Alien Knights

Perhaps the opponent's appearance in human form no longer has the oppressive force of the dragon form, and Rita, who slowly let go of her guard, gradually talked more.

"The ancient gods have shown us the apocalypse many times in the sanctuary. The human race has always been a group of moody guys. They can ignore the worst consequences for the immediate benefit." Rita turned her head Glancing at the citizens on the shore: "The best way is to stay away from them."

Todd asked: "That ancient god of yours, why did you ask you to come to me? Did he tell me who I am?"

"The ancient god once told my mother in the sanctuary that the protector of the dragon kingdom is a wise and intelligent god. He has no prejudices between races and no vulgar desire for profit. If we come to you , will definitely get help.”

Todd touched his forehead, feeling in his heart that Leviathan dug a hole for himself.

"Let's get back to the Old God. Has he mentioned any clues related to seabed pollution?"

Rita seemed quite confused: "The ancient god Krakosh said more than once that this black pollution is a catastrophe, a cleansing. The great him seems to have known all this would happen, but the ancient god Tell us that he can't stop it, and he can't interfere with it."

Todd secretly thought, is it because of the agreement between the forerunner and Jingsu?

"The ancient gods told us to escape from this black plague and go to the east coast, where there is a sage king who can provide shelter for the mermaids."

Speaking of this, Rita paused for a moment, and then continued: "The ancient god said a strange thing at the end."

"Strange words?"

Rita nodded: "He said: Today, you should be grateful for shelter; in the future, you must stand up."

Todd frowned.

In the future, the mermaids must come forward?

What does this sentence mean?

Could it be that it is implying that the future of the Dragon Kingdom needs the help of these mermaids?

Todd, who was puzzled, cast his eyes into the distance, and things that he had no idea how to think about, slowly, no longer appealed to him.

Not far away, a ship full of goods slowly approached the harbor, and boxes of goods were transported out of the cabin.

Todd, who diverted his attention, looked at the mermaids who were carefully taking the goods, and asked strangely: "I have a question, your clansmen, why do I only see women?"

Rita flicked the fish's tail lightly: "In my tribe, women are in charge of major affairs of the tribe. Men are not qualified or able to deal with such occasions. Most of the places suitable for them are grazing, harvesting reefs or guarding .”

Todd raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "So, your tribe is a matrilineal society?"

Evie, who was standing aside, suddenly said: "I think it's normal, this is not a strange thing."

A mermaid slowly swam to Rita's side in the sea, watching Todd and Evie warily while holding a small bag of food to her chest.

Seeing the two mermaids talking in a strange language, Todd waited for them to finish speaking, and asked, "What's going on?"

Rita opened the bag, pointed to the pale white powder inside, and said a little at a loss: "They say it's food? But how should I eat it?"

Todd took a closer look and laughed dumbfoundedly.

Evie, who was standing by the side, said to Rita: "This is wheat flour, which can be fermented with water and baked to make bread... Oh, I almost forgot, you live in the sea..."

Todd looked at the bag of wheat flour and asked softly, "Rita, what do you usually eat in the sea?"

"Raw fish, sea shells, fish eggs..." Rita put her chin on her hand, licked her lips and said, "There is a kind of soft-bodied worm called meat sting, it bites like kelp, but the meat is juicy and rich."

Evie closed her mouth tightly, her face turned pale, and her stomach started to turn upside down.

Todd asked with a smile: "Can you eat cooked food? Will you be unable to adapt to condiments and spices?"

Rita thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "In my impression, mermaids are not picky eaters."

Todd nodded, and said to Evie beside him, "Did you bring anything to eat?"

"I still have some sweet biscuits left from Beverly Bakery." Evie covered her chest and said with some pain: "But the products in that store need to be lined up early in the morning, and the supply is limited. "

Todd was a little strange: "You like sweet biscuits so much, why don't you just buy that store?"

Evie took out the small paper bag containing biscuits from her bosom and handed it to Rita, while muttering: "The food bought in line, and the food prepared by the servants, the taste is completely different, you don't understand..."

After receiving the biscuits from Evie, Rita looked at these small, cute and exquisite snacks in various shapes, and asked in amazement: "These are all made out of this bag of wheat flour?!"

"Almost, but there are still some complicated processes in the middle."

Rita picked up a biscuit and wanted to put it in her mouth.

The mermaid who had been standing by her side shouted hastily.

Rita first glanced at her companion, then at Todd, said something to the other mermaid, and finally put the biscuit into her mouth without hesitation.

Rita's expression was nervous at first, then surprised, and finally flushed with happiness.

She chewed her cheeks hard, as if she was eating the most delicious delicacies in the world.

"I've never eaten such a delicious thing!" Rita grabbed another handful of biscuits, stuffed them into her mouth, and said vaguely, "Good time, good time."

Todd said with a smile: "It seems that mermaids can also accept food on land."

After wolfing down a pack of biscuits, Rita licked her lips eagerly: "Is there any more?"

Evie said angrily: "Yes, there are many in the city, as long as you are willing to bring money and go to the queue early in the morning."

Rita looked down at her fishtail, and said dejectedly, "We can't get into the city."

Todd reminded her: "And once these foods enter the water, they will be soaked and can no longer be eaten."

Rita thought for a long time in distress, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "We can trade with people in the city!"

"In the ocean, there are eyeball-sized pearls, colorful corals, and gold buried in the seabed. For us, these things are just dispensable decorations in our homes, but people on land should Will love it!"

While talking, Rita took off a string of pearl bracelets the size of pigeon eggs from her wrist, and asked Evie and Todd, "Can such a string of pearls be exchanged for a bag of biscuits?"

Evie smiled wryly, "With this, you can buy a whole boatload of biscuits."

In the end, Todd decided to upgrade the trading post on Torrent Island into a commercial town, which would be specially used for trading between Twilight City and the mermaid tribe.

In the early stage, a number of food-related shops will be settled on Waiheke Island, such as dessert shops, pastry shops, bakeries, taverns and so on.

And the mermaids can exchange the products in the ocean for a corresponding amount of coins in the Royal Bank of the town, and then consume them by themselves.