantages, and there is always hope for the future."

The laughter in the throat was like plastic rubbing: "As a result, the rebels finally created and activated the black hole matrix, and thousands of years of civilization were destroyed!"

"If... if you had not pinned your hopes on those false humanity, but launched the purge operation earlier, this disaster could have been completely avoided!"

Todd was silent for a moment and replied: "Do you really think that the black hole matrix spanning four galaxies was built by the rebels who have been hiding all day long?"

Throat Bone: "What did you say?"

Todd: "The empire itself spent thousands of years building the black hole matrix in all colonial galaxy spaces, with the purpose of suppressing rebellions under its rule at any time. However, this double-edged sword eventually struck them. "

Throatbone was silent for a moment, then laughed and said: "Doesn't this just prove my point? Human beings' own flaws cannot be repaired at all. Any civilization they build will one day be destroyed sooner or later."

Todd: "I don't agree with what you said. The human race has unlimited creativity and malleability. Their abilities and ambitions need to be restrained and guided."

Throatbone: "Restraint? Guidance? Do you want to say the emperor or the parliament? Haven't you seen enough tragedies over and over again? Putting power in the hands of those people will only make them intensify their efforts and realize themselves wantonly. desires and demands!”

Todd: "Whether it is monarchy or parliamentary system, they are just products of the corresponding era of civilization and progress, and they need to be continuously improved and replaced."

"I have always believed that humans can find a way to balance ambition and creativity. Although this method is not perfect, it can help this civilization continue to correct its path forward."

Throatbone: "Idealism? Talker? Todd, your optimism and ignorance are the fundamental reasons for your eventual demise. Wherever there are people, there is desire, and the era where desire exists is destined to perish."

"There is only one way to correct everything, which is to completely end human existence and let the undead take over the world."

Todd tried to straighten up: "In the eyes of the undead, whether it is flesh or soul, it is just their fuel. Although they absorb the genetic information of other creatures, their purpose is just to become more powerful."

"They can only absorb ready-made materials from the outside world, but they never know what creation is. They may be able to swallow a lower intelligent civilization, but due to their own limitations, they will never be able to evolve into a higher civilization."

"This is the biggest difference between undead and humans!"

Throatbone laughed and said: "Your worries are all unnecessary! My will will lead the undead and create a civilization that will no longer perish!"

Todd looked at the throat bone: "Your will will eventually become the feast of the undead!"

"Shut up!" The throat bone stretched out its sharp limbs and slowly cut through the dragon's skin. While listening to the other party's painful roar, he said: "Todd, tell me! You place your hope on those small things." And among selfish humans, when you cry out, do they care about you? Will they help you?!"

"The only way to survive is to hold power in your own hands. If you leave your destiny in the hands of others, you are destined to regret it for the rest of your life!"

Todd gritted his teeth and said: "You only have ugliness in your eyes, and you will never understand the beauty of this world! When some people go to destruction for selfish desires, there are also people who are forging ahead with everyone for the future!"

"You don't understand, you will never understand! Because you will always feel sorry for yourself in loneliness!"

The throat bone screamed in anger, and the sharp limbs thrust forward suddenly, penetrating the dragon's flesh and blood, and directly pierced the latter's heart.

The dark golden dragon pupils suddenly grew larger in an instant, and then gradually spread out like a collapsing sun.

Blood slowly overflowed from Todd's mouth, and the broken dragon wings slowly drooped, unable to move anymore.

Throatbone slowly pulled out the forelimbs of the undead mother's body, looking at the blood remaining on the tip, he paused for a moment and allowed the dragon's body to slowly slide down.

Seeing Todd's lifeless body falling into the rolling magma, Throat turned around and walked slowly towards the portal.