A circular plain encased in the center by a stone wall, where countless trees gather into a vast sea of green. Whenever the breeze blows, it rolls up and dies.

Sunlight shines through the gaps between the branches and leaves, creating dappled light and shadows on the ground. In the peace and tranquility, a few pleasant birdsong are occasionally heard, but it seems to make the mountains and forests more quiet.

There is a faint smell of grass and trees in the air, which is refreshing. A bald man with a mountain figure sat cross-legged on the ground, his eyes closed and his face calm and motionless, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep and turned into a rock.

Suddenly, the silver tulle spiral not far ahead began to fluctuate slightly, and the shadow seemed to appear inside.

So the strong man slowly opened his eyes.

............

"Goblins!" Chief Setoth's voice burst out, like a rooster's crow amplified by a thousand quilts, with obvious horror. The first reaction of this strong giant was to pull up a pine tree and hold it in his hand, and the next moment he was going to show what terrible power his strong body contained.

Before Richard could stand on his feet, his ears were buzzing. Fortunately, the reaction was quite fast, and he turned on the surging power in time, and the two arms hugged the trunk and threw it out.

"Relax, my dear friend. He grumbled as he plucked his ears, "See, is this goblin still a little bit of a threat to you?"

The Iron Giant hesitated and leaned down, and after carefully observing it for a while, he was suddenly surprised: "What's the matter, the light of wisdom seems to have completely disappeared from him?"

"That's right, that's what the goblins are doing now. Richard nodded.

"Really?"

"Really. ”

"I can't believe that those difficult green skins have become like this. ”

Setos reached out and plucked a ripe carrot from the treetops and shoved it into the goblin's hand. The goblin didn't care about anything else, and immediately hugged it and gnawed violently. From time to time, a thick green snot flowed on the pineapple, and he did not hesitate to produce and sell it, and the Iron Giant Chief frowned.

"But Richard, where did you find this goblin, I thought they were extinct. ”

"On the other side of the world, not only did they not go extinct by relying on their cockroach-like reproductive ability, but they thrived very well. Richard looked at the almost obscurantist beast in front of him, and then thought about the generation of overlords who had once overwhelmed the Titans, and couldn't help but feel a sense of vicissitudes.

"At our time, goblin fertility was actually very average. Chief Setos plucked another fruit and gave it to his old rival from 10,000 years ago, and said with a sigh: "It seems that even if they lose their most proud wisdom, they have found a new way to survive. ”

"Chief, I'm curious as to why goblins are on the other side. The lord frowned and asked, "I remember you once told me a rule - all passages from the New World to the other world require the permission of the Titans to make them, without exception. ”

"The rules I said do exist, but those magic prohibitions were only put in place after the Titans came to the New World for the second time, and the Golden Giants set off their minds a little earlier. Chief Setos patiently explained, "So there was a gap in between, and all the passages on the other side were unmanaged. It wouldn't be surprising if some goblins happened to run to the other side at that time. ”

"I see. The lord nodded.

"Did you bring the iron we said we had promised?" Chief Setos looked at Richard with suspicion in his eyes.

"Of course...... Damn, people?" When the lord turned around, he couldn't help but be stunned on the spot - none of the retinues who were supposed to come with him were nowhere to be seen, and he was the only one left, so it was no wonder that the bald man Setos was suspicious.

"I'll go back and take a look. Richard held Chiqiu in one hand and grabbed a hemp rope in the other, and plunged headlong into the passage on the other side.

What caught his eye made his face darken—the second general was humming the doorway, arguing over the crucial question of who would go first and who would come last, and the place would be full. The others could only stare dryly from behind, and there was nothing they could do with these two three-bladed high meat mounds.

Seeing Richard, Hum Ha and the two generals took each other's elbows away from each other's faces, panting and saying in unison, "Dad, you should let me go first." ”

The lord was almost blown up by these two living treasures, and one of them gave him a kick, "You guys squeeze a fart!

"So who's last. The second general asked in unison again.

"Get out! Don't go! Get out of here as far as you want!" Richard's roar pierced through the sky.

............

The iron pieces brought were naturally taken over by the tiger spirit.

"Chief, look at him first. Richard pulled Dracula to his side, who raised his palms in front of him, trying to block out the sun's rays.

Over the course of a few months, Dracula became thinner and more handsome, but also more pale and sickly. Earlier tests at Alpine Fort showed that his grip on his own blood was gradually gaining strength, but his human traits were also weakening. The pulse has long become difficult to catch, and the amount of food eaten is almost negligible.

Richard also figured out that Chief Setos's memories were unique treasures in themselves. You must know that as an antique for more than 10,000 years, he has experienced the afterglow of the Titan Age, and has also experienced the frustration of conquering the new world, and his knowledge must be so rich that mortals can hardly imagine.

Many of the strange anecdotes that have fascinated the whole of humanity may be as ordinary to him as drinking water.

He is a living history in his own right, and it is no exaggeration to say that it is an honor in itself to be able to talk to such a being in person. Except for the mountain fort to walk shit luck, who else can have this opportunity?

A few days ago, the lord said that he was going to come to the Iron Giant to knock on the bamboo, and the old man in Buckland still believed it, but in fact, Richard meant it

Those people look at him with colored glasses all day long, and they always feel that he is greedy to the point of eating bones, and they feel their conscience that this is really impossible to veto. But in front of the truly precious things, when did the lord do the stupid thing of picking up sesame seeds and throwing watermelons!

"He seems to be alive, but he is not alive. "Chief Setos is also a discerning eye, and he can see at a glance that Dracula is not in the right state.

"Half-dead, like a plague chicken. "Your Excellency has made a precise summary.

"I think I'm alive—very vividly, truly, in this world, feeling all the pain and sorrow. Dracula gently stroked the sun-dazzling blonde hair with his slender and white fingers, a pair of scarlet eyes were unwavering, and his voice was like an aria or a sad song, "It's just that I've forgotten the taste of warmth for a long time~"

His handsome face was full of sorrow, like the autumn wind rolling up the withered yellow leaves, beautiful, but unusually cold and alienated.