Alien Knights

Sitting in the empty hall, Mary frowned and looked out the door. The constant explosions and noises in her ears made her fidget and move her body.

Todd sat on the highest throne and said nothing.

Mary couldn't help but said to Todd: "Where are the guards? Where are the servants? Why is there no one here except us?"

Todd lowered his head and said calmly: "Soon, some guests will come to visit me, and I don't want to be disturbed."

"guest?"

Todd said to Mary in the side seat: "Although you have told me the answer again and again, I still want to confirm with you again, do you really want to stay? Even if there is danger here?"

Mary looked at Todd, with a trace of resentment hidden in her eyes, she suddenly said: "Your Majesty, even at this time, do you still want to send me away?"

Todd said helplessly, "I'm thinking about your safety..."

Mary asked Todd in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I have a question. In your eyes, what kind of existence am I?"

Todd was a little surprised by Mary's question, and didn't know how to answer it for a while.

"Stay in the deserted palace every day, deal with the boring affairs of the kingdom, for the future of the people, for the expectations of the subordinates, and work diligently to run the Holy Acropolis like walking on eggshells. Do you think this is all I want? "

Mary's words contained grievances, sadness, anger and fatigue. She shook her head vigorously and said, "This is not the life I want at all!"

"When I was in Twilight City, although I no longer had the high power, nor did I have the much-anticipated crown, but I could be with everything I loved the most... clothing design, store management, and art appreciation, there is no burden on me , you don’t need to be cautious in your words and deeds, let alone spend every day in fear!”

Mary stood up from her seat, took off the laurel crown representing the Queen of the Holy Acropolis, and whispered to Todd: "You know, I gave up the comfortable life in Muxi City, gave up my beloved career, and returned to the city. What is the reason for going to that hypocritical and oppressive place in the Holy Acropolis? Who is it for?!"

"It's because of you!"

Mary smashed the crown on her head to the ground, her teeth clenched her lower lip, and tears rolled in her eyes: "It is because you said that I need to go to the Holy Acropolis, so I went there! It is precisely because You said you needed a stable front, so I stayed in that hell, facing death and despair every day!"

"I've been waiting every day, waiting for you to appear in front of me and take me back!" Mary said in a choked voice: "But what about you?! You disappeared! You have been missing for a whole year!"

Todd looked at Mary with surprise and guilt on his face: "I didn't know..."

"You left Muxi City, and those who followed you! Most importantly, you completely shattered my hope!"

Mary walked up to Todd's throne, and complained word by word: "In your eyes, am I a pawn that you can take advantage of? When it is valuable, a few random promises can be used; when it is worthless , just send it to a corner at will, and let it fend for itself?!"

Todd supported his forehead and waved his hands vigorously: "Mary, I think you must have misunderstood me. I never thought of using you, and I never thought of hurting you."

Mary looked at Todd and asked, "Are you still trying to comfort me with sweet words? You always let me go, trying to keep me away thousands of miles away, isn't it the best proof?"

Todd said with a wry smile, "Mary, listen to me..."

"The Holy King of Muxi! We finally meet!"

A voice full of pride and joy sounded at the door of the main hall, interrupting the conversation between Todd and Mary.

Todd looked at the entrance of the palace hall, the group of heavily armed intruders, without any surprise on his face, as if he saw an ordinary thing.

Mary turned her back quickly, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, then turned to look at the person who came, and said in surprise: "Why are you?!"

Rutledge Dawson led nearly a hundred assassins carefully cultivated by the family for many years, through the secret passage under the palace, and came directly to the entrance of the main hall.

Behind Rutledge was Earl Nall, the old minister of the Silver Ring, and his thugs.

Looking at the tall Todd, Rutledge looked around cautiously, and said: "Your Majesty, please don't bother to call the guards, I have already lowered all the gates around me, and opened all the traps. In a short time, no one will come to disturb us."

Before Todd could speak, Earl Nall pointed at Queen Mary and yelled, "You are a good bitch! I guessed that you have an affair with this guy. This field until today is all your fault!"

Mary raised her head proudly, exuding an inaccessible and powerful aura. She looked at this bald fat man who hated her deeply, and shouted coldly: "Maggots are maggots! After eating a kingdom, now start to choose the next target." ?"

Earl Gnar drew out his sword and shouted with a flushed face, "What did you say?!"

"It is because of you group of greedy, insidious and despicable villains that the Silver Ring Kingdom finally came to the point of subjugation!" Mary stared at Earl Gnar and shouted angrily: "After you die, your soul will die!" Will suffer the eternal burning of karmic fire!"

The enraged Earl Gnar rolled up his sleeves and wanted to rush to the throne, but Rutledge held him back.

"What are you stopping me for?!"

Rutledge looked at Todd and said slowly: "Holy King, have you considered letting someone else inherit the throne of King Muxi?"

Hearing Rutledge's words, Earl Gnar looked at the former dumbfounded and said: "Inherit the throne of King Muxi? Are you crazy? We agreed from the beginning that we will destroy the Muxi Kingdom and restore the Silver Ring Kingdom!"

Todd, who was sitting on the throne, said to Rutledge with great interest, "Succession to my throne?"

Rutledge said with a smile: "You have no heirs until now, and the heir to the kingdom has never been found. If you can let go of the throne of the king, the Dawson family can sign an agreement with you on support and entry into the family, so that , this country can complete the transfer of power peacefully without bloodshed or war, isn't that what you most want to see?"

Hearing this, Earl Gnar was furious: "Rutledge, you traitor! You bastard! You betrayed the Silver Ring Kingdom and our trust! You will go to hell..."

Rutledge looked at the silent Todd, and showed a cruel smile: "Holy King, if you doubt my sincerity, I can pay you a small deposit first..."

Before he finished speaking, a sharp dagger slipped out of Rutledge's cuff. With a flick of his wrist, the sharp edge of the dagger directly pierced Earl Gnar's back.

Accompanied by the shrill screams from his subordinates, Earl Gnar looked back at Rutledge in disbelief, blood slowly overflowing from the corner of his mouth, before he could even utter a complete sentence, his whole body was It has slowly fallen to the ground.

Rutledge gave the killers a wink after wiping off the blood stains on the dagger on Earl Gnar's clothes, and then continued to Todd: "Your Majesty the Holy King, as long as you agree to abdicate, the Dawson family will help If you solve the chaos in the city, all the remnants of the Silver Ring Kingdom will be sent to hell one by one. How, this is definitely a good deal, don’t you think about it?”

Todd watched the killers begin to dispose of the corpses and arrange the scene, and said with a smile, "Rutledge, shall we talk?"