Alien Knights

Muxi Kingdom's first cabinet consisted of nineteen people, including seven ministries and commissions of agriculture, commerce, urban planning, taxation, law, personnel, and heterogeneous affairs, and invited high-level officials from the two major knight orders of the kingdom to attend every cabinet meeting as military consultants.

King Todd held a grand cabinet forming ceremony in the palace, and under the witness of hundreds of specially invited citizens, he handed over the seal, ribbon and scepter symbolizing the kingdom's political jurisdiction to the first cabinet prime minister, Emerson.

The ceremony is not complicated.

Emerson knelt before the king, and listened to him say: "As your sovereign, I appoint you as prime minister, and form a government in my name."

Emerson bent down and replied: "I would like to follow His Majesty's will, be faithful to my post, and do my best to abide by, maintain and defend the kingdom and your rights and interests."

The king handed over three tokens of power to Emerson, and the ceremony ended.

The whole process didn't have too much red tape, and there was no gorgeous song and dance performance, but the audience present already understood a fact.

The supreme ruler of the Muxi Kingdom became the first king in history to voluntarily transfer part of his royal power to others.

This marks the desolation of an old system, but it also means the beginning of a new era.

After the ceremony was completed, Todd stayed at the dinner for almost twenty minutes and left the venue early on the pretext of being unwell.

Leaving the hustle and bustle behind him, Todd stepped into the empty corridor and walked slowly towards the bedroom.

Huggins followed from behind him.

The other party looked at Todd's unwavering face, and said hesitatingly: "Your Majesty..."

Todd turned his face sideways, looked at the hesitant Hudgens, and said calmly, "What's wrong?"

"The people of the entire kingdom are talking about your move to form a cabinet. They think you... have accomplished a great feat."

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Todd said with a smile: "There must be someone who calls me crazy for distributing the king's power to others; maybe there are some people who speculate that today's matter is related to the power struggle."

Huggins shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, that's not the case. In fact, many people are worried."

"Worried?"

Huggins gritted his teeth, and boldly said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, the people of Muxi City have long been accustomed to your rule. They think that you are not only the king of this world, but also the spokesperson of the gods. All the decisions of the Son of God are sacred and predictable. Now, you want to hand over your power to a group of mortals, and the people deeply doubt the ability of this group of people."

Todd turned around and turned his face to Hudgens: "Looking at the entire kingdom, you should be the person who has been with me the longest. I want to hear the truth from you. Do you believe that I am the spokesperson of the gods?"

Huggins made a fist with his right hand, put it on his chest, and said decisively: "Past, present and future, I swear by my soul and reputation, my belief in the Son of God will never change!"

Todd smiled and waved his hands: "Relax, there's no need to be so serious."

Huggins let go of his hand in embarrassment: "Not only me, but the vast majority of people in Muxi City believe it."

Todd patted Huggins' arm with his hand, and sighed slightly: "Remember what I said, even a god can't protect his people forever. One day, the world will have to rely on mortals themselves."

Seeing Huggins nodded with half understanding, Todd turned and continued his journey, farther and farther away from the hustle and bustle, and left a sentence in the empty corridor: "Go, join their banquet, this is the day of the kingdom's new birth, and you have no reason to miss this great moment."

Huggins shouted to Todd's back: "Your Majesty, where are you going?!"

"I need to rest."

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Two weeks later, Todd, who had participated in the celebration of the Advent of Twilight City, came to a mountainous area in the northern part of the kingdom and walked into the Griffon camp under construction.

The camp was built against the mountain, and the craftsmen of Muxi City used blasting and supernatural powers to dig dozens of large caves inward on the mountain wall.

The griffins took the family as a unit, and each moved into the cave, and began to arrange the new home with the gravel and weeds prepared in advance in the cave.

Standing under the cliff, looking at the griffins flying above his head, Todd said to Huggins: "Is there any progress in the plan to let humans and griffins come into contact?"

The latter shook his head helplessly and said, "It's very difficult. These war beasts obviously don't trust humans. Once our people want to get close to them, they will be warned loudly by the griffins. If they get too close, they will even be attacked."

Todd was a little disappointed: "Is it still not working?"

"Lord Cumberland said that if griffins can be domesticated as mounts for knights, then the entire sky will be the territory of Muxi Kingdom." Huggins glanced at the busy craftsmen and soldiers on the ground, and said, "At present, we have thought of two ways to get closer to the relationship between humans and beasts. First, Wayne's bloodworm underground farm has been completed, and there is a steady stream of insects every week for these griffins to eat. Knights will use this opportunity of feeding to establish a relationship with beasts as soon as possible. Nian war beasts do not trust humans, but their young sons are not too hostile to humans. We are trying to use toys and food to strengthen the relationship between knights and them."

Todd nodded as he listened: "Anyway, this matter can't be rushed. There is no precedent for domesticating war beasts in history. Right now, we can only take one step at a time...By the way, have you brought the things I asked you to prepare?"

Huggins pointed to the carriage behind him, and said to Todd: "The full set of experimental equipment, as well as the samples of Muxi City's ability library, are all packed into this wooden box, and anti-collision treatment has been done inside."

"Very good." Todd whistled towards the sky.

A huge griffin flapped its wings and landed slowly beside Todd, rubbing his cheek affectionately with its head.

Looking at the huge beast in front of him, Huggins took a step back unconsciously, and then whispered to Todd: "Your Majesty, are you sure? If you leave without saying goodbye again, Lord Cumberland will be mad."

Todd helped Henry the Griffon put on the special reins and saddle pads, and smiled without turning his head: "So I came out this time and declared it to be the 'King's Parade'. Besides, even if I leave, I will still use the heavenly meeting regularly to keep abreast of and grasp the kingdom's trends."

Huggins still seemed a little hesitant: "But..."

"Emerson handles the government affairs, the mobilization of the army and the implementation of law enforcement. Cumberland will apply and report to me. With the assistance of Muxi University and the Department of Alien Affairs, all the affairs of the kingdom are on the right track. There is nothing to worry about."

Todd tightened the rope on Henry's body, turned over, and rode on the back of the griffin.

Huggins hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, how long will it take you to go out this time?"

"At least ten days, as long as one month." Todd touched Henry's neck, and pulled the rein with both hands.

The griffin flapped its wings suddenly, and the strong wind mixed with snowflakes floated over the camp.

Henry rose into the air, grasping the wooden box on the carriage with his sharp claws, his wings exerted strength again, and his figure gradually disappeared into the mountains of falling stars.