Three days later, at the Talon Tribal Meeting, an elder of the clan was chosen and appointed as the new chief. Todd's Twilight Expeditionary Force and Morgan's Blackhead Clan were also invited to the inauguration ceremony.

One of the first decisions announced by Talon's new patriarch was to sign a peace pact with Dusk and the Blackskull Clan. Speaking of the peace agreement of the North Islanders, it was much more formal than Todd had imagined, a stone polished into the shape of a half-human pyramid, engraved with the testimonies and oaths of the gods. Eventually, those who participate in the agreement will use hammers and chisels to carve their names on the stone with their own hands.

The second thing the new patriarch did was to announce the cooperation in the ocean trade of seafood. Specifically, the Talon tribe was responsible for fishing for seafood, and the Blackhead tribe was responsible for preparing boats. The fleet of ships carrying seafood will dock at the west coast of Dusk, while the town of Duxi will be responsible for the cold storage of the boats. Eventually, the revamped trading fleet would make its way south to the Abbasid and Fatimid empires in the south, where they would sell seafood in numerous seaports.

If the first two things went well, the third event announced by the new Talon Patriarch - the return of Blackskull Island to the Blackhead Clan caused an uproar throughout the clan.

The Talon Patriarch made this decision with the release of captives and trade routes in mind. But with the exception of a small number of wise clansmen, most of the Talon saw this decision as a betrayal.

Morgan and his warriors almost clashed with the Talon for this matter, but in the end, with the pressure of Huggins' forces and the dissuasion of the Talon elders, a crisis that could destroy the entire cooperation was resolved.

Todd experienced this upheaval and had to re-plan the details of the expeditionary force's return.

Eventually, in addition to the soldiers, monks, and artisans who were originally left behind to establish the trading post, Huggins, Edgar, and Jerry Jr. will also stay on the North Island with the "Inheritors" team to mediate the conflict between the two clans. Todd returns to Twilight with a group of xenomorph soldiers and begins preparations for the transformation of the freighter's cold storage.

Before Todd leaves, Kendi, a Southerner, finds him.

"What? you're going to come with us?" Todd said in an accentuated tone as he stared into Kendi's eyes, "You know that Twilight is the territory of the Heavenly Father's Diocese, do you know what kind of thing a Southern heretic can cause when he appears there?"

Kendi shrugged his shoulders: "No matter what, it's better than the North Island, I've had enough of life here." I apply to travel with you and ask for your asylum. ”

Todd laughed, "Do you know what you're talking about? Let the Chief Master of the Knights of the Church provide shelter for a Southern heretic?!"

Kendi blinked, "I can prove my worth to you." ”

"Value?"

"Master Todd, I remember a few days ago, in the council hall, when I talked about archaeology and physics, you reacted less like a church member and more like a scholar. ”

Todd paused for a moment, then said, "I do have an interest in academic matters, but that is no reason to shelter heretics. ”

Kendi took out a few notebooks from the bag he was carrying.

The man opened the note, which was densely covered with Arabic text, which made Todd's head wide.

Kendi flipped through his notes and said, "This time I came to the North Island, although I didn't find the rumored crystal relics, but I found some interesting things in the 'Sacred Forest' on Talon Island. ”

Todd heard the term 'Sacred Forest' several times, and couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is 'Sacred Forest'?"

Kendi glanced up at the other and flipped the note to a page of pictures and showed it to Todd.

The paper depicts a vast forest, with the ruins of a broken wall in the center.

Kendi said: "The Sacred Land is a sacred place for the people of the North Islands, and every year many devotees of the gods of the North Island come from far and wide to pay their respects. Legend has it that the Sacred Land is the entrance to Asgard, the northern island's divine domain, and there is a group of Valkyries, the same people you saw the other day, who are in charge of guarding the place and making sure that no one is allowed to approach it. ”

Speaking of this, Kendi suddenly remembered something: "Lord Todd, I don't know if you have heard of the xenomorph race?"

Todd was shocked, then nodded.

"In the eyes of the Northerners, xenomorphs are often accompanied by disease and mutation, so abilities are seen as a curse on the gods. However, the 'Sacred Forest' has a peculiar effect, any diseased xenomorphs, as long as they live in the ruins for a few days, most of them will turn into normal people......"

Todd jerked Kendi's shoulder and whispered, "What did you just say?!"

Kendi was a little confused, and repeated what he had just said.

Todd froze in place, slowly lowering his arm, and his mind began to think quickly.

Can the ruins transform xenomorphs into normal people?

If this rumor is true, then it means that the establishment of the Xenomorph Legion will encounter the biggest variable......

Kendi looked at Todd, who was frowning, and said suspiciously, "My lord, what's wrong with you? ”

Todd was stunned: "The best part?"

Kendi flipped the note backwards to the last few pages, where some strange bone patterns were drawn on the paper.

Todd looked closely at the sketches of the skeletons, with rulers and notes underneath, and he looked at the man and asked, "What are these?"

"Here are some of the fossils I found near the Sacred Forest. If you look at this bone, it's kind of similar to a bird's shoulder blade, but it's 4.3 meters long and 2.2 meters wide, and if you look at this leg bone, it's 7.5 meters long. Kendi flipped through the pages, pointed to hundreds of illustrations, and said excitedly: "I have compared these bones with all known animals, and none of them can be matched! And these bones are unbelievably old, and I dare say they must be older than we know about history!"

Todd listened with little interest, but his mind was still thinking about the transformation of the xenomorph into a normal person.

Kendi looked at the other man's expression, held the notebook in front of him, and shouted anxiously, "Lord Todd, do you know what the discovery of these things means? It means that we have discovered a new history, a new species!"

As he spoke, the man opened a wooden box he was carrying, and opened the layers of red cloth, in which lay a small half of a skeleton: "This is a bone that I secretly hid before I was caught by the Talon people. ”

Todd glanced at the bones in the wooden box, something flashed through his mind, and after thinking about it for a while, he finally found nothing.

"Kendi, I can take you out of the North Island ......"

Todd's words lifted the man's spirits.

"But I need you to dress up as a church member. ”

Kendi's eyes widened, "Do you want me to convert to Heavenly Father's Church?"

Todd shook his head, "No, I just want you to change your attire, you can still hold on to your beliefs, but not in Twilight." ”

Kendi breathed a sigh of relief and nodded quickly, "As long as you can take me out of the North Island, I'll listen to you about other things." ”

After dealing with Kendi's affairs, Todd found Morgan, who was planning to return to the clan to prepare the ship: "I want to enter the 'sacred forest', do you have any way?"

Morgan listened to the other party's words, froze in place, and hurriedly stepped Todra aside: "My lord, did you know that this is the sacred place of the gods of the North Island?"

Todd nodded.

"Then you should also know that pagans will be attacked by the Valkyries even if they get close, let alone walking into the Holy Land?"

Todd nodded again and followed, "But I have something important to do and have to get in there." ”

Morgan rubbed his forehead with a headache, thought for a long time, and finally said: "If you want to enter there, it's not impossible, there were once barbarian elders, and they got the approval of the Valkyries and were allowed to enter the sanctuary. ”

"How the hell did they do it?"

"If you can show enough sincerity to the Valkyries, and gain their favor or respect, perhaps they will agree to let you enter the Holy Land. ”

When Todd heard this, he somewhat understood what Morgan meant. To put it in layman's terms, it is to do everything possible to brush the goodwill of the Valkyrie. But how to do it needs to be thought through.

After saying goodbye to Morgan, Todd thought about it for a while, and then found Huggins, who was in charge of staying behind, and told him to send some food and daily necessities to the Valkyries of the "Sacred Forest" every once in a while. He didn't know if it would work, but it was better than nothing.

After dealing with a series of things in the North Island, Todd and some of his men returned to Twilight Town first. After settling in Kendi, he began to deal with the backlog of affairs in Twilight.

Although there are people in charge of every industry and every field in Twilight Town, some decisions and things that others have no right to decide or cannot solve, still need Todd to do it himself.

For example, Queen Mary proposed that due to the increasing wealth of the nobles plundered by the Knights of the Twilight, the church's sacred treasury could no longer accommodate so much gold and silver property, and hoped that the church could be expanded and renovated.

Todd read it, waved his pen, and agreed.

Knight Dion proposes that due to the increasing intensity of the war in the East, more and more refugees are flowing into Dusk Town from all directions, and with the transfer of residents from noble fiefdoms, the population of Dusk Town will soon exceed 3,000 people. It is increasingly difficult to maintain law and order and handle cases, and it is recommended to reformulate the terms of reference of the Holy Order Tribunal and increase the expenditure on maintaining law and order.

Professional things, professional people to do, Todd signed again.

The writer Hans asked if the Knights could approve the upgrading of their "Literary Studio" to a "Literary Society" due to the recent increase in the number of people in the town who have devoted themselves to writing, and the fact that more and more literature lovers from the East and the South have come to Dusk Town. As for the venue rental and event funding, Hans is willing to contribute some of his own and then find a business in the town to become sponsors, without the need for additional investment from the town of Twilight.

Things that don't cost money also contribute to the literary development of Twilight Town, and there is no reason not to approve it, Todd's word "agree", the more you sign, the more skilled you are.

But then, there are two extremely important things, for Todd, it is not to write "agree" and fool the past.

One thing came from Rachel. The other side reported that the production of explosive packs could no longer keep up with the demand, as the offensive against the noble fiefdoms of Cumberland was mainly based on explosives in order to reduce losses. Moreover, the most scarce material for explosives, saltpeter, has been purchased in the surrounding towns, and there is no way to produce it, so what should we do now?

Another thing came from Joe. The monk has been busy planning residential areas for new residents lately. Based on the recent situation, he warned the head of the regiment, Todd, that a food crisis was likely to erupt. He calculated the stock of Dusk Town and the surrounding market, and if the population continued to grow at this rate, the town would soon run out of food, and the price of food in the surrounding market would skyrocket due to the war. As soon as winter this year, and at the beginning of spring next year at the latest, the town will be plunged into a severe famine that has never been seen before.