Alien Knights

"Riding a griffin back to the kingdom, aren't you joking?!"

After receiving a bundle of firewood from Todd, Rachel followed his gaze to the sky and said incredulously.

With his feet in the deep snow and his hands picking up the rotten wood and branches, Todd straightened his waist, looked at the beautiful snow peak in the sun, nodded and said, "I'm not kidding, as I just said, Leviathan gave me a revelation in the soul world."

"Since I can accept humans into my soul world, why can't I accept monsters?"

Rachel tightened the fur fur on her body, her little face was flushed with cold: "The people in the Muxi Kingdom trust you based on their long-term acquaintance and respect. The smooth connection of souls is also based on the fact that the subject has no sense of resistance..."

"As for the monsters in the Kingdom of Shadows, they have no intelligence, they live independently, and they can only react according to their instincts. If you want to connect with them, there will be many uncertain factors. In the worst case, it will even appear in the situation of Clarence at that time."

Todd touched his chin with a little stubble, and said while thinking: "These monsters may not be as stupid as we imagined. According to Leviathan, the race it lives in has existed since the beginning of this world. In this way, the development time of this race is even far longer than that of humans. I think it is possible to communicate with them."

"Speaking of which, what kind of race does Leviathan refer to? It's half human and half them, what's the relationship between the two?" Rachel asked suspiciously while holding firewood.

Todd pointed to the ground under his feet: "The answer should be in the depths of the Kingdom of Shadows. Radiation sources, tyrants, Leviathans, and mutations may all be puzzles to answer the puzzle. If we can find the connection between them, we can completely solve the mystery and reveal the biggest secret behind the Kingdom of Shadows!"

Looking back at Rachel who was shivering from the cold, Todd put away his ambition and said helplessly: "But first, we must find a way to go home. Gaining the trust of the griffins and bringing them into the soul world is the most important task right now."

Rachel stomped her feet on the spot, breathed on her hands, and asked Todd, "Get the trust of the griffin? What are you going to do?"

Todd raised his head confidently, and said with a smile: "In my hometown, there is a saying called 'convincing people with virtue'."

Ten minutes later, the two of them, loaded with dry firewood, returned to the entrance of the Griffin Cave.

The sudden situation at the entrance of the cave gave Todd a slap in the face for his confidence.

The two stupid birds in the cave actually blocked the entrance of the cave with stones while they were out collecting firewood!

Rachel first glanced at the tightly blocked hole, then rolled her eyes at Todd, and said amusedly, "'Convincing people with virtue'? Huh?"

Todd, who couldn't hold back his face, put down the firewood in his hand, punched out, and with a loud bang, a gap was instantly punched in the stone pile.

With the light outside the cave, look in.

Todd saw the couple of griffins, clinging to each other, hiding behind the stone pile, croaking in shock when they were attacked just now.

Another punch.

Half of the stone pile used to block the door was knocked out. Seeing that the obstacles they had carefully arranged were destroyed so easily, the Griffin couple was so frightened that they scurried around in the cave like headless flies.

Todd, who was getting angry, stuck his head in, fixed his eyes on the two stupid birds, and roared angrily with a smile on his face: "Fellow, fellow! Open the door! The community sends warmth!"

After another ten minutes, Todd cleared away the stones at the door, and brought Rachel back to the campfire deep in the cave.

The Griffin couple hugged each other, their eyes terrified, and they curled up against the wall desperately.

In the end, they simply followed the example of the ostrich, pointing their buttocks at Todd, and pointing their heads at the stone wall.

Todd, who was angry and funny, didn't intend to pay attention to them, and started to cook by himself.

Some dried fruit, brown bread, oats, cheese, salt, and bacon were among the provisions brought from Meredith.

During dinner last night, Todd discovered that these two griffins actually have human-like preferences in terms of food. The small half of the roast lamb that was thrown over was only added with some salt, and even the belt meat and even the bones were eaten by them.

That being the case, Todd simply do what he likes.

Using the culinary skills of a single dog in the previous life, use food to gain the trust of the griffins, and then complete the soul link with them, and finally use them as mounts to return to Muxi Kingdom.

The dish he is going to try today is a recommendation from a Swiss friend in his previous life-cheesy oatmeal.

Add water and salt to the cheese, add bread flour and rye flakes, bake it on a low fire while stirring constantly, and finally become a batter.

Then chop the dried fruit, bacon and other fillings, wrap them in the batter, and bake on both sides. In less than ten minutes, a delicious and simple snack is ready.

The aroma of the baked food not only attracted Rachel, who was born with no resistance to food, but also provoked the two stupid birds in the corner who were "thinking about the past" to the pot.

The male griffin walked around to the other side of the pot, while keeping the furthest distance from Todd as much as possible, while still poking his head, smelling the aroma of the pot.

The first batch of pancakes came out of the oven.

With one person and two birds watching, Todd tasted a piece first.

While chewing, he nodded in satisfaction, the taste was good, and the craftsmanship has not deteriorated after all.

The second pancake was given to Rachel.

This woman, who had seen Todd make MSG, hardly hesitated about the food in front of her.

He picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, even though he grinned from the heat, he refused to spit it out.

Todd glanced at the two remaining stupid birds, and deliberately used the pot cover to fan the aroma of the food onto the faces of the young couple.

Seeing the two griffins scratching their heads anxiously, Todd picked up a piece of pie from the pot and threw it over.

To his surprise, there was a tacit understanding between the two griffins, and the fight did not happen.

The male griffin just took a bite of the pancake, and after confirming that the food was safe, gave it to his mate.

Todd not only sighed, the monster in front of him was, to some extent, really better than many humans.

Cutting off his teasing intentions, Todd handed another piece of pancake to the male griffin. The latter seemed to understand his thoughts. After nodding slightly, he took the food and ran back to his spouse, eating it with peace of mind.

In the next few days, the two people and the two beasts in the cave were in a strange state of cooperation.

During the day, the griffins went out to look for food alternately. In the evening, Todd and Rachel were responsible for processing, cooking, and seasoning the food they brought back...

When the sun sets and the stars first appear, the two of them sit together like a family, eating the prepared food to their heart's content.

These days lasted for a week, during which Meredith came several times and sent some supplies, but never mentioned anything about training. The Griffin's attitude towards Todd has taken a 180-degree turn compared to before.

Whenever Todd walked into the cave, the griffins who stayed behind would always have their belly turned upside down, combing their feathers with their sharp beaks, and at most they would nod when they saw him, as if they had greeted him.

Whenever he saw this scene, Todd, dumbfounded, would always think of Sonia, the female cat he had raised in his previous life.

When it was just adopted, it was timid, defensive, and helpless, and it even hid under the bed when it ate. After less than a month of getting along, that guy has completely adapted to the existence of the shit-shoveling officer, sleeping like this on all fours.

A few days later, when Todd was helping the griffin comb its feathers, he first nodded to Rachel, then pointed a finger at the top of the griffin's head, using the ability of "soul link", and tried to link with non-human races for the first time.