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Emissary Fangs（第1页）

EmissaryFangs

Justasthedebateoverthecrystal’scredibilitybeganteihefirstsmallDevourershipehesolarsystem。Itwasheadingstraightto>

&tactwasagaihespacepatrolledbythe。Themoodofthistaothavebeenmoredifferenttha，andthemoodwas，byfar，nottheonlytrast。TheexquisitelywroughtstructureoftheEridanusCrystalboreallthehallmarksoftheetherealteologyofarefinedcivilization。TheDevourer’sshiprepresehepolaropposite。Itsexteriorappearedexglydungailikeafryingpanthathadspeofaturyfotteninthewilderimmediatelyremindediantsteampunkmae。

&heDevourerEmpirematchedhisvehiappearance:amassive，awkwardlizardhugeslabsofscales。Erect，hestoodhirtyfeettall。Heintroducedhimselfas‘Faingsh’，buthisappearaerbehaviourquicklyledtohimbeinggs’instead。

WhenFahefeetoftheUionsBuilding，hisgiedalargecrater，thesplatterieleavingthesurroundingbuilditered。Sihealienemissary’smassivesizepreventedhimfrtheAssemblyHall，theworld’sheadsofstategatheredoedNationsPlazainfrontoftheUNBuildihim。Someamongthemheirfaceswithbloodyhaaungfashedopenbyflyingglassae。

ThegroundshookwitheverystepFangstooktowardthem，ahealienspoke，heroared。Itwasasouhesghornsofadimadethehairstandonendofallwhoheardit。AlthoughhehadlearnedEnglishintransit，Fahrougharanslatarouhedevicerepeatinghiswordsbaglish。Theroughmalevoicehistranslatorproduced，despitebeingmuchquieterthanFangs’realvoiethelessmadehislisteners’fleshcrawl。

‘Ha!Ha!Youwhiteandtenderworms，youfasglittlewsjoviallybegan。

Allaround，peoplecoveredtheirearsuhunderousroarhadended，theirhandsslightlytohearthetranslation。

‘YouandIwilllivetogetherforatury，andIbelieveweshalletolikeeachsued。

‘Yourhonour，youmustknowthatweareveryedastothepurposereatmothership’sarrivalinoursolarsystem!’theSecretaryGeed，raisis。Eventhoughhewasshoutiopofhisluillmaosoundhanamosquito’sbuzz。

Fangsadoptedahumaure，raisinghimselfonhishindlegs。Asheshiftedhisweight，thegrouhegreatDevourerEmpirewilletheEarthsothatitmayueitsepiey!’heproclaimed。‘Thisisiable!’

‘What，then，ofhumaaryGeneralasked，hisvoicequiveringeversoslightly。

‘ThatissomethingIwilldetermioday。’Fangsreplied。

Ihatfollowed，theheadsofstateexgedmeaningfulglaaryGeneralfinallynoddedandsaid，‘Itishatwediscussthisfullybetweenourselves。’

Fangsshookhismassivehead，iiheycouldspeakfurther。‘Itisaverysimplematter:Imustmerelyhaveataste…’

Andwiththat，hisgiaothegathereddsnatchedupaEuropeaate。Hegracefullytossedtheman，athrowoftweraightintohismouth。Thenhecarefullybegahefirstchtothelast，hisvictimremaie;itossibletotellwhetheritwasdigstayedhisscreams。

Ierriblemomentsthatfollowed，theonlysoundwasthatofthemaonsnappingandgbetweenFangs’giaeeth。Afterabouthalfaminute，Fangsspatouttheman’ssuitandshoes，muchasahumanmightspitoutwatermelohoughtheclotheswereoozingblood，theyremainedhlyintact。

Alltheworldseemedtohavefalle，adeathlyquietseemibegihoutend，thatis，untilahuma。

‘How，sir，couldyoujustpickhimupahim?’theaskedashestoodamongstthecrowd。

Faowardhimwithcolossal，thueps。Thecrowdscatteredioodbeforethedlazeofpitchblack，basketball-sizedeyesuaringrightathim。Heasked，‘Ishouldn’thave?’

‘Sir，howcouldyouhaveknownthatyoueathim?’theaskedflatly。‘Fromabiochemicalperspective，itisalmostimpossiblethatabeingfromsuchadistantworldshouldbeedible。’

Fangsnodded，hislargemawalmostseemingtogrin。‘Ihavehadmyeyeonyou。Youwatchedmewithent，lostinthought。Whatisitthatyouwereplating?’

&aiurnedhissmileandreplied，‘Sir，youbreatheourairandspeakusingsoundwaves。Youhavetwoeyes，anose，andamouth。Youhavefourlimbsarrangedalongabilateralsymmetry…’Helethisthoughtdriftoffintosilence。

‘Andyoudo?’Fangsasked，snakinghisgiainfroaihahiss，heexhaledaih，reekingofbloodandgore。

‘Thatiscorrect。Idouheprihematterwellenoughtofinditihatweshouldbesosimilar，’theswered，showingnosignsofrevulsionorfear。

‘ThereissomethingIdoand。Whyareyousocalm?Areyouassaskedinresponse。

‘Iamwarriorih，’theswered。

‘Hm，butdoespushingaroundsmallstonesreallymakeyouawarristeredwithmorethanahintofmockery。

‘Iamreadyfreatertests，’theinghis。

‘Youfasglittlewslaughed，nhisbodytoitsfullheight，heturotheheadsofstate。‘Butletusreturopid:humanity’sfate。Youaretasty。ThereisasmoothandmildqualityaboutyouthatremiainblueberrieswefoundoinEridanus。Itherefratulateyou。Yourspecieswillue。WewillraiseyouaslivestotheDevourerEmpire。youtoliveagoodsixtyyearsbefyoutomarket。’

‘Sir，doyounotthinkthatourmeatwillbetoogameyatthatage?’theaskedwithacoldchuckle。

Fahlaughter，hisvoieruptingvolo。‘Ha，ha，ha，ha!TheDevourerslikeacks!’