Alien Knights

When everyone regained consciousness, they found themselves on a blazing earth.

Hot lava loomed between the cracks under the feet, the sky was heavily obscured by thick smoke and black clouds, and the air was filled with a suffocating smell of sulfur.

Feeling the intense heat around him and the scorching heat on his armor, Cumberland opened his eyes wide and asked, Where is this?

hell.

The giant dragon waved its wings, cut through the thick fog in the sky, and landed on the burning earth. Looking at the people in front of it, it said: The place where sin ends.

Whether it was the Crusaders, the Valkyries, or the Knights, everyone knelt on the ground regardless of the scorching heat on the ground, waiting for the God's punishment.

Todd waved forward, and the souls of the orcs who had just died floated out of the queue and slowly came to the feet of the giant dragon.

Todd raised his head, looked at the sky, and yelled: Shields!

An angel, immersed in light, broke through the thick fog and slowly descended into the sky above hell.

Shields clearly has a human form, but he doesn't look like a creature of this world at all.

He is extremely beautiful, and his appearance tends to be androgynous. The light emanating from his body seemed to purify the surrounding space. Darkness and shadows were no longer visible, bringing endless peace and tranquility to people.

Shields came to Todd's side, saluted the latter respectfully and said, Walking at the top of the sky, your servants are waiting for your orders.

Todd pointed the dragon claw at the orc soul in front of him: Let the trial begin.

yes.

Shields drew a pattern in the air, and a huge scale appeared out of thin air.

Then, he moved his fingers again, and the soul of an orc at the front of the queue slowly floated to the front of the scale.

As the orc's life story began to play on the ceiling, Shields also began to throw weights representing good and evil into both ends of the scale.

After waiting for all the weights to be placed, Shields glanced at the scale under the scale, turned to Todd and said, Supreme, he has the right to enter the kingdom of heaven.

Todd nodded.

Shields raised his right hand, and two female angels fell from the sky. They came to the side of the orc soul, one on the left and the other on the right. They slowly took the latter up to the sky and disappeared into the sky.

Shields lowered his gaze to the second orc soul and said, Next one.

Just as the second orc was being judged, waves of fire rising hundreds of meters high rose up in the sea of ​​fire in the distance of hell.

A creature with curved horns on its head, a long tail on its back, and purple flames rising from its red skin slowly rose from the lake and flew to Todd's side.

Owner.

This creature from the Lake of Fire has a pair of goat-like pupils. His face is ugly and makes people shudder. He first saluted Todd respectfully, and then looked at Shields' ongoing trial ceremony with disdain. , said in a deep voice: According to this fool's judgment, everyone is a saint!

Todd looked at this hellish creature and said, Macenas, I allow you to express your opinion.

Thank you very much, my master. Marcenas swung his tail and walked to the judgment scale. Under Shields' glare, he took out a weight from the good end and planned to throw it into the evil end. .

The angry Shields waved his wings, and the space suddenly shone with light: You profane ritual scoundrel! Get away!

Marcenas shook the weight in his hand, looked at the orc soul and said: This man, before becoming a Crusader, once killed one of his friends with his own hands.

Shields retorted: His friend, because he offended the tribal leader, should have been sentenced to death by the tribe. In order to maintain the honor of the friend's family, and at the same time to save his family, with the approval of the tribe, this man was sentenced to death. I reluctantly executed my friend.

Mathenas looked contemptuous: Bah, what about protecting honor? If he was really brave and really cared about his friends, he should have started an uprising and killed the violent tribal leader instead of acting like a coward. Choose to live!

Uprising? Do you know how many people will die in an uprising? Do you know that war will consume the food of the tribe and make them face annihilation in the next winter?! This person, under the premise of observing order, did Against his best judgment, this act must have been an act of kindness!”

You idiot angel who only has rules and regulations in your mind! Why don't you look at what happened to this tribe after that? Because of that lunatic tribal leader, hundreds of tribesmen were massacred one after another. I dare say, if this man was brave back then, Some, he and his friends must have overthrown the brutal rule of that patriarch!”

Listening to an angel and a demon arguing about good and evil, Todd suddenly had a strange feeling.

But now, he also heard the problem. Perhaps this orc was really not good at judging good and evil when it came to executing his friend.

Todd raised the dragon's claw and said: Let's rate this matter as a controversy. If this weight is not put into the scale, the trial will continue.

Obey the Holy Word, my master. (Shields, Mathenas)

During the later trial, such arguments about good and evil continued to arise. The reason was that angels and demons viewed things from different perspectives.

Of course, after these disputes were determined, Todd put them aside.

Soon, the trial results came out.

The souls of dozens of orcs who died in battle, their fates were all on the side of good, so they all entered the kingdom of heaven.

Seeing this result, Shields waved his light wings with satisfaction, as if celebrating the victory of heaven.

On the other side, Mathenas shook his tail, shook his horns, and said displeasedly: My master, this is not fair, why is not even a soul left?

Todd stared at the silent crowd at his feet with his dark golden dragon eyes, and whispered: The trial is not over yet.

Shields was stunned. He looked around the venue and said doubtfully: I didn't see any other souls...the remaining people are all living people.

Todd flapped his dragon wings, and the scorching storm caused by the huge wind pressure blew everyone's eyes away.

He roared loudly: Behind the death of these orcs, there is deception and betrayal!

An image appeared in the sky again, showing a group of orcs gathered in the shaman's camp, waiting for the coming of divine revelation.

The orc shaman grabbed a handful of powder and sprinkled it on the stove, causing a burst of dazzling light.

The orc commander, who was kneeling beside him, asked in confusion: Sir, the unauthorized use of troops must be approved by the shaman assembly.

The orc shaman picked up another handful of powder and sprinkled it on the flames without saying a word.

The orc commander continued: Mobilizing the entire orc species to attack the enemy is indeed what we dream of. But before leaving, the great Dragon God personally issued a holy order, requiring us to obey orders and cooperate with the Muxi Knights The grand leader. Now, we launch an attack without permission from the human being or the shaman assembly. Will this...?

The orc shaman lowered his head and said to the orc commander: Guess what I saw?

I...I don't understand what you mean...

In the flames, I received the revelation from the Dragon God. The orc shaman touched the flames with his palm and said softly: The gods were very dissatisfied with our cowardice. He repeatedly asked me why I huddled in the corner. Let your enemies laugh at my god’s incompetence.”

The orc commander's face turned red and veins popped out: Our god is omnipotent! No one can slander him!

The orc shaman retracted his palm: We are conquerors in the eyes of the pagans, synonymous with courage and strength in the Crusaders - orcs! The great dragon god is waiting for us, waiting for our victory!

As soon as these words came out, the orcs in the camp stood up one after another and shouted slogans to worship the gods.

The orc shaman dipped his fingers into a little ashes, smeared a mark on the orc commander's forehead, and said: Go, warriors! Use the blood of the enemy to wash away our shame, and use their wails to pay tribute to our greatness. The Dragon God! Only victory can the Dragon God recognize us, and the orc species gain the favor of the God!

Todd waved his hand to cut off the image of the sky, and roared angrily at the trembling orc shaman who was kneeling on the ground in the crowd: In the name of God, you encouraged your own people to rush into an unknown enemy group. Among them, it not only caused huge casualties, but also disrupted the layout of the entire war!

The orc shaman, shaking like chaff, rested his forehead on the ground, not caring at all that the flames between the cracks in the ground had begun to burn his skin.

I just heard him say incoherently: I just want to... dedicate victory to my god... I want to get your praise... I don't know at all...

Your ignorance has led your people to death! Todd lowered his head and said to Shields and Mathenas: Start his trial!

Shields hesitated for a moment and whispered to Todd: Supreme, the judgment of fate is only for the dead, but this person is still alive...

Compared to Shields' hesitation, Mathenas didn't have so many scruples. He grabbed the orc shaman, brought the latter to the scale of fate, and began to place the weights of good and evil.

Todd turned the dragon's head towards Shields and said slowly: The purpose of launching a trial against the living is to allow more lives to have the right to continue living.

A few minutes later, without any doubt, the orc shaman was found guilty.

Under everyone's horrified gaze, the orc shaman was torn off his limbs by Mathenas.

Amidst the blood and broken limbs on the ground, Mathenas grabbed the orc shaman's hair and dragged the latter's bare torso into the lake of fire. He laughed happily and said: Finally! Finally! A soul remains! Don’t be afraid, don’t panic, we have plenty of time to get to know each other well. Believe me, you will slowly fall in love with everything here! Hahaha!”

In such a bloody scene, one of the less courageous knight captains vomited directly, and some people's faces were also pale.

Todd looked at these people and said in a deep voice: Remember today! I don't want something like this to happen again. Others will return to your posts. Cumberland, you stay, I have something to ask you.