The cold wind howled, and the sky was filled with frost and snow.
Although the Everfrost Icefield is not that cold anymore, for the snow fairies without warm stones, they still have to rely on their bodies to resist.
The snow elf in the outpost put his hands in front of his mouth and took a breath of hot air to warm his hands.
Then he put his hands on his face and warmed his face a little.
"Little Douding, go down and take a rest. Let me stand guard instead."
Grandpa Candela.
Little Douding grinned and greeted Candela.
Candela walked up to the sentry station cheerfully and said:
Now that peace has returned to the Everfrost Icefield, without those annoying wild monsters, we are much safer and don't have to be as nervous as before.
This is all thanks to His Highness Xingfeng for conquering the Demon King Territory. His Highness Xingfeng is a rare and good mage."
When Xiao Douding heard this, he asked with some concern: "Grandpa Candela, I heard that there are no wild monsters in the Yongshuang Icefield, and our sentry may be cancelled. Is it true?
Candela touched Little Douding's head with pity and replied:
Our outpost exists to guard against those wild monsters. Now that the wild monsters are gone, it is normal to cancel the outpost.
We have to face those wild monsters here every day, and if we are not careful, we will lose our lives. Wouldn't it be better to cancel it?
"But, after the outpost is cancelled, don't we have to return to Yongshuang City?
Grandpa Candela, I don't want to go back.
I stayed in a factory in Yongshuang City, where I was hungry every day, and if I worked slowly, I would be clawed by gargoyles.
The gargoyle's claws pinched it, and the whole shoulder was covered with blood.
The pain is gone.
Although it is dangerous here, at least I can fill my stomach every day.
If you are really unlucky and run into a wild monster, it will happen all at once.
If I hadn't been here, I would still be able to tolerate the factory environment.
But if you ask me to go back now, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it. Hey.
Candela looked at Little Douding with a gentler look.
Perhaps, this is the fate of us fairies. It is not easy to stay alive.
We have no right to be picky.
When Little Douding heard Candela's words, his expression darkened visibly.
"Good boy, if you are alive, there is hope. Well, thank you Grandpa Candela.
Xiao Douding thanked him sadly, lowered his head, and walked down the stairs of the sentry.
In his heart, he felt that his future was just like the downward stairs, dark and hopeless.
Suddenly, he felt like he hit something soft.
Little Douding quickly raised his head, and a great face that he had seen once was slowly emerging from the transparent air.
It immediately stuttered in shock and said hello: Xing, Xing, Your Highness Xingfeng!
I, I didn’t mean to bump into you. Qi Ge smiled at it and asked: Is Candela up there?
Little Douding woke up from a dream and immediately replied: Yes, yes!
Well, I have something to do with him, so don’t tell others that I’ve been here.”
Xiao Douding immediately closed his mouth and lowered his voice:
"Yes! Your Highness, I don't know anything.
"Very well, let's go."
Seeing that Little Douding was about to crawl past him, Qi Ge called to him again.
"Wait a minute." Qi Ge took out a small warm package from his arms and stuffed it into Xiao Douding's arms.
[Warm Stone], and [Magic Crystal Charger] to charge [Warm Stone].
Although it's not very useful, it can keep you from being so cold.
Little Douding took the warm package and froze on the spot, not knowing how to react.
Qi Ge rubbed Xiao Douding’s head and said:
"Go ahead and take care of these two things
, don’t be discovered.
Little Douding discovered that His Highness Xingfeng's hand was as gentle as Grandpa Candela's. It made his head feel dizzy when he touched it, and he didn't even notice that His Highness Xingfeng left.
Watching His Highness Xingfeng slowly go away and gradually disappear into the sky
With an angry back, Xiao Douding suddenly felt that Grandpa Candela was right.
As long as you live, there is hope.
While standing guard, Candela turned around from time to time to look inside the post.
From his angle, he couldn't see the situation on the stairs, only the exit of the stairs.
After watching for a long time, Candela couldn't even see Little Douding coming out of the stairs.
This made Candela a little worried, and said to himself:
Is this little guy thinking too much? "Of course not. He's not that fragile yet.
The answer suddenly came from the air, frightening Candela to the bone.
Yes, who is it?!"
"Oh, don't be afraid, it's me.
The figures of the seven pigeons slowly emerged from the air, surprising Candela.
"Your Highness Hoshikaze?! What are you doing?
Hush." Qige became invisible again and said:
I came here secretly. I have something very important to ask you, so please don’t make it public."
"I understand." Candela immediately turned around and pretended to stand guard.
"Your Highness Xingfeng, feel free to ask, I will definitely tell you everything.
"Kandra, I looked through the list of fairies in Everfrost City and found that almost all the fairies in the entire Everfrost City are local fairies.
Only you are from Decheng.
The time was probably more than forty years ago, right?
When Candela heard Qige's words, she trembled and almost lost her grip on the sentry flag in her hand.
He replied with a trembling voice:
Your Highness Xingfeng, yes, I am a goblin who ran away from Decheng.
Unexpectedly, it has been forty-two years and someone is still hunting us.
Are you going to take me back to question me? "Of course not, don't worry.
There was a joyful feeling of getting what one wanted in the Seven Doves' voices.
"Since you are from Germany, do you know a fairy named Petra?
Petra!!
Candela's voice jumped a little, and he quickly lowered his voice and said:
"I know, sir. But that was forty-two years ago.
Don't worry, it's not a bad thing.
Petra is now my confidant.
But I found that he seemed to have a knot in his heart that could not be opened, which hindered his progress, so I searched everywhere for the source of the knot.
Candela, since you know Petra, can you tell me about Petra's past?
"Petra is your confidant?!" Candela was shocked.
"But Petra is a fairy.
I'm different from other lords, I don't care about this.
Qi Ge took out a recording crystal, placed it in Candela's hand, and then said:
"If you don't believe me, you can open it and take a look at this."
Qi Ge thoughtfully helped Candela inject magic into the photo crystal.
Candela held the photo crystal, and the surrounding scene suddenly changed.
On the verdant grass, Petra was wearing a housekeeper fairy cannon, holding a magic book in her hand, and was directing a group of fairies to go to the cafeteria for dinner.
Countless magic breads piled up in mountains, exuding an alluring aroma.
Under Petra's command, the goblins held the magic bread in an orderly manner and began to feast on it, with bright smiles on everyone's faces.
"Today I got another level 4 resource. This week we have already got 3 level 4 resources. The lord will be happy to know this!
No, the competition among waterwheel goblins is still too fierce. I want to go to the Logistics Goblin Academy for further studies. Only construction goblins can make great contributions to the territory.
"It seems that you also
Just this little bit of ambition.
It's different for me, I'm already studying how to become a housekeeper fairy.
How can there be any reason in the world to only let the housekeeper of Petra be the city lord?
Brother Li Xiaobai once said, thirty years in Hexi and thirty years in Hedong, don’t bully young people into poverty!
Brothers, I can take your place!"
"Good boy, I think you are in need of praise!
broken!!"
Petra used her magic book to critically attack the arrogant Waterwheel Fairy on the spot, causing the fairies around her to burst into laughter.
"Oh my God, how could this be such a beautiful scene?
is this real?"
Candela looked at the picture in the crystal, and unknowingly, tears filled her eyes.
Suddenly, the flowers and the fragrant magic bread disappeared, and Candela returned from the beautiful illusion to the cold and heartless outpost.
He looked ahead helplessly, as the crystal ball that fascinated him was slowly disappearing into the air.
Your Highness Xingfeng, what is this? This is a picture of my territory.
In my territory, the fairies live and work in peace and contentment.
Petra is now a city lord in my territory. After reading this, you should believe me, right?
Candela quickly shook his head and said, "Your Highness Xingfeng, I have never doubted it.
With your identity, why do you need to deceive me, an old goblin with no abilities?
I was just too shocked to understand. Candela seemed to be lost in memories, lowered his head slightly, and said:
"Petra and I are both fairies who escaped from Germany.
The story begins with the appearance of a demon who slaughtered goblins in the city of Decei.
I lived in a goblin village before the Demon of Tokujo appeared.
Petra is said to be a goblin in the city and a high-ranking goblin in the wizard's tower.
Later, a man who called himself the Fairy Herald came to our village.
He told us that the great goblin prophet obtained the goblin
God's revelation predicted that a disaster was about to break out in Decheng, and all the goblins would die painfully in the disaster, and they would die miserably.
The goblin pioneer asked us to follow him and pursue the goblin great prophet.
So, all the fairies in our fairy village followed the fairy leader on the road.
There are many goblins from different places, all gathering in the same direction.
It was at that time that Petra and I met.
Later, the gnolls intercepted our team in the canyon.
The Goblin Hercules, the Goblin High Priest and the Goblin Great Prophet left behind to fight with some of the Goblin Vanguards.
The other part of the goblin pioneers took us to escape in advance.
Not long after we ran out of the canyon, we heard the voice of the great goblin prophet.
He told us:
Decheng is the birthplace of the devil.
From today on, no goblins can be born in any of the territories of Decheng.
All fairies in Decheng must leave Decheng at all costs, otherwise they will be devoured by demons.
Immediately afterwards, the devil took action.
Countless lightnings filled the sky, and the sky and the earth changed color!
With that terrifying power, we fairies were so frightened that we fell to the ground. Only the fairy leader could barely stand.
The demonic power bombarded the canyon, destroying everything.
Several goblin pioneers took us back to check, but no trace of the Great Prophet and his companions could be found.
The forerunner told us that the great prophet went to Utopia in advance
But we know that the great prophet has been killed by the devil.
When we were helpless, the pioneers stood up.
He told us that we must find a way to leave Decheng.
As long as we find Utopia, we can resurrect the Great Prophet and the others.
So, we followed the pioneers and started setting off.
—At the beginning, we had 40,000 goblins.
But there are too many goblins, and if they stick together, they will be easily overtaken by wild monsters.
Without the great power of the Great Prophets, the wilderness would be too dangerous for us.
At the end of the first day alone, we only had 30,000 goblins left.
Moreover, without the guidance of the great prophet, how to find the ideal land has become a problem.
After discussion, a dozen goblin pioneers decided to try their luck separately.
Each pioneer took thousands of goblins and fled from Decheng from different directions.
Petra and I are on the same team.
At the beginning, we had nearly three thousand goblins, but only one goblin vanguard.
There were too many people, and the goblin leader couldn't manage it alone, so he called on some goblins to select a few squad leaders to help manage it together.
I have been the village chief of a snow elf village, and Petra has stayed in a mage tower, so I have a wide range of experiences and even know a few words.
So Petra and I both volunteered and stood up to be team leaders.
There were a total of 7 goblin squad leaders at that time, and we all became very good brothers later on.
So, we followed the fairy leader and kept walking, walking, walking, walking in the snow.
I don’t know how long I’ve been gone.
Along the way, fairies kept dying.
Those who starved to death, those who froze to death, those who were beaten to death by wild monsters
Just like this, we died and died, and we finally found a teleportation array that led to who knows where.
Although a group of vicious zombies were guarding the door of the teleportation array, the Goblin Vanguard was very excited.
He told us that as long as we enter the teleportation array, we can find Utopia!
After reaching Utopia, all dead brothers can be resurrected.
At this moment, all fears are completely forgotten by us.
We risked everything and fought head-on with the zombie monsters.
After making great sacrifices, we finally defeated the zombies.
But when we entered the teleportation array, we discovered that what we arrived was not Utopia at all, but a land of ice and snow that was even colder than Germany.
Yes, the teleportation array teleported us to the ice and snow plateau near Yongshuang City.
Fortunately, the Ice and Snow Plateau is not as cold as the Everfrost Ice Field, otherwise those fairies who are not snow fairies might freeze to death in a flash.
But at this time, there are only 822 remaining goblins."
Speaking of this, Candela's voice dropped:
The most important thing is that the vanguard who has been leading us died while fighting the wild monsters in the teleportation formation.
Among the seven team captains, only Petra and I are left.
Candela's voice suddenly became a little more throaty.
In the snow goblin village near the ice and snow plateau, our team was warmly received by our fellow tribesmen.
Although the ice and snow plateau is cold, there are a lot of [ice lichens] in the snow that you can eat, so you don’t have to go hungry in the ice and snow plateau.
I thought at that time, just running from Decheng City to Yongshuang City, so many fairies had died.
There are only these last few left. Without the guidance of the pioneers, if they continue to look for their ideal hometown, they may all die on the way.
Instead of continuing to look for that utopia that I don’t know exists or not, it’s better to just live in the snow fairy village.
I told Petra my idea, and Petra firmly disagreed.
I still remember what he said.
He said that only by finding the Fairy Utopia can those companions and pioneers who died on the road be resurrected.
If we stay here, what will happen to our fallen comrades?
Candela's voice became deeper. At that time, I couldn't hear it at all. Too many goblins died in front of me.
Some of them were benefactors who had shielded me from arrows, and some were brothers who had left their remaining rations to me.
But they all died in front of me one by one. In addition, after passing through the portal, they suddenly
Now it’s not an ideal land. All thoughts are lost.
I had completely lost the idea of continuing. I scolded Petra loudly and said to him:
You want to find Utopia, but have you ever thought about how many goblins we will die if we continue to look for it?
You are not even a pioneer, and you don’t know where the Utopia is.
You are just a little guarding goblin. If your brothers continue to follow you, sooner or later they will all die!
Do you want to kill all your brothers?
After Petra listened, Yong sat on the ground for a long, long time.
Just like me, there are some fairies who want to stay.
So, I told them that I would live here with them.
I have been the village chief of a snow elf village, and I have the village chief's token on me. As long as we build a village on the ice and snow plateau, we can live here.
More goblins wavered and chose to believe me.
At that time, Petra and I represented two different camps.
The two of us quarreled all day and all night, and the quarrel was fierce. But speaking of it, there were only two choices.
Choose to live or choose an unrealistic dream.
I chose to live, and Petra chose to dream. In the end, Petra and I separated on the ice and snow plateau. A total of one hundred and twenty goblins stayed with me.
Seven hundred goblins continued to follow Petra, passed through the portal again, and returned to where we came from.
When Candela said this, she fell silent, and the expression on her face became more and more sad.
He raised his head slightly and looked at the sky with red eyes.
Qi Ge even felt that as long as he lowered his head, tears would fall from his eyes.
In this way, Candela was silent for a long time before continuing:
I was wrong, Petra was right.
Before our snow elf village could even be built, a group of mages from Everfrost City captured Everfrost City.
The attitude of the mages in Yongshuang City toward goblins is better than that in De City, but it's not much better either.
The one hundred and twenty goblins and I were sent to the factory and the army in Yongshuang City respectively.
I suffered a lot in the army.
But I have always thought that I want to get ahead and become a high-level goblin, so that I can find the one hundred and twenty brothers who follow me and lead them to survive.
It took me five years before I advanced to level 3 [Engineering Elf Apprentice] by relying on my self-taught engineering skills in the army and gained some self-esteem.
But when I started looking for them, I discovered that the one hundred and twenty goblins who stayed with me in Yongshuang City were all dead.
I didn't realize it until I confirmed the news.
I don't want to live with them at all, I'm not that great.
From the moment Petra and I separated, I was simply afraid of death.
Yes, it's just that I'm greedy for life and afraid of death.
As Candela spoke, she finally couldn't help but shed tears, and her voice began to become hoarse.
I told those goblins to help them survive.
They believed me.
But in the end, I was the only one who survived, and they all died.
At that moment, I realized.
In fact, I just don’t dare to continue looking for Utopia. I’m afraid of dying on the way.
I'm just afraid of death, I don't want to find my ideal hometown, I don't want to resurrect my dead brothers, I just want to live by myself.
The so-called wanting my brothers to survive is just an excuse I made for myself.
Eight hundred and twenty-two goblins, if I were the only one who thought that way, it would make my conscience uneasy.
So I persuaded them to stay together, just to deceive myself, to deceive myself that what I was doing was correct and noble.
If those goblins had continued to follow Petra, they might have found their ideal land long ago and lived a happy life.
I shouldn't continue to live. I
Not worthy.
I should be buried with those dead goblins, they were all killed by me.
However, I don’t even have the courage to continue walking with Petra, so how can I have the courage to commit suicide?
I am a coward, I dare not die.
Candela cried and knelt on the watchtower, banging his head against the wall of the watchtower.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
I deserve to die, I deserve to die. I'm sorry for Petra, I'm sorry for my brother.
Ming Ming Ming.
Seeing this scene, Qi Ge felt mixed emotions in his heart.
He released his invisibility, gently stretched out his hand, put it on the wall, and caught Candela's head as it hit the wall.
Qi Ge said softly:
"Candra, you don't deserve to die.
Damn it, it's those mages who caught you.
But the comfort of the seven pigeons had no effect on Candela.
He just grasped Qi Ge's arm as if grasping a life-saving straw, and asked:
Your Highness Xingfeng, Petra's life is so good, has he found his ideal hometown?
Have all the dead fairies come back to life?
Especially, have those goblins who were killed by me come back to life?
The seven doves looked into Candela's eyes.
Those bloodshot red eyes were like a person who was in a desperate situation and was at the end of his rope, longing for final judgment or redemption.
Over the past forty years, Candela has probably been tortured by the self-blame in her heart, which is why she has such a violent emotional release now.
Qige closed her eyes, was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said:
Petra has not found its utopia.
Candela's eyes suddenly widened, her mouth opened slightly, and her body fell limply to the ground.
He sat dumbly and muttered in despair:
"No...how could it be? How could it not be?"
"Because, there has never been any Utopia, nor any fairy god.
To create the fairy's happiness,
It’s all up to the goblin himself."
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for completing the mission: Petra's Ambition (Eternal Frost City)]
[System prompt: Congratulations to the player for triggering the mission: Utopia!]
