Chapter 128: The Lost People
With Gollum leading the way, we quickly found a shortcut up the mountain, meeting many dwarves along the way.
The Frost Fortress resembles an ancient castle, even more spectacular than Ash's palace, and is the size of Tham's Colosseum.
I didn't expect to see such a building after going deep into the far north, and I don't know who built the fortress.
Seeing the scale of the fortress, I suddenly regretted that I was too busy with this matter, if there were many strong people in it, I am afraid that the strength of me and Rui Wen alone would not be enough.
But it's already here, so just go in and have a look, you don't necessarily have to have a conflict, you can't just slip away.
After entering the fortress, my heart was relieved a lot, because these self-proclaimed gods were no different from ordinary people.
Judging by their behavior, they are not even warriors, but they use some simple magic.
For example, controlling some things in the air, making a fire or something without the help of tools, for these dwarves, it is indeed "divine power".
The dwarves in the fortress are very numerous, they do all kinds of chores, and most of them go out to find food and send it back.
The people here were surprised when they saw us, and then they welcomed us warmly.
Because of the outpost of the dead, I was always on guard and did not eat any food here.
They didn't blame us, they just gave us an introduction to the customs.
It turns out that they are also residents of the Far North, but they used to live in a fortress in the east.
Later, there was a shortage of food, so he slowly moved here and found this group of dwarves.
Because their ancestors have lived in the Northland for generations, their body temperature is very low and they are able to adapt to the environment.
They did not call themselves gods, but "lost people," meaning forgotten by the world.
Because the Lost People are very similar to the gods in the dwarven language, they were misunderstood by the dwarves.
They never threatened the dwarves to go out in search of food, and there were so many livestock in the Frost Fortress that they didn't have to go out hunting.
As for oppressing, beating and scolding them, it is even more out of nothing, on the contrary, they also provide protection for these dwarves.
When they first moved from the east, the dwarves here were divided into several camps, and they were not in harmony with each other.
Later, a group of dwarves encountered a beast, and they helped to drive it away, so the dwarves took refuge in them.
They provide protection for the dwarves, and in return, the dwarves take on most of the labor here.
Over time, all the nearby dwarves came to the Frost Keep and became the labor force here.
The man who told us about it was called Moorman, the patriarch of the Lost People, and he was so sincere that he couldn't tell that he was lying.
I called Gollum over and confronted each other, and both sides disagreed.
People are always more sympathetic to the weak, but I don't believe in Goo.
If they were really afraid of Moorman, how could they not flinch at all now when they were arguing?
Morman was surprised by Gollum's attitude, wondering why the usually submissive dwarves had suddenly become tough.
I don't know what to do now, they all reasoned with me, and at this moment, I seemed to have become the official who decided the case.
Eventually, Merman got angry and summoned all the Lost People in the Frost Fortress, probably thirty or so, and decided to expel the dwarves.
Everyone went back to their old lives, and from now on, the lost people would no longer provide protection for the dwarves, and the dwarves would no longer have to help with the work.
It's a good choice, in Mooreman's words: You said I bullied you, and now I'm giving you back your freedom.
When the dwarves asked for their queen, I felt a wave of sick to my stomach, what kind of monster is this?
It was like a wild boar, its body was dark brown, and its head was so messy that I couldn't even make out where my facial features were. 536 Literature
Subconsciously, I thought it was a bad thing for the lost people to do magic, and I was about to question them, only to find that they were questioning the dwarves:
"Who did this? Why did Storly become like this? β
"Our queen has nothing to do with you, you have just given us freedom in front of two foreign adults."
At this moment, the monster called Storly opened her "mouth", I thought it was her face, but I didn't expect her to spit out two dwarves from here, and then she was immediately carried away by the other dwarves.
Is their queen just a fertility tool? Like termites, can this still be called human?
Moorman was also a little disgusted: "Okay, then you can go, from now on our well water will not interfere with the river water." β
"Let's go? Why do we go? We raised the livestock here, we repaired the walls here, everything here is ours, you are outsiders! β
It turns out that there is not only one person who can speak, but there are many people who speak more clearly than him.
"You're right, but we brought the livestock in the first place, and the building was uninhabited in the first place, and you paid for safety with your labor, and now you regret it?"
"Obviously, you forced us to work, but now it is us exchanging labor for safety, reversing the facts!"
Well, things are back to square one and I'm having a lot of headaches.
"Forget it, why don't we leave?" Rui Wen was also helpless.
"Let's go." We didn't bother to bother with it anymore, so we said goodbye to Moorman.
"Wait, two adults, do you see the weak being bullied and don't help?"
Gollum sees us as a lifesaver and tries to morally kidnap us, but that's naΓ―ve.
"You all have different opinions, and I can't tell who is right, so I don't help anyone."
"Well, that's a shame." Although he said regret, I always felt that he was secretly happy.
The Lost People and the Dwarves were at loggerheads, and in the end they had to be resolved by force, and despite the large number of Dwarves, it was undoubtedly a one-sided battle.
I'm too lazy to watch this boring fight, and since there's nothing to explore in the Frost Fortress, let's move on to the next place.
After coming out, Rui Wen said to me, "Why are these dwarves fighting for this place? They are vegetarians, so what are they robbing livestock for? β
"Who knows, I was a little sympathetic to them, but I was a little sick to see their queen."
"I think we'd better sneak back and take a look, I don't think it's right, if these dwarves dared to resist because of us in the first place, why don't they come with us now, and resist to the end?"
"You're saying they've been lying to us from the beginning?"
"I think so."
"And what about their purpose?"
"I'm afraid we'll come to the Frost Fortress first and become friends with these Lost People."
I see what Ruiwen means:
"Then when they resist, we will be enemies, and now, if not friends, will we not be enemies?"
"You're so smart."
"I suspect you're mocking me."
"How so, hehe."
Ruiwen is getting worse and worse now, in fact, I don't think about these things, but I'm too lazy to think about it, after all, it has nothing to do with us.
Rui Wen likes to watch the excitement, so let's accompany her to see it.