Alien Knights

Watching the big groups leaving the square with their trophies, Todd patted the crumbs of melon skin and fruit on his body, and said to Evie, "Let's go."

The latter looked at him listlessly: "Where else are you going?"

"Go to the residential area to see, I am very interested in the places where the believers live."

Under Todd's urging, Evie rolled her eyes, stood up from the ground, followed behind him, and walked forward step by step.

The two found two horses and headed west along the road. Bustling markets and crowded crowds can be seen everywhere along the road.

What caught Todd's attention was that there was a well-built temple in a conspicuous position in every residential area.

Temples vary in size. In large residential areas, they may be the size of a basketball court. In small residential areas, they may be about the size of an ordinary room.

Although the area is different, but the structure is similar. From the outside, the whole building has the pillars of ancient Tyro, as well as the triangular slope in the culture of the gods, and a stone sculpture in the shape of a "protective umbrella" stands on the top; from the inside, the walls are not only engraved with runic characters It records myths and legends, and also records important events around it. In the center is a lifelike stone statue of a tyrant. The right hand of the stone statue holds a balance, and the left hand is raised above the head.

Todd took Evie into a temple and found that a ceremony seemed to be going on in the temple.

Standing near the corner, Todd looked towards the center of the temple.

A trainee shaman holding a cane and wearing a mask stood in front of the stone statue of the tyrant and said to the kneeling people: "All believers, please reflect on yourself in front of the true God!"

People immediately started talking about recent events.

Some people say that they worked hard and completed more than the scheduled workload.

The shaman complimented him and gave him a white stone.

Some people say that he persuaded a pagan slave and converted to the son of the gods.

The shaman gave him another compliment, and also gave him a white stone.

Another said that he accidentally hit a friend in the same village because he was drunk, but apologized afterwards.

The shaman comforted the man, and first gave him a black stone: "Drunkenness hurts people, and it is not a good thing. You need to stop drinking...or, you need to increase your drinking capacity."

Hearing this, the people around laughed.

The shaman gave the man another white stone: "Although you have committed evil deeds, it is considered a good deed if you can remedy them in time. When your soul enters Asgard, the balance of fate will give you justice." judge."

Seeing everyone's performance, Todd shook his head in disbelief.

In this scene of introspection and self-discipline, where is the shadow of the wanton behavior of the barbarians in the past?

"Belief in the gods will affect every action of believers." Evie leaned against the wall and said, "It is that kind of awe that has brought about today's order."

Todd nodded, turned and left the temple.

Following Todd out of the gate, Evie asked, "Where else do you want to go?"

Todd looked back at the tall, heroic Valkyrie, and suddenly suggested, "Why don't we go to a place you want to go?"

Evie asked in surprise, "Where do I want to go?"

"That's right, since you're here to relax, you naturally have the right to choose."

Evie frowned and began to think, when suddenly her eyes lit up.

"I want to go to Shoal Harbor to the west."

"Shoal Harbor?"

After confirming the location of the destination, Todd followed Evie and rode all the way to the Shoal Port on the west side of Froststone City.

Shoal Port was originally a natural shallow sand, but it was transformed into a port recently.

Muxi City transported supplies to the Froststone Camp, Todd led the fleet to attack Gugu City, and refugees from the Holy Acropolis arrived in the northern continent. The landing sites chosen for these events were all this shallow port.

After more than an hour of fast riding, Todd and Evie finally came to the beach.

Looking around, the originally empty beach has now become a construction site in full swing.

Countless thatched houses and wooden sheds were built around the beach. Under the command of the supervisor, the slaves in thin clothes moved stones, laid wooden piles, and built the dock.

On the sea in the distance, several cargo ships with sails from different kingdoms kept coming and going.

Evie found a clean place on the beach, put down her sword and shield, looked at the sea in the distance, and began to wait quietly.

Todd looked around and said curiously, "This is where you said you wanted to come?"

Evie looked up at the direction of the sun: "I'm waiting for a ship."

"a ship?"

Evie didn't speak anymore, just looked into the distance silently.

Todd also gave up the idea of ​​asking, and sat beside Evie, waiting with her.

More than an hour passed.

Just when Todd was drowsy from the afternoon sun, Evie suddenly stood up.

Todd followed her line of sight, and a North Island-style warship appeared at the end of the horizon.

Waiting for the warship to get closer, Todd could clearly see the person standing at the bow.

It was a young and beautiful woman with a pure white feather crown on her head, a long bow and a short sword on her back, and a head of flowing and soft blond hair fluttering with the sea breeze.

The other party's familiar outfit made Todd frowned: "I really want to see it somewhere..."

Evie took off her helmet, with unstoppable sadness in her eyes: "That's Brunhilde, or should I say... the new Brunhilde."

Todd was taken aback for a moment, and then reacted: "The new Brunhilde?"

Evie watched the Beidao warship getting closer and closer, and said with a wry smile: "I no longer have that glorious name. To my clansmen, I am just a complete exile."

Looking at Evie's profile, Todd realized for the first time that there was a soft and sensitive heart in this strong and fearless woman's body.

"Since I was born, I have been endowed with lofty responsibilities. Since I was a child, the most common sentence I have heard is - you are Brunhilde, you should live up to the expectations of the gods." Evie held the The helmet fell weakly on the beach: "For so many years, in order to keep this sacred name, no matter what kind of setbacks and blows I have suffered, I have always persisted and never gave up."

"In the soul space of Asgard, I learned that the age of the gods is long gone. At that time, I thought that I was strong enough to get rid of the shadow of Brunhilde, but I was wrong."

"As an exile, I realized for the first time that what I really care about is not the duty of the gods, but the loneliness that comes with it. Once the name Brunhilde is gone, my body is like I have lost my soul. My past efforts, my life goals, the meaning of my existence, everything seems to be drifting away from me.”

Todd sighed, staring at the silver-haired woman in front of him.

She originally had a beautiful face, but she was willing to cover it with steel; she originally had a brocade-like skin, but it was scarred by fate.

Todd opened his arms, hugged Evie gently, and said in a low voice: "Do you remember what I told you? Life should not only be fighting and killing, learning to relax is the more important thing."

Placing her head on Todd's chest, Evie asked in a low voice, "Learn to relax? Can doing that really help me get out of the pain?"

Todd looked at the top of the woman's head, smiled and said, "Why don't you give it a try?"

Evie stretched out her arms, wrapped her arms around Todd's waist, closed her eyes and said, "I'll try it... But for now, please keep this position, you have a very fragrant smell... "

As the stars first appeared, Todd returned to the small building and opened the door. The first thing he saw was Deirdre, lying on the recliner with her stomach covered, with a listless expression on her face.

Going forward, Todd asked with concern: "What's going on? Are you sick?"

The blushing Deirdre whispered like a mosquito: "Last night..."

Todd understood what was going on in an instant. In the past, there were two-on-one nights, but she was alone last night. Coupled with the fact that she was newlywed after a long absence, it was no wonder that Deirdre felt so uncomfortable.

Todd stroked Deirdre's hair and said softly, "Tonight..."

Before the words were finished, the latter jumped up from the deck chair like a frightened deer and ran upstairs.

Deirdre's reaction made Todd smile wryly. The latter wanted to say "have a good rest tonight", but he didn't expect the other party to be wrong.

In the hall on the first floor, Todd sorted out his belongings first, then finished washing, and walked into the bedroom on the second floor.

The bedroom was pitch black, and Deirdre extinguished all the candles early and hid on the bed.

Todd shook his head and laughed, he didn't even bother to light the lamp, and went directly to bed in the dark.

Getting into the fine linen quilt, Todd reached out and touched Deirdre's back.

The tentacles are smooth.

Todd was taken aback for a moment, and his first reaction was why Deirdre wasn't wearing any hair?

The second reaction was the person on the bed, not Deirdre.

Just as he was about to jump off the bed to light a candle, a sword blade reflecting cold light landed next to Todd's neck.

"Don't light the candles!"

A familiar voice startled Todd.

"Evie? Why did you come here?!"

Lifting the sackcloth sheet, Evie sat up from the bed, her voice was completely gone from her previous toughness and determination: "Don't ask me why I came here, and don't even think about leaving."

Todd looked at Evie's almost perfect upper body silhouette under the moonlight, and said dumbfoundedly: "But at the very least, can you please move this sword away?"

Putting the short sword by her side, Evie suddenly stood up, grabbed Todd's clothes, and dragged him back to the bed.

Then, Evie grabbed Todd's arms, pressed him against the bed board, separated her legs, and straddled him directly.

In the end, in the darkness, the two remained still in this ambiguous and awkward posture.

Looking at the woman who was at a loss, Todd asked tentatively: "Have you never...?"

Evie rudely interrupted the other party's inquiry: "I have seen such primitive and barbaric things before, of course I know!"

Todd said helplessly: "Evie, maybe we should talk first..."

Before the words were finished, another figure slipped from the door onto the bed, and she put her mouth next to Evie's ear, whispering something.

Looking at the figure, Todd shouted angrily and amusedly, "Deirdre! Was it your idea tonight?!"

The two women ignored Todd's questioning, and after a small conversation, they reached a tacit division of labor and cooperation.

Todd was about to say something more, but found that his lips were bitten tightly by Evie, and he could no longer make a sound, and Deirdre was already undoing his belt familiarly.

What happened afterwards, apart from the person concerned, perhaps only the moon that night knew.