Alien Knights

Carefully lifting the hem of his crowfeather robe, Meredith tiptoed through the puddles of water and walked up to Todd and Rachel.

"The Kingdom of Shadows is not as beautiful and peaceful as it appears on the surface. In many places, there are hidden murderous intentions." Meredith reached into the springs and took out a splash of water: "On this island, there are many such springs connected to groundwater. For those who pass the test, they are just nectar to quench their thirst; but for ordinary people, these are poisons that penetrate the intestines."

Rachel opened her eyes wide, shook her hands, and the spring water in her palms instantly fell to the ground.

Looking at the ordinary spring water, Todd asked Meredith, "Where can I find a safe source of water?"

"Every once in a while, there will be some testers who come here for the name, carrying clean water and food, and land on the island." Meredith pointed to the ground with a flat expression on his face, but the words he said made people tremble: "When they return to dust, these materials will naturally change hands."

Untiing a well-made water bag from his waist, Meredith handed it to Rachel: "Its owner doesn't need it anymore."

Rachel took the water bag and looked at the surface of the container with complicated emotions. The initials written in ochre-"Clarence.K", then looked at Todd again.

The latter nodded slightly towards her.

Only then did Rachel unscrew the stopper, and gulped down the water.

With a disgusted face, Meredith glanced at the beetles crawling in and out of the stone wall, stepped back a few steps and said to Todd, "Not only the water source, but also the fruits, animal meat, fish and shrimp here are all highly poisonous to outsiders. Those who eat them by mistake will go mad if they are light, and will die if they are serious."

"Why is this happening?" Todd asked strangely.

Meredith rolled her eyes at the other party: "Isn't this the most obvious thing? This is the kingdom of the undead, and everything contains a curse. Only a demigod who has passed the trial can resist such a curse."

Todd touched the bridge of his nose and pondered for a while. After thinking about it, he always felt that the explanation behind these things was not that simple.

Meredith retreated into the hall of the temple, looked at the sky along the patio, and then said to Todd, "The sun will soon set, so rest well. My master will arrange suitable training for you tomorrow morning."

"train?!"

Todd was a little dumbfounded: "You may have misunderstood some things. We are not here for training."

"It's for the 'Tyrant', right?"

Todd was a little surprised by Meredith's sudden speech.

The latter tried to ask: "You once said that there is a 'tyrant' behind the dark door, but then again, what exactly is a 'tyrant'?"

Meredith turned around and planned to leave: "The trial is just the beginning. Through the training arranged by my master, you will get closer to the truth of the "tyrant" step by step."

"By the way, my master is in a rare good mood recently. After all, the Kingdom of Shadows has ushered in two demigods one after the other. This has never happened before." Meredith looked at Todd and said seriously: "So, don't talk about those reckless speeches in front of her. Believe me, you absolutely don't want to see her anger."

Walking to the gate of the temple, Meredith suddenly remembered something again. She took out a bag of food from under the crow's feathers, threw it to Todd from a distance, and said loudly: "There are some clean food in here, let your companions save some food."

"After all, God knows when the next team of testers will come." Having said this, Meredith turned her back, and a dark light that no one could understand flashed in her eyes.

—————————————

That night, the stone chamber of the temple.

After several days of life-and-death struggle, Todd finally remembered his other identity—King Muxi.

After unfolding the soul space, Todd began to call the important officials of the kingdom to enter the space.

The officials who were summoned by the long-awaited king and entered the soul space were too excited.

There are those who are grateful, those who praise, and those who complain.

But seeing the familiar king standing in front of everyone safe and sound, everyone felt more like a boulder falling to the ground.

After a day of unimaginable hardships for ordinary people, Todd, who was exhausted, no longer had the energy to deal with the government affairs of the kingdom. After greeting everyone one by one, he closed his soul space.

After sleeping on the cold floor, listening to the sound of the waterfall outside the room, and having the most peaceful sleep in his life, Todd was awakened by Meredith's voice early the next morning.

"Time to get up, new guy."

Rachel gestured to the sleepy-eyed Rachel on the stone bed, signaling for him to sleep a little longer. Todd finished packing and walked out of the temple.

The rising sun sprinkled the golden morning light on the ridge.

Standing on a high pinnacle, Meredith faced the sun, spreading her black crow feathers all over her body, like a bird enjoying the sunshine, her eyes were slightly squinted, and there was a smile on the corner of her mouth.

"What is today's training?"

Hearing Todd's question, Meredith put away the crow's feathers, jumped off the stone platform, walked down the mountain, and left a sentence: "My master has arranged everything, don't worry, the first day of training is just a warm-up."

Following Meredith to the foot of the mountain, Todd saw a man and a woman standing facing each other on a flat ground behind the temple.

A woman is naturally the queen of the land of shadows——Skathach.

And the man, who looked to be about twenty years old, with a burly figure and deep facial features, was the one who was called "Cuchulin" yesterday.

Cu Chulainn held a stone hammer and a wooden shield, with one foot in front and the other behind, slowly moving in a circle with Scathach as the center, his eyes fixed on the Queen's movements, looking for any flaws.

Scathach held a long branch like a spear and held it obliquely in front of his chest, his long purple hair swaying gently in the breeze.

Cu Chulainn moved to the direction of the backlight, and took advantage of the opportunity of the sunlight behind him to hit his eyes directly, and launched a lightning-fast attack.

However, before Todd could see the details of the shot, Scathach's body trembled slightly, and Cu Chulainn flew upside down tens of meters, fell into the forest, broke several big trees, and the stone hammer and wooden shield in his hand were also turned into powder.

Todd gasped, and touched his neck with numbness.

As if seeing his worry, Meredith smiled and said to him: "Don't worry, today is your first day of training, and I won't arrange such a difficult course for you. Your opponent is someone else."

Meredith blew a whistle into the sky, and then turned to Todd and said, "Your 'strength' trial, the original opponent was beaten first, and I found another exactly the same partner for you."

Full of ominous premonition, Todd looked towards the sky. A monster with a lion's head and a scorpion tail flapped its wings and let out a deafening roar, slowly landing on the flat ground.