Alien Knights

Todd was stunned for a moment, and then said in an incredible tone: "You mean...you are an ancient Tarot from thousands of years ago?!"

Meredith frowned slightly: "What? Is there something wrong?"

"Of course! Don't you think it's amazing that you've lived thousands of years and you're still so... young?!"

Meredith shook her head disapprovingly, looked at the huge black dragon in front of her, and said, "If it's strange, why don't you look at yourself?"

Todd paused, looked down at his dragon body, and was speechless for a while.

Meredith sat down on the stone pier again, put the crow mask beside her, and said softly, "I can live to this day, on the one hand, because of the gift from the tyrant, and on the other hand, because of the help of my master."

Todd asked with interest: "So, you are already immortal?"

"Do you think this feeling is good?" Meredith stroked Heiyu with her fingers, helplessness and sadness flowed in her eyes: "For me, whether it is a person or a thing, as time goes by, I just I can just watch them, slowly drifting away from myself. When I look back, I find that the whole world is no longer familiar, and finally I am alone."

Todd got down on his stomach and brought the dragon's head to Meredith's side: "Indeed, loneliness is the most painful punishment for human beings."

Meredith touched the dragon scale on Todd's head: "During the thousand years, I have been married seven times and given birth to sixteen children."

Todd rolled his eyes.

"In the beginning, I tried to change my identity to integrate into human society and live a simple life. However, my husband and children are slowly aging in front of me, but I am still the same as before. Guess what , what kind of eyes will my family, friends, and neighbors look at me? Let me tell you, fear, alienation, and even hostility..."

Todd quietly listened to Meredith's self-narration without speaking.

"I can only abandon my family when my children are young, and use my departure to avoid people's gossip and slander. I hide my name, hide in the dark, watch my family secretly, and watch my children learn Walking, learning to talk, learning to fight for the first time because of being called a "motherless bastard"..." Meredith lowered her head and said in a low voice: "The saddest thing for me is when the children die When I was in the coffin, at the funeral, all I could do was hide behind the tree and wait for the crowd to clear before offering a bouquet of flowers from my mother."

Todd sighed inaudibly: "Eternal life is not a good thing."

Meredith's figure was as cold and lonely as a deep valley, and she said quietly: "When I left the seventh home, I couldn't bear this pain anymore. I moved to the country of shadows, and my The master lived together. During these hundreds of years, except for going out occasionally to deal with my own affairs, I stayed on the island most of the time. Sometimes no one talked to me for a month or two, because the only one who accompanied me was Those strange creatures."

"Here, I became the guide of the demigod trial. Great heroes came to me, seeking the way to become a god. After some attempts, they left only piles of dry bones to witness In Meredith's blue eyes, bits and pieces of the past flashed: "Witnessing a living life passing away in front of my eyes, I gradually understand the heart of Master Scathach. expectations."

"She's a lot like me, we're all waiting, waiting for someone to come and show us the ultimate future."

Meredith looked at the large and small scars on Todd's body, and said softly: "Skathach was originally optimistic about Cu Chulainn, but the latter's vision was short-sighted, and he only saw the rise and fall of the kingdom, but never Don't think about the continuation of race and civilization, so in the end, she chose you."

Todd rested his chin on the ground, was silent for a moment, and suddenly remembered something: "Meredith, I heard from Scathach that you are one of the candidates for the battle of God's Choice?"

The latter responded: "You are talking about the contest initiated by the absolute will? My life is already suffering because of eternal life. I don't want to add another layer of shackles to myself."

Todd raised his head: "Since you have seen Jing... Absolute Will, then you should know the identities of Scathach and Leviathan."

"They are the servants of the absolute will in the mortal world, and they are responsible for coordinating the battle of God's Choice."

"Well, the word servant is a little ambiguous, but I guess they don't care." Todd continued to ask: "Have you heard the conditions for winning the God's Choice?"

"Winning conditions?" Meredith smiled and poked Todd's nose with his finger: "Tell me, do you really want to be a god?"

Todd turned his head sideways, looked at Meredith and said, "If a lunatic like Cu Chulainn is allowed to win the battle of God's Choice, the whole world will probably be in darkness."

Meredith smiled and shook her head: "The three paths to victory proposed by Absolute Will are practically impossible to achieve."

Todd was a little surprised: "Impossible? Why?"

"Let's talk about strength first, let your strength be strong enough to defeat any force or creature in this world, including those prehistoric monsters hidden underground and in the deep sea. Then, this list should naturally include Leviathan, do you think someone Can you beat him?"

Todd thought about it, and it was true.

The power proposed by the Crystal Palace to win requires the power of the candidate, which is strong enough to defeat any creature on this planet, including the first batch of creations of the Crystal Palace - Leviathan and Scathach, and other hidden creatures. the forerunner. This is almost an impossible task.

Meredith continued: "Besides, conquest wins, directly or indirectly occupying more than half of the world's land. It seems that this condition is the simplest, but it is actually the most difficult. Because land does not only exist between continents They also exist in the ocean, but they are swallowed by the sea water and cannot be seen normally."

"Wait a minute." Todd held up the dragon's head and interrupted Meredith's words: "You mean that the conditions for conquest include not only land, but also ocean? Is this unreasonable at all?"

Meredith said with a smile: "How can it be unreasonable? I heard from my master that there were many cities and kingdoms in the sea a long time ago, and they even wanted to go ashore to conquer the land. Even now, who knows Are there any creatures living on the bottom of the sea? Therefore, it is naturally impossible to exclude the ocean from the conditions of conquest.”

Hearing Meredith's analysis, Todd was a little dumbfounded.

He originally thought that this victory condition was the easiest to achieve, but he did ignore that the land mentioned by Jingsu not only includes land, but also includes the continental shelf of the ocean.

Therefore, the condition for victory in conquest is actually to conquer more than half of the world.

Todd said a little disheartened: "Then there is still the last way to victory - the victory of faith."

Speaking of the victory of faith, for the first time Meredith had a hesitant look on his face.

"I'm actually a little confused about the victory of faith mentioned by Absolute Will." The woman bit her lower lip lightly, thinking hard: "Absolute Will only said this-"Transform more than half of the world's population into your own Believers, there are no limits to ways and forms'."

"There are several vague concepts here. The first is population. I think the absolute will refers not only to humans, but also to other intelligent races, and even some unexpected things."

"Secondly, believers. To what extent can we be called believers? As long as people pray and bow down, they can be counted as believers, or do they need to complete other things?"

"The last sentence is that there is no limit to the method and form." Meredith frowned when she said this: "I have thought about this sentence from Absolute Will for a long time, but I still don't understand what is called method. And the form is not limited?"

Todd followed suit.

The three paths proposed by Jingsu to win the battle of God's Choice, the victory of strength needs to challenge many powerful creatures, including the forerunner Skaha and Leviathan, unless the organisms evolve to an advanced stage, otherwise, it can be said that the victory of strength is basically impossible. possible tasks.

The victory of conquest does not only require controlling the land territory, but also requires the completion of the construction of colonies or outposts in the ocean. This must be achieved by climbing the technology tree to a certain level, and it seems to be a matter of no foreseeable future.

Finally, there is the victory of faith... "Transform more than half of the world's population into their own believers, and there are no restrictions on methods and forms."

Jing Su's words sounded very simple and easy to understand, but after careful analysis, they were full of doubts.

Todd let out a long breath toward the sky. It seemed that winning the battle of God's Choice was not an easy task at all.