Alien Knights

Huggins, who was busy instructing his servants to pack their bags, found the king who had been silent for a long time looking at the garden. After thinking for a while, he asked puzzledly: "Your Majesty, you are just going to the north to handle some business. Do you need to bring so many things?"

Todd smiled and said to him: "The barbarian camp in the north, as the strategic rear of Muxi City, is still under development, with relatively low levels of infrastructure and supplies..."

Hearing what the other party said, Huggins, who was half-knowledgeable, nodded and continued with the work at hand.

A palace guard knocked on the door: "Your Majesty, Lord Emerson is here."

Todd straightened his collar and said, "Let him wait for me in the audience room."

Ten minutes later, Emerson, who was sitting on the sofa in the audience room, frowned unconsciously as he looked at the furnishings in the room.

The glass box usually used to display the king's scepter and ribbon is gone; the pure gold city model made by the artisans when Muxi City was established has also disappeared; even Todd's favorite knight's sword on the wall has only an imprint.

Has a thief been here?

Emerson scratched his head while speculating in this way, and a voice behind him interrupted his train of thought.

"Have you read the plan for cabinet restructuring?"

Emerson quickly stood up from the sofa, watched Todd sit across from him, and then took out a thick stack of papers from his arms, and said, "Your Majesty, I have read the proposal you proposed. What do you mean, you want to set up a "Knight Council" outside the cabinet?"

"That's right, I've written the specific plan on paper, what do you think?"

"What is the main purpose of establishing such a "Knight Council"?"

Perhaps because he felt that his question was likely to cause ambiguity, Emerson quickly added: "After all, the kingdom has previously conferred 500 knights, but these people come from all walks of life. What are they mainly discussing when they gather together?"

Todd replied: "The Knights Council has two main tasks, voting on Muxi Kingdom's public budget and legal regulations. The public budget here generally refers to the proportion and timing of government expenditures within the kingdom, and legal regulations include all basic laws except the king's decree."

Emerson nodded and said: "If these tasks are entrusted to the parliament, then the contents of the cabinet's deliberations should be personnel, internal affairs, foreign affairs and military affairs."

"That's right. Of course, the Knights Council is only responsible for deliberating matters, and the basic work is still in charge of the government affairs department."

"I understand this." Emerson remembered one thing: "But public budgets and legal regulations involve many professional fields. If unprofessional people are allowed to vote, will it affect the rationality and fairness of the affairs?"

"I've thought about this too. In addition to the 500 knights conferred before, I also plan to gradually expand the group of council knights. For example, the kingdom can elect knights in stages..."

Emerson interrupted Todd: "Your Majesty, this is what I don't understand. How can the title of knight be determined by election?"

Todd laughed: "As you said just now, a knight is nothing more than a title after all."

"It's different!" Emerson shook his head excitedly: "The knights have been loyal to the king since ancient times. If the knights are canonized by election, then where does the knight's loyalty come from?"

Todd thought for a while, and changed the term: "Then, how about calling the elected knights "honorary knights"? This will distinguish them from the knights I conferred."

Emerson frowned, hesitated for a while, and finally reluctantly agreed with the king.

Todd continued: "In this case, the Knights Council is composed of two groups of people. One group is the 500 knights sealed by me personally, and they enjoy a lifetime seat in the council; the other group is the "honorary knights" elected by the Muxi citizens, and their status is only valid during the election period."

Emerson sighed: "Follow the holy will."

Todd patted the paperwork on the table, heaved a sigh of relief, and continued: "By the way, I still have two things to ask."

"Your Majesty, please tell me."

"Both of these things are related to heterogeneity. First, how about the popularization of abilities?"

"The first batch of inoculation abilities are selected as regeneration, clairvoyance, eagle eye, spotlight, speed and steel skin. Each person can only be inoculated with one ability, and the strength of the ability is controlled between zero and one level. The first batch of inoculated people is temporarily designated within the eleventh district in the north of the city."

"When does it begin?"

"Early next month, the first batch of volunteers is currently being screened."

Todd nodded in satisfaction: "Very well, the second thing, how is the progress of the construction of the alien warship?"

"The battleship is using the keel to build the hull. The basic ship shape has been completed. The next step is to connect the driver's nerves."

"Alien warships are an important military weapon of Muxi Kingdom, and should be developed as a key object."

"I understand this, Your Majesty need not worry."

Todd took a long breath and looked at the sky outside the window: "It's almost time, and I should go too."

Emerson looked at the empty room and asked strangely, "Your Majesty, may I ask, where are you going?"

"North." Todd stood up from the chair, looked at the "umbrella" hanging on the wall, and said softly: "Some things have to be done."

Looking back and seeing Emerson's worried face, Todd smiled and shook his head: "I will regularly contact officials at all levels in Muxi City in the soul space, and remember what I explained."

Just as Emerson was about to speak, loud warnings from the guards came from outside the window.

Standing up from the sofa, Emerson rushed to the window, pulled Todd into the room, and stood in front of the window to look out.

What surprised him was that in the blue sky, seven griffins brought their knights, facing the crossbows and spears of the guards, they landed in the center of the palace garden calmly.

Huggins, who was limping, stood on the steps, shouting at the soldiers for their hostile behavior, while directing the servants to transport the king's luggage to the center of the garden.

Seeing the six tall and fully armed women jumping off the back of the griffin, Emerson stared straight: "Who are these people?"

"They are the Valkyries of the North Island, and they are also the knights who control these griffins." Todd looked at the scene outside the window, sighed heavily, and said to Emerson with a smile: "They are here to pick me up, and it's time to go."

Emerson, who suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, looked at the calm Todd and asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, are there any things you don't have..."

Todd patted the cabinet prime minister on the shoulder, with never-before-seen determination and calmness on his face: "During my absence, the safety of Muxi City will be entrusted to you."

Seeing Todd's disappearing figure, Emerson suddenly recalled the conversation between the monarch and his ministers in the Soul Space Bar that night. For a moment, his heart was filled with unease, but he didn't know where the unease came from.

Riding on Henry's back, Todd nodded towards the Valkyrie Evie beside him.

Seven griffins, under the command of the knights, grabbed the cargo box on the ground and slowly rose to the sky.

Turning his head to take a last look at the beautiful scenery of Muxi City, Todd slowly closed his eyes. Henry let out a sharp cry in the air, waved his wings, and galloped towards the north.