A knight who is resistant or even hostile to his xenomorphic abilities......

Todd touched his chin that was slightly fluffy, and he had a headache. Alfonso is undoubtedly a staunch and loyal papal knight, perhaps the Church's long-term propaganda to scandalize the image of xenos, or the psychological shadow of using the "dragon bone" ability to kill his wife, makes this person have no sense of identification with the use of xenomorph abilities.

Suddenly remembering something, Todd asked Leslie and Walton again, "How did your leader meet you?"

The two looked at each other, and Leslie spoke first, "The village where I used to live was a gathering place of xenomorphs, and there were less than forty people in the village. One day, the Relief Society found us. At first, they persuaded us to join them, but when they refused, they used violence to forcibly loot the population, and my father was killed in the resistance. I was loaded into a prisoner's cart and transported to the Relief Society's stronghold. I met the boss during the transport, and he saved me, and I stayed by his side without his consent. ”

Walton sighed and began to reminisce, "I was friends with Adelina's husband, and we lived in the town east of Raven Forest. People go missing from time to time in the town, and we didn't care about it at first. Until one day, Adlina also disappeared. Her husband and I followed the trail and found her in the depths of the forest, where we met an alienated heir who had become a monster. Adelina's husband died at the hands of monsters in order to protect his wife. She and I were saved by Master Decavo, who happened to pass by......"

When Leslie heard this, she protested, "Hey, have you forgotten? I was there at that time, and I had a part in saving your life!"

Walton squinted his eyes and snorted, "Help me?" I remember you being the first to rush up like a fool, and if it weren't for the leader blocking the monster's claws with his sword, you would still be sitting here and talking?"

Hearing that the two in front of him began to quarrel again, Todd slowly stood up from the ground. Alfonso's "character puzzle" had gradually developed a general outline in his mind, and he felt the need to talk to the knight in detail.

After a gentle knock on the door, Todd walked into Alfonso's hut and saw the man sitting in a chair, holding a pestle in both hands and doing arm strength rehabilitation.

Adlina, who was boiling water, was a little surprised when she saw Todd alone walking into the room.

"Can you give me a few minutes? I have something to talk to you about. Todd looked at Alfonso De Cavo with a look of seriousness that he had never seen before.

The latter was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Adhelina.

The white-robed woman exited the hut, and the moment she closed the door, she cast a worried glance at Alfonso inside.

Todd found a chair and sat across from the knight, glanced at the emaciated man in front of him, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Alfonso, I would like to know what you think of xenomorphs. ”

The man sitting in the chair frowned and said in a deep voice, "Father Todd, I know what you want to ask. I'm not a stupid and rigid person, and I don't agree with the church's definition of xenomorphism—a "demonic remnant." In fact, I have seen many good and upright aliens, such as my three servants. ”

Todd took a deep breath and said slowly, "You may have misunderstood what I meant, the xenomorph in my last sentence refers to you. ”

Alfonso slowly closed his eyes when he heard this, and suddenly asked an irrelevant question: "Priest, can you imagine what it feels like to hand over your body to the control of the Dragonbone?"

Todd shook his head.

"A fist can crush the hardest rock, and a dancing sword can split the thickest trunk. It sounds like a wonderful thing, but I feel like I'm trapped in the keel more like a machine specialized in war than a living human being. Alfonso lowered his head and watched his five fingers slowly clench into fists, with a bit of exclamation in his words: "What scares me even more is that I am slowly sinking into this power, enjoying this feeling, and gradually forgetting a knight's knowledge of the origin of power. For me, xenomorphism is an opportunistic approach, a force for error. Tempering oneself and improving one's abilities is the way a knight should gain strength. ”

"Mr. Alfonso, have you made a mistake?" Todd said with a little helplessness, propping his forehead, "The duty of a knight is to protect the old and weak, women and children, and to fight for justice against injustice and evil. There is no such thing as right or wrong in the ability of different species, it is like a long sword in your hand, it represents goodness when used for righteous deeds, and evil when used for treacherous things!"

Alfonso pressed his arms against the armrests of his chair and leaned forward: "Father, I don't agree with you. If, as you said, we did not pay attention to the tempering of the body and the improvement of ability, and only relied on weapons and strength, then wouldn't it be more convenient for knights to fight without swords and spears, and to have a crossbow machine full of good arrows all over their bodies?"

In the face of such a knight who was determined to die, Todd's anger also rose by three points: "If the purpose is to protect the weak and uphold justice, even a knight should raise that damn crossbow machine and shoot the crossbow into the heart of the enemy!"

Alfonso was furious, clapping his handrail and yelling, "This is ridiculous! Father, you don't know what knightly honor is!"

Annoyed, Todd stood up, opened the door, looked at the two men and a woman who had fallen in, and walked out without looking back.

A good conversation ended up being unhappy.

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For more than a week, Todd never went to Alfonso again to talk about the xenomorph powers. He focused more on the cultivation of the "keel" parasite and the establishment of the "Twilight Mutual Aid Society".

Looking at the register of sacred relics compiled by the assistant priests, the more Todd looked at it, the more strange it became.

For those who have purchased the Twilight Mutual Aid Fund, the 30-day priority purchase period has not yet arrived, but most of the 1,000 relics of the Mutual Aid Society have already been purchased.

He bought 50 himself, Rachel and Karin each bought 50, Huggins and his 12 men together bought 70, Alfonso and his henchmen 80, and Edgar and Jerry Jerry 50 in total.

After carefully looking at the purchase list and quantity, Todd realized that in addition to the above-mentioned people, there were several residents among the priority purchasers, who were actually close to the maximum purchase (the upper limit of 50 holy bones that a single person can buy).

50 silver months is not a small amount, where did these people get so much money?

After asking the priests, Todd understood the mystery.

Many of the residents of Twilight Town made an agreement with the first refusal, with the former voluntarily handing over the money to the latter, and everyone pooled their money to buy 50 relics, and the money earned was broken down according to the proportion of their own relics. There was a bargaining issue involved, and the first refusal of the pre-emptive purchaser to sell his share of 50 roots, 1 holy bone and 1 silver moon, to others at the original price. Depending on the level of familiarity and credit history with each other, the price is generally between 5 and 10 times.

It may be a bit hard to understand this, but with a real-life example that happened in Twilight, you might be able to understand it.

There is a small owner in the town who runs a tavern. I once bought the holy bone of the "Twilight Mutual Aid Fund", but I didn't keep it to the end, and sold it to my in-laws halfway. Then this time, he was naturally not qualified for the thirty-day priority purchase period of 1,000 holy bones of the "Twilight West Mutual Aid Society". But the boss had money in his hands, and he refused to let go of this good opportunity to make money, so he found his in-laws who were qualified to buy. The latter was originally a poor old couple who made wooden cups, but because of their faith in the Holy Son, they finally got 14 silver moons and 79 bronze stars with the 1 holy bone they bought.

The two families sat down together and discussed, and the old couple was willing to take the tavern owner to buy the holy bone together, but considering that the price of the holy bone in the outside world had been speculated, it was decided to sell the holy bone of the original 1 silver moon for 6 silver moon to the tavern owner. Although the boss felt uncomfortable, he still pinched his nose and spent all his savings for 30 silver moons to book a share of 5 holy bones. In this way, the old couple has 44 silver moons and 79 bronze stars in their hands. In the church's reliquary subscription, 44 relics were purchased at once.

This kind of thing, called "daigou", is not a special case in Duxi Town, but it doesn't happen very often. After all, putting real money in the hands of strangers is almost impossible for normal people. "Daigou" occurs more often between parents and children, family relatives, and in-laws.

In addition to this, there is another reason. The really wealthy merchants in Twilight Town are still waiting for their chance, and they think that the price of "daigou" is too expensive now. The price of the Holy Bone, in the next auction, will naturally come down without the competition of the first refusal. After all, they are the richest people in the town.

Putting down the register in his hand, Todd rubbed his eyes and walked out of the church door as he thought about the relict auction that would take place in a week.

Richer and Karin, who were supervising the construction of the Sister Hotel, happened to see him and walked over while saying hello. A small head poked out from behind the two of them, and Todd vaguely recognized that it was Pamela, the xenomorph young girl he rescued from Viscount Kennard.

"Just as I'm looking for you. The abbot of the convent looked at the priest with a smile on his face.

Todd, who was pulled by Karin's sleeve in excitement, looked at the woman a little strangely, and in his impression, Rachel rarely took the initiative to find him.

Rachel pointed to the hotel under construction next to the convent, with a rare innocence on her face, and her words were full of pride: "It won't be long before the hotel that Karin and I have financed will be completed." ”

Todd glanced at the construction site where the brick walls of the hall were being built, and said with some confusion: "I still don't understand, why you and Karin want to build a hotel...... Before he finished speaking, he saw the woman's palm facing upward, reaching out to him, and a document lying quietly in his palm.

With a full stomach full of doubts, Todd took the paperwork from the other party's hand and opened it to look at it. The contents were actually Richer and Karin, who volunteered to give him one-third of the hotel's revenue.

"It's ...... What's going on?"

Hearing the inquiry, Richel's face showed a little fox smile that Todd was familiar with, and she said, "Brothers and sisters under the rule of Heavenly Father, shouldn't we lend a helping hand to each other?"

Todd looked at Richel's charming smile and remembered that when he first came to Twilight, he always worried that the other party would meddle in affairs, and even sabotage and espionage. But for a few months, the woman was only training Karin's abilities every day, and teaching the girl to read and write, never excessively.

Shaking his head slightly for his previous actions, Todd thought for a while, and said to Richer with a smile: "Do you want the method of making 'MSG'?"

The woman's expression froze, and then nodded slightly.

Taking out the pencil from his arms, Todd squatted down, used his legs as a tabletop, and wrote the method of making MSG word by word on the reverse side of the paperwork.

Then, in front of Rachel and Karin, Todd tore the paper in half, handed the half with the recipe to the abbot of the convent, and put the other half in his arms.

"Remember. In the future, I will go to the hotel for dinner, and I will not be allowed to take my money. ”

Looking at Todd's back as he turned away, Rachel took the half paperwork in his hand, put away his smile, and stood for a long time.