Yongshuang City, front-line outpost.
The cold wind was howling and frost and snow were everywhere in the sky.
Although the Everfrost Icefield is not that cold anymore, the snow elves who don't have warm stones can only rely on their bodies to withstand the cold.
The little snow elf in the outpost put his hands to his mouth and breathed out a breath of hot air to warm his hands.
Then he put his hands on his face and warmed it slightly.
"Little Bean, go down and have a rest. I'll take over the guard duty."
"Grandpa Kendra."
The little kid grinned and greeted Candela.
Kendra walked up to the sentry post cheerfully and said:
“Now that the Everfrost Icefield has returned to peace and those annoying monsters are gone, 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 wizard. "
When Xiao Douding heard this, he asked worriedly:
"Grandpa Kendra, I heard that there are no wild monsters in Everfrost Icefield, and our outpost may be cancelled. Is this true?"
Kendra patted the little kid's head lovingly and replied:
"Our outpost exists to guard against wild monsters. Now that the wild monsters are gone, it is normal to cancel the outpost.
Here we have to face those wild monsters every day. 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 go back to Yongshuang City?
Grandpa Kendra, I don't want to go back.
I have worked in a factory in Everfrost City. I went hungry every day, and if I worked slowly, I would be scratched by the gargoyles.
The gargoyle's claws pinched my shoulder and it was covered in blood. It hurt so much.
Although it is dangerous here, at least I can fill my stomach every day.
If you're really unlucky and run into a wild monster, it only takes a moment.
If I hadn't been here, I would have been able to tolerate the factory environment.
But if you let me go back now, I’m afraid I can’t bear it.”
"Why."
Kendra looked at the little kid with a gentler look.
“Perhaps, this is the fate of us fairies.
Being alive is already a very difficult thing.
We are not in a position to be picky.”
When the little kid heard Candela's words, his expression visibly darkened.
"Good boy, as long as you are alive, there is hope."
"Well, thank you, Grandpa Kendra."
The little boy thanked him dejectedly, lowered his head, and walked down the stairs of the sentry post.
In his heart, he felt that his future was just like this downward staircase, dark and hopeless.
Suddenly, he felt himself bumping into something soft.
The little kid quickly raised his head and saw a great face that he had seen once before slowly emerging from the transparent air.
It immediately stammered in shock:
"Xing, Xing, Xingfeng, Your Highness!
I, I didn’t mean to bump into you.”
The Seven Pigeons smiled at it and asked:
"Is Kendra up there?"
Xiao Douding woke up as if from a dream and immediately answered:
“Yes, yes!”
"Well, I have something to do with him, so don't tell anyone else that I was here."
Xiao Douding immediately covered his mouth and lowered his voice: "Yes! Your Highness, I know nothing."
"Very good. Go ahead."
Just as the little kid was about to sneak past him, Qi Ge called him back.
"Wait a moment." Qi Ge took out a warm little package from his arms and stuffed it into the little kid's arms.
“【Warm Stone】, and the 【Magic Crystal Charger】 that charges the 【Warm Stone】.
It's not very useful, but it will keep you from being so cold."
The little kid took the hot package and stood there in a daze, not knowing how to react.
Qi Ge rubbed the little kid's head and said:
"Go ahead, and be careful to hide these two things so that no one can find them."
The little kid found that His Highness Xingfeng's hands were as gentle as Grandpa Kendra's. It felt so dizzy from being touched that it didn't even notice that His Highness Xingfeng had left.
Watching His Highness Xingfeng slowly going away and gradually disappearing into the air, Little Bean suddenly felt that what Grandpa Kendala said was right.
As long as you are alive, there is hope.
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While standing guard, Candela turned back from time to time to look inside the outpost.
From his angle he couldn't see what was going on on the stairs, he could only see the exit.
After looking for a long time, Candela couldn't see the little kid coming out of the stairs.
This made Candela a little worried, and he said to himself:
"Is this little guy going to be upset?"
"Of course not. He's not that fragile yet."
The answer came suddenly from the air, frightening Kendra.
“Who is it?!”
"Oh, don't be afraid, it's me."
The figures of the seven pigeons slowly emerged from the air, surprising Candela greatly.
"Your Highness Xingfeng?! What are you doing?"
"Hush." ​​Qi Ge became invisible again and said:
"I came here secretly. I have something very important to ask you. Please don't tell anyone."
"I understand." Kendala immediately turned around and pretended to be on guard.
"Your Highness Xingfeng, please feel free to ask me anything you ask. I will tell you everything I know."
“Kandela, I looked through the goblin roster of Everfrost City and found that almost all the goblins in Everfrost City are local goblins.
Only you are from Decheng.
It was probably more than forty years ago.
Is it right?"
When Kendela heard Qi Ge's words, he trembled and almost dropped the sentry flag in his hand.
He replied in a trembling voice:
“Your Highness Xingfeng, yes, I am a fairy who escaped from Decheng.
I can’t believe that after 42 years, there are still people hunting us.
Are you going to arrest me and bring me back to question me?"
"Of course not, don't worry."
There was a kind of joy in Qi Ge's voice, as if he had gotten what he wanted.
"Since you are from De City, do you know a goblin named Petra?"
"Petra!!"
Kendela's voice jumped, and he quickly lowered the volume and said:
"I do, sir. But that was forty-two years ago."
"Don't worry, it's not a bad thing.
Petra is now my trusted subordinate.
But I found that he seemed to have an unresolved knot in his heart, which was hindering his advancement, so I looked everywhere for the source of the knot.
Candela, since you know Petra, can you tell me about Petra's past? "
"Petra is your confidant, my Lord?!"
Kendra was shocked.
"But Petra is a goblin."
"I'm different from other lords. I don't care about this."
Qi Ge took out a crystal and placed it in Candela's hand, then said:
"If you don't believe me, open this and look at it."
Qi Ge kindly helped Candela inject magic power into the photo crystal.
Kendela held the crystal that could record the picture, and the scene around him suddenly changed.
On the lush green grass, Petra, wearing the butler fairy cannon and holding a magic book in her hand, was directing a group of fairies to go to the cafeteria for dinner.
Countless magic breads piled up into a mountain, emitting an enticing aroma.
Under Petra's command, the fairies took the magic bread in an orderly manner and began to eat it with big mouthfuls, and everyone had a bright smile on their face.
"Today I got another level 4 resource. This week we have already gotten three level 4 resources. The Lord will definitely be happy if he knows about this!"
"No, the competition among waterwheel fairies is still too fierce. I want to go to the Logistics Fairy Academy for further studies. Only construction fairies can make great contributions to the territory."
“It seems that this is all you have the ambition to do.
I am different. I am already studying how to become a butler goblin.
How could it be reasonable for Petra's steward to be the city lord alone?
Brother Li Xiaobai once said, "Thirty years on the west side of the river, thirty years on the east side of the river. Don't look down on the young people because they are poor!"
Brothers, I can take your place!"
"Good boy, I think you deserve a beating!"
"Bang!!"
Petra used her magic book to attack the arrogant waterwheel fairy on the spot, causing the surrounding fairies to burst into laughter.
“Oh my God…this is…how can there be such a beautiful scene?
Is this true?
Kendela looked at the image in the crystal and before she knew it, tears welled up in her eyes.
Suddenly, the flowers and the fragrant magic bread all disappeared, and Candela returned from the beautiful illusion to the cold and ruthless outpost.
He looked ahead at a loss, the crystal ball that had fascinated him was slowly disappearing into the air.
"Your Highness Xingfeng, what on earth is this?"
“This is a picture of my territory.
In my territory, the goblins live and work in peace.
Petra is now a city lord in my territory.
After reading this, you should believe me, right? "
Kendra quickly shook his head and said, "Your Highness Xingfeng, I have never doubted it.
With your status, why would you need to deceive me, an old witch who has no skills at all?
I was just too shocked to comprehend it.”
Candela seemed to be lost in memories, lowered his head slightly, and said:
“Petra and I are both fairies who escaped from De City.
The story begins with the appearance of a demon in Decheng who slaughtered goblins.
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I lived in a goblin village before the Decheng demon appeared.
And Petra is said to be the city's fairy, and an upper-class fairy in the wizard's tower.
Later, a man who claimed to be the Fairy Herald came to our village.
He told us that the Goblin Great Prophet received a revelation from the Goblin God, predicting that a disaster would soon break out in De City and that all the goblins would die painfully in the disaster.
The Goblin Vanguard lets us follow him and go in pursuit of the Goblin Great Prophet.
So, all the goblins in our entire goblin village followed the goblin leader on the journey.
There are many fairies from different places, all gathering in the same direction.
That's when Petra and I met.
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Later, the gnolls intercepted our group in the canyon.
The Goblin Hercules, the Goblin High Priest and the Goblin Great Prophet stayed behind to fight with some Goblin Vanguards.
Another group of goblin leaders took us away ahead of time.
Not long after we ran out of the canyon, we heard the voice of the Goblin Great Prophet.
He told us:
“Decheng is the birthplace of demons.
From today on, no goblins will be born in any of the territories of Decheng.
All the fairies in Decheng must leave Decheng at all costs, otherwise they will be devoured by the devil. "
Then the devil took action.
Countless lightning filled the sky, and the sky and the earth changed color!
The terrifying power frightened all of us goblins so much that we collapsed to the ground. Only the goblin leader could still stand.
The demonic power bombarded the canyon, destroying everything.
Several goblin leaders took us back to check, but we could no longer find any trace of the Great Prophet and his companions.
The forerunner told us that the great prophet went to the utopia in advance.
But we know that the great prophet has been killed by the devil.
When we were confused and helpless, the pioneers stood up.
He told us that we must find a way to leave Decheng.
As long as we find the utopia, we can resurrect the great prophet and others.
So we followed the pioneers and set off.
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At the beginning, we had 40,000 goblins.
But there are too many goblins, and if they stick together they will be easily caught up by wild monsters.
Without the might of the Great Prophet and his people, the wilderness is too dangerous for us.
At the end of just the first day, we were left with only 30,000 goblins.
Moreover, without the guidance of a great prophet, how to find the utopia becomes a problem.
After discussing, a dozen or so fairy leaders decided to try their luck separately.
Each pioneer led thousands of goblins and fled from Decheng from different directions.
Petra and I were in the same team.
At the beginning, we had nearly three thousand goblins, but only one goblin leader.
There were too many people, and the fairy leader could not manage it alone, so he called on the fairies to select a few team leaders to help manage it.
I used to be the chief of a snow fairy village. Petra had been in a wizard tower, so she had a lot of knowledge and could recognize a few words.
So Petra and I volunteered to be the team leaders.
There were a total of 7 fairy captains at that time, and later we all became good brothers.
So we followed the fairy leader and walked, walked, walked, and walked in the snow.
I don’t know how much time I walked.
Along the way, goblins kept dying.
Some died of starvation, some died of freezing, some were killed by wild monsters...
After dying and dying again, we finally found a teleportation array that led to an unknown place.
Although the entrance to the teleportation array was guarded by a group of vicious zombies, the goblin leader was very excited.
He told us that as long as we enter the teleportation array, we can find the utopia!
When they reach Utopia, all the dead brothers can be resurrected.
At this moment, all fears were completely forgotten.
We fought the zombies and monsters head-on, regardless of the consequences.
After great sacrifices, we finally defeated the zombies.
But when we entered the teleportation array, we found that we had not arrived at an ideal place, but a snowy land that was even colder than Decheng.
Yes, the teleportation array teleported us to the snowy plateau near Yongshuang City.
Fortunately, the Ice and Snow Plateau is not as cold as the Everfrost Icefield, otherwise those fairies that are not snow fairies might have frozen to death in an instant.
But at this time, there were 822 fairies left. "
At this point, Candela's voice dropped:
"Most importantly, the leader who had been leading us was killed in the battle with the teleportation array monster.
Of the seven team leaders, only Petra and I are left."
Kendra's voice suddenly became choked.
“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 many edible [ice lichens] in the snow, so you don't have to go hungry on the ice and snow plateau.
At that time, I thought that so many goblins had died just running from De City to Yongshuang City.
There are only these few left, and without a leader to lead the way, if we continue to search for the utopia, we may all die on the way.
Instead of continuing to search for that utopia that no one knows whether it exists or not, it is better to just live in the snow fairy village.
I told Petra my idea, but she strongly disagreed.
I still remember what he said.
He said that only by finding the fairy utopia can the companions and pioneers who died on the road be resurrected.
If we stay here, what will happen to our fallen companions?"
Kendra's voice deepened again.
“At the time, I couldn’t listen at all.
Too many goblins have died in front of me.
Some of them are my benefactors who have blocked arrows for me, and some of them have left their remaining food for my brothers.
But they all died one by one in front of me.
In addition, after passing through the portal, I suddenly realized that it was not the Utopia and I was completely disappointed.
I have completely lost the desire to continue.
I shouted at Petra and said to him:
'You want to find an utopia, but have you ever thought about how many goblins will die if we continue looking?
You are not even a pioneer, you don’t even know where the utopia is.
You are just a little guard goblin. If you brothers continue to follow you, sooner or later all of you will die!
Do you want to kill all your brothers?'
After hearing this, Petra collapsed on the ground and sat there for a very long time.
Like me, there are some fairies who want to stay.
So I told them that I would live here with them.
I used to be the chief of a snow fairy village. I have the chief's token on me. As long as we build another village on the snowy plateau, we can live here.
More goblins wavered and chose to believe me.
At that time, Petra and I represented two different camps.
We quarreled for a whole day and night, and it was a very fierce quarrel.
But in reality, there are only two choices.
Choose to live, or choose an unrealistic dream.
I chose to live, and Petra chose to dream.
Finally, Petra and I parted on the snowy plateau.
A total of one hundred and twenty goblins stayed with me.
Seven hundred goblins continued to follow Petra, and went through the portal again, returning to where we came from."
Kendela fell silent when he spoke here, and the expression on his face became more and more sad.
He raised his head slightly, looking at the sky with red eyes.
Qi Ge even felt that as long as he lowered his head, tears would fall from his eyes.
Just like that, Candela was silent for a long time before continuing:
“I was wrong and Petra was right.
We didn't even have time to build our snow fairy village before we were captured by a group of mages from Everfrost City and taken to Everfrost City.
The attitude of the mages in Yongshuang City towards goblins is better than that in De City, but not much better.
The 120 goblins and I were sent to the factory and the army in Yongshuang City respectively.
I suffered a lot in the army.
But I always thought that I had to make it big and become a high-level fairy, so that I could find the one hundred and twenty brothers who followed me and survive with them.
Five years later, I was able to advance to a Level 3 [Engineering Fairy Apprentice] through self-taught engineering skills in the army, and gained some autonomy.
But when I started looking for them, I found that the 120 goblins who had stayed with me in Yongshuang City had all died.
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 I separated from Petra, I was simply afraid of death.
Yes, I am just afraid of death."
As Kendra spoke, she couldn't hold back her tears and her voice started to become hoarse.
“I told those goblins to bring them alive.
They believed me.
But in the end, I was the only one who survived, they all died.
At that moment, I realized.
In fact, I just don’t dare to continue looking for my utopia because I’m afraid of dying on the way.
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I am just afraid of death. I don’t want to find a utopia, I don’t want to resurrect my dead brothers, I just want to live myself.
The so-called wanting to keep my brothers alive was just an excuse I made for myself.
Eight hundred and twenty-two goblins. If I were the only one thinking this, I would feel guilty.
So I convinced them to stay together, just to deceive myself, to deceive myself that what I did was right and noble.
If those fairies had continued to follow Petra, they might have found their utopia and lived a happy life long ago.
I shouldn't be alive. I don't deserve it.
I should be buried with those dead goblins, they were all killed by me.
But if I don’t even have the courage to continue following Petra, how can I have the courage to commit suicide?
I am a coward, I dare not die."
Kendela knelt on the watchtower crying and banged her head against the wall of the tower.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
"I deserve to die. I deserve to die. I'm sorry to Petra and my brother.
Woo woo woo."
When Qi Ge saw this scene, he felt mixed emotions.
He lifted his invisibility, gently stretched out his hand, placed it on the wall, and caught Kendara's head that was about to hit the wall.
Qi Ge said softly:
"Kandela, you shouldn't die.
Damn those mages who arrested you."
But the consolation of the seventh pigeon had no effect on Candela.
He just grabbed Qi Ge's arm tightly as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw and asked:
“Your Highness Xingfeng, Petra is living such a good life, has he found his utopia?
Have all those dead goblins come back to life?
Especially...especially, are those fairies that I killed alive?"
Qi Ge looked into Kendra's eyes.
Those bloodshot red eyes were like a person in desperate situation, longing for final judgment or salvation.
Over the past forty years, Candela has probably been tortured by his own self-blame, which is why he is having such a violent emotional outburst now.
Qi Ge closed his eyes, was silent for a moment, took a deep breath, and said:
"Petra didn't find Utopia."
Kendra's eyes suddenly widened, his mouth opened slightly, and his body fell limply to the ground.
He sat there in a daze, muttering in despair:
"No... How could it be? How could it be nothing?"
"Because there has never been any utopia, nor any fairy god.
To create the happiness of the fairies.
It all depends on 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! ]